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During the daytime, Ke Shangchun directly dialed Tian Fuxin's cell phone number; however, the latter's exhibition had not yet ended, and it was the second day of the opening, and he was still busy, so the call was made, and the person who answered was Lin Tiyun.

Lin Tiyun is really a slender person with a big personality, but this time she felt a bit of resentment in her heart—but her position was different from that between Tian Fuxin and Ke Shangchun, so she couldn't question too much.

As for Ke Shangchun, it is not easy to say anything to Lin Tiyun—compared to Sun Muan, although his friendship with Lin Tiyun is not polite, but it is not too close; It's just about the relationship between seniors and junior girls.

So on the phone, Ke Shangchun only mentioned a few words about the photography exhibition with Lin Tiyun, and then hung up hastily.

In the middle, there were constant messages coming from Line—some important, some not important; regardless of whether it was important or not, Ke Shangchun didn't check it in real time, and he turned off the vibration and sound effects of the message reminder early in the morning.

On the contrary, she thought Tian Fuxin knew that he had called and would call back when she had time, but she didn't, and she didn't even send half a message.

——Thinking about it, I was really angry.It would be understandable if Tian Fuxin stopped being reasonable because of this.

But Ke Shangchun still couldn't help feeling disappointed, but he was somewhat relieved - in all fairness, he had to admit; living between Su Ming and his former good friends, sometimes he always felt helpless.

It's just that there is nothing to do about it, and most of it is for myself.

Because at the beginning, he didn't think too deeply, and out of certain concerns, he unconsciously concealed from both sides, and now it has become such a situation, making the situation unbalanced.

What's more, he understands Su Ming's temperament, so naturally he doesn't want the other party to be reluctant because of this, and he has to associate with someone.Now if he and Tian Fuxin cut off their friendship like this, then so be it.

Ke Shangchun thought, it was better than being face to face, being forced to question him embarrassingly, and then they broke up unhappy.

However, there is a time to face how the other person is escaping.

Going to the office on Monday, Ke Shangchun was busy all morning, and after noon, he went to a meeting with the editor-in-chief to discuss the planning content of the next issue of the magazine; when the meeting was over, he took the data and went downstairs, ready to return to the office I met Sun Mu'an face to face.

Yesterday Ke Shangchun specially called Tian Fuxin, but he never expected to call Sun Mu'an.As for the messages, he naturally didn't reply, not to mention Sun Mu'an, and Tian Fuxin sent them before, and he didn't reply to any of them.

But Ke Shangchun also thought of it, and he must face Sun Mu'an in the company today.

But he couldn't help but think that Monday is the busiest working day of the whole week-no matter what industry it is, it can be applied everywhere.

Therefore, he didn't feel the need to avoid Sun Mu'an, and guessed that the latter probably didn't have time to come to him.

What's more, unknowingly—or perhaps not, in short, over the past year or so, the inexplicable relationship between the two has become much weaker than before.

In fact, Ke Shangchun did not deliberately alienate him. He has always treated Sun Mu'an in the same way - when the other party knew his sexual orientation, he had never done so.

But frankly speaking, no matter how good the relationship between him and Sun Mu'an was, there were still many things that he deliberately refused to tell the other party; those things that he could talk to Zheng Bin and the others, he would never think of mentioning to Sun Mu'an at all.

Conversely, it is the other party's affairs, which he never thought to understand.

"Sir, we need to talk."

Sun Mu'an blocked the way, said this, regardless of whether Ke Shangchun agreed or not, he pulled him into the tea room next to him.

There are tea rooms on every floor of the company, each room is clean and spacious, and there are a few small single-seat sofas specially placed there. I saw someone chatting inside.

But at this moment, it was extremely rare that there was no one else.

As soon as he entered, Sun Mu'an immediately said, "Senior, why didn't you reply to my message yesterday?"

Ke Shangchun looked awkward, and replied: "...Sorry, I forgot."

"I've passed it on several times." Sun Mu'an said in a low voice, looking at him, "Senior, you must have read every single one."

... Actually not.

As soon as Line entered the dialogue page, even if he hadn't actually read each line, he would still be deemed to have read them all, but Ke Shangchun naturally couldn't make such a ridiculous rebuttal, so he was speechless.

Sun Muan smiled wryly. "Senior actually don't need to apologize to me." He said, "But I just want to know, why did you show up with Senior Su Ming?"

Ke Shangchun felt a little hesitant when he heard this.

"—Is it strange?" He just opened his mouth, but asked calmly.Frankly speaking, he didn't understand why the other party was so angry about this; no matter who he was dealing with, no matter what kind of person he was dealing with, it had nothing to do with the other party at all.

Sun Mu'an was stunned, and blurted out, "You...don't know each other, so it's strange to appear together."

"We are classmates, why don't we know each other?" Ke Shangchun said, sighing lowly: "It was true that we were not familiar with each other before, but that was also in the past. After graduation, we bumped into each other, and then we had contacts, so there is nothing strange about it."

Things in the world are like chess - there is no absolute between who and whom.Friends and partners who were close as close friends in the past may not necessarily be together in the future, but when you look at strangers at the beginning, the relationship is quite different.

However, after hearing this, Sun Muan did not compromise, and took a step further: "When did this happen? Why didn't I hear the senior mention it?".

"..."

"Senior sister doesn't even know..." Sun Mu'an said again: "Senior and Su Ming have an appointment to go to the photo exhibition together, so the contact information of Su Ming, the senior has always been there? Do you meet often?"

"..."

"After the class reunion last year, the senior once mentioned the matter of Senior Su Ming, did it mean that it was already—"

"no!"

Ke Shangchun was annoyed by the question, so he couldn't help interrupting: "Don't guess, it wasn't that time." He paused for a while, and then said: "...It was only later."

"And then? How long? How long have you been dating?" Sun Mu'an still asked, with a hint of urgency in his tone: "Why hasn't senior said anything? Even if he didn't tell me, why didn't he mention it to my sister? Senior Su Ming used to have a good relationship with his classmates. Good isn't it?"

In addition to being helpless, Ke Shangchun also felt a headache.There was no point in continuing this conversation; besides, he didn't feel the need to explain anything to the other party.

"...I really have nothing to say." Ke Shangchun sighed, and then wanted to leave, but Sun Mu'an grabbed his arm.

"Senior!"

Ke Shangchun looked at Sun Mu'an and blurted out helplessly, "What are you doing?"

"Senior, are you and Senior Su Ming...together?" Sun Mu'an interrupted in a deep voice.

Ke Shangchun froze, meeting the gloomy eyes of the other party.He wanted to say something, but he moved his lips, but his voice couldn't come out—he was so stunned that he didn't know what to ask.

I want to ask...why do you ask that?Or how do you know?Or, should he ask himself, had something leaked?

Ke Shangchun's mind turned back and forth, and suddenly he remembered one thing - Tian Fuxin looked at him and Su Ming yesterday, and there seemed to be a hint of clarity in his eyes.

At that time, he didn't think too much about it. He had already confessed his sexual orientation with Tian Fuxin, so the other party would speculate on the relationship between the two, but at this moment, he realized that it was wrong-if it was someone else who was with him Yes, but that person is Su Ming.

According to common sense, Tian Fuxin shouldn't have any speculation about that.

……so?

"Senior, why didn't you answer?"

Ke Shangchun was still hesitating, but only came to his senses when he heard the question.

"..."

"Senior, how could you do this?" Seeing that he was silent, Sun Mu'an said in a slightly angry and sad tone.

"..."

Ke Shangchun looked at Sun Mu'an's expressionless face, heard his voice gradually rising, and threw out another word angrily.

"I've been by your side for so long, and you know that I like you! Why can't you take it seriously all the time?"

After hearing this questioning, Ke Shangchun could only remain silent after all.

He didn't know how to explain it to the other party—frankly speaking, when he heard the other party say that he liked him, he was only surprised and helpless, and nothing else.

That's right, the other party finally understands that he also likes the same sex, but that doesn't mean that he can accept the other party.

Things like feelings are never a matter of first come, first served.If he hadn't met Su Ming, he also knew that he wouldn't be with Sun Mu'an.

He looked at the other party, took a deep breath in his heart, and then opened his mouth: "...you let go first."

"Then answer me!" Sun Mu'an was still stubborn: "Are you really with Senior Su Ming?"

"Don't you know? Why ask again!" Ke Shangchun blurted out.He was also annoyed at this moment, he struggled with the arm he was holding, but the other party really didn't want to let go, so he used a little more strength.

"open!"

"No, unless the senior makes it clear..."

"say what!"

"Senior, don't you..."

"—Hey! What's the matter?"

Suddenly, a sound from a third party startled the two people who were tugging.Ke Shangchun immediately turned his head and saw someone coming by the door at an unknown time... It was two people, and they were Xue Meihong and Gu Junxiu.

——It was Xue Meihong who spoke just now.

Ke Shangchun's face was slightly stiff, and he immediately felt that Sun Mu'an relaxed his grip, so he made up his mind to stand back a little.He didn't look at Sun Mu'an's expression, but he probably won't be better than himself.

"We're all colleagues, so talk carefully if you have something to say." Xue Meihong walked past Gu Junxiu with a normal face, took the cup and pressed the coffee machine naturally, and said, "Besides, it's not good for two big men to quarrel."

"Sister Meihong, what are you doing..." Sun Mu'an spoke first, hesitating slightly.Remember that the floor where the other party works is not here.

"I have something to come down to find someone." Xue Meihong said, smiling and looking at Ke Shangchun: "Don't worry, I'm not looking for you this time, it will be your turn next time."

Ke Shangchun was silent, and reluctantly twitched the corners of his mouth.

Xue Meihong added a spoonful of sugar to the brewed coffee, and asked casually: "Well, I heard that your tone was not very good just now, and there is a quarrel..."

"I think it's a misunderstanding."

Gu Junxiu suddenly made a sound, and interrupted with a smile: "I said, there's no way the two of them quarreled. They probably got a little emotional because they were discussing something."

"Oh, is that so?" Xue Meihong asked, looking with Ke Shangchun and Sun Mu'an.

Ke Shangchun also remained silent, while Sun Muan nodded with a stiff face.

"Ah, that's right!" Gu Junxiu spoke again, this time to Sun Mu'an: "A manuscript has been recovered, you can go and look at it first, who... the manuscript is full, and I can't find time." .”

Sun Mu'an was taken aback, hesitated for a while, and then hurriedly responded without saying hello to Xue Meihong, and went out immediately.

"I happen to have something to look for you." Gu Junxiu immediately said again, while motioning to Ke Shangchun to leave with him: "The last time I borrowed your book, I wonder if you have used it?"

"...I'll give it to you right now."

Ke Shangchun said quickly.He glanced at Xue Meihong who was still staring at him, nodded calmly, replied to Gu Junxiu, and followed the other party out of the tea room.

During the two to three minutes of walking back to the office, Ke Shangchun and Gu Junxiu were silent.He didn't know what the other party was thinking, but he was up and down all the way.

Walking into the office, several people who were familiar with Gu Junxiu greeted him.Ke Shangchun opened the drawer, took the book and handed it to Gu Junxiu.

He wanted to say something, but it was not suitable at the moment, and the other party took the book, said that he had an appointment with a writer to talk about publishing, turned around and left in a hurry.

Ke Shangchun sat back at the desk and started to deal with the work as usual, but his heart was still panicked and he couldn't concentrate, but what he was thinking about was not Sun Mu'an's repeated questioning of him just now, but Xue Meihong and Gu Junxiu's questioning. The scene of bumping into each other.

I don't know how much they heard?

Ke Shangchun never thought about coming out at work; in other words, he never considered coming out comprehensively.But he felt sorry for Gu Junxiu—the two joined the company at the same time, and it was very difficult when they first came in. Almost all of them at the same time left, leaving only the other party and himself. at work

The other party has helped me a lot, even though they are in different departments, they always remember to take care of me.

Ke Shangchun breathed a sigh of relief - he really didn't know how he should deal with this matter.

Ke Shangchun didn't go to see Gu Junxiu until he got off work. Firstly, he was really busy, and secondly...Sun Mu'an would be there too.

No matter which one you face, it will not be too easy.

Ke Shangchun concentrated on his work, and because of his heavy heart, he almost didn't speak for the whole afternoon, which made others think that he was not feeling well, and urged him to go back and rest early.

Faced with these concerns, Ke Shangchun could only smile wryly.He is indeed uncomfortable, but it is psychological and cannot be relieved easily.

He was just as busy until the end.

Before leaving, Ke Shangchun couldn't help but glance at the corridor leading to the literature publishing group.He hesitated for a moment, but went straight to the elevator.

As soon as it passed by, he couldn't help being stunned, and so was Gu Junxiu.

The down button of the elevator is on, so there is no need to press it again.Ke Shangchun glanced at it, and was silent towards the elevator just like Gu Junxiu.

After a while, there was a ding sound, and the elevator door opened, and the inside was empty, with no one else.Both of them glanced at each other submissively, but they were both silent, and then walked in one after the other.

Ke Shangchun looked at the elevator floor indicator lights, and slowly skipped one by one, hesitating several times in his heart.He took a deep breath silently, and looked at Gu Junxiu.

"I--"

"You don't need to say it." Gu Junxiu interrupted, looking at him.

"..."

"I know what you want to ask." Gu Junxiu said again, averted his eyes slightly, and continued on his own: "I heard the content of your quarrel, and there is not much, but I probably heard the key point. Don't worry, only I can hear it, sister Meihong I just saw you pulling."

He stopped and looked back. "Sorry, I overheard you."

Ke Shangchun pulled the corner of his mouth slightly. "...Sorry about what to say." He said, trying to keep calm: "So you know, I'm actually gay."

Gu Junxiu nodded silently.

"That……"

"It's nothing." Gu Junxiu interrupted, and said in a calm tone: "It's nothing wrong, it's just a different choice, and it won't change my attitude towards you."

"..." Ke Shangchun looked at the other party, speechless.

Gu Junxiu seemed a little uncomfortable, coughed slightly, and looked away. "But you still have to be cautious, especially in front of sister Meihong. Although she hasn't heard anything and is out of politics, you know that women are born with gossip radar." He joked.

Ke Shangchun couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, the elevator also reached the floor, and the speed of its descent paused slightly, and then the door opened.Before Gu Junxiu walked out, Ke Shangchun called out to stop Gu Junxiu.

"Thank you," he said.

Gu Junxiu looked at him in a daze, then smiled slightly, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, said that he would see you soon, then waved his hand and took a step ahead.

Ke Shangchun breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly walked out of the company.

While taking the subway, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang a message, so he took it, opened the page to check, and saw that it was from Sun Mu'an.

There is no unnecessary questioning, only the simple three words of sorry.

Frankly speaking, seeing the other party apologize, Ke Shangchun didn't feel at ease - he seriously thought about what the other party said today, and felt that the other party should not say this sorry.

...no one is wrong.

Ke Shangchun thought about it, and replied: Come out and talk.

Afterwards, Ke Shangchun never got a reply from Sun Muan.

When he went to the company the next day, Ke Shangchun didn’t go to Sun Mu’an either—he didn’t want to block people face to face. Although he had talked to Gu Junxiu, he didn’t usually go to Sun Mu’an. Teach each other to think of yesterday's embarrassment.

After two days of busy work, Ke Shangchun ran into Gu Junxiu when he was going to a meeting, and only then did he hear that Sun Mu'an was going abroad for a two-week business trip with his colleagues in the department.

The business trip was scheduled early in the morning, but Sun Muan didn't say anything, and after this incident, Ke Shangchun felt an indescribable sense of loss.

It will take two weeks before the matter with Sun Mu'an can be truly resolved.Ke Shangchun couldn't help but feel helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

However, in the middle days, another trouble came.

It's a bit impolite to say trouble, but Ke Shangchun really thought so—he sighed, and looked at Tian Fuxin who walked into the office with a high-spirited look, ignoring everyone.

Tian Fuxin's photography exhibition came to a successful conclusion, and a closing reception was held. Lin Tiyun posted a photo to the news feed on Line. The two probably drank a lot of wine, their faces were flushed, and they were smiling very happily.

Naturally, it wasn't the obvious displeasure, but suppressed smile.

"Why are you here?" Ke Shangchun got up and went to greet Tian Fuxin.

"I'm going downstairs to talk about women's fashion." Tian Fuxin said, glaring at him: "The talk is over, I will remember to come to you. Now you still want to say that you have something to do?"

"...I'm working." Ke Shangchun said helplessly and amusedly.

"I have work every day, and everything is urgent at this moment?" Tian Fuxin sneered at him.

"..."

Ke Shangchun felt a few gazes from around him—everyone knew they knew each other. In the past, when Tian Fuxin came, even if there were conflicts in cooperation matters, he had never treated him so sharply. For a moment, he probably thought that the two had quarreled.

"Let's go?" Tian Fuxin didn't care, but asked again.

Ke Shangchun sighed, had to pack his things hastily, and left work early.Although it was still early, Tian Fuxin still dragged him to the bar.

It's not too late, there are still no customers in the bar, and the music that adjusts the atmosphere has also been played in a slower tone.

After Tian Fuxin ordered drinks for each other on his own initiative, he didn't say a word.

Ke Shangchun actually didn't want to drink much today, he thought about it, and said first: "I thought you were very angry."

"Don't I look angry?"

Tian Fuxin immediately blurted out and raised her eyebrows, not to mention the clear anger in her eyes.

Ke Shangchun looked at it but didn't feel scared, instead he smiled. "I mean, I thought you should be so angry that you never want to talk to me again."

Tian Fuxin snorted. "It's not a child, and you're still playing with friends..." She said angrily, "I don't care about your nonsense, I'll ask you directly, what's going on?"

"Well, there's nothing wrong with it." Ke Shangchun said flatly: "It's just... I met Su Ming by chance before, and then we also had contacts."

"Don't be perfunctory!" Tian Fuxin stared at him and said, "You know that I also have friendship with Su Ming, since I met him, why didn't I say anything on purpose?"

Ke Shangchun was silent for a while, and then said: "I didn't mean it, but I didn't think too much about it at the time, so I didn't mention it." He briefly and scribbled about the first encounter and the subsequent encounter.

——Naturally, he didn't mention at all, the conversation with Su Ming in the car at first, and those extremely private details.

Tian Fuxin didn't interrupt, but just listened, but her expression seemed to be contemplative. After a while, Ke Shangchun finished speaking for a while before she opened her mouth, but she suddenly asked an inexplicable question.

"You used to... talk about the relationship with an object, what happened now?"

"..."

Ke Shangchun couldn't help being stunned - besides not expecting to be asked about this, he was even more surprised by Tian Fuxin's memory.And the other party's eyes were fixed on him at this moment.

"Although what you said just now is a bit vague, is there nothing between you if you continue to meet?" Tian Fuxin asked: "I suddenly thought about it, comparing the time point, it happened to be in line with what you mentioned before. "

"..." Ke Shangchun was speechless.

"So you're together?"

Up to this point, Ke Shangchun had no choice but to deny it—besides, it had always been the truth, and he never thought of deliberately hiding it from anyone.He nodded.

Tian Fuxin clicked his tongue twice. "At that time, why didn't you say that the object was him?" She asked, giving her a blank look.

Ke Shangchun was slightly dumbfounded——what can I say at that time?

What's more, who would go out of their way to inquire about a person's sexual orientation.He had never heard Tian Fuxin talk about Su Ming.

Thinking about it, he said, "I wasn't sure about him..."

"He has always been." Tian Fuxin said without waiting for him to finish, and looked at him with a half-smile: "It's only natural that you don't know, after all, you didn't know each other well when you were in college."

"..."

"Although, he never said it clearly, but there was a school girl who said that girls from other departments confessed to him, and he seemed to say that he didn't like girls in front of people."

"..."

"Okay, you call him quickly and tell him to come out!"

"What?" Ke Shangchun was startled.

"Let him come here! Seriously... What kind of mystery have you been playing for so many years, and you have been with you for so long, and you are still together, yet you still don't want to meet me, an old classmate, hello? Hurry up."

Ke Shangchun remained silent for a while before taking out his phone.However, he just clicked on the contact number and put it directly in front of Tian Fuxin.

"Go ahead." Ke Shangchun said, ignoring Tian Fuxin's fierce eyes.

"Or, you can write down the number and call from your cell phone," he said, smiling.

From just now, listening to Tian Fuxin talking about how she and Su Ming got along in the past, I had mixed feelings at first, but later on, I suddenly no longer cared about who was hiding and who might be unhappy.

——It turned out not to be a problem.

When two people are together, it turns out to be a matter of two people.

He has always felt this way, and now he feels this way even more—he thinks, so does Su Ming.

They don't need to explain to anyone, even if that person had a good relationship with Su Ming in the past.