Excessive exposure

After Shi Hanying finished his speech, he gave up his seat to Shi Annan.

The audience applauded enthusiastically.

He walked up to the podium and looked down with no waves in his eyes. At such a moment of great attention, he has the halo of being the heir of the Shi family. His face is not mature and stable for his age. He is neither happy nor proud. It also has an unstoppable temperament, which is daunting.

Even the guests below are admiring.

"The heir Shi Hanying has been trained well, he has the demeanor of a general."

"Look at this Shi Annan, he has this kind of aura in his early adulthood, he's formidable for younger generations."

"It's amazing, she's also so good looking, she's a talented person."

"Haha, do you want to get back home and be your son-in-law? Everyone in the Shi family is like this. They look good."

"What are you talking about, you're only 18, it's early."

"He's 18, I heard he's still in the freshman year of high school? What's wrong, my son is already in college."

"I was sick and took a leave of absence for two years. It's a pity that I was delayed for so long."

"That's it, it's a pity..."

Zhou Bingwen secretly listened by the side, and it was the first time he knew that Shi Annan had suspended his studies for two years, and it was only a few days since he was 18 years old.

He secretly asked Tang Leyou next to him: "What illness did he suffer from before? It was so serious that he suspended his studies for two years."

Tang Leyou hooked his hands at him, and whispered in his ear: "I'm not sick, but I made his grandfather angry, and he was imprisoned for two years."

"What?!" Zhou Bingwen turned pale with shock. In his perception, a student has nothing more important than studying. How could his grandfather not let him go to school.

"Hush!" Tang Leyou raised an index finger on his lips, telling him to keep his voice down: "I haven't seen Shi Annan in those two years, and I don't know what he went through. How can I ask him when he comes back to school? Don't say anything."

"Then what was he locked up for?"

Tang Leyou shook his head and said angrily, "I asked too, but he didn't tell me, it's so annoying! He didn't tell me anything."

Zhou Bingwen looked at the person who spoke calmly and calmly on the podium, he was so dazzling today, like the proud son of heaven, he was praised and admired by the world, but no one knew how sad behind him.He is clearly at the age of making a show of himself, yet he forced himself to become an adult.

Tang Leyou poked his arm with his elbow and said, "Are you sympathizing with him?"

Zhou Bingwen nodded, the more people in the stands felt more distressed.

Tang Leyou curled her lips: "What's the matter? Being an heir should be like this. If you are strictly required, you will make fewer mistakes in the future and be responsible for the fate of the entire family. But my family treats me as free-range. Back then, he wasn’t as capable as he was.”

"Is it so hard to be an heir?"

"Of course, no matter how much glory you have, you have to bear multiple responsibilities. This is not easy."

Zhou Bingwen thought for a while and said, "So you obviously have such good grades, but you work harder than others. Not only did you skip a grade, but you also got to be in the top ten of your grade."

Tang Leyou nodded: "If my elder brother had agreed to inherit the family business, he would be in charge of the Tang family now, but he wants to study medicine, which is hard for me."

Zhou Bingwen patted his head, and said with a bit of admiration: "Thanks for your hard work, you and Shi Annan are both very good. Only when I compare with you, I realize how far behind I am."

Tang Leyou patted his hand away, pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "Don't touch my head, you all treat me like a child."

Zhou Bingwen was amused by his childish look.

At this time, a voice suddenly came in: "Hello, Tang Leyou."

At this time, Shi Annan's speech was over, and the guests also scattered for free activities. Zhou Bingwen and Tang Leyou hurriedly found a quiet place to continue chatting, but they were still found.

As the heir of the Tang family, Tang Leyou had a lot of people to curry favor with. When they first came in, they were dragged and greeted by many people.Tang Leyou was very annoying. He was talking happily with Zhou Bingwen, but there were always some people who didn't wink at him, and they were so rude, shouting "Hey, Tang Leyou".He didn't even want to turn his head back, too lazy to answer.

Zhou Bingwen's face changed when he saw someone coming. This person was Xu Xinzhi.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Tang Leyou couldn't help asking him, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Bingwen said: "It's Xu Xinzhi..."

Tang Leyou was suspicious for a moment, and was about to turn his head to look, when his head stopped, he deliberately took Zhou Bingwen's hand and said, "Brother, let's go find something to eat."

Xu Xinzhi was annoyed at being so obviously ignored by Tang Leyou, and shouted, "Tang Leyou, what do you mean?"

Tang Leyou still didn't turn his head to look at him, but turned up the volume a little, deliberately saying something to anger him: "It's such a disappointment that there are flies buzzing in people's ears in such a beautiful place!"

Xu Xinzhi's fiery temper ignited all of a sudden, and he stood in front of Tang Leyou in three steps and two steps: "Don't be shameless!"

Tang Leyou took two steps forward to avoid him, but was stopped again, and suddenly pretended to accidentally step on his instep, and even crushed him hard: "I'm shameless, what do you dare to do?" Tang Leyou Yang She stared at him without showing any weakness, and said arrogantly, "Hit me if you have the ability."

Xu Xinzhi grinned in pain, jumped on the spot with his feet hugged, and cursed loudly: "I didn't fucking provoke you, you dare to do it first, you wait and see if I don't deal with you."

Tang Leyou sneered: "I'm waiting, just because you don't dare."

Of course Xu Xinzhi was not a shy person, so he grabbed Tang Leyou by the collar. He was tall, and Tang Leyou was much shorter, so he was lifted up immediately. The tightly buttoned collar made his neck uncomfortable and choked him again. Furious, his face turned red soon.

Zhou Bingwen didn't expect someone to bully Tang Leyou, so he immediately kicked Xu Xinzhi's calf with all his strength: "Let go of Youyou!"

Xu Xinzhi was in pain, and immediately let go of Tang Leyou to hug his feet, but he cared more about the person next to Tang Leyou than his feet. He was familiar with this voice. Isn't this the person he was looking for today?

Xu Xinzhi looked at Zhou Bingwen in surprise: "It's you?" This change is too big, it is completely different from the bumpkin in his memory.

Zhou Bingwen was busy comforting Tang Leyou, so he didn't have time to talk to him.

Xu Xinzhi was rubbing his legs, and mouthed in pain: "Are you Zhou Bingwen?"

Both Zhou Bingwen and Tang Leyou stared at him with vigilant eyes.

Xu Xinzhi gritted his teeth, this time he couldn't say the apology again.He doesn't know Tang Leyou well, so he won't ask for something to greet him. It's just that he humiliated Zhou Bingwen at Xie Chengjun's birthday party some time ago. This matter was known to the Tang family for some reason. That Tang Yun came to find his father in person. , and under his father's coercion and temptation, he had to agree to apologize to Zhou Bingwen.

Some time ago there was a mid-term exam, he excused that he was busy with the exam and didn’t have time, so he procrastinated and didn’t come to apologize, just kidding, he is dignified Xu Xin knows when people are too modest, and when it gets out, they won’t be laughed at, but his father is determined I want him to apologize.

Today is Shi Annan's coming-of-age ceremony. His father said that Zhou Bingwen and Shi Annan had such a good relationship and would definitely attend, so he forced him to come too, and told him to apologize.

He couldn't find Zhou Bingwen, so he had to ask Tang Leyou, but he made a move at a disagreement, and the atmosphere froze like this. The two sides faced each other like this, and no one spoke again.

Xu Xinzhi remembered that his task was to apologize to Zhou Bingwen, but what should he say now?He couldn't get rid of this face, so he just hugged his aching leg like this, and looked at Zhou Bingwen who had changed a lot. Looking at him, he suddenly found that this guy was pretty good-looking, and he didn't know why he had to dress up like that that day , his neck is very slender and very white, and it is tightly buried in the collar of the tightly buttoned shirt, like a white bamboo shoot... The slightly protruding Adam's apple at the neckline is round and small, and it is a bit sexy ...

Then Xu Xinzhi's eyes were blocked by a black shadow, and he immediately became angry, put down the legs he was still holding and stood up to see who was so brave and fat enough to stand in front of him.

Uh……

It's Shi Annan...

All the muscles on Xu Xinzhi's face froze.

However, the other party didn't dump him at all, and led Zhou Bingwen and Tang Leyou away.

"Hey!" Xu Xinzhi was very unconvinced, his teeth itching with hatred, but he couldn't do anything to them on this occasion.

Those three people completely ignored him, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Knowing when Xu Xin had suffered such humiliation, he clenched his fists and secretly decided that he would definitely get back in the game next time.

……

Here, Shi Annan brought Tang Leyou and Zhou Bingwen to a small corner of a Roman column corridor in the hall.

"Don't be afraid of him. His father should have taught him a lesson. He doesn't dare to do anything to you anymore." Shi Annan said.

"Really?" Zhou Bingwen was actually worried all this time. After all, he knew that what Xu Xinzhi said that day was not a lie after inquiring about Xu Xinzhi. He had been waiting for the moment when he came to the door. The scene where Xu Xin knew what to do.As a result, the days passed without incident, and nothing happened.

Shi Annan nodded: "I think he should come to apologize to you this time, but he couldn't open his mouth."

"Apologize?" Zhou Bingwen couldn't believe that someone as arrogant as Xu Xinzhi would apologize to him.

Tang Leyou asked instead: "How do you know that his father taught him a lesson, and he still wants to apologize to Brother Bingwen?"

"I heard." Shi Annan said lightly.

Tang Leyou wrinkled his nose and said suspiciously, "Why don't I know."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Tang Yun, he went to find Xu Xinzhi's father."

Zhou Bingwen was very surprised: "You mean my father went to find Xu Xinzhi's father?"

"Yep."

Zhou Bingwen didn't expect that Tang Yun, who was so busy, would personally help him out for this kind of thing, and he was so moved that he decided to meet Tang Yun next time, and he would never hide from the other party if he wanted to rub his head.In the future, he will study harder and repay Tang Yun well in the future.

Seeing how excited he was, Shi Annan finally showed his first smile of the night: "You look good today, very handsome."

Zhou Bingwen suddenly blushed when he heard this sentence, and said embarrassedly, "Thank you."

Tang Leyou said beside him: "Of course, I, Brother Bingwen, said that I must not embarrass you. I started preparations a few days ago and went to find a stylist."

Shi Annan frowned, very surprised: "Really, I'm very happy."

Zhou Bingwen felt that it was worth everything to get his affirmation, and his joy was beyond words. He looked into Shang Shi Annan's eyes and said very sincerely: "Tonight is your birthday, I wish you a happy birthday and be happy forever happiness."

"Thank you." Shi Annan could only feel warmth flowing in his heart.

"Also, you are really, really handsome tonight, you are so imposing, you don't know, when you give a speech at the top, all the people below praise you."

"Their compliments are just polite words, but your compliment is enough." Shi Annan looked at him and said softly.

Zhou Bingwen said eagerly to prove it: "It's true, you are so outstanding, anyone who sees you will involuntarily praise you."

Tang Leyou frowned, and interjected in annoyance: "I said, don't act like no one else, you forget that I'm still here?!"

Shi Annan smiled and said: "I just saw you guys chatting for so long, I just talked to him a few words." He looked at the time and said: "I still have things to do, you can play on your own." Come on, I won't entertain you."

Tang Leyou waved his hands impatiently: "Go quickly, don't bother me and my brother."

Zhou Bingwen waved to him: "Go and do your work, don't worry about us."

"Well, then I'm leaving."

Tang Leyou made a face at Shi Annan's back: "If you can, you know how to pester my brother."

Afterwards, Zhou Bingwen and Tang Leyou found another place to chat, during which they met many people who came to say hello, and bumped into Mi Xin, but they ignored each other and pretended they didn't see each other.

At 21:21, Zhou Bingwen received a message from Shi Annan, asking him to arrive at Room 706 on the seventh floor of the hotel before [-]:[-].

Zhou Bingwen asked him what happened, and received a four-character reply: birthday gift.

……

Zhou Bingwen explained to Tang Leyou that Shi Annan had business with him and wanted to leave for a while.Tang Leyou pestered him for questioning before letting him go.

Feeling relieved, Zhou Bingwen hurriedly asked the waiter in the hotel for directions, and got on the elevator as quickly as possible, almost being late.

When Zhou Bingwen came to the agreed place, the door of the room was not closed, so he could enter by pushing it open.

He walked in, the room was very dark, there was no one in it, the most conspicuous thing was a single bed in the middle of the room, beside the bed was a half-person-high shelf, on which were placed some medicine bottles and unknown What is the tool for.

After a while, a middle-aged man came out of the bathroom. He wiped his hands with a paper towel, and when he saw Zhou Bingwen, he just nodded slightly: "Hello."

"Hello." Zhou Bingwen replied politely. It was obvious that Shi Annan was looking for him but he didn't see anyone else. Instead, this middle-aged man... Zhou Bingwen couldn't help asking: "Excuse me, are you the tattoo artist Shi Annan invited?" ?”

The man nodded, ignored him, took off the disposable rubber gloves, put them on, and then sterilized the tools.

To be honest, Zhou Bingwen is still a little unfamiliar with tattoos. After Shi Annan asked him to get a tattoo as a birthday gift that day, he checked it on the Internet. Apart from many precautions, pain is inevitable.

He didn't find out the saying that friends who tattoo each other's name will stay together for a lifetime.

The mainstream sayings of tattoo names are: lovers, idols and religious beliefs.

The tattoo artist's man is still fiddling with his bottles.

Zhou Bingwen was a little nervous for no reason. He licked his dry lips and said, "Can I ask you something?"

The tattooist's tone was cold and unenthusiastic: "Say."

"What does it mean if a guy asks another guy to have his name tattooed on him?"

The tattoo artist's hand stopped, and the expression showed that this question was really boring: "Don't you have the answer in your heart?"

Zhou Bingwen lowered his head and did not speak again.

After a while, the tattooist finally got ready and said, "Come here, roll up your trousers and lie down."

Zhou Bingwen hesitated for a moment before walking over, rolled up his trousers, and lay down on the single bed.

The tattoo artist first took a cotton swab and alcohol to disinfect his left ankle. The coldness of the alcohol made him tremble slightly, but it is unknown whether the trembling was caused physically or psychologically.Zhou Bingwen didn't dare to think about the deep meaning of Shi Annan's tattoo on his ankle.

The tattoo artist's cold voice sounded, and there were only a few simple words: "It hurts a bit, hold it back."

Zhou Bingwen gave a soft "hmm".

The steps of tattooing are actually very simple, but the details are cumbersome, and the craftsmanship of the tattoo artist is very particular.But the people Shi Annan invited would naturally not be bad.

It started with a transfer, printing the pattern on the skin around his ankle, followed by a cut line, using a tattoo machine to follow the line and cut out the basic shape.Then there is fogging, which is the so-called coloring. According to the depth of the color, needles of different sizes need to be inserted into the skin for coloring. This step is the most painful.

Since the pattern provided by Shi Annan is a pure black character, unlike the pattern that needs to be highlighted, this step is omitted.

Zhou Bingwen gritted his teeth, silently enduring the sharp pain from his skin.The tattoo wasn't as unbearably painful as imagined, but it wasn't much worse, and his calf even twitched a few times.Tattooing on places with less fat, especially the lower back, ankles, and collarbone, is the most painful.

The whole process took about half an hour, and the character tattoo, which was nearly half a centimeter wide and three centimeters long, was finally finished.

Zhou Bingwen was lying on the bed, his eyes drifted, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Don't get wet for 24 hours, don't cover it with socks, and you can only take a shower after taking a bath. The dead skin will fall off within three days, don't worry, it will be cured in less than a week. During this period, pay attention to a light diet and a regular schedule. "

"it is good……"

"You can continue to lie down for a while, your friend has paid for it, and I'm leaving."

"goodbye……"

The tattooist quickly packed up his things and left the room quickly.

Zhou Bingwen heard the sound of the door closing, and when he was finally the only one left in the room, his consciousness finally floated from the clouds back to the ground, with a sense of reality.

No matter what Shi Annan's purpose was, Zhou Bingwen couldn't refuse the birthday gift he wanted.

After an unknown amount of time, when the pain gradually became numb and relieved, he tried to sit up, and only then did he see what the tattoo on his ankle was.

At first glance, it is just a slender and ordinary pattern, but the rattan thread winds around and is tattooed on the ankle. The skin there is too fair and thin, and the contrast between black and white, strong and weak is very attractive. Note that for people like Zhou Bingwen, who has a straight man's aesthetics, he also has a kind of seductive feeling.

Look at the pattern carefully, and after a few more glances, you can vaguely recognize that it is a few deformed cursive English letters, which should be "SAN" when connected.

Zhou Bingwen touched it lightly with his fingers, and he took a deep breath in pain.

He lay back down again, with the pattern of "SAN" in his mind, flustered and throbbing in his heart.I don't know if it was because the general was in too much pain, consuming too much mental and physical strength, and gradually fell asleep.

When Shi Annan came in, he called Zhou Bingwen's name, but got no response. He walked to the bed and saw that he had fallen asleep, and his face was still a little tired.

Shi Annan went to the bathroom to call Tang Leyou and his father, saying that Zhou Bingwen had fallen asleep with him and would send him back tomorrow.Tang Leyou yelled in disbelief and insisted on waiting for Zhou Bingwen to go back together, Shi Annan had no choice but to take a picture of Zhou Bingwen sleeping for him to calm down, and reluctantly agreed to let Zhou Bingwen sleep with him.

Shi Annan rubbed the center of his brows, he was finally able to calm down after being tired for a long time.

But at this moment, when he thought that he was about to get the birthday gift he had wanted for a long time, all the tiredness and boredom were swept away, and he even became excited.

He walked to the side of the bed and sat down, and gently lifted Zhou Bingwen's left foot full of expectation. On the fairest skin, the pattern he designed for several nights was tattooed as he wished. The fit was so perfect that he almost Be obsessed with it.

Looking at the "SAN" pattern, he felt a stamped and stamped sense of possession, as if with these three characters tattooed, Zhou Bingwen completely belonged to him.

He didn't dare to touch it with his hands, for fear of hurting him, he even became cautious about breathing, so he could only hold his feet and leave a kiss on the side skin with his lips.

His heart was beating loudly, and he murmured tenderly:

"very nice."