The evening dinner was chosen at a hot pot restaurant with a well-known reputation outside the school. The capital in the north is still cold and cold. There is still some time before the warm spring. The hot and spicy hot pot is undoubtedly the best choice for friends to have dinner together during this season. If you drink one or two glasses of white wine, you will feel warm all over when you go out.

The business in the store is very popular, and the customers are basically students from nearby universities. You can feel the hustle and bustle of youth when you come and go. Fortunately, Qian Xiaodong booked a seat in advance, otherwise he would not even have a seat if he came late.

Chen An was the last person to arrive. When he came, Meng Fanfei and Jiang Zhili both lowered their heads and played with their phones. It seemed that they didn't want to pay attention to each other, and Qian Xiaodong kept talking and trying to liven up the atmosphere.

"Chen Ping! You are finally here! You are punishing yourself for three cups when you are late!"

After seeing Chen An, Qian Xiaodong quickly stood up with a smile and pointed at the alcoholic beverage placed on the table.

"Blank or beer? You can choose it yourself!"

“I don’t like drinking.”

Chen An sat in the empty seat next to Jiang Zhili and hung his backpack on the chair.

"Don't let it go so badly. I won't say three cups, one cup is OK, right?"

As he said that, Qian Xiaodong opened a bottle of white wine on the table, poured a small cup and pushed it in front of Chen An.

“…”

Chen An shook his head helplessly, took the cup and drank it all.

"Okay!" Seeing Chen An finish drinking in one breath, Qian Xiaodong immediately applauded and shouted at the two guys who were playing cold war on the table. "Look, Chen Ping has drunk, are you embarrassed to drink? Come on! Let's go together!"

Unable to refuse, Qian Xiaodong placed the filled wine glasses heavily in front of them, and he looked like he was preparing to toast. Seeing that the two of them were still hesitating, he immediately lowered his face and said.

"I'm telling you two, what's wrong with you? Do you refuse to give me this little face?"

"Come on! Drink!"

Jiang Zhili put down his cell phone, took the wine glass and stood up, looking at Meng Fanfei opposite him intentionally or unintentionally.

"Just drink it."

Seeing this, Meng Fanfei hummed lightly and toasted to the two without saying a word.

"Haha, that's right. Come on, eat vegetables and meat. Order whatever you want and put whatever you want! Today I treat you! Just let go of your stomach and eat it!"

Qian Xiaodong smiled again and called them to start eating.

At the dinner table, Chen An was silently squeezing meat and vegetables. However, Qian Xiaodong kept urging them to drink after taking a few bites, especially Meng Fanfei and Jiang Zhili. In less than an hour, the two bottles of white wine and six bottles of beer on the table were cleaned.

As the saying goes, wine is a catalyst for emotions. Many things that you keep in your heart are revealed by the influence of alcohol, and often you can't stop talking as soon as you open it.

"Fan Fei, at noon, my tone may be that I didn't feel good. I don't know which nerve it hurts. I apologize to you for this."

After three rounds of drinking, Jiang Zhili looked slightly drunk and said to Meng Fanfei with a blurred look.

"I should say that I am the one who apologizes. I have an emotional problem, and I vented my impulse on you." Meng Fanfei shook his head unconsciously and smiled bitterly.

"With the wine tonight, we brothers will start talking. Fanfei, what's going on? I'll make you so virtuous for a woman!" Jiang Zhili took the wine and poured it on the other party first.

"I don't know what's going on with me. Since I fell in love with Chen Lingyun, my mind is full of her figure. Whether I eat or sleep, I will think about what she is doing now. Every day I can't see her reply on my phone, I become restless and restless. I like her, I really like her..." Meng Fanfei picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one mouthful, and started to cry. "But why doesn't she like me? What did I do to make her dissatisfied? Why did she reject me... I can clearly make her the happiest woman in the world..."

"Fan Fei, don't you know that it's impossible to deal with your relationship?" Jiang Zhili sighed lightly and pulled a tissue for him.

"I know! Of course I know!" Meng Fanfei blew his nose hard with a tissue. "But I just like her. What can I do? This is the first time I like a girl so much. Without her, I feel that the whole world is dark."

"Okay! That's right! Having said that, I didn't object to you before, did Haiyan and I even tried hard to match you up, but you also saw that no matter how much you like her, she doesn't like you, and even clearly rejected you several times..." Jiang Zhili poured himself a drink. "Although you can continue to like her, it won't affect other people's normal life?! In this way, all the good impressions you have established before her have been played, and she won't like you anymore."

"What can I do? Do you think I can do it?" Meng Fanfei said more and more sadly. "I have used all the methods I can use. In order to pursue her, I look for ways to please girls on the Internet every day, but in the end she becomes increasingly alienated from me."

"There is no grass everywhere in the world, why do you hang yourself on a tree? Besides, the relationship is two-way. One-way words are just wishful thinking. If it is more serious, it is called lingering. If it is more serious, it is no longer love. As a result, it is harmful to you and others. So, why not let go. Only in this way can you free yourself." Jiang Zhili persuaded earnestly. "Otherwise, if you continue like this, you will not even be the least friends."

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"I'll let you see a joke."

Outside the hot pot restaurant, Qian Xiaodong lit a cigarette for himself while blocking the wind. He looked through the glass window at Meng Fanfei and Jiang Zhili who were communicating with feelings inside, and then turned to Chen Andao who was following him for breath.

"No, in fact, you are just doing your duty as a friend."

Chen Ping carried his bag, put his hands in his pocket of his shirt, and looked at the endless vehicle lane in the street ahead.

"After all, we have more than three years of life together. If the relationship is in a turmoil, it will be a torment and torture for each other." Qian Xiaodong took a deep breath of cigarettes, as if he felt the topic was a bit heavy, so he joked. "Isn't there anything circulating on the Internet now that I thanked my college roommate for not killing me? I did this just for everyone's life."

"The matter is not as serious as you said." Chen An said calmly.

"Oh, you guy, you really can't even hear jokes, it's boring." Qian Xiaodong shook his head. He looked at the phone time. He might think it was too early and he didn't have much intention to go back to school. So he simply asked Chen An. "What's wrong with you later?"

"I borrowed a few books from the library in the afternoon and planned to read them out in the evening." Chen Anduo.

"You can keep the book tomorrow to continue reading. Let's go out together to relax!" Qian Xiaodong said.

"What are you going to play?" Chen Andu said.

"What else can I do? Of course it's a bar!" Qian Xiaodong smiled. "Even if you don't drink, it's good to go and listen to the singing."

"Sorry, I'm not interested in the bar." Chen An shook his head.

"Hey hey, don't do this! Chen Ping, you are not sociable again, right?" Qian Xiaodong continued to persuade. "It won't take much time anyway. Meng Fanfei and Jiang Zhili also need to vent their emotions well, and the bar is a good occasion."

"This is only once, no one will be used as an example." Chen An said in silence for a while.

"No problem!" Qian Xiaodong smiled and patted his shoulder. "And what you said made me seem to be begging you."

“…”

Chen An did not respond. In his opinion, when you decide to impose your wishes on others, you will inevitably have to pay a certain price.

"You are waiting here, I'll go and settle the account and ask the two goods to come out."

As he said that, Qian Xiaodong put out the cigarette butts, threw it at the trash can not far from the door, and turned back to the hot pot restaurant.

When Meng Fanfei and Jiang Zhili heard that they were going to the bar, the cold wind blew after going out, and most of the wine was awake. They couldn't hide their excitement and talked and laughed. They could not see the cold war before. Chen An, who had never drunk alcohol with them, knew for the first time that they had a good alcohol tolerance.

There is a bar street in the capital, each with its own style and targeted consumer groups. Last year, Qian Xiaodong and the others visited the girls several times, as if they had a special show for popular idols. Of course, Chen An, who was not invited, was naturally not sure.

After taking a taxi, the four of them set off in a storm. Qian Xiaodong did not book a table and planned to see which bar was more attractive to the event before making a decision.

The bar is a place collectively referred to as Qingba, Diba (Distan) and Slow Shake Bar. However, many people misunderstand that the bar is a kind of red and green wine filled with various vulgar and chaotic occasions. In fact, it is nothing more than a generalization. If you don’t like the noisy environment and want to drink in the crowd to relieve your boredom, a pure bar filled with melodious jazz music is a good choice.

Qian Xiaodong didn't choose to clear the house. After a walk around, the four of them came to a lively bar where consumption is moderate and generally young people are the main ones. The shadow of students can be seen at the booths around them. There was a well-known band performing on the stage. The music sounded rock and lyrical, and the rhythmic drive the atmosphere in the bar.

After calling two dozen beer, Qian Xiaodong and the others began to play games and drink each other. From time to time, they would sway their bodies with music and shout and cheer with the crowd. Perhaps in order to avoid stimulating Meng Fanfei's relationship, Qian Xiaodong and Jiang Zhili both gave up the idea of ​​calling "family". Besides, the weather and time period may not necessarily lead to a long distance.

Chen An did not drink alcohol. He always held a respectful attitude towards alcoholic beverages, because alcohol would greatly affect his brain's thinking, judgment and reaction ability. If it weren't for the idea that he could relieve alcohol, he wouldn't even get drunk before, and he could just say that alcohol allergies could pass by perfunctory.

In fact, his role tonight is just a foil. Shortly after Meng Fanfei and Jiang Zhili had a conflict, who knew whether Qian Xiaodong had an idea after seeing him and had an idea of ​​having a dinner, intending to use this to repair their relationship.

After four years of college, everyone's personality defects will be gradually exposed, and their classmates' friendship will change with time. Today they can quarrel and make peace, and they may continue to part ways tomorrow. Not everyone is like Qian Xiaodong, and there will always be people who cannot bear to choose to break up first.

Chen An, who was in the bar, was like an out of place. He was holding a glass of beer that he had never finished drinking, and his eyes were quietly observing the emotional performance of the people around him. His ears were not affected by music at all, and he felt like everyone was drunk and I was awake.

In the past, he would occasionally drink with Xiao Bao in the bar, and he also tried to feel drunk, so he understood very well that people who drink in the bar and those who don’t drink seem to be two kinds of people, but in fact they are both a group of people who are afraid of loneliness.

It is inevitable that people will be lonely, but why can’t Chen An? It’s just that everyone expresses loneliness in different ways. Just like people who drink and don’t drink.

The behavior of causing trouble after drinking is quite common, especially bars. After all, no one can stop such things from happening when drinking openly, so bars often attach great importance to security issues. If any serious case of injury and injury occurs, it will be considered light for rectification. The benefits lost during the closing period will be enough to make the merchant cry.

Whether in front of the door or in the inconspicuous corner of the bar, Chen An saw a strong man about 1.9 meters tall, wearing a camouflage explosion-proof suit, and a baton hanging around his waist to provide security. Once a fight occurs, he can effectively control the scene as soon as possible and reduce the impact of other guests.

Chen An and Qian Xiaodong are not people who can easily drink and cause trouble, and there are no beautiful girls around them who can easily cause conflicts between men. If Shen Lingyun appears here and is harassed by other men, it will definitely be another matter, because Meng Fanfei will be the first to jump out. With the personality he shows now, he will not be able to fight.

In the early morning, Qian Xiaodong and the others were finally ready to leave. After leaving the bar gate, several people hooked up and walked staggeringly. Someone said he wanted to vomit, but the three of them rushed to the alley not far away, leaving Chen An waiting outside.

While bored, Chen An looked around casually. A silver-gray sports car happened to slowly drive nearby, which instantly attracted the attention of many people.

"Oh, I don't know which young master is coming out to pick up girls again."

At this time, Qian Xiaodong's drunken voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

It turned out that Qian Xiaodong, who had returned from vomiting, also noticed the sports car and the young man who had just walked out of the sports car.

At first, Chen An didn't take it to heart, until he caught a glimpse of another person walking out of the sports car in the corner of his eyes, his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.

I didn't expect him to appear here!

Yes, Chen An saw another person walking down the sports car, which was the mysterious young man who fought fiercely with Hou Wenjun that day.
Chapter completed!