MTL - Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?-Chapter 31

Nanshan Road is one of the most lively and prosperous places in Jinbei City. It ranks first in the must-see places in most travel stickers.

On the street at night, the neon lights are flashing, and there are many people. There are snack bars on both sides of the road, shouting constantly, and diners gather in a group.

Huo Ran shuttled through the crowded crowd by himself, carefully observing every seemingly inconspicuous shop along the way.

There are many snacks here that he has never seen in Yanping City, with strange names, which opened his eyes.

Originally, Huo Ran should have brought Jiang Nansheng with him. It is normal for the boss to eat some local delicacies with his assistant when he is on a business trip.

But he had accidentally exposed Jiang Nansheng's secret love before, so it would be a bit weird to get along with him outside of work.

Although Jiang Nansheng was rejected tragically two days ago, his professionalism is quite excellent, and it didn't affect any of Huo Ran's business.

This is also the reason why Huo Ran didn't just transfer his assistant away after he found out that he had a crush on him.

Work ability and personal feelings should not be confused. He respects every hardworking and dedicated employee, and he doesn't want to ruin the positions and achievements that others have worked hard for a long time with a casual word.

Fortunately, Jiang Nansheng is also very knowledgeable outside of work. After hearing him say that there is someone he likes, his face changed from red to white for a while, and then he lowered his head and sincerely said to him: "I'm sorry, Mr. Huo, I will definitely not give it to you in the future." You are causing trouble."

Huo Ran, who was full of thoughts at that time, nodded and said nothing.

Emotional matters are inherently unpredictable, and it is not his responsibility that he cannot respond to others' likes.

After realizing that he liked someone, Huo Ran seemed to grow a lot overnight in terms of emotional issues.

In the past, he just felt that he didn't want to hurt others in general, because he didn't understand what kind of mood "liked" was, and he didn't understand the feeling of being rejected. According to common sense, it should be very uncomfortable.

So Huo Ran instinctively wanted to escape, he was unwilling to reject others directly, and hoped that they would give up if they didn't get a response, but things backfired, and he fell into an increasingly chaotic situation.

But now, after experiencing the sour taste of having a crush on his crush by accident, Huo Ran understands this feeling personally.

Very lonely, very lost, full of affection and nowhere to pour out, but there is a touch of secret and tiny expectation.

Maybe one day, the other party will look back at him?

That touch of expectation is like a small grass that emerges from the crevice of the rock. As long as the longing sun shines a little bit of light, it will climb the cold rock and spread wildly, trying to reach the beautiful sky that is out of reach.

And Huo Ran doesn't want to be anyone else's sun anymore, that is a crueler chronic injury than ruthless rejection.

Because now his heart is full and his eyes are occupied by that particular person, he has no time to care about others, let alone look back.

Although the horoscope has not yet been written, Huo Ran has already realized very consciously that he must keep a distance from all opposite sexes.

No, he's bent now, so you have to be careful when interacting with the same sex.

Adhering to the principle of maintaining a moderate relationship with all human beings who tend to choose a mate, Huo Ran sorted out PP's friend list very carefully.

Delete all the people who have chatted with him over the years, all the non-commercial partners who are extremely attentive to him, and all of them are also cleared up, and the rest are grouped into [work][relatives and friends][classmates][no note forgot who] category.

When deleting friends one by one, Huo Ran had no psychological pressure.

...Anyway, they also think that Huo Zhendong is using this account.

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After solving some potential hidden dangers, looking at the clean and tidy friend list, Huo Ran feels relieved in stages.

When he returned to Yanping, he wanted to have a good talk with the flower-sending madman and Fa Xiao, and reject them completely, so that he would be relaxed from now on, and he would never have to have nightmares again.

But it is strange to say that the fresh roses that have been delivered on a regular basis for more than a month, according to Jiang Nansheng's report, seem to have stopped in these two days.

Probably the other party knew that he was not in Yanping, or finally gave up, no matter what, it was a good thing.

Huo Ran didn't think much, but felt a little relieved.

Immediately, what came to my mind was the completely irrepressible desire to meet Tao Zhiyue.

Strictly speaking, Huo Ran hadn't actually met him because Tao Zhiyue wore a mask that day.

If he had known this, he must have asked the staff to distribute drinks enthusiastically that day.

Surrounded by couples on the street at this moment, countless vivid and happy smiling faces flashed past his eyes, Huo Ran, who was alone, couldn't help imagining the other party's appearance, and imagining what food stall the other party would be caught by if he were here. absorb.

According to the contact during this period, he felt that Tao Zhiyue should not like to eat too sweet food. Although he did not reject spicy food, he seemed to prefer light food with a more traditional taste.

Subconsciously, according to this standard, Huo Ran bought all the eligible snacks, and used his banknote ability as appropriate when encountering a store with a long queue.

After walking around, Huo Ran was full of snacks in his hand, which attracted the attention of passers-by.

He was about to find a place to sit down and take notes while tasting, when the phone rang suddenly.

Huo Ran was stunned for a moment, and quickly took out his hands, took out the mobile phone from his pocket, took a closer look, and felt a little inexplicably disappointed.

As soon as the phone was connected, Huo Sihan's high-pitched groundhog scream came from the opposite side.

"Ah, ah, are you really in love!"

Huo Ran presciently took the phone away, and took it back in time after she finished screaming: "No."

Huo Sihan suddenly stopped being excited, and became confused: "Then why did you change such a cute avatar! It's unreasonable!"

"Oh, the person I like gave it to me in the game." Huo Ran suppressed the waves in his heart and wrote lightly.

"!!!"

In a strange bang and bang, he seemed to hear the wild sound of smashing the wall and hitting the table.

It seems that Huo Zhendong is not at home, Huo Ran, who is used to this scene, thought silently.

After a long time, Huo Sihan came back panting heavily, "This is the painting style of Animal Island! I definitely read it right! You actually engaged in online dating!"

"It's not online dating." Huo Ran is very strict, "To be precise, I haven't been dating yet, and I'm still in the pursuit stage."

For a moment, Huo Sihan forgot the shock of his brother's sudden enlightenment, and said in disbelief, "Everyone you like gives you flowers, why are you still in the pursuit stage? You are obviously double arrows, what are you doing!"

"Because he has never been in love, I want to pursue him seriously once. This is a very important experience."

Speaking of this, Huo Ran was a little uncertain: "It should be a happy thing to be pursued by someone you like, right?"

"...Damn it, this question is out of line." Huo Sihan gritted his teeth.

"...Sorry, I forgot." Huo Ran felt a little guilty, and sent his sincere blessings to his sister, "You will definitely meet in the future."

"I shouldn't have called you this way!"

Huo Sihan's tone was very sad and indignant, "I didn't expect Feng Shui to turn around, and I would have a day to humiliate myself, so farewell!"

Huo Sihan, who was caught off guard by the lemon, quickly hung up the phone.

There was a crowd of people beside him, amidst the beeping sound of disconnection, Huo Ran was holding the phone, thinking that his sister was stupid and funny, when he came back to his senses, he remembered that his other hand was full of carefully selected Delicious Snack.

Those fragrant fragrances mixed together, accompanied by the fireworks all over the street, quietly imprinted this picture in the bottom of my heart.

It's fine if there's another person around.

Huo Ran stood there thinking for a while, a silent smile filled his eyes, his eyes were burning.

He remembered doing homework all night that night.

Every stage of the relationship has different scenery. The ambiguous period is a tacit mutual temptation. During the passionate pursuit, you can be extremely romantic. In the passionate love period, you can finally be intimate and sweet without any scruples. As time goes by, it will gradually change. Into a flat and warm stream of water.

This is Huo Ran, a novice in love, carefully taking notes on the hundreds of pages given by the search engine.

At that moment, next to his ears was the sound of the other party's even and shallow breathing, quietly flowing into the silent night, so Huo Ran couldn't help holding his breath, and lowered the sound of clicking the mouse very softly.

When he browsed the speeches of netizens, he often saw people regretting that they promised to be together too soon, and missed that youthful and hot stage. Looking back in the days to come, he always felt that some of the good memories that should have been lacked.

But time can't be turned back, and emotions can't be repeated, so Huo Ran doesn't want to leave any regrets.

He wanted to bring all the best things imaginable to that person.

That night, Huo Ran, who ate until he was full for the first time, walked back to the hotel for a long time, trying to expand his not-so-extensive vocabulary along the way, trying to describe the taste of each snack with 50 points.

When he walked into the room, the memo on the phone was already full of words, and he also carefully typed the layout in blank lines.

Finally, he was done, Huo Ran couldn't wait to open the app, wanting to ask Tao Zhiyue, who hadn't contacted for several hours, what he had for dinner.

By the way, he proficiently told the other party about the food on Nanshan Road, and then asked him without any trace if he wanted to eat there.

After he clicked on the chat box, he was about to type when the page suddenly refreshed.

Tao Zhiyue put on a new avatar.

Huo Ran seemed to have discovered a new continent, and immediately clicked on the profile picture, looked at it carefully for five minutes, and saved it in the phone album.

It should be a photo taken by Tao Zhiyue himself. He put the leaf in his hand, and the palm and the autumn leaves were warmed by the sun.

Looking at his gaudy flower portrait, Huo Ran's mood became extraordinarily joyful.

He opened the special dark brown notebook, and wrote down neatly on a new page: I like the golden sycamore leaves in autumn.