This was the first time Liang Fangyuan had heard her brother say that he had no plans to say this. After all, he did not refuse them introducing someone to him before, even if there was often no result in the end, but at least every time they mention this matter to him, his attitude was not repulsive, and it was not as clear as this time that he refused.
In her opinion, men and women at this age should marry. And her younger brother was not as worried about finding someone to marry, not like other men who have done nothing and have high eyes and low hands. On the contrary, he was very good, and there was no shortage of girls who likes him. He didn’t have any relationships when he was in school. They regarded it as him wanting to focus on his studies, but now he graduated and worked, his life stabilized after almost three years. Why haven’t they heard any marriage news?
Like a few young men of his age in the village, they have been holding their second child one after another. Only her younger brother didn’t even land a girlfriend.
When they were shopping, they bought some local snacks from M City. Because it was a bit late, it was a bit troublesome to buy food and go back to cooking, so they decided to have a casual meal in a restaurant near the mall.
Now the meal was ordered, and many people were sitting and waiting on the bench at the door. Chu Yan took the number and found a place at the door like everyone else to sit down and wait.
Maomao still held the cone he had just bought in his hand, and the melted cream was pasted in one hand. It was said that nephews follow their uncle. His facial features were actually five points similar to Liang Suici’s appearance when he was a child, but the little guy was fleshy, and no matter what he does, he makes people feel cute.
Liang Fangyuan took out a paper towel from her bag to wipe the sticky cream on Maomao’s hands. She suddenly remembered and asked, “By the way, why don’t you ask Xiao Li to see if he wants to come over and eat together?”
“He..He should have eaten.” Li Xi suddenly said this afternoon that he had to go out, and would come home for dinner.
“Just ask, make a phone call and ask. In case someone won’t eat outside and wait for us to eat together…”
Chu Yan had to take out his mobile phone and make a call to Li Xi, but the line was empty within a few minutes of the call.
As soon as they entered, the waiter arranged a place for them, because there were many guests and the dishes were freshly made, the speed of serving was actually a bit slow.
When the dishes were almost ready, Li Xi happened to be there, and Liang Fangyuan’s position was heading in the direction of the door, and she only raised her eyes to see him.
The prices in this store were actually very average, and the things were very miscellaneous. Everyone would not dress formally when they come to eat, so as not to stain their clothes or get the smell. It would be very troublesome, so most of them wear very casually. Under such circumstances, Li Xi, who was dressed in a straight black suit, was particularly eye-catching.
Liang Fangyuan’s movements even paused. Because of the decoration style of the store, the light was dim. Against the hazy lights and the extremely monotonous black and white colors on his body, his expressionless and tough face showed a bit different from usual calmness and strength.
Chu Yan followed his sister’s gaze and turned back, just in time to see Li Xi walking in their direction.
Li Xi stood still in front of Chu Yan. Seeing that the food hadn’t moved, he felt a little guilty and said, “I’m sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?”
Liang Fangyuan enthusiastically pushed the menu in front of Li Xi, smiled and said, “It just so happens that the dishes have just been served, you can see what else you want to eat, just add it.”
The temperature in the store was very high. Li Xi took off his suit jacket and put it on the back of his chair, smiled and shook his head, “No, these are enough.”
Chu Yan had the habit of drinking soup before meals. Li Xi served him a bowl with a spoon and quietly put it in his hand. The movement was so natural, as if it had become a certain habit.
Liang Fangyuan put down her chopsticks and glanced at her younger brother. He seemed to have no appetite and was very tired. His expression was also unhappy. He frowned when he saw the soup at his hand, but after a while he picked up the spoon and took a sip.
The weird and subtle feeling in her heart lingered. Liang Fangyuan put a steamed shrimp in a bowl for the two of them, and said with a smile, “Don’t just drink soup, eat vegetables.”
After eating for a while, Liang Fangyuan suddenly looked up at Li Xi as if on a whim and said, “Yes, Xiao Li, last time I heard you say that this year you’re also twenty-seven, the same age as Xiao Ci…”
“How about that, have you found a partner yet?”
Li Xi stiffened when he heard this sentence, and subconsciously went to look at Chu Yan next to him, but the other party just lowered his head and drank the soup without a mouthful, as if he hadn’t heard it at all.
He put down his chopsticks, shook his head before reluctantly smiling, “Not yet…”
“How could there be none?” Liang Fangyuan joked with a smile, “There should be no shortage of girls who like you. Are you too busy at work and don’t have time?”
Before she finished speaking, Liang Fangyuan’s phone on the table rang suddenly. She looked down twice, then raised her eyes, smiled and said to Chu Yan, who was drinking soup, “The girl I mentioned to you last time during the Chinese New Year said that she would come to M City in two days. I sent her your picture. The girl was very satisfied and said that she could meet. Take a look at this.”
As she said, she brought up the photo and put it in front of Chu Yan, “This is the photo of the girl and the phone number. Do you want to save it…”
Chu Yan picked up the phone and glanced at it, but his eyes were clear, he only responded perfunctorily, and lowered his head to drink the soup.
But when Liang Fangyuan saw that her brother and Li Xi’s expressions were not good, she stopped talking about it.
After a meal, it was already past nine o’clock.When they came out of the mall, it rained slightly, the winding neon lights were uncertain in the night, and there was a strong metallic smell floating in the air.
Chu Yan discovered that Li Xi hadn’t spoken much since his sister proposed to find him an object during dinner. Although the expression on his face was not particularly ugly, it was definitely not good.
Liang Fangyuan took Maomao back to the guest room to sleep after washing. Chu Yan lay on the bed for a while after washing but did not feel the slightest drowsiness. His body was obviously extremely tired, but his consciousness was in a very sober state.
Perhaps it was the late stage of this body’s illness. He often woke up in the middle of the night for no reason, his mind was groggy but he could not completely enter a deep sleep.
He slept dimly until midnight, he got up, and went to the kitchen to pour water to drink, but when he passed by the living room, he found that the small light on the balcony was on.
There were little lights outside the window, neon lights, and the night was as silent as water.
Chu Yan rubbed his eyes and walked over, and found Li Xi leaning on a wooden recliner with a half-drunk bottle of vodka in hand.
Hearing the movement, he turned his head to take a look. His facial features were very deep, and the bridge of his nose was shrouded in a faint shadow under the light. When he looked sideways, his vision was cold and sharp.
“Why don’t you go to sleep?”
Li Xi was quiet for a while, turning his head as if he wanted to smile, but in the end only a little bit of bitterness and desolation appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“It’s nothing… It’s just that I can’t sleep.”
Chu Yan looked at him for a long time before he reminded him, “You rest early.”
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