Long Time Loved Friend - Chapter 31

She knew Nan Qiao’s name only because he was Yun Zhi’s friend.

The only time I had contact with her was at the basketball court.

As for why Nan Qiao warned her, all she could think of was Yun Zhi and Zhu Qingmeng.

Perhaps Yunzhi had told Nan Qiao about the love letter at that time, or Zhu Qingmeng had accidentally revealed it.

I didn’t deliberately doubt anyone, and I didn’t seriously explore the reasons. At that time, the only thing she could hear most clearly was Nan Qiao’s sentence “Zhizhi likes me, do you want to embarrass her?”

“Is she the one you liked before?” Yu Mingxia didn’t answer her question, but asked instead.

Yun Zhi was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the sky under heavy rain, the sound of rain dripping covered her emotions when she spoke, Yu Mingxia heard her weak answer: “Yes.”

Yu Mingxia hid her emotions very well, and answered her: “I don’t know.”

At this time, Yunzhi no longer had the mood to inquire before, and it seemed that rainy days really tended to amplify sadness.

She lowered her eyes and sent two more messages to Jiang Yuanan, asking where they were.

Remembering that she was the one talking about high school just now, she looked at Yu Mingxia again and asked, “Can you tell me about your high school too?”

“What do you want to hear?” Yu Mingxia asked.

“Tell me about the girl you liked in high school? How long have you been in love with her? When did you break up and so on?” Yunzhi adjusted the camera and asked casually.

Yu Mingxia looked down at her movements, and only answered her first question in a low voice: “She is very kind and beautiful.”

Yun Zhi hummed, waiting for her next words.

But it was too late to wait for the next sentence.

She raised her eyes, surprised: “It’s gone?”

Yu Mingxia hesitated and nodded.

Yun Zhi sat upright, stopped touching the camera, and looked at her seriously: “Think again?”

She even told her the name of the person she liked before just now, which can be regarded as revealing the secret almost.

How come to her, just say “kind and beautiful” and it’s over?

Is there anything you can’t say?

Yu Mingxia pursed his lips, and after thinking about it, he replied: “We’ve never been together.”

Yun Zhi opened his mouth slightly, his face full of surprise and incredulity, and then he thought of something, hesitant to speak.

After a while, he said: “Don’t tell me, she has been having an affair with you for more than ten years.”

“That’s not true,” Yu Mingxia said again, “My problem.”

Yun Zhi curled his lips, realizing that he didn’t care much about Yu Mingxia before.

“Did she give you any hints? Otherwise, how could you foolishly like her for so many years? She is so good, is it worth your wasting more than ten years to like her?”

Yun Zhi frowned, and automatically classified Yu Mingxia as being in a situation similar to his own.

“It’s worth it.” Yu Mingxia looked at her and said seriously.

Yun Zhi frowned even deeper, she suddenly felt that Yu Mingxia’s current condition was more serious than hers.

At least she stopped convincing herself that she was willing to think of Nan Qiao as bad and accepted the fact. On the other hand, Yu Mingxia looked like he had been lowered.

According to her situation, let alone stepping out, she might not be able to sink deeper and deeper. So you still say you want to give up?

Yu Mingxia pursed his lips, looking at Yun Zhi who was distracted, but suddenly saw her raise her hand, the back of her hand pressed against her forehead, as if she was testing her temperature.

Yu Mingxia didn’t dare to move, and let her try.

“I didn’t mean to tarnish the image of that person in your heart, mainly because I think, don’t you want to give up on her? Then you can properly think about the bad things she did to you, so it will be easier to give up, you This look, to be honest, doesn’t look like she wants to give up on her.”

After Yun Zhi touched her forehead, he withdrew his hand after feeling that it wasn’t hot, and said in a low voice.

She saw it just now, when Yu Mingxia said it was worth it, his tone was much gentler.

Since Yu Mingxia helped her before, she also has an obligation to help Yu Mingxia.

Besides, they still have a previous agreement.

Yu Mingxia was silent for a few seconds before returning to her: “Is this how you gave up on Nan Qiao?”

Hearing this, he realized that Yu Mingxia was changing the subject.

From this point of view, that person really holds a lot of weight in her heart.

Even if the weight is heavy, I still don’t trust her.

Every question she asked about the other person’s crush either faltered or changed the subject.

This made Yunzhi feel a little uncomfortable.

How distrusting of her is this?

Yun Zhi seldom cared about these things before, but she regarded Yu Mingxia as a friend, and she would tell her directly what she wanted to know, but Yu Mingxia kept it hidden like this.

And hearing her defense of that person just now, maybe what she said just now made Yu Mingxia unhappy.

“Why did I tell you?”

Yun Zhi didn’t answer her question as usual, and said this sentence as if angry.

Yu Mingxia has secrets, and she can have secrets, even if they are friends, they shouldn’t talk about everything.

Everyone has their own way of dealing with things, and she shouldn’t have taught Yu Mingxia how to deal with it just now.

This was the first time that Yunzhi had said such words to her since the two met again. It seemed to be stating the facts and drawing boundaries.

A plain sentence made Yu Mingxia notice the difference, and she couldn’t help but think of what Yun Zhi said in the basketball hall.

In the end, she just lowered her eyes and asked in a low voice: “Didn’t we make an agreement before?”

This time Yun Zhi didn’t refute her, and hummed: “It’s an agreement.”

At this time, the rain gradually stopped and the sky cleared.

When Yu Mingxia was about to speak, he heard Yunzhi’s voice: “The rain has stopped, let’s go back.”

Yun Zhi smiled at her, the anomaly just now seemed to be just her illusion.

Yu Mingxia nodded silently, followed her, and returned the way she came.

On the way, I met Zhu Qingmeng and Jiang Yuanan who were resting in the gazebo.

Seeing Yunzhi, Jiang Yuan’an hurried over: “Zhizhi, it rained heavily just now, are you not drenched?”

Yun Zhi glanced at her and said sullenly, “I just called you so many times.”

Jiang Yuan’an exaggeratedly covered his mouth: “Oh my God, it must have been raining too much just now, so I didn’t hear it.”

Yunzhi: “…”

“Are you still playing? Go back now?” Zhu Qingmeng interrupted the conversation between the two, asking Yun Zhi what to say, but observing Yu Mingxia.

With such a long distance between the two, it didn’t look like they were making progress.

“Do you still want to play?” Yun Zhi looked at Yu Mingxia.

Ask for her opinion before answering, as usual.

But Yu Mingxia felt that something was different.

Jiang Yuan’an and Zhu Qingmeng didn’t notice the difference, Qiqi turned his attention to Yu Mingxia.

“It seems to be getting late, why not go back?” Yu Mingxia replied.

The ground was wet after it had just rained, there were puddles everywhere on the slate road, and the smell of earth was a bit heavy, which made it less enjoyable to play. Just now when she saw Yunzhi yawned in the corridor, she must be tired.

After discussing, the four finally decided to go back, and the seat order when they got on the bus was the same as when they came.

Yun Zhi was in the back seat, looking at the camera.

Yu Mingxia looked at her quietly, and when she saw Yunzhi flipping through her photo, she thought she would show it to her as usual, but unexpectedly Yunzhi just put away the camera and looked out the window.

As the evening approached, a beautiful red glow appeared in the sky after it had just rained. Yunzhi restarted the camera to take a picture of the sunset, and then closed the camera again.

Still haven’t shared it with her.

I don’t know if it was a previous habit, or because she was too sensitive, but Yu Mingxia found that she didn’t seem very happy.

Xu Shi was tired after playing in the old alley for a long time, and the car was very quiet, even Jiang Yuan’an, who was chattering when he came, didn’t speak.

Yun Zhi looked at Hongxia outside the window, feeling relieved.

“Did you take pictures of Yunxia just now?” Yu Mingxia’s gentle voice broke the silence.

Yun Zhi came back to his senses, looked at her, and nodded: “En.”

I’m not in a good mood, maybe I’m tired.

Seeing that Yu Mingxia was still looking at her, Yun Zhi belatedly asked, “Do you want to see it?”

Yu Mingxia nodded: “It depends.”

Yun Zhi turned on the camera again and handed it to Yu Mingxia.

He gave her the camera as before, but he didn’t say anything extra, didn’t introduce the picture, and didn’t ask how she was doing.

The room between the two was very peaceful.

After a while, Yu Mingxia returned the camera to her: “It’s so beautiful.”

“I’m a professional,” Yun Zhi smiled, and said, “Thank you.”

Hearing her thank you, Yu Mingxia frowned.

It seems to have returned to the gentle and polite Yun Zhi when the two of them were at the beginning.

The car drove smoothly, and Yun Zhi started to feel sleepy again just like when he came here, thinking that there was still a while, so he didn’t struggle anymore, and planned to close his eyes and sleep for a while.

But this time Qianmian didn’t lean against Yu Mingxia, but leaned his head against the car window on the other side, because when the car window shakes, there will be a slight sound, Yun Zhi didn’t sleep comfortably, so he adjusted his sitting position again.

“Would you like to sleep next to me? It might be more comfortable.”

Yun Zhi opened his eyes, looked at Yu Mingxia who was close to her, and shook his head slightly: “It’s almost there, your shoulders will feel uncomfortable later.”

Yu Mingxia wanted to say that she would not feel uncomfortable, but seeing that she had closed her eyes again, it meant refusing.

The movement of the two caught Jiang Yuan’an’s attention.

She turned around and looked back and forth between the two, met Yu Mingxia’s gaze again, and asked her with her lips: “Did you quarrel?”

Yu Mingxia pursed her lips and didn’t argue, but she seemed really angry.

Seeing Yu Mingxia’s silence, Jiang Yuan’an couldn’t help but ask Yun Zhi directly: “Why, why are you two arguing with a young couple?”

As soon as the words fell, Yun Zhi opened his eyes suddenly, and said seriously: “Jiang Yuan’an, stop making such jokes.”

Seeing that Yun Zhi was really moving, Jiang Yuan’an immediately made a gesture of shutting his mouth, and his eyes fell on Yu Mingxia, but he saw that the other party was only looking at Yun Zhi.

Zhu Qing dreamed and said, “Don’t be fierce.”

“I didn’t offend her,” Yun Zhi looked at Yu Mingxia after finishing speaking, and said again in a gentle voice, “An’an and I have been used to making these jokes these years, don’t mind.”

“What, I’m not used to it, there are only a few people.” Jiang Yuan’an coughed lightly, and it was true in retrospect, but most of them were joking in private, didn’t they just want Yunzhi to like someone else? .

“Just kidding, don’t mind.” Jiang Yuan’an was still not sure of Yu Mingxia’s exact thoughts, so he followed Yun Zhi to explain.

“It doesn’t matter.”

After a while, Yu Mingxia replied softly.

He obviously explained it to her before, but now he explained it again, it was hard for Yu Mingxia not to think about it.

Because of this, Jiang Yuan’an regained his vitality. For the next half an hour, she was alone in the car, with occasional echoes of Zhu Qingmeng.

Yun Zhi was in a light sleep, while Yu Mingxia looked out the window, recalling what happened before, trying to find out the answer.

This situation lasted for several days.

Yunzhi is still very busy with work, the relationship between them is the same as before, they will chat and share, and they will drop by to send her home at night just like before.

But she was still sensitive to the fact that Yunzhi was less casual and close to her than before, and was a little more gentle and polite, as if he cared about something.

When it comes to certain issues, Yunzhi no longer speaks out of the box like before.

In fact, Yun Zhi’s attitude is very normal. If he hadn’t felt her closeness before, then Yu Mingxia would feel that everything was normal.

But now she can’t feel it.

They seem to have returned to the state of ordinary friends.

After another week of continuous busy work, Yun Zhi finally ended her busy work, she looked out the window at the still dark sky.

She was finally able to go home while it was still daylight.

Yun Zhi packed his things, met Yu Mingxia’s absent-minded gaze, and said with a smile, “I’m done with get off work, I can leave work early today.”

The tone is relaxed, and I can hear that I am really happy.

Yu Mingxia hummed, pursed his lips and asked, “What are you going to do?”

“It must be going home.” Yun Zhi smiled, seeing that things were almost packed, he picked up his handbag and planned to go out, “I’m going first, bye.”

“Yunzhi.” Yu Mingxia suddenly called her.

Yunzhi stopped and looked at her: “What’s wrong?”

“Would you like to go to the movies?” Yu Mingxia always felt that the distance between the two of them was far away.

Yun Zhi glanced at his watch, pursed his lips and thought for a few seconds, and then looked apologetic: “How about next time, I want to take a good rest after get off work today.”

Yu Mingxia was a little disappointed, but he didn’t insist.

“Okay, let’s make an appointment next time.”

Yun Zhi nodded, opened the office door and prepared to leave.

And Yu Chuxue was standing at the door.

“Ready to leave work?”

“Ok.”

“I want to talk to you about cooperation, is it convenient?” Yu Chuxue asked again.

Yun Zhi thought for a while, and was not in a hurry to go home, so he nodded.

“Let’s chat here, it happens to be related to Ming Xia.” Yu Chuxue knocked on the door lightly, and the two returned to the office.

Seeing Yu Chuxue coming, Yu Mingxia probably knew why. Some time ago, I happened to chat with her about the idea of ​​shooting a documentary.

“First of all, on behalf of l&y, I would like to thank you for your hard work during this period. It is our company’s honor to cooperate with you.”

Although she knew that these were all polite opening remarks, Yun Zhi still didn’t want to hear them. In contrast, she would rather go home early from get off work.

“Mr. Yu, just speak up if you have anything to say.” Yun Zhi sighed and asked straight to the point.

Yu Chuxue glanced at Yu Mingxia, but saw that she was very silent.

Then he said: “I want you to shoot a documentary about Ming Xia alone. You also know that she is the pillar of our l&y and enjoys a high reputation in the circle. I hope that through the shooting of her personal documentary, we can expand The influence of the company, of course, includes her influence.”

Yun Zhi frowned slightly, and glanced at Yu Mingxia, as if he was thinking about something.

“There was no such thing in the previous contract, so this is a new cooperation invitation. The terms are according to your ideas,” Yu Chuxue said again, “I heard Ming Xia said that you are good friends, so I just want you to cooperate There should be a tacit understanding, I mentioned this to her some time ago, and she said that she only wanted to be photographed by you.”

Yu Mingxia was as quiet as if he didn’t exist, without interjecting a word.

Yun Zhi seemed to understand why Yu Chuxue brought up this matter in front of Yu Mingxia.

Considering that they are friends, she can’t directly refuse this matter.

Yun Zhi looked at Yu Mingxia with troubled eyes.

Yu Mingxia sensed her emotions, so he said, “Don’t think about me.”

After a while, Yunzhi explained: “It’s not that I don’t want to pick it up, the main reason is that I have other arrangements. I will leave Yuncheng after the cooperation is over.”

Yunzhi is not always in Yuncheng. When she was in college, she was running around, and it took a long time after graduation to come back for a while.

When she heard that she would leave Yuncheng, Yu Mingxia was stunned, and his heart was suddenly empty for a moment.

She had never heard Yun Zhi mention this matter.

She clearly realized how little time Yunzhi left for her.

“Go…where?” Yu Mingxia struggled to speak out.

Yu Chuxue didn’t speak, but when she heard Yu Mingxia’s voice, her eyes showed worry.

Yun Zhi subconsciously wanted to answer, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered what happened a few days ago. Yu Mingxia was on guard against her, and these things of hers were just insignificant things. The parting emotion was brought up so early.

“Let’s talk about it at that time, it’s still early.” Yun Zhi smiled, and said to Yu Chuxue, “So you should find someone else for this cooperation.”

The previous contract did not include one-person documentary filming, and the cooperation period was also signed for three months, so Yun Zhi had the right to refuse.

However, even knowing that it was her right, Yu Mingxia couldn’t help feeling depressed.

Yun Zhi hesitated, when she answered after asking where to go.

She was right, Yun Zhi was angry.

Even if he wasn’t angry, he was still concerned about something.

Yu Chuxue found that something was wrong, and it seemed inappropriate to talk about it now, so she said to Yun Zhi, “Think about it carefully.”

After speaking, Yu Chuxue left and closed the door intimately.

The office fell silent, only Yun Zhi and Yu Mingxia were left.

“I’m off work first, so don’t work overtime for too long.” Yun Zhi picked up his handbag again and prepared to leave.

Yu Mingxia didn’t make a sound, just sat there with downcast eyes, she clenched her fists tightly until her nails were almost embedded in her palms.

No response was heard, Yun Zhi thought it was the refusal just now that made her angry, and then added: “It’s true that I couldn’t accept another cooperation because of other arrangements before, I’m really sorry.”

I’m so sorry.

Polite and distant.

Yun Zhi didn’t wait for her answer anymore, took his handbag and left his seat, intending to go out.

But just as she was holding the handle to open the door, she heard hurried footsteps behind her.

She turned her head subconsciously, her wrist was suddenly held, and the door that had been slightly opened was closed again. Because of the sudden incident, she took two steps back, her back pressed against the door panel, and felt the coldness of the door panel through her thin clothes.

Her wrist was hot, and the eyes she greeted were also hot.

She wanted to question each other.

But the faces of the people close at hand showed struggle and loss.

Yun Zhi lost his mind.

“Yunzhi,” Yu Mingxia’s voice was hoarse, full of frustration, “Did I do something wrong?”

The two are close to each other and are similar in height. In this situation, she can clearly feel Yu Mingxia’s warm breath and clearly see the sadness in her eyes.

Yun Zhi paused, her throat seemed to be choked, and she couldn’t say a word, whether it was comforting or perfunctory, she couldn’t make a sound.

Yun Zhi felt like a heinous sinner at the moment.

She made Yu Mingxia sad.

“Yunzhi,” Yu Mingxia called out to her in a low voice, “may you not alienate me?”

Yun Zhi couldn’t ignore her gaze, it was so hot that she felt that she couldn’t breathe anymore.

There are only two perceptions in her mind.

Yu Mingxia cared about her very much.

Why did she make Yu Mingxia sad.

“I… I didn’t do it on purpose,” Yun Zhi recovered his voice, turned his head and didn’t dare to look at her, and answered her softly, “I’m sorry for making you sad.”

Yu Mingxia didn’t want to hear her apology, and he didn’t loosen his grip at all, so that he wouldn’t hurt her, and he wouldn’t be able to get rid of it easily.

But in fact, Yunzhi didn’t try to break free from her restraint.

At this moment, Yun Zhi’s mind is completely occupied by guilt.

She remembered that in high school, Jiang Yuan’an also asked her sadly why she only talked to Nan Qiao about some things, but not to her, and whether she regarded her as a friend.

At that time, Jiang Yuan’an was also hurt by her unintentionally.

It’s just that the sadness in Yu Mingxia’s eyes was heavier, making it impossible for her to look directly.

“I know you won’t do this for no reason. I must have done something wrong. I should apologize.” Yu Mingxia twitched the corners of his mouth and forced a smile.

This made Yunzhi feel even more guilty, unlike the previous hesitation, he sincerely said the truth: “You said before that we can help each other get out of the previous relationship, so I said a little more when I heard you mention her last time But your attitude doesn’t look like you want to forget her, I thought what I said might make you unhappy.”

Yu Mingxia knew that this was definitely not the only reason, and quietly waited for her next sentence.

“I told you everything I should have told you before, even her name, but you were hesitant when I asked you. Looking back, it seems that you seldom tell me about you,” Yun Zhi paused. Ask her, “Am I not worthy of your trust?”

Yu Mingxia lost her mind for a moment, she never thought it was because of this reason, her lips parted slightly: “Sorry, it’s not that you are not trustworthy, it’s my problem.”

Yun Zhi has always disliked tweaking, but she didn’t know why she was serious about this matter. After thinking about it seriously, she could think that Yu Mingxia would not be such a person.

“I actually had a little experience like this before. I told her everything, but she hid it from me. I kept a lot of things from me. Later, I realized that I was actually drawing a line.” Yunzhi lowered his head, Thinking of these things, I also feel hypocritical, “I’m not saying that you should tell me everything, I’m just regulating myself, and I never have any opinions on you, you are right.”

Nan Qiao is the only experience that can make her care so much.

The previous sadness of loss has now turned into distress for her.

“Can I understand that you care about me?” Yu Mingxia asked suddenly.

Yunzhi Xiaoji nodded as if pecking at rice. She felt a little hot when asked so directly.

– You can get her to like you, whatever it is.

Perhaps this is also a kind of goodwill that Zhu Qingmeng said.

Yu Mingxia’s mood improved a lot.

Yun Zhi pursed his lips, raised his right hand and whispered, “Can you let me go?”

“No,” Yu Mingxia shook his head, “I want to take you home.”

“Huh?” Yun Zhi blinked.

“Ah.” Yu Mingxia imitated her expression and said ah.

Yun Zhi felt that this scene seemed familiar, she seemed to have teased Yu Mingxia like this before.

“I have to tell you about my past, so I can’t let you, who I care about, misunderstand.” Yu Mingxia returned to his previous gentle appearance, and the loss of control just now seemed to be just an illusion.

Yun Zhi was stunned, her last few words echoing in her ears – I care about you.

How does it feel weird.

“Zhizhi, I’m different from her, don’t misunderstand me because of her in the future, okay?”

Yun Zhi nodded blankly.

Seeing her current appearance, Yu Mingxia suddenly felt that she would be easy to deceive, and said again: “How about we go to the movies tomorrow?”

tomorrow?

Yunzhi realized that tomorrow is Saturday.

I vaguely remember that it was still Qixi Festival.

Anyway, in the past years, I lived alone, and occasionally I would have dinner with friends, and watching a movie with Yu Mingxia seemed to be a good choice.

After pretending to be relaxed, Yu Mingxia waited anxiously for her answer.

It wasn’t until he saw her nodding that he breathed a sigh of relief.