He Tianran hung up the phone, returned the phone to Wen Liang, and said with a relaxed face:

"She asked me to come over early the day after tomorrow, and Guo Huai wanted me to be his best man."

Wen Lianghu looked at him suspiciously, but did not speak.

The two only looked at each other for less than two seconds, and He Tianran was defeated and shrugged: "Okay, it's actually Cao Aiqing who wants to see me." ”

"She's getting married the day after tomorrow, and she wants to see you today?" Wen Liang said strangely, she didn't know the content of the phone call, she could only guess: "Could it be, what she actually wants to see is another you?" ”

"It would be better for me to go see her." He Tianran pondered for a moment, and did not perfunctory: "Ai Qing in this world has changed too much, although I have a very weak relationship with her now, but since she has opened her mouth, I still want to meet her, and this kind of opportunity, I will definitely not give that bastard." ”

Wen Liang paused for a moment, and stopped talking, she was conflicted in her heart, in fact, in the final analysis, she was not qualified to mind this kind of thing.

However, she was still uneasy in her heart, they had only been together for two days, and Wen Liang was standing at the door and walking, not leaving.

He Tianran smiled: "What are you afraid of?" I'm afraid that I won't be able to control myself and elope with Cao Aiqing, don't want you anymore? ”

Wen Liang glared at him, but still said seriously: "I can see that you won't do such a thing with her, but I still vaguely feel a little uneasy, my sixth sense is still very accurate." ”

The expression on the young man's face remained unchanged: "Okay, don't be nervous, hurry up and get on the plane." ”

"Where did she ask you to meet?" Wen Liang didn't care about the prevarication in his words.

"It's our Starbucks downstairs, she's coming in the afternoon." He Tianran said bluntly.

"Hmmm......"

Wen Liang groaned to himself after listening to it, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Don't worry, I'll send you a photo in the afternoon, nothing will happen."

He Tianran soothed the other party's emotions, and it happened that Wen Liang's assistant called her at this time, and she coped with a few words, after all, time waits for no one, so she can only helplessly say:

"Then, you must wait for me to come back......"

"Well, when I finish meeting her in the afternoon, I will wait for you to come back at home in the days to come, and I will not go anywhere, I am ready to eat soft rice."

He Tianran said with a hippie smile, glanced at him with a warm smile, and then pouted quickly on his face, and then left in three steps and one turn.

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, Wen Liang's premonition was not wrong, the place where he and Cao Aiqing made an appointment was not Starbucks, but Nanzhi Island, which was more than twenty nautical miles away from Hong Kong City.

Nanzhi Island is an island around the port city, the ancient town of the inland city, as a coastal city, this kind of island developed as a tourist attraction is really not too much, from the harbor area to take a boat to the past, about a little more than an hour to arrive, than to go to the city center is more convenient.

Why he was there, He Tianran didn't know, in fact, what he wanted to know more was why the other self would show Cao Aiqing that book.

He said that if it was cool, it would fall into the sea, but it didn't; Now he has indirectly told Cao Aiqing the story that happened on his timeline, what does he want to do?

There are too many mysteries, and He Tianran can only take one step at a time now.

"Wait until Ai Qing's affairs are dealt with...... I must go to see him again and ask him clearly, and then ......" He Tianran touched the rosary and said to himself: "Then go to Quanling Temple." ”

The time to meet Cao Aiqing was not in the afternoon, in fact, when she called, the person was already on the island.

Listening to her tone just now, I hope that the sooner the two meet, the better.

He Tianran changed his clothes, went out to take a taxi to the pier, and bought a ticket to Nanrou Island, he sat in the cabin and wanted to take a nap, but the tourists on the boat and the chickens and ducks bought by the islanders made him uneasy, so he could only close his eyes and try to empty himself.

The sea was bumpy, the boat was endless, the sea breeze blew, and there was a burst of coolness.

He Tianran's thoughts were reined, and it was rare that he had entered a state of deep thought, the dazedness after coming to this world, the excitement when he met Wen Liang, and the disappointment and sigh when facing Cao Aiqing, all of which flashed in his mind, but what he thought about the most was himself.

It's self that has never changed.

The answer can be said to be imminent, in fact, it can be summed up in two words, that is-

Cool thin.

The so-called introverted, homely, unsociable, and ignorant of words are all just appearances, and if you look into your heart, you can know how unrich the spiritual world is from the original He Tiantian.

In the past, other people's impressions of him were very uniform shy, even dark, even if he could seem friendly and polite in normal social interactions, but the disgusting sense of distance emanating from him would always reject people thousands of miles away, as if to imply:

"At this point, please don't cross the line."

This is a defense mechanism that has become instinctive, and he maintains a state of being able to withdraw from an impending relationship at any time, even enjoying it.

"To avoid the end, so the beginning was avoided."

This is the original He Tianran, who seems to be rational, but in fact he is cold by nature.

Of course he wants to look forward to and love, but how can he give something to others that he has never gotten?

He Tianran hadn't experienced thirteen years in this world, but when he thought of this, he could roughly understand the psychological state of the other self he was in now.

Such a person grows up in an environment where his soul is hurt, and everything around him will not be much better than the black and white world in the eyes of a teenager.

On the sea level, the outline of a small island gradually emerged, He Tianran came to the bow of the ship alone from the cabin, and as he got closer and closer to the island, he saw a white figure standing by the harbor in the distance, the sea and the sky blended, like an oil painting expressing loneliness.

It was Cao Aiqing waiting for herself, she took off her professional suit last time and put on a pure white dress, as elegant and demure as in the past.

She just stood there.

He Tianran was surprised to find that when he saw her this time, her body had a little faint color.

When the boat docked, He Tianran followed to the dock, and the crowd of people who came with the boat hurriedly passed by them, and the two looked at each other and were silent for a moment.

At this meeting, Cao Aiqing looked at him seriously again, different from the last time when her image changed, this time there was a little strange emotion in her eyes.

He Tianran avoided her eyes slightly and asked, "How long have you been waiting?" ”

Cao Aiqing shook his head, retracted his gaze, and said lightly: "It didn't take long." ”

With that, she turned around.

"Come with me."

“…… Well. ”

He Tianran followed, and the two walked aimlessly between the paths on the island.

The scenery of Nanzhi Island is very good, it takes almost four hours to circle the island, the development of tourism in the port city has greatly driven the economy of the island, an island of 11 square kilometers, the economic scale has reached the level of a small county, this way down, He Tianran not only saw the chain convenience stores, restaurants, hostels, and even he saw a bar street.

Thirteen years ago, He Tianran heard that the port city was going to turn Nanzhi Island into a "Lijiang on the Sea", and at that time, Nanzhi Island was just an ordinary scenic spot, and there were only two boats a day.

Along the way, He Tianran looked fresh, Cao Aiqing glanced at him from time to time, and the two walked into a music bar that was still open during the day.

The owner of the bar is a cheerful young man in his early thirties, with a turban tied around his head, a simple white tank top, a pair of fat polyester pants, and a little stubble on his angular chin.

Seeing Cao Aiqing walk in, the boss who was washing the wine utensils behind the wine table greeted him warmly.

"Ai Qing is here, has he been back to the city recently? It's been a while, or is it the same? ”

Cao Aiqing smiled and nodded, found a seat and sat down, and He Tianran sat opposite her.

Soon after, the bar owner brought a cocktail called "Nickelo", he looked at He Tianran, smiled, and asked Cao Aiqing:

"Your brother? Or a new intern at your studio? It's handsome. ”

"No, he ...... It's my friend. ”

Cao Aiqing replied.

The bar owner was aware of the slightly delicate relationship between the two, and looked at He Tianran thoughtfully: "Uh...... Do you need something to drink? ”

He Tianran shook his head: "Water is fine......

"Give him a whiskey."

Cao Aiqing helped him answer this question.

The bar owner looked left and right, and finally returned to the bar and poured a glass of whiskey and gave it to He Tianran.

"Actually, I don't drink...... I'll be honest with you, too. ”

The boy lowered his head and shook the wine in the glass slightly, and the ice hit the wall of the glass, making a slight ping-pong sound.

Cao Aiqing's purpose for letting him drink is obvious.

The woman was heartbroken, there was no embarrassment, she just raised her neck slightly, and after taking a sip of wine silently, she said slowly:

"Can I look at your arm?"

He Tianran smiled bitterly, rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, and stretched it out, and there was a faint circle of circular tooth marks on his arm.

This was when he and Cao Aiqing went to see the sunrise together on New Year's Day, and was bitten by a rare wayward girl.

"How can this be ......"

Cao Aiqing muttered in her mouth, she looked at the tooth marks in a daze.

Her hand reached over involuntarily, and she wanted to touch the trace, trying to verify that it was real, but He Tianran had already pulled down her sleeve and withdrew her arm when she saw this.

This move made Cao Aiqing look up at the other party.

"If you have read that book, you should know that in another world, there is a Cao Aiqing who has the same name and the same appearance as you, and his parents are the same. We love each other, you don't have to doubt that, but ...... You're not her, and you don't have to put yourself in someone else's story. ”

He Tianran's words were clear, and after Cao Aiqing listened, although she had been mentally prepared, she still had a complicated look on her face, and she paused for a long time before she said slowly:

"You say you love each other?"

"Well, I love her so much."

He Tianran replied without hesitation, he recalled the days he had experienced with Ai Qing, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"We are each other into each other's hearts, at first she always likes to use learning as an excuse to reject others, in fact, in the final analysis, I still don't like it enough, but I am worried that the rejected person will be hurt, and my heart is really entangled to death. She is very simple and kind, I like her very much, but it is because of this simple to the extreme kindness that she has attracted a lot of criticism, but fortunately, she still had me by her side at that time, I fell in love with her, and I also protected her, I think it was from then that she really liked me. ”

After hearing these words, Cao Aiqing sighed faintly.

"I haven't been through this, so you think, I'm not her?"

He Tianran thought for a while and said:

"That's right, everyone in this world is unique, and it will not be replaced by the emergence of another He Tianran today and another Cao Aiqing tomorrow. This uniqueness is carved by different experiences and memories, so as to present a unique color in everyone's heart, I like the Cao Aiqing that belongs to me, I like her beautiful appearance, and I like her innocent soul even more. ”

Cao Aiqing's expression, from quiet listening at the beginning, to bowing her head and contemplating, now she frowned slightly, and said coldly:

"I agree with you, but I don't want you to just be able to talk."

He Tianran smiled bitterly: "What I said is the truth." ”

"Then how do you explain your relationship with Wen Liang? You keep saying how much you like Cao Aiqing, but when you come to this world, you seem to forget about her, and then unscrupulously talk about the fact that you loved another woman thirteen years ago at the dinner table. Yes, I really am not the person you like, but I still call this name after all, the difference is that for your performance, if she knows, she will be disappointed, she will suffer in silence, she will be stupid enough to think that she is not good enough, and then she will be doubly good to you, and I, I will express anger! ”

These words, starting from the first rhetorical question, turned into cold arrows, aiming at the weakness that He Tianran wanted to avoid the most, and the lethality was so great that the young man was caught off guard and was speechless.

After a long time, He Tianran could only say such a sentence bluntly.

"This is a matter between me and Wen Liang, and it has nothing to do with you."

If it weren't for the impetus of the sea scam, he could have generously and frankly said that Wen Liang was his ex-girlfriend, and if it weren't for her appearance, he wouldn't have had the courage to protect Cao Aiqing.

It's just that now, even if he is not facing his girlfriend, He Tianran doesn't have the confidence to be so confident.

He is indeed in his heart, and he still loves Wen Liang deeply.

Cao Aiqing kept a sneer and said sarcastically:

"You have so many stories, no wonder you like 'Innocent Soul'."

He Tianran was a little angry by this sentence, and he couldn't control his backlash:

"I don't know why the other one I'm going to show you, but I want to remind you that you're going to get married the day after tomorrow, and you don't have to worry about me......"

As he spoke, he realized that he was emotional, forcibly suppressed his impetuous mood, and continued: "Guo Huai loves you very much, in this world, it is undeniable that he protected you at the beginning, and I also hope that Ai Qing in this world can be happy in love and have his own beautiful life." ”

With that, He Tianran raised the wine glass and raised it between the two.

Cao Aiqing was indifferent to his actions, and the young man could only take back the wine glass and pour it himself.

In his ears, he suddenly heard a sentence like resignation:

"So, no matter what the world, I'm going to be bullied, right?"

(End of chapter)