Dangerous game

Jiang Bei never dreamed that he would meet Zhou Ming again in his lifetime. One morning when he went to work, he saw a tall and burly man standing downstairs in their studio looking around, with a bloated back and a suitcase beside him. , There is a feeling of escape.

Jiang Bei couldn't help but take a second look. The man also saw him, showing his big white teeth. Under the sun, the white teeth shone like glowing pearls.

The big fool waved at him, and Jiang Bei trotted over, still a little confused, "Why did you come to Beishi?"

"Come to find a job."

"It's almost New Year's Eve, everyone is running home, and you even ran away from home, you're really good at it."

Zhou Ming smiled shyly, a pair of dimples looming.

Jiang Bei led Zhou Ming into the studio, poured him a cup of hot water, Zhou Ming held it in his palm, and smirked at Jiang Bei foolishly.

"How do you know I work here?" Jiang Bei asked.

"Ask from our monitor, you know, she has always been interested in me."

Jiang Bei rolled his eyes at him, "You're still so thick-skinned."

Zhou Ming smiled, his eyes fell on Jiang Bei's face, "It's been okay these years."

"pretty good."

"Your environment is good, how many people are there?" Zhou Ming looked around.

"There are two more. It's almost Chinese New Year and there's nothing to do, so I gave them a holiday in advance."

Up to this point, both of them were deliberately silent. Zhou Ming lingered on Jiang Bei's unfamiliar yet familiar face for a long time, and finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most, "Have you found someone?"

"Well, it's done."

Zhou Ming lowered his head in embarrassment, feeling a little disappointed.

The atmosphere became inexplicably cold, and Jiang Bei also felt that something was wrong. He changed his words, "By the way, have you found a house yet?"

"Still looking for it."

"Why don't you make do with me first, I have a bed here, just buy a quilt and pillow yourself."

Zhou Ming was surprised, and vaguely embarrassed, "Is this appropriate?"

"If you don't think it's suitable, pay my rent."

"Then...it is necessary, how much?"

"Pull it down, I can really charge you money."

Zhou Ming squinted his eyes and smiled, and he had the standard eight big white teeth again. Many years ago, during their freshman military training, this man ran over and smiled at him like this, "Student, what's your name?" Name, why are you hiding here and being lazy?"

It's been so many years, and Zhou Ming is still the stupid student he was back then, thinking that he left his hometown suddenly years ago, there must be some unavoidable reasons, the good people in Jiangbei did their best, and accompanied him to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities, Also bought a set of bedding.

When he was free at noon, Jiang Bei invited the big idiot to have a hot pot meal, which was the one he invited Shen Munan to eat last time, because he had an unused voucher in his hand.

While eating, I don’t know who started it first, and I mentioned things about my college days while I was talking. Memories are always mixed with sweet and sour. In the end, there is only indescribable regret left. Time flies, youth is hard to stay.

In the afternoon, Shen Munan called and said that he was going to pick Jiang Bei up for dinner after get off work in the evening. Zhou Ming was helping Jiang Bei deburr the newly formed wood carving, and asked casually, "Is it your partner?"

Jiang Bei smiled and nodded, expressing his acquiescence.

When he smiled, Zhou Ming also laughed, with unavoidable sadness in his eyes.

After seven o'clock in the evening, Shen Munan drove over. Zhou Ming wanted to see what this lucky guy looked like, so he went downstairs with Jiang Bei. Everyone was stunned, and the Three Views were hit by an unprecedented impact.

Jiang Bei understood Zhou Ming's astonishment and was a little embarrassed. He explained, "I forgot to tell you, he is a man."

Zhou Ming felt even more uncomfortable now. During the years when he chased Jiang Bei, Jiang Bei was a real straight man, so he always blamed his failure on the other party's too hard-up sexual orientation.

The car window was lowered, and Shen Munan's eyes were on Zhou Ming, forming a strong cold air field with the semi-dark environment around him. His jaw was tensed into a line, waiting for Jiang Bei to explain.

"His name is Shen Munan." Jiang Bei looked at Zhou Ming and then at the man in the car, "This is my college classmate, Zhou Ming."

Shen Munan withdrew his gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Get in the car."

Zhou Ming stood there in embarrassment, still trying to maintain a smile on his face, Jiang Bei patted him on the back, "Go upstairs, it's really cold outside."

"Hey."

Jiang Bei opened the door and got into the car, turned his face to Zhou Ming and said, "Go up, why are you standing there?"

Shen Munan looked sadly at Zhou Ming who was outside the car, without any threatening words, but Zhou Ming could see clearly that the other party was a man not easy to mess with, and he was warning himself to stay away from Jiangbei.

Zhou Ming turned around lonely, and there was the sound of a car starting to drive away behind him.

"That man likes you?" Shen Munan asked suddenly while driving.

"No, just ordinary classmates."

Shen Munan kept his face sullen and didn't say a word. At the intersection of traffic lights ahead, he slammed on the brakes, and Jiang Bei's body rushed forward, very embarrassed.

Jiang Bei was a little unhappy, "Can you remind me when you brake!"

Shen Munan picked up the words just now, "Why, he lives at your place at night?"

"He just came from another place, and he hasn't found a house yet. Anyway, I have a place to sleep in my studio. My old classmate, help him if you can." Jiang Bei heard a sour smell, and his voice softened a little: "Grandpa, you're not so stingy. Also, you have to be careful when driving, it's too fast."

When the green light came on, Shen Munan stepped on the gas pedal and didn't ask any more questions.

The place to eat was a high-end private club for entertainment. Passing through the hall with mottled wall lights, Shen Munan led Jiang Bei directly into the lounge. There were already five people sitting in it, including men and women.

Jiang Bei's eyes swept over their faces one by one. They were all young people dressed in trendy clothes. Among the five, Chen Xinyu, whom he had seen in the villa before, sat in the far corner with a woman in a knitted V-neck dress. With long wavy hair, an exquisite figure, and a pair of eyes raised from the corners of the tail, she stared at Shen Munan directly with her charming eyes at this moment.

From the looks of it, they should know each other and have an unusual relationship.

Jiang Bei didn't have the habit of prying into people's privacy, he just felt a little uncomfortable, being stared at by such a group of young people like monkeys, he felt uncomfortable, Shen Munan didn't say a word, and looked at Chen Xinyu meaningfully.

On the contrary, Chen Xinyu showed embarrassment, hesitating to blame himself: "I didn't know you brought him here."

Jiang Bei could tell that the "he" was referring to himself.

The woman in the corner stood up, walked gracefully to Jiang Bei, glanced at Shen Munan again, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile, "No introduction?"

Shen Munan asked expressionlessly, "When did you return to China?"

The woman smiled, turned to Chen Xinyu, and said angrily, "Xinyu, you didn't tell Mu Nan that I'm back home."

"Ah, I, I forgot to mention that."

The woman turned around and took out a rectangular gift box from her bag, handed it to Shen Munan, and said with a smile: "Happy birthday, I will always remember it."

Shen Munan took it over with a calm expression, "Thank you."

Jiang Bei really wanted to dig a hole in the ground and get in. No wonder he always felt like he forgot something today. He was so careless that he forgot his partner's birthday.

The woman looked at Jiangbei again, and after taking a closer look, her face suddenly faded.

Jiang Bei didn't understand the reason for this, and he didn't think about it, so he introduced himself to this group of young people who were playing coffee, "My name is Jiang Bei, Jiang of the Yangtze River, North of South, East, West, and North."

"Xu Qi." The woman said slowly.

Chen Xinyu shook off the girl in his arms and clapped his hands, "Everyone is here, let's go to the restaurant for dinner first."

The so-called private clubs usually only receive one group of guests at a time, and inside is a small paradise for eating, drinking and having fun, chess and card rooms, restaurants, massage rooms, gyms... It is said that the annual membership fee here is tens of millions, purely for the wealthy class It was the first time Jiangbei had come to a place where money was burned.

The meals are also very particular, most of them are famous delicacies, the seafood is all brought in by air on the same day, a few bottles of brandy are opened on the table, and everyone drinks a little.

Jiang Bei has a good capacity for alcohol, he looks like he hasn't had a drink after drinking, and his face doesn't change at all. Shen Munan is sitting on his left, and Chen Xinyu is sitting on his right. While eating, he still flirts with his female partner from time to time.

Jiang Bei leaned his forehead to Shen Munan's side, suppressing his voice, "The one next to me, why is he in heat even while eating?"

Shen Munan glanced at Chen Xinyu, squeezed Jiang Bei's hand under the table, and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Is it like this?"

"You're not too hot, you have to be like this." After finishing speaking, Jiang Bei rubbed Shen Munan's ankle with his toes.

"Are your shoes dry?"

"Just brushed it yesterday, it's very clean."

"Stop messing around and eat." Shen Munan was still sitting upright on the surface, but secretly he was a soul eater.

Xu Qi looked at the small movements of the two people on the opposite side, and his face turned cold unconsciously. Dan Kou pinched the wine glass with ten fingers, raised his head and took a sip, his impeccable makeup added a bit of ruthlessness.

Bored after the meal and it was still early, they went to the bowling alley in the clubhouse to play for a while. Chen Xinyu liked to show off and tried his best to show himself in front of the girl. The first few times he was lucky and hit the middle, and those balls fell down.

"Playing? I'll teach you." Chen Xinyu raised his eyebrows and looked at the girl.

The girl has little experience in the world, and at this moment she has an expression of admiration: "Okay."

Chen Xinyu picked a slightly more important ball, grabbed it in his hand, and put on a pose, "Look at it."

Then he stepped forward, confident and proud. Three seconds later, he heard a loud "plop" and his body fell on the fairway.

The girl was stunned.

Jiang Bei couldn't hold it back, and let out a snort. Fortunately, the person involved didn't hear it. Two men hurried up to help Chen Xinyu up.

"It's really a fierce operation. Is this person a joke?" Jiang Bei sighed.

Shen Munan glanced at Jiang Bei's profile, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly involuntarily.

Xu Qi gloated, "Xinyu, has your body been hollowed out? You can't even hold a ball steadily, and you can still fall like this."

"I fucking slipped!"

Xu Qi was too lazy to talk to him, and walked towards Shen Munan with her arms crossed.

"Have you brought cigarettes?" Xu Qi asked Shen Munan.

Shen Munan took out the cigarette case from her suit pocket and handed it over, and she took out the lighter from her bag.

Xu Qi lit a cigarette, squinted at Jiangbei, "You want one too?"

Just as Jiang Bei wanted to say no to smoking, Shen Munan took the first step and said in a deep voice, "He won't."

"Is it true that he can't smoke? Or are you reluctant to let him smoke?" These words were a bit weird, and Jiang Bei didn't feel comfortable listening to them.

Shen Munan's face was slightly gloomy, and he coldly teased the woman beside him, "Reluctance."

Xu Qi smiled self-deprecatingly, "That's right, smoking hurts your body, so why don't you smoke one with me." After speaking, she took one out of the cigarette case and handed it over.

Probably because he was addicted to cigarettes, Shen Munan didn't refuse, took it and put it in his mouth, Xu Qi lit the fire for him.

Seeing that the two of them moved so skillfully, which should have happened often in the past, Jiang Bei felt a little apprehensive.

After a while, Jiang Bei couldn't help muttering, "I know smoking is bad, but I still smoke. I'm self-abuse."

Shen Munan was surprised by Jiang Bei's reaction. He took a last puff, put the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and patted Jiang Bei's head, "Go back?"

Jiang Bei couldn't stay still for a long time, "Well, go back."

Xu Qi still had a cigarette between his fingers, and his voice was a bit sinister, "Leaving so early?"

Shen Munan ignored her this time, went over there to say hello to Chen Xinyu and the others, and then dragged Jiang Bei away.

"I can tell, that's your ex-girlfriend." Before leaving the club, Jiang Bei couldn't help asking.

Shen Munan was taken aback for a moment, "Yes."

"She seems to have some interest in you. Why did you two break up in the first place?"

Shen Munan looked at Jiang Bei with a gloomy expression, "I'm tired."

"You dumped her?"

Shen Munan pursed his lips and said, "What do you want to know?"

Jiang Bei shook his head, a little discouraged, "I don't have anything to know, but people always have feelings after being with people for a long time, and I'm tired of talking about it, which is too hurtful."

Shen Munan suddenly clasped Jiang Bei's shoulders, his eyes locked on him, "What about you? You have been with me for a long time, will you have feelings?"

Jiang Bei looked directly at him, "Of course there will be. We've known each other for 20 years. In terms of relationship, it's much more complicated than you and her."

Shen Munan's expression froze for a moment, and then he curled the corners of his mouth implicitly.

Jiang Bei seldom saw him with such an expression, and was taken aback for a while, "Are you shy?"

Shen Munan remained silent.

"I thought you were shy, your expression just now..." Jiang Bei specially imitated his movements and demeanor, and then hissed: "You are so innocent."

"Let's go?" Shen Munan urged impatiently.

Jiang Bei was still staring at the other party's face, "Let's go, let's go."

In the evening, the two of them lay on the bed after taking a shower, and Shen Munan was browsing the web news on his mobile phone. Jiang Bei felt that the time had come, so he quietly moved over to kiss him.

Before Shen Munan could react, Jiang Bei began to sing, "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

"Stop singing, it's ugly."

Jiang Bei stopped, "I know today is your birthday, so I wanted to surprise you. I hid the present under the quilt. You can open it and see for yourself."

Shen Munan kept his eyes on the phone screen, and said flatly, "What can there be in the quilt."

"Look for yourself." Jiang Bei was anxious, and kicked him under the quilt, "Hurry up, don't smear the ink."

Shen Munan had no choice but to lift the quilt.

Jiang Bei jumped on him, stared at him with a smile, and moved up and down.

Shen Munan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "The gift is you."

Jiang Bei blinked, then covered the quilt with his hands.

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In the dark, Jiang Bei nestled in Shen Munan's arms, and after strengthening his body, neither of them felt sleepy.

"What did she give you for your birthday?"

Shen Munan looked down at the hairy head in front of him, and felt a rare softness in his heart. He tightened his arms, and his voice was laziness after lust, "I didn't open it to read."

"She used to accompany you on your birthday?"

"There are also Chen Xinyu and the others."

Jiang Bei didn't ask for trouble anymore, and changed the topic, "I haven't asked you yet, how did you introduce me to your friends?"

Shen Munan asked back, "How do you want to introduce?"

Jiang Bei pondered for a moment, "You have to be a little more modest, let's just say that, his name is Jiang Bei, he is an artist, he just carves that kind of wood, and a piece of wood only sells for 80 million [-], like rich people like us, There is no comparison, why introduce him, come here, eat vegetables, Xu Qi, come here, smoke a cigarette."

Hearing the last sentence, Shen Munan couldn't help laughing, "Are you still jealous?"

"Who is jealous, I'm going to sleep."

Shen Munan leaned close to his ear and kissed, "Then I will introduce this to others from now on."

"Farewell, those friends of yours are all idiots. They can understand art, but they don't even know it." Shen Munan raised his eyes to look at him, and said with certainty: "You are also idiots."

"You are exactly the same as when you were a child."

"Where is it the same?"

"There are a lot of ghost ideas, and I like to play tricks on people." Shen Munan pinched Jiang Bei's face, "Go to sleep."

The next day, Jiang Bei went to the Givenchy store in China World Mall and bought a classic brass cufflink with logo embossing for Shen Munan as a birthday present.

Speaking of which, his shallow understanding of luxury goods all came from Yang Xin, a woman, and Yang Xin was fired from the company half a month ago, and fell into unemployment again in her life. Jiangbei didn't know about these.