Chapter 37. Eavesdropping
If one day you do something that goes against your personality or nature for someone, be careful.
That night, Xu Wei rented equipment from a shop in the campground to show an outdoor movie. She asked everyone if they had any objections to watching "Eight and a Half." Almost everyone's attention was focused on their fellow travelers, so naturally, no one raised any objections.
The movie lasted for more than an hour, and Ruan Tang didn't even recognize the protagonist's face. She was even more confused about the specific plot, so she just held the bottle of wine and drank alone under the moon.
She didn't drink much, but the mixture of plum wine, soju, and beer soon made her feel like the moon in the sky was playing the shadow clone trick.
"When will the first part be finished?" Ruan Tang leaned close to Xu Wei and whispered loudly.
Feng Xue, who was sitting diagonally behind him, silently took the half-remaining bottle of liquor from her hand and said: The name of this movie is "Eight and a Half".
Ruan Tang turned her head and glared at him with a red face. Her plump little mouth seemed to have instantly turned into the muzzle of a gun: "Men, don't interrupt when women are talking! What I'm asking... is when this eight and a half series will be finished!"
Feng Xue pursed her lips, said nothing more, and silently put the bottle a little further away.
Xu Wei, who was sitting next to her, whispered: It's almost over, why don't you go in and sleep first.
Ruan Tang chuckled, nodded and said okay as she stood up. She staggered into the tent, taking one step deep and one step shallow. Suddenly there was a "thump" sound from inside, and then Ruan Tang's voice was heard explaining that she sat down too quickly and it was okay.
Xu Wei couldn't help but hold her forehead.
Feng Xue's gaze followed her back and stopped in front of the tent. He raised his eyes and noticed that Zhang Haoyu, who was sitting diagonally in front of him, was also looking at him.
He picked up his backpack and walked straight to the tent.
Zhang Haoyu also planned to get up, but was stopped by Jiang Li beside him.
She leaned close to him and whispered: I can't get close to Brother Jiahao this time, so don't even think about it.
Zhang Haoyu glanced at Jia Yingjun who was sitting between Jiang Li and Wu Jiahao, with a sad face: Didn’t we agree that the Love Pursuit Alliance would encourage each other?
Jiang Li nodded as a matter of course: Yes, an alliance means sharing weal and woe.
He still looked towards the tent unwillingly. Jiang Ligan stretched out his hand to block his view and said: I'm doing this for your own good. Now you can either sit here and watch the movie, or you can only go under the car, understand?
Suddenly, a loud "bang" was heard from the direction of the tent.
This time, everyone's attention was drawn to it.
"Did he really fly out of the tent?" After sobering up, Ruan Tang's little face was pale and sallow, with a slight blush due to shock and shame, which looked wonderful.
Xu Wei nodded calmly, but her tone was slightly exaggerated: That's right, I heard Jiang Li say that she saw a parabola.
"You're kidding me?" Ruan Tang shook her head vigorously. She looked down at her legs, which were so slender that they practically lacked any muscle definition. She tried to kick them. "My legs don't look like they can kick a 140-50-year-old man off his feet."
Xu Wei poured a hangover pill into her palm, watched her swallow it, and said with her chin in her hand thinking: That can only mean that you have amazing explosive power. With your talent, it would be a pity if you don't join the national team to practice high jump.
Ruan Tang rolled her eyes at her and said, "It's possible that he was touching me, and I was defending myself..."
Her eyes fell on her sprained foot, and seeing the plaster that had been applied at some point, she swallowed the rest of her words. After calming down for a moment, she asked, "Where's Feng Xueren?"
On the way back, Ruan Tang got into Xu Wei's car early to avoid embarrassment. Jiang Li was soon squeezed in, looking like a prisoner being escorted, and Jia Yingjun got into Xu Wei's passenger seat.
Jiang Li asked: Uncle, you and Jiahao...uncle won the first place yesterday. It seems that you two still have a tacit understanding. Now you two should make peace, right?
Jia Yingjun seemed a little tired, with his head leaning slightly on the back of the chair, and answered without emotion: Whether we reconcile or not depends on when you can return to normal.
Ruan Tang saw Xu Wei frowning through the rearview mirror and retorted: I think it is everyone's freedom to like whoever they want. It's okay for you to judge based on whether it's suitable or not, but it's not abnormal, right?
Jia Yingjun's tone softened slightly: Okay, I used inappropriate words, that is inappropriate, 100% inappropriate.
Seeing his momentum weaken, Jiang Li quickly followed suit: "Only your feet know whether the shoes fit you. If grandma says you and Teacher Xu are not suitable, what will you do?" As the old saying goes, "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you!"
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Ruan Tang's head started to ache again from the hangover caused by their noise. She opened her phone and prepared to edit yesterday's photos to divert her attention, but suddenly noticed that the last photo was a video of more than one minute, and the time showed half past ten, which was probably the time when she drank too much last night.
She clicked on the video without thinking too much, and a soft moan filled the entire car. Before Ruan Tang could react to what was happening, she quickly exited the album interface, and the slightly ambiguous whispers stopped abruptly.
The other three people who were arguing suddenly stopped talking and looked at each other with wide eyes.
Jia Yingjun looked at Xu Wei and whispered reproachfully: The child is still here, what are you playing on the speakers?
Xu Wei: ??? It’s not me! Am I crazy?
Ruan Tang covered her face: It’s me…
Jiang Li leaned over to glance at her phone screen and exclaimed: Oh my god, you are so wild.
Jia Yingjun reached out from the passenger seat, turned Jiang Li's head back and said: This is not suitable for children!
Jiang Li protested: I'm already twenty!
Ruan Tang quickly waved her hands and explained: "No! I was drunk last night and was going to take a drunk makeup photo. I may have accidentally pressed the record button, and I guess I caught me talking in my sleep."
"Next time you ride in someone else's car and play music through Bluetooth, remember to cancel the Bluetooth pairing afterwards." Xu Wei glanced at her through the rearview mirror and reminded her.
"I'm serious!" Ruan Tang was at a loss for words. She simply opened the video again and said: It's nothing. It was just my dream. If you don't believe me, just listen to it.
"Emm...why are you so annoying? You bother me even in my dreams."
"Don't move. I just asked the boss to buy some ointment from a nearby pharmacy."
"Yes? What do you want? No, I can't afford it..."
"Right away."
"Robbing the landlord! Hehehe... Look at you, I finally made up my mind... not to provoke you, but why are you still hanging around... hanging around... hanging around in front of me..."
"sorry."
"I hate it most when men say sorry to me. Get out!" This was followed by a burst of noisy voices that were inaudible.
When the video ended, Ruan Tang felt both lighthearted and heavy-hearted, like walking in the rain in white shoes, and suddenly finding something soft under your feet when you dodge, your white shoes become unrecognizable. You think you stepped in dog poop, but when you muster up the courage to check, you find that it was just ordinary mud.
Xu Wei took Ruan Tang directly to the coffee shop. When she got out of the car and found the door open, she knew that Feng Xue had returned.
When she was standing at the door of the store, hesitating whether to go in, Feng Xue came over, opened the door, looked at her, and asked: Why don't you come in?
Ruan Tang pretended to be calm, walked around him and entered the store, deliberately asking him if he was waiting for her, but unexpectedly he nodded.
Feng Xue followed her behind the counter, took out his cell phone and retrieved the hospital registration message, and asked: Did you register me for the orthopedics department?
"Well, go check your tailbone. I heard you fell pretty hard yesterday."
Feng Xue couldn't help laughing and said: Not really, just cancel it.
"You don't accept my apology?"
"no."
"Then you go."
"No need. Why don't you go get checked out? I noticed last night... your feet are pretty swollen."
"I think the department I need to check out most is the neurology department." Ruan Tang suddenly threw away the apron in her hand, turned around and raised her head to meet his gaze.
He had a little stubble on his chin, and looked rather old. Ruan Tang saw her own reflection in his eyes, and thought to herself that the expression on her face must be very ugly at the moment.
This was not in line with the policy she had set for herself over the years: to draw nourishment from men and not waste her energy on them.
"What?" Feng Xue asked with a frown.
Ruan Tang shook her head and said, "Forget it. I'll give you the price of the plaster and Yunnan Baiyao yesterday."
He turned around to tidy up the tables and chairs. No emotion could be seen from his actions. Ruan Tang didn't bother to pay attention to him. She directly transferred a hundred yuan to him, played a random song and started to refill the coffee machine.
"Are you really not planning to be with Zhang Haoyu?" Feng Xue suddenly turned around, without even putting down the chair in her hand, and rushed around the counter to Ruan Tang and asked, as if she was going to fight with her.
Ruan Tang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and asked: Were you eavesdropping on our conversation?
While waiting for him to make up an excuse, she noticed Charlene Choi singing on the speakers: I shouldn't be worried about your expression, I shouldn't recognize the details.
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