drunk oxygen

Because he drank red wine with Xie Xinghe in the middle of the night, Pei Yan fell asleep until noon after returning home, and it was the ketchup that woke him up with his nose.

He went to the dog toilet to take a look, it was clean, so he went for a walk with the dog first, and then ate a bowl of noodles at the noodle restaurant where Xie Xinghe was invited to dinner last time.

The boss still remembered him, to be precise, he remembered the ketchup, and he saw that Pei Yan had finished eating all the fried noodles this time, and said with a smile: "It seems that my fried noodles are quite delicious. "

Pei Yan also smiled, "I really had a bad appetite last time."

He walked back slowly with Tomato on his hands, and sent Xie Xinghe a message on the way: [Are you awake? ]

Xie Xinghe didn't reply, he didn't know if he didn't get up or didn't want to talk to him.

So Pei Yan continued to post: [I didn't finish the egg fried rice you made yesterday, I'm really sorry, how about I treat you to dinner, the time is up to you]

In just a few days, he rushed to invite a new acquaintance to dinner twice. Pei Yan had never done such a thing in the past 28 years, but he broke enough exceptions for Xie Xinghe, not bad for this one. .

Xie Xinghe didn't reply to his message until the next day, so Pei Yan had no choice but to take another photo of ketchup and send it to him: [It seems to want to play with you very much]

Xie Xinghe still didn't reply.

This time Pei Yan can be sure that Xie Xinghe really doesn't want to talk to him anymore, and he doesn't dare to call Xie Xinghe. In case he wakes him up again, it's a trivial matter to call revenge on him in the middle of the night, and he doesn't want to see him again. Xie Xinghe had a headache.

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Pei Yan never waited for the chance to meet Xie Xinghe, Tian Song asked him out for dinner, but he was not interested, so he directly declined.

Tian Song called directly, "What are you doing at home every day during this time? Don't you still miss Xie Xinghe?"

"Yeah, can't you?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I haven't seen you thinking about him in the past few years since he disappeared."

"You said it was disappearing, so why should I miss it?"

"I think you are just too busy," Tian Song said, "You are not interested in someone who likes you, so you have to find someone who is difficult."

Pei Yan smiled, "No."

"Okay, let's not talk about him, Lao Gu finally has time, you have to come, the three of us haven't had dinner together for a long time."

Tian Song has been with Pei Yan since he first opened the restaurant, and now he manages two hotels, he is also the general manager, but he is still willing to help Pei Yan as an assistant, just because he doesn't want to create trouble.

Facts have proved that it is indeed useful. The three of them have always had a strong relationship. They occasionally come out to have fun together, and they don’t talk about work matters. They are either superiors or subordinates, or partners, or friends.

When he said that, Pei Yan had no choice but to agree, and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll send it to you, a hot pot restaurant. Old Gu said it's pretty good."

Pei Yan frowned, "Eating hot pot so hot?"

"Tsk, it's not like there's no air conditioner, so it won't keep you warm."

Pei Yan hung up the phone, looked at the location sent by Tian Song, and suddenly thought of the hot pot smell that Xie Xinghe smelt that night, he said he didn't eat dinner, could it be that he was a waiter at a hot pot restaurant?

In the next second, Pei Yan denied himself again. Xie Xing and this former top class went to work as waiters. Even if they wore masks, they would probably be recognized quickly. Besides, he made a lot of money in the entertainment industry in those years , Even if you have to pay liquidated damages in the end, you don't need to be a waiter.

Pei Yan sighed, his mind has been on Xie Xinghe recently, he should really go out for a walk.

Without any hope, he sent Xie Xinghe a WeChat message: [I have something to go out tonight, do you have time to walk the tomato sauce for me? ]

Xie Xinghe: [not at home at night]

Pei Yan stared at Xie Xinghe's reply for a while, and finally took care of him. He smiled: [I thought you didn't plan to talk to me anymore, so please set a time and invite you to eat to make amends]

Xie Xinghe: [No need]

Pei Yan didn't force it anymore, it didn't matter whether he ate or not, as long as he treated people, he had ketchup anyway.

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Pei Yan walked the dog ahead of time, took the ketchup home and then went out again. He didn't expect to see Xie Xinghe as soon as the elevator door opened.

Xie Xinghe didn't wear all black today. He wore a white mask, changed his trousers into a pair of dark blue jeans, and put on a pair of simple sneakers.

Pei Yan raised his eyebrows, "What a coincidence, are you going out?"

"Ah."

Xie Xinghe said that if he was not at home at night, he probably had something to do, not to go shopping, so Pei Yan said, "I happen to be going out too, where are you going? I can see you off."

"No need." Xie Xinghe said.

They walked out one after the other, Pei Yan stopped in front of his car, "Xie Xinghe, come up, I'll see you off."

Xie Xinghe looked back at him, "No."

He pressed his hat, turned and left.

Pei Yan got into the car helplessly, and told the driver the address of the hot pot restaurant. He looked out the window, and Xie Xinghe deliberately took a small road that the car couldn't pass.

The driver asked Pei Yan winkingly, "Do you want to wait at the gate?"

"No need," Pei Yan withdrew his gaze, "Let's go, he doesn't want me to see him off."

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When Pei Yan arrived at the hot pot restaurant, Tian Song had already arrived, and was standing at the door smoking a cigarette while waiting for him.

As soon as Pei Yan got off Che Tiansong, he came over and touched his shoulders, "Old Gu hasn't arrived yet, how about one?"

Pei Yan took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, and touched his pocket, but he didn't bring a lighter.

Tian Song lit it for him directly, "What's the matter, have you quit smoking? You don't even bring a lighter."

"I haven't smoked much recently." Pei Yan said with a cigarette in his mouth.

He looked into the hot pot restaurant, "So many people?"

"Yeah, there's no place for you if you don't make a reservation. I haven't eaten it. Old Gu said it's delicious, so it's probably not bad."

Pei Yan looked at the decoration of the hot pot restaurant, smiled and said, "It's quite stylish, a bit like a western restaurant."

"Isn't that right? I think there is a piano in the innermost part, and it is said that someone will come to play it."

"Playing the piano at a hot pot restaurant?" Pei Yan puffed out a cigarette, "Something's wrong."

Tian Song laughed twice, and said in a low voice: "Let me tell you, I suspect that Lao Gu has taken a fancy to the owner of the hotpot restaurant."

Pei Yan was a little surprised, "It's not easy, after so many years of being single, you finally have your fancy?"

"I'm not very sure, guess, he will come later, you observe and observe."

After Pei Yan finished smoking a cigarette, Gu Xingyi just arrived, "I've dealt with some things temporarily, why don't you go in?"

"It's not waiting for you. Let's smoke a cigarette by the way, it's not allowed inside." Tian Song said.

Gu Xing smiled and said, "Fine, let's go in."

As soon as the three of them entered, Gu Xingyi first greeted the boss who happened to be in the store, and the two looked quite familiar.

Tian Song touched Pei Yan with his elbow, "Look at it, you look like you're smiling."

Pei Yan sized up the owner of the hot pot restaurant. He was wearing a mask and looked quite young. He was probably about the same age as them. His appearance should not be considered very good-looking, but he looked very comfortable, like the type Gu Xingyi liked.

"How did they know each other?" Pei Yan asked.

Tian Song shook his head, "I don't know..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Xingyi turned around and looked at the two of them, and said with a smile, "Let's go."

Gu Xingyi's mouth was still twitching until he sat down, Tian Song knocked on the table and asked intentionally, "What kind of happy event did you encounter? So happy?"

Gu Xingyi restrained his smile, cleared his throat and said, "No, isn't it just that I am happy to have dinner with you two."

Tian Song's eyes widened exaggeratedly, "Oh, look at what you said..."

Pei Yan also laughed, "You can use another excuse, it sounds scary."

He guessed that he was smiling at Xie Xinghe as well, if Gu Xingyi was really laughing like this because of them, this hot pot meal would have to be a breakup meal.