Chapter 24: Silence
What I like is that friends are honest with each other, and I want friends to talk to each other. Because in my opinion, lies and concealments are both killers to end a relationship, the worst enemy among friends. I'm afraid of that, so I'm going to do my best to avoid them...
Xu Shaohui once concealed it from me once, and he said that he would tell me at the "right time". But after all this time, I still didn't wait for that "right time", and he still didn't say a word about it.
But today, when the time came, I thought he was going to confess to me, but the truth was...
"Rui Rui? Remember that morning a few months ago? Is that the thing I didn't tell you at the time? ”
Xu Shaohui whispered, trying to let the music around him overwhelm his voice. Although he didn't say anything, from his eyes and his cautious movements, I could tell that he was nervous and afraid, and the person he was afraid of was Ouyang Ze.
Ouyang Ze was already standing far away, although his eyes still looked at us from time to time, but he didn't act like a god of death, he didn't have a life-cutting sickle in his hand, why should Xu Shaohui be afraid?
"Of course I do! You still owe me an explanation, tell me what happened that day? ”
Maybe I wanted to know the truth so much that I unconsciously raised my voice without taking into account Xu Shaohui's fear, so that it attracted the attention of the people around me.
"You keep your voice down..."
Being stimulated by me made him even more panicked, and his head, which was still holding up just now, suddenly lowered, for fear that others would look at his face.
"This is not the place to talk, let's go outside and talk."
With that, he pulled me out of the crowd and into the quiet garden...
Although there will be a song and dance inside, but the smiling faces on everyone's faces look uncomfortable, compared to the excitement inside, I still like the silence outside, because only quiet is more real.
Not to mention the decoration inside, even the garden outside looks so high-end and high-grade. Although it is already autumn, there are more than chrysanthemums in the garden. All kinds of flowers are pouring fragrance under this bright moonlight, and the colorful petals are also lined with more delicate.
If you change the occasion and time, this must be a good place to have a tryst, and it is a good time for a couple to talk to each other. It's just that today's occasion is not right, the time is wrong, and even the characters are not right...
"Tell me, what happened last time, and what's going on today?"
After coming out, he lost the bright atmosphere, and he became a lot more relaxed like me, just because we are all people all the way, so our interests are the same, and the things we like are also the same...
"Can you continue to help me carry on today's events, because I still can't tell you at this time..."
Xu Shaohui took a sip of wine and said to me helplessly. That expression was exactly the same as when he said to me that day, "I'll talk about it then."
He didn't look me in the eyes, he didn't pay attention to my expression. He's dodging, dodging me, hiding from me as a friend.
It's hard to accept that this is the case over and over again, but for me, not having to go to "three" is enough to make me angry.
It's that I'm too tolerant, it's that I'm too relaxed with him. So much so that he will think that I will shut up no matter what, and that I will tolerate everything about him. But he was wrong, and this time, I won't trust him anymore and won't give him another chance to hide it.
"Okay, if you don't say yes, then I'll check the list now and see who brought you in today!"
With that, I turned to leave, ready to re-enter the almost suffocating atmosphere. But Xu Shaohui still grabbed my hand in time and opened his mouth to lock many secrets.
"Don't! I tell you, I tell you..."
Eventually, he relented. Because he knows that he can't beat me, and if I don't like it, I'll definitely really check the list and find out the details of the person who brought him in.
"Wouldn't it have been okay to cooperate like this earlier?"
I said to him in a slightly mocking tone, which was a little punishment for him.
When I am ready to welcome the fruits of my victory, when I am ready to listen intently to the secrets of his heart. Accident, once again...
"Click..."
It's not very quiet, but I can hear it clearly in such a quiet environment. It came from behind me, from the entrance to the garden, from the exit of the reception.
I didn't know who it was, but I hated eavesdropping on other people's conversations, so I turned my head to see the man's abominable face at the first second.
The night was dark, but the moonlight and the dazzling lights were my helpers, and they were all helping me to shine on the woman's form, but the man beside me became the woman's helper, stopping me before I could see her face.
"Rui Rui! I... I..."
He wanted to say something, but he didn't, as if something was gagging his mouth, and that mass was more like his own tongue...
"Don't pull me! Show me who that man is! ”
I shook Xu Shaohui's arm vigorously, but the cuffs he grabbed did not easily leave his clutches, and they were still imprisoned by him, along with my body, my eyes had to be imprisoned by him.
It didn't take long for the sound of high heels to disappear into the moonlight, and Xu Shaohui gradually let go of the hand that grabbed me...
"Who is that man! Why are you helping her? Is there a secret between you? ”
The more I thought about it, the more scared I felt, I didn't want Xu Shaohui to have anything to do with her, and I didn't want him to hide this little thing from me, but he still chose to continue to keep his tight-lipped characteristics and continue to remain silent in front of me.
"No... It's okay... Don't guess... What that guy? Is there anyone else but us? ”
He pretended to look behind me, at the garden, but his gaze betrayed him, betrayed the fact that he knew.
Although he can lie, he is at most a fledgling novice compared to me, and he is still very weak compared to me, the originator of lying.
"Say it! Don't lie to me! I know you're lying! ”
“…”
He didn't speak, but remained silent. He frowned as if he was waiting for something, and the champagne in his hand had lost its charm at this time, and it had no ability to entice him to drink it.
"Say!"
"You go and see the list."
"What?"
"I said, go find out who brought me here."
I was surprised by his steady tone, it was the first time he had answered my question in such a resolute tone.
"Good!"
When I really went to find someone to check the list and really checked the attendance records, I found that the name of the guest who led Xu Shaohui was stained by the drink. Once again he escaped my questions and once again chose to lie to me...