Jigsaw puzzle

Li Ran counted with his fingers. Since the R+ dance studio business was on the right track, it has been more than two years since he went out to drink seriously.

All the cronies and friends I made when I was dawdling before are alienated, and now the remaining friends in the social circle are either obsessed with work or starting a family.You have to consciously find a balance between the nature of safety and hidden ambitions.

Li Ran turned on his phone, looked at Han Yicheng's name and hesitated for a long time, then sent him a WeChat message.

-I'll go back tonight with my parents and sleep over there, don't wait for me~

After posting this article, Li Ran felt guilty for a long time. He couldn't see his eyes and his heart was not disturbed. He was cruel, pressed the power off button, threw the phone into his bag, and set off to the address that Xie Feiyang sent him.

Li Ran was quite surprised by the bar Xie Feiyang found. It is not the most popular online celebrity style, and it is not particularly noisy. It is quite comfortable to sit in the outer circle by the window, and it is a good place to chat.

When Li Ran arrived, Xie Feiyang had already had a drink with his group of juniors, and there were several empty beer bottles on the table.

"Senior! This, this, this!" Xie Feiyang waved to Li Ran and asked him to come and sit here.

"This is the senior Li Ran I told you about," Xie Feiyang introduced. "Three years older than me, it's the dance studio he introduced me to teach. Drinking is also awesome. Anyway, it's cool and it's over!"

"Ah! I know." The only girl on the table clapped her hands, looking a little excited, "Did you dance the version of MONSTER that was adapted by R+ dance studio? I watched it several times on the Internet!"

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to remember that she was talking about the dance that Han Yicheng helped record in her last class years ago.He didn't expect his video to be mentioned here, and he relaxed a lot.

"I'm so honored to have such a young and beautiful professional audience!" Li Ran smiled and snapped his fingers to the waiter in the distance. He vaguely felt that this person looked familiar, and the light was too dim to see clearly, "Tonight I have to treat you well~”

"Zhang Yuan, Xia Ziyang, Yuan Jiapeng, and Li Shuyu," Xie Feiyang introduced one by one, and he winked at Li Ran while talking: "You can ask more about the R+ position I told you about last time. He, old—Old Brother Li has been working there for a long time, so he knows better than me."

"Hey, I think I'm cold," Zhang Yuan, who was sitting in the middle, said, "I've called their front desk several times, and they haven't invited me for an interview yet!"

At this time, the waiter who had just stood at the door came to add the order, and asked in a smoky voice, "What to add?"

Upon hearing the hoarse voice, Li Ran suddenly realized that the waiter was actually Qi Dongqing!

Qi Dongqing obviously recognized Li Ran, and nodded to him without making any further gestures. He leaned against the wall with a notebook and waited for them to order something.

"Have a bottle of vodka, a pinch of orange juice, a pinch of lemon tea, a fried chicken platter, bring a few more cups," Xie Feiyang looked at the wine list and said, "Hey, is there something 'Levy' in your family recently? Tan' [-]% off event?"

Li Ran's attention was still focused on Qi Dongqing. He stared at the conversation between Qi Dongqing and Xie Feiyang. He saw the mouth opening and closing, but he didn't hear a word of the conversation.

Qi Dongqing has changed a lot since the last time Li Ran saw him. The stubble all over his face has been shaved clean, his hair has been re-trimmed, and he is much more energetic.

After writing down the list, he took another look at Li Ran before leaving to get the wine.After a while, Qi Dongqing came back with a lot of things, and beside him was a very good-looking little girl. There were six cups on the tray, filled with amber bubbling liquid.

Qi Dongqing put away the things he was carrying, and left first, leaving the beautiful waitress behind, holding the tray and showing a sweet smile to everyone.

"Good evening, handsome men and beauties, let me introduce the rules of the 'Leviathan' event," the waitress said in a nice, soft voice, very deceptive, "These six cups of 'Leviathan' are the 177 yuan per glass, if any of the bosses can drink a whole glass in one go, then all six glasses of wine will be free of charge, and all consumption will be [-]% off tonight."

As soon as the waitress finished the introduction, the people at the table were obviously eager to try, especially the few boys who wanted to express themselves, and they couldn't hold back anymore.

"What if the challenge fails?" Xie Feiyang asked.

Li Ran gave him a sideways look, thinking that you are still sane, if each of the six people drinks a drink, the consumption tonight will be considered as a starting price of [-].You don't have to pay a single penny, I'll just lose half a month's rent.

"The first person fails the challenge, and this glass of wine belongs to him," the beautiful waiter smiled, "and he has to pay the 177 wine price, if the second person succeeds, then he and the remaining four glasses will be free of charge , there is also a 177% discount, unless... all six bosses fail to challenge, then you can only pay 6 times [-]."

The waiter said this very cleverly, and the hidden meaning is, there are six of you at a table, can't there be no one awesome?Such words were very stimulating to the young man who had just entered college. Li Ran immediately patted the table when he saw Zhang Yuan sitting opposite him.

"Let me try it first!" Zhang Yuan said, "Wouldn't it be over if you just pour it into your mouth? I'll give you a start!"

Yuan Jiapeng who was next to him hurriedly tugged him: "It's not very good, the senior treats guests, you're like this..."

"It's okay," Zhang Yuan raised his cup, "Senior, trust me, I'll save you money!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yuan put the cup of amber bubbling liquid to his mouth, took a sip, and his face turned red immediately.He resisted and took another two sips, but before he had drunk half of it, he couldn't hold on any longer.

"Damn it," Zhang Yuan almost choked, quickly picked up the orange juice from the side and drank several gulps, before the burning sensation in his throat subsided, "Why is this thing... so spicy!"

Li Shuyu looked at Zhang Yuan and frowned. Just now Zhang Yuan was anxious to drink orange juice, so he directly picked up the big stick and said it right. The others on the table are all boys, so they don’t mind this kind of question. Li Shuyu is a girl. Looking at the bright mouth watermark on the glass, his expression was a little complicated.

"How about... let's refund the remaining five cups," she said hesitantly, "This wine is so expensive, isn't it a waste of senior Li Ran's money..."

Li Ran didn't speak, and continued to nibble on the fried chicken in his hand, shrinking aside to observe secretly.

"How about this," Xia Ziyang, who had been silent before, suddenly said, "Let's try it for fun, and if it fails, we can give the money for this wine to the senior."

After speaking, Xia Ziyang picked up the cup and took two sips before giving up.

"Hey, I feel a little useless, but I can't help it," he laughed at himself, "this thing...is really hot."

"Hahahahaha," Li Shuyu laughed, and she also raised her glass, "Then I don't have any pressure."

"Hey," Li Ran moved forward at this time, stopping Li Shuyu's movements, "It's not easy for me to have a fan, I have to cherish it, and I can't let the fan get drunk, right?"

Li Ran picked up the wine glass and smiled: "If you fail, you can save face for the senior and pretend nothing happened!"

After speaking, Li Ran raised his head, slid his throat a few times, and gulped down a glass of wine in one breath.

Before, Li Ran observed the color and bubbles of this wine. It should be whiskey and champagne. In addition, Zhang Yuan said that it has a "spicy" throat, and it is estimated that it may have been mixed with white wine.

Li Ran really didn't want to drink these kinds of wine together, but let Li Shuyu drink it up with a girl, so she can sleep right away tonight.In this way, Li Ran took a few mouthfuls of fried chicken and forced himself into battle.

After finishing the drink, Li Ran pretended to be calm and took another piece of fried chicken, and continued to chew it "seriously", suppressing the uncomfortable feeling in his throat.

It's okay, he thought, relying on the strong genetics of the old Li family to barely withstand it.

"Ouch! That's amazing!!!" Xie Feiyang slapped the table excitedly, "My brother Li's style is still the same as before!"

Li Ran's voice was still so irritated that he couldn't speak, so he could only give Xie Feiyang a blank look, thinking that it wasn't all your bad idea.

The waitress next to him was also obviously surprised. She didn't expect that a boy with such a "creamy" appearance like Li Ran could pour down a whole glass of "Leviathan" without changing his face.

Convinced, she put the other glasses of wine on the table, took out a piece of paper from her pocket and wrote a series of numbers, stuffed it into Li Ran's chest pocket with ease, and smiled at them, "The bosses are just playing." I'm happy, I'll give you the first two cups." After speaking, he glanced at Li Ran flirtatiously, then turned and left gracefully.

"Wow!!!"

There was a burst of envious booing from the table, Li Ran was suddenly very uneasy, and subconsciously searched for Qi Dongqing with his eyes, and sure enough, he met his eyes looking at him in the dark.

However, as soon as Qi Dongqing met Li Ran's eyes, he immediately looked away and went to other things, leaving Li Ran alone in a tizzy.

After going through this round of drinking, the atmosphere on the table became more active. Several students chatted after Li Ran, chatting, and Li Ran felt a little dizzy.

He knew that he was a bit over the top, so he found an excuse to slip into the street and bought a pack of cigarettes from the convenience store next door.

If it were a few years ago, Li Ran would enjoy the occasion tonight very much, a group of friends drinking and bragging about their ideals, and when the show ended, they seemed to be able to conquer the world.But now, he would even feel bored in the bar, listening to the children chatting, and even hiding aside to be too lazy to interrupt.

Li Ran stood outside for a while, feeling a lot more awake. When he heard someone singing in the bar, he wanted to go back and listen.When he went to the front desk to check out, he suddenly found that it was Qi Dongqing who was singing with a guitar on the stage.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning at night, and the next day was not a holiday, the flow of people in the bar had gradually left, leaving only three or four tables of customers who had drunk too much, still staying in the store to listen to Qi Dongqing singing.

Everyone else at Xie Feiyang's table was almost drunk, but Li Shuyu drank less and was leaning on the back of the chair to play with her mobile phone.Seeing Li Ran came back, I asked him, "Senior, are we going to end?"

Li Ran brought a small plate of Huamei from the front desk, put it on the table and handed one to each of them, "Wait for them to take it easy," he said, "I will call a car to take you back, and I will have to trouble you in the end. A bunch of young men were sent back."

"No trouble," Li Shuyu said, "Just throw them at Louma's door, anyway, people won't freeze to death now."

Li Ran was amused by her, laughed twice, took out his mobile phone to call for a taxi, and found that Han Yicheng hadn't sent him a single message tonight, suddenly felt a little lost for some reason, he poured the last bit of the wine bottle into his glass, Listen to Qi Dongqing singing while drinking.

The melody that Qi Dongqing sang was quite nice, but it was his hoarse voice that pushed his singing to the edge of "distinctive" and "uncomfortable to listen to". Li Ran squinted his eyes, watching the hazy lights on the stage begin to go empty It seems to be singing the chorus.

But you should be flying in the sky

Wearing the stars and wearing the moon game day and night

See the bright galaxy fireworks and clouds

Whisper with me again about the meaning of the world

But gravity weighs on your heavy body

Even if you fall into the deep sea, you have to come up to take a breath

I just keep the little dolphin cuddling with you

Accompany you to listen to the melody of all things

Can't learn to act because I'm in love with whales

After Qi Dongqing sang, there were a few sparse applause in the venue, he didn't seem to care much, walked off the stage with the guitar in his arms, sat down at the bar and poured himself a glass of wine.

Li Ran sat in a daze after listening to this song, his eyes were sore and a little uncomfortable. Qi Dongqing's hoarse smoke was like quicksand, which sucked Li Ran's emotions and fell down. It wasn't until the car he called just now called that Li Ran was ashamed. Dream Fang wakes up.

Xie Feiyang was not too drunk, so he helped Li Ran get the remaining three people to the back seat of the taxi, told Li Shuyu on the co-pilot, and gave the taxi driver an OK sign.

Xie Feiyang told Li Ran that he was going to wait here for Qi Qi, Li Ran nodded, took his mobile phone and booked a nearby fast hotel, and walked on the street for a long time, only to realize that he had gone the wrong way.

As soon as he got out of the bar, the unique silence of the late-night city was full of devouring feeling. Li Ran felt that the alcohol was getting stronger. He squatted on the side of the road alone for a long time, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head and looked back, and found that there was a people.

It's Han Yicheng.

Li Ran stared at Han Yicheng and blinked, "Did I really drink too much today? Or...Qi Dongqing sued you?"

He talked to himself for a while, seeing that Han Yicheng maintained the same posture, he thought he was hallucinating, so he turned around and walked back.

After walking a few steps, Li Ran turned his head again, and Han Yicheng got closer to him.

"Damn it," Li Ran woke up instantly, "Old Han, you scared me to death! What are you doing in the middle of the night!"

"Why did you lie to me?" Han Yicheng's face was extremely dark, and words came out of his teeth one by one.

"I..." Li Ran stood next to the express hotel with a guilty conscience, his eyes wandering around but he didn't dare to look directly at Han Yicheng, "I'm not... I'm walking home, I'll be home soon."

Han Yicheng's face turned darker, and there was some hurt in his anger. Every time he got emotional, his lower eyelids would turn red, which made Li Ran's heart soften.

"Where's your ID card?" Han Yicheng asked him.

Li Ran thought for a while, turned his pockets all over his body, and finally took out his ID card from his breast pocket, and dropped a small piece of paper along the way.

"Hey? What is this?" Li Ran had long forgotten about being plugged into the WeChat ID at the bar, and held the piece of paper in front of Han Yicheng for a long time, until he saw Xiao Taoxin at the place where the signature was signed, and his memory suddenly came back. .

He quickly rolled up the pieces of paper and stuffed them into his trouser pocket, obediently handing over his ID card to Han Yicheng.

Li Ran followed Han Yicheng to the room, the more he was sober, the more guilty he felt, looking at the floor without daring to say a word

Until Han Yicheng came out of the shower, Li Ran was still lying on the bed shivering and pretending to be asleep, not daring to look at him.

Han Yicheng didn't bring his pajamas, so he put on the hoodie he was wearing when he came back from the shower, his hair was dripping with water, and the front of the hoodie was very wet.

He bit his lip as if venting his anger, stared at Li Ran for a while with red eyes, then lay down next to Li Ran, and hugged Li Ran into his arms vigorously.

Li Ran was hugged tightly from behind by Han Yicheng, and suddenly he was out of breath. He wasn't sure if he had returned from Jiu Jiner, or if he was simply hugged too hard by Han Yicheng.

"It's so tight..." Li Ran said in a low voice, "Your bone hurts..."

"It deserves it." Han Yicheng said so, but he still let go of Li Ran slightly.

He looked at the fine hair on the back of Li Ran's head, and added another sentence.

"You clearly said you wouldn't run away."