Chapter 224 Distance
Jin Yang did not notice the change in Rong Yuan's address. He hugged him for a while, and after the excitement, he felt the body in his arms was so thin that the bones . Looking at the gauze on his arm, tears were about to fall.
But after several years of experience, he has become much more mature and stable than before. Jin Yang took a deep breath, calmed down, and then let Rong Yuan go. He pinched his arm and asked, "Why are you so thin?" He stretched out his hand to indicate his height, and said with a smug smile, "I'm taller than you now. Come on, call me brother."
"Get lost." Rong Yuan said unhappily, and then he was stunned and felt a little uncomfortable.
Jin Yang was also stunned for a moment, then his smile became more obvious. He stretched out his hand and rubbed Rong Yuan's head, and said in a light tone: "Ha, you are still the same as before."
——No, actually it’s different, and both of them are very clear about this.
Rong Yuan did not open his hand as he did before, but squinted his eyes and let him rub it a few times without saying anything.
Or rather, I don’t know what to say.
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a moment.
Deliberate lightness, deliberate smile, deliberate maintenance of the illusion that nothing has changed, yet the sense of strangeness still lingers .
So Jin Yang also took off the mask he had put on unconsciously. After the piled up smiles disappeared, the remaining youthful softness and brightness also disappeared, replaced by the knife-like edges honed by time and the momentum of a long-time superior. Only his eyes were different - his eyes were still pleasant and gentle, as soft as a pool of spring water, which made people smile involuntarily.
"Let's go to my house." He put his arm around his best friend who was half a head shorter than him, and no longer pretended that he had just left yesterday. He opened the car door and said, "Aimirida and Tingting are here too. We bought some ingredients yesterday, so we can make hot pot."
…
Through the car window, the lights of the city turned into flowing fire. Rong Yuan held his chin and looked at the scenery outside the window, but he was not in the mood to talk. As he looked, his eyes were focused on the silhouette reflected on the car window glass.
The lighting in both the parking lot and inside the car was dim, but that didn't stop him from seeing everything clearly.
——Who is this?
He knew he shouldn't have such doubts, but he just couldn't help but want to ask.
They grew up together, and a lot of changes have taken place during that time - he grew taller, the baby fat on his round face gradually faded, he experienced the period of teeth replacement and voice change, and his personality became more and more angular as he grew up. But perhaps because they went through all this time together, watching each other change day by day, the power of subtle influence makes people feel that there is no change.
But now it's different.
When he left, Jin Yang was still a slightly thin, immature, anxious, and high-spirited young man who had just entered university and started a company. He was as soft-hearted as a pool of water, with a twinkle in his eyes. He was 100% sincere in his interactions, saw through the world, and always had a sunny heart. He cared about everyone around him, was considerate and tolerant, and was understanding. No matter he was happy, angry, sad, or happy, he never pretended.
The man next to him has angular facial features, no longer the androgynous handsomeness he once had; his hair is very short, and the lovely natural curls of the past are almost invisible, but instead he looks a bit tough; he has a well-proportioned body, with a broad back and shoulders, the kind of body that can be shown off in a swimsuit when filming a movie. When he is not talking, his face is slightly gloomy and a bit tired, with a bit of majesty in his calmness, unlike before when he would inadvertently smile.
Rong Yuan tried to find traces of the past, but the more he looked, the more unfamiliar it seemed.
In terms of appearance alone, the change is not that big, but the change brought about by experience and vision is almost subversive. No matter how naive and soft a person is, when he interacts with upper-class people who can decide the fate of a country in all aspects, a word can affect the fate of tens of thousands of employees, every decision involves the joys and sorrows of countless people, often sits at the negotiation table and faces all kinds of intrigues, and may fall into a pit and lose a lot of interests if he is not careful... then he will definitely grow up quickly.
He wanted to say something, like thank Jin Yang for helping to take in and take care of Amirida, but before he could say anything, he felt it was meaningless - if it was in the past, no matter what, he didn't feel that he needed to thank Jin Yang. Similarly, no matter what he did, he didn't need him to thank him profusely.
Rong Yuan now felt as if he thought there was flat ground below so he jumped down happily, but suddenly jumped into a pit and kept falling and never landed.
…
“Bang!”
The plate in her hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and the red spicy crayfish fell all over the floor. But the girl didn't care about it at all. She covered her mouth with her hands and tears rolled down like beads from a broken string.
Rong Yuan, who came in with Jin Yang, saw her like this, smiled helplessly, and said softly: "Aimirida——"
The sigh-like voice was full of magnetism, like a gust of wind passing by the ear, or like a warm hand brushing the neck, soothing and captivating. Amirida tried hard to hold back her tears at first, but when she heard this familiar voice, she could no longer hold back. She sobbed softly at first, and after sobbing for a few times, the worry, panic, guilt, and longing that she had suppressed for half a month surged up like a tide. Her crying became louder and louder, and in the end she couldn't even stand up. She squatted on the ground with her face covered, crying without any image, like a child who had suffered a lot of grievances.
Rong Yuan had no choice but to walk over and hold her in his arms, gently patting the girl's back, conveying silent comfort and concern.
——Is this the “brother”?
Liu Ting was wearing an apron, holding a fresh green cabbage in her hand, thinking in her heart. At first, she was at a loss when she heard Emilida crying, but she felt relieved when she saw the intimate and trusting atmosphere between the two. But it seemed that the "brother" who she only heard of was very unfamiliar, and she was not sure of his identity, so she cast a questioning look at Jin Yang who was still standing by the door.
Jin Yang seemed to know what she was thinking. He looked over at the same time, nodded, and smiled slightly.
There is bitterness that cannot be concealed in the smile.
Liu Ting suddenly felt her heart tighten.
The Jin Yang she knew was a man who could handle things calmly and confidently even when he was suppressed by several financial groups at the same time, when the products waiting to be shipped were burned to ashes, when there was a mistake in a huge order, and when the company's senior management betrayed him with important information and customer groups. She thought that no matter how great the pressure was, he would not be crushed. But now, he was tired all over, and even when he smiled, he felt sad, as if he had finally climbed 99% of the mountain, but was pushed down by someone!
She had a gut feeling that this must be related to the new guest in her house, and her expression couldn't help but reveal some of it, but her vision was suddenly blocked.
"The atmosphere seems a bit inappropriate now. I will introduce it to you later. How about eating hot pot today?" Jin Yang asked with a smile, as gentle as ever. The expression just now seemed to be her hallucination.
So Liu Ting stopped asking questions, stood on tiptoe, kissed his face, and said happily, "Okay, I'll make two more cold dishes."
"I'll help."
Jin Yang rolled up his sleeves, but was driven out by Liu Ting: "You've been busy all day, you should just sit down! Leave dinner to me!"
Having said that, Jin Yang was not in the habit of sitting and waiting for food. He went to the bathroom, got a broom and dustpan, swept the plates and lobsters on the floor and dumped them into the trash can, and mopped the floor. After cleaning up, he saw that Amyrida had basically calmed down. Rong Yuan was sitting on the sofa, and the girl sitting on the carpet rested her head on his knees, mumbling something in an incomprehensible language. Because she cried too hard, her voice was a little hoarse. Rong Yuan basically didn't say much, but his expression and actions revealed unmistakable love.
This was Rong Yuan he had never seen before.
There were actually very few changes in his appearance. Although he had lost a lot of weight, he still looked like a teenager, as if time had particularly favored this person, allowing him to stay in his best youth for a while longer. But the whole person became sharper and more fierce, as if he had been baptized by iron and fire.
——Isn’t that the case?
Jin Yang thought with a wry smile.
Although he hadn't asked explicitly, since it was Amirida in the lifeboat, the pilot of the humanoid mecha could only be Rong Yuan. He didn't know what Rong Yuan had done in the years since he left, but just by looking at the battle in the starry sky, he knew that he hadn't had an easy time in the past few years. He must have gone through many crises, and perhaps fought all the way back to Earth.
But the war did not make him more isolated, but it pulled him out of his isolation from the world. There was more in his eyes, unlike in the past when he could not see anything except the goal. He did not know who made him change, but Jin Yang was sincerely grateful for this change.
He knew he should be happy for Rong Yuan, however, there were thousands of words stuck in his throat, and after the initial joy, there was only bitterness in his heart.
He might be the person who knows Rong Yuan best in the world, so he could see at a glance the unfamiliarity and rejection that could not be ignored.
Jin Yang suddenly felt that... he finally understood how those parents felt after raising their children with so much hardship, but when their children grew up, they flew away and refused to even call them...
