rose ashes

Li Ma was tidying up in the kitchen when Luo Yang came in. She held the milk on the center island and asked, "Madam, are you going to give this growing children's milk to a certain child? Why did you open it in advance?"

Luo Yang shook his hand, "It's okay, someone at home is drinking, Aunt Li, I'll go downstairs first, I'll clean it up later!"

He quickly went downstairs with the filled cup. Uncle Liu had already parked the car at the door. Liu Min was holding a document and showing it to Ye Gu. When Luo Yang came out, Ye Gu put the document in Liu Min's hand.

"Let's go, we're going to be late today."
Normally at this time of day, Ye Gu would have left for half a day. Luo Yang was worried that he would be late for the company today and it would have a bad impact.

Ye Gu stuffed the umbrella in Liu Min's hand into Luo Yang's hand, "It's sunny outside, come in quickly, and call me if anything happens, okay?"
Luo Yang's cheeks were flushed and he nodded in response.

Watching the car slowly driving away, I unexpectedly felt a sense of security in my heart, as if I had once imagined such a far-fetched scene, but probably never thought that it would become a reality one day.

In the car, Uncle Liu smiled slightly and asked nonchalantly, "Master, is this successful?"

Ye Gu nodded slightly, shadows hidden under his eyelashes, and stroked his lips gently: "There are some results." He never speaks too confidently to the elders he respects.

Just with this one sentence, Uncle Liu made up his mind, and it was difficult to hide the smile on his face.

At that time, Liu Min suddenly asked cautiously: "Do I still need to buy milk tea in the future..."
He noticed the kettle in Ye Gu's hand, which was already filled with milk tea.

Ye Gu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was really thinking about this insignificant question. After a moment, he gently stroked the bottle with his fingertips and murmured, "We'll talk about it later."
If she did it every day, he would naturally not refuse, but whether to do it or not depends entirely on her willingness, there is no such thing as having to do it.

Luo Yang had a lot of appointments recently, and it was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that she finally got a rare chance to catch her breath and rest. Tian Tian hadn't seen her for a while, and couldn't wait to come to the consultation center to find her.

Not long after she lay down to rest, she heard Ling Yue knocking on the door. Her voice was lively and Luo Yang curled her lips unconsciously, knowing that it was Tian Tian.

"Want to eat? It's a new product~"

As always, Tian Tian likes to collect various desserts and then share them with Luo Yang. Luo Yang, sitting at his desk, looks a little tired.

"Are you so tired? Is it because you have too much work or you are too tired when you get home~"

Luo Yang took in Tian Tian's meaningful expression and interrupted her wandering thoughts.
"I have a lot of appointments today, and I just had time to rest."

Tian Tian curled her lips and said "Oh", then placed the dessert on the coffee table. Luo Yang poured two cups of warm blueberry tea and told Tian Tian to be careful of the burns.

After pondering for a few seconds, Tian Tian finally asked, "On your birthday, after you returned home... everything was fine, right?"
She stuffed the mousse into her mouth, glancing at Luo Yang from time to time, hesitant as if she wanted to say something.

Luo Yang was very perceptive and knew what Tian Tian was thinking. He pretended to be mysterious and said, "Well... I drank that day and I don't remember much afterwards. Did I do anything excessive?"
Tian Tian frowned slightly and looked at Luo Yang. She wanted to say something but ended up choking in her throat. She closed her eyes and said, "No, I'm just afraid that you'll be criticized by the young master when you get home. Doesn't he dislike the smell of alcohol?..."

When she saw Luo Yang being carried away by Ye Gu that day, Tian Tian stood at the door for a long time. She couldn't describe the feeling, it was the feeling of wanting to help her best friend but being powerless.

In fact, the reason why she had a lot of interactions with Ye Gu was simply because of Luo Yang. Although they grew up together, she was disdainful of dealing with Ye Gu because of his arrogant personality. If it weren't for Luo Yang, she probably would have been just an acquaintance with Ye Gu until now, relying entirely on the friendship between the elders.

She still doesn't understand why Luo Yang likes someone like Ye Gu, who is arrogant and cocky. Apart from being handsome, he can never say anything nice, and most of the words he says are sarcastic.

But when leaving that day, Tian Tian noticed that Ye Gu's eyes had changed. She was a carefree person and not good at guessing other people's psychological activities. But that day, she saw Ye Gu holding Luo Yang, and in those eyes that had always been proud and indifferent, there was a heat and nervousness that she had never seen before. The slightly trembling hands holding Luo Yang shocked Tian Tian.

She didn't know what had happened to them that caused Ye Gu to have such emotional fluctuations that he had never experienced before.

Seeing Tian Tian puzzled but not daring to ask, Luo Yang felt amused and sighed in his heart.

Perhaps, she should tell Tian Tian first.

She drank a sip of tea, sat down next to Tian Tian, ​​lightly pressed her lips against his, and said slowly: "Ye Gu bought me a yellow diamond."
Tian Tian should understand.

The bow in front of her suddenly disappeared as her hair turned. Tian Tian was so disappointed that she sneered, "Who doesn't have a yellow diamond? I have an annual yellow diamond!"

Luo Yang: “…” It was her fault. She shouldn’t have had too high expectations of this classmate who was addicted to the Internet.
Helpless, Luo Yang didn't hide it anymore and stretched out his hand, "...I mean the ring, the yellow diamond ring. This yellow diamond is not that yellow diamond."

Tian Tian suspected that she was hallucinating. She turned around and took a long time to calm down. She looked at Luo Yang's fingertips with complicated and serious eyes and said thoughtfully: "Does he want to trade with you again?"

Luo Yang let out a long sigh, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He reached out and tapped Tian Tian's forehead, "Tian, ​​why have you suddenly become so slow? Where is the Tian Tian who could sense even the slightest clue?"

Tian Tian narrowed her eyes slightly, "So?"

"In fact, I knew what I had done the night before. I confessed to him. I didn't know where I got the courage from. I just suddenly wanted to tell him. Even if we couldn't maintain our relationship after I said it, I still wanted to say it."
Now when Luo Yang talks about what happened that day with Tian Tian, ​​he finds it really absurd, as if someone possessed his soul that night and he was inexplicably given courage.

Tian Tian was anxious, "Did he bully you? Or did he laugh at you? Tell me, I won't forgive him!"
Suddenly, Luo Yang hugged her and said in a muffled voice, "He said, he feels the same."

It is real, not a dream, not a fantasy, it is what you want.
Ye Gu said that it was his wish come true, but wasn't it also her wish come true?

Tian Tian's eyes were filled with surprise, her hands were hesitant, and her body movements were even a little uncoordinated. Then, while digesting the shock, she slowly hugged Luo Yang, holding him tightly.

Others may not understand Luo Yang, but she knows deeply that this is not just a simple drama of "the person I like also happens to like me". Luo Yang went abroad with a lot of contradictions and entanglements. After weighing the pros and cons, she left as if escaping.

There was no news after going abroad, but only Tian Tian knew that Luo Yang once called her late on Christmas night. Although Luo Yang did not speak, Tian Tian knew that Luo Yang missed home, but she could not say it because she was the one who chose to leave without hesitation. Luo Yang was strong-willed by nature, and she would not allow herself to regret and cry over the decision she made.

She did it. After returning home, Luo Yang had completely changed, except that she was always helpless against Ye Gu.

However, Tian Tian did not seem that happy. When asked about this, she put her hands on her chest and turned her head away.
"I just feel afraid that he will get the upper hand. He will definitely occupy more of your time, just like A Yu. From now on, I will be truly alone."
There is a sense of loneliness and arrogance in the tone.

Luo Yang looked at Tian Tian and said nothing, surprisingly serious: "When you need me, I will always be by your side the first time."
Some people say that friends can only be friends forever, but Luo Yang never agrees. To her, Tian Tian has always been more than a friend, a relative that she cannot give up. ///
As it was almost time to get off work, Luo Yang was about to send a message to Ye Gu. As soon as he opened his phone, the wallpaper he saw made him stunned for a moment.

That outfit that couldn't be more familiar, isn't it just her?

Vaguely realizing something, Luo Yang turned the phone over. It had the same transparent shell and the same black color.

I raised my hand and pinched my eyebrows, feeling a slight headache.

This is Ye Gu’s cell phone. It seems that I took it by mistake when I put it on the sink this morning. What a coincidence that I have a lot of appointments today and I haven’t looked at my phone much until now, otherwise I would have discovered it long ago.

Looking at the familiar picture on the phone, I still remember the night when Ye Gu and I were cooking noodles in the kitchen. I probably took the picture secretly when she was concentrating on cooking noodles.

She looked gentle and pretty in the photo, which was quite different from her in real life. It turned out that Ye Gu had this side of her.
The corners of my mouth slightly raised, the window was already filled with the heat of summer, and I felt more reluctant to see the sunset go away.

As the screen dimmed, Luo Yang put down his phone and called his own number on the landline.

Perhaps because he was in a meeting, no one answered the first time. When Ye Gu was about to call again, his cell phone rang.

"Liu Min? Your CEO Ye got the wrong phone."

"It's me, Ye Gu." The environment on the other end of the phone was a bit spacious and bustling, and Ye Gu's voice sounded a little breathless.

Luo Yang was slightly startled. "We took the wrong phone this morning. I'll send it to you. You're at the company, right?"

"I'm not here right now. I'm sorry. I may not be able to pick you up tonight," Ye Gu handed all his personal documents to Liu Min. "The branch office has something urgent that needs me to go over and take care of it. I'm at the airport now and will take off soon. If you're in a hurry to use your phone, I'll ask someone to take you home later."

Liu Min collected his ID and plane ticket, pushed the luggage from Ye Gu's hand, and went to the VIP waiting room.

Luo Yang frowned slightly when he heard this, "Is it a difficult matter? It's okay, you deal with it first, the phone doesn't matter, my phone password is 180520, you can just use my phone for now."
After saying that, there was no response from Ye Gu, but just a laugh. Luo Yang was puzzled.

"Don't tell me you didn't have a password on your phone before you got married." Ye Gu's voice sounded quite pleasant.

Feeling ashamed of being seen through, Luo Yang didn't say anything. After a moment, he explained: "No, I just did it casually. I have a bad memory, so I always use a more special time."
After saying this, Luo Yang felt regretful, but ended up making things worse.

Ye Gu stopped there and responded with a smile: "Okay, then you can use my phone first. You know the password."

Luo Yang: “?”

Ye Gu: "It's your birthday."
Luo Yang blushed and muttered, "It's a bit rustic, and it doesn't match your status as a young master."

Ye Gu coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment, "I just randomly pressed a few numbers, and it happened to be your birthday, is that okay?"
Luo Yang chuckled silently, "Okay, okay, it's just a coincidence."
Ye Gu: “…”

I've never seen her hold a grudge like this before, but now it seems she's specifically holding a grudge against him.

After Ye Gu finished speaking, he suddenly remembered his phone screen saver. His heart was racing, but he pretended to be calm on the surface. He said in a deep voice: "The phone screen...did you see it?"
The answer was affirmative.

Luo Yang waited calmly for what he wanted to say. After a while, the other side sighed, with helplessness.
"Okay, I admit it—"

“It’s a very good shot, with a lot of atmosphere.”
"what?"
Luo Yang replied with a smile, "I said the photos are very good. From now on, I will leave my photography tasks to you, Mr. Photographer Ye?"

Ye Gu was stunned. He had not expected the development path. He just nodded blankly, "Oh... OK."
Even through the phone, Luo Yang could imagine the dullness in his expression and how long it would take for his reaction time to recover just by listening to his voice.

"Boss Ye, we are getting ready to board the plane."
Liu Min's voice came to Luo Yang's ears through the phone, urging: "Go quickly, don't waste time."

After hanging up the phone, the office returned to silence. Luo Yang held Ye Gu's phone and looked around the office aimlessly.

She was clearly used to being alone before, and she had never felt unaccustomed to it during the nine years she spent abroad. But she had only lived with Ye Gu for a few months, and just because of the business trip, she felt a little unaccustomed.

Luo Yang quickly pulled himself out of his wandering thoughts, packed up his things and prepared to leave.

The receptionist saw Luo Yang coming down and greeted him with a smile: "Dr. Luo, are you going home?"
Luo Yang nodded, "Thank you for your hard work."
The receptionist waved her hand and said, "Your husband didn't come to pick you up today?"
"He's on a business trip. I'll go back by myself. See you tomorrow." After saying goodbye to the front desk, Luo Yang picked up his phone and prepared to call Uncle Liu.

"Ahe."
A deep and rhythmic voice sounded from the doorway, sounding a bit vicissitudes of life.

Hearing the voice, Luo Yang looked up and saw Luo Jiancheng and Zhang Peilan standing at the door, neatly dressed. Looking back, there was a shiny black car parked at the door, and the little golden man stood on the front of the car with his head held high.

Luo Yang's eyes darkened, and she slowly put her phone into her bag, saying neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Why are you here?"

Zhang Peilan looked a little embarrassed. She just glanced at Luo Jiancheng, waiting for the head of the family to speak.

Luo Yang didn't want these unsightly things at home to disturb her work, so she slowly walked to Luo Jiancheng and endured the sound.
"Let's talk about it somewhere else, not here."

Luo Jiancheng didn't seem to be making things difficult for them. Instead, he followed Luo Yang out of the consultation center. After getting in the car, he didn't ask the driver to drive away immediately.

Luo Yang sat in the back seat, silent.

After a while, Luo Jiancheng said, "Ah He, come home."

(End of this chapter)