Shu Nian originally thought that Ye Yan would take him to a bar or something like that, but in the end, Ye Yan just went to the store to buy a dozen beers and parked the car directly by the river.
Autumn is approaching, and the evening breeze has dissipated the heat of summer and brought a hint of coolness.
Shu Nian sat by the river, looking at the lights on the river in confusion, feeling so depressed that she couldn't breathe. Ye Yan opened a bottle of wine for her, handed it to her, and asked, "How much can you drink?"
“… I didn’t drink much before, so I might get drunk after just one bottle.” She took a sip, and the cold liquid slid down her throat, making her feel cold all over.
"If everyone drinks beer like you, they can drink a bottle until dawn." Ye Yan said, looking up, and gulped down the whole bottle in one gulp. Shu Nian smiled, "I can see. You drink a lot, and your stomach is damaged by drinking like this, right?"
"Really." Ye Yan narrowed his eyes, looked at her, turned his head and looked at the river view across the street, "In the past, a large group of us liked to come here late at night to race cars. After racing, we would sit here and drink. After drinking, we would be taken back by those girls. The next day, we would be severely scolded by the elders at home."
"Mr. Tang and Dr. Fu?"
"Yes. There is a large group of people. If I introduce them in detail, I am afraid it will take half a day." Ye Yan glanced at her and said, "Next time, I will take you to meet them."
Shu Nian smiled and said, "Girls in your group are all so pretty. Have you never had a girlfriend?"
When she asked this, Ye Yan straightened his face. After a while, "Shu Nian, five years ago, I said I would bring you here, and I meant it."
Shu Nian smiled slightly. Ye Yan had said this before, but she never took it seriously. Now that he mentioned it again, she knew he was not lying to her.
"Five years ago, why did you want me to go with you?" Shu Nian looked at him. The evening breeze blew through her messy hair, and she raised her hand to tuck it behind her ears. Only now did the redness on her cheeks slowly fade away. "Weren't we unfamiliar with each other before?"
Moreover, they dislike each other.
Unfamiliar
There were many rich and complex emotions in Ye Yan's eyes. Shu Nian wanted to understand, but he couldn't. In the end, Ye Yan didn't say anything, but just raised his head and took a big sip of wine.
Shu Nian didn't ask any more questions.
The two of them drank and chatted in the evening breeze. Listening to Ye Yan talking about his prosperous and rebellious youth, Shu Nian felt envious. Compared with him, his own life was much paler.
But…
later…
It will be fine!
Her life will gradually become more colorful. Without Xiang Muyang, with Ye Yan, everything will become completely different...
Shu Nian was looking forward to it silently. Before he knew it, he had drunk quite a bit of wine, and was already dizzy, lying sideways on Ye Yan's lap.
Ye Yan held her in his arms, full of tenderness and fragrance, which softened his heart. He looked down at her in the moonlight and street lights, and saw that her face was flushed and she looked naive when she was drunk. She was not asleep either, so she looked at him with her eyes open, her eyes a little blurred and scattered.
"Ye Yan, I want to drink more..." Her voice was sweet and soft, as if it was dipped in honey. Acting like a spoiled child like this made it almost impossible for people to refuse.
but…
"Don't drink anymore." Ye Yan picked her up and said, "Go back. You still have to go to the hospital tomorrow."
Shu Nian was a very good drinker and stopped crying. He just let him pick him up and put him in the car.
Ye Yan had drunk and didn't drive, so he asked a designated driver to drive the car. During the whole journey, Shu Nian leaned on his chest. His chest was very cold, and when Ye Yan found it, it was already wet. Looking at Shu Nian again, she closed her eyes, but tears were also streaming down her face.
Ye Yan sighed and hugged her tighter.
——
After a while, the car drove directly to the garage of Shuixie Yunting.
After the designated driver left, Ye Yan helped Shu Nian out of the car. Shu Nian was wearing high heels and couldn't stand steadily. Ye Yan was afraid that she would sprain her ankle, so he squatted down, took off her shoes and threw them in the car. Then, he prepared to get the pair of flat shoes he bought for her last time from the trunk for her to change into.
However, just as he stood up, his hand was suddenly held by Shu Nian.
"do not go… "
Shu Nian seemed to be afraid that he would leave, so he looked up at him, tears glistening in his eyes, and pleaded with a bit of pity, "Please don't leave me..."
Ye Yan felt a suffocating pain in his heart.
She is like a child, an insecure child who is afraid that others will leave her and abandon her at any time.
He turned back and wiped the tears from her face lovingly, "I'm not going anywhere."
I don’t want any shoes anymore!
He turned around and faced her with his back, "Come on up, I'll carry you home."
Shu Nian looked at the back in a daze, and when she heard the word "home", her heart was filled with sour bubbles. She obediently lay on his back, and suddenly, she sighed softly: "I don't have a home anymore..."
Ye Yan felt a pain in his heart.
I glanced at her slightly sideways and could only see her wet eyelashes.
"Ye Yan, let's go out for a walk, okay?"
"… good."
Ye Yan carried her on his back and walked out of the garage. It was late at night and the neighborhood was very quiet. Ye Yan carried Shu Nian on his back and walked step by step in the neighborhood.
"In the past, I liked to lie on my father's back like this. He would carry me to many places. Every time I lay on his back, I felt that all my worries were gone and I was not afraid of anything." In the middle of the night, her voice was vague and trembling.
At this point, she was silent for a while. When she spoke again, her tone was sad, "But, now it's no longer possible..."
"Now you have me." Ye Yan turned his head slightly to look at her, "As long as you like, I can carry you like this forever."
"Always?" Shu Nian sighed these two words with a trembling voice, as if he was unsure, "Will you really stay here forever?"
"Always." Ye Yan said firmly, paused, and added: "As long as you don't drive me away, I will always be here."
"Before, my mother also said... that she would always be there..." Shu Nian lost his voice and choked up when he mentioned this, "But later, when I opened my eyes, I couldn't find her anymore... My father and I were abandoned by her... She didn't want us anymore..."
Ye Yan's chest was swollen and painful. She had clearly experienced all of this, but he seemed to feel the same way. He was so depressed that he couldn't say a word.
All the comfort is pale at this moment.
"Ye Yan..." Shu Nian suddenly called him.
"Um?"
"Actually, I'm so jealous of her... I'm really jealous..."
"she?"
"Ning Meng..."
Ye Yan stiffened for a moment, and his breathing became much heavier.