Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Lu Chengyu’s grandfather named him Chengyu, hoping that he would be blessed and prosperous in everything. As a result, his life was full of troubles. He had no luck after graduating from college until his death.
He sat on a public bench and watched the blinding couples passing by in front of him. After a long time, he patted the non-existent dust off his clothes and walked towards his dormitory building with a leisurely pace.
A clean shirt and woolen vest, well-fitting jeans and casual shoes, a very ordinary dress, but on Lu Chengyu, it looked elegant and clean, turning the heads of many girls on the street.
He greeted the classmates he met along the way. When he returned to the dormitory, two of his roommates were playing games. One of the roommates saw him coming back and asked without looking back: “Little Third, where have you been? Little Fourth just now was looking for you.”
“Just went out for a walk.” No one could remain calm if they thought they were dead but then found themselves lying in their university dormitory. But for the sake of his own image, he had no choice but to quietly walk around outside the dormitory to vent his shock and ecstasy.
As for the fourth member Chen Jin mentioned by the second member Zhang Hong, when he mentioned this person, he had the urge to hold his forehead without saying anything. In the memories of his previous life, Chen Jin seemed to have confessed to him when he was about to graduate from college. After he refused, he rarely appeared in front of him.
But he didn’t know if it was his misunderstanding. Because from then on, his luck got worse and worse, to the point where he was finally reduced to being a hotel lobby manager who could only meet Chen Jin and his partner Liang Deyou opening a room. At that time, he seemed to be against Liang Deyou. Amid the disdainful eyes and disappointed expression of Chen Jin, he was able to send the two of them to the room in person with a standard smile. It was unbearable to watch.
When he turned to leave, he received a look from Chen Jin that said, “I had such bad taste back then.” Life couldn’t be anymore miserable. But who was he, Mr. Lu? Even if this was the case, he could turn around and leave while smiling in a graceful manner.
Zhang Hong stopped playing the game and turned around to see Lu Chengyu leaning against the wall in a daze with half-squinted eyes. He couldn’t help but sigh. This good-looking man with a good image just stood there with a rich, handsome temperament. What a pity. He was just not rich enough. He sat astride the chair and raised his chin: “Little Third, don’t you usually take good care of Little Fourth? He has been looking for you just now and couldn’t get through on your mobile phone. You should call him back when you get back.”
“Okay.” Lu Chengyu took out his mobile phone, walked to Zhang Hong’s computer, called Chen Jin, leaned close to the computer desktop to look at the game Zhang Hong was playing, and asked uninterestedly, “You are still playing this game? Have you found a job?”
“Guanglin and I got into the same company, and we will report there next Monday.” Zhang Hong knew that Lu Chengyu was not interested in this game, so he threw an orange on the table to him, “Yes. What’s going on, don’t be polite among us buddies.” Lu Chengyu’s parents had an accident a year ago. Although he received some compensation, life was not that easy without parents.
“There’s nothing wrong with my work. My brothers, if you want me to be polite to you, no way!” Lu Chengyu smiled and patted Zhang Hong on the shoulder, then peeled an orange while talking: “I’m moving out tomorrow, so are the brothers going tonight to have a meal?”
“Leaving tomorrow?” Zhu Guanglin, who had been focusing on the game, put his head out and said, not seeing Chen Jin behind Lu Chengyu, “Okay, we’ll go when the fourth child comes back.” Chen Jin was introverted. Although he was a nice person, they didn’t have much contact with Chen Jin. In addition, Chen Jin’s family situation was not very good, so they wanted to help him, but also had to take into account his self-esteem, this in the past four years, their relationship with Chen Jin had been more gentle than close.
Gentlemen, you always had to pay attention to other people’s delicate thoughts. It’s okay for a while, but it would become a big deal in the long run.
Lu Chengyu always behaved like a gentleman, so he took the best care of Chen Jin. Among the three of them, Chen Jin was also the closest to Lu Chengyu, so of course Chen Jin would not be missing from the party tonight.
Hearing Zhu Guanglin mention Chen Jin, Lu Chengyu nodded. After he rejected Chen Jin in his previous life, he rarely saw Chen Jin. But whenever he saw Chen Jin, he was in bad luck. This was a bit sad, but he couldn’t blame him. Expressing anger on another person was not what a man should do.
In the evening, after putting on a clean white shirt and a casual suit jacket, Lu Chengyu and his three roommates ordered a table of food at an off-campus restaurant and drank a lot of wine before they returned to the dormitory drunk. As soon as they returned to the dormitory, Zhu Guanglin and Zhang Hong fell asleep. Lu Chengyu shook his head and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. As soon as he finished brushing, he turned around and saw Chen Jin’s beautiful eyes looking at him with wet eyes. He felt that something bad was going to happen in his heart.
“Lu Chengyu, we have been in the same dormitory for four years, why do you take such good care of me?” Chen Jin leaned against the door frame, standing a little unsteadily.
“We are all classmates, what needs to be the point for taking care of each other?” Lu Chengyu put down his toothbrush and cup and wanted to squeeze past Chen Jin. He really didn’t want to hear this confession.
“If I said… I like you, would you believe it?”
“I don’t believe it!”
Chen Jin: “…”
After a moment of silence, Chen Jin smiled bitterly and said, “I know you don’t believe me, but I am serious.”
Lu Chengyu walked up to him, patted Chen Jin on the shoulder and said seriously: “Chen Jin, let’s not joke like this between us brothers.” He took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and waved it in front of him, “We are all good young people of the new dynasty, what’s the point of celebrating a tacky holiday like April Fool’s Day.”
Chen Jin looked at the date displayed on the phone, which was April 1st. Looking at the other party’s casual expression, his original tension turned into anger: “Chengyu, after so many years of getting along, don’t you still know who I am? It’s okay if you don’t want to accept my heart, but don’t trample on my sincerity.”
Chen Jin pushed away the mobile phone in front of him, then he turned around and left, and suddenly stopped when he reached the door. He turned around and looked at Lu Chengyu, who still had a slight smile on his face, gritted his teeth and said, “Since you don’t care about me, why did you have to be so nice to me these years! If I had known that we would be where we are today, I would rather not have known you or lived in the same dormitory with you these four years.” After saying that, he opened the dormitory door and walked out without hesitation.
Hearing the slamming of the door, Lu Chengyu wiped his face. What on earth did he do? Not to mention that he was not interested in men, even if he liked men, he was not interested in Chen Jin. Just because he saw that Chen Jin’s family was not well off and it was not easy for him to go to college, he took care of him, but now it had become his fault.
Lying back on the bed, Lu Chengyu wrapped the quilt around him and thought vaguely. He remembered that after he refused Chen Jin’s confession in his previous life, Chen Jin also ran away in the middle of the night, which made him worry all night. So, the interview the next day failed. In the end, Chen Jin got into that company. The young son of the owner of that company was Chen Jin’s later partner Liang Deyou. Thinking back on these things, Lu Chengyu felt that life was a fu**ing mess.
The next day, Lu Chengyu, accompanied by his two buddies, moved his things into a taxi. When he was about to leave, he saw Chen Jin getting out of a private car, and the driver was Liang Deyou.
Lu Chengyu was not in the mood to say hello to the two of them. He bent down and was about to get into the car but was stopped by Chen Jin. He looked back at the two of them walking towards him, said sorry to the driver, and stood leaning against the car door. He even showed a bit of elegance.
“Are you Lu Chengyu?” Liang Deyou looked at him with a half-smile, and slowly stretched out his golden palm toward Lu Chengyu, “My surname is Liang, and I am Xiao Jin’s friend. Hello.”
“Hello.” Lu Chengyu stretched out his hand to shake it. He touched the opponent’s hand and quickly withdrew it. Although he was not good enough in his previous life, he had mastered the skill of reading people’s faces. Otherwise, it would not be easy for him to become the lobby manager of a luxury hotel with such bad luck. Although the other party’s actions were polite, there was an air of condescension everywhere.
Chen Jin didn’t notice the hidden meaning behind Liang Deyou’s action. He just looked at Lu Chengyu and said, “Aren’t you even willing to tell me that you’re leaving?”
“When we had dinner together last night, didn’t I say that I was going to leave school today?” Lu Chengyu curled his lips and said, “Since you have returned to school, I am relieved, so I will leave first.”
Seeing that there was no forced smile on his face, Chen Jin couldn’t help but ask, “Between us, is there really no chance?”
Lu Chengyu looked at Liang Deyou, who looked really bad. Then he touched his chin and said, “Chen Jin, we have been classmates for four years, so don’t waste this friendship.”
“Okay, I understand. Yes,” Chen Jin turned pale, took a deep look at Lu Chengyu, turned around and left. When Liang Deyou saw this, he glared at Lu Chengyu fiercely and followed him in big strides.
Zhang Hong and Zhu Guanglin noticed something was wrong, but they were relatively closer to Lu Chengyu. Lu Chengyu didn’t say anything, so they naturally didn’t say much.
“Okay, I’m leaving first. You guys take care of yourself. Let’s go drink together when you have free time.” Lu Chengyu waved his hand casually, sat in the taxi, closed the door, waved to the two buddies again, and said to the driver, “Master, please.”
“Okay,” the taxi driver didn’t get impatient because he had to wait a little longer. After driving a certain distance, he asked, “Is this young man a student who will graduate this year?”
“Yes.” Lu Chengyu looked up at the master in the driver’s seat and said with a smile, “I’m sorry for keeping you waiting, master.”
“What’s the matter?” The master waved his right hand boldly and turned the other hand skillfully. Turning the steering wheel, the car turned a corner quickly, “That boy just now was interested in you, right? I’m not too talkative. You look like a handsome young man. It’s better not to take this path. You’re so handsome. What kind of girlfriend can’t you find?”
Lu Chengyu chuckled, “Uncle, does your wife know that you are so fashionable?” Also, people look like people, is that a word of praise?
“Hey, don’t think this uncle’s words are conservative. I’ve been driving for many years. I’ve seen a lot of these scenes. I’ve experienced chasing cars and holding car doors to prevent them from leaving. But the ones I’ve seen more often make me cry. Even the couple who have a marriage certificate are not trustworthy, let alone between men.” The uncle driver looked like he had come before, “However, my wife is still very reliable.”
Lu Chengyu continued, “Uncle, you said so much.” Are you here to show your affection?
After getting off the car, the driver deliberately charged Lu Chengyu five yuan less, and then drove away at the speed of an airplane.
Lu Chengyu was sprayed with car exhaust in his face, and he let out a long sigh. There are talents everywhere in life.
Looking back at the community behind him, the smile on his face gradually faded.
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