Ji Yuan was the last one to arrive. As soon as he entered the room, he was stunned by the bustle in the room.
There was a card table in front of the French window in the living room. Xie Duo, Shen Antu, Xie Wenxuan and Chen Xu were playing cards together. Zhou Minghui stood behind Chen Xu as a military advisor, and several times he shouted to take back the cards that Chen Xu wanted to play, and then threw out a few cards that he wanted to play. Chen Xu said with a sinister face, "Otherwise, I'll play for you?" Zhou Minghui immediately apologized in a polite manner.
Xie Wenxuan was the landlord in this round. He complained to everyone while playing cards, saying that he wanted to invite Cheng Zui to celebrate the New Year together but was declined. It happened that the TV in the living room was playing Cheng Zui's advertisement, and he seemed to be drunk and got drunk. When Xie Duo only played a J, he directly threw out four 6s.
Shen Antu was frightened by Xie Wenxuan's formation and quietly leaned over to look at his cards, but Xie Wenxuan was very alert and covered the cards tightly. Shen Antu could only look at Xie Duo's cards on the other side. Xie Duo let him see them generously and asked him what cards he wanted and would give them all to him later. Xie Wenxuan shouted that it was unfair and that he must regain his glory on the card field after failing in love.
"Ji Yuan, come here." Shen Antu waved at Ji Yuan and took the initiative to give up his seat. "I'll go to the kitchen to help Aunt Zhao. We can eat soon."
"Okay..." Ji Yuan had just walked to the card table when Xie Duo also stood up.
Since Shen Antu was not at the table, Xie Duo naturally had no intention of playing, so he gave his seat to Zhou Minghui.
"It's your turn, Ji Yuan. Play your cards." Seeing Ji Yuan in a daze, Xie Wenxuan urged him to play his cards.
"Oh..." Ji Yuan picked up Shen Antu's cards and took a look at them, then casually threw out an 8, which just allowed Xie Wenxuan to pass a single card.
In the kitchen, Aunt Zhao was busy preparing the dishes: "I don't know if eight dishes are enough, and I don't know if they will suit everyone's taste."
Shen Antu was helping to arrange the dishes. Hearing this, he laughed, "That's enough. Including the cold dishes, there are ten dishes in total."
Xie Duo leaned against the door and interjected, "If they don't like it, let them starve. It's OK as long as Mr. Shen and I like it."
Aunt Zhao also laughed: "I dare not say anything about others, but I guarantee that Mr. Shen will definitely like these dishes."
When the food was almost ready, Shen Antu asked Aunt Zhao to go back. He and Xie Duo brought the food to the table and called everyone at the card table to come and eat.
The villa has never been so lively.
Xie Duo didn't like crowds. In the past, when he lived in the Xie family's old house, he would meet many collateral relatives every New Year and other festivals. They said flattering words but their eyes revealed jealousy and unwillingness. Xie Duo was trapped in the gossip with tiny thorns and couldn't move at all.
But at this moment, whether it was Xie Wenxuan's loud shouting or Zhou Minghui's sharp tongue, they were like waves hitting the beach. They wet the ankles, but did not make people feel disgusted. Instead, they made people look forward to the next bigger wave of waves.
Xie Duo looked at Shen Antu who was busy at the dinner table, and his heart was filled with joy.
Shen Antu caught Xie Duo's gaze, glanced at the four people who were still entangled at the card table, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork tenderloin and put it to Xie Duo's mouth, then suddenly withdrew the chopsticks when Xie Duo lowered his head and leaned over, and quickly kissed him on the face, and put the piece of pork tenderloin into his own mouth.
"Yeah, delicious." Shen Antu smiled at Xie Duo with evil intentions.
Xie Duo's heart was beating very fast. He grabbed Shen Antu's neck and pulled him into his arms, while lowering his head to kiss his lips. His movements were so skillful as if he had done it tens of thousands of times.
Because there were other people nearby, the kiss was very short, and Xie Duo got to taste the sweet and sour pork as he wished, which was indeed delicious.
Dinner officially began, six people sat around a table, talking and laughing, the atmosphere was warm.
Zhou Minghui specially brought his own collection of red wine. This time, no one had any scruples and drank quite a bit. Xie Wenxuan began to tell his love story again. Zhou Minghui's attention was on Chen Xu, coaxing him to drink quite a bit. No one dared to urge Shen Antu and Xie Duo to drink. The two of them leaned against each other and whispered sweetly. Although everyone was sitting together, it seemed as if there was a barrier around them and others could not get in at all.
Only Ji Yuan was unusually silent.
Xie Wenxuan was already quite drunk. He patted Ji Yuan on the shoulder, thinking he understood his worries very well: "Brother, it's okay, ignore these two gay couples. I'm also single, I'll accompany you. Don't be so unhappy, drink! A little drunkenness can relieve all worries!"
Ji Yuan glanced at Shen Antu, then at Xie Duo, then lowered his head and took a sip of wine.
The meal lasted until after nine o'clock, and everyone moved the battlefield to the living room, where they played poker while eating melon seeds, and the loser had to continue drinking.
Tonight, Cheng Zui will have a New Year's Eve concert at Pineapple TV. Xie Wenxuan has to watch the cards and the show at the same time, and his eyes are almost too busy. Chen Xu is already very drunk, and the specific manifestation is that he and Xie Wenxuan are fighting for the landlord when playing cards. Although Zhou Minghui holds the cards in his hand, he only has eyes for Chen Xu, and there is a sly smile on the corner of his mouth. I don't know what he is thinking. Ji Yuan is the only one who plays cards seriously, so he drinks the least after a few rounds.
Shen Antu and Xie Duo were responsible for putting the dishes into the kitchen. While the dishwasher was washing the dishes, the two of them hid in a dark corner of the living room and kissed passionately. When they separated, more than half an hour had passed.