Saturday evening arrived as expected.
Jiang Xuan watched as Lin Zimao tidied himself up and left the house with a newly bought backpack, as if he was going on a date.
Jiang Xuan asked casually: “Going out?”
Lin Zimao lowers his head to tie his shoelaces, nodded: “Um, you’re really not going?”
Jiang Xuan has already told the other side that he can’t go because of something, so he really won’t go.
Jiang Xuan’s mood plummeted for no apparent reason, Jiaoyan clutched his hand and stepped on him with his hind legs, but there was no response, after he disappeared from sight, he realized that Jiaoyan’s claws had scratched his wrist until it bled.
Jiang Xuan made a tough decision and pulled out the pet nail clippers: “Jiaoyan, come, I’ll cut your nails.”
Jiaoyan saw the nail clippers and decisively ran away.
Jiang Xuan chased after him: “You run, you run again.”
Jiaoyan ran up the stairs.
Jiang Xuan took three steps with two steps1三步並作兩步 (sān bù bìng zuò liǎng bù): same as 三步並做二步 (sān bù bìng zuò èr bù), three steps and two steps; quick steps; move forward quickly; describe the appearance of walking fast. and chased after him.
Inexplicably, there is an illusion that his wife goes out on a date and he takes care of the baby at home.
Lin Zimao certainly didn’t want to attend Cheng Chen’s birthday party, however, since he won the simulation competition and the incident with Ren Siran also happened, there are a lot of people who want to get to know him.
He finally decided to take a look around and leave, it just so happened that the place he was going to was very close to the hotel where Cheng Chen held his birthday party.
Guo Xingwei said he would come to pick him up, but Lin Zimao refused, he still took a taxi by himself.
The hotel where the party was held was quite grand, and he saw many familiar faces at the door.
Guo Xingwei kept sending him messages from the moment he left the house, asking him if he had arrived every five minutes, completely forgetting that they had fought before, but since Lin Zimao was in the simulated cabin competition, this guy’s attitude towards him has changed a hundred and eighty degrees.
Lin Zimao saw Guo Xingwei, who kept looking around at the hotel entrance, and Ji Chen, who seemed to be waiting for someone.
Seeing Lin Zimao, Ji Chen walked over with a smile: “Yo, junior, I thought you weren’t coming.”
Lin Zimao looked at him: “What a coincidence, senior.”
Ji Chen: “It’s quite a coincidence, Cheng Chen is also my friend.” He thought that Lin Zimao didn’t know about it, so he specially explained that the friend Cheng Chen was talking about was actually him, it was him that had exchanged Jiang Xuan’s gift with Cheng Chen.
Guo Xingwei saw that the two of them knew each other, he knew that Ji Chen and Jiang Xuan were friends, but he was still a bit disobedient towards their group of people, so he ran to chat with his friends decisively, Cheng Chen is his goal, he is only responsible for bringing Lin Zimao.
Lin Zimao didn’t care about Guo Xingwei’s little thoughts.
The party was on the twentieth floor of the hotel, and a banquet hall was set up as a party venue, there are lights, balloons, music, drinks, and snacks, everything that should be here is here2應有盡有 (yīng yǒu jìn yǒu): everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have everything one needs; to be comprehensive; to be complete; have all that is necessary., there are men and women dressed in costumes and others dressed casually like Lin Zimao.
Cheng Chen didn’t like to see Lin Zimao very much, when he confessed to Jiang Xuan for the first time, he was disturbed by this person, and he was a bit angry when he saw him, but now he has to rely on Ji Chen to help him deal with Jiang Xuan, what’s even more coincidental is that Ji Chen was actually interested in Lin Zimao.
When Lin Zimao saw Cheng Chen, he give him a gift that he bought casually, no matter what he gave, Cheng Chen probably wouldn’t like it.
Cheng Chen asked Ji Chen: “Brother Chen, why didn’t Brother Jiang Xuan come with you?”
Ji Chen said: “He asked me to give you the gift, he’s busy and can’t come here today.”
Lin Zimao listened to it, Jiang Xuan said he can’t come and he really won’t come, it’s a bit unexpected that he didn’t attend Cheng Chen’s birthday.
In fact, Jiang Xuan stayed at home and seemed to have nothing else to do, suddenly he was in a better mood.
But he can’t get involved in other people’s affairs, he came here today to see if there’s anything special.
He found that apart from Ji Chen, he also had other people he knew, such as Jiang Xuan’s cousin Jiang Man.
Ji Chen said he’ll get him a drink, Jiang Man came over.
Jiang Man walked up to Lin Zimao: “Hey, long time no see! I didn’t expect to see you here, don’t let my classmates see you!”
“Why?” Lin Zimao doesn’t know much about it, “I’ve offended them?”
Jiang Man: “More than offending, they probably want to eat you up.”
Lin Zimao: “What do you mean?”
Jiang Man: “Wasn’t it because of that garbage senior from last time, now our department has two extra ideological and political courses every week, we have to complete the full credits before we can graduate, and we’re on a strict clock-in system, so no one can be late.”
Lin Zimao feels amused when he heard it: “Then why are you still in the mood to come out and play now, you should be at school memorizing.”
Jiang Man said: “That’s not good, finally have a weekend off, I heard that our department sent you an invitation to transfer to another department, do you agree? If you come over, we can become classmates, haven’t fight enough with you yet.”
Lin Zimao pondered for a moment: “Are you sure you want to fight me?”
Jiang Man begged for mercy: “Fight for half an hour, not within five minutes, please show mercy3手下留情 (shǒu xià liú qíng): lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; hold one’s hand; Do not judge me too harshly; Look favorably on my humble efforts.. However, then again, it would be a pity if you didn’t come to our department.”
Lin Zimao smiled and shook his head: “You guys aren’t fun, I’m not going.”
Jiang Man expressed deep regret.
Ji Chen brought the juice over and handed it to Lin Zimao, seeing that Jiang Man was still not leaving, he started to drive him away: “Jiang Man, why don’t you play games with Cheng Chen and the others?”
Jiang Man just sat there and refused to leave: “Not going, I and Zimao hit it off4一見如故 (yī jiàn rú gù): lit. first see as old; to be familiar at first sight; to hit it off; the first meeting is like an old friend; become instant friends. straight away, we’ll chat for a while. Brother Chen, didn’t you say that a genius senior from your command department came over? Why don’t you hurry up and say hello to Cheng Chen quickly.”
Ji Chen frowned and said: “What does it have to do with me?”
Jiang Man gave him an eye roll: “Don’t you usually spoil Cheng Chen the most, who will help people if you don’t help him?”
Ji Chen was almost angered by this dead child’s words: “We’re all friends, what’s there to spoil?”
Jiang Man said with displeasure: “That’s not necessarily the case, I’ve never seen you come to greet guests for me on my birthday, you came over after Cheng Chen act like a baby for a few times, didn’t you?”
Ji Chen: “What nonsense, I didn’t.”
Jiang Man: “Would you like to make a bet, look, Cheng Chen is coming, if he asks you to do something, you will definitely do it right away!”
Ji Chen’s heart was blocked by what he said: “Do you think I will?”
Cheng Chen really came over.
Lin Zimao listened with great interest, Jiang Man seemed to be jealous of Ji Chen.
Jiang Man whispered to Lin Zimao: “You know Jiang Xuan, right?”
Lin Zimao nodded: “Um.”
Jiang Man: “He’s my cousin, Cheng Chen likes my brother, moreover, my brother and Brother Chen have a good relationship, Cheng Chen always asked him about my brother’s movements.”
It sounds like Jiang Man actually has a lot of dissatisfaction with Cheng Chen, or maybe Jiang Man doesn’t like Cheng Chen very much? Coincidentally, he doesn’t like Cheng Chen very much either, he’s obviously a boy, but he always feels that Cheng Chen has an extra yin energy in him, which should be called peculiar5陰陽怪氣 (yīn yáng guài qì): eccentric; peculiar; passive aggressive; mystifying; Describe attitude quirks, cold words, unpredictable..
Lin Zimao asked curiously: “And then?”
Jiang Man said with a snort: “And then my brother was abducted.”
Lin Zimao: “They’re together?”
Jiang Man waved his hand: “No, no, it’s the kind where your brother is not your brother, understand.”
Lin Zimao: “Oh, you’re jealous.”
Jiang Man, a tall man, scratched his head: “I wondered if Cheng Chen is drugging other men, why do everyone likes to get close to him, even the genius senior of the command department mentioned just now is also pursuing him.”
Lin Zimao: “Doesn’t he like Jiang Xuan? Why don’t he reject the genius seniors?”
Jiang Man: “That’s how he is, do you know the fish pond owner6魚塘主 (yú táng zhǔ): originally meant a place for fishing or raising fish, later, it became popular on the Internet, it means that a person has many spare tires or ambiguous objects.?”
Lin Zimao didn’t know much about relationships: “What does it mean?”
Jiang Man: “It means that all these men are the fish he raised, that is, his spare tires.”
Lin Zimao: “Your brother is also a fish?”
Jiang Man: “Maybe? My brother is too indifferent, I didn’t see that he likes Cheng Chen, it was all Cheng Chen’s initiative.”
Just then, Cheng Chen walked up to them, but he stopped in front of Ji Chen.
Cheng Chen’s voice is different from theirs, not straightforward, and sticky7黏黏糊糊 (nián nián húhú): Refers to being indecisive, ineffective, and slow in doing things. It can also describe the ambiguous relationship between the sexes, and they are always inseparable. It can also describe the feeling of things with a lot of sugar or glue sticking to your hands.: “Brother Chen, can you give Brother Jiang Xuan a call?”
In the past, Ji Chen would have been willing to do so, but after his in-depth chat with Jiang Xuan, and the fact that Jiang Man had just insulted him, the way he looked at Cheng Chen began to be different.
Ji Chen: “Don’t you have his communicator, call him yourself.”
Cheng Chen acting coy and said: “I…” He knows that Jiang Xuan is indifferent, so he always habitually asks his friends around him for help.
The more Ji Chen looked at him, the more strange he felt: “You what?”
Cheng Chen said aggrievedly: “I had a quarrel with him.”
If Ji Chen hadn’t heard Jiang Xuan talk about it, he would have really believed Cheng Chen again, and his face was a little unhappy.
“But Jiang Xuan said he didn’t quarrel with you.” Ji Chen exposed him, and suddenly felt that Cheng Chen was a bit boring, “You’d better solve your own problems by yourself, don’t go through me, it’s not appropriate for me to get involved, today is your nineteenth birthday.”
He used to think that Cheng Chen was a relatively innocent and shy younger brother, but today he saw him wandering around the party like a butterfly, chatting with ease and fluency8侃侃而談 (kǎn kǎn ér tán): to speak frankly with assurance; to speak frankly and in measured tones; talk with ease and fluency. with people, how could such a Cheng Chen not dare to talk to Jiang Xuan?
Then there is only one possibility, only if they contact Jiang Xuan, will Jiang Xuan agree to Cheng Chen’s request for the sake of friends.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt sorry for his friend, and he even felt that it was right for Jiang Xuan not to come today.
Cheng Chen’s lies was exposed by Ji Chen, his complexion changed slightly, fortunately there is only Jiang Man here, there’s also Lin Zimao?
Why is it him again, why is he always there when it has something to do with Jiang Xuan, he’s like a scourge9掃把星 (sào bǎ xīng): bearer of ill luck; person with the evil eye; comet. Often used to indicate that a person is unlucky, and the people around him are also unlucky because of him, which is a bit superstitious., he regret it, he shouldn’t invite Lin Zimao here, it was just making things worse for himself.
But Lin Zimao is someone Ji Chen likes, no matter how dissatisfied Cheng Chen was with Lin Zimao, he will never flare up on the spot.
He changed his attitude and used his status as the birthday star to say to Ji Chen: “Brother Chen, today is my birthday, I just want to talk to Brother Jiang Xuan, even this one small wish of mine can’t be fulfilled?”
In the past, when Ji Chen heard what Cheng Chen said, he immediately started to act, but today he has decided to stick for himself: “Cheng Chen, it’s not that Brother Chen won’t help you, but I can’t reach Jiang Xuan either, you’d better contact him yourself.”
Cheng Chen wanted to cry, gave Ji Chen a resentful look, turned around, and left.
Ji Chen ignored Jiang Man’s provocative eyes, sat down to reflect, while Lin Zimao drank the juice.
Jiang Man said to Lin Zimao: “How about it, have you seen how powerful Cheng Chen is?”
Lin Zimao smiled, but didn’t agree, it doesn’t seem good to speak ill of the host at his birthday party, not to mention that he had fooled Cheng Chen some time ago.
Ji Chen originally wanted to chat with Lin Zimao for a while, but Jiang Man, a big man, stuck in the middle of them, refusing to leave, he couldn’t do anything, and he was blocked by Jiang Man during this period, his image in front of Lin Zimao dropped so much that he almost wanted to beat him up.
Jiang Man, Ji Chen, and Lin Zimao sat for a while, chatted awkwardly for a while, and then went about their respective social activities.
Lin Zimao was having a good time, he drank a few cocktails and felt a little dizzy, after drinking the last cup, he was about to stand up and leave when Liang Yuan, whom he met in Lin Zifeng’s laboratory a few days ago, came over.
Liang Yuan stood in front of him holding a wine glass, looked at him condescendingly10居高臨下 (jū gāo lín xià): lit. to live high and look down (idiom); fig. arrogance based on one’s social position; to occupy the high ground; to overlook; to be condescending; to tower above; occupy a commanding position/height; be commanding/condescending; show disdain (for sb). and said: “I didn’t expect you to be that Lin Zimao, who didn’t know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth11不知天高地厚 (bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu): lit. not know the height of the skies or the depth of the earth—not know one’s own limitations; not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one’s own abilities; to think one knows everything; to be ignorant., you and Lin Zifeng are really brothers, fishing for fame and reputation12沽名釣譽 (gū míng diào yù): to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments., jackals of the same tribe13一丘之貉 (yī qiū zhī hé): lit. one hill’s badgers; jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other; (derogatory) people of the same ilk; birds of a feather..”
Lin Zimao, who was thinking of slipping away if nothing happened, felt uncomfortable when he heard this, he looked up at Liang Yuan: “You learn idioms well, but I think you should learn to respect others first.”
Liang Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and realized that Lin Zimao was scolding him for being impolite: “What’s the use of your nimble glib talk!”
Lin Zimao thinks this person may have a problem with his brain, but he is not a character who likes to suffer: “Well, it should be more useful than you.”
Liang Yuan was furious, but he also didn’t want to lose his reputation as a genius, so he proudly walked away with his wine glass in hand.
Lin Zimao rolled his eyes speechlessly, he really couldn’t stay at this kind of birthday party, so he left after talking to Ji Chen and Jiang Man, Ji Chen said to send him back to school, Lin Zimao declined him politely, when Ji Chen knew where he lived, he’s afraid he’ll jumped up in fright.
Lin Zimao went out in the evening and returned home before eight o’clock in the evening.
Jiang Xuan was actually at home, but he changed his clothes, and Jiaoyan, who came to greet him, smelled of shampoo, presumably because it smelled the smell of alcohol on his body, so it didn’t like it and ran away.
When Lin Zimao was changing his shoes, Jiang Xuan glanced at him, Lin Zimao kicked off his shoes, leaned on the sofa barefoot and asked him: “Jiang Xuan, do you know what fish farming is?”
Jiang Xuan was sitting on the sofa, holding a small computer to read information, Lin Zimao was very close, he asked him back quietly: “Raising what kind of fish?”
Lin Zimao stared at his face, looking around and speak: “Not like fish.”
Jiang Xian smelled the smell of alcohol on his body, touch his fingertips on his chest, telling him to step back a little: “Also drinking, speak human.”
Lin Zimao drank several glasses of cocktails while he was bored at the party, he put his hands around Jiang Xuan’s fingers and said: “Fish farming.”
Jiang Xuan: “Also already drunk?”
Lin Zimao blinked: “No, Jiang Man said that Cheng Chen is the owner of the fish pond, and you are his little fish.” Honestly explained the whole sequence of events.
Jiang Xuan sighed, looked at his own fingers which were grasped by Lin Zimao on his chest, and said: “Lin Zimao.”
The house is very warm, as soon as Lin Zimao sat down, he didn’t want to move, his drowsiness began to surge up, and his head sank little by little: “Um?”
Seeing that he was about to fall asleep, Jiang Xuan sighed: “I’m not a raised fish.”
Lin Zimao still held Jiang Xuan’s finger, when he heard the sound, he opened his eyes and blinked again: “Ah, oh.”
He sat on the sofa blankly, very well-behaved, after a while, he rested his head on Jiang Xuan’s shoulder, tilted his head, and fell asleep.
Jiang Xuan’s finger was still held by him, but he didn’t really want to take it back.
A drunkard, honest and cute.
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