Chapter 60 Chapter 60 I'm behind you.

In the evening, a bachelor party was held in a luxurious private room on the second floor of a KTV in Beijing.

After being a good student for twenty years, the drunken big-headed class monitor and future groom Li Zetao finally liberated his nature and let himself go completely on the night before his wedding.

Holding the microphone, she sang love songs with tears in her eyes for most of the night, howling and crying. When she sang the line "Brother, hug me and tell me what's in your heart", she couldn't help but burst into tears again. She hugged Chen Feng and Duan Jingyi on both sides with great emotion, and hugged them like a gorilla, refusing to let go.

Chen Feng, a straight man, had his mouth twitching. He gritted his teeth and struggled for a long time but couldn't break free. He couldn't stand it anymore and finally got angry: "Are you going to get married tomorrow or not? It's already twelve o'clock! Can you go back to bed?"

Li Zetao turned a deaf ear to him, immersed in his own world, crying and sobbing, "Lao Xu, why are you sitting so far away? Come here and let me hug you. From tomorrow on, my arms will only belong to my beloved wife. You guys won't be able to hug me anymore..."

"Fuck you, let me go!"

"Come and give me a hug..."

Duan Jingyi was pressed so hard by Li Zetao that he was almost kissing Chen Feng. He tilted his neck and yelled at them in a desperate voice, "Xu Ji, Xu Chen! Can you please come here quickly? Take this guy back! He's been drunk all night! Fuck him!"

"Hic... I'm not going back... Tonight is my last single night. From now on, I'm a married man. I'm never going to hang out with you, my scoundrel friends, single guys, or friends again... I want to be a wonderful man who loves his wife..."

"Get away! If you don't let go I'm going to call your wife right now!"

"You dare! Believe it or not, I'll divorce you right here and then..."

"...Stop, stop, stop. I beg you to divorce me right away. I'll thank your whole family!"

"He's got a little cat pee on him and he's got this bad behavior. If you can't drink, then just don't fucking drink, okay?" After five years of hanging out together in college, Xu Chen was no longer surprised by the monitor's poor drinking habits. He ate the free fruit plate with a grumble, "Old Xu, do you remember the night we graduated? That bastard vomited all over me, even vomiting up the rest of my meal. Damn, he nearly made me die of nausea. I'm really too lazy to bother with him this time."

…

Xu Ji sat on the sofa in the corner, his eyes never leaving his phone. After waiting for a long time, Tao Siyun finally replied to his WeChat message: [Oh, are you and your boyfriends staying in the hotel tonight?]

Xu Ji stared at the three big words "boyfriend" on the screen with great displeasure. He raised his eyes, glanced calmly at the three people huddled together on the other side of the sofa, and then lowered his head expressionlessly.

Replied calmly: [Yes, I booked a room with my four boyfriends and we stayed together at night]

“…”

Tao Siyun was so sleepy that he could barely open his eyes. He turned over in bed and typed drowsily: [Let's get a presidential suite. It's more convenient. I'll lock the door when I sleep. Good night~]

Xu Ji: [? ]

The three people on the sofa over there had been struggling for a long time and now they had little energy left. Xu Ji looked at the time, silently put away his phone, stood up and walked over there.

Li Zetao was being restrained by Duan Jingyi and Chen Feng, each holding one arm. He was whimpering pitifully, but when he saw Xu Ji and Xu Chen coming over, he felt like he had found a lifeline and began to struggle again. He tilted his head back and uttered the classic lines from ancient costume dramas with grievance: "Old Xu, I finally waited for you two to come and break the prison. Save me! They're going to take me to the execution ground and behead me soon..."

Xu Chen couldn't stand it any longer. He pointed at the guy in front of him and asked a soul-searching question: "I didn't expect the class monitor to have such talent? If you love acting so much, why didn't you apply to drama school?!"

Duan Jingyi was sweating profusely from exhaustion. He slapped the monitor's face, which had just lifted up, back onto the table, and breathlessly answered the question for him: "Actors have requirements for being on camera. It depends on their looks."

“…”

This time Li Zetao finally behaved himself.

After a long time of effort, the four men finally dragged the drunk squad leader, who was as heavy as a dead pig, out of the KTV and sent him back to the hotel.

Fortunately, the wedding was held at night, so there was enough time during the day for him to sober up.

***

The next night, Chen Qin hosted a dinner to welcome Tao Siyun. In addition to them, there was also her aunt's family, a total of six people.

During the meal, the adults' topic kept revolving around Tao Qian, which made Tao Siyun feel unprecedented pressure on his brother.

She remembered that she didn't seem to be urged so urgently last year?

Thirty is indeed a watershed, an age that makes everyone around you anxious except yourself. Even the most knowledgeable parents are not immune to this, and each one is more obsessed with finding a partner for their children than the other...

Tao Siyun stayed out of it, tried to reduce his presence, and ate his meal in silence.

In their generation, except for Tao Yu who is married, which makes Chen Qin, who has two sons, feel a little relieved and not so anxious to put pressure on Tao Qi, the others are still single.

Whenever the family gathered during holidays, the first person to be singled out for criticism was Tao Qian, the eldest brother who had been a role model for his younger siblings. He was criticized for not setting a good example. Then came his cousin Zheng Zhihao, who had escaped the ordeal by studying in Singapore for the past two years.

"Well, whatever, your son can do whatever he wants. It's up to him to be a bachelor all his life. I've let it go now. It doesn't matter if he gets married or not, or if he has a girlfriend or not. As long as he doesn't regret it later, that's all that matters..." The aunt glared at her uncle who was sitting next to her and was extremely innocent. She sighed again with despair, then suddenly looked at Tao Siyun, her eyes lighting up instantly: "Hey, does An An have a boyfriend?"

“…”

As soon as she finished speaking, all five elders looked at her.

Tao Siyun was stunned for two seconds and put down the chopsticks awkwardly. She didn't know why her aunt's target had directly passed over Tao Qi who was in front of her and turned to herself. She looked at Qin Shu nervously, then looked at Tao Daiming, shook her head, and said very obediently: "No..."

Tao Daiming breathed a sigh of relief: "She's still young."

"You're not young anymore. An An will be 25 in a few months. If there's a suitable young man around you, try dating him first. But don't be like your brothers. If you don't fall in love when you're young, do you think you'll wait until you're old? I'm not saying anything bad about your elder brother, but two years ago, when Xiao Qian was An An's age, you brainwashed yourself every day and told yourself to just let things take their course. Now you're fine, aren't you? Sister-in-law, am I right?"

Tao Siyun silently took a tissue and wiped his mouth. He had never expected that at the age of just 24, his family would urge him to find a boyfriend...

Her uncle couldn't bear to listen any longer and couldn't help but interrupt her: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. It's useless to worry about it if it's not destined to happen."

"Oh, if that's what you're saying, then your son, who never leaves the house during holidays, just stays at home playing games and ordering takeout, with no socializing at all, is supposed to find fate? What a dream!"

Seeing that she was about to get anxious again, Qin Shu quickly spoke to smooth things over: "Alas, Zhihao is busy right now. Young people should focus on their studies. Let's talk about it after he graduates next year."

Tao Siyun: "..."

It was almost nine o'clock when they finished their meal. The group walked out of the restaurant, said goodbye to each other and went home.

There has been heavy snow in Beijing these days, and the snowflakes are falling like goose feathers, and the streets are covered with white.

Tao Daiming looked at his wife and daughter, and suddenly suggested romantically, "Let's go see a movie before going back?"

"Okay." Qin Shu subconsciously asked Tao Siyun, "An An, what movie do you want to watch?"

Tao Daiming and Qin Shu never hesitate to express their love in front of their two children. From childhood to adulthood, Tao Siyun and Tao Qian have long been accustomed to the scene of their parents showing their affection frequently.

Seeing this, Tao Siyun consciously let go of her mother's hand and said, "You two go on a date, I won't be a light bulb. I'm going home first."

"Can you get a taxi? Do you want dad to take you home?"

"It's okay, I can take the subway by myself, you don't have to rush back."

Qin Shu and her husband held hands and smiled at each other: "You are such a fool, your father and I are an old married couple, why are we still dating? We will go home after watching the movie."

"Well, enjoy your two-person world. I'm leaving first. Bye~"

...There were not many people on the road. When they were about to reach Henghui Plaza, Xu Ji called her.

Tao Siyun was a little surprised. He picked up the phone and said "Hello" softly.

Xu Ji simply said "hmm" in response and said nothing else.

Tao Siyun didn't know what the purpose of his call was. What did it mean if he didn't say anything after the call was connected?

If the silence continues, I'm afraid the next conversation between the two of them will be: "I'm hanging up now, okay?"

"Okay, bye."

…

"Is the wedding over already?"

"Just finished."

"oh……"

The snow boots made a crunching sound as they stepped on the thick snow. Tao Siyun didn't know what to say and decided to imitate him.

Anyway, silence between two people is always better than awkward conversation between one person.

"Tao Siyun."

"……Um?"

"Turn back."

"ah?"

"I'm behind you."

Tao Siyun stopped and turned around slowly as if in slow motion.

The snow is still falling quietly. At a glance, the sky and the earth are covered in silver, as if you are in a fairy tale world.

This moment seemed familiar, but unlike many years ago, this time Xu Ji was standing at the end of her sight.

They were separated by the dim street lights and looked at each other quietly not far away, and no one hung up the phone.

Tao Siyun was wearing a short white down jacket, and a large red scarf covered most of her face. She looked like a snowman piled in the snow, motionless, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes.

After a while, she asked softly, "How did you know I was here?"

Xu Ji stood a few steps away, lowering his eyes to glance at the long trail of shoe prints she had left in the snow. "Guess."

"I don't want to guess." Tao Siyun felt that something was wrong with him tonight. "Have you been drinking?"

Xu Ji stepped on the snow, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked to her. His eyes were clear and he was very sober. "No."