On the twenty-ninth year of the year, Shi Ran had just packed up the mahjong table, bookcase, and small desk at home, and lay down on the small bed by the window in the small room with no place to stay and spread the sheets. Cheng Xiuyan contacted her and said that today Liu
Min wanted to invite him over for New Year's Eve dinner and ask Shi Ran for his opinion.
Shi Ran thought about it and felt that there was no need to invite Cheng Xiuyan over for another performance, but Cheng Xiuyan said that his parents had taken his elderly grandparents to Thailand to celebrate the New Year, and he was all alone.
"My family doesn't have a Chinese New Year atmosphere either." Shi Ran relented a little. At worst, she would be able to pay back one more IOU over time.
Cheng Xiuyan spoke in Shanghainese, and his tone was gentler than usual, "Want to spread the atmosphere? Alas don't make dumplings, and it's not easy to set off firecrackers. I'm here to make a fuss."
Some people like peace and quiet, while others are afraid of being alone. Since he wants to join in the fun, Shi Ran lets him.
The dinner at the family's eve was luxurious and sumptuous. Cheng Xiuyan and Shi Jianning drank and chatted happily. Shi Jianning drank first and fell unconscious, while Cheng Xiuyan was already swaying on his feet. When he spoke, he was confused and giggled mostly.
Liu Min insisted on leaving Cheng Xiuyan to sleep at home before leaving. Shi Ran ignored Liu Min's ulterior motives and helped Cheng Xiuyan leave the house.
Asked to help him find a driver, Cheng Xiuyan waved his arms and disagreed, turning around to go back to Shi Ran's house.
Shi Ran had no choice but to persuade him to stay in a nearby hotel for one night. Cheng Xiuyan giggled again, put his arm heavily on Shi Ran's shoulders, pointed to the old street river with his free hand, "Let's go! Go.
Open house!"
This hotel doesn't even have a star rating, but the environment is clean and comfortable.
The security guard helped Shi Ran carry Cheng Xiuyan into the big bed room, lay him down on the bed, and then left.
Shi Ran first sat at the table, took out the hotel's opinion book, tore off a piece of paper, and wrote an IOU for a Chanel bag that Cheng Xiuyan brought to the counter for the same price today, plus an interest of two thousand.
Fold the IOU neatly and stuff it into the inner pocket of Cheng Xiuyan's down jacket hanging on the hanger.
When Shi Ran was washing a hot towel and wiping Cheng Xiuyan's face, all she could think about was that the money she owed Cheng Xiuyan had reached 78,000. How was she going to repay the terrible amount and the heavy favor?
Cheng Xiuyan suddenly grabbed Shi Ran's wrist, opened his eyes and looked at her intently.
Shi Ran couldn't break free from his grip, so he persuaded her with a good temper: "You go to sleep first, I have to go home, and I will bring breakfast for you tomorrow morning."
Cheng Xiuyan shook his head stubbornly and muttered something unclearly.
Shi Ran couldn't hear clearly and moved his head closer. Cheng Xiuyan said again, "I spent New Year's Eve at your house. Can you go home with me on New Year's Eve? I want to see you... I lied. My family is all here."
From Shanghai, I introduced you to my family. My grandparents urged me to get a girlfriend. They will definitely be very happy to see you so dignified and generous."
It was not a long sentence, but Cheng Xiuyan took almost half a minute to finish it.
Shi Ran took a step to realize what Cheng Xiuyan meant. There was a buzz in his head, and he hurriedly broke away from his hand, took two steps back, and stared into Cheng Xiuyan's hazy eyes in shock.
"No, let's not break up, okay?" Cheng Xiuyan struggled to sit up, stretching his hand towards Shi Ran, "I'm almost thirty years old, and I want to settle down, but I haven't been able to find the right person. I love you
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"You're drunk, Mr. Cheng!" Shi Ran panicked and walked around the big bed towards the door, "I will tell my family about our breakup tomorrow... no, after New Year's Eve, the day after tomorrow. You don't have to
If you force me in this way, I know that I have caused you a lot of trouble and I won't do it again."
Opening the door and closing it, Shi Ran leaned back against the door panel, his chest rising and falling, and his heartbeat thundering in his ears.
Cheng Xiuyan pretended to be a real person and regarded Shi Ran as a candidate for dating.
Shi Ran only felt that it was horrifying to think about it carefully. She was so crude that she believed whatever Cheng Xiuyan said. She thought that she could repay Cheng Xiuyan's kindness by becoming famous in the future, but she ignored many clues.
A busy man always puts his mind on a small plan. Every word, every action, and every move seems to be the concern of his superiors for his subordinates, but it can also be understood as a man showing off to women as quietly as possible, right?
Everything has been given the most reasonable explanation.
Shi Ran was at a loss and didn't know how to deal with himself in the future, especially since he couldn't explain to Lin Huan.
After a night of tossing and turning, on the morning of New Year's Eve, Shi Ran brought breakfast and wanted to ask the hotel front desk to hand it over to Cheng Xiuyan.
The sister at the front desk said that Cheng Xiuyan checked out of the room at around six o'clock in the morning and had been gone for more than an hour.
He had been restless all day, and many of the New Year's Eve dinner items in the evening were the leftovers from Cheng Xiuyan's meal yesterday, but Shi Jianning still ate it with gusto, and kept mumbling that Shi Ran had found such a sensible and decent man.
, even if Shi Jianning was hit by a car when he went out immediately, he could still close his eyes with peace of mind.
Shi Ran scolded Shi Jianning irritably, "You're celebrating the New Year, are you wrong to say this?"
Liu Min pushed Shi Jianning coquettishly, "That's right, you're so unlucky."
The husband and wife are not considered a family. They talk about the word "death" on New Year's Eve even if they don't enter the same house. They don't know any taboos.
Shi Ran took a few sips in his mind, poured himself half a glass of rice wine, and took the initiative to clink glasses with Shi Jianning and Liu Min, "Dad, I wish you health and longevity. Aunt Liu Min, I wish you eternal youth."
Shi Jianning was very happy and transferred a red envelope of two hundred yuan to Shi Ran, saying it was lucky money.
This time Liu Min didn't stop Shi Jianning. She even took out her mobile phone and transferred 188 New Year's money to Shi Ran. The red envelope contained the message: "Get married quickly and become a rich wife".
Shi Ran sighed secretly, waiting for her to announce the breakup tomorrow, Liu Min might not be able to laugh anymore.
After thinking about it randomly in the middle of the night, Shi Ran felt uncomfortable all over. He got up and opened the window of the small room. He was blown by the cold wind and got goosebumps.
Something was floating in the air with the wind. She looked carefully and found that it was snowing.
Shanghai is not a snowy city to begin with. Shi Ran has seen only a handful of days with snow since she was a child. She stretched out her hand to catch a few snowflakes, but as soon as she caught them, they melted into tiny pieces.
water droplets.
If the snow gets heavier and it accumulates, let her build a small snowman tomorrow, and she will tell Lin Huan what Cheng Xiuyan said when he was drunk.
On the contrary, keep this secret deep in your heart and don't let Lin Huan think about it. This is not deception, but a kind of protection for their friendship.
Shi Ran had no better way, so he naively left the choice to God.
She cares about Lin Huan. Although telling the truth guarantees a frank relationship, she is really not sure whether there will be another rift between Lin Huan and her like the time in "Cinderella".