This night, Jiang Lai's mood was exceptionally good. Years of grievances were cleared up, and the clouds and fog were finally cleared and the moon was brightened.

However, because of Li Zechen's comment, Joey specially sent a message: "You guys are really enough, don't forget to feed a handful of dog food to people all over the world at this time!"

Jiang Lai was in a good mood and replied rarely: "Why, didn't your professor feed you?"

Joey sent a surprised emoji: "You have learned badly, who are you, you are my simple and kind Lailai!"

Jiang Lai: "......"

Did she say something she shouldn't have said?

Who knew that Joey would surprise her in the next sentence: "I may be getting married at the end of the year!"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Jiang Lai choked on a mouthful of soup, and tears came out.

"What's wrong?"

Li Zechen hurriedly walked over and patted her back gently.

Jiang Lai waved his hand, and after relieving himself, he picked up his mobile phone and called Joey.

"What's the situation? Didn't you just reject your professor's marriage proposal, why are you going to get married again all of a sudden?

Joey laughed twice: "I proposed to him this time." ”

Jiang Lai sincerely admired: "Qiao Da Beauty, it is really extraordinary!"

"Okay, I'm going to eat Japanese food with my professor, and we'll talk again!

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Lai was still a little confused.

How could her friends love this sudden surprise?

"Joey is getting married?"

Jiang Lai came back to his senses and nodded: "Well, her boyfriend proposed before, but she didn't agree." This time she proposed, and she said that it might be married by the end of the year. ”

"Looking for you to be a bridesmaid?"

"Hmm!"

Li Zechen nodded slightly, pondered for a moment and asked, "Then you ask, has you found the best man for her wedding?"

Jiang Lai hadn't reacted yet: "What do you mean?"

"I'll go!"

"Huh?"

Jiang Lai was stunned for three seconds, and suddenly understood: "You mean you're going to be the best man for Joey's wedding?"

Li Zechen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is there any problem?"

"No, no, but why?"

I've never seen him at anyone's wedding before. According to Jiang Jiang, even if a friend who was close to him in the circle invited him to the wedding, he politely refused and just sent gifts and money.

In Jiang Jiang's words, as soon as Li Zechen appeared, no one cared that it was a wedding.

"My girlfriend is a bridesmaid, what's wrong with me being the best man? And do you think I'm going to let you hold another man's arm at the wedding?"

Jiang Lai was dumbfounded: "But the last time Si Ling's wedding ......"

"Last time, it was because your friend was an outsider, and it was really inappropriate for me to steal the limelight from the groom. But now, our relationship is known to the whole world, and Joey is also a partner I have worked with, so this limelight will be stolen. ”

Jiang Laiton......

Is that okay too?

When she told Joey the news, she laughed for a long time on the phone: "I'm not afraid that he will steal the limelight, my professor and he are not the same type of ......"

Then she heard a man's voice on the phone: "So what type am I?"

Jiang Lai: "......"

Sure enough, men are all one type.

--

As soon as Jiang Lai came out of the shower, she received a voice call from Jiang Jiang, but it brought a news that surprised her.

Zuo Yao wanted to talk to her.

Jiang Lai expected that Gu Qingyin would not bow her head easily and apologize, and might hide, but she didn't expect that there would be people willing to come out to solve the trouble for her at this time.

She hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

Some things should be made clear, and some things should be closed.

Although she knew that meeting again was just to uncover the old scars and show them to the other party again, she wanted to give herself an explanation, and then say goodbye to the past completely.

Hanging up the phone, Jiang Lai wiped his hair casually with a towel, a little distracted.

I woke up when I heard a knock on the door.

Opening the door, Li Zechen was holding a glass of milk.

"It's so late, haven't you slept yet?"

Li Zechen handed her the milk: "Milk helps sleep." ”

Jiang Lai took the cup, and his palm was warm: "Thank you!"

"Go to bed early after drinking!"

"The ......"

Jiang Lai saw that he was leaving, and subconsciously spoke up.

Li Zechen turned back, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Jiang Lai thought for a while and nodded: "Hmm!"

Li Zechen leaned against the door and made a listening gesture.

"Well, Jiang Jiang just called me and said that Zuo Yao is Gu Qingyin's boyfriend, and he wants to talk to me. ”

Hearing the word "Zuo Yao", Li Zechen had already restrained his laziness just now, and when he heard that Zuo Yao was going to talk to Jiang Lai, he stood up straight and observed her expression.

"You promised?"

Jiang Lai's heart suddenly jumped, and his intuition seemed to be wrong, but he still nodded honestly: "Hmm." ”

Li Zechen didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.

In such a silent atmosphere, Jiang Lai felt that his heart was becoming more and more empty.

Although she doesn't know what she has in her heart.

"Got it. ”

Jiang Lai blinked, just, that's it?

What is this operation?

"Anything else?"

Jiang Lai shook his head: "No, then I'll sleep first, good night!"

Glancing at his face, he was about to close the door.

Suddenly, a hand was propped up on the door, and before she could react, the person had already been held by the hand and pushed into the room.

With a crisp sound of the door closing.

Jiang Lai was directly forced to cling to the door, besieged between him and the door.

Afraid of touching his injured arm, she didn't dare to move.

And in the face of the strong manly atmosphere that suddenly approached, the roots of her ears were also red uncontrollably.

Li Zechen was very satisfied with her performance, lowered his head and gently bit the tip of her nose.

Jiang Lai couldn't help but shudder, he didn't expect him to make such a move.

"Any idea what I'm thinking right now?"

Jiang Lai shook her head, she really didn't know what he was thinking, but she probably guessed that he shouldn't be in a good mood now, otherwise he wouldn't bully her again.

Li Zechen sighed lightly and touched her with the tip of his nose: "I don't want you to see him!"

Don't......

Jiang Lai asked tentatively, "You, you shouldn't be jealous, right?"

Li Zechen hooked the corners of his lips: "Can't you?"

Jiang Lai bit his lip and felt incredible: "I have nothing to do with him, he is Gu Qingyin's boyfriend." ”

"But didn't you like him?"

"No, no, it's just, it's ......"

"What's it?"

Li Zechen's eyes were at hers, and Jiang Lai could clearly see that the light and shadow in his eyes changed several times, and finally became deep and gloomy.

She lowered her eyes unconsciously and swallowed silently: "I may have had a little bit of a good impression at the beginning, but I didn't have time to remember it, and it was already destroyed in another tragic way." ”

That's the case, she didn't seriously think about what her feelings for Zuo Yao were at the beginning.

It's just that when the plagiarism incident broke out, the pain of being betrayed by his friends and the grievance of being wronged were far greater than the sadness of knowing that he and Gu Qingyin were together.

Those likes that haven't had time to deepen are gone.

Li Zechen raised his eyebrows slightly, and did not comment on this slightly literary answer, but asked another question: "Then do you have an unforgettable favorite now?"

Jiang Lai breathed a sigh of relief and raised his eyes to look at him.

Unforgettable favorites?

After staring at each other in silence for a few seconds, she took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the panicked and shy emotion: "I ......"

Why is your voice still shaking?

Is it so hard to take the initiative once?

After a pause, she spoke again: "I don't know what it looks like to have an unforgettable liking, but I only like you now!"

After saying that, his eyes quickly turned to the side, and his face was already red like words.

Li Zechen was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Jiang Lai to suddenly confess.

reacted, saw her very shy expression, and laughed lowly.

Raised his hand and pinched her chin, controlled to prevent her from lowering her head again, and then under her gaze, kissed all the way down her forehead until the corner of her lips touched hers, and said vaguely: "I've been waiting for this sentence for a long time!"

Then he didn't give Jiang Lai a chance to speak, and kissed him heavily.

Although it was not the first time, Jiang Lai still couldn't get used to this intimacy.

The restless heart in his chest was beating violently, his breath had been completely taken away, and his mind was blank, and he could no longer think, so he could only clutch the clothes on his waist.

--

The next morning, Jiang Lai went to a café she frequented when she had made an appointment with Zuo Yao.

Because it was a Monday, there were very few people in the café, so she deliberately chose a more corner location.

While she waited, she ordered a latte.

Half an hour later, Zuo Yao appeared in her sight.

Jiang Lai looked at Zuo Yao, who was walking slowly towards her, and suddenly felt that the memories about him were so long that she couldn't remember a lot. I once saw that the nameless fire in his heart had also been extinguished.

Maybe it's because the dust has settled.

When she was distracted, Zuo Yao had already sat down opposite her.

She came back to her senses and asked, "What to drink?"

"Black coffee!"

Jiang Lai called the waiter to refill another latte.

Zuo Yao suddenly spoke: "I remember that you used to drink black coffee. ”

Jiang Lai smiled and said flatly: "Actually, I don't like the astringent and bitter taste of black coffee, as if it can be bitter until the heart." It's just that at that time, I thought I would get used to it slowly.

"Later, after tasting something that is more bitter than it, I realized that some things are not suitable from the beginning, and they can be changed without habit. ”

Zuo Yao was silent for a few seconds and said, "I'm sorry!"

Jiang Lai put down the cup, tilted his head, and learned from Li Zechen to show an expression that seemed to be smiling: "Are you apologizing for yourself, or are you apologizing for her." If it were you, this apology would not be necessary.

"The instinct of people is to believe that the person who is close to them is your girlfriend, compared to me, which is far and closer, at a glance. If you're apologizing for her, there's no need to do that.

"Because the person who hurt me is she not you, the person who stole my manuscript is she not you, the thief shouts to catch the thief, the person who slanders me is she not you, the person who betrays our friendship for many years and stabs me in the heart is she not you, the person who tries to push me and the people around me into hell again in the same way is she not you. ”

Jiang Lai took a deep breath when he said this, and restrained his excitement: "So, even if you are her boyfriend, you have no right to apologize for her." What she owes me must be paid by herself. ”