Chapter 108, You Can Get Drunk
She didn't expect Jiang Ran to really bring the person here. The moment she opened the door and saw Si Xu, Su Qin thought she was hallucinating.
"Seventh Brother?" The girl held the door handle, a look of disbelief on her face. "You're here to celebrate my birthday?"
Si Xu was puzzled: "Otherwise, is there anything else?"
"No, no." Su Qin shook her head repeatedly and welcomed the two into the house. She did not forget to make an admiring gesture to Jiang Ran when Si Xu was not paying attention.
Jiang Ran gave the fruit she was carrying to the girl: "Happy birthday, Captain Qin."
"Thank you." Su Qin was flattered - not only did someone come, but they also brought gifts. Sister Ranran was really amazing and had the Seventh Brother under her control.
"Chu Yuan and the others just arrived." Su Qin led the two to the living room. "We're having hot pot tonight. It'll be ready soon. Seventh Brother, Ranran, come sit in the living room for a while."
Neither she nor Gu Yunqing knew how to cook, and they didn't want to go to the cafeteria. After thinking it over, they decided that hot pot was simple.
When Jiang Ran heard about hot pot, his eyes lit up: "Do you want me to help?"
"No, no, I just need to wash some dishes. You just wait in the living room."
In the living room, Chu Yuan, Chen Yao, and Song Rong gathered around the table playing poker. When they saw Si Xu, Song Rong almost choked on his own saliva.
Is he seeing things? Professor Si actually came to such a meaningless event? Doesn't Professor Si never leave the house except for work?
"Captain Song, long time no see." It was a rare occasion to meet Song Rong again, Jiang Ran greeted him with a smile and ran to Chen Yao to watch them play cards.
Why did Ranran greet him alone? It was obvious that after Ranran greeted him, Professor Si's eyes turned colder when he looked at him!
Song Rong shrank his neck, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible.
Chu Yuan was having fun, and when he saw the two of them, he immediately called out to Jiang Ran: "Ranran, do you know how to play Landlord?"
Jiang Ran shook his head: "I don't know how to play poker."
"Ah?" Chu Yuan turned to Si Xu, "Seventh Brother, want a game?"
Si Xu replied with two words: "Boring."
Jiang Ran added for him: "He won't."
She remembered Su Qin saying that Si Xu, like her, couldn't play cards.
No? Si Xu frowned: Such a simple thing, Jiang Ran actually said he can't do it?!
Feeling annoyed as if his intelligence had been insulted, Si Xujing walked to the empty seat at the table and sat down, then asked Chu Yuan expressionlessly, "What are you playing?"
Others: "..."
Chu Yuan was the first to come to his senses: "Come on, let's play Landlord, Brother Qi, have you ever played it?"
"No." Si Xu said impatiently, "It's such a simple thing, you can learn it after reading it once."
Chu Yuan: "...Then, shall I deal the cards?"
"Um."
When Chu Yuan was dealing the cards, Jiang Ran, who was standing behind Shen Yao, quietly moved behind Si Xu and whispered, "Si Xu, are you okay?"
He said it was simple, but she still doubted him.
Someone was holding a grudge, remembering once again the time she questioned his health... Si Xu didn't look back at her, pretending to be indifferent: "Of course."
Jiang Ran still held a skeptical attitude.
She knew Si Xu was smart, but playing poker required more experience and skills. Si Xu joined so confidently that she was really afraid that he would be discouraged.
After a few rounds, it turned out that she was overthinking it.
"Three with two, one left." The man put down the cards in his hand and glanced at the three people at the table. "Do you want it?"
Chu Yuan frowned and looked at the cards on the table, muttering, "Seventh Brother, are you cheating?" How could someone always have such a smooth hand? It was unbelievable.
"No?" Si Xu ignored him and threw away the last card in his hand. "I win."
He turned around to look at Jiang Ran and curled his lips: "Look, how could I not know how to play such a boring game?"
Jiang Ran: “…”
She suppressed her laughter, and lay on the man's back, resting her chin on his shoulder, coaxing him: "I know, you are the best. Come on, try to make them bankrupt."
"Hey, hey, you two are going too far." After losing two more points, Chen Yao shuffled the cards and said unhappily, "What kind of sin have we committed? Not only do we lose points, but we also have to watch you show off your affection."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Yuan turned to Qi Yuan, who was sitting on the side reading a book, and said, "Qi Yuan, I want some water~"
"Oh." Qi Yuan put down the book and went to pour him some water.
Chu Yuan smiled and said: "Show your affection, who wouldn't do that?"
Chen Yao, who suffered a double blow, threw down her cards in anger: "I don't want to play anymore!"
"You're not going to play anymore?"
"Why would you give points to Brother Qi for nothing when you know you can't beat him?" Chen Yao said, "Switch to mahjong, let's play mahjong!"
Another desk exercise she didn't know how to do. Jiang Ran whispered to Si Xu, "I know you can do it. Come on!" Then she kissed the young man on the cheek.
After receiving the approval, Si Xu narrowed his eyes and hummed: "Of course I can."
They were all simple and boring games, but since she was looking forward to it so much, he didn't mind torturing the others to make her happy.
In the end, the three people who switched from poker to mahjong were still beaten badly, and by the time it was time for dinner, they were like frost-bitten eggplants.
"What's going on?" Su Qin poured a glass of wine for everyone. "Looking at your expressions, if you didn't know, you would think the sky was falling."
Chu Yuan: "I will never play cards again."
Chen Yao: "Even if we play cards, I won't play with Brother Qi."
Song Rong, who consciously wanted to lower his presence, nodded vigorously to show his agreement - he was still thinking about saving points to marry a wife, but now, all of them were given to Professor Si to support Ranran, his heart ached!
Knowing that they lost to Si Xu at a card game, Gu Yunqing wasn't surprised at all: "You guys played cards with Si Xu? That guy used to be unbeatable in the lab. He even won all the White Rabbits in the lab."
Jiang Ran was puzzled: "Big White Rabbit?"
"It's the candy you, Ranran, particularly like to eat." Gu Yunqing recalled the rumors he had heard from his predecessors and complained, "Si Xu was obsessed with White Rabbit candies for a while. When he ran out of his own, he stole others'. Everyone in the lab, from the staff to the test subjects, was a victim."
"Did your lab use to eat White Rabbit?"
"It's not a trend," Gu Yunqing said vaguely. "I heard that after Professor Jiang took over the laboratory, he was keen on giving everyone White Rabbit..."
Oh, it was given by Jiang Yize, and it must be because of Jiang Ranran.
Chu Yuan was not convinced: "Why haven't I eaten it once?"
"You came here four years ago. The person who liked to distribute White Rabbit drinks died a long time ago." Knowing the relationship between Jiang Ran and Jiang Yize, Gu Yunqing briefly explained and then dropped the subject. He stood up and said loudly, "Today is Aqin's birthday. Let's have a drink together and wish Aqin a happy birthday."
The others stood up and said, "Happy birthday~"
Sitting next to Si Xu, Jiang Ran naturally noticed that the young man just took a sip of the glass after raising it. Not to mention drinking, he probably didn't even wet his lips.
She leaned close to Si Xu and whispered, "Si Xu, don't you drink?"
The smell of alcohol wafted into his nose, and Si Xu replied sullenly: "I don't drink."
"Oh." Jiang Ran said nothing more, "It's okay to drink a little. I can drink a lot. If you get drunk, I can take care of you."
"Take care of me?" Si Xu repeated and said nothing more.
Unaware of the man's deep thoughts, Jiang Ran ate her food while listening attentively to Chu Yuan and Gu Yunqing mocking each other for the stupid things they had done in the laboratory.
"It was obviously you who stuffed the little white mouse into the protective suit. I remember the administrator punished you by starving you for three days. If Aqin hadn't secretly fed you, you would have starved to death long ago."
"Nonsense! I just helped pass the mouse, I didn't stuff it in there... Chu Yuan, you still have the nerve to criticize me? Let me tell you, this guy was so aloof when he first entered the lab, he ignored everyone. So one night, I got up to go to the bathroom and found him sitting by the window, wiping his tears!"
"Gu Yunqing, please stop talking nonsense. Who wiped the tears?"
"Your eyes are as red as a monkey's butt. Are you secretly wiping away tears?"
"What kind of metaphor is that?"
"So what's your metaphor?"
“…”
Jiang Ran found it interesting and was just about to pick up a piece of beef for Si Xu when she felt a weight on her right arm and the young man leaned limply on her shoulder.
(End of this chapter)
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