The two went to eat dinner together.
This was a hotel famous for Sichuan cuisine. The dishes were both numbing and spicy. For people who love it, it’s thrillingly enjoyable, but for people who don’t eat spicy food, it’s estimated that they wouldn’t be able to swallow a single dish.
Yan Yifan asked: “Don’t you not eat spicy food?”
Bai Jiangnan: “Sometimes I eat a little.”
Yan Yifan: “How about we go to another place? You won’t feel comfortable eating later.”
Bai Jiangnan: “It’s fine.”
The two entered a private room. Bai Jiangnan first called for a dozen beers, then asked: “Do you want to drink baijiu [white liquor]?”
Yan Yifan: “Why drink so much?”
Bai Jiangnan: “Getting drunk dissolves a thousand worries! Once you’ve had a drunk, pretend it was just a dream, and forget all the things from before!”
Yan Yifan [was] silent: What does he mean?
Bai Jiangnan: [He] isn’t speaking, does that mean he doesn’t want to forget? Damn!
Yan Yifan secretly glanced at Bai Jiangnan. Not understanding what he meant, he took the menu to order and asked: “Do you eat chopped chili fish head?”
Bai Jiangnan: “Eat.”
Yan Yifan: “Really eat? Then mapo tofu?”
Bai Jiangnan: “Eat.”
Yan Yifan: “Mao Xue Wang [spicy blood curd stew]?”
Bai Jiangnan: “Eat.”
Yan Yifan: “These are all authentic Sichuan dishes. Don’t go getting spicy-crying later?”
Bai Jiangnan: After getting you drunk, are you going to cry too?
The two had different thoughts. After ordering, they just sat there playing with their phones.
Yan Yifan looked at the input page of Weibo. After thinking for a long time, he typed and deleted a few sentences repeatedly. Damn it, he didn’t struggle this much even when writing college entrance exam essays or graduation theses! His brows were knitted together, looking like he had encountered a monumental difficulty.
Bai Jiangnan saw him like this and felt even more unhappy inside. What is he doing? Sending a message to Shen Leilei? She’s already like this, and he still wants to reconcile? Bai Jiangnan was so angry he squeezed a soda can flat in one go.
Yan Yifan struggled for a while, and after finally editing it, he didn’t dare to send it, afraid of causing more trouble. But, as a man, one has to face these things eventually. Yan Yifan steeled his heart and clicked send.
Bai Jiangnan finally couldn’t help but cough. Yan Yifan looked up at him.
Before the two could say anything, the door opened, and the waiter began serving dishes. Bai Jiangnan turned his head away.
Yan Yifan: Why is he also acting so weird?
But Yan Yifan didn’t have that much time to care about Bai Jiangnan right now. He kept refreshing Weibo to see what the comments below looked like. For a moment, his heart was pounding, and he didn’t have the slightest inclination to pay attention to other things.
Therefore, naturally, he couldn’t see Bai Jiangnan’s complexion getting darker and darker, or the way he was gripping his chopsticks in a fit of rage.
Bai Jiangnan: “Ahem, time to eat!”
Yan Yifan was startled, lifted his head from the screen, said “Oh,” glanced at the table, and said: “Let’s eat!” He picked up a piece of beef and stuffed it into his mouth, just wanting to lower his head again.
A hand reached over from the side and picked up his phone.
Yan Yifan: “What are you doing? Give it back!” Yan Yifan was a bit guilty. If Bai Jiangnan saw him writing nonsensical, plot-twisting, overbearing-CEO-style romance novels, Yan Yifan would probably want to bash his head into the wall and die.
So Yan Yifan appeared even guiltier, even getting out of his seat to snatch the phone from Bai Jiangnan’s hand.
Naturally, Bai Jiangnan saw this nervous appearance of his in his eyes, and also assumed that he wanted to see Shen Leilei’s reply immediately. He was so angry that his hand grabbing the phone tightened even more.
Bai Jiangnan: “Enough! Whatever the matter is, wait until we finish eating!” He picked up a can of beer and put it in front of Yan Yifan: “Eat today, don’t think about anything. When you get up tomorrow, you’ll have forgotten everything. People always have to look forward. Even rabbits don’t eat the grass near their own burrows!”
Yan Yifan looked pitifully at the phone in Bai Jiangnan’s hand, “I won’t look, just give my phone back, okay?”
Bai Jiangnan’s expression was cold, putting the phone on the very top of the cabinet-style air conditioner, saying: “I won’t look at yours either, no need to be so nervous.”
Yan Yifan breathed a sigh of relief. This was when he recalled what he had just said—wait, what was that about rabbits not eating the grass near their burrows?
Bai Jiangnan sat back, clinked his beer with him, and said: “Drink!”
He looked a bit unhappy, drinking somewhat hurriedly, his brows lightly furrowed. He probably had something on his mind, which is why he was acting so weird tonight. Yan Yifan thought, Forget it, I’ll risk my life to accompany a gentleman. So he didn’t ask anything either, picked up the beer, and took a big gulp, “Refreshing!”
The two drank while eating. After finishing three cans, Bai Jiangnan saw that his color was as usual, knowing that his tolerance must be very high. It seems that to get him drunk, he would need baijiu. Bai Jiangnan opened the baijiu, poured it for the two of them, and said: “If you’re a friend, then drink it all!”
Yan Yifan: He looks unhappy. Tsk, forget it, drink is drink!
The two, confused, both wanted to make the other person happy, so they drank this muddled meal of wine.
Baijiu has a high alcohol content, after all. After drinking for a while, Yan Yifan started talking a lot. He placed his glass on the table with a ding and complained: “You tell me, why am I so useless? Why can’t I finish a single thing?”
Bai Jiangnan: “No, it’s her who’s bad and doesn’t know how to appreciate you! Look at things from a broader perspective!”
Yan Yifan: “I want to too! But I’ve been like this from before; not a single thing has been done smoothly! Grass grass grass grass grass grass grass! I really want to curse!”
Bai Jiangnan put his arm around his shoulder and said: “Don’t be like this, it’s not your fault, don’t blame yourself!”
Yan Yifan was also a bit too drunk: “Don’t let me fool you, I’m a failure! Really! Hiccup! Even my brother thinks I’m useless! He says I can’t bring back a decent girlfriend, that I’ve written for seven years and haven’t earned a single penny until now, that I can’t do anything, and that I’m trained like a rabbit by Old An! Even my phone goes against me; it shattered when it fell to the ground! Bai Jiangnan, tell me, am I a failure? Huh? Am I a failure?!”
Bai Jiangnan: “What’s failing about that? Don’t I also have zero girlfriends? Every time my parents call, they urge me. Hehe, I don’t want to either!” He only focused on what Yan Yifan said about not bringing back a decent girlfriend. ==
Yan Yifan touched Bai Jiangnan’s biceps and said: “Your muscle feels great, you must be well-liked by others.”
Bai Jiangnan: “If you like it, I’ll bring you along to exercise in the future!”
“What a good buddy!” Yan Yifan slapped Bai Jiangnan on the shoulder. He looked at Yan Yifan, and suddenly became unhappy again: “Hey, if only I were as bold as Lu Liming! That guy has already dated three boyfriends! Hiccup!
Bai Jiangnan: “I haven’t dated even one!” Bai Jiangnan tilted his head. Is something wrong somewhere?
The two were so dizzy that they didn’t notice that they accidentally exposed their own affairs with their big mouths. Likewise, they didn’t notice a very important piece of information that the other party exposed.
The two drank very happily and told each other many inner thoughts.
Bai Jiangnan put his arm on Yan Yifan’s shoulder and asked: “Are you still feeling depressed?”
Yan Yifan nodded: “Drinking a meal really feels much better!”
Bai Jiangnan: “So, next time you encounter something like this, come out for a drink with me. There is nothing that cannot be solved. Sulking alone is what makes it easy to burst yourself!”
Yan Yifan patted Bai Jiangnan’s shoulder: “Thank you, good brother!”
Bai Jiangnan: “I already said we’re brothers! Why be polite?”
The two drank until the table of dishes wasn’t eaten much at the end. When checking out, the two walked a bit unsteadily, so they draped their arms over each other’s shoulders.
The cashier was a glamorous type of girl. She looked at their bill and said: “A total of 1098, card or cash?”
Yan Yifan walked over, took a look, and said: “Card.” He pulled a card from his wallet and handed it to the cashier. That person looked at Yan Yifan, and her cheeks suddenly turned red. When she took the card, her hand gently scratched Yan Yifan’s palm.
Yan Yifan’s brow twitched as he looked at the cashier.
The cashier had watery eyes and lightly bit her lip. She handed the PIN machine to Yan Yifan and said: “Please enter the password here.”
Yan Yifan entered the password. The cashier bent down, picked up a pen from the ground, and smiled at Yan Yifan.
After waiting for a while, the cashier returned the card to Yan Yifan. Yan Yifan touched the card and looked at the cashier. The cashier also looked at her with an indescribably ambiguous appearance.
Yan Yifan: … A romantic encounter just from eating a meal? Yan Yifan lowered his eyes to avoid her ambiguous gaze.
Bai Jiangnan was standing right next to him, so naturally, he saw everything. He grabbed Yan Yifan over, and asked as they walked: “What did she give you?”
Yan Yifan showed his palm. It was surprisingly a piece of paper. Bai Jiangnan picked it up and unfolded it; it was a phone number and a vivid, ambiguous lip print.
Bai Jiangnan: …
Yan Yifan: “Hey, didn’t expect that I’d be so popular~”
Bai Jiangnan: Really asking for a beating! Thinking this, Bai Jiangnan did just that. His hand pinched Yan Yifan’s face and gently massaged it.
Yan Yifan tilted his head in dissatisfaction: “What are you doing?”
Bai Jiangnan: “Your face is quite soft.” He laughed hehe, looking very satisfied.
Yan Yifan went to slap his hand away in dissatisfaction, but Bai Jiangnan laughed hehe and let go.
The two drunken big men who were about to fall asleep immediately had drunken smiles on their faces and exuded the smell of alcohol. They twisted together, occasionally playing and fighting. Passersby almost all cleared a path for them, but not a single person felt it was strange, disgusting, or took out a phone to take pictures of something novel.
Yan Yifan looked up and revealed a silly smile at Bai Jiangnan. Emma, Bai Jiangnan is, really fucking handsome!
Blowing in the wind, Bai Jiangnan, who was slightly more sober, slightly hooked his lips. His eyes narrowed slightly, and flashes of drunkenness appeared. Wine is a thing that sometimes really makes one filled with a sense of happiness.