Cheng Rong poured another glass of wine for Chen Qizhao, and the people around him started shouting and playing dice.
The bustling bar was very much like the scene on the day of my rebirth, and the people around me were all similar.
"Xiao Zhao, stop playing with your phone." Cheng Rong called out, "Come on, let's celebrate Xiao Zhao's success today. Quick, Liu Kai, bring up my bottle of wine."
Liu Kai: "Here I come."
Cheng Rong asked again: "Do you plan to continue working at Feihong after the new year? I heard from my father that you did so well this time, you will definitely be able to develop at the headquarters."
"Not bad, he did ask me about this." Chen Qizhao thought of what Chen Jianhong said at the dinner table tonight. He did need to go to the headquarters to catch more people before, but that was based on him alone. Now that Chen Shiming has noticed the problems within the group, if he goes to the headquarters again, it will easily attract the attention of others.
The more you do, the more you will be exposed.
Given Lin Shizhong's suspicious personality, he probably has already noticed him.
Cheng Rong asked: "You don't plan to?"
"I have plans, but it depends on Chen Shiming." Chen Qizhao continued to act with a smile on his face, "Do you think my brother won't be nervous if I go to the group? If we have to fight for the family property in the future, what do you think he will think of me?"
Cheng Rong looked at him in surprise: "I thought you two were getting along well recently."
"What's good about it? Because I had a lot of arguments with Feihong." Chen Qizhao finished the wine in one breath, with a bit of disdain in his tone: "He gave me a bad face again when we were having dinner at home tonight. Don't forget, Feihong was originally his project. I took it from my dad."
Liu Kai was a little nervous when he heard this: "Then you really need to be careful. Qin Xingfeng is not a good person, but what he said before does make sense."
Chen Qizhao looked at the ice ball in the glass. The color of the beer had a few glints under the light. His gaze stayed on Cheng Rong for a while, and he sent the edited email.
At the same time, in a corner of S City, there were several computers in a slightly dim office. People sitting in front of the computers had dull faces, and instant noodle takeaway boxes were everywhere.
The man in the flowered shirt was sitting on a worn-out office chair. Suddenly, he received an email and sat up straight. "Here comes the work, brothers."
"This is really exciting. What kind of lunatic did Fu Yanyu offend?" The man slid to the computer and downloaded the email. The instructions in it were concise and to the point, showing how determined the other party was. "I've been in this business for so many years, and this is the first time I've asked to check something like this... Interesting, interesting."
"Boss, is this the boss you said had a lot of money?"
The man in the flowered shirt said, "Isn't it?"
It is said that their shabby studio suddenly met a sponsor one day. The sponsor was always very secretive when investigating things, and he liked to investigate capital matters. This time, he was interested in a big star, so he immediately investigated the capital relationship behind the star clearly.
Even though the sponsor used a different email address to contact them each time, the tone of the command was so similar that he recognized the person at a glance. However, studios like theirs have always kept their boss's privacy confidential. The boss was very vigilant when he found out that he changed his email address every time he contacted them, and he still hasn't found out who this person is.
Being able to find the contact email address of their studio shows that this person is not an ordinary person.
"It's so boring to investigate small celebrities. I still prefer to dig up information about capitalists."
"Don't worry about it. Just get paid and stop talking. How much is the boss giving you this time?"
"This amount." The man in the flowered shirt exhaled a puff of cigarette smoke. "Once the work is done, the boss said we need it within a week."
He paused after he finished speaking, "Isn't that the Chinese New Year? Yes, it's a lively Chinese New Year this year."
-*
The Shen family in S City is very lively at night.
In the living room, people from the Shen and Yan families were drinking tea and talking about business. Yan Kaiqi had returned to China to develop, and he needed to rely on the elders in S City for some things. In addition, the Shen and Yan families had been friends for many years and had a lot of business contacts. The Shen family naturally welcomed the Yan family's desire to return to China for development.
Yan Kailin thought his brother was already a workaholic enough, but in fact, once they started talking, Uncle Shen and Shen Xuelan were not inferior. When the three workaholics started chatting, they could talk for three hours without stopping.
Aunt Shen would pour tea and occasionally join in the discussion.
He quietly glanced at Shen Yuhuai who was sitting on the single sofa next to him. The man was wearing casual home clothes, with a brick-thick book on his knees, flipping through the book quietly without being affected by the surrounding environment.
As if noticing his gaze, Shen Yuhuai glanced over slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Yan Kailin moved aside and said, "Brother Huai, can you read a book with such noise?"
Shen Yuhuai's gaze paused briefly before returning to the book: "Not bad."
Yan Kailin: “…”
He suddenly understood why Shen Yuhuai could become someone else's child, just by virtue of his ability to stick to himself in the noise.
Noticing Yan Kailin's repeated probing looks, Shen Yuhuai asked, "Are you bored?"
"Yes." Yan Kailin sat down near him and leaned over to whisper, "How long do you think my brother will continue to talk? It's almost half past ten. I feel bad for disturbing your family. Doesn't Sister Xuelan take a beauty sleep?"
Shen Yuhuai raised his eyes to look at the people opposite him, and saw that Father Shen and Shen Xuelan were full of interest, "Let's wait another half an hour."
Half an hour...
"That's too long... I won't be able to make it in time." Yan Kailin looked conflicted. It would take at least 40 minutes to get to the bar from here. By the time he got there, people would have finished drinking and moved on. How could he have time? It is not difficult to get a taxi here, but he didn't dare to go out to take a taxi in front of his brother. In the end, Yan Kaiqi would definitely say that he was ignorant.
Listening to the hurried sound of the screen being pressed, Shen Yuhuai raised his head slightly: "Are you anxious?"
"Just a little..." Yan Kailin's eyes lit up, "Brother Huai, are you free now? I have something urgent to go out, can you help me?"
Shen Yuhuai asked, "What's the matter?"
Yan Kailin smiled flatteringly, and moved a little closer to Shen Yuhuai, “It’s really urgent, I can’t tell my brother.”
Shen Yuhuai glanced at Yan Kaiqi who was still talking, and put the bookmark where he was reading, "Let's go."
With Chen Yuhuai leading him out, Yan Kaiqi really didn't say anything. Yan Kailin was freed from the sea of suffering, and his steps became lighter.
Shen Yuhuai's gaze paused slightly, "Very happy?"
"Oh, of course. I originally thought we would disperse at nine o'clock, but I didn't know my brother was so talkative." Seeing Chen Yuhuai walking towards the garage, Yan Kailin was too embarrassed to bother someone to drive him there, so he said, "Brother Huai, why don't I take a taxi there myself? If my brother asks, can you help me deal with it? Don't worry, I will never go to those weird places! I'll treat you to a meal some other day!"
Shen Yuhuai did not stop, and saw the other party's little thoughts from Yan Kailin's face. He did not fall for it, but asked: "Where is the address?"
Yan Kailin said vaguely: "It's... Kaixuan Road in the city center."
Shen Yuhuai looked at him.
Yan Kailin: "Starlight Bar."
He hurriedly explained, "We're not going out to drink. Didn't Brother Zhao make a lot of money from his investment recently? We thought of throwing him a celebration party. We originally planned to give him a surprise tonight, but my brother suddenly asked me to go out. Everyone is here, so I can't not go, right?"
Yan Kailin looked at Shen Yuhuai's face while explaining, and saw that the other party hesitated for a moment when he heard about the celebration banquet. Just when he thought Shen Yuhuai regretted it, Shen Yuhuai opened the car door and sat directly in the driver's seat.
Shen Yuhuai: “Still standing there?”
"Here I come!" Yan Kailin got in the car and did not forget to praise him: "Brother Huai, you are such a good person. Much better than my brother!"
Shen Yuhuai said nothing, started the car and quickly drove away from the Shen family.
The carriage was not quiet. After Yan Kailin got on the bus, he had been sending messages to the people in the bar, or rather, the other party was sending messages to him and Yan Kailin was replying.
"Ah? Brother Zhao is waiting for me?"
"It's almost there, we'll be there in half an hour."
"Cheng Rong has opened the wine!? Leave some for me..."
After Yan Kailin dealt with the people, he didn’t want to urge Shen Yuhuai to drive faster. He was looking down at his phone when he suddenly heard a question from the side.
"Do you often go out drinking with Chen Qizhao?" Shen Yuhuai asked.
Yan Kailin naturally didn't dare to tell the truth: "Occasionally, just occasionally."
He was afraid that Shen Yuhuai would not believe it, so he added: “You also know that my brother is strict, how could he let me go out for a drink…”
After Shen Yuhuai asked, he didn’t speak again. The vehicle drove into the main road and encountered a 70-second red light.
Yan Kailin was a little bored, he glanced at Shen Yuhuai cautiously, and seeing that the other party seemed to no longer care, he lowered his head and played with his phone. The Moments were full of videos posted by that group of people. Everyone was having a great time, and he was the only one who was forgotten here. As he was scrolling, he actually came across Chen Qizhao’s Moments. In his excitement, he accidentally clicked on play all. The cheerful music from the bar immediately filled the entire car.
The noisy background was filled with the sound of other people talking.
Yan Kailin hurriedly clicked off the video, looked up and noticed Shen Yuhuai’s gaze, and hurriedly said: “I accidentally clicked on the WeChat Moments video.”
"Chen Qizhao's circle of friends?" Shen Yuhuai suddenly asked.
“Yeah…” Yan Kailin smiled awkwardly: “How do you know it was my brother who posted it on WeChat Moments?”
The green light came on, Chen Yuhuai looked ahead and responded briefly: "I heard his voice."
-*
The bustle in the bar continued. Many bottles of wine were poured out on the table, and the people playing rock-paper-scissors and dice drank their drinks in one gulp.
After a few turns, the young people around were all a little drunk. Chen Qizhao shook the dice cup, looked down at the time, and was thinking when he was suddenly placed a heavy hand on his shoulder.
Liu Kai was a little dizzy from drinking, and he put his hand on Chen Qizhao's shoulder, "Xiaozhao, come on, you haven't had a few drinks yet."
"Who said that?" Chen Qizhao clinked glasses with him, drank the wine in front of him, and then asked, "You don't want to do it?"
"Cheers!" Liu Kai was so drunk that he lay there in silence for a long time.
It's much easier to drink with these people. I met more experienced people in the business world in my previous life. They are nothing like these young brats who try to be heroes and compete in drinking capacity. They will drink obediently if you say a few more words. Chen Qizhao tilted his head slightly, the lights above were flashing brightly. He put his wine glass down, and someone beside him had already filled it for him.
Chen Qizhao suddenly remembered the time in his previous life when he drank so much that he had stomach bleeding.
When I was young, I drank a lot with my friends and always thought that my alcohol tolerance was better than others. But in fact, such capital will only become a tool for some people to use in the business world. The old foxes will say nice things with a smile on their faces, praise you and flatter you, making you fall into their trap involuntarily, and finally take advantage of you being drunk to get more promises or handles from you.
Chen Qizhao has been deceived many times. He is self-righteous, young, and conceited. He always thinks he can do well, but in fact he is nothing.
The biggest loss was caused by a confidential statement I blurted out while drunk, which led to a relatively important project at the time being exploited and almost caused its failure. He remembered that he returned home dejected and saw Chen Shiming sitting in a wheelchair in the living room looking at him.
A slightly small apartment and a bearded brother.
He got drunk, had a big fight with Chen Shiming, and finally returned to his room.
From then on, he became cautious, swallowed the losses he suffered, and paid them back a hundredfold in the end.
Indeed, he has no advantages and is a waste.
When his family was alive, he was looking for trouble every day.
He was confident that when he achieved something, Chen Shiming would look at him differently, but Chen Shiming died.
After that he drank more and became a different person.
It was not until I drank so much that I had stomach bleeding and was lying alone in the hospital that I knew what loneliness was.
Chen Qizhao stared at the foam on the beer in the glass. He thought that if he really drank too much beer and had stomach bleeding in this life, Zhang Yazhi would probably cry and scold him, but Chen Jianhong would just have a stern face and would probably have another fight with Chen Shiming.
But the result is better, and I guess someone will see me when I’m in the hospital.
He was lost in thought, and suddenly thought of the steady hand holding the knife in the hospital, and Shen Yuhuai's calm profile appeared in his mind.
At this time, someone said, "After drinking, do you want to go to the club to have some fun and ask a few people to accompany you?"
"That's fine." Cheng Rong looked down at his phone. "Let's wait a little longer. Linzi said he's almost here. Let's wait for him."
Someone asked, "It took him so long. How long has it been? Why did he just get here?"
Cheng Rong showed the chat history to the others: "There's nothing we can do about it. It will take at least 40 minutes for him to get here. He couldn't leave before that. He just sent me a message 15 minutes ago saying he would be there soon."
Chen Qizhao originally wanted to leave, but stopped when he heard Yan Kailin was coming, "Where did he come from?"
"It seems to be from the West District. Let me ask." Not long after Cheng Rong sent the message, he saw a new message from Yan Kailin, "Damn, he said that Shen Yuhuai sent him here."
Chen Qizhao looked at Cheng Rong with slightly deep eyes, and asked with some uncertainty in his tone: "Chen Yuhuai?"
Liu Kai was mostly sober, "Oh my god? Shen Yuhuai is coming over?? Are you kidding me, why is he here with us?"
Chen Qizhao's grip on the wine glass loosened a little, "Where are we?"
"Almost there. They just said they have arrived at Kaixuan Road." Cheng Rong said and saw Yan Kailin's message, "We are here."
Liu Kai said: "I guess we'll just send him over here, he shouldn't come in, right?"
Chen Qizhao's gaze paused.
Outside the bar, Shen Yuhuai’s car entered the parking lot.
Yan Kailin opened the door and got out of the car, and saw Shen Yuhuai still sitting in the driver’s seat. Just as he was about to say thank you, he saw Shen Yuhuai get out of the driver’s seat and lock the door in front of him.
In the dim night, Shen Yuhuai lowered his eyes to glance at his phone, then put it in his pocket.
The slightly narrow eyes under the glasses glanced at Yan Kailin, "Not leaving? Isn't it a celebration party?"
Yan Kailin was stuck, "Yes... yes."
Shen Yuhuai was still wearing casual clothes, which did not fit in with the flashy men and women who came in and out of the bar. Yan Kailin followed behind him, his excitement was poured cold water at this moment, and his pace slowed down a bit. As soon as he entered the bar and heard the deafening rock music, he couldn't help but glance at Shen Yuhuai. The latter's expression did not change, and he looked no different from usual.
As Yan Kailin was thinking, he noticed that Shen Yuhuai's eyes had turned to the booth where they usually sat.
These people like to have a lot of fun when drinking. They don’t like to go to private rooms and usually like to sit in the hall. In addition, Liu Kai is familiar with the boss, so the seats with the best viewing spots are always reserved for them, so they can be easily noticed.
Shen Yuhuai's sight went straight through the crowd and saw Chen Qizhao in the crowd.
Compared to his peers who were dressed in fancy clothes, Chen Qizhao was dressed relatively simply. He just sat honestly in the crowd until his eyes met his.
A group of young people in the booth were still discussing Shen Yuhuai.
Chen Qizhao didn’t move, but his eyes were always on the door of the bar, so when Shen Yuhuai stepped in, he could see it at a glance.
When Yan Kailin arrived, the young man who was originally chatting freely immediately restrained himself when he saw Shen Yuhuai. Cheng Rong stood up slightly embarrassedly and gave the other party a seat: “Brother Huai is here?”
Chen Qizhao noticed his gaze and called out "Brother Huai" along with the others.
“Yeah.” Shen Yuhuai looked away, his tone normal: “You guys are welcome.”
Cheng Rong breathed a sigh of relief, "What do you want to drink, Brother Huai?"
Shen Yuhuai walked to Chen Qizhao's side and sat down. Facing Cheng Rong's question, he just said, "Beer will do."
When Chen Yuhuai sat down, he heard a voice beside him.
Chen Qizhao asked, "Why is Brother Huai here?"
"I heard it was a celebration banquet." Shen Yuhuai's eyes lingered on the full glass of beer in front of Chen Qizhao for a moment, "Congratulations, I didn't bring any gifts to celebrate."
"It's okay... no need to bring a gift." Chen Qizhao lowered his head slightly. The minty smell of the person next to him was particularly clear, which made the alcohol on his body even more pronounced.
Shen Yuhuai didn't like drinking. Chen Qizhao remembered that every time he went out to eat with him, there was never any alcohol on his table. Just like at the Lin family charity dinner not long ago, when he clinked glasses with him, Shen Yuhuai also took a shallow sip, and the wine in the glass never went down.
Speaking of celebration, Chen Qizhao suddenly recalled that in his previous life, before Shen Yuhuai encountered the accident, he once went to his house to celebrate his birthday.
Apart from those superficial birthday celebrations in the company in an old-fashioned manner, he had never deliberately remembered his birthday, so when he went home from get off work that day and saw Shen Yuhuai's figure downstairs of the company, he was surprised.
The man was sitting on the sofa at the reception desk. There was a small cake on the table. He was quietly looking at his phone.
He worked overtime until nine o'clock in the evening that day. According to the explanation given by the girl at the front desk later, Shen Yuhuai arrived at six o'clock in the afternoon and waited for him there for three hours without ever calling to tell him.
That was the second year he and Shen Yuhuai knew each other. He was 24 years old and Shen Yuhuai was 28 years old.
Although it was casual, the group was still a little reserved after Shen Yuhuai came over.
Cheng Rong kept winking at Yan Kailin and bombarded him on VX, asking him why he brought Shen Yuhuai here.
Yan Kailin wanted to cry but had no tears. He didn't think about it. He just wanted to get a ride. But Shen Yuhuai had a good relationship with his brother Zhao, so it was no problem for him to come to this kind of celebration banquet.
However, this kind of restraint soon disappeared. After Shen Yuhuai came, he didn't say much. The young man who was already drunk naturally didn't think too much and continued to play. Cheng Rong was trying hard to liven up the atmosphere. Just as he was about to pour wine for Chen Qizhao, he discovered that the latter's glass was still full.
"Xiao Zhao?" Cheng Rong asked.
Chen Qizhao didn't say anything. He glanced at the wine glass next to him, and Shen Yuhuai's wine was untouched.
Yan Kailin had just had a few drinks and saw this: "Brother Zhao is drunk?"
"No way, Xiao Zhao, it's just a few cups?" Liu Kai urged from the side.
Chen Qizhao didn't move. Yan Kailin noticed Chen Qizhao's slightly unnatural behavior. His brother used to be a heavy drinker and he was never as quiet as tonight. He cast a condemning look at Cheng Rong and the others, and stood up to block the wine for Chen Qizhao, "My brother might be drunk, don't drink too much."
Chen Yuhuai glanced sideways, from his fair neck to his occasionally sliding Adam's apple, and finally stopped at the profile of his face.
Although he had just gone through military training not long ago, under the light, Chen Qizhao's exposed skin looked cold and pale, as if he was not affected at all. Chen Qizhao likes to wear dark clothes. He sat in the booth wearing dark clothes, and looked even younger than the people around him.
He looked away and saw that the time on his watch was already past twelve o'clock.
Chen Qizhao was particularly sensitive at this time, and he noticed that Shen Yuhuai looked at him several times.
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Shen Yuhuai suddenly asked.
Chen Qizhao's eyes stopped at the wine glass in front of him, and he didn't dare to look at anyone. "Maybe he's drunk and a little dizzy."
"Then I'll take you back?" Shen Yuhuai asked.
Chen Qizhao was a little slow and responded with a "yes" for some unknown reason.
Everyone saw Chen Qizhao’s abnormality in the second half, so when Shen Yuhuai said he wanted to send him home, most people did not stop him. To be honest, they wanted to stop it. It was only past twelve o'clock, and it would be unreasonable not to change the venue to have fun. But they couldn't say anything to Chen Yuhuai. They couldn't say that they wanted to take the drunk Chen Qizhao to play somewhere else, right?
"Can you walk?" Shen Yuhuai asked.
Chen Qizhao nodded, but when he just stood up, Shen Yuhuai still reached out to support him.
"By the way, Brother Huai." Yan Kailin suddenly thought of something, "Don't send Brother Zhao home, just get him a room. It's not appropriate for him to go home after drinking like this." In the past, Chen Qizhao didn't drink, so it was fine for him to go home. But if he went home and was caught by Chen Shiming, there was always a chance that they would quarrel again.
Shen Yuhuai asked, “What about you?”
Yan Kailin stammered, "I'll drink a little more and then leave. I promise to be home before two o'clock!"
The cold wind outside the bar was particularly strong. When Chen Qizhao came out of the bar, he was blown directly in the face by the cold wind and couldn't help shivering. Not to mention being drunk, his mind is very clear now. He was the one who teased others to drink the whole night, so how could he be drunk?
But in the current situation, being drunk seemed like a better reason.
"Take you home?"
Chen Qizhao said nothing.
Shen Yuhuai's hand was on Chen Qizhao's waist, and the waist in his arms was thin and slender.
He tilted his head slightly and noticed Chen Qizhao's silence.
The two of them soon arrived at the parking lot. Chen Qizhao simply pretended to be drunk, but he didn't dare to put too much pressure on Shen Yuhuai, especially the minty smell on Shen Yuhuai, which always made him inexplicably uncomfortable.
While waiting to get in the car, his back was sweating a lot. He pretended to close his eyes and listened to the door next to him close and the door next to him open.
Shen Yuhuai got in the driver's seat.
Chen Qizhao was lost in thought when he suddenly felt someone leaning over from the side and finally stopping in front of him. The cold hand brushed across the back of his hand, finally stopping at the seat belt next to him.
Subconsciously, Chen Qizhao held his breath.
But Shen Yuhuai did not move, and his hand seemed to still be on the seat belt next to him.
The scent of mint lingered in front of him forcefully. Finally, Chen Qizhao couldn't help it. When he opened his eyes, he met the pair of deep eyes in front of him, as if he could see his own face in the other's eyes.
After a moment of confusion, the sound of seat belt buckles was heard in the quiet car.
Shen Yuhuai's voice clearly lingered beside his ear, his laughing voice overlapping with his deep eyes.
"Chen Qizhao, have you blocked me from your circle of friends?"
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