The next day was Shi Song’s birthday.
He chose to celebrate his birthday in a private room of a universe-themed restaurant. It was very close to the company, so he could come over right after getting off work in the evening.
Hearing that Shi Song was going to celebrate his birthday, Jiang Feng shamelessly insisted on coming along to scrounge a meal, so Shi Song entered the private room together with him.
This private room had a moon theme. The lights were turned down relatively dim, and the surrounding walls were all built into a gray, angular state. Even the main door carried a full sense of technology.
It was very popular among young people.
“Shi Song, you really know how to find places. I didn’t even know such a place was hidden here until now.”
Just after entering the room, his college classmate who had arrived earlier hurriedly greeted them: “Who is this handsome guy next to you?”
“My childhood friend, Jiang Feng.”
Shi Song introduced him to them with a bit of helplessness: “I didn’t intend to invite him originally, but he insisted on following me here himself.”
“What are you saying?”
Jiang Feng immediately became displeased. Familiarly, he greeted his college classmate: “Don’t listen to his nonsense. The relationship between the two of us is rock solid. This time he begged me to come to give him face.”
Shi Song’s college classmate could not help but burst out laughing with a puchi.
“Your friend is really interesting.”
“Get lost, get lost, get lost.”
Shi Song laughed and pushed Jiang Feng away.
In a trance, Shi Song felt as if he had returned to the time of high school. He and Jiang Feng also used to damage each other and fool around like this.
For a moment, the private room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
“Hey Shi Song, why hasn’t Lin Yiming arrived yet? This is really too mean of him.”
After another while, Shi Song’s college classmate could not help but speak up.
Shi Song smiled: “He should be arriving soon.”
Just as he was speaking, the door of the private room was suddenly opened.
Lin Yiming and Su Tang walked in side by side.
With an apologetic smile on his face, Su Tang spoke softly and gently, saying, “I’m sorry, I set off late, which dragged Brother Lin down and made him late as well.”
“Happy birthday.”
“Lin Yiming, this person next to you…”
As soon as he heard that tone of his, Shi Song’s former roommate, Li Yan, instantly felt a bit uncomfortable.
They all knew the relationship between Shi Song and Lin Yiming. Jiang Feng, whom Shi Song had brought just now, had a very open and upright aura; at a glance, one could tell the two of them were good friends with a nice relationship.
But this Su Tang was different. He kept his eyes lowered and felt very introverted, and the tone of his speech always made people feel as if he had been bullied.
It was Shi Song’s birthday; what did Lin Yiming want by calling him to come?
Shi Song’s several friends looked at each other, and the atmosphere on the scene was a bit abnormal.
“This is my friend, Su Tang,” Lin Yiming vaguely felt something and said with some hesitation, “Xiao Song knows him. We have played together before.”
“Yes, I met him once before.”
Shi Song smiled very naturally: “Since you have come, you are a guest. Welcome.”
Only when Shi Song spoke up like this did the atmosphere of the scene return to normal again.
Su Tang felt that Shi Song’s attitude this time was surprisingly good.
This morning, when he heard Lin Yiming say that Shi Song took the initiative to invite him to the birthday party, Su Tang felt that something was a bit wrong. However, since he was the one who had said before that he wanted to apologize to Shi Song, he could not not come.
Su Tang’s calculation in his heart was ringing loudly.
He heard Zhou Jing say that Shi Song might really have an extraordinary relationship with Wei Huaiyan.
Therefore, Su Tang thought about it and felt that, at least on the surface, he had to get on good terms with Shi Song now.
The matter of him liking Brother Lin could not be exposed.
At the very least, he had to understand the opponent’s cards before talking.
It had already been so many years; he did not mind going step-by-step in a gradual manner.
Even if Shi Song was abnormal, what could he do? As long as he was careful today, could Shi Song still create something out of nothing?
Thinking like this, the smile on Su Tang’s face became increasingly sweet: “Yeah, yeah, I prepared a birthday gift for you.”
While speaking, he handed the bag in his hand to Shi Song.
No, why accept his things?
How can Shi Song still have such a silly, white, and sweet appearance?
Watching Shi Song stretch out his hand, Li Yan watched with anxiety in his heart.
“Ah.”
Shi Song took the bag, glanced at it casually, and said, “You shouldn’t have spent so much, thank you.”
Those sneakers were really not cheap, and they were even a limited edition. Even for a young master like Su Tang, it was not a small figure.
Shi Song raised his eyebrows slightly. In his heart, he had already planned to put them up on a second-hand trading platform to sell later.
To not take what was given for free would be a waste.
Seeing Shi Song accept the gift, Su Tang smiled very politely.
“It’s fine as long as you like it.”
Jiang Feng, who was next to them, finally could not bear it anymore. He raised his chin toward Lin Yiming: “Xiao Song, who is this?”
He frowned with an appearance of a young master’s slacker posture, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Shi Song turned his head to look at Jiang Feng and said at random, “My boyfriend, Lin Yiming.”
Jiang Feng froze for a moment, his eyes flickering slightly.
“You didn’t even tell me when you fell in love. That’s not mean enough.”
Shi Song laughed out loud: “Didn’t you also just return to the country? How could there be time to share everything with you?”
While speaking, he slowly sat down in his own position: “Since everyone has arrived, I will call the waiter to serve the dishes.”
Jiang Feng felt that something was a bit wrong with Shi Song’s tone.
These past two days, he had chatted with Shi Song quite a lot, so Shi Song had also talked a lot about the things after he went abroad. It could be said that the two of them had a relatively deep understanding of each other’s lives.
But he uniquely left out this boyfriend.
This was absolutely not Shi Song’s style of doing things.
Unless…
Jiang Feng narrowed his eyes Grid-wise, looked at Su Tang and Lin Yiming, and understood clearly in his heart.
Unless he planned to end this relationship.
Several people took their seats in order.
To Shi Song’s left sat Jiang Feng, and to his right sat Li Yan. Because Lin Yiming came late, it was only further to the right that he, Su Tang, and Shi Song’s other friends were seated.
Jiang Feng’s popularity was as high as always. At the beginning, it was still a bit unfamiliar, but before long, he mixed well with those several roommates next to Shi Song. They even added each other’s WeChat and said they would come out to play together in the future.
He truly deserved to be a famous social terrorist.
This meal was eaten very boisterously. The people present were all lively, and after a few rounds, the atmosphere quickly became warm.
They also ordered wine to drink. Except for Shi Song who could not drink, everyone else was a bit tipsy by the end.
After finishing the meal, a group of people arranged to play games again.
There were only so many kinds of games that could be played at a dinner table. They discussed it back and forth, and finally, they still planned on Truth or Dare.
“Draw cards in turn.”
Jiang Feng borrowed a deck of poker cards from the waiter to make do with: “Like this, the person who draws the number five, the Joker, or the Ace has to choose Truth or Dare once, no skipping!”
The one who was drawn in the opening round was Li Yan.
Jiang Feng was full of bad ideas. After getting familiar with Li Yan, he became increasingly reckless. He opened his mouth and made him go to the entrance of the restroom to mimic the tone of a milk tea shop and say “Welcome to visit us again” to people.
“Don’t dare? It’s still in time to change to Truth now.”
Jiang Feng deliberately provoked him.
Li Yan: “…”
He was a rough and careless person, and he stood up on the spot: “Who’s afraid of whom?”
“Let’s go, I’ll go together with you.”
Jiang Feng put his arm around Li Yan’s shoulder and went out with him.
After another few minutes, Jiang Feng returned with him while laughing loudly, and by the way, he also recorded a segment of video.
Li Yan also laughed while hammering him: “Damn, you are really sick. How did Shi Song get to know a talent like you before?”
Shi Song turned his eyes to look at Li Yan and said with a smile, “I know you guys are of the same foul odor.”
After several rounds, Lin Yiming was drawn.
Because Jiang Feng had many ghost ideas, the people present had already handed the right to formulate questions over to him.
After Lin Yiming said “Truth,” everyone cast their eyes toward Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng stroked his chin with his hand: “Let me think about it…”
He had a head of rebellious crew-cut hair, and a rogue smile hung on the corner of his lips. He looked just like he was brewing some bad idea.
“Got it!”
“If your most cared-about friend and your boyfriend fall into the river, whom do you rescue first?”
While speaking, he turned his head to look at Lin Yiming.
Lin Yiming did not even hesitate for a moment. He smiled and nudged Su Tang with his elbow: “How about you go learn how to swim now?”
Su Tang directly rolled his eyes: “Still rescuing people? Take care of yourself first before talking.”
“Not bad, being a boyfriend like this…” Jiang Feng raised his eyebrows slightly and paused with an unclear meaning, “…is still considered qualified.”
As a result, in the next round, the person who drew the card changed into Su Tang.
“Truth or Dare, choose one.”
Li Yan opened his mouth.
Seeing that this group of people played big, Su Tang was a bit afraid in his heart that they would make him do something excessive, so he also chose Truth.
“Oh, Truth.”
Jiang Feng looked toward Shi Song: “Xiao Song, you haven’t participated for a long time. Do you want to ask?”
Shi Song was originally lowering his head to chat with his brother on WeChat, asking him if he could take him along to hitch a ride home later. Hearing this, he slowly raised his head: “Ah, then let me think.”
“Think of a good one.”
Jiang Feng was smiling playfully.
Shi Song saw through at a single glance that Jiang Feng was just venting anger on his behalf just now.
Even a rough and careless person like Jiang Feng could tell something was wrong at a single glance, but Lin Yiming just treated Su Tang as a close buddy.
The scene in front of him made Shi Song want to laugh a bit.
He said very considerately, “It’s his first time coming, so let me ask a simpler one.”
Shi Song lowered his eyes, a gentle smile carrying on the corner of his lips. His beautiful facial features looked particularly exquisite under the light, and even his voice was soft.
“Do you have someone you like?”
This was indeed simple.
Su Tang’s suspended heart was placed down again. It was also not something that could not be answered. He nodded very cautiously.
“Yo, you already have someone you like? How come I didn’t know?”
Lin Yiming turned his head to look at Su Tang, his eyes opening wide in surprise.
Su Tang smiled forcedly and joked, “How could I possibly report everything to you?”
Because his mind had settled, his hand, which was clenched into a fist on his knee, slowly loosened.
Immediately afterward, he smoothly drew another card. After seeing the suit on it, his eyes suddenly opened wide: “This…”
It turned out to be a Joker.
“Hahaha, the luck today is not bad.”
“Still choosing Truth?”
Su Tang pursed his lips: “Okay.”
“Truth…”
Shi Song raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes curving up, and his voice contained playfulness: “Then say, what is the surname of the person you like.”
He said these words casually.
Su Tang, however, suddenly raised his eyes, and his heart leaped violently.