Ever since Gu Tianhai confessed his love on the Ferris wheel, the relationship between Yan Mo and him has changed subtly. But rather than a change, it is more like an unavoidable embarrassment.
Yan Mo, who knew Gu Tianhai's feelings, was in a state of contradiction. She didn't hate Gu Tianhai, but she didn't know whether she liked him or just regarded him as a junior brother to accompany her. She had never thought that Gu Tianhai, who was younger than her, would suddenly confess to her. Her ideal partner should be a mature and stable man, so how could he be a young boy who just came out for internship?
For Yan Mo, avoiding things that she was afraid to face was simply her strong point. So in the next week, Yan Mo deliberately avoided Gu Tianhai.
When Gu Tianhai was at work, she deliberately slept in, so when she woke up, Gu Tianhai had already gone out to work. When Gu Tianhai came back from get off work, she would not come out to eat on the pretext that she had to finish a manuscript. She would sneak out after Gu Tianhai went to the bathroom. While she was wolfing down her food, she observed the movements in the bathroom. After the sound of the shower stopped, she quickly slipped back to the room.
Gu Tianhai vaguely sensed something, but he couldn't speak up to resolve the awkwardness because he wouldn't see Yan Mo anytime soon.
As usual, Gu Tianhai went out to work after making breakfast.
Hearing the door closing, Yan Mo walked out of the room cautiously. She ran to the dining table in two or three steps with a hungry stomach and started to wolf down her food. At this moment, the door facing the dining table opened from the outside.
Gu Tianhai, who had forgotten to bring his cell phone, was shocked and reflexively looked at Yan Mo, who was looking at him with the same shocked eyes and with her mouth full of food.
Awkwardness filled the air, the two looked at each other, speechless.
"I forgot to bring my cell phone. I'll come back to get it." Gu Tianhai hesitated for a moment and walked into the house.
"I suddenly remembered that I still have some unfinished work to do. I'll go paint first." Yan Mo picked up the plate on the table, turned around and walked towards her room. But this time, Gu Tianhai didn't let her escape.
Yan Mo was forced to stop and looked up at Gu Tianhai. Gu Tianhai's hand fell on her arm and held it tightly. Yan Mo was holding the plate and could not move forward.
"Are you deliberately avoiding me?" Gu Tianhai suddenly asked seriously. Yan Mo lowered his eyes, not knowing how to answer.
"You heard what I said that day, right?"
"You heard me say I liked you, right?"
"Tianhai, you have just entered the society and have not experienced much. Many of your feelings are not what you imagined. You think you like me, but it may just be because you have not met the person you really like, so you mistake this short-lived affection for love. When you really meet that person..."
"Liking this thing has nothing to do with being inexperienced, and feelings are not as complicated as you think. What I said the other day may bother you. But I like you seriously. You can choose not to respond, but you cannot deny its existence."
Gu Tianhai slowly loosened his hand. When he was serious, he had an irresistible magic.
Yan Mo didn't know what she was thinking, but ever since she came back that day, the scene in the Ferris wheel kept coming to her mind. She could have avoided it, but she closed her eyes unconsciously, waiting for that gentle kiss...
What on earth was she thinking? Her relationship with Li Hao was unclear, and she didn't know whether she should reject Gu Tianhai!
"What are you talking about? You didn't even close the door. Aren't you afraid of thieves breaking into your house?"
Li Hao's voice came from outside the door. He was dressed somewhat formally, as if he had just come from some formal occasion.
When Gu Tianhai reacted, Li Hao had already put his arm around Yan Mo's shoulders and raised his lips to him: "I'm here to take my girlfriend out for a ride, do you want to come along?"
"I'm in a hurry to go to work, so I won't bother you." Although Gu Tianhai was unhappy, he tried to keep himself calm. He picked up the phone that fell on the shoe cabinet, brushed past Li Hao, and left Yan Mo's house.
"Yan Mo, although it's very presumptuous of me to show up so suddenly, I'm still your boyfriend until we officially break up. So, I must take care of your affairs." Li Hao said domineeringly, then smiled gently and continued, "I found a new western restaurant in the west district. The decoration style is very good. Shall we go and try it?"
"Yeah." Yan Mo looked at the direction where Gu Tianhai left, feeling very complicated. She responded casually, and couldn't help but take a deep breath and sigh.
When Gu Tianhai arrived at the company, the office was empty.
After the New Year, the company is extremely busy inside and outside, and interns who don’t know much about the company’s situation are often ignored.
Gu Tianhai sat at his desk and sorted out the documents and materials on the desk. Ye Zixin, who used to chatter in Gu Tianhai's ear every day, also stopped talking, probably because of what happened last time.
Gu Tianhai explained some things to Ye Zixin in person and hoped that she would not embarrass Yan Mo in the future. Ye Zixin, who had a strong sense of self-esteem, could not accept Gu Tianhai's blame. After a quarrel with Gu Tianhai, she did not come to work for several days in a row.
"Your backpack is a heavy judgment on me. Why don't you return the things you borrowed..." The cell phone ringtone that suddenly rang was Eason Chan's song "Your Backpack".
Gu Tianhai looked at the vibrating mobile phone on his desk, and the three characters "Gu Jenny" appeared on the screen. Gu Tianhai took a look, hesitated for a moment, and hung up.
Gu Zhenni probably called to educate him, criticizing him for being disobedient and ignorant. Impatient Gu Tianhai simply hung up as soon as he saw her name to avoid being disturbed.
After the phone rang three times in a row, it finally quieted down. Then the screen lit up again. Gu Tianhai looked at the text message notification on the screen and clicked it.
Dad is in the hospital, room 2118 of the inpatient department of the Second People's Hospital - Gu Zhenni.
Gu Tianhai's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy. He quickly wrapped himself in the scarf hanging on the back of the chair and hurried out of the office. Dai Ning, who had just finished a meeting, walked out of the door. Gu Tianhai bumped into his shoulder and passed him by.
"Xiao Hai, where are you going in such a hurry?" Dai Ning shouted at Gu Tianhai's back, but Gu Tianhai had already disappeared at the end of the company's corridor.
On the way to the hospital, the busy streets seemed to be plunged into a black and white world. In this world, Gu Tianhai could only feel the sound of his own running and breathing, and everything around him was like a revolving lantern, flowing numbly.
Gu Tianhai's mind flashed back to the scene of his parents holding his hand and going to the supermarket together. The long-lost scene was a little blurry, but extremely profound. During the short yet long subway line, Gu Tianhai remembered the reason why he ran away from home.
His mother, who had always been neglected by his father, finally chose to remarry, and he was very lonely, guarding the house alone with no family members coming back.
His life seemed to have been arranged since he was a child. He attended various training courses and learned various things that other children his age did not like. He would go to a certain company and work in a certain arranged position like his father did. But these were not what he wanted.
Therefore, when his family asked him to study financial management abroad, he resolutely chose an ordinary university in China. In the past few years, he has been working to pay for his tuition and no longer asked about family affairs.
But he never thought that his father was old, and maybe one day, he would go to a place he didn't know, just like his mother. And that place might be even farther away.
The subway stopped at the destination station. When Gu Tianhai rushed to the intensive care unit of the hospital, Gu Zhenni was feeding Gu Shaojun porridge. Gu Tianhai stood outside the door in a daze, looking at Gu Shaojun who was half lying on the bed with an IV tube inserted in his arm.
He always kept smiling as usual, but today he seemed much older, and his smile looked more haggard.
Gu Shaojun looked along the open door, and was slightly surprised when he saw Gu Tianhai. However, this surprise was soon replaced by a smile. Gu Tianhai, who stopped at the door, unconsciously lowered his head and looked away.
"Dad, are you okay?" Gu Tianhai lowered his head and walked step by step to Gu Shaojun's bed.
On the way here, he had a lot of things he wanted to say to Gu Shaojun, but when he really stood in front of that man, all the words turned into blanks.
"It's nothing, just a gastritis attack, it's no big deal. Tianhai, now that you come back this time, don't leave again. After all, you are my only son." Gu Shaojun was not angry because Gu Tianhai ran away from home. Instead, he was calmer than expected. This sense of disharmony made Gu Tianhai even more scared.
"Tianhai, come out with me." Gu Zhenni put down the bowl in her hand, stood up and pulled Gu Tianhai out of the ward. The smell of disinfectant outside the corridor made people feel uncomfortable.
Gu Zhenni stood in the corridor, holding her hands and looking at her ignorant brother unhappily, saying, "You still know that you have a family? You still know to come back? You are in your twenties, and you are still like a child! No matter how wrong your father is, he still cares about you in his heart. What about you? You only care about your own willfulness and your own feelings, and you have left your family aside."
"Sister, I'm sorry."
"I don't want to hear sorry. The doctor said that Dad's gastritis may turn into cancer. I hope you can be more sensible and don't think that we force you to do everything. If you don't become stronger, there will be others who will surpass you. In the end, you will not have the ability to achieve the freedom and independence you pursue."
Gu Zhenni, who has always been strong, taught Gu Tianhai: "Everything in this world is relative. Even if you accept everything we give you, you need to be able to control it all."
"Think carefully about what I said, and think carefully about whether it is right for you to ignore your family."
After Gu Zhenni finished her words, she turned back to the ward and continued to take care of Gu Shaojun. Gu Tianhai looked at Gu Zhenni's back and fell into deep guilt.
Her elder sister is a person who always strives to climb up. Although she is strong-willed and unpopular, she is a person who will not miss any opportunity. Compared with her elder sister, he is like a coward, a coward who only blames his family and does not make progress.
Gu Tianhai stood outside the door, Gu Jenny's words lingering in his ears, and he realized that he was still very immature.
However, going back would mean leaving Yan Mo, and he couldn't bear to do so.
"Tianhai." Just when Gu Tianhai was wavering and in a dilemma, Ye Zixin's voice came from not far away in the corridor.
She followed a middle-aged man in a suit, and Gu Tianhai recognized him as the chairman of the company where he interned. But why was Ye Zixin with him?
"Dad, this is the Gu Tianhai I mentioned to you." When Gu Tianhai was confused, Ye Zixin took the chairman's arm and affectionately called him "Dad".
"Tianhai, your father and I used to be classmates. After your father knew that you were interning here, he asked me to take care of you. By the way, how is your father now?" Chairman Ye's words made Gu Tianhai feel like the world was collapsing.
It turns out that he has never been out of his father's control. It turns out that the independence he thought he had was always within his father's control. It turns out that he has always been naive and incompetent.
"My father is in the ward and my sister is taking care of him. You guys go in and see him. I have something to do, so I'll leave first." Gu Tianhai tried to calm himself. He smiled politely, turned and left, disappearing at the end of the hospital corridor.
Ye Zixin wanted to call him, but Chairman Ye pulled her back and shook his head to signal her not to chase after him.
The subway station during rush hour is full of Spring Festival travel rush. Passengers standing outside the yellow line are pushed into the carriage by the crowd behind them before they even enter the carriage. Gu Tianhai stood outside the yellow line with a gloomy look on his face, and then was pushed into the carriage by the crowds of people colliding with each other.
He listened absentmindedly to the station announcements in the subway, and after missing his destination, he took the subway in the opposite direction. He suddenly wanted to find someone to talk to. He also wanted to tell Yan Mo that he might move away.
But if Yan Mo asked to stay...
The city at night is always bustling, but in the midst of the bustle, there is also a corner of silence.
Soft English songs are playing in the western restaurant, warm lights are shining on people, and the painted tables are reflecting the lights, giving off an ambiguous atmosphere.
Li Hao took Yan Mo to a quiet western restaurant. Yan Mo sat quietly opposite Li Hao. She stared at the steak on the table and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Usually at this time, Gu Tianhai would make her a plate of fried rice, and they would sit on the sofa and watch a comedy together. When she was laughing heartily, Gu Tianhai was busy typing on the laptop keyboard. Occasionally, they would eat potato chips and watch touching Korean dramas, and when she was crying, Gu Tianhai would hand her a tissue.
"Yan Mo, do you remember what I said two years ago?" Li Hao's voice brought Yan Mo back to his senses.
When Yan Mo raised her eyes and looked at him, an exquisite ring box was pushed in front of her. Yan Mo was shocked and watched Li Hao open the box. Inside was a transparent diamond ring, which reflected the light and became more dazzling.
"I said, we'll get married when I come back." Seeing Yan Mo didn't answer, Li Hao lifted her hand and put the diamond ring in the box on her ring finger, "Yan Mo, marry me. From now on, I will support you."
Yan Mo looked at the man in front of her. She had imagined this scene countless times before. Li Hao would put a sparkling engagement ring on her, and she would nod happily in agreement.
But when this day really came, Yan Mo was not as happy as she had imagined. She looked at the ring finger on which Li Hao put the ring, and Gu Tianhai's words "I like you" kept echoing in her mind.
The complicated emotions made her brain confused, and finally went blank. At that moment, Yan Mo's cell phone on the dining table rang, and the caller ID showed that it was the editor-in-charge. Yan Mo felt a little lucky and thanked the editor-in-charge for calling at this time.
"Hello?" Yan Mo hurriedly pressed the answer button. Although the other party did not say anything important, Yan Mo deliberately made a nervous and embarrassed expression.
After hanging up the call from the editor-in-chief, she hurriedly picked up her phone and handbag, ready to say goodbye to Li Hao: "I have to go back. The editor-in-chief asked me to revise the draft and hand it in tonight."
"Let me take you home." Li Hao also stood up and called the waiter to settle the bill. Yan Mo, who originally wanted to escape, finally got into Li Hao's car.
On the way home, Li Hao kept talking about the good memories of the past. They used to paint together, discuss life together, and study in the library together. Li Hao said that Yan Mo was the most suitable girl for chatting that he had ever met. She had a good temper, was sunny and cheerful, and did not care too much about other people's mistakes. So he liked the feeling of being with Yan Mo, the kind of feeling that did not require deliberateness and was very comfortable.
But Yan Mo also understands that having a good temper and not caring about things is not always a good thing. Because it means that others may hurt you unconditionally. Not being deliberate also means that you may not be important enough...
Yan Mo listened to Li Hao talking about the past and looked at the neon lights outside the window. She slowly moved her eyes to the ring on her ring finger. Perhaps, she didn't want to marry Li Hao so much now. Perhaps, she also needed time to fall in love with someone again.
"Li Hao, I have something to say..." Yan Mo was about to speak when the car slowly stopped downstairs of the villa.
Li Hao unbuckled his seat belt and walked out of the driver's seat. He walked around the front of the car, walked to the door of the passenger seat, and helped Yan Mo open the door like a gentleman. Yan Mo wanted to say something but stopped himself, so he had to walk out of the car first.
When Gu Tianhai stopped at the gate of the villa, the two people standing in front of the car were hugging each other. Li Hao rubbed Yan Mo's head lovingly, and bent down to kiss her forehead before leaving.
At that moment, Gu Tianhai felt like he had fallen into an ice river, and the feeling of the cold water soaking into his bones seemed to stop his heart. He slowly put his hands into his trouser pockets and clenched them into fists where no one could see. He took a deep breath of the cold air and passed by them pretending not to care.
This time, he did not lose his temper, nor did he get tense like he did when he first saw Li Hao. He seemed to have gotten used to it all, and to Yan Mo's wavering.
"Tianhai." When Yan Mo saw Gu Tianhai, she whispered his name in a low voice, so soft that even she couldn't hear it. She turned her eyes and looked at the back of that figure, feeling inexplicably lost.
"Yan Mo, please move in with me. You're far from the city center, and you're alone here, so people will gossip about you." Li Hao raised his voice, as if to let Gu Tianhai hear clearly. Gu Tianhai paused for a moment, without looking back, and after taking a deep breath, he took another step forward.
"I have to go back to revise my drawings. You should go back too." Yan Mo did not answer Li Hao directly. She smiled, turned around, stepped onto the stairs, leaving Li Hao with her back.
On the stairs that Li Hao couldn't see, Yan Mo quickened her pace, trying to catch up with Gu Tianhai who was walking in front of her. But she didn't know why she felt this way. She and Li Hao were the couple who hadn't broken up, right? Why was Gu Tianhai's lonely back the only thing that came to her mind?
Could it be that she also likes Gu Tianhai?
When the word "like" flashed through her mind, Yan Mo's quickened pace stopped. She held the handrail of the stairs, standing less than a few meters away from the door, afraid to move forward.
How should she get along with Gu Tianhai now? Landlord? Senior sister? Lover? They seemed to be nothing, yet everything.
The sound of Gu Tianhai returning to his room and closing the door echoed throughout the villa. Yan Mo slowed down his pace and hesitantly pushed open the door of the villa.
The lights in the hall were on, but Gu Tianhai had locked himself in the room. Yan Mo walked to the door of Gu Tianhai's room with a complicated look on her face. She raised her hand and wanted to knock on the door, but then slowly put it down.
Even if Gu Tianhai opened the door, what should she say to him?
Yan Mo stood outside the door and thought for a long time, and finally decided to adjust his state to before confession.
"Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai, what are you doing in there by yourself? I'm a little hungry, why don't you come out and make me a midnight snack?"
Yan Mo knocked on Gu Tianhai's door like setting off firecrackers. Gu Tianhai, who was already in a bad mood, frowned.
"I want to be alone."
Gu Tianhai tried hard to control his anger, but when Yan Mo saw that Gu Tianhai responded to her, she knocked on the door even more unscrupulously.
"Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai, I went to a very good western restaurant today. Let's go together next time. I'll treat you to a western meal."
When Yan Mo mentioned the western restaurant, Gu Tianhai, who was sitting behind the door, felt his heart tighten. The scene of Li Hao sending her back lingered in his mind.
To Yan Mo, is he a fool? She knew that he liked her, but she still acted stupid in front of him and stayed with the man who hurt her heart.
"Xiao Hai..." When Yan Mo knocked on the door again, Gu Tianhai suddenly opened the door, reached out and grabbed Yan Mo.
The sound of the door closing shook the whole villa. Gu Tianhai put his hands on Yan Mo's shoulders and pressed her against the closed door. Yan Mo's eyes widened in shock.
This was the first time she saw Gu Tianhai lose control. She looked at his red eyes through the night light from the window. At this moment, he was like an angry lion awakening.
The hot kiss fell on Yan Mo's lips like strong liquor. Gu Tianhai forcefully adjusted Yan Mo's face, and the soft touch gradually turned into a demand.
Yan Mo stared at the enlarged face in front of her with wide eyes in astonishment. She raised her hand and pressed it against Gu Tianhai's chest, pushing him away with force, but she was unable to resist his brute force.
The sweet and fishy taste quickly invaded Gu Tianhai's taste buds. He couldn't help but frown and slowly opened his eyes. The pain of his torn lips gradually calmed him down, and the force that was restraining Yan Mo gradually disappeared. Yan Mo pushed Gu Tianhai away with force, raised his hand, and slapped him reflexively.
The unlit room suddenly fell into silence. The light from the window fell on Gu Tianhai, but could not outline his figure. Yan Mo was startled and hesitantly held his own hot palm.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I..." Yan Mo looked at Gu Tianhai's face which was slightly turned to one side, and it took her a long time to realize that she had hit him.
"Yan Mo, do you think it's fun to play with me?"
Gu Tianhai smiled sarcastically. He could not control his emotions and lost his usual calmness. Tears welled up in his red eyes, but they did not fall.
"You clearly know that I like you, but you keep playing dumb in front of me. Do you think that if you pretend that nothing happened, the fact that I like you will change? Whether it was the first accidental kiss or the kiss when you were sick, you can pretend that it never happened. Do you know that you are really annoying like this! You are so unclear about feelings, what do you think of me?"
"That's right. Maybe from the beginning, you just treated me as a tenant, as your full-time babysitter, as a plaything when you were bored. In your heart, I'm just a substitute for Li Hao, right?"
"I have never thought of you as a substitute for Li Hao. In my heart, Gu Tianhai is Gu Tianhai. He is never a substitute for anyone." Yan Mo involuntarily shifted her gaze away. She lowered her eyelids and stared in an unknown direction.
She also didn't know what Gu Tianhai meant to her. When she was sad, she wanted him to be by her side. When she was happy, she wanted to share with him. She wanted to be willful and unscrupulous in front of him. She thought they could always maintain this kind of relationship, but it turned out that she was the only one who thought so.
"Then what am I? What am I in your heart?"
Gu Tianhai punched the door behind Yan Mo's head. The strong impact sound echoed in Yan Mo's ears, making her feel a little scared. She trembled all over and tears burst out.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know, I really didn't know, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Yan Mo raised her hands, covered her mouth, and cried helplessly.
This was the first time she cried because of Gu Tianhai.
"I should say sorry. I was in a bad mood today. I knew it had nothing to do with you but I still lost my temper with you. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done such an excessive thing to you." Gu Tianhai looked at the sobbing Yan Mo, trembling all over, all his emotions were overwhelmed by her tears. He raised his hand, wiped her tears with his thumb, and then opened the door of the room.
The light from outside shone through the crack in the door, casting a long shadow on the ground. Gu Tianhai gently pushed Yan Mo out of his room, and after saying good night, he slowly closed the door.
Yan Mo stood in the corridor filled with lights, looking at the figure in the dark, watching the light from the crack in the door gradually shrink on him. She watched the last ray of light being blocked by the door. At that moment, she clearly saw the dim look in Gu Tianhai's eyes.
After that day, Yan Mo went to Yaoyao's house and left a note for Gu Tianhai:

Tianhai, I'm going to Yaoyao's house to play for a few days, don't worry about me.
Yan Mo

Gu Tianhai took the note on the dining table and sighed slowly. He had already submitted his resignation letter to the internship company and was going to move out in a few days. He wanted to tell Yan Mo, but Yan Mo still chose to avoid him.
The cell phone rang. Gu Tianhai put down the note, looked at the name displayed on it, hesitated for a moment, and pressed the answer button.
"Tianhai, why didn't you tell me that you resigned? Are you and Yan Mo together?"
"Ye Zixin, I have something to tell you. Are you free now?" Gu Tianhai looked at the empty villa, feeling a little lonely. After agreeing on a time and place to meet with Ye Zixin, he put on a coat and left the residence.
Half an hour later.
A taxi slowly stopped outside a dessert shop with a sign that read "Meet". Gu Tianhai walked out of the car, his figure reflected on the transparent door and window.
Ye Zixin, who arrived ten minutes earlier than Gu Tianhai, looked out the door inadvertently. After seeing Gu Tianhai, she smiled sweetly. This was the first time that Gu Tianhai took the initiative to ask her out. He must have made up his mind to accept her. When he confessed his love, she must pretend to be reserved to temper his spirit.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Gu Tianhai walked to Ye Zixin's seat, pulled out a chair facing her, and sat down.
The waiter brought a glass of lemonade and handed over the restaurant's special menu. Gu Tianhai casually ordered a serving of mango sago, and Ye Zixin also ordered another serving.
"I just got here not long ago too. Do you have anything to say to me?" Ye Zixin looked at Gu Tianhai with anticipation as he lowered his eyes slightly. He seemed to be brewing something and thinking deeply.
"Ye Zixin, actually I..."
"I know you like me. I am willing to be your girlfriend."
Before Gu Tianhai finished speaking, Ye Zixin hurriedly grabbed Gu Tianhai's hand and wrapped it tightly. Gu Tianhai was stunned for a moment, looking at Ye Zixin with a shy face, and pulled his hand back awkwardly.
"Actually, I came here today to tell you that the person I like is Yan Mo."
"What did you say! You actually like that older single woman?" Ye Zixin suddenly flew into a rage, slamming the table and standing up, attracting many people to look back. The huge contrast between her current anger and her shyness a moment ago made people tremble all over.
"I didn't reject you explicitly before because I was afraid of hurting you. I also thought that maybe, after spending more time with you, I would fall in love with you unknowingly. But then I realized that the more unclear the relationship is, the easier it is to hurt the other person." Gu Tianhai lowered his head and continued, "Ye Zixin, you are a very good girl, but I can't like you just because you are good."
"Will it not hurt me if you tell me now?"
Ye Zixin tried hard to suppress her inner anger. In order to make Gu Tianhai like her, she tried every means to please his family. She also helped him deal with many things that he could not do at work. She always took care of him, but he now told her that the person he liked was the older leftover woman who was inferior to her in every way.
She could not accept this fact no matter what!
"What's wrong with me? How am I not as good as that girl named Yan Mo? Why do you like her and not me?"
"She can't compare to you in any way, but I just like her. I like her simplicity, I like her crazy look, and I like the carefree feeling of being with her." When mentioning Yan Mo, Gu Tianhai couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly.
"If you like her so much, why did you give me a scarf for Christmas!"
"That gift was originally for Yan Mo, but you took it first..."
"You bastard!"
Ye Zixin was furious and took the lemonade on the table and splashed it on Gu Tianhai's face. The sour warm water flowed down Gu Tianhai's cheeks and soaked his coat.
Ye Zixin grabbed the LV bag beside her, stepped on her high heels, and left the dessert shop angrily. The waiter who came with the dessert hurriedly handed over a tissue, and Gu Tianhai took the tissue and nodded politely.
The city is more lively when it is not snowing. People walk together and chat on the sunny streets. Vehicles on the road honk from time to time, and subway lines crisscross under their feet. Transportation tools and traffic arteries surround the city, as if they have already invaded people's lives.
When Gu Tianhai walked out of the dessert shop, the cold wind with sunshine gently brushed the ends of his hair. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was relieved for speaking out his inner thoughts.
"Li Hao, my colleague said the skirt you gave me last time was very beautiful."
"As long as you like it."
"Where are we going to eat today?"
"There's a new barbecue restaurant opening in Hengqin, and their specialty is oysters. Do you want to go?"
"Then let's go have oysters for dinner."
"Okay, but you have to kiss me first."
"You're annoying!"
Li Hao and a strange girl stopped not far from Gu Tianhai. When Gu Tianhai looked up, he saw the woman kissing Li Hao's cheek. Li Hao pinched the woman's high nose bridge affectionately and kissed her pink red lips.
"Li Hao." Gu Tianhai looked coldly in that direction. Li Hao turned around and was stunned.
"I suddenly remembered that I have to discuss the exhibition with my friend today. You should go home first and I will contact you later." Li Hao turned to the woman and spoke in a low voice.
Gu Tianhai couldn't help but clench his fists when he saw Li Hao, who was gentle to everyone.
Li Hao turned to Gu Tianhai.
"Clenched your fist, are you planning to hit me?" Li Hao snorted and walked to Gu Tianhai's side, patting his shoulder. "If you have anything to say, let's go to the coffee shop in front and talk."
Gu Tianhai followed Li Hao and walked into a nearby coffee shop.
"Two cups of cappuccino, thank you." Before the waiter handed over the menu, Li Hao raised his hand and said, indicating that the waiter did not need to come over.
"What's your relationship with that woman just now?" Gu Tianhai kept a gloomy expression. He tightly held the lemonade in front of him and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.
"You can understand it as a business relationship." Li Hao said calmly without a trace of shame.
He crossed his legs and explained his relationship with Srily: "The reason why I didn't contact Yan Mo for two years abroad is because dating Srily is a condition for me to study abroad. Srily's father is the chairman of a large group, and all my model exhibitions are invested by him. I do this to create a better future."
"Have you ever considered Yan Mo's feelings when you did this? Since you chose to date another woman, why didn't you tell Yan Mo directly? Don't you think it's too much to play two women at the same time?" Gu Tianhai slammed the table and stood up, "Yan Mo is sad and upset because of you and has been unable to get over it, but you are taking it for granted to be with another woman. Someone like you who is not loyal to feelings does not deserve Yan Mo's love!"
The waiter who came over with coffee was startled by Gu Tianhai who suddenly stood up and was stunned.
"Excuse me, this is the cappuccino you ordered." The waiter put down the coffee carefully and quickly left the table.
"Only immature boys would yell like you. Yan Mo doesn't like you, probably because you are still a naive boy, right?" Li Hao leaned forward slightly, picked up the coffee and took a sip elegantly, "The feelings between people are very complicated. The person you are with may not be deeply liked by you, and the person you like may not be able to grow old with you. We will make many choices that go against our hearts in our lives, but for the sake of survival and the so-called future, you have to make choices. These are probably things that a naive intern like you can't understand, right?"
"From the first time I saw you, I could tell that you liked Yan Mo. But I don't care about your love for her at all, because your understanding of love is too pure. A relationship without a plan for the future is just a child's love, which is both naive and absurd, and can never last long."
"I didn't tell Yan Mo because the person I love has always been Yan Mo. Srily and I were just playing around, and after the model exhibition is over next week, I will break up with Srily. Also, let me tell you one more thing, I have proposed to Yan Mo, and Yan Mo has agreed. No matter what you think, this is a matter between Yan Mo and me. I hope you'd better keep your mouth shut. You don't want Yan Mo to be sad because of this, right?" Li Hao put down the coffee cup in his hand and raised the corners of his lips slightly.
He slightly unbuttoned the collar of his suit, took out his wallet, and placed a hundred-dollar bill on the table: "I'll buy you this cup of coffee. I hope you can keep a clear mind. Think carefully about what to say and what not to say."
Gu Tianhai shuddered and slowly sat back in his chair. He looked in the direction where Li Hao left and fell into deep thought.
"The relationship between people is very complicated. The person you are with may not be someone you like deeply, and the person you like may not be able to spend the rest of your life with you. We will make many choices that go against our hearts in our lives, but for the sake of survival and the so-called future, you have to make choices."
What Li Hao said lingered in Gu Tianhai's mind.
Maybe he is right. People are connected by various emotions and separated by various emotions. People like each other and hate each other. No one can predict what will happen in the next second. Just like a round and round spinning merry-go-round, no one knows who will be lost or who will be met when returning to the starting point.
If love cannot be combined with the future, it is just a childish game. Now he is indeed just a naive and rebellious teenager. If he is not strong enough, he cannot resist any thorns on the road of love.
Only by becoming stronger can you have the ability to protect the other party.
Only by becoming strong can you be relied upon and depended upon by the other party.