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    Like? Understand?

    Like? Understand?

    Luo Yan tightly hugged Cen Xi’s neck, enjoying the kiss.

    “So, can you tell me what you’re angry about?”

    Luo Yan rested his head on Cen Xi’s shoulder, muffled as he asked. His voice was soft, making people feel sorry for him, but the face hidden on Cen Xi’s shoulder revealed a smile.

    “I’m angry at myself.” Cen Xi’s hands tightened around Luo Yan, filled with self-reproach, his voice gradually choked with emotion, “I… I don’t know so many things about you, your stomach problems, whether you’ve eaten, your birthday… My understanding of you is zero, while you know most things about me. I’m really incompetent, very incompetent. I don’t think I deserve to be your boyfriend.”

    “I think, maybe we should separate for a while, I want some peace and quiet.”

    Although he was indeed smitten with Luo Yan at first sight.

    However, being in a relationship was unexpected.

    He wanted to get to know Luo Yan again…

    He wanted to know everything about Luo Yan…

    He, who knew nothing about Luo Yan, didn’t deserve to be Luo Yan’s boyfriend in the first place.

    He felt that he was not worthy of him.

    Cen Xi’s last sentence caused the pile of comforting words Luo Yan had prepared to say to get stuck in his throat. He froze, staring at Cen Xi for a long, long time before speaking, one word at a time, “You… what did you say?”

    “I don’t think I deserve…”

    “Slap!”

    Cen Xi’s left cheek reddened.

    Luo Yan got off Cen Xi’s lap, his hands clenched tightly, his voice trembling, and spoke the thing he least wanted to face in his heart, “So, being my boyfriend is just because of your sense of responsibility, right? That’s right, Xi Xue is someone who values responsibility above all else. Knowing that you used to have a boyfriend, how could you easily abandon him? You’d just find a reason to make him leave on his own.”

    Luo Yan took his equipment bag from the shelf, sat in the position farthest away from Cen Xi, leaned against the window, and put on his headphones.

    My brother doesn’t like Luo Yan anymore…

    I want the brother who liked Luo Yan three years ago to come back…

    This brother is not good at all…

    He has so little love for Luo Yan…

    But I still like him.

    Luo Yan will always like his brother, no matter what he becomes.

    But what about his brother?

    At some point, the hand supporting his head became wet.

    Be strong, please.

    Luo Yan closed his eyes, appearing to be asleep.

    The chaos in Cen Xi’s heart was no less than Luo Yan’s. He was dumbfounded by Luo Yan’s words. That was absolutely not what he meant. He definitely wasn’t becoming Luo Yan’s boyfriend out of any sense of responsibility. He was simply doing it because he liked him, because subconsciously, it was the first time he had been inexplicably moved by someone at first sight. So, he didn’t know how to treat someone well, didn’t know exactly what he should do, felt like he wasn’t doing anything right in this relationship, and therefore felt unworthy of him, unworthy of being his boyfriend.

    I’ve done something wrong again, said the wrong thing. Cen Xi looked at Luo Yan, I don’t dislike you.

    In Cen Xi’s eyes, everything was happening too fast, so there was no time to understand. Luo Yan and Cen Xi were different. Luo Yan had all the memories between them. In his impression, his brother had always been someone who understood him. He remembered Cen Xi’s amnesia, but due to past habits, he felt that Cen Xi didn’t need to deliberately try to understand him.

    There was a lack of open conversation between the two of them.

    The others also noticed that the atmosphere between the two was a bit off, but they didn’t casually interfere in their affairs. Not knowing right from wrong, they had no right to stand on moral high ground and condemn anyone.

    Zhu Zi, Wu Xinming, Wu Xinshen, and Qing Lu looked at each other, exchanging glances.

    After getting out of the car, the four split into two groups and began to move.

    Wu Xinming and Qing Lu followed Luo Yan into Luo Yan and Cen Xi’s bedroom, while Wu Xinshen and Zhu Zi pulled Cen Xi to the sofa in the training room.

    “Alright, what’s wrong with you two?” Zhu Zi looked at Cen Xi, who didn’t want to talk and was dejected, with his legs crossed.

    “Don’t play dumb.” Seeing that Cen Xi hadn’t spoken for a long time, Wu Xinshen’s patience was finally exhausted. In this team, he was really struggling. When the little couple’s relationship was good, he had to eat dog food. When the relationship was bad, for the sake of team harmony, he, a straight man who didn’t understand relationships, had to try to help them solve the problem. Although he had never been helpful in this regard, participation was key.

    “Did something wrong, said something wrong.” Cen Xi lowered his head, perfectly summarizing his mistakes simply.

    Zhu Zi was speechless after hearing these six words. He began to roar in his heart, I also know you did something wrong! If you hadn’t done something wrong, would Yan Yan be so sad? If you hadn’t said something wrong, would your relationship become so strained? Before the amnesia, this mouth was full of sweet talk, how come after the amnesia, this mouth is so useless?

    Regarding the changes in his mouth, you can’t blame the current Cen Xi. The former Cen Xi only became sweet-tongued and gradually evolved into a rogue through his daily interactions with Luo Yan.

    “Be specific!”

    “I told him that I’m not worthy to be his boyfriend, that I wanted to separate for a while, wanted to get to know him again, and then…”

    This sentence was specific and to the point, allowing Zhu Zi to understand the cause of the conflict between the two at once. Based on this sentence, Zhu Zi even wanted to curse Cen Xi to death. How much did Luo Yan like Cen Xi, how much did the former Cen Xi like Luo Yan, they had seen it with their own eyes. This sentence was too hurtful to Luo Yan’s heart.

    “What do you mean by that sentence? Do you know how much that sentence hurts Yan Yan’s heart? Either stay away from him from the beginning, don’t get close to him, or if you get close to him, don’t say nonsense! Do you understand what kind of position you hold in Yan Yan’s heart?”

    As expected, Zhu Zi began to explode.

    “He doesn’t understand.” Wu Xinshen, not wanting to miss a good show, silently added.

    “That’s right, you don’t understand!” Zhu Zi picked up Wu Xinshen’s words and continued, “In these three years, even when you weren’t around, you were his spiritual support. When he was sad, when he had a lot of mental stress, when he lost a match, we knew without him having to report it that he went to your apartment. That place allowed him to release his emotions to his heart’s content. I’m saying this not to make you feel sorry for him, but to tell you that if you have no feelings for him now, please tell him. Don’t let him get lost in the past. Tell him early, let him free himself early, don’t fucking dangle him!”

    Zhu Zi’s output was fierce like a tiger. He took the water from Wu Xinshen’s hand, took a sip, and continued to output, “I’m telling you…”

    Cen Xi lowered his head, listening attentively to Zhu Zi’s scolding. He listened like that, without refuting a single word. From Zhu Zi’s words, he extracted some of their past, extracted some of the things he wanted to know.

    Zhu Zi became more and more excited as he spoke, his voice became louder and louder, demonstrating his excellent vocal cords as a coach. The sound of his scolding directly penetrated the entire SY Base. Coincidentally, on this day, everyone except them had left the SY Base. Otherwise, the whole world would know that Xi Xue abandoned his wife.

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