Difficult round

Chapter 23

In early April, a friend whose family owns a hotel chain celebrated his birthday and held a pool party at his hotel.

The party was very lively. We invited a lot of beautiful girls and drained all the water in the swimming pool and filled it with ocean balls. A group of men and women were playing around in the ocean balls. It was a kind of "sea and sky. The feeling of "feast" is very... extravagant.

Gu Yan sat alone on the deck chair by the swimming pool, slowly drinking the champagne in his hand.

He wasn't interested in those young ladies, and he didn't want to mess with the relationship between men and men, or between men and women. He and this friend met through Tang Yan, so he didn't know each other well, so he didn't want to come to this birthday party at all.

But this friend's parents happened to be quite familiar with their big boss, so Gu Yan had to give this face.

This is how adults socialize, and there are always various interests involved in personal relationships, and there is no way around it.

Shen Qi came from behind, and there was another person following him, Gu Yan took a closer look and realized that the person was actually Tan Xiaolei.

He was wearing a dark purple shirt tonight, with a wide open neckline, and his hair was grabbed with personality, which was very suitable for this occasion.

Unlike Gu Yan and Shen Qi, Gu Yan is better. He at least changed the shirt and suit he wore to work and changed into a dark coat, but Shen Qi really came here in a three-piece suit. He doesn't like Came for a birthday party, but seemed to be here for a business negotiation.

Gu Yan knew that he had actually been to a dinner.

When they got off work, the two took the same elevator again. At that time, the manager of the marketing department was telling Shen Qi and another colleague some precautions for the dinner table later, and Gu Yan was forced to listen.

So he probably came over in a hurry after the dinner over there and didn't have time to change out of his outfit.

However, Shen Qi has never been a person who likes all kinds of parties.The reason for him to do this... Gu Yan didn't want to be affectionate, but he had to be affectionate when he watched the other party walk around and then fix his eyes on him.

He really doesn't know what Shen Qi wants to do now.

Why bother.

The champagne in the wine glass had already been drunk, but Gu Yan didn't want to get up, so he just held the empty wine glass and shook it slightly to pass the time.

Not long after, a shadow fell in front of him, and Tan Xiaolei's familiar voice sounded from above his head: "Would you like a drink?"

He had two glasses of champagne in his hand, and he had already handed one of them to Gu Yan when he asked this question, but he didn't want Gu Yan to refuse at all.

Gu Yan smiled helplessly, and took it kindly.

The two clinked glasses, then raised their heads and drank the wine together.Tan Xiaolei moved the recliner over, sat down next to Gu Yan, raised his eyebrows and joked:

"Why is Brother Gu sitting here alone? Are you waiting for me?"

Gu Yan laughed again, his expression became a little more serious after laughing, he turned his head to look at Tan Xiaolei, and decided to take this opportunity to speak clearly.

It's not a problem to always procrastinate like this. He can stop Tan Xiaolei from being impulsive once, but he can't stop others from being impulsive for the second time and the third time...

Don't delay people.

"Xiaolei, I've thought about it for a long time, but I still want to say—" But Tan Xiaolei put his index finger against his lips, "Shh—Brother Gu, please don't say it."

Gu Yan turned his face away uncomfortably, avoiding the cold knuckles, Tan Xiaolei didn't seem to care too much, shrugged, changed into a comfortable posture, and called the waiter to give him two more Come over with a glass of wine.

"Brother Gu, I think I know what you're going to say, but please don't say it, at least... at least give me some sympathy. Maybe I'll figure it out myself after a while. After years of broken filters, I don't know what to say." I like you, right?"

Tan Xiaolei and Shen Qi are really very different. If the latter is a clear spring flowing quietly in the forest, then the former is undoubtedly the most beautiful red rose with thorns blooming among the flowers.

Two completely different types. When I think about it carefully, Gu Yan finds that the girlfriends he has dated in the past are actually closer to Tan Xiaolei's type.

but……

"Okay, then let's not talk about it." This time it was Gu Yan who respected Tan Xiaolei, "I'm afraid that I will really disappoint you, after all, I am... really nothing good."

Tan Xiaolei's smile was hit again, and he couldn't stop laughing.Gu Yan found that this person's smile was really low, and then he followed the other person's line of sight, but caught sight of Shen Qi who was sitting with Tang Yan.

"Brother Gu, when I came here just now, I happened to meet Brother Shen Qi at the entrance of the hotel. He asked me a question, would you like to guess what it is?"

His tone and demeanor seemed a bit mysterious, but Gu Yan was not interested in this topic, so he just smiled noncommittally.

People who are used to observing words and expressions are now blindfolded, as if they couldn't see the reluctance on Gu Yan's face at all, and deliberately dragged the tone and said:

"Brother Shen Xi asked me if I was, was, making, going with you..."

Although he was a bit reluctant to admit it, when Gu Yan heard this, his heart still felt as if he had been grabbed by someone, with a sour pain.

For seven whole years, the joys and sorrows have been controlled by another person, so let it go if you say it, and don't care if you say you don't care.This kind of nonsense is just to deceive others.

But so what, he didn't want to continue anymore.

"Yes." He replied perfunctorily.

Tan Xiaolei winked at him, it was obviously a contrived expression, but he made it look very nice:

"Yeah, so Brother Gu, don't be in a hurry to reject me, because if you want to stop the rotten peach blossoms, I am willing to be that tool person, and I won't charge you, as long as you have time to treat me to dinner. What? So, is this deal a good deal?"

On the other side, Tang Yan was also pulling Shen Qi to gossip, and he was talking about Gu Yan and Tan Xiaolei.

"Hey Chen Qi, what's going on between you and Gu Yan? Why haven't you reconciled yet? Is this a real mess?"

To this day, Tang Yan still doesn't believe that the two really broke up.There is a saying: "If so-and-so breaks up with so-and-so, I won't believe in love anymore."

This so-and-so and so-and-so, in Tang Yan's case, are Shen Qi and Gu Yan.

He witnessed with his own eyes how good Gu Yan was to Shen Qi from being friends to being together again, and then to a sticky and sticky love. Apart from Shen Qi himself, he might be the one he knew best.

When he was in college, he even joked with Shen Qi: "If you break up with Gu Yan someday, remember to let me know, I have to go after Gu Yan, and then let him treat me like an ancestor."

It was December at that time, Shen Qi was knitting a scarf, preparing to give it to Gu Yan as a Christmas present, upon hearing this, he lowered his head and smiled.

Although he didn't speak, his eyes were warm and bright, the eyes that only those who fell in love would have.

So Tang Yan really couldn't believe that such two people would come to the point of breaking up.

Is it true that no matter how beautiful the love is, it will disappear in the ordinary life of tea, rice, oil and salt day after day?

Shen Qi drank champagne as water: "Really."

"I said it's almost enough, you, if you make too much noise, you won't be able to take it back."

Shen Qi smiled helplessly.But you can't get it back.It's a pity that he understood too late, it was already too late.

"Hey, I'm sure the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry." Seeing Shen Qi's desperate attitude, Tang Yan really hated iron and steel.

"I really don't understand what you two think, but as a friend, I need to remind you."

"Zhang Cheng told me two days ago that Tan Xiaolei was chasing after Gu Yan. He almost resigned from his job a few years ago and went to Gu Yan's company to be an assistant designer. Look at how he bravely rushed forward for love. the spirit of……"

Zhang Chengcheng is the rich second generation who celebrates his birthday today.It was through him that Tan Xiaolei sneaked into Tang Yan's circle of friends, and then met Gu Yan.

His calculations are accurate step by step, and then look at Shen Qi... Tang Yan is almost dying of anxiety.

"He applied for a designer?" Shen Qi didn't know this.

"Yes, yes, but Gu Yan seems to have persuaded him to go back again. Anyway, he is chasing very closely. I think he is going there with the determination to take Gu Yan down."

"So you have to think clearly, don't regret it one day, but you have already run away with someone else, and you won't have time to cry..."

Tang Yan had told him similar things on his birthday before. At that time, Shen Qi was confused by many unnecessary things, and he was afraid and timid. He knew that Gu Yan was very important to him, but he didn't dare to think about it.

He even deceived himself and told himself that no one can live without him, so no matter how much Tang Yan said, he didn't dare to take a step.

It's different now.

Although he can indeed live without Gu Yan, but life is worse than death.

So even though he is still timid and timid, he wants to break free from the secular cage that weighs on his heart, wants to be self-willed for once, and then...to be with Gu Yan.

"Tang Yan, I also changed jobs, and now I'm in the same company as Gu Yan."

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Tang Yan: "???"

Shen Qi: "Unexpected?"