Xia Wennan was reading in his room. His sitting posture was not very correct, he lifted one foot up and stepped on the chair, leaned his body to the other side, and supported his head with his elbows on the table. Xia Wennan used the remaining hand to flip and write, and occasionally clicked on the phone screen on the desktop to check the time.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and Ming Luchuan hadn't come back yet.
Ming Luchuan doesn't like to stay out very late unless he has entertainment. Xia Wennan maintained a non-interference attitude with him, and never asked him in advance if he would have a social event today, but Xia Wennan had been waiting for Ming Luchuan tonight.
At 10:30 in the evening, Xia Wennan was too sleepy to concentrate on reading. He closed the professional book in front of him, reached for his mobile phone, and finally made up his mind to call Ming Luchuan.
When the waiting notification sound came from the receiver, Xia Wennan was a little uneasy. He tapped lightly on the table with his fingers until the call was connected. There was a loud noise from the opposite side, but Ming Luchuan's call did not sound for a long time. answering sound.
Xia Wennan cautiously and tentatively said, "Hello?"
Ming Luchuan's voice sounded immediately: "Xia Wennan?"
His voice was low, hoarse and vague, as if something hot was rolling through his throat. Accompanied by the chaotic background sounds around him, Xia Wennan quickly guessed: "Have you been drinking?"
Ming Luchuan didn't answer. Someone seemed to be talking to him, but he didn't respond either. After more than ten seconds, Ming Luchuan said, "...Come pick me up?"
Xia Wennan froze for a moment: "You told me?"
Ming Luchuan said "Mmm—" as if answering Xia Wennan, but also as if he was suffering from alcohol.
At this time, Xia Wennan suddenly heard someone shouting: "Duan Ning!" Thinking: Good you Ming Luchuan, while saying it’s not Bai Yueguang, you went to drink with Bai Yueguang secretly! Feel free to call me to pick you up!
"Where are you?" Xia Wennan said in a bad tone, "Where's your driver?"
But Ming Luchuan didn't answer, and there were all kinds of messy background sounds all the time. After about half a minute, the call was cut off.
Xia Wennan was a little angry. He put the phone on the desk, took a deep breath, stood up and planned to pee and sleep.
The bathroom still had the steam from his shower just now, and it was stuffy and hot. He pressed the flush button a little hard, and he was not very patient in washing his hands. I usually wipe off the fog on the glass habitually, but I am too lazy to wipe it today.
After coming out of the bathroom, Xia Wennan opened the closet, found a long-sleeved T-shirt and jeans to put on, grabbed his mobile phone and wallet and went outside. When he got to the gate, he called Xu Feng while changing his shoes and asked him about Ming Luchuan tonight. where to eat.
When he walked to the entrance of the community, Xia Wennan regretted that he didn't wear another coat. This summer seemed to be over, and the bluffing heat in the daytime was not worth mentioning at night. The night wind began to bring the coolness of autumn Drilling into the collar and hem of a person.
Xia Wennan tugged at the hem of his clothes, and suddenly realized that this T-shirt was actually quite short, not only short but also wide, and it would rise up when the wind blew, revealing half of his waist.
He took a taxi to a restaurant called "Qin Gong" in Ming Luchuan for dinner tonight. It took him about 20 minutes on the road, and when he arrived at the destination, he was stopped by the waiter at the door of the restaurant.
Xia Wennan was puzzled and asked, "Why can't you enter?"
The waiter said in a very polite manner: "Excuse me, sir, are you Beta?"
Xia Wennan said: "I am Beta, what happened to Beta?"
The waiter smiled and said, "I'm sorry sir, Qin Palace is a membership-only club and only accepts Alpha members and Omega guests."
Xia Wennan was a little puzzled: "What are Alpha members and Omega guests?"
The waiter was very patient and explained: "Alpha customers implement a membership system, and Omega customers can go in and spend if they don't ask."
"What about Beta?"
The waiter said: "I'm very sorry, we don't accept Beta customers."
Xia Wennan froze for a moment. Although he knew that Beta was the bottom gender in this social relationship, the superficial fairness still had to be maintained. This was the first time he had encountered such blatant sex discrimination against Beta.
"Aren't you Beta too?" Xia Wennan said to the waiter unhappy.
The smile on the waiter's face remained unchanged: "I'm just a service staff, of course I'm a Beta."
"Excuse me," someone behind Xia Wennan suddenly reached out and inserted his hand between the two of them, and handed the waiter a business card.
Xia Wennan looked back and saw that it was the driver of Ming Luchuan. The driver nodded to Xia Wennan and said: "Mr. Xia." Then he said to the waiter who had seen his business card: "This is Mr. Ming's partner."
The waiter began to bow again and again: "I'm sorry."
Xia Wennan waved his hand, before he had time to answer him, he asked the driver, "How do you know I'm here?"
The driver raised his finger and pointed to the side, with an unfinished cigarette still between his fingers, he said, "I'll be waiting for Mr. Ming next to him, and he came over when Assistant Xu called."
Xia Wennan said, "Oh, thank you."
The driver said: "Please call me when Mr. Ming is finished."
Xia Wennan gave him an OK gesture.
The waiter had already bent down and waited: "Sir, please."
Xia Wennan walked inside with him.
From the outside to the inside of this clubhouse called Qin Palace, the environment is light and elegant. The long corridors are covered with bamboo walls on both sides.
Xia Wennan looked at the waiter walking in front of him, and couldn't help but said, "Aren't you determined not to accept Beta?"
The waiter turned back with a smile: "I'm sorry for making you misunderstand me. Qin Palace does not accept Beta guests who come alone. If they are friends or partners of Alpha members of the club, they will naturally be accepted."
Xia Wennan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked: "If it is a big boss, or a big star, scientist, or world champion, these people are Beta members and you don't want to do it?"
The waiter bowed sideways: "I'm sorry, this is the boss's rule." Then he continued to lead the way with a polite smile.
Xia Wennan didn't ask any more questions. The person in front of him was just a waiter after all, and he was also a Beta group who was discriminated against. It was pointless to embarrass him.
The waiter stopped, stood in front of a wooden sliding door in the middle of a bamboo wall, and said, "This is the private room where Mr. Ming and his friends eat."
Xia Wennan suddenly remembered the "Duan Ning" that someone yelled just now, and his already depressed mood became even more gloomy. He fantasized that he kicked open the sliding door in front of him and shouted loudly: "Okay, you Ming Lu!" Chuan! You still don’t admit that you have white moonlight!”
In fact, he just stood quietly in front of the door, watched the waiter knock on the door, and then opened the private room door for him with very gentle movements.
There were seven or eight people in the private room, only two or three Omega, and the others were Alphas, and they all looked in his direction at this time.
But the key point is that there are no Ming Luchuan and Duan Ning here, and what's even more strange is that He Yufeng was actually in the private room. He got up from the cushion he was sitting on, and said in a slightly surprised way: "Little brother?"