Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Sticking to him like a little tail

Those drinks are colored, mostly red wine and wine, and even if they are wiped clean, they will leave obvious stains.

Ruan Chao raised his wrist and smelled it.

The strong smell of alcohol made him cough lightly.

"It smells terrible..."

There was no way he was going home in clothes that were completely soaked with alcohol.

His mother was very opposed to him having contact with things like cigarettes and alcohol. Before he came to the birthday party, she repeatedly warned him not to drink any drinks at the party.

Not only did he fail to resist the temptation and drink a small glass of wine, but he also got the smell of alcohol all over his clothes. If he went back like this, his mother might misunderstand that he had drunk a lot of wine and was a disobedient bad child.

"Gu Xingyan..." Ruan Chao looked at the boy beside him expectantly and told him his plan, "Can you take off your clothes and let me wear them?"

Gu Xingyan: "...Then what should I wear?"

The Nguyen Dynasty's response was still slow.

It took him a while to realize that if Gu Xingyan gave him his clothes, he would go back naked.

He uttered a disappointed sound.

Ruan Chao was much more obedient than usual. He would not talk back, would not deliberately order Gu Xingyan to do this or that, and would not get angry at every turn. When asked to wait here, he would just stand there obediently, not moving, staring at Gu Xingyan with his big wet eyes without blinking.

It's like saying, can't I go with you?

Gu Xingyan's vision was wrong.

Be ruthless.

"no."

Only staff are allowed to enter the storage room. If you bring outsiders in, you will be fired.

…

Gu Xingyan just went to get his personal belongings, which took less than two minutes.

Ruan Chao complained in a low voice, stretching out his tone, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

"You're so slow."

"If you don't come out, I'm going to leave with Chen Feng."

Chen Feng talked to him several times and said he would send him home.

The Nguyen Dynasty refused.

Now he is a bit stubborn. If he says he wants to wait for Xing Yan here, then he must wait until he shows up.

He also complained that Chen Feng kept chattering in his ear, which was too noisy, and finally drove him away.

Gu Xingyan asked: "Then why didn't you go with him?"

Ruan Chao replied: "Didn't I agree to wait for you to get off work? How can you break your promise and leave early?"

Ruan Chao spoke for a long time, but Gu Xingyan only heard the two words "waiting for you". He felt his heartbeat quicken and his body temperature seemed to be gradually rising.

He was not the one drinking, but he showed signs of being drunk.

He calmed his rising and falling breathing and suppressed the gloomy emotions in his eyes.

Slowly moving towards the Nguyen Dynasty.

Ruan Chao didn't notice his strangeness and asked again: "So you are going to get off work now?"

"Um."

Even from uttering a single syllable, one could tell that his voice was terribly hoarse.

"I have to hand over my work now."

Ruan Chao grabbed Gu Xingyan's arm and immediately said, "I want to go too."

He clung to Gu Xingyan like a little tail, and went wherever Gu Xingyan went. He seemed to be worried that Gu Xingyan would leave him alone like before and make him wait somewhere.

Gu Xingyan saw that he was walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and was stumbling a little, so he slowed down on purpose.

The two of them were completely stuck together.

The process of leaving get off work is simple.

All you need to do is clock in with your fingerprint, confirm the handover of next job with your successor, and then you can leave.

Gu Xingyan was working with others in the front, while Ruan Chao was behind him, squinting his eyes and looking left and right, as if he was curious about everything.

The teacher who teaches Xingyan class is a part-time female college student.

Seeing Ruan Chao sticking close to Gu Xingyan, a look of curiosity flashed in his eyes.

She had some impression of Gu Xingyan. He was handsome, capable, and willing to endure hardships. However, he was a little taciturn and didn't like to talk much. He seemed to have a very withdrawn personality...

This is the first time I see someone following him.

Is he his friend? Or his brother?

Ruan Chao noticed the girl's gaze and curled his lips towards her, revealing a very friendly smile.

He is handsome to begin with, and this smile gives off an indescribable feeling, like a spring breeze blowing on winter snow, which can dispel all the haze in an instant.

The girl, who had been in classes all day and had to come over to work part-time late at night, instantly felt like she was healed.

She rummaged through the backpack she was carrying, took out a lollipop, and handed it to Ruan Chao.

"My brother has such a cute smile, I'm giving this to you."

Ruan Chao took it and said sweetly, "Thank you, sister."

The lollipop's packaging was sealed tightly. Ruan Chao had just trimmed his nails yesterday, and he couldn't open it no matter how hard he tried. In the end, he just bit it with his upper teeth, but nothing happened except biting off a little plastic paper.

Gu Xingyan took it over naturally.

Following the mark where Ruan Chao had bitten the candy, he easily peeled off the entire candy skin and stuffed it into Ruan Chao's palm.

"Eat it."

"Thank you."

The boy's tone was very gentle, like a light feather sliding across the tip of my heart, bringing a slight itch.

This was the first time that Nguyen Chao said thank you to him.

He seemed even more drunk.

Facing such a Nguyen Dynasty, Gu Xingyan was a little uncomfortable. He always felt that he could be easily seduced away by just a few nice words or a piece of candy.

Because there were so many people coming and going in the bar, there would always be people passing by staring at him intently.

That direct gaze made Gu Xingyan very unhappy.

He would stare at whoever stared at Ruan Chao.

Perhaps it was because his eyes were rather scary, so after staring at him for a short while, those people would look away in panic and leave in a hurry.

But he was still worried.

He would look back from time to time to make sure Ruan Chao was still following him obediently.

Because Gu Xingyan kept stopping and looking back at him, Ruan Chao couldn't walk properly and always bumped into his back.

There is a thin layer of muscle on the boy's back, which is very hard.

Covering his painful forehead, Ruan Chao could no longer bear it.

"Why do you keep looking back? Is there gold behind you? Can't you just walk properly?"

Because his tone of voice was so soft and had a slightly hoarse nasal sound, even his complaints sounded like he was acting coquettishly.

Gu Xingyan looked at him with his eyelashes lowered, and softly expressed his concerns.

"Because I was afraid you'd get lost."

Ruan Chao: “…” Speechless.

Although he realized that something was wrong with his condition and his brain was obviously working a little slower than usual, he believed that he was still sober and could not accept that Gu Xingyan treated him like a child.

He thought about it, grabbed Gu Xingyan's sleeve, slowly clasped his fingers together, and held the piece of cloth in his palm.

"I think this will make you feel relieved."

Ruan Chao was a little proud, thinking that he was really a genius for even thinking of such a method.

Then, he felt Gu Xingyan's palm slowly moving upwards and loosely grasping his fingertips.

It was a force that he could break free with just a little effort.

The temperature was transmitted through each other's fingers.

A little hot.

Ruan Chao was stunned for a moment.

I stared blankly at the two people's clasped hands, my mind as confused as a ball of yarn that had been crumpled by a cat.

He seemed to be thinking about a lot of things, but also seemed to be thinking about nothing, just staring blankly.

Then he heard Gu Xingyan's voice.

"It's safer this way."

Yes, is that so?

I don't know whose hands were hotter, but after a while, the place where their hands were holding each other was covered with sweat.

Gu Xingyan didn't let go of her hand until they reached the empty street.

It’s not too late now, the city’s nightlife has just begun.

Neon lights are flashing everywhere.

Blown by the cool evening breeze, Ruan Chao was half sober, and his dizzy head was completely clear.

He crushed the last bit of candy and threw the stick into a trash can nearby.

Thinking about how he had just been sticking to Gu Xingyan like a sticky candy, he felt his face getting hot, as if it was about to burn completely.

He originally wanted to just leave.

But he heard Gu Xingyan calling out from behind him, asking him where he was going.

"go home."

"You're going back like this?"

"What else?"

Gu Xingyan paused for a moment and said, "My home is nearby."

"oh."

"Your clothes..." Gu Xingyan glanced at the obvious wine stains on Ruan Chao's body, "Auntie would be worried if she saw it."

Ruan Chao suddenly remembered that he had been rushing to get Gu Xingyan's clothes and asked him to take them off for him to wear. After Gu Xingyan expressed his unwillingness, he retreated and asked Gu Xingyan to take him home and change into something clean.

But now...

Nguyen Chao looked around and found that all the clothing stores on the street were closed.

It seems that the only option left is to go home with Gu Xingyan.

…

Gu Xingyan's home is in a very old neighborhood, and one has to go through several remote paths to get there.

The building is not particularly tall, only seven floors.

But Gu Xingyan's home is on the sixth floor and there is no elevator.

The corridor is very dark, and the voice-controlled lights light up as you walk.

The handrail is made of iron and has visible signs of rust on it.

The walls were covered with all kinds of small advertisements and phone numbers written in black marker.

Ruan Chao raised his head and looked up, and saw a large crack in the wall, and white wall plaster was falling down.

A little bit of it fell into his eyes.

I couldn't blink.

In just a few seconds, Ruan Chao's eyes turned red and physiological tears kept flowing out. He subconsciously reached out to rub his eyes, but it did not have any effect except making his eyes redder.

He had no other choice but to ask Gu Xingyan for help.

"Gu Xingyan..."

"My eyes were mesmerized."

Gu Xingyan: “…” I wasn’t watching you for a moment, and you got into trouble.