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"Hi, I'm Cheng Heyun."

I've heard this voice over the phone before, and someone sat down across from me.Even though my field of vision is just a blurred patch of slightly different colors in light and shadow, I inevitably tense up.

"Hello, I'm...Xu Junyan."

"I heard a female voice on the phone." He spoke softly, "What can I do for you?"

"I called Song Cheng's manager. I asked her to introduce me to some of Song Cheng's friends."

I gripped the cup in my hand, brought it to my lips and took a sip.The cold liquid flowed down the throat, and the ice cubes made a slight collision sound, "I work for Asia Entertainment, and Asia Entertainment is the company Song Cheng signed with, you should know? We want to promote newcomers according to their characteristics, I happened to be in charge of Song Cheng, so I talked to people around him so that I could introduce him from different angles."

"That's right..." He seemed a little puzzled, but he didn't ask again, "Then you can ask."

"Don't worry, just treat it as an ordinary chat. I don't have a recording, and this conversation will not be known by others." I said decently, "If you are worried, you can check it at will."

He quickly said, "I'm not worried. May I ask, what are your eyes...?"

I smiled: "Severe myopia, recently underwent surgery, is the astigmatism a bit serious?"

Cheng Heyun's concern does not seem to be fake: "Then you should take a good rest."

"Thank you for your concern." I closed my eyes, "Let's get started."

To my surprise, Cheng Heyun is almost nothing like Song Cheng's previous lovers.

Except that he barely remembered Song Cheng's birthday when I reminded him, he didn't know the details. Instead, he smiled calmly and said, "We friends never cared about so many details."

"You really don't know what he likes to eat?"

"I'm not very clear... Haha, my friend is not too incompetent." He said, "But I think it's normal not to know. He didn't show any special preferences before, and probably there is nothing he doesn't like. thing."

Unwillingly, I asked: "Can you tell me the story between you two?"

"Actually, it's very ordinary. My classmates from childhood to adulthood, and my deskmate in high school." Cheng Heyun thought for a while, "some things happened in the middle. At that time, we were still in adolescence, and we were rebellious teenagers together, resisting the demands of our family and so on. —Of course everything is back on track now.”

"Then what is your impression of Song Cheng?" I tried my best to restrain my urgent expression and put on a calm expression, "The more detailed the better."

"Hey, I've been studying engineering for a long time, and I really can't find the words to describe it for a while..."

"It's okay, think slowly, I'm not in a hurry."

My fingers were stuck to the wall of the cup, numb from the cold.I retracted my hand and touched my cheek, hoping to use the temperature to calm myself down.

"Song Cheng gave me the impression, how can I put it this way... Although he doesn't look for trouble, he is quite reliable when he encounters any problems. In addition to his family's situation, no one dared to provoke him before. He is usually not very talkative. But he is a good person, very righteous, and dares to stand out. Maybe he has a cold temper, and sometimes he turns around and leaves after saying something that doesn't suit him, not saving face for others."

Cheng Heyun thought for a long time, and suddenly realized something: "Sorry, I said a lot of nonsense. Anyway, he is very good, enough buddies."

I tried my best to squeeze out a polite smile: "It's okay, you spoke very well, and let me understand Song Cheng more comprehensively."

Let me know... a completely different him.

In my eyes, Song Cheng, who is gentle, considerate, and understanding, is completely different in Cheng Heyun's eyes.

Song Cheng, which one is the real you?

"Won't this affect him?" Cheng Heyun asked a little nervously, "Don't be a disservice to me."

"No, no." I took a deep breath, "The last question, as his friend, do you know if Song Cheng is in a relationship?"

"It's really unclear." He replied, "I've been very busy recently, so I didn't pay attention to these things. And even if I know, it's not convenient for me to tell. You should ask him himself."

I already had a vague guess in my heart, so I nodded perfunctorily and said a few words: "Mr. Cheng, thank you for your cooperation. I promise that this conversation will not have any adverse effects on Song Cheng, and I also hope that you Keep the content confidential and don't disclose it to anyone."

"Okay." Cheng Heyun said, "I have something to do later, I may have to take a step first."

"What kind of work does Mr. Cheng do?" Adhering to the principle of acting to the end, I pretended not to know and chatted a few words, "It's really hard to work overtime at such a late hour."

"It's not work, it's my girlfriend who wants to go to the movies with me. She got mad last time I was late..."

"You have a girlfriend?!"

Unable to restrain my surprise, I lost my voice.

He froze for a moment before replying, "Yes, what's the problem?"

"No...that's not what it means." I covered up my shock, "I... I heard you said you majored in engineering, and thought you were single."

"What strange prejudice are you here?" He couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "We are already planning to get married."

"...Congratulations." I recovered my voice, "We must have a very good relationship to get married at such a young age. Song Cheng...does he know about this?"

"I haven't had a chance to tell him about it yet, but I'll know about it when it's settled and post a wedding post." Cheng Heyun said with a smile, "The main reason is that my girlfriend wants to keep a low profile and announce it in the circle of friends after receiving the certificate." .”

"It's very good." I was in a complicated mood, and I still said politely, "I know this kind of happy event in advance, and I must give you a big red envelope on that day."

"You are too kind."

After Cheng Heyun left, Sun Ning walked up to me and said, "The talk is over? I'll take you back."

I turned to the direction where her voice came from, and reached out to hold her slender wrist: "Thank you for running back and forth."

"It's nothing."

Sun Ning seemed to be a little depressed. I was already in a mess, and I couldn't take care of her emotions.

It wasn't until she got into the car that she spoke again: "Is he the one who pried the corner of your wall?"

"That's not the case..." I rubbed the center of my brows, and when I blocked my eyes with my hands, it cast a shadow in my field of vision, otherwise it was still a vague color block, "It's my fault."

"I won't tell others either. You might as well talk about it. It's better than keeping it in your heart."

"I suspected that my lover had cheated on him before, but now it seems that I may be catching the wind." I thought to myself that Sun Ning didn't know Song Cheng anyway, so I said it implicitly, "There were too many doubts before, plus Some people are deliberately provoking, and my lover's attitude... is also very vague."

Song Cheng didn't actually do anything wrong, we just lacked communication... about the real me and the real him.

I want to have a serious talk with him, and we really need to have an honest conversation.I want to have the real him, the Song Cheng that Cheng Heyun has seen.

Lies don't last long - didn't I already know that?

I hope Song Cheng is not completely disappointed in me, before I tell the truth.

Sun Ning didn't speak, I smiled wryly: "Am I too neurotic? You heard the phone call. My own character is not good enough to doubt others. Now that I think about it, it's all my fault for trusting others. He must be very sad—— -What should I do?"

"Let's break up." Sun Ning said suddenly, "I'm serious."

Maybe it was a red light, she slammed on the brakes, and the car came to a sudden stop.

I turned in her direction blankly: "What do you mean?"

"Break up with Song Cheng, I'll call you right now." She said irritably, "I don't like seeing you being such a bitch."

I was baffled by her change of attitude: "Sun Ning, what's wrong with you?"

"Do you have to have him?"

"You have to give me a reason." I didn't know what to say, "You asked me to talk to you about this topic just now..."

"I... Anyway, I don't like you guys." Sun Ning suddenly fell silent, the atmosphere in the car was almost weird, she said after a while, "It's not like people can't live if they don't fall in love."

"It's different, you don't know Song Cheng well, he..."

Just as I was about to say that Song Cheng meant something different to me than other people, the phone rang in my pocket.

"Sorry, I'm on the phone." I said, "Hi, who's there?"

Sun Ning started the car, and the voice on the phone made me sit up straight instantly.

"I'm Xu Junyan." I said, "Hello, Uncle Yang."