Only the truth is true between friends, and one more lie and one more concealment will bring a crack to a solid friendship. As much as I would love to have no secrets between us, he chose to hide it...

He sat in front of his bed for a whole day, and Xu Shaohui did not wake up until the evening.

The sky is no longer as bright as the day, so the light is not as dazzling as it is during the day. So much so that the moment Xu Shaohui opened his eyes, he would not squint to avoid the light of the sun, but to look directly at me and answer my questions.

"Xu Shaohui? Where did you go yesterday? ”

"I... Headache..."

Xu Shaohui deliberately avoided my question, just rubbing his alcohol-soaked temples and his paralyzed brain.

"Where the hell did you go yesterday? What can't I be told? ”

"Is Ouyang Ze back? Have you eaten? ”

Xu Shaohui still pretended not to hear my question, and still talked about him left and right.

I didn't know what he meant, but his misty but twinkling eyes told me that what he was hiding must be very important, and what I wanted to know the most.

"You just hide it from me, our brothers for so many years, you just hide it from me."

When I saw that he didn't mean to answer me, instead of continuing to be so stunned, it was better to leave the room and give the two of us a moment of silence.

When I got up to leave, he didn't stop me, just lay on the bed and rubbed his not sober brain. But when I got to the door, with my right hand already on the doorknob, ready to open the door and leave, he said that.

"Rui Rui, I'm sorry. But this thing really can't tell you. ”

His tone was no longer just about me, as he had just done before, but more concerned, like a stern father protecting his child in his own stern way.

My feet don't have the strength to take a step, I just stand stiff at the door, neither in nor back.

I didn't speak, I just turned my head and glanced at Xu Shaohui. But he continued as if he had received some instructions.

"I really didn't go to the bar yesterday, I went somewhere else. But I can't really tell you where I went, it's for your sake. ”

He turned to look at me sideways, although his eyes were still so misty, and the whole person seemed to be immersed in the paralysis just now, but his tone sounded very calm.

"Why are you drinking in the morning?"

"Because... Because it would be so bad that you had to numb your brain with alcohol. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll accidentally say it..."

He looked at me with a guilty expression, and his pupils radiated apologetic so that I could feel it as far away as I stood.

The farthest distance in the world is not the distance between life and death, nor is it the fact that I stand in front of you and you don't know that I love you, but you stand in front of the secret, but it still protects itself with that mysterious veil, refusing to let you see its true face.

I didn't speak, I just looked at him quietly, because I didn't know what words to reply to him at this point, and all I could think of was the question in my heart, the question of "where did you go yesterday?" It's better to be silent than to speak out and be blocked back by him.

"Trust me, I made the right decision, you'll find out later..."

"Well..."

The moment I opened the door and took a step, he hurriedly said another word.

"By the way, don't tell Ouyang Ze about my going out yesterday!"

He hid things from me, and now he wants me to help him hide from Ouyang Ze. Is this the right thing to do? Is this really good for me? Perhaps, as he said, "will know later"...

After that day, Xu Shaohui seemed to have lost his memory, forgot all about the incident, and never mentioned it to me again. Although Ouyang Ze did ask me where Xu Shaohui went that day, Ouyang Ze did not continue to ask after I lied for him.

It seems that life is on the right track again, but I ignore that the track of this life is not smooth sailing, but full of trivial things such as stones and weeds. I can't live the kind of stable and comfortable life I imagined at that time, and I will continue to work hard for the rest of my life...

"Rui Rui, you better find a job, isn't it too comfortable to rely on Ouyang Ze alone?"

After a busy day, Xu Shaohui also gave me work advice like Chris Tao. Maybe I'm so laid-back that I'm a useless idler in their eyes...

"Don't get me wrong! I'm not saying you're idle, but I think..."

He didn't say anything, not waiting for me to understand, but he couldn't find a good sentence to describe it because of his poor language.

"Think I should be independent, and shouldn't just rely on Ouyang Ze?"

"Yes, yes! That's what I mean! ”

Xu Shaohui patted his thigh excitedly.

"I just think it's better for you to be able to support yourself like before, it's better than being raised like you are now."

It's for me to work, and it's for me to be independent. They have all seen what I need and lack the most now-self-reliance, but Ouyang Ze's eyes often have such a blind spot, and they often can't see what I need.

"But Ouyang Ze didn't allow me to go to work, he insisted that I rest at home."

"You're stupid!"

He tapped my head with his index finger and continued.

"You're not going to sneak in a job! Anyway, Ouyang Ze will come back at night, and he won't know where you go if you go out for a day. ”

Xu Shaohui blinked his cunning little eyes, and the corners of his mouth were as obscene as the ancient ministers giving ideas to the mediocre emperor.

"Where can I find it... It's so easy to work now..."

"I've got you covered, you can go anytime!"

Before I finished speaking, Xu Shaohui picked up my words, as if he had been preparing for this job for me for a long time, so I nodded and agreed.

But look at the not-so-real smile on his face, and that overly firm tone. I think it's a little strange in the middle, but I can't say it.

"How did you find it for me? Do you know I'm going to work? ”

I looked at him suspiciously, hoping that his eyes would tell me everything.

"I... I... I heard Chris Tao mention it... Huh..."

Despite his best efforts, the stammering words still made me suspicious...

Xu Shaohui, what's wrong with him?