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When Zheng Ming heard those words, his tense body relaxed.He turned his head to look at the man who was pulling his wrist, and sighed silently in his heart.

He thought, maybe such a concession is the most sincere apology from the young master.

"Where are you going to eat?" Although Zheng Ming's voice was still a little cold, it was much softer than before.Jian Zhan looked up at Zheng Ming, "You decide."

After thinking about it, Zheng Ming decided to take him to a restaurant he often eats for dinner.Jian Zhan naturally has no doubts about this.Zheng Ming grabbed the car keys and drove Jian Zhan to the restaurant.

Along the way, each other was very quiet without making a sound.This can be regarded as giving the other party enough space, so that he will not irritate himself anymore, and will not let the other party say something that hurts his heart.

The night is dark, no matter how clear the light of the moon is, it still can't shine into the hearts of the two of them.Zheng Ming concentrated on driving the car, and he didn't relax until he drove out of the suburbs. He brought Jian Zhan to a bustling market, where all the people could be seen at a glance.

Jian Zhan stared at this place for a while.Because there are really too many people.As long as you pay attention, you will find that there are many young lovers holding hands, with happy smiles on their faces.They carried a lot of snacks in their hands, even if they were unhygienic, they ate them with gusto.Probably, it was because someone was by my side.

Zheng Ming had already parked the car. He pointed to a restaurant not far away, and said in a low voice, "That's it. Do you eat Sichuan food?"

"Oh, I can eat it." Jian Zhan nodded and followed Zheng Ming into the shop.

The store is neither too small nor too big, and you can see all the layouts clearly once you walk in.There are rows of tables and chairs on both sides of the door, five tables in a row, and four chairs in each table.The business here is booming, the proprietress is counting money at the front desk, and the waiters are busy serving dishes.Jian Zhan looked back and found that there were several folding tables outside the door, with several beer bottles piled up on them.

Zheng Ming and the two found an empty seat and sat down. The waiter immediately came over with the menu, and after putting it down, hurriedly cleared another table.Jian Zhan liked spicy food, so he ordered quite a lot, but Zheng Ming didn't mind, so he ordered two cold dishes at random, and then ordered.

"Do you often come here to eat?" Jian Zhan blinked, and Zheng Ming who was opposite nodded, and said softly, "I used to eat here with my friends."

"I didn't expect you to come here to eat." Jian Zhan paused, "I always thought you would prefer places like western restaurants."

"Do you like it?" Zheng Ming looked at Jian Zhan, his eyes were bright and serious.Jian Zhan stared blankly, he looked into Zheng Ming's eyes, as if fascinated.Those are a pair of very deep eyes, if... if they look affectionate, they must be beautiful.

"Do not."

"That's fine. I don't even like you, the young master, and I don't like it." After Zheng Ming finished speaking, he stopped talking. He ordered another big bottle of Sprite, and then opened the bottle cap for the two of them. Both fell a little.

At this time, the people had almost left, and the crowded restaurant seemed a little empty at the moment.The waiter brought up the dishes one by one. Looking at the bright red pickled peppers and green vegetables, the two of them suddenly had an appetite, and they couldn't stop eating with chopsticks.

Just when the two of them were about to finish eating, a voice suddenly sounded——

"Hey? Isn't this Jian Zhan?" A slightly excited voice came, and the two raised their heads at the same time. Jian Zhan watched the middle-aged man running towards him, looked at his face for a long time, and felt I couldn't remember who he was, so I had to ask with a smile, "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Oh, it's been so long since I've seen you, so you forgot about me! You used to come to our store to eat often! I also know that you like spicy food. If I knew it, I would put more spicy food for you." Then The man glanced at the dining table, looked at the plate that was swept away with almost no ingredients left, laughed twice and said, "Oh, your taste has not changed after so many years, is there any uncle's craftsmanship? Are you okay? At that time, you always told that kid that Uncle's cooking was not tasty enough."

Jian Zhan frowned slightly, glanced at Zheng Ming, but saw Zheng Ming looking at him thoughtfully, the deep look in his eyes made Jian Zhan tremble for no reason, he thought for a while, then shook his head, "Boss, although I like spicy food, but I don’t think I really know you, this is the first time I’ve come to this street, and my friend brought me here.” After finishing speaking, he pointed to Zheng Ming.

The man gave a "tsk", looking a little hurt, he thought for a while, "hey", laughed again, and said confidently, "I opened a store next to your high school, and later it was demolished." It’s time for renovations, I just moved here! You should not know him!” Seeing that Jian Zhan seemed to be about to say something, the man quickly stopped him with gestures, and then quickly said, “Don’t tell me you I still don’t know me. Back then, when you and that kid came, I told you that there would be a [-]% discount. What’s the name of your school...is it called Zhengquan? Hey, I’m too old to remember. Stop it. If you can't remember this, then Gu Wei, you will definitely not forget it, right?"

When Jian Zhan heard Zhengquan, his pupils dilated slowly. When he heard that name, Jian Zhan felt his blood froze.

The chopsticks fell to the ground. There was a lot of noise around, but Jian Zhan clearly caught it.

Zheng Ming naturally noticed it too, his eyes darkened slightly, he held the chopsticks with his hands, and put them down slowly after a long time.He looked at the middle-aged uncle, and said coldly, "You've got the wrong person."

"No." Jian Zhan retorted without hesitation. He looked at Zheng Ming's face and turned his face away, "He didn't...I...go first."

As he spoke, he rushed outside. Zheng Ming looked at the disappearing figure, took out money from his wallet and pressed it on the table, glanced at the uncle, and chased him out.

The uncle looked at the two people inexplicably, with some helplessness on his face, he glanced at the dining table, and said silently, "What is this, uncle, am I so shameless..."

Naturally, Zheng Ming didn't hear the boss's complaint, he ran outside for a minute, and saw Jian Zhan who was desperately lighting a cigarette with a lighter in the alley.It's just that the wind is too strong, and every time he touches the fire, the fire goes out.

He looked at Jian Zhan for a long time, then walked up to Jian Zhan in three big steps, grabbed his lighter, and calmly lit a cigarette for him.Jian Zhan glanced at Zheng Ming, held the cigarette between his trembling fingers, and took two puffs.The blue-gray smoke swirled around, covering Zheng Ming's face.

Zheng Ming just stood straight in front of him, watching him smoke non-stop, as if trying to forget something.

Jian Zhan only felt that he was in a mess.He knew that even if he died, he would never forget that person, even if he was dead at this moment.Including before, if someone else yelled at him in front of him, forced him to the edge of a cliff and made him jump off, and yelled at him full of anger, he would have fought back long ago. That person begged for mercy.

But he didn't, and even flattered him.

Because, because in this world, only he would care about himself like this.And Zheng Ming's reaction reminded him of the person who had passed away.

He wanted to use Zheng Ming as a consolation for his feelings, but he was disappointed to learn from Zheng Ming's reaction just now that he could not be Gu Wei's substitute.

Of course Zheng Ming guessed something, if it wasn't for that name, Jian Zhan wouldn't be so flustered, and he wouldn't be trembling and say no loudly.But he still feels sad and unwilling. What kind of person can make this person have such a big reaction?

He wanted to ask Jian Zhan, wanted to pull him over and force him to question him, but he really wanted to do so, but found that he had no position.

Time stood still, as if it had never traveled by.The time for a cigarette is very fast. Jian Zhan took one last puff, threw the cigarette on the ground, crushed it with his shoes, and said weakly, "Go back to the car."

That voice was full of exhaustion and bewilderment.

The car was not far from here, and the two of them just sat in the car quietly without saying a word.

A few minutes later, Jian Zhan sighed, took out another cigarette and put it in his mouth, and said in a low voice, "I'm so attached to you, it's just because I fell in love with you, but you gave me a bad look. Isn't there a saying Well, what I can’t get will always be a commotion. Now that I have it, I can’t let it go.” Jian Zhan paused, his brows and eyes lowered, but he looked at Zheng Ming honestly, “You are very similar to him , but sometimes when I look at it, I find that the two of you have completely different personalities. You are not like him... Zheng Ming, if you can't accept it, our relationship can stop here."

Zheng Ming looked at Jian Zhan, obviously he should beat him up full of anger and then leave gracefully, obviously he should feel disdainful and ridiculous for being a substitute for others, but when the person who did these things became Jian Zhan, he His anger has subsided quite a bit.He lay on the seat, was silent for a while, and opened his lips and said, "I had a boyfriend before. He was very shy and clean, and I liked him very much. But I can't do those things, I won't be with him Say I like you, I won't go to the movies with him, I won't sit with him and read books. But I know I like him, I like him enough to come out to my family for him. You can't imagine, sitting in front of you now This grumpy, yet sanctimonious person has such a past."

"I like him very much. But thinking about it now, it turned out that what he liked at that time was just leaving me aside, and then ran home quickly by himself, as if he didn't know anything. At that time, I was beaten by my dad. It was miserable, but he never came to see me once. He didn’t even contact me later. But thinking about it now, I don’t regret it, no matter whether that person is him or not, I will eventually take this step.”

"That's good." Zheng Ming glanced at Jian Zhan, who was smoking silently, his mature face softened for a while, the corners of his lips were raised, half a smile was not a smile, his eyes that should have been decadent or sad were clear, "We can Treat each other as the substitute in my heart, even as if nothing happened."

Jian Zhan suddenly closed his eyes.In his mouth, the smell of smoke kept stimulating his nerves, and that familiar feeling lingered around the two of them.The sound from the lighter is extraordinarily crisp, and the two smokes are ethereal at the same time, silent and safe.

It wasn't until the smoke was extinguished that Zheng Ming turned his head indifferently. He stretched out his hand to hold Jian Zhan's, and pressed his hands tightly together.

He knew that his feelings for Jian Zhan had gone beyond his original control, but it was nothing, if there was someone who could make him love again, then no matter how painful it was, he would be willing to bear it.

Just like that corrupted secret that has been hidden for many years, if it is not torn off forcefully, new flesh will never grow back.

Jane Zhan, Jane Zhan...

Zheng Ming probably would not have imagined that this is just the beginning of everything.

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