Chapter 1 Meeting on a Narrow Road
Mu Yao had never felt so embarrassed by himself.
She sat stiffly in her chair, her eyes focused on herself reflected in the glass.
Flaming red lips, raised eyebrows, and a big wavy wind of dust as if he had just run out of a nightclub.
The person on the other side was wearing a slightly formal black shirt, like a kaolin flower that was difficult to pick.
Not to mention the strange eyes projected by the waiter from time to time, she felt that the gaze on the other side scared her out of her head.
It's like dyeing your hair in high school and being caught by the dean, it's this embarrassing and frightening feeling.
The blind date was leisurely, and even looked at her with a smile, as if she had seen something rare and new, and even spoke with a little playful smile: "Yaoyao, have you changed your style?" β
Mu Yao raised his head and just bumped into his eyes, his brain was hot at the moment, and he didn't know where he got the courage, and suddenly said stiffly: "What's wrong?" We haven't seen each other for so long, isn't it normal to change styles? β
Before she could react, the person opposite suddenly approached, and without waiting for Mu Yao to retreat, he pinched her cheek and looked at her twice.
"The red lip gloss is too hot for you, this wig looks a lot bigger, but the perfume on the body is very appropriate."
Mu Yao was dumbfoundedβhis movements just now were familiar, as if he was still the brother next door who lived in the same yard as him.
The atmosphere became more awkward and weird, but the person opposite didn't seem to notice it at all, and when he saw that she didn't speak for a long time, he picked up his coffee and drank it leisurely and calmly.
In the end, Mu Yao really couldn't stand the torment of this second like a year, and finally broke his silence and asked, "Lin Jue...... Brother, why are you here? β
"Didn't you know it was me before you came?" Gu Linjue put down the coffee cup, leaned back on the sofa, crossed his fingers, and said with his eyes slightly narrowed: "Or have you fallen to the point of starvation?" β
Mu Yao, who was ridiculed, was not angry at all, she barely thought about it, and blurted out the next sentence: "Then did you come on a blind date because you knew that it was me?" β
She's always so good at getting to the point of his words.
Gu Linjue's eyes froze, and then asked, "Mu Yao, how long have we not seen each other?" β
Suddenly hit by this question, Mu Yao was stunned for a moment, and silently lowered his eyes, how long has it been?
So long that she almost thought she could forget about this person.
She raised her eyes to look at this man, who was still the outstanding handsome and noble man of his youth, but the outline was more profound and distinct, and his eyes were deeper than before, and there was a smile in them at the moment, softening his slightly cold aura.
Time is ruthless, no matter what the world is, it treats each other coldly, follows the same trajectory, and walks non-stop, turning the present into the past, turning teenagers and girls into men and women, and also turning them from relatives to old people who are now reunited on the blind date.
I thought I was going to forget, but it turned out that I was still very clear in my heart.
Mu Yao took a deep breath: "In two months, it will be ten years, Brother Lin Jue, we haven't seen each other for ten years." β
Ten years have completely separated us.
Since you didn't say goodbye, everything I've been through is no longer with your involvement.
"So, let's get acquainted again, my name is Gu Linjue, 27 years old, and I am a surgeon by profession." He held out his hand.
Mu Yao subconsciously looked down at the hands in front of him, slender and clean, and at first glance they were the hands of double surgeons.
When she came back to her senses, she had already pushed his hand away: "Brother Lin Jue, forget it, I don't think we need to know each other again." β
After saying this, she didn't dare to look at him again, and hurriedly got up and fled with her bag, sensing the gaze behind her, she didn't even have the courage to turn back.
She didn't know how she got home, but the moment she closed the door, Mu Yao seemed to have been drained of all her strength, and she fell to the floor all of a sudden.
She curled up, trying to control the trembling of her body, and the panic in her heart subsided slightly.
The mobile phone in the bag kept buzzing, Mu Yao glanced at the call, bit his lip, and hung up.
She tugged at the corners of her stiff mouth, trying to smile wryly.
She had just graduated from college a year ago when she was forced to marry by her parents.
This is probably the time when her parents care about her the most since she was a child.
But she really didn't want to tell others that she went to see Gu Linjue today in the shape of killing Matt.
He's clean, he's a doctor, and he's most disgusted with flamboyant girls.
It's been so long, but she can still remember his preferences so clearly, and she still cares so much.
Gu Linjue, these three words really seem like a spell that she can't escape.
Every word he said lingered as if it had been imprinted on her mind, but it could not overlap with the person she remembered.
Time has turned them into strangers. What Mu Yao remembered was that cold autumn night ten years ago, when he walked by her, he suddenly paused, threw his coat to cover her, and said to her angrily and with a smile: "You are really capable, you can get lost at the door of your house." The young man who was as bright as the moonlight.
Mu Yao raised her head and looked at herself in the mirror, she took off her heavy makeup, revealing a pale face, and a slight dark circle under her eyes after working overtime, she smiled silently.
Who can be the same as before? Presumably for Gu Linjue, she is also unfamiliar.
When Mu Yao was woken up by the ringtone of his mobile phone in the middle of the night, his mind was still confused, and he only heard an unfamiliar voice asking, "Hello, are you a friend of Mr. Gu?" β
Mu Yao was still confused, rubbing his eyes, and asked in a vague voice, "Who?" β
"Gu Linjue, Mr. Gu?"
Hearing this name, she suddenly sobered up, immediately sat up, grabbed her mobile phone and asked, "Yes, I know him, what's wrong with him?" β
"He's drunk, you're in our bar, you should pick him up as soon as possible."
Mu Yao didn't think about anything, and immediately put a coat on his body and ran out to stop the car, and a panic that he hadn't seen for a long time surged in his heart.
How could someone like Gu Linjue go to a bar to get drunk?
But after thinking about it, everyone hasn't seen each other for so long, and each other has already stepped into the ranks of adults, which is still the teenager who can see the bottom at a glance in the past? What's more, she never understood him.
When she rushed into the bar with a snort, she realized that it was a little far from what she had imagined - the music that made people's scalps tingle and wanted to explode, the scenes of shaking her head and dancing demons, and the colorful lights sweeping the audience.
On the contrary, it is quiet and private, with soothing music, dim lighting, and the long sleepless nights that relieve lonely people here.
Among so many people, she saw Gu Linjue drunk on the sofa at a glance.
Mu Yao took a deep breath, walked over, and called tentatively: "Brother Lin Jue? β
"You're here? I've been waiting for you. β
Following this lazy voice, Mu Yao saw a man sitting leisurely opposite Gu Linjue, wearing a black shirt, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing a smooth and powerful arm curve, and he was not in a hurry to speak, but his gaze was sharp and direct, and he suddenly caught the person, only making her feel that she had no power to fight back in such a gaze, and he was like a fierce beast lurking at any time waiting for an opportunity to exert his strength, just waiting to catch the prey that fell into the trap.
Mu Yao's throat was a little tight, completely out of fear.
"Young Master Gu's friend? Shall I invite you to a drink? He raised his wine glass to invite, and Mu Yao was about to shirk it, when suddenly his eyes turned and fell on Gu Linjue, so he laughed, revealing his white and neat teeth: "Forget it, if you let Young Master Gu know, my small wine shop will not be opened." β
He smiled cheerfully, but it reminded Mu Yao of the biting wind on the mountain, and the beasts with sharp claws and teeth standing in the wind.
She was lonely and unheard, only to know that under the same sky, there was such a strange person who would appear in the dark night.
Seeing him bow his head slightly and drink the wine, Mu Yao breathed a sigh of relief, smiled too, and asked, "Are you his friend?" β
He shrugged his shoulders: "Here, his friends are only you, and as far as I know, he won't allow anyone else to take him away when he's drunk, and if you hadn't come today, I'd have planned to throw him out." β
Mu Yao couldn't, so he could only ask, "Then do you know where his home is?" β
He spread his hands, as if he couldn't bear to see her disappointed, so he added with a smile, "But I can help you get him in the car." β
Mu Yao responded: "Then thank you." β
"Willing to help."
Although the man was eccentric, he behaved moderately, did not inquire much about other people's affairs, did not reveal much, did not have the shrewdness of the world, but had a bit of playful laziness.
Perhaps it was his comfortable attitude that allowed her to eliminate a little bit of separation, and Mu Yao asked her initial confusion: "Are bars so quiet?" β
The man stared at her, grinned, shook his head and complained: "I'm usually very lively here, but Young Master Gu doesn't like to be noisy......" He glanced at Gu Linjue, who was unconscious, and suddenly scolded: "I don't like to be noisy and run to the bar, it's really what the young master is used to him!" Once he comes, my business will have to be deserted once, and he will be a scourge! β
The last few words were really ruining the image, Mu Yao heard a black line, afraid that the boss would be angry and find her to vent his anger, so he quickly helped Gu Linjue up and prepared to take it home.
The temperature was low at night, and she saw that Gu Linjue was still wearing the same suit as when she met in the morning, so she took off her scarf and put it on him, the scarf was a little long, she was bent on wrapping him a few more times, and somehow subconsciously turned around and found that the man had been watching silently beside her.
Mu Yao was a little embarrassed, so he could only point outside without words: "You should also wear more, it's cold outside." β
He shook his head noncommittally, stretched out his hand and pushed the door open, and sure enough, a gust of cold wind poured in, but he didn't care, he was scattered black, and easily melted into the night outside.
Before closing the car door, the man suddenly bent down, and the angle was just right in the dim light, looking elegant and bewitching.
Through the half-open car window, his voice came like a slow cello sound: "Miss Mu, my name is Qi Cang, and I look forward to seeing you again." β
Mu Yao was full of doubts, but before the words of the answer could be spoken, he made a gesture, and the driver drove away from the tavern, Mu Yao looked back suspiciously, only to see him light a cigarette, in the dim light, she couldn't see his expression clearly, only saw the light of the cigarette extinguishing the fire.
What a weirdo!