Chapter 17: Drunk
"We're almost at the entrance of your alley, but there's a bit of traffic, so it'll probably take about twenty minutes."
Lin Yu calculated the distance and became more concerned. He asked, "Then I'll order takeout. I don't really want to go out to eat on this rainy day."
Zhang Mo did not comment on this decision. After all, he did not come here to eat for free.
He turned to Chen Wan and asked, "Your brother said he wants to order takeout. What do you like to eat?"
Before Chen Wan could answer, Lin Yu on the other end of the phone said, "Sweet and sour pork tenderloin, Thai spicy shrimp, green pepper and potato shreds."
Zhang Mo raised his eyebrows slightly and teased Lin Yu, "That's very thoughtful."
"Nonsense." Lin Yu said disapprovingly, "He's definitely more considerate than you."
"If you insult me again, I will really cry in front of you." Zhang Mo threatened him angrily.
When Chen Wan heard this, he secretly glanced at Zhang Mo's red eyes and understood that he had really cried.
About half a quarter of an hour later, the car drove into the narrow alley.
Lin Yu just went downstairs to pick up takeout, which was filled with five or six large lunch boxes. As he was trying to maintain his balance, a pair of white hands took two lunch boxes.
Looking up, I saw Chen Wan's clear eyes and eyebrows.
Lin Yu was a little dazed. It seemed like he hadn't seen Chen Wan for more than half a month.
"Why are you all standing at the entrance?" Zhang Mo nonchalantly twirled the keychain hanging on his fingertips. "Let's go upstairs."
Lin Yu and Chen Wan looked away calmly, calmed themselves down and went upstairs.
Zhang Mo, with a gloomy face, basically didn't eat anything. After eating some dishes absent-mindedly, he guzzled a few glasses of wine and started to get to the point.
"Lin Yu, what's wrong with me? Why can't Zhou Zhou see my efforts?"
After he finished speaking, he drank another large glass of wine and got completely drunk. He put his arm around Lin Yu's shoulders and said, "But I am also sick. So many women pursue me, but I have to spend all my energy on this one. Is this what they call what you can't get is always the best?"
After hearing Zhang Mo's fragmented and emotional narration, Chen Wan roughly understood why he was crying with red eyes.
Zhang Mo runs Wuyouju as a side business. His family business mainly involves entertainment. Half a year ago, he took on the position of producer and participated in a film shooting project.
Then I met the screenwriter named Zhou Zhou and fell in unrequited love with him.
"Do you know how interesting Zhou Zhou is? She always looks calm and composed, as if nothing can move her. But every word she says resonates deeply with me."
It was pouring rain outside, and the rain was hitting the balcony railing. The endless noise made the loneliness inside the house more obvious.
Zhang Mo drunkenly tilted his head to look at the rain and whispered, "She is like the rain. There are times when the rainy season is long and endless, but in the end, there is no trace left. She does not come for people, and she does not stay for people."
"But after meeting her, I no longer want to hold an umbrella. What do you think it feels like to be blinded by the rain?"
Hearing this, Lin Yu sighed and poured himself a glass of wine. "Brother, I'll drink with you!"
Zhang Mo clinked glasses with him with a wronged look on his face, then continued the previous topic tenderly.
When Zhang Mo and Zhou Zhou met for the first time, he was not optimistic about this taciturn woman.
The original screenwriter was a well-known writer. Because of his fame, he made various changes to the script, which made the investors so upset that they simply terminated the contract.
It was at this time that Zhou Zhou took over the position. The previous screenwriter left behind a lot of mess, and the film's reputation was not ideal before it even started filming.
So when he saw Zhou Zhou, Zhang Mo was in a state of irritability.
Zhou Zhou shook hands with him, and he said impatiently, "Stop these meaningless pleasantries and just get the script done."
As he has been in a superior position for many years, it is natural for him to vent his anger on his subordinates.
Zhou Zhou calmly withdrew his hand, his gaze cold, and he never looked at him again during the entire script seminar.
Her indifference and coldness made Zhang Mo feel that he was stupid for being so irritable.
He intends to salvage his elegant image.
So he approached Zhou Zhou and said, "Sir, is your last name Zhou Zhou?"
This question seemed to make him look even more stupid.
Zhou Zhou raised his eyes to look at him with an indifferent expression, "Yes, Zhou Zhou, the real Zhou Zhou."
Zhang Mo was stunned when he unexpectedly met her eyes.
Eyes with distinct black and white, and a fair and elegant face.
"As clean as a dewy lily!" Zhang Mo said drunkenly, "I like to look at people's eyes. The most beautiful and best ones are those with clear black and white, with deep eye corners and a smile like a fish, very smart."
He felt something in his heart and silently looked away, vaguely expecting Zhou Zhou to ask his name.
But after waiting for a long time, Zhou Zhou still didn't speak.
He began to introduce himself, "My name is Zhang Mo, Zhang for article, Mo for pen and ink."
For some reason, he subconsciously showed off his elegance.
Zhou Zhou said, "Octopus's octopus, cuttlefish's ink?"
Zhang Mo was speechless when he looked at her eyes which were clearly black and white.
I thought he was a gentle person, but I didn't expect he was also quite vindictive.
"Isn't she adorable? She remains calm even when she's angry, secretly belittling you." Zhang Mo held the wine bottle and flattered Zhou Zhou with a happy face.
Lin Yu and Chen Wan looked at each other. Perhaps this is what it means when a lover sees beauty in his lover.
Zhang Mo is a man who has been wandering among flowers all year round and is used to the world of romance. He never expected that once a lily was planted in his heart, he would no longer be able to see other flowers and willows.
Lin Yu tried to take the bottle from his hand and comforted him, "Just take it easy. You've been rejected three times. As the saying goes, three times is the limit. Why don't you just forget about it, forget about this relationship, and look for the next one."
Zhang Mo's eyelids drooped, and he drunkenly raised his index finger towards him and shook it. "Impossible, you've forgotten this relationship. It's easy for you to say that. But you haven't fallen in love yet. Isn't it because you're still thinking about Chu Qin?"
This was the second time Lin Yu heard Chu Qin's name during this period, but it was the first time Chen Wan heard it.
Lin Yu had been dating his first love, Chu Qin, for seven years.
"She's already married and has lost contact with me a long time ago. Why do you all still think I'm still in love with her?" Lin Yu took a sip of wine helplessly and sighed, "Why do you keep bringing up the past?"
"If you really let it go, why didn't you go to her wedding?" Zhang Mo began to analyze it to himself, "Because you also feel that you can't bear it. The girl you once loved the most finally walked with another man in a wedding dress that symbolized happiness, and the groom was not you."
He said this in a way that was full of sorrow and tact.
The person I liked for many years finally became someone else's bride, and the deep love promised could only end with an invitation.
"I'm not going because there's no need. Since we've broken up, shouldn't we just live our own lives? She wouldn't need me as a guest, so why should I dress up and attend to reminisce about our past love?"
In fact, Lin Yu has always believed in the principle that simplicity is the real thing in relationships. When they are together, there is no need to make it known to everyone and make others envious. After all, model couples will not receive scholarships.
There is no need to keep in touch after breaking up. Just live your own lives and be happy.
It is enough to see the person you once loved be happy.
To like someone means to want to be good to her, and it doesn’t matter who gives her this well-being.
"You're showing off!" Zhang Mo punched him on the shoulder. "That's seven years of love, and it was your first love. I don't believe you can really keep your heart as calm as water."
"Seven years?" Chen Wan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted.
Lin Yuxun looked over and was shocked.
There was an empty wine bottle in Chen Wan's arm. It was the lychee wine that Zhang Mo brought. She probably drank it as juice.
Her fair face was flushed, and her bright black eyes were wet and watery.
"You are twenty-five this year. If you go back seven years, did you start dating when you were eighteen?" Chen Wan looked at him seriously.
"No, Lin Yu was a pioneer of early love at the time. He fell in love in his first year of high school. He committed crimes against the wind. He was handsome and courageous."
Zhang Mo's mind was groggy, his words and sentences were a mess, and he pointed at Lin Yu and said, "Xiao Lin already has a girlfriend at the age of fifteen!"
Lin Yu was speechless at his messy drunken talk, and he couldn't reason with him.
But the other drunk was still staring at Zhang Mo with bated breath, his eyes sparkling, and he keenly grasped the word "puppy love? Officer Xiaolin is actually in a puppy love!"
"Yeah, yeah, our brother Yu's first love was so romantic, it was like a template for a youth novel!"
Chen Wan raised the bottle of wine in his hand unsteadily and held it to Zhang Mo's mouth, "Mr. Octopus, you can start revealing the news."
When Lin Yu saw this scene, he closed his eyes heavily. He had seen Zhang Mo drunk and crazy many times, and this time he even brought Chen Wan along. It was a mistake.
Zhang Mo cleared his throat pretentiously and slammed the table as if holding a gavel. "Don't worry, little sister Chen Wan, listen to me carefully."
Lin Yu pretended to cover his mouth, but Chen Wan blocked it with a bottle of wine. The two drunks looked at him at the same time.
Chen Wan's voice was very lazy at the moment. Listening carefully, it seemed to be mixed with the intoxication of fruit wine. She said, "As a party involved, you have the right to remain silent, but every word you say will be used as evidence in court."
The old-fashioned legal lines sounded particularly childish when she spoke them.
Zhang Mo avoided his hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You feel guilty!"
"What do I have to feel guilty about?" Lin Yu pretended to withdraw his hand casually, intending to ignore the two drunkards, one big and one small.
I muttered to myself, why should I feel guilty? Everyone has a dark history.
As he was comforting himself in this way, he unconsciously looked up at Chen Wan, and their eyes happened to meet.
In a flash of lightning, he felt that this glance was extremely short and yet extremely long.
The pounding heartbeat mixed with the noisy sound of rain played the secret thoughts in his heart in a loop.
Chen Wan tilted his head to look at him carefully, and suddenly asked, "Are you really feeling guilty?"
People who have made mistakes will inevitably feel guilty in front of the person involved. Lin Yu realized his mistake, so when faced with Chen Wan's casual questions, he admitted it with silence.
He felt guilty.
Zhang Mo slapped the table in dissatisfaction and said seriously, "I've already started to tell you about this, but since it's quite long and spans seven years, I'll just cut to the chase and keep it simple, okay?"
Chen Wan nodded, her accent made awkward by Zhang Mo's influence, "Of course it's done."
Lin Yu looked at this ridiculous scene and felt a headache and tired.
Zhang Mo waved his hand towards Chen Wan, signaling her, "Please move the microphone closer, and the audience, please take your seats."
Chen Wan made two "oh" sounds and put the bottle against his cheek.
The other arm was placed on the table obediently, in the standard elementary school kid mode.
Although the story of Lin Yu and Chu Qin lasted for seven years, it was actually not complicated.
Just as Zhang Mo summarized, it is a perfect template for youth novels.
When Lin Yu and Chu Qin took the entrance exam for the first year of high school, they tied for first place in their grade and were admitted to the elite class. Naturally, according to their ranking, they became deskmates.
While their academic performance is comparable, their looks and temperament are also talked about a lot.
They are like the two volumes of a book, and no one will disrupt this reasonable relationship.
In that school era when premature love was considered a disaster, all the teachers and students in the school tacitly approved of this relationship.
Zhang Mo couldn't help but brag about himself when he said this. "Although the school beauty Chu was pursued by Lin Yu, all the other girls in the school like me."
Hearing this, Lin Yu's mouth twitched and he mocked him, "Brother Octopus, if you had eaten one more peanut, you wouldn't be so drunk, right?"
Chen Wan listened to their banter and smiled foolishly with his eyes narrowed.
"Seriously, a girl like Chu Qin is too aloof. I've been classmates with her for three years, and we've only exchanged no more than four sentences." Zhang Mo counted them off on his fingers. "One was 'Borrowed from you, classmate?', one was 'Classmate, have you handed in your homework?', and one was 'Classmate, you're on duty today.' I doubt she even remembers my name. How could such a noble girl be pursued by a naive young man like you?"
Hearing this, Lin Yu suppressed his smile, lowered his eyes, and said nonchalantly, "I've almost forgotten something that happened so long ago. My memory isn't as good as yours."
Because this relationship started so naturally, during the seven years of dating, it was uneventful and lacked some heart-pounding excitement.
"Then why did you break up?" Chen Wan, who had been silent for a while, looked at Lin Yu and said softly, "You were such a perfect match."
Lin Yu had thought about why they broke up, but he soon felt relieved.
He thought that a person's liking for another person initially originated from a momentary impulse, and then a fleeting heartbeat laid the tone of the relationship. However, the rich and colorful love could not withstand the dull years of time, just like the surging tide entering a quiet harbor, the enthusiasm was evaporated day by day, and finally dried up.
"It's just that the fleeting excitement can't withstand the long years. We spent so much time together in high school, and we were inseparable. But in the free and unrestrained university life, we couldn't do that anymore. We were both busy with our own things, so we drifted apart. We used the excuse of being apart during graduation season to break up peacefully."
Chen Wan held his chin and looked at Lin Yu calmly, watching his dark pupils illuminated by the light and shadow, revealing an indescribable loneliness.
"It's okay. You will definitely meet the next person who likes you very much." Chen Wan slowly stretched out his hand, and his slender fingertips gestured endlessly in the air. "A love that is wider than the universe and deeper than the ocean!"
Lin Yu looked at her silly look, smiled, and asked her with a bit of luck, "Will it really happen?"
"Yeah!" Chen Wan nodded seriously, "That person is trying very hard to get closer to you!"
Thoughts: After two days of procrastination, I finally finished this chapter. I was mainly dealing with the emotional line. Although I really don't like Lin Yu, a cowardly son, there's nothing I can do about it. He's an adult with too many things to worry about, so he chose to avoid talking about it and escape. His love is no less than Chen Wanchi's, but he has always been unwilling to admit it. I don't know how to put it, anyway, I can say responsibly that the ending must be a happy one. And Lin Yu is just acting like a spoiled child. A grown man like this deserves a beating to vent my anger! !
Thank you Qieqi, thank you Sasa, in the last chapter, Sasa encountered a gas leak while reading, and exceeded the exercise task hahaha, and then thank you little cutie, thank you Weiyang, I will ensure to update as stably as possible, and the next chapter will get into the topic (don’t ask me what the topic is)
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