The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 287 Nanxiang, I’m rich now!
After an absurd December, 2014 has passed and the new year has arrived.

That engagement ceremony, which entertained most people but disgusted a few, became the last big joke in Shanghai's business community in 2014.

Although this incident has passed, the aftermath it caused is not over.

Especially the absolute protagonist of that day - Gu Li, her reputation has spread throughout the business community of Shanghai, but unfortunately it is not a good reputation.

Normally speaking, the love affairs between young men and women like Gu Li are actually nothing. Every family has some shameful things. Even compared with them, Gu Li's things can only be regarded as embarrassing things, and they are not dirty or even disgusting.

But the bad thing is that other people's affairs are family affairs behind closed doors, and at most they are spread within a very small range. Those are called secrets. It's nothing like what happened to Gu Li, who lost face in public.

Moreover, the process is very dramatic, which naturally gives it the advantage of being a good gossip spreader.

So Gu Li became truly famous this time.

However, at the beginning of the new year, Gu Li no longer cared about these things. Although she lost face on Christmas Day and even felt a little hopeless, now she had recovered and her mood was not so bad anymore.

Because my best friend Nan Xiang was found again!

Although she failed in love, she was also successful in love!

The former is love and the latter is friendship. Anyway, for Gu Li, life is precious, but love is more precious. If it is for the sake of best friends, both can be abandoned.

That day she went to Nan Xiang's house, and the two best friends talked a lot. Although they didn't do anything embarrassing like reminiscing about the past or looking forward to the future, when Nan Xiang said "It's okay", the two of them couldn't help but hug each other and cry.

After all, this period of separation was a torment for both of them.

Well... that's worth crying about.

After she burst into tears for the first time, Nan Xiang started to apologize again. She apologized for how she treated Gu Li at Gu Li's birthday party that night.

Especially since Gu Li visited her mother for her afterwards, in comparison, she felt like she was such an ungrateful person.

As expected, the sentimental Gu Li also said with tears in her eyes, "It's okay, it's all over."

In line with the theme of "forgiveness", carry forward the idea of ​​"forgiveness", and practice the route of "forgiveness"!
Then came the second time the two best friends hugged each other and cried bitterly.

It was as if all the misunderstandings were to be vented out through this crying.

After she finished crying, Gu Li asked Nan Xiang about her experiences during this period. This made Nan Xiang feel so uncomfortable that she even forgot to continue shedding tears.

After all, it seemed that there was nothing she could tell her best friend about what she had done during the time she was away from Gu Li.

Go to KTV to accompany drinking? Go to the Internet to dance social dance? Or under Jian Xi's hands, by the way, seduce Jian Xi to do some exciting games in the office?
Can these things be said?
So facing Gu Li's question, Nan Xiang stuttered for a long time before finally saying, "After I left school, I worked in a design company."

When Gu Li saw her evasive look just now, he immediately understood something, so he nodded without asking any more questions.

But then Gu Li asked Nan Xiang if she was willing to go back and live with them. Unexpectedly, when faced with this question, Nan Xiang's expression became hesitant.

"Gu Li, my job is here... I can go to Puxi often, but I can't live there for a long time."

Moreover, if she lived with Lin Xiao, she didn't dare to think about what attitude she would have to face this good friend every day.

Since ancient times, anyone who seduces the sister-in-law would be stabbed three times and pierced six times!
On the contrary, doesn’t it apply to men who seduce their bestie?
In short, now that she has finally reconciled with Gu Li, Nan Xiang doesn't want to fall out with another good friend again.

And...if they quarrel again, she will be the Gu Li from last time, Lin Xiao will be her from last time, and the one who washes her hair with red wine will also be her!
Gu Li didn’t know there were so many complicated reasons why her best friend didn’t want to go back and live with her. She just felt it was a pity, but thought it was okay to reconcile for the time being, and other things could wait until later.

But no matter what, the Times sisters finally reconciled again!
This one incident alone can dilute the shadow cast on Gu Li by the engagement ceremony.

So much so that when Nan Xiang tried to comfort her again, Gu Li was able to force herself to suppress the pain in her heart and said that she was fine.

"It's just a little snow."

It was snowing heavily outside, and Gu Li said this after wiping away her tears.

……

Saturday, January 2015, 1, in a bar in Puxi.

"How's it going? You've been hiding for almost half a month, and now you're finally willing to come out. It seems like you've made up your mind?"

At the bar, Jian Xi asked with a smile after clinking glasses with Gu Yuan.

Ever since the incident last month, the good brother has not shown up again. Jian Xi also called to ask about the situation, but Gu Yuan's voice on the other end of the phone was very depressed.

This time, Jian Xi acted like a human being for once. When he contacted Gu Yuan, he also helped Gu Li explain things.

It was explained that nothing actually happened when Gu Li and Xi Cheng met that day. They met only because Gu Li wanted to know the news about Nan Xiang. As for the hug, according to Nan Xiang's retelling, it was because Gu Li kicked and "accidentally" fell into Xi Cheng's arms.

Hmm... this comic plot actually happened. But since Gu Li said so, people like Nan Xiang and Jian Xi who didn't see it with their own eyes can only believe it for the time being.

As for whether Gu Yuan believed it or not...

"Who hid? I was just helping my mom deal with the negative impact of that incident. How could I hide?"

Gu Yuan said stubbornly after taking a sip of wine for the sake of face, but soon he sighed: "I don't need to think about anything. My attitude was made clear last time in this bar."

Before graduation last year, Gu Yuan heard Gu Li calling Xi Cheng. That day he found out that his beloved girlfriend had framed him. Feeling depressed, he dragged Jian Xi to this bar to drink and talk.

It was also that time that he expressed his attitude in front of his good brothers, and put forward the theory that Gu Li was already his hands and feet, and he could not cut off his hands and feet.

But theory is theory. It is one thing to hear your girlfriend say that she cheated on you, but it is another thing to actually see the photo of your girlfriend sleeping with Xi Cheng at the engagement ceremony.

So when he heard Gu Yuan's words, Jian Xi smiled and clinked glasses with him again. It was all in the wine!

It's normal to be stubborn, but this attitude of still sticking to past beliefs deserves a toast from the old scumbag!
And what’s interesting is that if we change the perspective of the engagement ceremony that day from Gu Li and Yuan Yi to Gu Yuan, it seems... seems... even more tragic.

On the surface, it looked like two women were fighting for a husband. Although that guy didn't directly pull her hair, his actions were extremely hurtful and insulting.

If you don’t know, you might think this is a sadomasochistic story about three people pursuing their true love: he loves her, she loves him, she loves him too, but he doesn’t love her!
But what is the reality?
At the engagement ceremony, the fiancée was revealed to be having an affair with another man. Regardless of whether it was an ex-boyfriend or not, at least it could be seen from the slides that the fiancée's true love was her ex-boyfriend.

Then the groom-to-be's girlfriend, whom he truly loved, was also revealed to be having an affair with another man, and even photos of them in bed were projected on the big screen.

So don’t think that the fiancée and the girlfriend fought so fiercely that both of them suffered losses in the end, and that the groom who was being fought over was a popular commodity. But when you look closely, the most difficult thing is that it seems that the groom lost more.

What kind of dispute is this?

Who gave him a bigger and darker hat?

Except for people with special fetishes, who doesn't know that cuckoldry comes in all degrees?

As for Ye Chuanping’s feeling that her son was the one being fought over and that he was not as embarrassed as Gu Li… then we need to take the classic “dialectical approach”.

In short, Jian Xi really admires Gu Yuan at this moment. Is this the price to pay for insisting on pure love?
"Then when are you going to see her?" Jian Xi asked.

Gu Yuan's eyes were filled with confusion again. He shook his head and said sadly, "I haven't thought about it yet."

Looking back on the many years he and Gu Li have been together, the two have broken up and gotten back together many times. The breakups were very sudden, and the reconciliations were also very sudden, but during all of this, no one of them ever bowed their heads and asked for reconciliation from the other.

They always rely on their tacit understanding. It goes without saying that they can forget the unpleasant things and get back together just by looking at each other. Just like the year before last, when Ye Chuanping pointed at Gu Li's nose and scolded her at school, the two broke up just like that.

But soon, because of the fashion exhibition in the college, Gu Li only met him at the exhibition, and then they got back together.

Including the breakup at the birthday party, the death of Gu Li's father prompted the two to reconcile at the speed of light.

But this time, Gu Yuan didn’t know what opportunity would come that would prompt him and Gu Li to reconcile.

You can't really let yourself cut off your hands and feet, right?

After two glasses of wine, Gu Yuan, who had a pure heart of love, sighed countless times. Seeing that Jian Xi was also drinking and lost in thought, he turned around and asked:
"By the way, what about you? How's your...wing theory going?"

"Ahem!" Jian Xi suddenly cueed himself. He came back to his senses and coughed lightly, then said with a smile, "What can I do? Theory is still being transformed into practice."

"Are you serious?"

"It's already this late, can I still fake it?"

Hearing that his good brother was really going further and further down the path of being a scumbag, Gu Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Jian Xi, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

"Gu Yuan, do you believe me?" Jian Xi suddenly looked serious and said to his good brother.

Gu Yuan was stunned by his behavior and nodded subconsciously: "I believe you, but what do you believe in?"

The dog man took a sip of wine and said seriously: "I don't like scumbags, but I hope people will stay together."

I'm not a scumbag just for the sake of being a scumbag. In Na Jun's life, didn't I only have one girlfriend, Li Xiaoyue?
So many times, it's not that I'm bored and I deliberately want to be a scumbag, it's just that the time has come, I've already come, I've already slept...

Can I blame myself for being a scumbag now?

When I first traveled through time, my original self was already a scumbag. It wasn't that I became a scumbag out of thin air just because I had no reason to do so. It was my fault that my original self was a scumbag, and it was also my fault that Lin Quan and Lin Xiao had developed an inseparable relationship with me.

As for the previous life, Yu Fei was also a scumbag. He had to clear out all the ex-girlfriends and sex partners in his phone one by one. He also took the initiative to flirt with Xiao Ai and other women. It was only because they were either good-looking or took the initiative to pay for him. As for Huang Zhenhua's earlier life, it was even more because they were beautiful and it was fate that made it so.

At most I can blame myself for being a soft-hearted man who is reluctant to let go.

A qualified scumbag can blame the heavens, the earth, and the beauty of girls, but he cannot feel too much guilt.

A killer will not be able to hold the knife steadily out of guilt, and a scumbag will not be able to hold the gun firmly out of guilt. The former will not have a good ending, and the latter will not have a good ending either.

Do you think this idea is beastly?
Of course he's a beast!

But then again, since I am already an animal, why should I consider human values? At worst, I can punish myself by being an animal in my next life.

Perhaps this is the price of becoming a scumbag. I can no longer cling to a woman like Gu Yuan, cry for her, laugh for her, and have a turbulent and painful love affair in my youth.

No wonder Nan Xiang said that he was a smiling tiger. After becoming a scumbag, it was difficult for him to cry.

After hearing what Jian Xi said, Gu Yuan almost spit out the wine in his mouth. He quickly wiped his mouth with a tissue and said speechlessly: "When you say this, it feels like hearing a cat not eat fish."

I originally wanted to say that dogs don’t eat shit, but Gu Yuan felt that there was no need to say it in such a disgusting way.

The dog man just smiled when he heard this. Aren’t a cat that eats fish and a cat that steals fish the same?

"Don't let it get out of control."

Seeing this, Gu Yuan could only shake his head and clink glasses with him again.

The dog man nodded and poured the amber-colored wine under the light into his mouth. He was not afraid of not being able to control it, but he was afraid that there would be no changes. Changes would cause chaos, and only when there is chaos will there be a chance to control it.

Thinking of the situation at home on Christmas Day, Jian Xi frowned. At that time, he was playing the music box accompaniment with Lin Quan, and suddenly he realized that Lin Xiao had returned home.

When he first heard the sound of keys at the door, he subconsciously thought of hiding, but he quickly realized that his house was so small and he didn't have enough time. In addition, there was a smell in the bedroom and other traces, so hiding was useless.

Now that we have decided to break the deadlock, we might as well fight more fiercely.

So, through the half-open bedroom door, Lin Xiao watched the process of him and the Santa deer playing the music box, which was considered to be the achievement that Xiao was currently making.

However, the bad man thought that Lin Xiao would make a big scene, but he didn't expect that Lin Xiao would quietly leave in the end.

In the past half month, apart from not contacting him actively, Lin Xiao still went to the two-bedroom apartment over there to find Lin Quan, and his state was the same as before, as if what he witnessed outside the door that day had never happened.

Jian Xi had some guesses about this based on his past experience, but he was not sure and had to find another opportunity to try.

……

January 12, Monday evening, Pudong.

It’s still the familiar company, the familiar office, the familiar working hours, and the familiar man and woman.

After more than half a month, Nan Xiang finally plucked up the courage to invite her boss to play a small game again, and this time, Jian Xi did not refuse either.

With the help of air conditioning and heating, a strange smell gradually spread in the office, and some strange noises were looming.

"Nan Xiang, if you keep going like this, I don't think I'll have to pay you. Just to compensate me for my suit, you'll have to pay to go to work."

Nan Xiang, who had completely taken off her armor as she had done in the past, sat on Jian Xi's legs, who was still wearing armor. The granary, which should have been heavy, had been pressed against her and deformed. When she was about to speak after hearing what the other party said, the cell phone on the desk suddenly rang.

Nan Xiang, who was sitting with her back to the desk, didn't know who was calling, but Jian Xi had already put the phone to her ear.

"Hey, it's Xi Cheng, do you want to answer it?"

"Don't..." Nan Xiang's body shook, and she almost fell backwards with a muffled groan. It was Jian Xi who supported her with his free hand that was holding the phone.

"Sorry, my finger accidentally connected the call when I was helping you. Please hang up yourself."

The dog man put his head on Nan Xiang's smooth shoulders, blew air into her ears, and whispered softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the hand holding the phone was retracted and waved in front of Nan Xiang, whose eyes widened.

"..."

Nan Xiang subconsciously held her breath and took the phone. Just as she was about to hang up, Xi Cheng's steady bubbling voice came from the phone.

"Why don't you speak?"

call……

Nan Xiang suddenly exhaled the breath she had been holding, and Jian Xi, who had already stopped, was surprised to find a new phenomenon.

"What's the matter?" Nan Xiang asked after adjusting her breathing without hanging up the phone immediately.

"Nan Xiang, I have money now."

(End of this chapter)