I don't seem to recognize you anymore

Before eight o'clock in the evening, Song Shuyang began to excitedly tear down the house. He sat on the old stair railing and slid down and climbed up, slid down and climbed up again. Song Nian was given a headache by the noise and wanted to kick him back to school.

When she returned to Jiang City after her divorce, Song Shuyang was so rambunctious that she couldn't get him to school without receiving calls, which completely disrupted her work. She had no choice but to quit her job and think about raising him first. Without her source of income, she had no choice but to rent out one floor of her house. Fortunately, she met Jin Jiaan and his son. One of them was away from home all year round, so she didn't feel awkward living with a man and a woman, and the other was just the right person to control Song Shuyang and consume his excessive energy. The extra money Jin Jiaan gave her every month for taking care of Jin Zhou also solved her urgent problem.

After Song Shuyang went to study in another city, Song Nian had lived a quiet life for too long, and his threshold for accepting noise had lowered again. Now, looking at this devilish child who wanted to make a big fuss, he tried hard to restrain the urge to slap him twice.

Fortunately, after ten o'clock, Jin Zhou got up and took Song Shuyang away.

Looking at Jin Zhou's tall and straight back, Song Nian was filled with gratitude and prayed in his heart that it would be great if a girl like Jin Zhou would appear in the future and marry Song Shuyang.

As soon as he got in the car, Jin Zhou realized something was wrong.

"Why are you so dressed up today?"

Song Shuyang wore a light blue tie-dyed shirt today. His fair skin didn't look darker in this color, but rather made his complexion appear brighter. A bright silver necklace was hidden in his collarbone-length neckline, and he even wore his newly purchased Air Jordans, looking like a fresh-faced young man.

He thought he was quite handsome and charming, but Jin Zhou didn't tell him that in the disco where all kinds of people mixed together, people like him were usually prey.

When I entered Helios again today, the whole atmosphere was different. There was a table outside the door, and two people were sitting behind it. Song Shuyang asked quietly, "What are they doing?"

"We're checking IDs. Minors are not allowed in."

"Oh my god! Is there still adult content?"

Jin Zhou had a faint smile on his face and said nothing.

This time he didn't lead Song Shuyang to the backstage, but took him into a booth and said to Jiang Ying who was drinking, "I leave my brother to you. Keep an eye on him and don't let him drink."

Jiang Ying put down her wine glass, looked Song Shuyang up and down, then smiled meaningfully.

Jin Zhou turned around and said, "Sit down, don't run around."

"I'm here, hurry up and get off the bar. If you don't go on stage, your fans are going to riot."

The lights were dim. Song Shuyang took a closer look and noticed that Jiang Ying was dressed very handsomely today. She had all the necessary accessories, including rings, earrings, and lip studs. She introduced the girl next to her to him, "This is my girlfriend, Cici. She's three years older than you."

Song Shuyang almost thought he had heard it wrong. Girl, girlfriend?

He was just explaining to himself that it might mean a female friend when he saw Jiang Ying hugging her. The two of them fell into a passionate kiss on the sofa, oblivious to the surroundings. After about three minutes, Jiang Ying reluctantly let her go and said to her, "Baby, play with Old Jin's brother for a while. I have something to ask him."

After she left, Cici warmly invited him to sit next to her, but Song Shuyang, who had just witnessed the scene, blushed with embarrassment and stammered, "Are you, are you in that kind of relationship?"

Cici chuckled, "Does Sister Ying look like someone who would date a man?"

Song Shuyang remembered that he had made a joke about her and Jin Zhou last time. He felt ashamed and regretful. His head was about to smoke. He apologized to her in a mosquito-like voice: "I'm sorry, I thought she and Jin Zhou were..."

Cici was stunned. Someone actually apologized sincerely for something like this. "Wow, you're so innocent."

She lit a cigarette, took a puff, and immediately put it out with an apologetic look on her face when she heard Song Shuyang cough. "Sorry, I didn't know you don't smoke."

She didn't smoke, but the people in the booth next to her all did. Song Shuyang felt dizzy from the smell of cigarettes and suddenly felt like she knew nothing about Jin Zhou's world. She couldn't help but ask her, "Does my brother smoke?"

"Jin Zhou? I don't think I've ever seen him smoke. I don't have much contact with him."

There was only one thought left in Song Shuyang's almost shut down brain: if he ever caught Jin Zhou smoking one day, he would go to his mother and complain.

After a while, Jin Zhou went to the stage and Jiang Ying came back.

Fearing that they were going to kiss again, Song Shuyang quickly turned his face away, making Jiang Ying laugh. "Baby, we need to keep some distance tonight. Don't let Old Jin's brother be a bad boy."

The words were directed at Cici, but Song Shuyang knew they were meant for himself, and he suddenly felt like a bumpkin who had never seen the world.

He touched his face, which was a little hot, so he picked up a glass of iced drink in front of him and put it against his face to cool himself down.

Cici was about to say something when Jiang Ying stopped her calmly.

At eleven o'clock sharp, the big screen lit up.

The lights in the booth area were all turned off. In the darkness, a deep female voice shouted a few words of English into the microphone. All the spotlights above lit up, and Song Shuyang saw Jin Zhou on the stage.

He had a misunderstanding about the profession of DJ and thought that Jin Zhou was the only one who was doing the DJing and rapping. He didn't expect that he was just wearing half of the headphones and lowering his eyes to control the DJ booth, while the girl with a blue-purple jellyfish head next to him was holding the microphone and swaying her body to the rhythm of the music.

Song Shuyang didn't dare to look any longer and lowered his head in a hurry.

She was dressed rather lightly.

The volume of the music gradually increased, accompanied by strong vibrations. Song Shuyang felt that the entire floor was shaking, and his blood vessels were pounding with the rhythm.

Jiang Ying seemed to be shouting something at him, but it was drowned out by the blasting electronic dance music. She could only type on her phone and handed it to him:

Your brother is very handsome tonight

Song Shuyang looked up.

Jin Zhou was wearing a loose white T-shirt, revealing his muscular forearms. He was a little nearsighted and wore a pair of black-framed glasses. His hands moved much faster than that night.

It was very strange. Even though the light was so dim and the distance was so far, he raised his head as if he sensed Song Shuyang's gaze.

The two people looked at each other through the crowds of people.

Song Shuyang saw him smile at him, the kind of smile he couldn't hold back when he met an acquaintance while trying to show off.

The following several songs are from Song Shuyang's playlist.

The atmosphere gradually became more lively, and more and more people gathered in the dance floor. The girl with the jellyfish hair style was sweating all over, and her honey-colored skin was shining under the light. She approached Jin Zhou and did a few waves, and her hot body caused screams from the audience.

Song Shuyang sneered in his heart, you bastard, you are so lucky.

Jiang Ying stood up and leaned close to Song Shuyang's ear and shouted, "Cici wants to go to the dance floor for a while, do you want to come?"

Song Shuyang forgot Jin Zhou's instructions for a second, picked up the drink next to him, took a big gulp, and nodded eagerly.

But when he got closer, he was dumbfounded.

There were several couples of men and women hugging and kissing on the dance floor, and there was also a couple of men...

No wonder Jin Zhou asked him that day: "Are you sure you want to go?"

While he was in a daze, he felt someone patting his butt. When he turned around, a tall man was winking at him.

Jiang Ying pulled him in, "Come in, why are you standing there?"

Song Shuyang's face turned pale. He waved his hand and typed for Jiang Ying to see: [I feel a little dizzy. Go back and sit for a while.]

It was true that he felt dizzy, and it was also true that his ideas were shocked. He sat there, isolated from the whole carnival world, and suddenly wanted Jin Zhou to take him home.

But when he looked up, he saw Jin Zhou holding a bottle of beer and drinking it with his head tilted back. The beer soaked his T-shirt, and the already thin fabric became translucent and stuck to his body, allowing him to clearly see his good figure with broad shoulders and narrow waist, even those two points...

The audience shouted in unison: "Take it off! Take it off!"

Jin Zhou didn't take off his clothes, but it was no different from if he had.

Song Shuyang's nostrils flared, his eyes became dry and hot, and he inexplicably felt the urge to cry.

He was so scared of Jin Zhou.

Just like I was afraid of sinking into the river that afternoon.

…

"Where are they?" In the second half, someone else was DJing, so Jin Zhou jumped off the stage and asked Jiang Ying who was having a great time.

"He said he felt dizzy and was sitting over there."

Jin Zhou frowned and looked across the crowd to see Song Shuyang curled up in a small ball on the sofa with his legs hugged.

He instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

At the moment when his hand was about to touch his shoulder, Song Shuyang suddenly slapped his hand away and retreated several feet away.

He hunched over, his arms crossed over his chest in a defensive stance.

Jin Zhou was stung by his action and squatted down and asked cautiously: "What's wrong, Zai Zai?"

Song Shuyang looked at him, his eyes red and full of hostility.

He moved his lips and mumbled something.

Jin Zhou asked in disbelief: "What did you say?"

He suppressed his tears and said:

“…You’re disgusting.”

“…”

Jin Zhou didn't know how to describe his feelings at that moment.

He lowered his head for a long while, trying hard to control his extremely sad mood. When he raised his head again, his voice was no different from usual, "I'll take you home."

He was about to reach out his hand, but when he looked into Song Shuyang's frightened eyes, his hand stopped abruptly halfway.

He saw the empty glass in front of him, "Have you been drinking?"

Song Shuyang shook his head desperately, not sure whether he was saying that he didn't drink it or that he didn't know.

"Come home with me first."

…

Jin Zhou couldn't drive after drinking, and his current condition was not suitable for driving, so he called a designated driver.

The two sat side by side in the back seat without saying a word. Jin Zhou leaned his hands on the car window and only dared to look at Song Shuyang's condition with his peripheral vision.

His face was not as red as before, and his eyes were clear again.

The car drove into No. 69 Qingmei Lane. Jin Zhou got out and followed him slowly towards home.

Song Shuyang went straight to the bedroom. Just as Jin Zhou was about to follow him, he suddenly stopped him and said, "You are not allowed to enter my room!"

Jin Zhou took a few deep breaths and said, "Okay, I won't go in."

"You have a good rest. I still have to go back to watch the place."

He turned to leave, but felt a slight force pulling at the hem of his clothes.

Song Shuyang said hoarsely: "Can you please not go there?"

Jin Zhou was silent for a moment.

Everyone has a crazy time at Helios's disco party every Saturday, and he has to watch over the place to prevent some overly excited customers from doing anything too outrageous.

But how could he bear to leave Song Shuyang, who had just been frightened, behind?

So he said, "Okay, I'll call Jiang Ying and ask her to watch it."

After saying this, he waited quietly for Song Shuyang to tell him what happened tonight. After showing enough patience, he finally spoke.

"Does that girl like you?"

Without asking any more questions, Jin Zhou knew who he was referring to, and he didn't intend to hide it. "Yes."

"Then you don't like her if you're not with her. Why don't you stay away from her?"

"This is my job, Song Shuyang. I'm a man now, and I have to earn money to support my family. It's the unspoken rule in the industry for DJs and MCs to interact. The bar isn't just mine. I have investors and managers above me, and more than 20 employees below me. I can't just not do something I don't like like you do."

"So, is selling one's body also a default rule?"

Jin Zhou looked at Song Shuyang's stubborn eyes and didn't know how to explain to him.

In name, Helios was co-opened by him, Jiang Ying and Li Yushan, but as the largest investor, Li Yushan had absolute say. This semi-vegetarian model was the result of his hard work. If it was according to Li Yushan's original idea, it would have to be a purely vegetarian model.

He didn't expect that Song Shuyang's ability to accept was worse than he thought, but he had to let him know what he was doing and make him realize that he was not only a brother, but also an adult man in the courtship period.

Finally, he compromised and said, "I'll keep it tightly covered from now on, okay?"

"What about that girl?"

"I made it clear to her and asked her to be more careful in her future interactions."

After making this promise, Song Shuyang finally put aside the blame in his eyes. Jin Zhou felt like he was about to be scolded to death by his eyes.

But he is Song Shuyang, and he can make these excessive demands based on these three words.

After a while of silence, Song Shuyang finally calmed down completely. The alcohol in his stomach had almost dissipated. He mustered up the courage to look at Jin Zhou again.

Has he always had a red mole under his lip?

He called his name in a clear yet slightly hoarse voice: "Jin Zhou."

"I don't seem to recognize you anymore."