"Brother Lu, you just called her the boss's wife, so does she already have a family?" Generally, only bosses have bosses' wives, and Fang Shiming thought his question was reasonable.
But the next moment, Lu Chaoyang's face went from sunny to cloudy, or even cloudy.
"Don't mention it, let's drink." Lu Chaoyang raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, leaving Fang Shiming stunned. This was wine, how could he drink it like water?
Lu Chaoyang pursed his lips, and surprisingly, he tasted a bit bitter. Sure enough, when you're in a bad mood, even your sense of taste changes.
"Drink up, it's delicious." Seeing Fang Shiming standing there in a daze, Lu Chaoyang urged him on. Honestly, a grown man is so slow and hesitant when it comes to drinking.
Fang Shiming looked calmly at the enormous wine glass, saying that since the glass looked bigger than a bowl, it was rather unrefined to just pick it up and drink from it.
"Could you please use a smaller wine cup?" Fang Shiming knew he couldn't hold his liquor and was afraid of getting drunk and embarrassing himself in public, making a fool of himself in front of others.
Lu Chaoyang couldn't hide his disdain. Was this even a man? He was more timid and hesitant than a woman. It was embarrassing to bring him out like this.
"Brother Fang, this is beer, not strong liquor. You'll know once you take a sip." He talked until his lips were sore, but the other person still didn't understand. Beer is fermented from wheat malt, and it has a smooth taste, even smoother than rice wine.
Is it true or not? Fang Shiming was skeptical. He knew that if he didn't drink it soon, Lu Chaoyang would get angry with him. He had very few friends, and he really didn't want to lose this friend he could talk to.
"Okay, I'll drink it."
Like a hero cutting off his own arm, Fang Shiming held the wine glass with both hands, frowned, held his breath, and took a small sip. Strangely, he couldn't taste anything. He took another sip, and it was refreshing and delicious. He relaxed his brows, his eyes sparkling, and couldn't resist drinking it all in one gulp.
He had just put down his wine glass when an unknown gas surged up from his lower abdomen. It was so fast that he couldn't help but let out a loud burp, which startled him so much that he covered his mouth and his face instantly turned as red as if it were about to bleed.
"Brother Fang, don't be embarrassed, this is the fun of drinking beer." Lu Chaoyang looked at his flushed face and burst into laughter. He never expected that Fang Shiming, who was always so serious and proper, would have such a side. This was enough to make him laugh all the way through the New Year.
Fang Shiming was so angry that he didn't want to talk to him.
They claimed to be friends, but they actually wanted to embarrass him. He felt like everyone in the shop was looking at him like he was a monkey.
"Hey, I'll go with you, okay?"
After saying that, Lu Chaoyang picked up a large glass and gulped it down in one go. Then he let out a longer and louder burp. Everyone around him was drinking and eating, and no one paid any attention to him.
"Look, they came for this too, everyone's used to it."
Fang Shiming glanced around and, seeing that no one was really looking in his direction, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't just focus on drinking, let your friends eat some food." Yuan Doudou came over with a plate of mixed vegetables, noticing that they hadn't eaten any of their grilled skewers.
Lu Chaoyang looked at her with a smile in his eyes, "Okay, I'll let him eat more."
DouDou's concern for his friend is also a form of concern for himself. She is so good to him. For the first time, he felt the warmth of family, even though he was thousands of miles away from his hometown.
"DouDou, you're so kind." Lu Chaoyang said coquettishly, tugging at her sleeve.
An Rong came out of the kitchen and saw this scene. He was furious. This guy was always up to no good when he came. He just needed to be taught a lesson.
"Let go of your pig's trotters," Yuan Doudou said calmly.
If An Rong saw this, he would be jealous for a long time, and Yuan Doudou didn't want to make things awkward for each other over such a small matter.
Lu Chaoyang, his face flushed, drank two large glasses of beer. His brain was in an excited state. When he saw Dou Dou's bright and clear face, he felt as if a million ants were crawling all over his heart, making him feel tingly and itchy, and he couldn't help himself.
"I won't let go." He acted like a child, throwing a tantrum.
An Rong could no longer tolerate it. You can't talk nicely to this kind of person. He walked straight over, grabbed Lu Chaoyang's wrist, and shoved him aside with such force that Lu Chaoyang almost fell to the ground.
Lu Chaoyang could guess it was An Rong again without even looking up. He was always so rude, despite having a gentle and refined face.
"An Rong, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're strong." Lu Chaoyang wanted to stand up for himself, but An Rong pressed him down as soon as he stood up, making him unable to move.
“Lu Chaoyang, listen to me carefully. Dou Dou is my wife. Don’t even think about touching her, not even a single hair on her head.” An Rong said solemnly, his face as cold as an iceberg.
Fang Shiming, sitting to the side, was extremely uneasy. At this moment, he deeply regretted why he had come to eat with Lu Chaoyang. This food was worse than shit. It wasn't that the food was bad, but he never expected that Lu Chaoyang would stoop so low as to become a backstabber.
Lu Chaoyang deflated like a punctured balloon and slumped onto the stool.
He just acted impulsively again. Why? He can never control himself. His heart races wildly whenever he sees DouDou, and he acts recklessly, oblivious to the world around him.
"I'm sorry." He lowered his head, like a child who had done something wrong; this time, he was truly wrong.
His biggest mistake was going to the tavern so often, leaving his heart restless and unsettled.
An Rong's gaze was like a series of poisoned arrows, piercing Lu Chaoyang fiercely. What good was sorry? He should get lost, the farther the better.
Don't blame him for being ungrateful. Two tigers cannot share one mountain. He has the right to like DouDou, but don't be blatant and unscrupulous in front of him. No matter how magnanimous he is, he will never forgive Lu Chaoyang.
Yuan Doudou didn't want them to have a falling out because of her, so she quickly tried to smooth things over: "He just drank too much, Anrong, don't be angry, I'm perfectly fine."
He just tugged at his sleeve, and Dou Dou thought it was nothing serious, but An Rong was making a mountain out of a molehill.
An Rong glanced at her quietly, her unfathomable eyes making it hard to tell whether she was truly foolish or feigning it.
"DouDou, if I don't stop it, we can't say for sure what might happen later." He was in the store, but what if he wasn't there? Would DouDou just let him take advantage of her?
Yuan Doudou was speechless for a moment; men's sense of crisis is no less than women's.
"Okay, I'll be careful."
She wasn't moved by this; instead, she felt somewhat displeased. An Rong's behavior made her feel like an object, something that could only be possessed by him. To put it bluntly, his possessiveness was too strong, and he wouldn't allow anyone to infringe upon his possessions.
An Rong left silently, his heart filled with mixed feelings. Dou Dou's eyes told him that his behavior just now was overstepping his bounds and that he was clearly meddling in other people's business.
No one was in the mood to drink or eat anymore. Fang Shiming paid the bill and left with Lu Chaoyang. He was completely dejected, as if he had lost all his life.
He felt some sympathy for Lu Chaoyang.
The feeling of loving someone you can't have must be very painful.
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