When he heard the words "connected household", the tall man in front of him stretched out his hand to touch his head and smiled sheepishly.
"This matter was arranged by my family. I only found out about it later. Fortunately, I stopped at the brink. I'm really sorry."
Chu Chen's eyes were not big, but they were full of sincerity. After glancing at Shen Huainan like a dragonfly, he stared straight at Jian Anran, who was a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, it's okay." Jian Anran responded twice, then squeezed the cup in her hand tightly.
Seeing that Jian Anran didn't take it to heart, Chu Chen seemed to be relieved. He threw his bag on the chair beside him and sat down unceremoniously, squinting at the menu on the wall.
"Still not leaving?" Shen Huainan asked quietly, "Aren't you going to play ball?"
"What else are you playing, brother?"
Chu Chen tilted Shen Huainan's face somewhat speechlessly, put his elbow on his shoulder, and turned his face to his ear as if to say something.
Shen Huainan's expression darkened at first, and then returned to his original expression, just staring at the bar in front of him in a daze.
"You two, are you so familiar with each other?" Ning Beibei's little gossip radar lit up again, looking at them curiously.
Although everyone is in the same department, they are not in the same class. It seems that Shen Huainan and Chu Chen have never been in the same class in the past four years.
Shen Huainan has always been a typical male version of "Flower on the Mountain", always ranked first in the department, often participating in various public welfare services, volunteering activities, and studying activities outside of class.
Chu Chen can be said to be the other extreme different from Shen Huainan. He has been hanging out in various nightclubs and bars for many years. It is said that his family is a first-class company in Luojiang. He has been a well-known dandy in the department since he first entered school.
But what is surprising is that this dandy's academic performance has always been good. Although he is not among the best, he is still in the middle and upper reaches of the department.
Ning Beibei once heard that it was his family who donated money to the department that enabled him to achieve such a high grade point, paving the way for him to go abroad in the future.
The department was also curious as to why such a young master didn't just send him abroad at the beginning, and why he still stayed in a school like Luo University to study.
"That's for sure," Chu Chen put down the cocktail in his hand and blurted out, "Shen Huainan is my cousin, are we familiar with each other..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Shen Huainan suddenly turning his head, with his back to them. Jian Anran could not see Shen Huainan's expression clearly.
Only the corners of Chu Chen's mouth suddenly froze on his face and he stopped talking.
"What?!" Ning Beibei almost spit out the wine in her mouth. The glass was suddenly placed on the table and some of it overflowed.
"You..." She pointed at Shen Huainan in great surprise, "Are you his cousin?"
Ning Beibei's fingertips slowly moved to the right, and finally landed on Chu Chen.
"Awesome, Shen Huainan," Ning Beibei was so excited that her cheeks turned red. Shen Huainan tightened her fingers on the wine glass, and her fingertips turned slightly white.
As if he was anxious to explain something, Shen Huainan heard Ning Beibei say again before Shen Huainan could say anything: "I have such a powerful relative!"
Chu Chen was just about to say something when he saw Shen Huainan turning around again. The big black man behind him suddenly looked like a deflated balloon. He sat in front of the bar with his back hunched over and drank silently without saying anything else.
The air froze for a moment, but Jian Anran spoke first: "It's getting late. We have something to do tomorrow, so we'll leave first."
"What's the matter..." Ning Beibei asked subconsciously.
Looking up and meeting Jian Anran's sharp eyes, she immediately frowned and added in a low voice: "Yes, yes, yes, I just remembered that something is indeed wrong."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jane Anran took her hand and planned to leave.
Ning Beibei glanced behind with unfinished thoughts, only to see Shen Huainan stand up with a "swish".
"I'll take you back."
She thought he was going to persuade her to stay, but she didn't expect that he was going to send them away. Ning Beibei was speechless for a moment.
"How to deliver? Take the bus with us?"
Not expecting Ning Beibei's straightforward answer, Shen Huainan was stunned for a moment before adding: "I drove the car..."
"Brother, you're drunk, what kind of car are you driving?" Chu Chen on the side patted his shoulder, shook his head and sighed.
"Then I'll call a driver now. He'll be there soon..."
Before Shen Huainan could finish speaking, Jian Anran immediately refused: "No, I won't bother you. When we first came here, we saw there was a bus stop 500 meters ahead."
As soon as her hand touched the handle of the wooden door of the bar, the crisp sound of the bell hanging on the door reached her ears. As soon as Jian Anran pushed the door hard and went out, she saw a heavy downpour outside.
The sound of rain was falling, accompanied by the coldness on the tips of her shoes. When she looked down, she realized that the rain had almost reached the door.
The nearby wooden boardwalk is still under construction, and the entrance to the bar is muddy.
"Didn't the bright moon shine in the sky just now? Why did it start raining?" Jian Anran muttered in a low voice.
When the people sitting at the bar saw the heavy rain outside the door, they jumped up from the bar chairs and quickly walked to the door as if they were equipped with springs.
Through a thin layer of T-shirt, Jian Anran felt a warm force on her arm.
"Don't go." The other party's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid that if he raised his voice any louder, he would scare away the little bird in front of him.
"Just sit back and wait. Let's go after the rain calms down." Shen Huainan nodded, and his eyes just met with Jian Anran's who looked up.
There seemed to be a few stars hidden in his eyes, and he seemed to be carrying boundless attachment. He only smiled softly, with the corners of his eyes drooping slightly.
After hesitating for a moment, Jian Anran didn't know what kind of mentality she had, but she nodded and silently followed Shen Huainan's tall figure back to her original seat.
It’s been raining for who knows how long. It’s probably because of the heavy flow of customers that the bar has delayed its closing time.
When Jian Anran last checked her cell phone, it happened to be one o'clock in the morning, and there were still many customers sitting in the store.
After drinking one glass of cocktail after another, they chatted wordlessly, sometimes talking about department gossip, and occasionally sharing their own experiences.
Probably because she was not very familiar with the two people opposite her, almost to the extent that they were strangers. Jian Anran had not shared much about her life.
After thinking about it carefully, her life is indeed a bit difficult to talk about. She can't just catch her classmates and tell them, "Actually, I was married to your professor."
Jian Anran couldn't tell whether it was sleepiness or drunkenness. She only knew that her consciousness was gradually blurring. Ning Beibei didn't know what she said, which made Shen Huainan and Chu Chen laugh. And then...
…
It was already bright, and the sun shone through the half-closed curtains and fell on the white sheets.
Taking a closer look, I saw the familiar hotel room furnishings again. The sound of gurgling water came from the bathroom on the side, as if someone was taking a bath inside.
"No, come again?!" Jian Anran shouted almost subconsciously.
Sorry everyone! The recent interruption is due to various reasons. Our college has ushered in the "First Year of Tianlin". All the previous review standards for graduation projects have been overturned, and everyone's graduation projects have to be returned for overhaul. I have been struggling recently.
Change the plan again in the middle of the night (the last time I updated one day at a time was because I was busy with my defense)
The root cause is that I have not managed my personal time well, so I had no choice but to stop updating under pressure. In the past two days, my friends have screenshotted some of Baozi's comments for me, and I have been reading them. I promise you all here:
It won’t end well!! Be sure to give a he to all the characters!!
Finally, I would like to apologize again to all readers and friends. It is indeed my fault that I suddenly disappeared. Now that the project is coming to an end, normal updates will resume from tomorrow. Thank you for your patience!!
