"Please give my love a Mojito."

When Zhou Ziyi said this, the bartender was stunned for a second, then looked at Yan Xiuzhi and raised his eyebrows in understanding.

Yan Xiuji and Yu Yanxi looked at Zhou Ziyi at the same time.

But they obviously didn't get the joke, and there was only confusion on their faces. Yu Yanxi even turned to look at Yan Xiuji: "Are you drinking Mojito now?"

Yan Xiuzhi looked at him, then subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhou Ziyi again.

Zhou Ziyi looked very natural, holding his chin up and looking at him: "Don't you want to drink?"

Do you want to drink? Don't you want to drink?

Yan Xiuzhi suddenly found it a little funny. Although he didn't know what was going on here, it sounded like it had some special meaning.

He looked at Zhou Ziyi, unwilling to disappoint him: "Okay."

Zhou Ziyi laughed.

Without being told, the bartender had already started mixing drinks. Seeing Zhou Ziyi just resting his chin on the bartender, Yan Xiuji asked, "You're not going to order?"

Zhou Ziyi's eyes flickered, his gaze fell on his face for a second, then he lowered his eyes and chuckled: "I ordered it."

"Did you order?" Yan Xiuji was puzzled. He didn't hear Zhou Ziyi order anything other than a Mojito. "What did you order?"

"Didn't you hear it?" Zhou Ziyi pointed at the bartender, "He heard it."

Yan Xiuji: “Ah?”

The bartender didn't stop what he was doing, he just looked up and said, "Coffee, not too much sugar?"

Zhou Ziyi: "Hahahaha, yes."

Yan Xiuji: ? ?

The bartender followed up with a question: "Do you want a cigar?"

Zhou Ziyi said happily: "Keep it!"

Yan Xiuji: ???

Mr. Yan couldn't understand how Zhou Ziyi could suddenly get along so well with a bartender. He narrowed his eyes and asked Zhou Ziyi, "Do you know each other?"

"I don't know him." Zhou Ziyi blinked and replied, "We met for the first time today."

Yan Xiuji asked, "What kind of riddle are you guys talking about?"

Zhou Ziyi looked at the bartender.

The bartender had just put the mint leaves in place and pushed the drink in front of Yan Xiuji. Noticing Zhou Ziyi's gaze, the bartender smiled at him and said, "Sorry, we can't put that in here."

"Okay." Zhou Ziyi took out his mobile phone and opened... the payment QR code of the payment software.

"Answer questions for a fee." Zhou Ziyi handed the phone to Yan Xiuji, "Come on, brother."

Yu Yanxi said from behind: "Do you guys even have to pay for answering a question?"

Yan Xiuzhi didn't reply to him because his attention was attracted by the number under the payment code.

——Three dollars.

Huahao's head, President Yan, suddenly felt a little bit amused.

What can you do with three yuan? Even though Yan Xiuji knew it was a joke, he didn't expect Zhou Ziyi to only want three yuan. He scanned it immediately and commented: "Not expensive."

"Can't buy a refrigerator or freezer?" Zhou Ziyi replied subconsciously, and then operated on his mobile phone, "Okay, I'll send you the answer!"

Yan Xiuji saw a new message on Xxin.

He was about to click it, but Zhou Ziyi covered his screen with his hand: "Don't look at it now, let's talk about it when we get back."

"..." Yan Xiuzhi looked at him for a few seconds and felt that his eyes were bright with a sly smile.

——Okay.

Yan Xiu Ji thought that he hadn't laughed like this for a long time, so he just went along with him.

So Yan Xiuji put away his cell phone.

Their interaction was simple, but it looked like a lot of dog food. Yu Yanxi saw it and remained silent for a long time. After Yan Xiuji put down his phone and took a sip of wine, he spoke again.

"Hey, come to think of it, I haven't had a Mojito either." Yu Yanxi looked at Yan Xiuji and smiled, "I wanted to take some time out in the past two years to go to Cuba and try the authentic one. But I didn't expect that plans couldn't keep up with changes, and I was always busy, so I didn't go."

Yan Xiuji said: "You have always been very serious about your studies."

"Yeah, I like this, so I've always been very serious about it..." Yu Yanxi looked at the bar and smiled slightly melancholy, "But now I feel that maybe it's because I'm too serious and too confident that I've missed a lot of very important things."

Zhou Ziyi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this on the other side.

——Although I have made some mental preparations...

——But mental preparation is one thing, and actually facing it is another!

Zhou Ziyi couldn't understand whether he was jealous and so used a double filter on Yu Yanxi, or whether his childhood sweetheart Yan Xiuzhi was really that... obviously competing with him.

Tsk, no matter how you look at it, it looks like he came back to "defend his territory"...

Zhou Ziyi was daydreaming when his coffee really arrived. He took a sip without thinking and immediately choked on the bitter taste and started coughing: "Cough... cough cough!"

—Shit, coffee is against me too!

He now secretly complained about the coffee, not thinking about the joke he had just made with the bartender. When he ordered, he didn't say what kind of coffee he wanted, and he also agreed not to have too much sugar, so the waiter simply gave him a cup of consciousness concentrate.

That's really...refreshing in one gulp.

Yan Xiuji was also disturbed by his movement and turned to look: "What's going on?"

Zhou Ziyi had a blank expression on his face: "...Nothing."

Saying that coffee is so bitter that you want to cry? Doesn't Zhou Ziyi have any dignity? You have to deal with the consequences of your own actions.

Yan Xiuji glanced at his cup and frowned slightly: "You really drink coffee? Don't drink this so late at night, otherwise you won't be able to sleep when you go back."

Zhou Ziyi said casually: "What do you care? If I can't sleep, will I ask you not to sleep?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhou Ziyi himself was stunned.

This may not seem like much at first, but you must think deeply about it. Once you think deeply about it, it becomes colorful.

Zhou Ziyi: It’s unfair, I really didn’t mean it this time!

Yan Xiuji didn't know whether he noticed the other meaning in Zhou Ziyi's words or not, he just pushed his cup away: "If you insist on drinking coffee, at least choose something light. Espresso is so bitter that your face is wrinkled. Do you think self-torture is fun?"

Zhou Ziyi said: "I have ordered everything..."

"It's just what you ordered, it's a sunk cost." Yan Xiuji said, "You spend money and still want to suffer. Are you bored?"

"Okay, you've convinced me." Zhou Ziyi said, "Then order one for me."

"I?"

"It's a courtesy."

Yan Xiuji thought for a moment and said, "Then order a black tea latte."

Zhou Ziyi said casually: "You don't even have any coffee."

Yan Xiuji looked at him and asked, "Don't you want to drink?"

...What a familiar rhetorical question.

Zhou Ziyi didn't expect Yan Xiuzhi to be waiting here. He stared at him for several seconds before he was sure that there was a smile in his eyes.

All right, it’s no big deal if Mr. Yan can get back on his feet.

The important thing is that Yan Xiuzhi actually took Zhou Ziyi's words to heart and put them to use, which made Zhou Ziyi feel very happy.

So Zhou Ziyi followed Yan Xiuji's lead and nodded and smiled: "Okay."

***

That night, Yan Xiuzhi and Zhou Ziyi were almost inseparable.

Whether at the bar or sitting at the table with everyone, Zhou Ziyi was basically next to Yan Xiuji. The interesting thing was that Yu Yanxi often hung around Yan Xiuji.

He wasn't always there, but it felt like he would talk to Yan Xiuji after just a few minutes of chatting with others. If time went back ten years, a group of old friends would be used to the interaction between Yu Yanxi and Yan Xiuji. If Zhou Ziyi wasn't there, the scene would be much more harmonious. But tonight, Yan Xiuji and Zhou Ziyi were always in pairs, and Yu Yanxi's intervention always made people feel weird.

Everyone was gossiping like crazy, but they had to keep a straight face and just kept chatting in the small group with their phones.

[What is Yu Yanxi doing? What is he doing? ? ? ]

[Although... it's not good to mess up the relationship between a couple...]

[He wouldn't do that, would he? I don't think he's that kind of person.]

[But tonight's mode looks like it's going to compete with Zhou Ziyi for territory...]

[Yan Xiuji is very lucky! ]

[Come on, his wife and Yu Yanxi are both troublemakers, can you handle this fire in the backyard? ]

[Zhou Ziyi was still smiling while talking to Yu Yanxi, which was quite impressive.]

[To be honest, Yan Xiuji and Yu Yanxi had such a good relationship before, it’s not certain who will win or lose…]

【By the way, where is Yan Xiuji? Where did he go? 】

Yan Xiuji, went to the toilet.

Zhou Ziyi would not even follow him in this matter, so Mr. Yan finally acted alone for the first time tonight.

After coming out of the toilet, I ran into Yu Yanxi in the corridor.

Yan Xiuji just thought he was going to the toilet and nodded at him, but Yu Yanxi stood in front of him, blocking his way.

"Let's talk?" Yu Yanxi's face no longer had the gentle smile from before. His eyes were serious, as if he would not give up until he achieved his goal. "It won't take up much of your time."

Yan Xiuji did not comment, but just asked: "What are you talking about?"

"Will you know after we talk?" Yu Yanxi said, "Why, after you get married, I won't be able to occupy even a few minutes?"

"..." Yan Xiuji was silent for a few seconds, then replied, "Okay, where should we talk?"

Yu Yanxi pointed to the end of the corridor: "There."

Yan Xiuji nodded, and the two walked to the end, one in front of the other. There was an employee passage after the turn, and most customers would not go through it. Even if someone came to the toilet, they would not see them.

The two stopped in the passage, Yan Xiuji looked at Yu Yanxi and said, "Go ahead."

Yu Yanxi looked at him in silence for several seconds. Yan Xiuji didn't seem to be about to speak, so he just waited for him quietly.

"Ash, you seem to have changed."

Yu Yanxi sighed softly: "We used to be friends who could talk about anything, but now, it seems like if I say a few more words to you, I'm wasting your time."

"No." Yan Xiuji paused and explained, "It's just that we haven't seen each other for a long time, so I'm a little uncomfortable."

"We are actually not used to each other..." Yu Yanxi laughed at himself, "I now feel that I really made a wrong choice back then."

Yan Xiuji looked at him and said calmly: "Everyone must be responsible for their own decisions."

"You are blaming me, right?" Yu Yanxi said, "If you can say it now, why didn't you say it back then? If you told me your thoughts, maybe I wouldn't go abroad, maybe... the situation today would be completely different."

"What?" Yan Xiuji said, "You just go and pursue your dream. I don't have anything to say."

Yu Yanxi didn't answer immediately.

He stared at Yan Xiuzhi for a long while, then suddenly changed the subject.

This is also the question he really wants to ask.

"Do you really like men?"