Chen Qizhao's gaze stayed on the other person's wrist for a moment, and when he moved upwards, he saw the young man's face clearly. The young man wore glasses and had a tall and neat appearance, which was totally out of place in this romantic club.

"I can stand." Chen Qizhao said.

Miraculously, amid the strong smell of alcohol in the environment, he smelled the scent of disinfectant on Shen Yuhuai, and if he smelled it carefully, he could also smell a light mint scent.

He looked at Shen Yuhuai, and seemed to be able to see his later appearance from his young face. In that narrow and dim stairwell, surrounded by sour and smelly cleaning utensils and outside there were noisy curses. The 27-year-old Shen Yuhuai leaned against the door, looking at him with a pair of calm eyes.

“Yeah.” Shen Yuhuai saw that Chen Qizhao had stood firm, so he withdrew his hand and glanced at Yan Kailin next to him.

Yan Kailin immediately became as timid as a chicken, "Brother Huai, why are you here?"

Shen Yuhuai said nothing, but showed Yan Kailin the message on the phone screen.

Yan Kailin: “Oh my god!”

Chen Qizhao briefly pulled himself out of his memories and realized that he was sweating. He stood in front of Shen Yuhuai, his eyes followed Shen Yuhuai's upwards, and he clearly saw that it was a certain chat interface.

There is also a circle of friends attached to the chat history, which is nothing but the group of people having fun in the private room calling their friends.

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Yan Kailin saw his elder brother asking, and the man honestly reported a box number, completely exposing his location. He wondered if the people in the private room were seriously ill. His brother's friend didn't even block his circle of friends. They were trying to send him away early.

"Your brother saw the circle of friends and asked me to come pick you up." Shen Yuhuai took back the phone, "I remember you gave me the reason that you went out to buy books. This is the first time I heard that you can buy books in this place."

"This is a huge misunderstanding." Yan Kailin wanted to immediately distance himself from the person in the circle of friends. "I have nothing to do with that person. I just happened to be out for dinner with Brother Zhao, and when I saw them, I went to sit in the private room for a while."

He winked at Chen Qizhao frantically, and while Shen Yuhuai wasn’t paying attention, he quietly pulled Chen Qizhao a few times from behind.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuhuai shifted his gaze to Chen Qizhao and asked, “Really?”

Chen Qizhao paused for a moment, then came to his senses and responded, "Yeah."

Yan Kailin seemed to be redeemed. He looked at Chen Qizhao with gratitude and continued to make up this clumsy lie: "Didn't I just happen to run into my brother after buying books? We haven't seen each other for several years. We came here to eat since we were near the club."

He wrote it very seriously. In fact, he was just a good boy who met a friend on the road while buying a book and had dinner with him.

Shen Yuhuai didn't have the habit of blocking people at the door of the washroom to question them. He stepped back a few steps to make way, his voice calm as if it had nothing to do with him. He just asked, "Have you finished eating?"

Yan Kailin dodged his gaze and argued, "I left something in the private room."

Chen Qizhao said, "I'm done eating."

Yan Kailin looked at Chen Qizhao in confusion. The meal was not finished yet, and the wine in the private room had just been opened. He thought of the bottle of 1976 champagne that he hadn't had time to taste, and reluctantly said, "Eat... I'm done."

Shen Yuhuai said: “My car is outside.”

The meaning is very clear, follow him or continue hanging out here.

Yan Kailin had no choice but to take his things and leave, and Shen Yuhuai did not stay either, as if coming here was just a task entrusted by a friend.

As soon as Shen Yuhuai left, Yan Kailin couldn’t help but complain.

Chen Qizhao watched the other person disappear at the end of the corridor and took the initiative to ask, "How do you know him?"

"Didn't I say I would live with someone else when I returned to China... I'll stay at his place." Yan Kailin looked sullen, "You also know that most of our family's business is overseas. My brother will be returning to China in two months to develop, so I took the opportunity to come back and play. Shen Yuhuai and my brother have a good relationship. I came back early, but my brother didn't let me stay in a hotel, so he let me stay at his place."

The relationship between the Yan family and the Shen family is indeed good. Chen Qizhao didn't remember much about his previous life. Thinking carefully, it seemed that Yan Kailin did not live alone after he came back. He said that he lived with his brother's friend. He seemed to have studied in college here, but was taken away later because he got into trouble.

Chen Qizhao asked: "Isn't he studying at Beijing University? How come he is in S City?"

“Oh, about that. I heard that he followed his tutor to the research institute this year. I don’t know. Anyway, he hasn’t been home much in the two days since I came back. I heard that he lives in the research institute.” Yan Kailin sighed. If Shen Yuhuai wasn’t at home, he wouldn’t have the courage to spend the night. “Was that Liu Kai’s bastard just posting a circle of friends? I was so angry.”

Chen Qizhao was silent for a moment. It was the Ninth Research Institute...

So you've returned to S City so early?

The two came out of the washroom, and Yan Kailin said, "It can't be done. If Shen Yuhuai is outside, we have to leave immediately. I'm afraid my brother will really call to check on me."

"Then let's go." Chen Qizhao said, "Why stay there?"

Yan Kailin looked at Chen Qizhao in surprise: "Brother, weren't you having fun just now? Cheng Rong even called over some busty girls..."

Chen Qizhao: "My brother has also been checking on me these past two days."

Yan Kailin showed a sympathetic look, "We are in such a miserable situation."

Chen Qizhao: "What did you leave in the private room?"

"Not anymore." Yan Kailin said, "Just now I was trying to buy some time."

Chen Qizhao said, "Then let's go to the front desk. What's Cheng Rong's group doing tonight?"

"Yes." Yan Kailin didn't quite understand what Chen Qizhao meant. "Why go to the front desk?"

The night wind was a bit chilly today, and Chen Yuhuai did not get into the car, but was standing aside to take a breath. Yan Kaiqi continued to send messages one after another on the chat interface, and every word he said was about his beloved younger brother.

The voice message was extremely clear in the slightly empty open-air parking lot.

“I found the person.”

"I'm fine, don't worry."

"He said he met someone on his way to the bookstore and went in for a meal."

Yan Kaiqi on the other side: "You believe this nonsense."

Shen Yuhuai looked towards the night sky in the distance, and said in a normal voice: “Yeah, you are serious about it.”

Yan Kaiqi: "This kid doesn't even dare to answer my call now. Please keep an eye on him for a while before I go back. I'll treat you to a meal then."

Shen Yuhuai caught a glimpse of two figures walking together in the distance, one of whom was looking around for someone.

As if noticing the gaze, the two men quickened their pace towards this side, neither holding anything in their hands.

Yan Kailin walked over quickly and said, "Brother Huai, you must have been waiting for a long time."

Shen Yuhuai: “Not long.”

His gaze paused for a moment in front of Chen Qizhao, and without asking anything, he said directly: "Get in the car."

Chen Qizhao and Yan Kailin got into the car and glanced at the driver's seat.

Shen Yuhuai took off his coat, revealing a solid-colored short-sleeved shirt underneath, his eyes and brows full of calmness and aloofness.

The smell of alcohol was stronger in the car, so Yan Kailin opened the window to ventilate the air and kept talking to Chen Qizhao.

Chen Qizhao was rarely patient and responded from time to time.

"I'll probably be in China for a few years this time. I got a place as an exchange student and will study at S University." Yan Kailin asked, "Brother, which university are you going to? It shouldn't be too far away. I remember you had good grades."

Chen Qizhao said: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should also be at S University."

Yan Kailin was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's great, I'll ask my brother later."

He glanced at Shen Yuhuai who was sitting in front of him and whispered, “When school starts, I can slip away from under his nose.”

Chen Qizhao didn’t say anything, his eyes stayed on the rearview mirror of the front seat, and he could clearly see Shen Yuhuai’s face through the mirror.

It’s been many years, how many years?

Looking at that young face, Chen Qizhao thought aimlessly about the past.

Oh yes, he hasn’t seen Shen Yuhuai for eight years.

If Shen Yuhuai had not died in an accident, would I have gone to such an extreme and risked everything?

"Brother Zhao?"

The night breeze blew away the smell of alcohol in the car.

Chen Qizhao came back to his senses and noticed the gentle and calm eyes in the mirror, "Hmm?"

Yan Kailin: "Brother Huai asked you where you live, and he will take you there."

"I haven't been back to S City for a few years. I don't even recognize all the roads... How come my phone is out of battery?"

Shen Yuhuai, who was in the front seat, asked aloud, “Use my phone for navigation.”

Chen Qizhao was still thinking about something, but Shen Yuhuai had already handed over the phone and unlocked it.

The phone interface is very simple, and there are not many apps on the main interface. Chen Qizhao can see where the navigation app is at a glance.

He took the phone and opened the app.

After a while, the car drove into the main road.

Shen Yuhuai asked, “Is it done?”

Chen Qizhao started the navigation and silently closed a background program. "Okay."

The mechanical sound of the navigation app was playing in the car, and the drunk Yan Kailin was already sleeping soundly on his side.

Chen Qizhao looked at the scenery outside the window, his eyes glancing at the person driving calmly in front of him.

The next second, he withdrew his gaze and silently recited a string of numbers.

He memorized his cell phone number.

There was a lot of extravagance in the private room. The waiter knocked on the door and came in, bringing a few bottles of wine.

A group of drunk young people didn't notice the changes in the private room at all. They were having a great time drinking and playing dice. By the time they reacted, more than half an hour had passed. Cheng Rong belatedly discovered that there seemed to be two people missing from the private room.

Cheng Rong: "Where are Chen Qizhao and Yan Kailin?"

Someone responded: "Ah? Didn't you go to the toilet?"

"It's been a long time since I left..."

"It seems so. I didn't notice it."

"Hahaha, he must have vomited from drinking, is there anyone going to check it out?"

"Oh, I saw the news about Yan Kailin. He said he and Chen Qizhao left first, so let us play around."

Cheng Rong was also drunk and had no time to care whether Yan Kailin and Chen Qizhao were there.

Now that those two ancestors are gone, he doesn't have to waste time coaxing people.

We waited until midnight and the group was completely drunk.

When I was about to leave, I was stopped by the waiter.

"Hello, here is the bill for tonight."

Waiter: "Card or cash?"

Cheng Rong was stunned for a moment: "Chen Qizhao and the other two haven't paid the bill yet?"

The waiter smiled and said nothing.

Cheng Rong frowned when he saw this. In the past, at drinking parties like this, Chen Qizhao always rushed to pay the bill.

He said, "Swipe the card."

He handed over the card, and was stunned when a message popped up on his phone after he paid. He had swiped nearly a million at once, "Why is it so much!?"

People around looked over, and Cheng Rong carefully looked at the bill and found that there were several bottles of rare champagne.

He was shocked and asked, "Where did these come from!?"

Someone nearby came up and said, "This was brought in by the front desk. It seems Chen Qizhao and his friends ordered it. They said it was for us to enjoy."