AM Chapter 8

08 Graduation Bouquet

It’s hard to say where the delusion came from, but Chen Mo felt that Liang Jingren would definitely endure the dizziness and nausea to fly to this continent again, to see him, and then humiliate him.

But two months passed, two years and eight months passed, and Liang Jingren never came again.

Just as he was about to graduate smoothly and obtain a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science with difficulty, “Ding Dong,” a bouquet of flowers was delivered to the apartment door.

It was a bouquet of extraordinarily beautiful blue-toned flowers composed of lake blue, indigo, dark blue, and smoky gray-green. The bouquet came with a simple card, on which was written in gold-trimmed, cursive italics: Congratulations on your graduation.

There was no name in front, but there was one in the lower right corner—

From Liang

Was it the wrong delivery?

Chen Mo couldn’t believe that Liang Jingren would send such a bouquet to him, because the aesthetics of this bouquet were simply too advanced.

Or, in fact, was this Liang not Liang Jingren at all, but a wealthy daughter or young master in the school who had been secretly in love with him for a long time?

But he knew almost all those people, and there was no one named Liang, not even a similar-sounding name.

In any case, he accepted the bouquet.

From the moment the deliveryman put the flowers in his hand, Chen Mo didn’t consider refusing to accept them—whether it was the wrong delivery or not, that was a problem for the flower shop and the deliveryman, not his problem.

Lucas was also about to graduate smoothly, having completed all the courses in the Department of Business Administration, unlike Chen Mo, who suddenly decided to change his major in the middle of his sophomore year, pulling a lot of strings, selling a lot of favors, and also consuming a lot of time, brainpower, and hair.

That day, after returning to the apartment from a dinner with the juniors and sisters of the Department of Business Administration, Lucas was shocked by the bouquet of bright blue flowers on the dining table.

He knocked on Chen Mo’s door, pulled Chen Mo to the flowers, and pointed to the dark blue tulip that had bloomed into a butterfly shape and asked, “Which junior sister gave it to you! Tell me! What’s your progress! Are you planning to get married after graduation!”

Chen Mo directly rolled his eyes at him, then very affectedly pulled out the card he had taken from the bouquet from his trouser pocket, squinted and smiled: “I don’t know who it is either, anyway, it’s pretty good-looking, so I accepted it.”

Having lived together for four years, Lucas had long understood Chen Mo’s true nature, ignoring his eye roll and affectation, and was eager to see the card.

“Brother Ren sent it?” Seeing the spelling in the lower right corner, Lucas blurted out.

“Yes.” Chen Mo snorted with his nostrils facing the sky.

In the two years and eight months that Chen Mo and Liang Jingren had completely broken contact, Lucas had always maintained contact with Liang Jingren, and the two had a very harmonious relationship as online friends.

Chen Mo had once worried that Lucas might really be gay, but Liang Jingren had flown to see him that year, and had even lived in the same house with Lucas, but there was no progress or change between the two, and not long after that, Lucas got a girlfriend, so Chen Mo was completely relieved.

But after Liang Jingren returned to China, Lucas still made video calls with him from time to time, not only talking a lot and often, but also singing in the living room as if no one else was there, Chen Mo was simply annoyed to death by them.

At this moment, watching Lucas open his mouth wide and his eyes wide like a fool, picking up the bouquet that belonged to him, saying, “This was sent to me by Brother Ren!” Chen Mo was no longer annoyed, he felt for the first time what it meant for “extreme speechlessness to also be laughable”.

“What are you laughing at? Don’t believe it, right? I’ll call Brother Ren right now!”

Hearing this, Chen Mo’s lips pressed down, and his brow furrowed.

Although Lucas made the call near midnight, when Liang Jingren’s phone rang, it was noon with bright sunshine. Liang Jingren was probably very free, and answered Lucas’s call almost instantly.

Chen Mo was forced to listen to some cordial conversation that annoyed him greatly.

After the pleasantries, the main point came—”Brother Ren, did you order a graduation bouquet to be delivered to the apartment?”

Yes, this was also what Chen Mo cared about.

Lucas, for some reason, confidently turned on the speakerphone specifically to confront him, so Chen Mo could clearly hear Liang Jingren’s soft “En” on the phone.

Liang Jingren probably didn’t know that Lucas had turned on the speakerphone, and that he was right next to him, and Liang Jingren wouldn’t know how much turmoil this “En” caused in his heart.

“It’s already been delivered? The contact there said that the flower arrangement still needed two days.”

“Oh, maybe there was a time difference and it wasn’t clear~” Lucas scratched the back of his head and said with a smile.

Liang Jingren’s tone was also smiling, and he asked, “Do you like it?”

Eh?

Chen Mo’s brain short-circuited for a moment as he analyzed how to understand this sentence, and he was stunned.

“Of course! This bouquet is simply too, too, too good-looking! The first time I received flowers in my life was from you, my dear Brother Ren! I’m going to love you to death, woo-woo~”

Sent to Lucas?

Really?

Chen Mo’s brain, which had been washed by chaotic code, continued to heat up, and he himself, like an overheating computer, broke down and crashed, unable to speak or act normally, just foolishly and stupidly looking at the person who was on the phone and had stolen the flowers that belonged to him.

Lucas was completely unaware that his swaying figure was deeply imprinted in a pair of black pupils, and was still chatting happily with the person on the other end of the phone about the flowers in his hand: “There are several kinds of flowers inside that I don’t even recognize, where did Brother Ren find the florist, they’re really amazing, it must have taken a lot of time to gather them all, right?”

“Ah? You don’t recognize them? Aren’t they all sunflowers? Although they all look quite unique, like creamy sunflowers, teddy bear sunflowers, etc., the shop owner said that it was because of the degree of bloom that it would take longer.”

After Liang Jingren finished speaking, Lucas also said “Ah?” “Are they sunflowers? How come I remember that sunflowers in my impression are yellow?”

Liang Jingren said: “Yes, I asked my florist friend to formulate different color and flower material schemes according to your characteristics, yours is golden yellow, and Chen Mo’s is blue.”

The bug was found, the program restarted, and Chen Mo’s eyes gradually lit up.

He didn’t give Lucas a chance to react, and directly stepped forward to snatch back the bouquet that belonged to him, hugging it tightly in his arms.

However, Lucas still made a slight but most correct reaction to his approach, or rather, a conditioned reflex—he pulled his phone back.

Back then, not long after they sent Liang Jingren and Shen Qing back to China, Chen Mo had been in a bad mood, and one day he was chatting happily with Liang Jingren on a video call in the living room, when Chen Mo in the room, not knowing what had stimulated him, suddenly rushed out and snatched his phone, throwing it directly out of the balcony!

Although Chen Mo later compensated him with an expensive new phone, and he gratefully accepted it with both hands, calling Chen Mo “Daddy” under Chen Mo’s coercion and temptation, it was that “accident” that Chen Mo called “a slip of the hand” that made him recognize the real Chen Mo, and officially confirmed in his heart: Brother Ren was right, Chen Mo wasn’t just petty, he really deserved a beating!

It was a pity that he couldn’t snatch the other person’s phone as well. Chen Mo smiled and stroked the soft blue flower petals in his arms, feeling both joyful and a little regretful.

Lucas glanced at Chen Mo out of the corner of his eye, patted his chest, and continued his conversation with Liang Jingren:

“So, I can also receive a graduation bouquet from Brother Ren?”

“Of course. Your graduation season will last for quite a long time, right? There’s definitely enough time. Remember to dress a little handsomely then, and take a few good photos.”

“Definitely! I’m also going to print out the photos and mail them to you!”

“Hahaha!”

“By the way,” Liang Jingren’s voice paused, as if he had thought of something, “I was thinking that you looked very surprised just now, has a bouquet already been delivered?”

“Yes.”

“Blue?”

“Yes, it’s so fancy~ I’m so envious~” Lucas said coquettishly.

“Yours will also be very fancy, no need to envy him haha.”

“It must be very expensive, right?”

“Well… more expensive than eating a meal~” Liang Jingren sighed.

Lucas thought: After all, he’s the president and chairman, so entertaining meals must be at five-star restaurants.

“Did Chen Mo sign for that bouquet?” Liang Jingren suddenly asked.

“Ah, yes.”

Liang Jingren asked again: “What was his expression after receiving the flowers?”

Lucas was a little confused, he turned his head to look at the person leaning against the dining table, the person who was looking at him with blue flowers as the background.

Lucas looked at Chen Mo’s expression: it seemed to be a smile… right, right? Or was it just a forced smile!? Big brother, stop staring at me, I don’t understand your subtle hints!! Do you know that your smile is terrifying ah ah ah ah!!!!

With hesitation and entanglement, Lucas said cautiously: “He, he seems very happy…”

The person on the phone was silent for a while, and said, “Is that so… I thought he had forgotten me…”

Lucas continued to pay attention to Chen Mo’s expression, and he found that a trace of sadness seemed to flash under Chen Mo’s lowered eyelashes.

Sadness? Crazy? What is he thinking!?

Chen Mo would never easily expose his vulnerable side to the outside world, unless he deliberately wanted to arouse other people’s sympathy and pity, that selfish guy! People who sympathize with Chen Mo are all deceived by Chen Mo! TMD, he had been deceived for a whole year!

After that, Lucas and Liang Jingren seemed to have chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up, the content of their conversation was unimportant, and Chen Mo didn’t waste brain capacity to remember it.

After returning to the room, Chen Mo lay on the bed, the surroundings were clearly extremely quiet, but the words Liang Jingren had said kept echoing in his ears:

I thought he had forgotten me…

……

It turned out that it wasn’t that he was too lazy to remember the content later, it was that his brain was already occupied by the sound, and he had no intention of listening any further.

It’s really strange, why haven’t I forgotten him?

He deceived me, hurt me, and never came to find me again, why can’t I forget him?

…It’s Lucas.

Chen Mo thought of it: it must be because Lucas endlessly video chatted with Liang Jingren, and often didn’t consider that there was someone at home, completely disregarding his feelings and playing the sound on speakerphone!

Lucas is really a terrible guy, after waking up, he will go and slap him twice tomorrow morning.