because i'm pretty

When Zhou Xing's phone was hung up, he was in a daze for two seconds, and said to himself: "I think Li Yikai is getting sicker and sicker."

He turned to Yuan Zhiming: "Let's go, Xiaoyuan, and call it a day."

"Yeah, okay," Yuan Zhiming replied, but his eyes didn't leave the wall. He took two steps back and tilted his head to look at it, then picked up the spray paint and added it.

Zhou Xing teased several people and called Yuan Zhiming twice before he took off his apron.

But when he got in the car, he suddenly remembered: "Ah, Director Li is here?"

"Come on," Zhou Xing said with a smile, "If you ask me that, I'm afraid that if I say he won't come, you'll get out of the car and leave immediately."

"Hey," Yuan Zhiming smiled embarrassedly, and explained, "I said before that I invited him to dinner."

Zhou Xing joked: "Why invite him? Isn't it because he has no vision to refuse you first? Li Yikai is not worth it."

Yuan Zhiming smiled slowly: "Director Li also helped me out at the art exhibition, he is very nice."

Zhou Xing was suddenly interested: "He cleared the siege?"

"Well," Yuan Zhiming told the art exhibition in detail.

There are two other people in the car who are from Zhou Xing's studio, and they also know Li Yikai. After hearing this, they all became interested and said one after another:

“Brother Kevin is very nice”

"He looks cool, but he's also a gentleman"...

Zhou Xing listened to their discussion with a smile, but didn't answer any more.

When Li Yikai arrived in the private room, he didn't know that the whole room had been discussing him for half an hour.

The hot pot was boiling, and when I opened the door, I saw a vast expanse of white mist. When I settled down, I saw the mist. There was a seat between Zhou Xing and Yuan Zhiming. Sheng was busy raising his head.

Li Yikai felt that this scene was a bit funny and familiar.He was also polite, hung up his clothes and went over.

The wine was set on the table, and it seemed that it was a battle of not getting drunk and not returning. Li Yikai said that he drank Coke before asking.

"You are so boring." Zhou Xing put down the beer in his hand, and said unforgivingly: "I said it is a thank you bureau for you."

"Working overtime tomorrow", Li Yikai gave an explanation with dignity.

"Brother Kevin, we also work overtime." It was Zhou Xing's colleague who spoke.

But Li Yikai just laughed. He used his brain too much in a day, and he would be a little dull after work, and he didn't want to say polite words.

Zhou Xing said sourly: "I can't help it, brother Kevin is expensive, but Li Daiyu is too."

All the people at the table laughed, they had met Li Yikai many times, they didn't see each other with Zhou Xing, they joked that Li Yikai was a regular program at the dinner table.

Yuan Zhiming just said hello, but he didn't speak after that, he was buried in his food, and when he heard this sentence, he also giggled twice.

Li Yikai turned to look at him with a helpless voice: "Is it funny?"

Yuan Zhiming raised his eyes to look at him, the smile on his face hadn't disappeared, and he was a little embarrassed to be caught, and asked after a while: "Why is it called Li Daiyu?"

The more Zhou Xing asked, the more enthusiastic he was, and he passed Li Yikai and said to Yuan Zhiming: "Li Yikai looks cruel, but he is actually pretending, and his heart is very fragile."

"Aren't you finished?" Li Yikai turned his head and said.

But the other party pretended not to hear it at all, and Yuan Zhiming also looked very interested.

Zhou Xing said: "Li Yikai has a lot of sentimentality and often feels unwell. He needs someone to take care of him."

"I don't need your care," Li Yikai said.

"And I will cry watching the sunset, and drive alone to see the sea when I have insomnia..."

Li Yikai couldn't take it anymore, and stuffed a piece of gold and silver steamed bun into Zhou Xing's mouth.

The topic finally stopped, and Zhou Xing retracted laughingly.

Li Yikai didn't seem to care at all, maintaining his usual calm and self-possessed image, picking vegetables from the pot in front of him.

But from the corner of his eye, he could always feel that Yuan Zhiming seemed to be full of meaning, and his eyes still stopped here.

It's understandable, his reflex arc is half a beat slow.

Li Yikai didn't look at him, he lowered his head and stuffed a big lump of green leafy vegetables into his mouth, he was really hungry.

As a result, a burst of hot air rushed straight from the mouth to Tianling Gai.

Li Yikai seldom eats spicy food, but Zhou Xing orders the most spicy one every time.He didn't notice that he picked up the food from the red pot, and after eating it, he realized that his entire throat and esophagus were burned, and the heat pushed his ears so hot.

Fortunately, Zhou Xing had already changed a new topic and was elated, and no one around noticed.

Li Yikai swallowed slowly, picked up the ice cola and took a big gulp, barely suppressing the burning.

When he lowered his head, he saw a pair of hands, putting a stack of tissues in front of him.

Yuan Zhiming didn't say anything, just handed him a tissue and compared his skills.

Li Yikai was dizzy again, took the tissue, and touched it following his gestures.

Oh, it turned out that it was the corners of his eyes that burst into tears.

Yuan Zhiming looked back sensiblely...

Li Yikai thought desperately—he wouldn't think I was told to cry by Zhou Xing, would he?

In the second half of the meal, Li Yikai's mind was not paralyzed by alcohol, but his spirit was already in a trance.

It wasn't until Zhou Xing drank for three rounds and started persuading one by one that he became sober.

A lovelorn man is afraid of being alone, Zhou Xing hasn't made any progress in the past few years, and he makes full use of his advantage of being rich, and invites people to eat and drink when he is lonely, but fortunately, he doesn't complain, he just wants to be lively.

So a table of people was knocked down one by one.

"Zhou Xing, it's almost done." Li Yikai put down his chopsticks and pressed Zhou Xing's hand holding the beer.

"Kai, why don't you drink?" Zhou Xing asked five times after he was drunk.

Li Yikai said: "In order to drive you home."

"It's still you who treat me best", Zhou Xing said affectionately.

Li Yikai took it for granted, but today he felt hot on the other side of his ear. He turned his head and wanted to make a joke about Zhou Xing to Yuan Zhiming.

One didn't pay attention, the person on this side already poured the baijiu into Yuan Zhiming's cup.

"Xiaoyuan! I'm really happy to work with you! From now on, you will be my brother!" Zhou Xing also filled himself up, holding up his glass tremblingly and said to Yuan Zhiming, half of the wine was spilled on Li Yikai in the middle body.

Yuan Zhiming looked at the baijiu in front of him with dull eyes.

Li Yikai didn't bother to wipe his clothes, stopped the two of them with a headache, and quickly said to Yuan Zhiming: "Don't pay attention to him, he will forget about it the next day."

From the beginning to the end, Yuan Zhiming only drank two bottles of craft beer. He was able to chat with everyone, but he didn't refill his glass no matter who persuaded him.

Just kidding, it is impossible for Li Yikai to let the stinky wine table culture be staged in front of him.

"Xiaoyuan, I respect you!" Zhou Xing stood up abruptly, and spilled another half glass of wine on Li Yikai's sleeve.

"Yuan Zhiming, don't mind," Li Yikai said regardless.

"Thank you Brother Zhou Xing", Yuan Zhiming held up his wine glass and said word by word.

"Don't worry, just ignore him," Li Yikai said.

"Thank you too, Mr. Li," Yuan Zhiming said suddenly.

"You're welcome..." Li Yikai felt something was wrong, but couldn't tell.

"Then I'll respect you two, I'll do it," Yuan Zhiming stood up after finishing speaking.

Li Yikai raised his head in a daze, before he could say anything, he only saw that fair neck, and his Adam's apple moved twice.

Looking up, the glass was close to the pale pink lips, and there was a whole glass of white wine inside, without leaking a single drop.

"Little...Yuan Zhiming?"

Yuan Zhiming lowered his head and smiled at him, then passed him, reached out and took the wine glass from Zhou Xing's hand.

"Brother Zhou Xing, you drank too much, stop drinking."

Li Yikai supported his head: "Yes, you all..."

"Think that I drink this cup for you, thank you for recognizing me." Yuan Zhiming's voice sounded above his head, and Li Yikai seemed a little confused...

He looked up again, and saw Yuan Zhiming put Zhou Xing's half glass of wine on the table, then picked up the bottle, and filled another glass for himself.

"Wait……"

"Mr. Li, thank you for your approval. Although you said before that I am not suitable for designing, I know that you can still see my paintings. Otherwise, you would not help me out that day, and you would not introduce me to this job. .”

He bowed his head and said to Li Yikai with a smile, his voice was pleasant, his tone was soft, and his thoughts were clear.

Two whole glasses of white wine entered Yuan Zhiming's stomach, but Li Yikai felt that he might be the one who drank too much.

Called the other people one by one to send them away, Li Yikai left and right, there were only two people left in his hand.

He asked the waiter to pay the bill, and the other party said that he had already bought it. Thinking that Zhou Xing might have members here, he didn't ask.

Shaking the person lying on the table: "Did you drive?"

"No", Zhou Xingmu said in a daze.

Holding the mobile phone and turning his head: "What about you? Let me call a driver for you."

Yuan Zhiming was still eating ice powder, and shook his head when he heard the sound: "No need, I'll just take a taxi."

"Wait! Where does Xiaoyuan live?" Zhou Xing sat up in shock.

Yuan Zhiming reported to a community, and he said happily: "Hey! Then we are across the road! Let Yikai take us!"

Li Yikai looked at Zhou Xing and felt that it was pleasing to the eye, so he nodded: "Let's go, let's go together."

Yuan Zhiming didn't refuse any more, and helped Li Yikai to put Zhou Xing into the back seat with steady skill, and sat himself in the co-pilot's seat.

Drunken people went home one after another, and those who worked overtime also ended.

The Jinghai road at night is very quiet, it may have just rained, the road is wet, and there is a faint light under the traffic lights.

Zhou Xing's steady breathing came from behind him soon.

There is also the friction sound of the tires sliding across the watery ground, stirring up water splashes.

Li Yikai's throat was still itchy, he coughed twice, turned on the radio, and the gentle jazz music came.

I don't know if I was stimulated by the singing or disturbed by the brakes.

Zhou Xing suddenly muttered something behind the car, they didn't hear it clearly at first, and they said it twice before they realized it was a name.

Yuan Zhiming looked back and didn't ask any further questions.

The broadcast cut a song, and Zhou Xing also sang in a low voice——

"How many memories are there, how many secrets are hidden, tossing and turning in my heart what is called love."

Li Yikai said: "Are you okay?"

"Ah?" Yuan Zhiming looked away from the window, realizing that he was asking himself: "It's okay."

Zhou Xing said, "I have something to do, Kai, I'm still in pain."

"Why are you so cruel to me?"

Li Yikai didn't want to talk to him, but felt that Yuan Zhiming's eyes were too disturbing.

He suddenly said, "His ex-girlfriend."

"Huh?" Yuan Zhiming looked at Li Yikai's profile, "Yeah, Brother Zhou Xing said he was broken in love."

"He told you all this." Li Yikai didn't question, but sighed.

Then he asked, "Why do you call him Brother Zhou Xing?"

Yuan Zhiming said, "He asked me to call him that."

Li Yikai didn't speak any more.

After a while, Zhou Xing seemed to be returning to the light again, holding his seat and pouring out his heart and lungs to Yuan Zhiming:

"Xiao Ming, do you know the feeling of heartache?"

"Have you experienced it?"

For a moment no one spoke...

When Li Yikai thought Yuan Zhiming wouldn't pay attention to him, he suddenly heard the person beside him whisper: "It will pass."

Zhou Xing buried his head on the back of the chair and didn't make another sound.

Yuan Zhiming said again: "Brother Zhou Xing, you are a very good person, the pain is temporary, just come out."

"Yeah," Zhou Xing responded in a muffled voice, his voice a little hoarse: "Thank you, Li Yikai will only call me an idiot."

Yuan Zhiming didn't know how to comfort her.

Li Yikai sighed and laughed: "He is stubborn, people treat him hot and cold, but he still insists on getting close to him, and doesn't listen to what he says."

"I'm infatuated," Zhou Xing said, and muttered again, "Everyone is like you..."

The second half of the sentence was not suitable for speaking, Li Yikai stepped on the brakes, thumped, and threw Zhou Xing back into the leather back seat.

Yuan Zhiming withdrew his gaze from the back seat, looked at the front and didn't make a sound.

The atmosphere was really boring, Li Yikai laughed, and then took the stab at his brother: "His ex-girlfriend is from Sichuan and Chongqing, so he always orders the hottest pot bottom, but we are not very good at spicy food."

Yuan Zhiming also laughed: "I can see that, you are choked to tears."

After making a joke, Li Yikai suddenly relaxed, and simply confessed: "I was afraid that you would think that I was really so sentimental, and he would say a few words and make me cry."

Both of them laughed out loud.

Yuan Zhiming also laughed in a very low voice, with some chest resonance, at first he thought it was shyness, but later he felt that it was actually more like muffled laughter.

He laughed, and suddenly asked: "Then they said, you cry when you watch the sunset, and you go to the sea when you lose sleep. Is it true?"

Li Yikai tilted his chin subtly, and argued with a smile: "Of course it's nonsense."

"Hey, I want to say more," Yuan Zhiming lowered his head and scratched his head.

"Actually, I often do this too..."