Lu Tianchen was driving today and couldn't drink, so the whole bottle of plum wine ended up in An Xing's stomach.
The alcohol content of green plum wine is not high, only 26%. The boy kept talking about the operation of his small website account, how many fans praised his handicrafts, and how happy he was at home, while drinking...
By the time Lu Tianchen realized something was wrong, An Xing had already rolled into the man's arms, dizzy and starting to hum.
He really couldn't bear to let go of such a good brother Chen.
Although he thought this way emotionally, An Xing also understood rationally that his engagement with Lu Tianchen would probably... have to be cancelled.
Although the two of them grew up together, and Lu Tianchen had always been very good to him, An Xing knew that it was because Lu Tianchen was nostalgic and valued feelings. But if there was any extra feeling, An Xing felt that there was none.
Apart from anything else, when they first said they were going to get engaged, Lu Tianchen was so busy that he could hardly be seen. And after so much time had passed, no one mentioned the engagement again.
As for the Lu family, An Xing felt that Lu Tianchen's parents would most likely not agree to this engagement. Not to mention, he was no longer a biological child of the An family, and his commercial value was cut by 90%...
The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. The boy sniffed and butted his forehead against the man's shoulder.
"Brother Chen, will you...uh, will you...?"
The boy's voice was sticky, small and unclear. Lu Tianchen tilted his head and leaned over, trying to make out what he was saying.
"What?"
"Will you get engaged in the future..."
"......?" Lu Tianchen was a little confused, "Aren't I already engaged to you?"
But you want to break off the engagement with me!
As the alcohol started to take effect, An Xing felt a little confused. He didn't know what he was thinking and his logic was no longer coherent.
The boy stared at the man with a pair of wet almond eyes. He looked like a kitten at home who was extremely sleepy but still followed him stubbornly, trying to keep an eye on his owner.
Lu Tianchen felt his heartbeat was a little faster, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but want to rise, commonly known as being touched by cuteness. He looked around and found that there were girls at several tables who kept peeking at this side, but they hadn't taken out their phones to take pictures.
He called the waiter to settle the bill, put his arm around the boy's waist, helped him up, and returned to the car.
The drunk boy was obedient, and when he was pulled, he tried to stand up, and when he was held forward, he leaned on the man and took a step reluctantly. The boy looked around, then lowered his head with a dazed look, and grabbed the corner of the man's clothes for fun.
Although the little fool has always been very well-behaved, it is still rare to find such a well-behaved little fool. Lu Tianchen felt like his heart was melting.
The summer evening breeze was slightly warm, blowing on his face, mixed with the alcohol, and waves of heat surged up. An Xing suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Lu Tianchen with a fierce look.
"Brother Chen, will you get engaged to someone else in the future?"
Lu Tianchen, who was forced to stand and hold the boy to prevent him from falling, said: …
"Didn't I tell you that I wouldn't do that?" The man suspected that the boy had drunk fake wine. "Besides, why would I be engaged to someone else?"
Because you have to marry others, then expand your business territory, create a business empire, and finally reach the peak of your life!
This paragraph was too long. An Xing went over it in his mind and treated it as if he had already said it. He glared at Lu Tianchen with confidence.
I had no idea what the boy was thinking. I only saw that his eyes were round and his cheeks were chubby.
Lu Tianchen had to start thinking about what he had done to cause the little fool to ask him such a question.
Getting engaged to someone else in the future...wait, could it be...
Is the little fool jealous?
After quickly reviewing what happened today, a scene suddenly came to his mind, and Lu Tianchen understood - it must have been today at the door of the studio when that girl came to chat with him and was seen by the little fool, and the little fool got jealous!
Having found the root of the problem, the man breathed a sigh of relief and answered the fatal question in front of him again.
"I won't get engaged to someone I don't know."
Since the root of the problem lies with that girl, then solving the troubles caused by that girl is the most important thing. He doesn't know that girl, so naturally he won't get engaged to her.
Lu Tianchen reviewed his answers and felt that they were flawless and full of confidence.
"..."
Sure enough, Brother Shen would get engaged to someone else, as long as it was someone he knew!
An Xing thought about it and became even more unhappy. He said "oh" in grievance and buried his head in the man's arms, not wanting to leave.
As expected, the little fool was just acting like a spoiled brat. The man smiled, took the boy back to the car, put him in the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, and got in the car himself.
He looked at the groggy boy in the passenger seat who fell asleep quickly as he sat down, hesitated for a moment, and decided to send him back to school.
I let the little fool come to live with me a while ago, hoping that he would come to his senses sooner. But now that they have talked it out, it seems a bit rude to bring him home.
The man started the car and drove smoothly and silently into the traffic.
*
When An Xing woke up, it was dark outside.
He stared and stretched his legs, and found himself lying down, the seat was folded back, and he was covered with a suit jacket. Although the air conditioner was on in the car, he was still warm.
The young man hunched over in his clothes and stretched hard. When he poked his head out, he found that the man was sitting next to him, closing his laptop and looking at him sideways.
"woke up?"
The man's voice was slightly hoarse, perhaps because he had been silent all the time. In the closed car, he seemed several times more charming than usual.
An Xing shook his ears, raised his seat, and saw a few documents on the man's knees, and suddenly felt guilty.
"Brother Chen, why didn't you wake me up? It's so tiring to work like this..."
Seeing the boy's uneasiness, Lu Tianchen couldn't help laughing.
"You think too much. This is not the company's business."
"...Really?" An Xing looked over suspiciously.
Lu Tianchen nodded: "These are some of Lu's previous business behavior cases. I'll take a look when I'm free to understand the group's past business."
As the heir of the Lu family, Lu Tianchen still has a lot to learn. An Xing drank too much and fell asleep, but Lu Tianchen was not sleepy, so he just studied.
In addition, he is not the kind of love-brained person who would sacrifice his work time and wait for the boy to wake up. If others saw such behavior, they would think it was considerate and feel proud, but if An Xing saw it, he would only feel guilty for delaying things.
Sure enough, the boy looked much more relaxed, and a bright smile appeared on his round face.
"Okay, then you should go home and watch it later. The light in the car is not good for your eyes! I have to go back to the dormitory too. See you this weekend!"
"……Wait a moment."
As soon as An Xing opened the car door, the man grabbed his arm. The man's palm was slightly hot, and it felt warm when he held him.
"What's the matter?"
An Xing turned his head in surprise and quickly reacted.
"Oh, Brother Chen, you mean the stone? Hey, I can't take it back to the dormitory, can you bring it home for me and bring it back to me on the weekend!"
Looking at the young man who was commanding him with confidence, Lu Tianchen couldn't help laughing. The uncertainty and doubt he had tonight were also thrown behind him.
The little fool was so dependent on him, so that little bit of uneasiness must have been an illusion.
This little idiot... is finally getting his way, right?
Lu Tianchen let go of his hand and smiled at the boy.
"Okay, then go back and get some rest."
*
Soon it was Friday, and after class, An Xing and Ning Rong were taken home by Uncle Li. The whole family simply packed up their things and went to the villa outside the city together.
In preparation for the party on Saturday night, they will stay in a villa outside the city for the next two days.
Chen Ying had been supervising the cleaning and decoration of the villa this week, and now everything had been packed up, waiting for tomorrow's party.
Although the An family usually lived in a villa, the area was not exaggerated and was what Ning Rong could imagine. However, the villa outside the city used for banquets was something Ning Rong could not imagine - in his opinion, this place should be a hotel.
"Will there be a lot of people coming tomorrow?"
Looking at the decoration of the hotel, no, the villa, Ning Rong asked puzzledly.
An Xing also opened his eyes wide in confusion.
"You are the protagonist tomorrow. Didn't mom show you the invitation? Why are you still asking me?"
Ever since the little fool obediently called him "brother", he seemed to have let go of all his psychological burdens and became more and more like a bear brother. Ning Rong reached out his hand expressionlessly and pressed the small curly hair on the boy's head.
"They are all people that mom and dad know from the business world, and also their friends. But most of them come with their families, so there are a lot of people, brother~"
Ning Rong withdrew his hand with satisfaction.
An Xing hummed a few times, and soon he let go of his grudge. He pulled Ning Rong towards the backyard and introduced them enthusiastically.
"The last time I had a party here was on my 18th birthday!"
Even though the An family dotes on their child, they don't hold a big party every year for An Xing's birthday. In the past, when An Xing celebrated his birthday, he usually had a meal with his family and a meal with his close friend, Lu Tianchen.
The coming-of-age ceremony must be a grand one, which means An Xing is qualified to enter the adult social circle.
At this point, An Xing remembered that Ning Rong's 18th birthday ceremony would not be like his own, with a banquet in a villa and many valuable gifts. But he also knew that Ning Rong definitely didn't care about these.
He moved closer to Ning Rong and asked curiously:
"So, brother, what did your parents give you when you came of age?"
At the age of eighteen, Ning Rong and An Xing were both freshmen in college.
"My father gave me a set of English-language finance textbooks."
An Xing retreats tactically. So, so scary!
"Mom..." He paused, his expression complicated, "Mom drew me an oil painting, and then customized a set of building blocks based on the painting. There are about two thousand pieces, and I put them together by hand."
Ning Rong spent a whole winter putting together that thing, but after it was finished, there was no place to hang it, so she could only frame it and put it under the bed. This is a kind of romance that people who don't love handicrafts can't understand at all.
Thinking of this, Ning Rong turned his head and saw the little fool staring at him with a pair of almond-shaped eyes, his face full of emotion.
"Mom, you're so great. This gift is so thoughtful!"
Ning Rong: ...
Alas, he is truly worthy of being his mother’s biological son.
An Xing shook his head, came back to his senses from his emotion, and pointed to the swimming pool in the backyard to Ning Rong.
"We have a swimming pool at home. We're going to have a party this time, so it must have been cleaned. My roommates are coming tomorrow, too. They're staying here tonight, so we can go swimming after playing games!"
Swimming is good for the spine and can relax the muscles. It is the only sport that interests this delicate artist who doesn't like sports.
Seeing An Xing so excited, Ning Rong raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand.
"I can swim without abs!"
An Xing slapped the boy's hand away, her little round face puffed up with anger.
Ning Rong curled the corners of his mouth and said in a good mood: "Liu Hong will also stay here tomorrow night, you can ask him to come with you."
As friends who grew up together, Ning Rong of course called his good brothers over for such an important day.
"Sure, sure. It's more fun with more people!"
An Xing nodded happily, finally remembering what he had called Ning Rong to talk about, and quickly pointed to the swimming pool.
"But brother, don't get too close to the swimming pool tomorrow, or someone might push you in!"
The boy's eyes changed slightly, and he asked calmly:
"What do you mean? Did someone push you over?"
“Some people tried, but they didn’t succeed.”
An Xing curled his lips and raised his paw to complain.
"That birthday party was also at night. Dad and the others were chatting in the room, and we young people were playing outside. Then An Hao bumped into me. He said he did it accidentally, but I felt that it was not true. He must have done it on purpose!"
Ning Rong's eyes had turned cold.
"He pushed you into the swimming pool? And your parents forgave him?"
"I was standing in a corner at the time, no one saw me, and I didn't fall. The incident wasn't a big deal, and it was my birthday party, so my parents couldn't get angry in public and make a fool of themselves."
An Xing was quite open-minded and waved his claws.
"Luckily, Brother Chen was nearby and caught me, otherwise I would have fallen. Brother Chen is so kind! But you still have to be careful tomorrow, brother, because Brother Chen probably won't be paying attention to you."
Ning Rong: ...
Oh, this is what the little fool really wants to say.
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