Chapter 68

    “Come on, a Mojito to whet the appetite, what’s next?”

    Chen Yuexin shook the shaker in her hand, silently acting as the sole listener.

    She also drove away many people who wanted to drink with her, raising an eyebrow and feigning anger, “I’m off duty today, go try our bartender’s skills!”

    The customers laughed and waved their hands, not minding, and turned away.

    Only then could she regain a small piece of tranquility, helplessly watching this fellow whose mood was particularly strange today.

    Perhaps in the early spring many years ago, when she took in the little girl who was struggling to keep her eyes open after driving day and night, she was already destined to become a mom early because of this girl.

    And a mom who was helpless in the face of her own child whose mouth seemed to be welded shut.

    Many times, including this time, she really wanted to say that this had nothing to do with her, that she would just sit here and watch Ruan Shengyi get drunk, and at most send her home, that would be enough, that would be sufficient for their friendship.

    But she couldn’t help it.

    She gathered two fingers and gently tapped Ruan Shengyi’s head: “Did you quarrel? Alas, arguing and just drinking isn’t going to help. Look at me and your sister, we argue too. When you argue, you have to find ways to start the conversation again.”

    But the person being spoken to just silently lay on the bar, staring intently at the lemon slice in the transparent liquor, and after a long while, mumbled, “I won’t, I’m not wrong.”

    Xiao Wenyu had clearly invited her to visit her home, but in the evening, Xiao Wenyu looked like she was going home to comfort her family, and even Dislikeher for meddling too much… She also had a temper, she wasn’t wrong, she wouldn’t care, she wouldn’t bow her head.

    Her head was suddenly pressed down, and a woman’s elegant voice came, softly saying, “What’s wrong with our super awesome Miss SY? Is she finally tasting the bitterness of love?”

    There was only one person who would always remember her childish self-proclaimed title and always call her that, Ruan Shengyi looked up in surprise, and said, “Sister, why are you here?”

    The person who came was another shareholder who had worked hard with Chen Yuexin to build Le Xin and its many other businesses, Tan Yichen.

    Tan Yichen supported her waist and sat on the stool next to her, smiling slightly, “Yuexin said that you’ve been dating recently, and you’ve also been frustrated, so I came to see.”

    “After all, it’s rare to see the SY little tyrant frustrated.”

    The outdated and non-mainstream nickname from the distant past made Ruan Shengyi feel a little relieved, and her earlobes couldn’t help but turn red. Touching her nose, she said softly, “It’s not that serious, I just want to have a drink.”

    She glared fiercely at Chen Yuexin, using her eyes to say: How could you cause such a commotion and ask my sister to come out! If anything happens, you wait!

    Chen Yuexin naturally received the information from her eyes. She first mocked this fellow secretly for a couple of sentences, and then immediately hugged Tan Yichen’s arm, whining, “Wife, she’s scolding me with her eyes.”

    Ruan Shengyi: …

    Chen Yuexin: “What’s wrong? Envious? It’s no use being envious, go back and hug Boss Xiao’s arm~”

    Ruan Shengyi instantly calmed down and turned her face away: “Can’t hug.”

    Chen Yuexin: “Oh my god, I don’t believe Boss Xiao’s gentle personality could make you so angry. Did you do something to offend her?”

    “…” Ruan Shengyi sneered and retorted: “Is her personality very good? Her mouth is like it’s welded shut with steel bars, she will never open her mouth unless she forces herself crazy,force herself to death, force herself to collapse. No, even if she forces herself crazy, she won’t open her mouth, she’ll just silently faint in some corner, save her if you can, forget about it if you can’t!”

    “Oh my god, you’re not much better! This is the most she’s spoken tonight.”

    Naturally, she got another fierce glare in return.

    Putting everything else aside, since she had a partner, some people’s personality had indeed become more lively and cute, at least she was living like a person.

    Chen Yuexin couldn’t help but sigh in her heart. She was about to open her mouth when Tan Yichen suddenly interrupted her with a hat, stopping the rest of her words, and then looked at this person who was unusually talkative but clearly still angry.

    She smiled and said, “It seems like you’re not very compatible, then break up.”

    Boss Chen, who was already used to it, had a normal expression, but Ruan Shengyi slowly typed out a question mark.

    Sister, is our process so crude here? Straight up advice to break up?

    Forgive her, she really hadn’t experienced an activity that required Tan Yichen to come forward. When she used to work at Le Xin, Boss Tan was directly responsible for the “many matters” on the street behind, and she had only stayed in the back street for half a year. She really didn’t know that the process in the back street was so simple and crude.

    Straight up fight, huh?

    That’s not right, didn’t she used to tell her to negotiate first, and then fight if she couldn’t win with words…

    But Ruan Shengyi still shook her head, “I won’t break up.”

    “Two people who are mentally draining each other isn’t a good path, it sounds like she’s worse, I suggest breaking up.”

    “…” These words weren’t wrong, but they were hurtful. The other person might not be terrible, but Ruan Shengyi herself wasn’t a good handle for pulling people out of mental exhaustion, and being with her might only make things more mentally draining.

    Boss Ruan sighed, took the Mojito and drank it all in one gulp, “Next drink I want is Bottle, make a few more, I want to get drunk.”

    Chen Yuexin: “Just don’t make Ramos.”

    Tan Yichen didn’t care what kind of alcohol they wanted to drink, and said again: “Moreover, your situation can’t allow another mentally exhausted person to drag you down into the abyss together, you need someone to lead you out.”

    “I’ve come out a lot.” Ruan Shengyi buried her face in the crook of her elbow, and said muffledly: “I thought we had both come out a lot.”

    “Did you fall into the abyss, or did she?”

    “She thinks I interfere too much.”

    Tan Yichen was stunned, first because this quarrel reason was a bit unexpected, and second…

    Oh my god, Miss SY, who used to coldly reject customers’ invitations to drink three times in a row, actually had a crying voice? Could she actually hear a new crying voice outside of some stories?

    Ruan Shengyi sniffed and rubbed the tip of her nose and said: “Sister, do you think she is not knowing what is good for her, how can someone hate other people for doing too much?”

    “Stop. First of all, don’t talk like that when you’re emotionally charged, and secondly, how does she Dislikeyou for interfering too much? Explain it clearly.”

    Ruan Shengyi paused, and said: “I’ve been busy lately, and something happened on her side, it should be that her family doesn’t like me, I said why don’t you let me share the burden, she said that I care too much about things and feel that I’m tired and don’t let me care about anything, and then she went home, Sister——”

    Tan Yichen: … She seemed to have really overestimated this little fool Ruan Shengyi.

    She hesitated and said, “That’s it?” Chen Yuexin also followed up with a question.

    Ruan Shengyi: “Is there anything else needed? She doesn’t let me take care of her affairs, she still doesn’t trust me, she went home alone, she doesn’t want me anymore…”

    Tan Yichen: … Forget it.

    She hesitated and asked again: “Are you sure it’s her family’s business?”

    “Definitely, the only change that day was that her mother came once, and then she wanted to go home, it must be that there have been some objections for so long, her mouth can be welded shut to the ends of the earth, she definitely can’t hold it back and has to go back to solve it, Sister——”

    Tan Yichen: “Don’t call me, I don’t really want to know you right now.”

    Who will return to her the smart and capable Miss SY who used to work with her!

    Ruan Shengyi blinked, “Did I say something wrong?”

    Tan Yichen: “Have you ever thought that you should solve the problem with her? Or go to see what the real problem is? Can a family problem really be so urgent?”

    Ruan Shengyi: “…She doesn’t let me take care of it.”

    “Then you just won’t care? She didn’t even say that you should go after her or like her at the beginning, and you just didn’t like her and didn’t chase her?”

    “Those people who make trouble don’t even let me do it, have I ever been soft?”

    “…”

    Boss Ruan took three glasses of Bottle and drank them all one after another, and then arranged them neatly, staring at the glasses in a daze, for a long time: “I don’t care, I’m not wrong this time, I won’t bow my head.”

    “I’ve catered to too much, I just won’t.”

    Tan Yichen smiled: “Have you noticed? You’re also counting.”

    “When she’s counting, you’re also counting, love doesn’t need to be counted.”

    “She started it first!”

    “Then break up.”

    “…” How did we get back to this topic again.

    Ruan Shengyi said: “I won’t break up.”

    “Then don’t count first.”

    “I can not count, but I won’t bow my head either.”

    “It’s okay, either bow your head or break up, you only have these two endings.”

    “…” Ruan Shengyi was stunned: “Why can’t it be her bowing her head?”

    “If she bows her head, will you bow your head?”

    “Yes.” Someone said blankly.

    Tan Yichen shrugged her shoulders, “That’s all. The aftereffects of Bottle must be kicking in soon, right? Yuexin, let’s take her home by the way.”

    But the aftereffects of the special edition Bottle had already kicked in, her head was dizzy as if someone had suddenly hit her with a sandbag three times, her body went limp, and she fell straight into Tan Yichen’s arms, with only her subconscious reaction murmuring——

    “Don’t go home, no one there, too big…”

    “I want to go back to the store…”

    “My store, small…”

    The small store wasn’t far away, a few stomps on the gas pedal and they were there. Tan Yichen released the seat belt that was tied to this person’s body and opened the door for her, and then gently pushed the drunk person, “Need me to send you upstairs?”

    “No…don’t…” Ruan Shengyi struggled and stumbled out of the car, still remembering to close the car door, and then went around to the other side of the road.

    Clear goal.

    Tan Yichen: “Is she going to find that Boss Xiao? Does she live in the store?”

    Chen Yuexin shrugged her shoulders, “It has nothing to do with me, let’s go home. Boss Xiao is beautiful and kind, she definitely won’t let her live on the street.”

    Maybe.

    But they still stayed and watched for a while, watching Ruan Shengyi Smash the door of the photo studio like she was smashing it, and after a while, the lights on the third floor turned on.

    Tan Yichen breathed a sigh of relief and said sadly: “It’s so fast, when we first met her, we were only twenty-five, right? Now we’re already in our thirties.”

    “Let’s go home, the next thing is not something we can interfere with.”

    *

    Xiao Wenyu didn’t plan to live in the photo studio. After taking photos on the second floor, she was preparing to go up to the third floor to pack up some things to go home and stay, but as soon as she went up, she vaguely heard a familiar voice calling her downstairs. After listening carefully for a while, she realized it wasn’t a hallucination, and she turned on the light and walked down.

    Sure enough, Ruan Shengyi was waiting for her at the door, but she was leaning against the door like she had lost her bones, with only her hand still able to move,Smash the door one by one.

    She walked over, opened the door, and hugged the person who almost fell down—hugging a drunkard is really tiring, this is a bit beyond her ability.

    She tried hard to drag her, and only managed to drag this person to the sofa to lie down. As soon as she breathed a sigh of relief, she heard someone complaining, “What exactly did I do wrong?” With a very obvious nasal tone, and even a bit 告soft.

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