intellectual norms

On December 12 of the previous year, Lin Zhihua and Qiao Yu broke up.

In March, Qiao Yu ran into Lin Zhihua's new boyfriend of Eurasian mixed race on the road. He was as sweet as paint. That day he saw Lin Zhihua's face that he was familiar with but had not seen for a long time. Lin was warm.

He had been captured by this enthusiasm.

In the past when he and Lin Zhihua were just classmates and friends, he has seen Lin Zhihua date several boyfriends, and he has also seen his enthusiasm come and go quickly.

One day, when the enthusiasm burned on himself, he was not moved by it at first. They were best friends at that time. Qiao Yu told himself that Zhihua was just capricious, and it would be fine to wait for him to pass this time. up.

However, Lin Zhihua pursued him stubbornly and more seriously. One month, three months, half a year, and one year later, Qiao Yu half-jokingly said to him: "If you keep chasing him, I will really agree." , then you won’t be able to run away.”

Up to this time, he still thought that Lin Zhihua was a teenager at heart, and he just regarded pursuing people as a fun game, and Qiao Yu's unmoved performance was regarded by Lin Zhihua as a challenge.

However, Lin Zhihua blinked and said seriously: "This is not a game, I have been waiting for this day, but if I can't wait, it doesn't matter, I will keep chasing you, you can try to formally reject me once, and then look at your heart Will there be any regrets?"

He looked closely into Qiao Yu's eyes: "As long as there is a trace of regret, Joe, it means that you already like me."

Lin Zhihua is good at bewitching, with a pair of beautiful glowing eyes, he pressed Qiao Yu step by step: "Come on, reject me."

Qiao Yu is not his kind, of course he will be infected by the enthusiasm, but he will not fall into Lin Zhihua's rhythm, he said: "I don't need to rely on these, I can determine my own mind."

Then he began to face up to the relationship between the two, and it took a long time to make sure that the other party was not joking, and that he liked the other party.

They had a long way to go before they officially became lovers. However, once they started a new relationship, Qiao Yu committed himself unreservedly. For him, after being together, his relationship gradually warmed up.

But for Lin Zhihua, everything is the opposite.

How enthusiastic Lin Zhihua was at the beginning, how indifferent when they broke up. Qiao Yu is always Qiao Yu, he is like a star, and Lin Zhihua is a changeable moon.

After the failed attempt to get back together in March, and soon after meeting Lin Zhihua and his new lover, Qiao Yu stopped paying attention to each other's every move, and all social platform dynamics stopped in March. At that time, he and himself Say, it's time to move on and start a new life.

Today, he finally did it.

However, Lin Zhihua seemed to be forcibly pulling him back at this time. He said that he broke up with Eliot. What kind of signal is this sending?

Qiao Yu paused, with a normal voice, and said, "I'm sorry."

He has always been like this, only showing care and tenderness to friends and people he likes, other than that, he doesn't see much emotion, Lin Zhihua always thinks that he is not enthusiastic enough, and eventually gets tired of him.

But now Lin Zhihua seemed to have completely ignored Qiao Yu's plain tone, and instead asked: "Do you feel regretful? He is a man with a superficial appearance, I don't feel regretful, Joe, I am sorry for us."

The words became more and more obvious, but Qiao Yu frowned, held the phone a little further away, subconsciously took off the Bluetooth headset, and put it back on.

He didn't answer.

Lin Zhihua said to himself, still using Chinese: "I want you to come back to me."

Qiao Yu sat on the edge of the bed, got up upon hearing the words, and almost blurted out: "Don't be willful, we have already separated."

Lin Zhihua didn't expect it to be so smooth, but he was very confident: "Just like you didn't believe that I was serious about chasing you back then, now you don't believe that I am serious about being with you again. It's okay, Joe, I will chase you again. You once, until I chase you back."

Qiao Yu pressed his forehead and said: "It's not a question of whether I believe it or not at all, Zhihua, to be honest, I don't understand why your relationship comes and goes so easily, even if it's a nine-year relationship, you just say no to it." No, it's so categorical. Now you say you want to get it back, and you seem to be determined to win it. Have you ever respected the relationship between me and you? Everything you do is like playing a game from the beginning to the end, but You feel so invested, so invested that you think you’re genuine.”

After saying this, there was a long silence between the two, Qiao Yu felt that tonight was not suitable for talking about work, and was about to hang up the phone, when Lin Zhihua said, "I'm sorry, I'm really self-willed. "

Qiao Yu sighed, and said, "It's all over, do you still want to talk about work tonight? If you don't want to talk, hang up first, and then call when you think you can talk, or ask Peter to contact me."

Lin Zhihua's tone softened: "Let's talk about work, but——after talking about work, can you let me talk about my thoughts? If you still want to hear it."

Qiao Yu didn't answer, and started chatting about work directly.

Xia Xiaoli outside the room was restless. She was supposed to finish a set of physics questions and a set of English questions at night, but she managed to finish half of the physics questions at almost eleven o'clock. At the door of the bedroom, the raised cat ears pressed against the door to listen to what was being said inside.

He heard what Qiao Yu said about Lin Zhihua's waywardness, but it was in English, and it was a bit vague through the door, so he couldn't hear it clearly. Later, he started talking about work, and Xia Xiaoli listened to things that he couldn't understand. , just turned around and went back to the sofa to start doing the questions safely.

It was almost 12 o'clock, and Xia Xiaoli finally finished both sets of questions. Qiao Yu's phone call hadn't finished yet. Xia Xiaoli didn't want to just go back to her apartment opposite to sleep, so she propped her head and continued to recite English words. Fell asleep on the coffee table.

When Qiao Yu was chatting with Lin Zhihua about work, Lin Zhihua returned to a normal state and stated Columbia University’s thoughts on academic exchange activities in an orderly manner. Qiao Yu also expressed their demands on behalf of Hongda School of Engineering and Engineering. In the end, it was decided that the initiator of the event, that is, Hongda Construction Engineering, would come up with a preliminary plan, and then hold a discussion meeting for the project team members of both parties.

After the chat, Qiao Yu looked at the time. It was almost 12 o'clock. He still remembered Xia Xiaoli who was doing the quiz outside. He opened the door and took a look, and found that the kitten had fallen asleep lying on the table, still holding the kitten in his hand. a pen.

Qiao Yu wanted to end the phone call quickly and let Xia Xiaoli go back to sleep, so she said to Lin Zhihua, "It's too late today, and we've already pretty much talked about it. Let's talk about it next time if you have anything to say."

Lin Zhihua was silent for a few seconds. After a 12-hour time difference and a distance of more than 1 kilometers, he suddenly became sensitive and asked, "Joe, is there someone waiting for you over there?"

Qiao Yu subconsciously glanced at Xia Xiaoli again. The lower half of the child's face was puffed up from sleep, and the red lips were bright and full. He lowered his voice and said, "You shouldn't care about this, hang up the phone."

"Wait!" Lin Zhihua shouted.

Qiao Yu was about to press the finger on the screen to stop, at this time Xia Xiaoli woke up in a daze, twisted her neck, saw Qiao Yu standing at the door of the bedroom, her voice was a little hoarse just after waking up, so her voice sounded extraordinarily Softly, "Brother Qiao, have you finished talking on the phone?"

"Who?" Lin Zhihua heard the voice, although he was not very clear, but he heard the almost coquettish "Brother Qiao", and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

Qiao Yu held down the Bluetooth headset, regardless of Lin Zhihua on the other end of the phone, who was already furious, and asked anxiously and angrily, "Who? Who is it?!" Qiao Yu said softly to Xia Xiaoli, "Okay, I'll be right over."

He closed the door again, restrained and calmly said to Lin Zhihua on the phone: "Everyone is fine, you shouldn't ask any more, we have already broken up, remember?"

Lin Zhihua's angry and panting voice came from the receiver, "Remember! I said break up! Now I take it back, I am the only one who can say that it doesn't count! Joe, I just... we have been together for too long, I I can't breathe, I've never been with someone for so long, life is peaceful, I don't think life should be like this, love, life, I have always longed for sparks and passion..."

"Joe, when I said I want to be separated from you, I just want to be apart for a while. We have each lived other lives, but we are still together. You see, we have only been separated for a few months, and we have sparks again. Now, you don't know how much I miss you now. If I can, I will fly to your city now. When you see me now, you will feel different from before. How good it is, we can start again Love is brand new again."

"Joe, we belong to each other. No matter how many times we part, we will be together again. You can't be with anyone else. You will always be mine and only mine."

It was the first time for Qiao Yu to hear Lin Zhihua say such words. To Lin Zhihua, such a resolute breakup was really just a game. On that snowy night, he came with the sharp edge of breaking up, and easily put his own My heart was stabbed in the opposite direction. It turned out that it was just because I felt that this was exciting enough. Only in this way can I find the "freshness" of love?

Qiao Yu's face was pale. This was his nine-year relationship, and he only saw the truth now.

He tried to calm himself down, Lin Zhihua was swearing again at this moment, he seemed to be madly in love, he missed, he longed, he wanted "forever", God knows, he didn't understand what "forever" was at all.

Qiao Yu didn't want to say anything, he couldn't wake up a person who was so narcissistic and arrogant, so he hung up the phone and pressed the switch off button.