Chapter 04
Liang Xun was well aware of Chen Guangquan's intentions towards him, so he was extra cautious when interacting with him. He was always very careful and rarely met with Boss Chen alone.
He, his colleagues and Chen Guangquan's subordinates squeezed into the sofa in the booth, sipping the green liquid in the glass.
Chen Guangquan's eyes seemed to be glued to him. Liang Xun was not thick-skinned and felt very uncomfortable under his gaze. After a long while, he could not help himself and said, "I'm going to smoke a cigarette" and slipped out to get some fresh air.
The cigarette will burn out and cannot last indefinitely.
When he came back, Liang Xun discovered that his colleagues and Chen Guangquan's subordinates had left early.
Liang Xun's heart was filled with alarm, but he pretended to be calm. He smiled at Chen Guangquan and said, "Is everyone gone?"
Chen Guangquan narrowed his eyes, and his expression was as obscene as it could be.
"Yes, Xiao Liang, let's finish this drink and leave. I'll take you home?" He said to Liang Xun and pushed the wine in front of him towards him.
Liang Xun knew that he had to drink this glass of wine. Knowing that it was hell, Liang Xun had no choice but to jump down.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen."
The wine was still his, and he prayed that Boss Liang hadn't added anything strong to it. Liang Xun picked up the glass, tilted his head back, and took two gulps.
The strong alcohol flows along the taste buds, down the throat and into the stomach like a burning fire.
Liang Xun cursed in his heart. Although he knew that Boss Chen was not a good person, he couldn't believe that he was so despicable as to add two shots of high-proof vodka to his drink.
Liang Xun ordered a grape-flavored non-alcoholic drink, which should have had no taste of alcohol at all. However, the strong smell of alcohol came back to him, and Liang Xun looked a little pale.
He put down the cup.
"Mr. Chen, I can't drink much, so I might not be able to finish the drink with you."
Chen Guangquan's fat belly swayed as he stood up and sat next to Liang Xun: "Hey, don't be such a spoilsport. It's okay to drink slowly. Don't waste it."
Liang Xun frowned, and after a while, he smiled faintly as if accepting his fate, then picked up the wine glass again and drank the remaining half glass of wine.
He looked unhappy, but he still managed to hold on and turn the glass upside down, letting Boss Liang see that there was not a drop of wine left in the glass.
Liang Xun finished speaking, ignoring Chen Guangquan who was trying to grab his hand, and stood up with a "whoosh". Before his vision blurred, he took out a few hundred-yuan bills from his wallet and said, "I'll leave the wine money here. Sorry, Mr. Chen, I have to excuse myself first."
When people are drunk, the effects usually last a while.
Liang Xun was not a good drinker, so he drank half a cup of mixed wine in one breath, and the alcohol took effect very quickly.
After he took a few steps, he felt his feet were light, as if he was stepping on cotton, and his eyes began to spin.
Liang Xun couldn't even remember how he successfully found the men's restroom in the corridor. He groped his way into one of the cubicles and hugged the toilet to induce vomiting.
Once he started vomiting, he couldn't stop. He vomited twice until a bitter taste came out of his mouth and he couldn't even vomit out liquid. Liang Xun then stood up by the toilet and rinsed his mouth and face at the sink.
He could hardly see anything. All he saw were distorted concentric circles that turned into flowers and then triangles.
Liang Xun couldn't tell whether it was because he couldn't drink much or because Boss Liang put more than just vodka in the glass.
No matter what, the most important thing now is to find a way to leave here.
Liang Xun stumbled out of the toilet, and then he bumped into Lin Shengwen in the corridor.
The next day, Liang Xun was woken up by a headache.
He rolled over and fell off the single bed. Now he had more than just a headache. Liang Xun grumbled as he got up and crawled into the bathroom. He took a shower he hadn't taken the night before and finally cleaned himself up.
He unpacked the entire set of bedding, which was stained with many traces of dirt, and shoved it all into the washing machine, setting it to the wash and dry cycle. Then he searched for his phone in the room, which looked like it had been bombarded. Of course, it wasn't really bombarded, but Liang Xun didn't usually have the habit of tidying up his house, so things were scattered all over the place.
Under normal circumstances, Liang Xun could always accurately locate the item he was looking for in this chaos.
But he was completely drunk the night before. Not only did he have no recollection of how he left the bar, Liang Xun couldn't even remember how he opened the door and fell on the bed.
He searched for a long time and finally found his phone under the jeans that were thrown on the ground. Only then did he realize that Pei Ning had made a series of calls to him.
Liang Xun glanced at the time - his biological clock was amazing. Even though he had blacked out the night before, he woke up exactly at 6:30 in the morning. Calling Pei Ning back at this time would only make Pei Ning, who was in a bad mood after waking up, scold him.
Liang Xun made a prompt decision to call Pei Ning back in the afternoon.
Liang Xun did not go to the office during work. Instead, he rode his bicycle to a new real estate project he was following recently - Dajiang Yuehua.
This new development consists of two sections, a dozen townhouses and a super-high-rise riverside apartment. It's called Dajiang Yuehua because it's located very close to the river, with the CBD office buildings across the river. Whether it's day or night, the scenery is unparalleled.
The property has achieved a 100% transaction rate soon after it was launched. The apartments are fully furnished and ready for move-in. The apartment types range from two to four bedrooms, and each apartment faces south, overlooking the river.
All interior decoration will be completed this week, and the house handover procedures will begin soon.
Liang Xun was supervising the interior decoration of the last few rooms that had entered the final stage. He discussed the details with the master who did the caulking for a long time, and ran up and down to pass the master a cigarette. When he came to his senses, it was already dusk outside.
Liang Xun thought to himself that something was wrong. He turned on his phone and, as expected, there were several more missed calls from Pei Ning. He took a sharp drag on the cigarette between his fingers and pressed the call back button.
"Pei Ning! I really didn't mean to miss your call," Liang Xun explained quickly, "I was just too busy."
"It's okay, it's okay. What's the big deal? I'm the only one staying home from work." Pei Ning's voice was getting closer and closer, and there was the sound of water. After a while, his voice suddenly became clear again, as if he was holding the phone very close to his mouth. "Are you off work now, Liang Xun?"
Liang Xun looked up at the sky. The red sun looked like a greasy salted duck egg yolk. He realized that he had not thought about eating lunch at noon, and hunger had just come to him.
Although Liang Xun has a regular sleep schedule, eating is completely different.
This has caused Liang Xun to be very thin and skeletal. Fortunately, he usually exercises a lot, which has given him a thin layer of muscle.
He said to Pei Ning on the other end of the phone: "I'm off work and getting ready to go out for dinner."
"You haven't eaten yet." Pei Ning said.
Liang Xun smiled and said, "First meal today."
"Oh my god, don't let yourself become an immortal someday. Eat more."
There's no such thing as a visitor without a reason. Although Pei Ning would occasionally send Liang Xun messages to chat and reminisce about the past, he rarely called him. Liang Xun thought for a moment and asked curiously, "Why are you calling me? Do you need my help?"
"Nonono, I'm not asking you for help, I just have a business to introduce to you."
"What business?" Liang Xun put out his cigarette and put the remaining butt into the portable ashtray in his pocket.
Pei Ning laughed on the phone: "Lin Shengwen wants to buy a house."
When Liang Xun heard the name, his breath was held in his throat, and he suspected that he had heard it wrongly. It took him a while to finally realize that Pei Ning was not joking.
"……ah?"
However, Pei Ning's next words completely stunned him:
"So, I gave him your contact information."
Pei Ning is the only one who knows that Liang Xun has a crush on Lin Shengwen.
Liang Xun's secret love started when he was studying at the third-level college under Ting University. He fell in love with Lin Shengwen at first sight and later acted like a stalker.
It was not until the end of his senior year that Pei Ning returned from studying in Country B. After a few rounds of drinks with his friends, he suddenly remembered that Liang Xun had also gone to Ting City to attend university, so he called to ask about Liang Xun's recent situation.
When Pei Ning learned that Liang Xun was at Tingda, he immediately went to Tingda to have dinner with Liang Xun.
The back door of Ting University is connected to the scenic area. There is a large bamboo forest outside, and there are also many homestays and restaurants. Liang Xun found a Huaiyang cuisine restaurant that he had eaten at and thought was quite good, and took Pei Ning to have a good meal there.
During the meal, Pei Ning mentioned, "Actually, I have a childhood friend who also studies at Ting University. However, he's smart and is studying medicine."
Liang Xun's heart skipped a beat. He pretended to be casual, picked up a piece of braised fish head with chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and asked, "Who is it? Maybe we've met before."
"You're not from the medical school, how could you possibly have seen him before? Haha," Pei Ning thought, "No, judging by his looks, he might be very famous in Ting University."
Liang Xun raised his eyebrows: "So, what's your name?"
"——Lin Shengwen." Pei Ning replied, "You haven't seen him before, right?"
Liang Xun subconsciously lowered his head so that he wouldn't meet Pei Ning's eyes and expose his very confused mentality.
He was immediately overjoyed. Although he had guessed before that it was lonely at the top of the Ting City, and Pei Ning was also a second-generation descendant, he might know Lin Shengwen, but he had never thought it was true. He had a little hope in his heart.
I hope that through Pei Ning's relationship, I can get to know Lin Shengwen in person.
But he quickly calmed down, as if he had been poured with a bucket of cold water.
After more than three years of observation, he knew that Lin Shengwen was not like him, who was born to like men.
What's the point of knowing each other? It would be better not to know each other. He would continue to have a crush on Lin Shengwen, and it would be more satisfying.
Liang Xun didn't say anything for a long time. Even if Pei Ning was a fool, he could tell something was wrong.
Pei Ning said innocently, "Why are you hanging your head? What's wrong? You can't be secretly in love with Lin Shengwen, right?"
Pei Ning took a sip of the Pu'er tea in the cup beside him. When he looked up again, he was greeted by Liang Xun's pale face, as if his heart had been pierced.
Liang Xun felt mixed emotions when he spoke to Pei Ning on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, he finally agreed: "I understand. Then I will wait for Lin Shengwen to contact me now?"
Pei Ning was puzzled: "Why do you sound unhappy? I thought you've been secretly in love with Lin Shengwen for so many years. You haven't seen him much since you left university. There's nothing wrong with getting to know him now."
"You're right, Pei Ning."
Liang Xun encouraged himself and chuckled.
"Thank you very much."
"Seize the opportunity, Lin Shengwen is a solo from the womb, you should try to win it."
Liang Xun laughed again, but this time, he didn't respond to Pei Ning.
Lin Shengwen's contact came quickly. That evening, a friend request arrived on the green chat software.
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