Near the end of the year, the exams of Wenhua No. 1 Middle School were bombarded by turns. An English quiz made most of the class sluggish. Jin Jing, the representative of the English class, walked in with the whole class's papers, knocked on the podium and said, "Wake up. Wake up and don't sleep, it's time to send out the paperwork, Mr. Bi said that the paperwork this time is sloppy, and it will definitely explode in class later."
The students lamented Bi Aoxue's speed in changing exams. One boy shouted to Jin Jing, "Class representative, why do I feel like you are quite happy? Could it be that you got high marks in the exam?"
Jin Jing laughed and scolded the boy for a few words, and Bi Chengfei suddenly came up to the podium, raised his hand and said loudly, "Isn't this a big happy event? Big news! This Sunday night, the grand private room 225, the birthday party of the beautiful Jin Jing, everyone I'm coming! I'm going too!"
The class started cheering and booing. Jin Jing hit Bi Chengfei on the head with the paper and scolded, "Who said I was going to invite you!"
Tao Xi knew about this, and just before Jin Jing gave him a homemade invitation, he looked at Lin Qinhe who was beside him, and asked, "Will you go?"
Lin Qinhe confiscated the invitation with the heart painted on it and said, "I'm going to my grandpa's house on Sunday night." Even if he doesn't go to his hometown for a family dinner, he usually doesn't go.
"Are you going?" Lin Qinhe asked Tao Xi.
Tao Xi hesitated for a while and said, "I should go."
When Jin Jing gave him the invitation, he also apologized to him for what happened to Jiang Xinyun a long time ago, but Tao Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with Jin Jing, and Jin Jing spoke for him at that time.
"Then I'll pick you up when I'm done." Lin Qinhe said.
Tao Xi's eyes lit up and nodded, "Okay! I'll wait for you!"
On Sunday night, according to the address given by Jin Jing, Tao Xi took the bus twice before arriving at the splendid clubhouse, which had a high level of consumption at first sight. The faint sound of ghost crying and wolf howling made him a little uncomfortable.
Only then did Tao Xi know that this was a big KTV. He had never been there, and he didn't like singing very much. He was thinking about finding a reason to leave early, but he met an unexpected person on the way.
"Tao Xi?" Guan Fanyun was wearing a low-cut skirt full of gold sequins, with heavy makeup on her face, a slender lady's cigarette in her hand, and asked with a smile, "Come to our party?"
Tao Xi didn't expect that this woman could recognize him just because of the one-sided relationship of the art exhibition. He vaguely remembered that Guan Fanyun had sent a party invitation in the WeChat group of the Qinghua Painting Association a few days ago.
"No, I have a classmate's birthday party here," he said.
Guan Fanyun smiled and said: "I wish you a good time, our party is in the 334 private room." She took a breath of cigarette, leaned closer and said, "I have many friends who have studied abroad, and some of them are here today. Here, maybe you can get to know them later."
Tao Xi slightly turned his head to avoid the smoke from Guan Fanyun, the sweet smell made him frown.
He felt that Guan Fanyun's sudden enthusiasm was a little inexplicable, and said in a distant tone: "Thank you, but the birthday party of my classmates is about to start, I have to go first."
Guan Fanyun smiled and said, "It's okay, if you think the birthday party is boring, you can come and play with us."
After Tao Xi said goodbye to Guan Fanyun, he went to the bathroom to wash his face, made sure there was no smoke smell on his body, and walked to the private room on the soft carpet.
He remembered Guan Fanyun, who was next to Yang Zhengming at the painting exhibition last time. He was wearing a long white dress with light makeup, which was different from today. He also thought of Fang Sui's painting, Fang Sui was also wearing a white dress.
He pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled, pushed open the door of private room 225, and Bi Chengfei was holding Limai and sang "Say I Love You" to Jin Jing in the center of the sofa.
Seeing Tao Xi coming in, Bi Chengfei stopped singing and shouted, "Brother Xi!"
The private room was very spacious. Tao Xi found that most of the classmates had come, and even Huang Qing had come. He saw that Jin Jing seemed to be a little disappointed after he entered the door, but he quickly got up and greeted him. He said sincerely, "Tao Xi, thank you for coming, have a good time tonight."
Tao Xi handed the gift in his hand to Jin Jing, and said "Happy Birthday" with a smile.
He greeted the other classmates and found a vacant seat in the corner of the sofa. Next to him was Huang Qing who was checking questions on his mobile phone. Seeing him sitting down, he asked, "Didn't Lin Qinhe come with you?"
Tao Xi was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said, "He has something to do at night."
Huang Qing seemed relieved and continued to brush the questions.
The table is full of beer and drinks, and the walls of the soft bag are flashing with five-color light spots. I don't know who ordered a brainwashing song. Some people in the class who are usually active are now madly rushing to grab the microphone and sing. Immediately, the group of demons danced in a dazzling manner, and the eardrums were shattered.
Tao Xi clicked on WeChat in the corner, and found the party invitation letter sent by Guan Fanyun in the WeChat group of the Qinghua Art Association, and found that the address above was not here.
He thought for a while, clicked on Ding Yanan's WeChat, and asked her about the party.
Ding Yanan quickly replied with a message: "The association's regular gatherings are organized by the president. Vice-President Guan has a few good friends in the association and often organizes private parties, but we usually don't attend."
Tao Xi noticed the hidden meaning in Ding Yanan's words, he thought about it, and told her about his encounter with Guan Fanyun in the grand palace.
Ding Yanan replied, "You'd better not go there. How should I put it, the Qinghua Association is actually a little mixed up. You are still a high school student, so you don't need to make those friends."
Tao Xi replied with a few words of thanks, and looked at the chat log thoughtfully.
Halfway through, he got up and went to the bathroom. When he came out of the bathroom, he saw two familiar figures walking by the corner of the corridor, and heard a female voice say, "Ancestor, I don't have much money to lend you."
Tao Xi quickly returned to the bathroom, washed his hands again, dried the water on his hands with a tissue and walked out.
The carpet in the corridor was very thick and soft, and there was no sound when walking on it. Tao Xi walked along the corridor where the two of them walked, and after turning a corner, he found that there was only a security door at the end of the corridor, and the door should be a security passage.
He took a deep breath and walked gently to the security door, the door was half-closed, and there were faint voices inside.
Guan Fanyun had finished the cigarette just now, she changed the same one again, exhaled a sigh of smoke, walked back and forth a few steps, and sighed at the boy in front of her:
"Ancestor, I changed the meeting address here specifically for you, and I also invited that kid, so what do you want me to do?"
There was only a dim white light in the safe passage, Yang Duole raised his head, his eyes were dim in the light and shadow, he said:
"Didn't I tell you? Please help me teach him a lesson." He said very politely, and his expression also meant asking for help. He smiled and continued, "After all, aren't you the best at this kind of thing?"
Guan Fanyun was biting his cigarette and staring at this Yang Zhengming's son, his face was ugly for a moment.
Her past history is indeed not very glorious. Although her father Guan Shuwen is a famous calligrapher in the literary and art circles, she is just an illegitimate daughter who has no artistic influence at all before the age of sixteen.
"What is the conflict between you and that kid? As for letting me help you teach him?" Guan Fanyun breathed out a cigarette, feeling a little irritable, not really wanting to get involved with these high school students.
Yang Duole's face darkened and said, "It's none of your business."
"Does your dad know you're like this? He always said you were a good child." Guan Fanyun chuckled lightly. If she can successfully marry Yang Zhengming, Yang Duole may have to call her mom in the future. I think it's kind of funny.
Yang Duole looked up at Guan Fanyun, smiled, and said, "You definitely won't let him know."
"Okay, fortunately you said that the child has no background, otherwise I would be really afraid of trouble."
Guan Fanyun extinguished the cigarette in his hand on the white wall.
When Tao Xi returned to the private room, Maiba Bi Chengfei had already changed a song. He was singing "Love Even If You Die" to Jin Jing, and Jin Jing rolled her eyes because of her broken throat.
He returned to his seat and sat down, and saw that Huang Qing was still looking down at the question.
After sitting for a long time, the private room door was opened again.
"Yakult! Why are you here so late!" Li Xiaoyuan was singing while holding the microphone, and when he saw Yang Duole coming in, he directly said to Yang Duole with the microphone.
Tao Xi looked up and saw Yang Duole holding a box of delicately packaged gifts in his hands.
"The road has been stuck in traffic for too long. I just got out of the car and ran up, still panting."
Yang Duole said to Li Xiaoyuan with a smile. After he gave the gift to Jin Jing, he glanced at the sofa in the private room and walked towards the vacant seat in the farthest corner.
Tao Xi saw Yang Duole approaching and asked him with a smile, "Tao Xi, can I sit next to you?"
The look and tone are even somewhat close.
Tao Xi gave a nod to the side, nodded and said, "Of course you can."
Yang Duole said "thank you" and sat down. There was a sweet smell of smoke on his body that had not yet dissipated. He looked at Li Xiaoyuan and the others singing, smiled and applauded, and seemed very happy.
Tao Xi saw an unopened pack of cigarettes under the coffee table. Maybe the last wave of guests fell here and didn't take them away. He took out the pack of cigarettes, opened it, took out one, and handed it to Yang Duole. In front of him, he raised his eyes and asked him:
"Do you smoke?"
Yang Duole frowned, looking a little weird, shook his head and said, "I never smoke."
Tao Xi smiled, put the cigarette back in the cigarette case, and said, "I don't smoke either."
He threw the cigarette case back under the coffee table, leaned back on the soft sofa, and watched Li Xiaoyuan invite Yang Duole to sing.