Zhuang Zhou's hands were like iron hoops as he held Jiujiu's arms tightly. His eyes were almost greedily looking at Jiujiu's face.
They hadn't seen each other for half a year. The baby fat on Jiujiu's slightly immature cheeks had gradually dissipated, replaced by the charm and charm of a mature woman.
However, Jiujiu's eyes were no longer infatuated with him. On the contrary, there was only indifference in Jiujiu's eyes, not even disgust. Jiujiu looked at him as if she was looking at a stranger.
Being looked at by Jiujiu with such a cold and even bone-chilling gaze, Zhuang Zhou's originally eager heart instantly cooled down. Almost subconsciously, he shouted, "Jiujiu, it's me."
Jiujiu had already seen Zhuang Zhou when he came in. The reason why Jiujiu came back today was to tell Zhuang Zhou that she was back.
Zhuang Zhou had treated her like that before. Even if he later discovered her importance, Jiujiu was used to being arrogant. Even if Zhuang Zhou knew that he was wrong, she still wanted to torture Zhuang Zhou. If she didn't torture Zhuang Zhou, how could she be worthy of all the tears she had shed to pretend to be sad?
Zhuang Zhou thought that Jiujiu would definitely look at him differently when he said his name. However, to his surprise, Jiujiu didn't seem to feel anything about his name. She just hummed and said casually, "I know."
That look was as if she knew the name of a kitten or a puppy.
Jiujiu's overly perfunctory attitude made Zhuang Zhou's eager heart sink in an instant.
At that moment, a man suddenly appeared behind Jiujiu. The man put his hand on Jiujiu's shoulder very naturally, lowered his head and whispered in Jiujiu's ear, "Okay, are we going to watch a movie now?"
Zhuang Zhou followed Jiujiu's gaze and looked back. When he saw the equally handsome man with a noble aura, especially when he saw Jiujiu holding the man's arm very naturally, his eyes turned a little red.
Zhuang Zhou didn't know why he was angry, but when he saw Jiujiu holding another man's arm, his heart felt as if it was on fire. He wanted to snatch Jiujiu's hand away from the man's arm.
However, he was extremely angry, but Jiujiu leaned her body weight on the man very naturally. She looked at Zhuang Zhou with a smile and said, "Let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Bai Ze. Bai Ze, this is my former colleague, Zhuang Zhou."
Zhuang Zhou used to call Jiujiu a good friend in front of Yuan Mei. He didn't feel that it was very hurtful at that time. Even now, he only felt that he did something wrong, but he didn't realize how wrong he was. But when Jiujiu said to Bai Ze in a light tone that he was just a colleague, Zhuang Zhou instantly understood how Jiujiu felt at that time.
It was really unbearable. It was as if someone was stabbing your heart with a knife. A bitter taste was surging in your internal organs. What was even more despairing was that even though you were in pain and suffering, you didn't have the right to voice out your discomfort and pain.
Zhuang Zhou now understood how uncomfortable Jiujiu felt at that time. Unfortunately, he now understood. He really wanted to apologize to Jiujiu, but Jiujiu didn't care anymore.
Yes, she really didn't care.
Jiujiu's hand was holding another man's arm. She smiled and talked cheerfully with that man. That man would smile at Jiujiu, rub Jiujiu's head, and even help Jiujiu buy the popcorn and cola she wanted. He even let Jiujiu bully him when Jiujiu was unhappy.
These were all things he couldn't do before.
When Jiujiu liked him, he couldn't do it. Now, Zhuang Zhou felt that he could definitely do these things. Unfortunately, Jiujiu didn't care.
Zhuang Zhou looked at Jiujiu eating popcorn with a satisfied expression. He instantly remembered the scene when Jiujiu asked him to watch a movie before.
In the past, when Jiujiu asked him to watch a movie, although he would go, when Jiujiu wanted to eat popcorn and drink cola, he would say that it was junk food and didn't let Jiujiu buy it.
At that time, Jiujiu's expression was so sad, but she would happily accompany him to watch a movie.
When Jiujiu cried because of the movie plot, he would feel that Jiujiu was pretentious in his heart.
But now, when the man who watched a movie with Jiujiu saw Jiujiu cry, he would take the initiative to hold Jiujiu in his arms, take out a tissue to wipe away Jiujiu's tears, and whisper in Jiujiu's ear. Although he was a little far away and couldn't hear what the man was saying, when he saw Jiujiu's suddenly smiling face, how could Zhuang Zhou not understand?
Zhuang Zhou was slow when it came to relationships, but he was not stupid. He could tell that Bai Ze really liked Jiujiu, and he really liked Jiujiu.
His love for Jiujiu was not the kind that he liked at first because he felt that Jiujiu was very similar to Yuan Mei, but he liked her from the bottom of his heart.
He was really good to Jiujiu. He would not care about his feelings first like he did. On the contrary, he cared about Jiujiu's feelings very much.
Zhuang Zhou just sat behind Jiujiu and Bai Ze. The movie was only two hours, but Zhuang Zhou felt that the movie was as long as a year, even longer than the time he waited for Jiujiu.
At least at that time, he thought that Jiujiu might forgive him when her anger subsided, and might even continue to like him. But now, seeing Jiujiu and Bai Ze sitting together, the two of them holding hands intimately and talking from time to time, and the way Jiujiu pinched popcorn to feed Bai Ze was like a sword stabbing Zhuang Zhou's heart, which was already aching terribly.
For the first time, Zhuang Zhou realized that the scene of Jiujiu with another man made him sadder than when Yuan Mei told him that she was going to leave this place.
When Yuan Mei left, he knew that she would come back one day, but when Jiujiu and Bai Ze were together, Zhuang Zhou had a feeling that Jiujiu might not come back in this lifetime.
When Zhuang Zhou was able to say that Jiujiu was just his friend, he relied on Jiujiu's love. Because Jiujiu was too gentle in front of him, so gentle that it was like she had no temper, he relied on Jiujiu's love to hurt Jiujiu unscrupulously.
But now, Jiujiu had clearly and straightforwardly told him that she really wouldn't like him anymore. Or perhaps, she was using her actions to tell him that she had a new boyfriend.
Yuan Mei said that the way to get out of the previous relationship was to start a new one immediately, so Yuan Mei kept asking him if he was willing to be with her.
If he had not met Jiujiu, Zhuang Zhou would have been willing to nod and say that he was willing. But after experiencing Jiujiu's departure, especially Jiujiu's eyes full of hatred and even tears of sorrow and despair, Zhuang Zhou would always subconsciously think of Jiujiu whenever Yuan Mei said that to him.
No matter how much he liked Yuan Mei before, when he thought of Jiujiu, those feelings instantly scattered like clouds blown by the wind.
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