Looking at Li Tangyan's bewildered expression, her cool fingertips moved, and the soft touch on her face was exactly what she expected.
Wen Zhaonian moved very gently, and withdrew his hand in an instant.
He looked at Li Tangyan, his Adam's apple bobbing as he spoke with a hint of sullenness: "Still causing trouble?"
The sensation of his fingertips brushing against her skin seemed to linger on her cheek. Hearing this, Li Tangyan looked up and gave him a reproachful look.
Her voice was gentle, and her face was still flushed: "You're bullying me."
Li Tangyan's words, which could be considered a complete reversal of the truth, made Wen Zhaonian feel as if he had been lightly scratched by a cat's paw for a moment.
As their eyes met, the cool breeze blowing in through the car window seemed to lose its effect.
As someone's heartbeat quickened, the surrounding air seemed to heat up.
【Zhao—Old—Six!】
On the other end of the phone, Zheng Chuan, who hadn't received a response for a while, suddenly shouted again.
Hearing the noise, Li Tangyan finally came to her senses.
At the same time, the sound of the car restarting came over the loudspeaker.
Li Tangyan shrank back into the passenger seat, holding her phone in both hands, and glanced at the person who had already looked away.
After clearing his throat, he released his hand from the microphone: "He's driving, so it's inconvenient for him."
The moment Li Tangyan's voice rang out, the other end of the phone fell into complete silence.
As Li Tangyan stared at the still-connected screen, about to raise her hand to check if the signal was bad, a ghostly scream, sounding like several people's voices mixed together, suddenly erupted from the other end.
The loudest of them were Zheng Chuanyi's two lines:
Good grief, I put you at a party, and you were chasing girls.
The Yellow River is purer than yours.
Hearing this seemingly earth-shattering force, Li Tangyan's temples throbbed twice.
Even if someone tells her now that the person speaking to her is a group of badgers that have just been released from the melon fields of Fangcun.
She was absolutely convinced of it.
Li Tangyan's lips twitched. Just when she felt she was about to be overwhelmed, Wen Zhaonian spoke up.
"Something just happened, I'm coming right now."
His voice was clear and crisp, and his gaze remained fixed ahead, seemingly unaffected by the conversation that had started to veer off course.
After saying that, he gave Li Tangyan a look, indicating that she could hang up the phone.
But the person on the other end seemed to have guessed his thoughts beforehand.
Having finally gotten a chance to tease, someone immediately chuckled in a high-pitched voice, "What's the rush? No rush. We brothers aren't going to be stumbling blocks to your love life."
“…”
Li Tangyan blushed and didn't speak again after saying that first sentence.
Holding her phone in one hand, she quietly rolled down the car window again with the other.
He turned his head to look at the scenery passing by outside the car window.
As gusts of wind blew in, a few strands of hair on the side of my face were blown up.
Through the car window, Li Tangyan's gaze fell on Wen Zhaonian's reflection.
She leaned forward and quietly touched his face with her fingertip.
High eyebrows and a straight nose.
As my fingertips slid down to those thin lips, I noticed a faint curve suddenly appear on their closed lips.
Then, just when she thought she had misread it.
A soft sneer reached her ears from the side as the air swirled around her.
"No, I just suddenly got a little interested..."
"?"
"I still need to go over and weed for Zheng Lao Er."
*
When Li Tangyan and Wen Zhaonian arrived at the private room, the dishes had just been served.
Li Tangyan hadn't originally planned to participate in Wen Zhaonian's dormitory gathering.
Unfortunately, the "enemy" was overly enthusiastic, so in the end she could only gleefully—
I accepted it with tears in my eyes.
"Chestnut, feel free to order whatever you want. The person next to you will pay." Zheng Chuan, who had been given a beating, still adhered to the principle that as long as he was alive, he would continue to dance at Wen Zhaonian's grave until he died.
She pointed to the person next to her, her shallow dimples full of deceit.
Upon hearing this, Li Tangyan's eyes lit up, and she grabbed her chopsticks, ready to pick up the Kung Pao Chicken from the table opposite her.
Before it could even reach out, the chopsticks, which were suspended in mid-air, were pressed down by another pair of hands that suddenly appeared, forcing them back to their original position.
Wen Zhaonian rested his chin on his hand, lifted his eyelids, and looked over at her: "Yes, what do you want to eat?"
Eat as much as you want!
Her pale lips parted slightly, her teeth touching, and the words she uttered were clear and distinct.
As they spoke, the hand pressing down on the chopsticks exerted pressure again.
He smiled, but the weight of his final sentence put an invisible pressure on Li Tangyan.
In that instant, Li Tangyan felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
If they run in the wrong direction for even a second, they will be immediately caught, tied to the barbecue grill, and sprinkled with cumin.
Snap—
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Li Tangyan put the chopsticks back in her hand.
She took the menu and numbly pointed to a certain spot.
His facial expression was so fake it couldn't be more so: "What a coincidence, isn't it? Plain porridge and cabbage, my favorite."
Li Tangyan's answer took the others somewhat by surprise.
After a while, laughter and banter returned to the private room.
She'll say anything to help Wen Zhaonian save money.
Li Tangyan simply smiled and remained silent in response.
I gently scooped the hot porridge from the bowl with a spoon, listening to a group of people laughing and chatting as they moved on to other topics.
My eyelids drooped, and I felt a slight blandness in my mouth.
Suddenly, someone tapped the edge of the nearby table.
Li Tangyan looked down and saw that Wen Zhaonian's fist, which had been clenched, was now open.
The tendons and bones in his wrists revealed two parallel lines as he moved.
The palm is large, and in the very center lies a piece of beef jerky in a transparent package.
That was something Li Tangyan secretly put into Wen Zhaonian's pocket when he carried her on his back.
Li Tangyan watched as his lips moved. Although no sound came out, she mimicked his movements and guessed the four words in just a few seconds.
—Just this once.
As the tip of the tongue lightly sweeps across the upper palate, the cheekbones rise accordingly.
Wen Zhaonian's behavior was somewhat like taking what she gave him and then using it to coax himself like a child.
But without a doubt, in that instant, my heart felt like it was being filled with warm spring water, until it was completely full.
As Li Tangyan took the beef jerky from his hand, she followed Wen Zhaonian's example and hid it entirely in her fist.
The small serrations on the top of the packaging caused a slight discomfort, like being bitten by an insect, when it sank into the palm of the hand.
But she held onto it tightly.
It's like keeping a secret that belongs only to the two of them; just thinking about it makes me incredibly happy.
When old friends reunite, they can talk about anything and everything.
Soon, not long after Li Tangyan regained her attention and began to eat her porridge obediently.
Someone pointed at Wen Zhaonian and Shao Huan opposite him and asked, "Hey, I remember Zhaonian and Shao Huan went to the same law firm after graduation, right? How come they ended up working for you?"
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