When he heard the word "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 cliff. 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 a little 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 of the Mountains", always ranked first in the department, often participating in various public welfare services, volunteering activities, and studying activities after class.
Chu Chen can be said to be at the other end of the spectrum 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 playboy'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 his family donated money to the department to achieve such a high grade point, paving the way for him to go abroad in the future.
The department is also curious as to why such a young master didn’t just send him abroad at the beginning, instead of staying in a school like Luo University.
"That's for sure," Chu Chen put down the cocktail in his hand and blurted out, "Shen Huainan is my cousin, are we familiar..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Shen Huainan turning around suddenly, 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 said 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 looked like a deflated balloon. He sat in front of the bar with his back hunched over and drank silently without saying anything.
The air froze for a moment, but it was Jian Anran who spoke first: "It's getting late, and we have things to do tomorrow, so we'll leave first."
"What's the matter..." Ning Beibei asked subconsciously.
Looking up and meeting Jian Anran's sharp gaze, 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, Jian Anran took her hand and planned to leave.
Ning Beibei glanced behind her with unfinished content, only to see Shen Huainan stand up with a "swish".
"I'll take you back."
I thought he was going to say something to persuade them to stay, but I 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 clear 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.
With the sound of rain falling and the coldness on the toes of her shoes, she looked down and realized that the rain had almost reached the door.
The nearby boardwalk is still under construction, and there is mud outside the door of the bar.
"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 walked quickly 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.
"Sit back and wait. Let's go after the rain calms down." Shen Huainan nodded, and his eyes just met with Jian Anran's head.
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.
I don’t know how long it has been raining. It’s probably because of the heavy flow of customers that the bar has delayed its closing time.
When Jian Anran last looked at her 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 gossiping about the department, 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. Later...
……
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 one side, as if someone was taking a bath inside.
"No, come again?!" Jian Anran shouted almost subconsciously.