hypocritically

Chapter 101

"why?"

Guo Xiao was baffled by the news from the landlord. This person always likes to ask why, and everyone has reasons that he doesn't want to explain.

Before Guo Xiao could reply, another message came from over there, "This house is old, where are you going to find the exact same wallpaper?"

Guo Xiao was stunned for a moment, and asked, "How do you know this house is old?"

It was quick to return over there, "The landlord said it when I bought the house."

In other words, Xu Keqin's mind was spinning so fast that he had never talked to the previous landlord at all.

Guo Xiao was easy to fool. Although he always felt that the current landlord was weird, the reasons he gave were quite reasonable.

"Let's look for it again." If he wanted to change it, he would have changed it long ago, so there's no need to wait until now.

Xu Keqin looked at the phone, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Why didn't you make up your mind to buy this house before?"

The two have exchanged a lot of news, and Guo Xiao is a person who is not on guard. When people ask why, he will try to answer as much as he can.

"I didn't have enough money before." In addition to the price increase on your side, how could the landlord sell the house to himself.

The money I left to Guo Xiao should not be much different from the bank loan. Guo Xiao will not use it indiscriminately, and there is no possibility that the money will be spent by him.

Xu Keqin was thinking, why did Guo Xiao say that the money is not enough?Do you not want to use it, or use it elsewhere?

He watched the video on his phone many times. The scenes where Guo Xiao appeared were very sporadic. Most of the time, only his hands and voice appeared. It was difficult to piece together Guo Xiao with a few simple videos.

It is a little difficult to find the exact same wallpaper. There are many similar ones, but either there is a color difference or the pattern is wrong, because the video screenshots are not clear, and most of the time, it depends on Xu Keqin's dictation of the wallpaper style.

Fortunately, the hard work paid off, and I found wallpaper with the same color and pattern in a store that was about to close.

The boss also specially told Xu Keqin, "It should look the same as the old wallpaper, make it look old, and put it in the sun for a few more days."

After getting the wallpaper, Xu Keqin first contacted Guo Xiao, "I found the wallpaper. You come home from get off work tomorrow afternoon, and I'll ask someone to fix it."

Seeing the photo sent by the landlord, from the mobile phone, it is almost the same as the one at home.

"Where did you find it? It really looks the same."

Guo Xiao didn't expect the landlord to take his words to heart. Although the landlord's temper is a bit weird, and it's troublesome to keep posting videos by himself, but other than that, he's pretty nice, and the two of them didn't get along so well. strenuous.

"I happened to see it when I was passing by a wallpaper store after get off work, and I thought it looked a bit like it."

Guo Xiao was overjoyed, and remembered that he would not go back after get off work tomorrow, "Can you change the time, I have something to do tomorrow."

"Are you going to work overtime?"

"No, there is something to do."

Xu Keqin wanted to ask what was the matter, but he was afraid that Guo Xiao would notice if he asked too much, so he had to give up.

It wasn't until the next afternoon when Xu Keqin saw flowers on the desks of many girls' subordinates that he casually asked his assistant, "What day is today?"

"Boss, Tanabata."

Xu Keqin's face suddenly became ugly, and the assistant thought he had said something wrong, "Is there any problem, boss?"

What is the relationship between Qixi Festival and Xu Keqin?

"You guys get off work." After saying that, Xu Keqin turned around and went back to the office.

In the huge office, Xu Keqin sat alone on the boss's chair, the dim screen shining on his face.

He felt that it was nonsense for Guo Xiao to date someone on Qixi Festival. Maybe Guo Xiao really had something to do, but why did it happen so coincidentally?Why does it have to be today?

Who will Guo Xiao be with?Min Yun?Or Tang Ruishan?Or a stranger you don't know?

what will they doWhat will you do on this special day?

Anxiety spread in his heart, and the slightest noise could break the calm he was struggling to maintain, but tonight the lights outside the window were extraordinarily bright, and the speakers in the commercial building opposite were louder than usual, as if they were celebrating the Qixi Festival. During the event, festive music was constantly playing, and he wanted to find a quieter place.

Xu Keqin opened the drawer, took out the mobile phone inside, left the company, and drove home.

The car drove into the suburbs, and the surrounding gradually became quiet. Xu Keqin stopped some distance away from home.

Xu Keqin seldom goes back to the house he lives in now. If a place like home can't soothe his inner emotions, it loses the meaning of "home", and he can't solve any problems by "going home".

Xu Keqin asked himself, what was he afraid of?Or to put it another way, why did he contact Guo Xiao as the landlord?

On the surface, he was hesitant to break Guo Xiao's stable life, but actually he was quietly approaching Guo Xiao. Why did he approach Guo Xiao?Why do such a stupid thing?It's been so long, and what I can't let go of, what I can't forget, I should let go of it, forget it.

No one else can give Xu Keqin the answer to this question, only Xu Keqin knows that he still has that old mobile phone with him, and he is still full of expectations for some things.

Xu Keqin lay on the steering wheel with his eyes closed for a while, then took a deep breath, and took out the old mobile phone from the bag on the passenger seat.

Within a few seconds of turning it on, Xu Keqin had the thought of retreating countless times, until he jumped out of the unlock interface, he hesitated for a moment, and pressed the password anyway.

Probably the phone was too old, and it got stuck again after entering the password, and it took a few seconds to unlock it. Facing the phone, Xu Keqin was a little at a loss when he hadn't used it for a long time. Just when he wanted to open the APP, he never A message prompt pops up constantly at the top of the phone.

Guo Xiao's name appeared in Xu Keqin's sight over and over again, "Ding, ding, ding..." Each sound seemed so urgent, until the prompt box above was stuck again, and the words overlapped and became blurred.

Xu Keqin dragged the phone, his whole body was stiff, his fingers were uncontrollable, and he couldn't get into the news no matter what. It didn't look like his phone burned out, but rather his brain.

He tried his best to adjust his breathing, and switched the other hand to click on the message. There were too many text messages, and even the order was out of order, but Guo Xiao's name appeared in his line of sight one after another.

The first thing he saw was the message Guo Xiao sent him recently.

"I knew that I borrowed money from my master to buy the house, and now I have a new landlord. I don't know what will happen in the future."

"Current prices..."

"Today's unit..."

"My aunt gave birth to a daughter..."

"I stayed in Mingda..."

Xu Keqin turned slowly, and from the chaotic text messages, he was able to piece together what happened to Guo Xiao in the past few years.

"Knowing that you really sold the house, I was a little angry and a little uncomfortable, but I rented the house back."

"Xu Keqin, I went home to see Auntie. I used the money you left to pay Auntie's living expenses. Do you think I'm troublesome? I'm just afraid that you will regret it in the future."

Xu Keqin kept sliding the screen, a layer of sweat gradually oozing from the palm of his hand, and the phone almost slipped from his hand.

There are really such stupid people in this world who cling to meaningless things, confide in a stagnant water with no response, and hold back what they gave up.

Cell phone numbers I don’t use, houses I sell, and people I lose.

Xu Keqin was hesitant to see Guo Xiao or not, and made many excuses on Guo Xiao, whether he didn't want to disturb Guo Xiao's life, or he didn't have confidence in himself.

What he was afraid of was that the person he drove away with his own hands would not run towards him without hesitation, and what he was afraid of was that someone else would appear by Guo Xiao's side.

How could he allow other people to come between him and Guo Xiao?Only mutual affection, what is it, is it love?

Xu Keqin doesn't believe in love. He thinks that love is the most vulnerable and useless emotion in the world. It will make people blind, lose their minds, forget to think, act emotionally, care about one thing and lose another, hesitate...

What he sniffed at seemed to be what he had been after all along.

The phone on the dashboard rang, Xu Keqin calmed down, took the phone and glanced at it, it was Guo Xiao who sent it to him.

"Today is really not good, tomorrow."

It had to be today, and it wouldn't work any other day. Xu Keqin dialed Guo Xiao's cell phone in a hurry, but he didn't expect the sound of Guo Xiao shutting down the phone.

"Who are you messaging again?" Min Yun moved back and forth to move the things on the cart down, seeing Guo Xiao standing there playing with his phone, his temper suddenly turned up.

The light on the phone went out, Guo Xiao let out a "huh" and put the phone back in his pocket, "It's out of battery... The message back to the landlord is that I'm going to call someone to fix the wallpaper today."

"Your cell phone should have been changed long ago."

Guo Xiao didn't say a word. Except for the bad battery, everything else in this phone was fine. He didn't want to change it. Xu Keqin bought it for him.

Tang Ruishan put the last bag on the ground, "Everything is here."

Min Yun was not very happy, "Today's Qixi Festival, I'm really crazy to burn paper money with you two, do I have to pick this day?"

What is Qixi and Baxi, for those who don't have a partner, it's not much different from usual, and they can't have a holiday.

Tang Ruishan couldn't help hurting Min Yun, "You don't have a date, does Qixi Festival have something to do with you? I saw the day is good, and today is the best day. Are you sensible or not?"

Because burning paper money is not allowed in the city, early this morning, Tang Ruishan bought things and put them in the car. After work, he drove a little further in the direction of the suburbs and found a remote place. The three of them started working. live.

In order to compensate Min Yun, Tang Ruishan proposed: "I'll take you to play after the burning?"

"I won't go." Guo Xiao took a look at his attire. He was disheveled, and his work clothes were dirty again. He went back to wash it tonight, and he could still wear it tomorrow morning. "I have to go to work tomorrow."