Wen Yu followed Wen Jialuo into the box.
Today, when he returned to the old house and was about to leave after finishing his meal, he saw Jia Luo watching TV bored. He felt sorry for his sister's silence. She was so young, and she didn't know where to go to have fun except staying at home. So he began to persuade Jia Luo to go out. After being rejected, the head of the family spoke up.
"Go out and have some fun. Don't be like us old people who have lost our vitality."
After receiving his grandmother's order, Wen Jialuo stood up.
Wen Yu usually hangs out with a bunch of friends, but he is determined not to take his sister to those smoky and dirty places, so in the end they chose the bar he opened, which should be a place that is both energetic and popular.
After entering the bar, I realized that Baohua was also there, along with her classmates. Because this was Baohua's regular gathering place, Wenyu had already had drinks with her classmates many times. Today, he couldn't go anywhere with his sister, so he might as well go drink with them, and by the way, hand over Jialuo, who he brought out out of brotherly love, to Baohua, and then he would complete his mission and have something else to do.
Wen Yu made up his mind and went to look for it. Wen Jialuo followed him because it didn't matter where he went. Actually, this bar was opened by my enlightened grandmother at the request of my second uncle. The purpose was very simple, which was to provide a safe and reliable entertainment place for children. So she was not unfamiliar with this bar, but because it was too clean, it was sometimes boring. Only my cousin liked the environment here, which was quiet and safe.
The door of the box was closed, and the soundproofing was so good that no one knew what was going on inside. Wen Yu dialed Baohua's number, and before he could say anything when he saw her, Jialuo pushed the door open and walked in as if she had been possessed - of course, this description was a little exaggerated, and after he walked in, he didn't see his sister showing any special expression, but only showing a little disappointment.
"Who sang that song just now?" Wen Yuqi asked, feeling a little bit sorry, "Tsk, I only heard a little bit of it."
"You've seen it. You've been to the old house for dinner." Wen Baohua closed the door and said with a smile.
They had already noticed that someone else had come into the box, and since they were all familiar with each other, they pulled Wen Yu away to have a drink first.
Xu Shiqi dropped the microphone and went to drink some water. She would not drink iced water, even in summer. Kuang Xiaoan had already jumped to her side and said that she must be invited to sing at the wedding, and she must catch the bouquet, and so on.
Xu Shiqi had no choice but to respond helplessly, and then he saw the person who had just come in.
The box was dimly lit, and the girl's thin chin was hidden in a pile of fur collars this time. She still had a cold expression, and she felt isolated for no reason sitting there. She saw the girl reaching for the cup and adding ice cubes to it. Although it had nothing to do with her, she couldn't help but walked over.
"Don't drink." Xu Shiqi snatched the cup from Wen Jialuo's hand and sat next to her. "Why are you here?"
Wen Jialuo found it very hot after she came in. She didn't know how high the air conditioner was turned. Everyone took off their coats, but she was still wrapped tightly. She knew she was too thin. Although she was afraid of the cold, she still liked winter. She liked the feeling of her cheek resting on the fur, which was very real and warm. It was very hot, but she still sat there calmly and didn't want to take off her coat. So she looked for something cold to drink, but someone snatched it away from her.
She looked at Xu Shiqi coldly: "You really care about me?"
"If you want to have stomach cramps in the middle of the night and be in excruciating pain, that's fine." Xu Shiqi frowned slightly.
Wen Jialuo paused and had to take off his coat.
Xu Shiqi saw that the girl was only wearing a brown sweater with a large V-neck, revealing her very three-dimensional collarbone. The long sleeves of the sweater were slightly flared, with a graceful curve, a bit like water sleeves. She reached out to take another cup, revealing a small part of her wrist, like a piece of fragile jade that could not be easily broken; and her fingers seemed even more slender and slender on the blue glass, perhaps they would break if she held it.
The girl seemed to notice her gaze and turned her head to look at her in confusion. Xu Shiqi calmed down, lowered her head and took a sip, only to find that her lips and teeth were cold. She quickly put down the cup, then stood up as naturally as possible to talk to others.
I can still bear loneliness, so I decided to live alone. Maybe it was because the light was too dim, or maybe it was because the song just now warmed my heart, so I was more easily moved by everything at this moment, otherwise how could I be so hungry that I thought that girl was too thin and had a kind of morbid charm
But, that has absolutely nothing to do with me.
Without knowing when or why, everyone in the box gathered together again, surrounding the big coffee table. This time, Xu Shiqi didn't even have a chance to run away. She was betrayed by her best friend. Wen Baohua and Kuang Xiaoan sandwiched her in the middle.
Wen Yu had already left. Although Wen Jialuo was not very interested in the game, he was still pulled over by the enthusiastic people and stood aside.
"Xiao An brought her boyfriend back, which is a big deal. Xiao An will be the one making the decision today. How do we play this game?"
A wine bottle was being played with and spun wildly. Xu Shiqi looked at Kuang Xiaoan expectantly, and the warning in her eyes was self-evident. Unfortunately, she knew Xiaoan well. Sure enough, this woman giggled and pointed at everyone, saying that whoever the bottle mouth was pointed at would do something that my single best friend, Classmate Shiqi, wanted to do the most.
The men and women in the room instantly revealed ambiguous smiles, which made Xu Shiqi feel uneasy.
"We should have asked last time. It was Baohua who let her go." A boy volunteered, saying to himself, "Brother, I've practiced so hard just for this moment. If you're not brave, we'll be so angry that we'll vomit blood."
So the bottle of wine rotated in a perfect circle and stopped just in front of the boy who failed to confess his love.
Wen Jialuo felt as if everyone held their breath for a moment, and then they all showed expressions of relief at the same time.
So that's it. Wen Jialuo looked at the boy facing the bottle mouth and slowly raised his head, looking directly at Xu Shiqi with eyes as deep as the sea. This is interesting, she hugged her chest and waited with the crowd.
Xu Shiqi wanted to sigh, but under the pressure of the whole audience, she could only stand still. Baohua beside her cast an apologetic look at her, and it was obvious that she was the only one who knew what the boy had actually tried to do.
And he was already walking towards him.
The alcohol on the boy's face had completely faded, and the struggles he had at noon were gone. He stood in front of her and asked softly, "Can I hug you for a minute?"
What was even faster than Xu Shiqi's reaction was the jeers and cheers.
Everyone must be drunk again, otherwise why wouldn't they consider the consequences? What if she shook her head? Kuang Xiaoan squeezed her palm, reminding her that he was still waiting for an answer.
A hug in public is actually the most innocent thing. Xu Shiqi smiled slightly and opened his hands slightly.
With one hand around her waist and the other on her shoulders, the boy lowered his head and clumsily hugged Xu Shiqiu. Xu Shiqiu leaned quietly in his arms, tilted his head, and met Wen Jialuo's eyes in the crowd. Those eyes slowly curved up, as if infected by the atmosphere around them, and a layer of smile filled the air, sparkling and swaying slightly.
Xu Shiqi closed his eyes, feeling a little chill in his heart. No matter how broad the chest was, it was not a safe place for him. Such a lack of gaps would only make him see more clearly the long distance that he could never cross.
When she opened her eyes again, Wen Jialuo was still standing there, smiling, but there was an inexplicable weirdness in her eyes. Xu Shiqi didn't know if there was something on her face that shouldn't be there, so she had to smile at her to cover it up. But she didn't know if her smile was very twisted, the girl looked away as if she couldn't bear it, so she had to stop smiling and naturally left that chest.
The confession that will never fail is to do it in a joke, so that there is room for both advance and retreat, and everyone understands this truth. The opportunity has been created, and how to proceed in the future is not the business of others. But everyone does not know that the boy regards this hug as a farewell to a secret love, but not the new beginning they thought.
The game was still going on, the bottles were still spinning, and everyone finally got to watch Kuang Xiaoan and her boyfriend's passionate French kiss. Even someone as cowardly as Kuang Xiaoan was so embarrassed that she didn't raise her head for a long time. She gritted her teeth and said that it would never be too late for a woman to take revenge even after fifty years.
Several more students suffered, but this game was played frequently, the scale was very familiar, and the joke was just to liven up the atmosphere.
Wen Jialuo finally lost interest in staying any longer. She looked at the time and it was just past nine o'clock. She looked for her cousin but didn't know where she had gone. The only person she was familiar with was Xu Shiqi. As soon as she raised her foot to go over to her, she immediately looked over.
"I'm leaving first. Tell my sister when she comes."
"Are you going back?" Xu Shiqi's voice was a little low, and her slightly drunk face was getting hot. She paused, then grabbed her coat and said, "I'll take you out."
Wen Jialuo raised his hand and said, "No need, you guys can play."
Xu Shiqi frowned and looked at her own wine glass which was filled again. She stopped talking to her and just turned around and said hello to her classmates: "I'm going to be out for a while." She put her arm around Wen Jialuo's shoulder and left. When the girl tried to get rid of her, she gave her a pleading look.
Wen Jialuo was stunned and didn't move anymore.
After leaving the box, Xu Shiqi leaned against the door and let out a long breath. It was very quiet outside and his mind was easier to clear.
"Are you afraid of getting drunk?" Wen Jialuo said coldly.
Xu Shiqi smiled and said, "I'm afraid it will spoil everyone's fun."
"It would be a bummer if you didn't go in."
"The final result is still the same, so let's get out of the way first." Xu Shiqi buttoned his coat and raised his chin, "Let's go."
Finally, Wen Baohua was seen at the bar. Xu Shiqi said she was leaving. Wen Baohua looked at her face, patted her shoulder, and said nothing more. Then he asked Jialuo to send her classmate back.
After getting in the car, Xu Shiqi fell completely silent. With the windows closed, she sat there motionless, looking at the night scene outside.
"There's something wrong with you today."
Xu Shiqi turned his head and glanced at Wen Jialuo who suddenly spoke, and denied it calmly: "No way."
"This doesn't feel like the Xu Shiqi I know."
Xu Shiqi curled his lips: "How well do you know me?"
Facing the woman's ridicule, Wen Jialuo was silent for a moment, and then he showed his best patience so far: "Well, if you feel uncomfortable, I won't bother with you."
"I'm not feeling unwell." Xu Shiqi smiled at her.
Wen Jialuo couldn't help it this time: "No? Then who made that expression that looked like he was about to cry just now?"
Xu Shiqi finally understood where the girl's strange look came from.
"Or -" Wen Jialuo tapped the steering wheel with his index finger and asked tentatively, "You actually like that man, but you can't be with him for some unavoidable reason?"
"He's not married yet, and I'm not secretly in love with him." Xu Shiqi felt that she couldn't control her mouth anymore. The girl clearly didn't mean to gloat over other people's misfortunes, but she kept stabbing at their scars. So as soon as she finished speaking, she felt a little regretful and looked at Wen Jialuo, only to find that the other party just gave her a puzzled look.
"I'm sorry." Xu Shiqi apologized, "I drank too much."
Wen Jialuo was quiet for a while, then he snorted with a sullen face as if he remembered something.
Xu Shiqi sighed in her heart, knowing that she had lost some composure today. She had been out all the time, and had few friends except colleagues. Even if she had any, they were not close friends. No one would care why you didn't fall in love or when you would get married. A relationship based on profit was realistic but could protect you well. But after returning home, some things had never gone away, and they seemed to be getting bigger and bigger day by day, slowly shaking her determination. It wasn't that she wanted to get married, but she felt more and more lonely.
Maybe going home is not a good decision. Xu Shiqi felt a slight pain in his heart and struggled.
So, by the time she realized that the view outside the window was wrong, it was already too late.
"Hello?" Xu Shiqi shouted, almost jumping up. No way
How come this car is driving on the highway again
"Today is Sunday, have you forgotten?" Wen Jialuo smiled, showing his fangs, looking a little cunning.
Xu Shiqi suddenly sobered up: "What does Sunday have to do with me? Why should I accompany you back to work?"
"Anyway, your classmates will come looking for you soon. If my sister can't stop them, just say that you are too far away to make it back." Wen Jialuo said leisurely, "I see that you are not willing to go back for the time being. Wouldn't it be better to change the place and feel better?"
Xu Shiqi looked at her for a while: "Are you comforting me?"
"Do you need comfort?" Wen Jialuo asked back.
Xu Shiqi thought for a moment and said, "Yes." She saw Wen Jialuo's eyes widened like some kind of cat, and then added, "So I definitely won't sleep on the sofa tonight."
Wen Jialuo narrowed his eyes, seeming to be really thinking about this question.
Xu Shiqi leaned back in her seat and suddenly felt a little more relaxed. Well, since we were already on the road, there was no need to look back. She took out her cell phone to call home, and when she showed it to the person next to her, she laughed:
"Which street stall did you buy this phone from?"
Looking at the neatly designed and straight-lined phone in his hand, Xu Shiqi asked with a smile, "Why, don't you know that this kind of self-defense phone is popular now?"
"Self-defense?" Wen Jialuo was really stunned this time.
Xu Shiqi tossed his phone in the air: "If I run into a robber or something on the way, I'll probably get a bloody head if not a bunch of bruises on my head..."