Chapter 20 Four People in a Private Room, Four People’s Play

“This is the person I told you about before, who saved my life, he’s the junior’s brother.” Chen Rui’s shoulder was pressed so hard it hurt, he smiled awkwardly at him.

Shen Xingyan smiled, his smile disappeared in a flash.

“It just so happened that he was passing by with his friend, and then they saw us, and then I invited him to have dinner together…” Chen Rui’s voice became quieter and quieter.

He didn’t know that the junior’s brother would agree.

Shen Xingyan saw his expression and guessed what happened, he knew that he didn’t deliberately invite him over and hide it from him.

The man stood up, smiling at Shen Xingyan, introducing himself, “Hello, I’m Xiao Yunan.”

Hearing the man’s self-introduction, Shen Xingyan couldn’t help but feel a little familiar, but he couldn’t remember.

“Arrow, my sister should be here soon.” The man looked at Chen Rui with a gentle gaze.

Shen Xingyan sensitively felt that this person was not right, why did he have two different faces towards him and Chen Rui?

Just as he was about to stand up and introduce himself, the door to the private room opened.

“Excuse me, sorry, I’m late.” Xiao An was wearing a white tight-fitting top paired with a gray jacket and matching wide-leg pants, simple yet very eye-catching.

She cautiously looked inside, from her perspective, she could only see Chen Rui and Xiao Yunan who had stood up.

“Brother?” She released the door handle and exclaimed in surprise.

“Just as we were talking about you, you arrived.” Xiao Yunan smiled at Xiao An, “Why don’t you come in quickly?”

“We’ve been waiting for you.”

When Chen Rui saw her arrive, his initial slight nervousness became even greater.

“Ah, you, you, you’re here, come, come, stand up.”

As soon as he said this, everyone present was stunned, the atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.

Chen Rui’s face turned red instantly, he waved his hands helplessly, “No, no, I mean, sit down quickly!”

Shen Xingyan turned his head and chuckled, the hand resting on his shoulder patted him lightly.

“Good brother, you’re really something.”

Chen Rui was so embarrassed, feeling ridiculed, he shook off Shen Xingyan’s hand, he laughed dryly twice, “Shen Xingyan, can you please let me off the hook?”

At this time, Xiao An realized that there was a fourth person in the private room, and she remembered that yesterday, he had specifically mentioned that he had brought a friend so she wouldn’t be embarrassed.

She walked a few steps inside, when she saw Shen Xingyan’s back, she hadn’t realized anything yet, but she giggled.

“Senior, you’re really funny.”

Shen Xingyan turned his head and met Xiao An’s gaze.

At this moment, Xiao An was walking towards Xiao Yunan, her gaze casually lifted, and the boy who entered her eyes had black hair and a carefree and arrogant smile on his face.

Xiao An was stunned, she was frozen.

This is the famous Shen Xingyan on the forum! After all, she was a writer of fanfiction, she had practically flipped through all his photos! How could she not recognize him!

Shocked!! The cp she had been shipping for a while, and whose ending was be, now one of the protagonists was standing in front of her!!

Xiao An was so shocked that her two feet almost started fighting, she almost tripped over the wires on the floor.

“Shen, Shen, Shen Senior?!” Her voice was almost about to pierce through the entire private room.

Xiao Yunan didn’t expect his sister to be so out of sorts, he also found it a bit strange, “Xiao An, what’s wrong with you?”

“No, no, nothing.” Xiao An held onto the chair next to her with trembling hands, she started taking deep breaths.

Shen Xingyan didn’t have any impression of her face, and he didn’t care.

Chen Rui also came out of the awkwardness of having said the wrong thing, he excitedly took the tablet that was on the table and placed it on Xiao An’s seat, “Come, come, come, you can order.”

Xiao An hadn’t come out of her shock yet, she just held the tablet and hid behind it, she kept stealing glances at Shen Xingyan.

Shen Xingyan was stared at by her strange, strange gaze, he became uncomfortable all over.

Unable to bear it any longer, Shen Xingyan asked directly, “What are you looking at?”

“Do I look strange?”

Just as she was caught staring, Xiao An immediately became serious, she shook her head, “No, no! How could that be! You…”

“You?” Shen Xingyan frowned.

Even though he was a sophomore now, he hadn’t reached the age where he would use the word “you” yet, if someone didn’t know, they would think he was already in his thirties.

Xiao An covered her mouth and quickly shook her head.

“No, no!”

Chen Rui used his phone to cover his mouth, but he was actually whispering to Shen Xingyan.

“Shen Xingyan, just let the junior off the hook, look how nervous she is.”

Shen Xingyan just felt that these two siblings were strange, but he was mainly here for companionship, so he didn’t say anything else.

After being caught, how dare Xiao An look anymore, she grabbed the tablet with one hand, and the other hand was actually under the table, quickly typing on her phone.

【Oh my god, family! I met a real person!!】

After sending the message, Xiao An pretended to be calm and started looking at the menu.

The system, who saw everything clearly, couldn’t help but widen its eyes, its small eyes were full of confusion.

Real person? What does real person mean? Did he miss out on surfing again?

Thinking this, the system connected to the internet again, to supplement its knowledge.

“What’s wrong, Xiao An’, do you also know—-” Xiao Yunan clearly meant Shen Xingyan.

Xiao An quickly nodded and then shook her head, “Just, just seen photos.”

“Senior Shen is quite famous in our school.”

“Oh?” Although Xiao Yunan’s tone was questioning, his expression didn’t seem strange about it.

When Chen Rui heard this, he also felt a little embarrassed, Shen Xingyan’s reputation in the school, phew—it might not be a good reputation except for the fact that he looks good.

But the strange thing was that when he went to find the junior at the beginning, she specifically asked if he was in the same class as Shen Xingyan.

Could it be that she dislikes him?

No way?

Chen Rui frowned slightly, although he did like the junior’s type, but if she disliked his friend, he should give up his pursuit early.

“Junior, you shouldn’t hate him, right?” Thinking this, Chen Rui finally asked out loud.

Shen Xingyan didn’t expect Chen Rui to ask this, his phone in his pocket vibrated, he took it out and saw that it was the class group, everyone was @ed.

Xiao An didn’t expect her reaction to be interpreted as dislike, she excitedly stood up.

“How could that be!”

As soon as he opened his phone and was about to click on the class group, Shen Xingyan was startled by her voice.

Xiao Yunan patted Xiao An’s hand, signaling her to sit down, “What are you getting excited about?”

Then he turned to the two of them with an apologetic expression, “Sorry, Xiao An’, she doesn’t know what’s wrong with her today, she’s jumping all over the place.”

Chen Rui then nodded with relief, “That’s good, that’s good, order, order, everyone must be hungry?”

Seeing that it was just a misunderstanding, Shen Xingyan turned his attention back to his phone.

It turned out they were discussing where to go for a team-building activity after the sports meet, and they were making a decision.

This topic did pique Shen Xingyan’s interest.

【The sports meet hasn’t even arrived yet, and you’re already discussing team building afterwards?】

The person who first brought up the topic immediately replied.

【Of course! Be prepared, you know?\/Little cat nods】

【Laughing to death, are you stupid from studying too much? Is this how you use the phrase “be prepared”?】

【Are you the one who’s stupid? This is exactly how you use “be prepared”!】

【If Lao Li knew you were talking like this, he would definitely make you copy it hundreds of times!】

Shen Xingyan was amused by their conversation, just as he was about to take out his treasured emoji and send it, Ji Jiangye unexpectedly sent him a message.

Shen Xingyan’s smile froze on his face.

Chen Rui, who had just finished ordering, turned around to ask Shen Xingyan what he wanted to eat, and saw this expression.

“?”

“What’s wrong, Shen Xingyan?”

Shen Xingyan clicked on the message box, Ji Jiangye sent him the test papers divided into two parts.

【I repeated it.】

Finally, he found out, as expected, he thought about it for a long time!

A way for the little sapling to survive tomorrow.

The corners of Shen Xingyan’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up a little, he silently typed, without even lifting his head.

“Order whatever you want, I can eat anything.”

Chen Rui nodded and put the tablet aside.

【I must have accidentally forgotten to take out my own, you can bring it downstairs tomorrow, I’ll take it from you.】

Ji Jiangye, who received the message, smiled helplessly, he looked at the red and white backpack next to him.

Accidentally?

He was about to reply to the message when the old man’s questioning voice came from outside the room.

“Jiangye, how are you feeling now? Doctor Chang is here.”

Ji Jiangye’s finger stopped above the screen, he finally typed a “good” word.

Shen Xingyan, who received the message, completely relaxed, he put down his phone and looked up, only to see Chen Rui’s dark eyes staring at him.

“What are you looking at me for? Are you sick?”

Chen Rui leaned closer to him, “Shen Xingyan, who are you chatting with?”

“Why are you smiling like that? Is there something going on?”

Shen Xingyan’s face instantly fell, he looked at him speechlessly, “Do you think everyone is like you?”

“Hey, Shen Xingyan, why are you dragging me into this?! ” Chen Rui glanced at Xiao An’, afraid that she would notice what Shen Xingyan said.

But at this moment, Xiao An was holding her phone and chatting excitedly, she didn’t notice what was going on between the two of them.

Xiao Yunan’s attention had been on him the whole time, seeing the two of them joking, he subtly tried to join in the conversation.

“What are you talking about?”

Chen Rui saw that although the junior didn’t notice, her brother did!

He quickly laughed awkwardly, waved his hand, “Nothing, nothing, oh right, I just don’t know if you like the food here, I saw someone recommend it.”

“Someone recommended it? What did they say?”

The two of them started chatting back and forth, Shen Xingyan squinted his eyes and sized up Xiao Yunan.

This person was definitely not simple, the surname Xiao was not common, and he also felt a bit familiar.

Putting these points together, it just didn’t seem right.

When the dishes came out, the red oil covered everything, the amount of chili peppers was maxed out, Chen Rui and Shen Xingyan both felt their mouths go numb.

Neither Chen Rui nor Shen Xingyan’s families were originally from Jincheng, they moved their household registration to Jincheng later, and they were both not very good at eating spicy food.

Shen Xingyan held his chopsticks, facing these few dishes, he didn’t know where to start.

Chen Rui also fell silent, he hadn’t seen dishes like this in reality, except on TV.

Shen Xingyan couldn’t help but glance at Chen Rui beside him, he pursed his lips and kicked Chen Rui’s chair hard under the table.

But unexpectedly, he kicked Chen Rui’s shin.

“Hiss!” Chen Rui cried out in pain.

“What’s wrong?” Xiao Yunan quickly turned his head to look at him, Xiao An’s attention was also drawn to him.

“No, nothing, you guys eat, eat, eat, we’ll go to the cinema after we’re full, Brother Xiao, are you going to the cinema with us later?” Chen Rui smiled apologetically at the two of them.

Xiao Yunan looked at Xiao An, thought for a few seconds, and then said, “I’ll go, I’ll go home with An, I’m always a little worried about her being alone.”

Chen Rui could understand very well, he nodded, “Okay, then I’ll just book another ticket for you.”

To escape these dishes, Shen Xingyan silently stood up.

“You guys eat slowly, I’ll go out and make a phone call, I have something to do.”

Chen Rui grabbed his pants, his face was full of the words “accusation”.

Shen Xingyan patted Chen Rui’s shoulder.

You reap what you sow.

He wouldn’t keep them company.

After doing this, Shen Xingyan left the private room without hesitation.

After going out, the noisy sounds of the lobby outside also reached his ears.

This restaurant was an old brand in Jincheng, if you didn’t make a reservation and came during meal times, you would have to wait at least an hour to get a seat.

Shen Xingyan looked down from the second floor, the crowd sitting below made him gasp.

“So many people.”

Just as he was about to go downstairs, he unexpectedly saw the door of the private room opposite him open, and a person slightly shorter than him came out.

Out of courtesy, Shen Xingyan just glanced at him and didn’t pay much attention, he took out his phone and was about to go downstairs.

But unexpectedly, the person stared straight at him.

“Wait, wait!” The person’s voice was a little sharp, it could easily pierce through the noisy sounds of the lobby.

Shen Xingyan’s gaze didn’t leave his phone, he didn’t think the person was calling him.

“Shen Xingyan?” The person’s voice was full of disbelief.

Hearing the person call out his name, Shen Xingyan stopped and turned around curiously.

He found that the person had platinum blonde hair, a conspicuous lip ring on his lips, his facial features were ordinary and he would be invisible in a crowd, but his attire was extremely eye-catching.

“You are?” Shen Xingyan frowned in confusion, the phone page was still on the chat box with Ji Jiangye.

The person looked extremely excited, “It’s, it’s me, don’t you remember?”

“?” Shen Xingyan was even more confused by his words, he looked up and down again, but he couldn’t find this person in his memory.

“You really forgot me, didn’t you?” The person showed a look of dejection, his whole body became hunched over.

Shen Xingyan looked at his posture and remembered an unpleasant memory and a person who made him feel disgusted at first sight.