suddenly tired

Chapter 19 7 Scenes-3

Zhong Lei's last relationship also began with an unrequited love.When Xu Chen heard his confession, he was as dumbfounded as Ji Sumian's reaction now, but after a few days, he didn't know whether it was youthful impulsiveness or ignorance, or a curiosity about same-sex feelings, he actually agreed to try it out together. .Then they formed a band, graduated together, and made music together. Up and down the stage, you can read each other's tacit understanding with just a glance.If it wasn't for that absurd accident, Zhong Lei could almost believe that Xu Chen is someone who can be with him for a long time.

The last time I met Xu Chen was in the rehearsal room. At that time, he felt that he was standing on an isolated island that was about to collapse and sink. What Xu Chen said to him was:

"Wen, I know I'm so wrong, you have to believe me, it's really a mistake made by drinking too much for a while. I was, I didn't know what to think at the time, I just wanted to know if I really like men or just like men You, she said she wanted to try it out, I was really...a little drunk before being taken away by her..."

"Heh!" Zhong Lei laughed contemptuously, as if laughing at him and himself, "Who the hell are we stupid? You can use this kind of excuse for drinking too much, you really..."

"Wen, you forgive me this time, okay?"

"Xu Chen, have I ever forced you?"

"what?"

"Did I force you to be with me? Did I force you to do anything you didn't want in the past few years? Did I ignore your feelings, did I not treat you as a human being?!"

"No, don't say that, you didn't, it was my fault, you are really good to me—"

"Then you fucking fuck with people without wearing a condom?! Have you ever respected me?!"

"You...how did you—"

"You are already his father, don't pester me anymore, don't meet again."

Zhong Lei managed to escape the farce. He really couldn't bear to let the child in front of him fall into a hopeless ending, but Ji Sumian actually looked at him and smiled. This smile was so weird that he suspected that the child was stimulated by him Silly.

"Brother Lei, I'm not a straight man. I had a boyfriend before and we broke up half a year before returning to China."

"Ah?!" In the end, who is stupid?

"Brother Lei, I don't like Miss Xiaoyu, and she doesn't like me either. She has always regarded me as a younger sister since she was a child,—yes, a younger sister, not a younger brother. When she was young, she would wear skirts and lipstick for me. I think she may have no toys and treat me like a doll."

"..." Zhong Lei was speechless.

"Later, when she grew up, she couldn't play with me like this. I would resist, and it was no longer fun. Then she became a friend of wine and meat. She would secretly drink wine from downstairs and share it with me. Parents found out that they went back and were beaten..."

When Ji Sumian recalled the past, there was a very reluctant expression on his face. He didn't know whether he missed those interesting things or the days when he had parents, even if he was beaten.

"She later found out that I like men, and she was very guilty, and asked me if I was a girl when I was a child, which made me have a problem with gender perception hahaha~"

Zhong Lei sat on the sofa, poured a glass of white wine and handed it to him: "Drink?"

He took it and sat down on the ground beside Zhong Lei's feet, obediently like a pet, looking up at him.

"My ex-boyfriend is a second-generation immigrant who can also speak Chinese. When I first entered school, he was about to graduate and was in charge of guiding new students. Sometimes I would meet him when I went to the student center to apply for any certificate. Later, I gradually got to know him. He would also ask me out to hang out, and then we got together. After he graduated, he worked in a trading company in Chinatown. I always thought it was an ordinary import and export company, but I didn’t expect that it was an underground casino opened under the skin of the trading company.”

"What?" Zhong Lei was taken aback when he heard this. The campus youthful love story suddenly turned into a gangster crime movie, and the turning point was too sudden.

"On the surface, he is the sales manager of a trading company, but he is actually soliciting customers everywhere. Until one time when his performance was not enough, he persuaded me to try to invest, and even calculated the profit for me in a serious way. I didn't even think about it. Give it to him. I wrote a check for [-] yuan, only to find out that he used my money to open an account, and I became a customer of that place inexplicably, and someone called me to understand what was going on."

"Hey, big client of the underground casino!"

"I hate that kind of place, it feels empty and meaningless."

"Gambling is meaningless, it's just human greed."

"I remember going to Macau with my parents before. My dad took me to a casino once and gave me a few chips to gamble. They disappeared in a minute or two. Then he asked me to remember this feeling, saying Don't take chances, don't hope for uncertain things, he said——" Ji Sumian lowered his head and smiled wryly, "It's ironic now that I think about it, he told me that a gentleman loves money in a good way, you said he was How did you teach me so brazenly?"

Rao Zhong Lei has such a poisonous mouth, he couldn't bear to say anything at the moment, he tried hard to think of a comforting word: "Maybe your father knows your actual situation, so he wants to educate you to be an upright person even more. Bar."

Ji Sumian was noncommittal, and continued to tell the story of her ex-boyfriend: "Anyway was that time. I broke up with him, but I couldn't get the money back, and I didn't dare to ask for it. I overdrawn my tuition fees, so I had to sell the car and change it to another." I don’t know how many Camrys I own, sometimes I deliver food, or I work at a gas station at night.”

"What car did you drive?"

"Q7."

"Q7?!"

"It's not expensive there, and it's not a luxury car. And it's a second-hand car that was given to me by a senior who returned home after graduation."

"I mean, isn't it too big for your height to drive a Q7?"

Ji Sumian raised his leg and kicked him. Zhong Lei laughed. The tense situation 10 minutes ago suddenly calmed down. It is difficult for him to describe his current mood. Some feel distressed about what happened to the child, some are grateful, and some are easily aware of it. The excitement that I can't reach, I don't want to admit.

Ji Sumian’s part-time job was not very easy to find. Zhong Lei refused to let him go to the convenience store, saying that working there was too hard and he couldn’t make any money. Fortunately, Qiao Qiao’s parents found him through a training institution, hoping to invite him to come. As a teacher, it doesn't matter how well you teach. Don't waste your children's English because of the suspension of classes.One-to-one lessons twice a week, although not as lucrative as training sessions, fortunately, it's easy.

Zhong Lei discovered that Ji Sumian was studying a bartending book, and there was a row of wine bottles on the table.

"What? Going to work in the tavern?"

"Well, godfather said to clean up first. If you can mix drinks, your salary will be higher."

"Brother Zhao is really... unselfish."

"They also want to do business. They didn't have this position in the first place. Someone came to me after he quit his job."

"You... don't try to adjust it yourself first?"

"It's all water from an empty bottle, first practice the handle. If it's wine, you must taste it, otherwise how will you know if it's good or not. Hey Brother Lei, I'll bring a few bottles home some other day, can you try it for me?"

"I'm a full-time driver, help you taste wine? What are you thinking!"

"Yeah, then don't drink it, I'll try it myself."

"Even if I don't drive, I'm afraid of being poisoned to death by you."

"How is that possible! They are all recipes written in the book, at most they are not good-looking, how can they die!" Then he realized that Zhong Lei was just teasing him, and said, "When I go to the tavern to become a bartender, you won't give me a drink if you want !"

Zhong Lei likes to see him pissed off, the puffer fish that blows itself into a ball is like this, and the puffer fish tastes so delicious... Thinking of this, he asked: "What do you want to eat tomorrow?"

"I want to eat fish."

"Pfft——" Zhong Lei couldn't hold back his laughter, which made Ji Sumian very puzzled, but he rarely saw Brother Lei laughing so sincerely, and he felt happy, especially when he touched his head deliberately. Rubbing his hair, he just wants to stay in this palm, let time go slower, and even walk into a cycle without beginning and end, forget about those pressures and responsibilities, as long as he is happy.

When winter comes and the wind blows so cold that you can no longer open the windows while driving, Zhong Lei throws a set of thermal underwear to Ji Sumian, and he is disgusted.

"Brother Lei, no young people wear this. In the United States, they only wear it when they go camping or skiing."

"In China, you have to wear it when it's cold."

"Then why don't you wear it yourself?"

"I have heating in my car and floor heating at home, so I don't need it. You stand at the gate like a door god every day, isn't it cold?"

"I don't stand at the front desk every day now. I work as an assistant to Secretary Yan and work on the top floor three days a week!"

Zhong Lei didn't force it, he asked, "Are you going to Qiao Qiao's house tomorrow?"

"Not going tomorrow, Christmas, the family went to Disney."

"Oh, okay, I'll be back later tomorrow."

"Ah?" Ji Sumian was sad, "Christmas...not, did you take a break?"

"What do you know? Christmas business is good. If you don't have classes, you can go to the tavern to play. It must be very lively."

"I didn't want to be very lively..." Ji Sumian muttered.

——Just want to be with you.

Zhong Lei didn't drive a taxi for Christmas. His former assistant and manager called yesterday:

"Brother Lei, there is a job I don't know if you would like to take it. In your city, there is a Skyline bar, just at—"

"I know there. What's the job?"

"The singer of their Christmas event was suddenly hospitalized with acute appendicitis, and they searched for help everywhere, but you also know that the event has already been booked for Christmas, are you willing to accept it?"

"Sing?"

Sun Tiantian had a premonition that he would immediately refuse, but thinking of the frequent consumption reminders she received a while ago, the balance on that card was running low, so she quickly added: "I know you don't want to sing, but just sing this night, and the income will be reduced." It's quite impressive, don't you want to stop rejecting it and consider it?"

"How much?"

"The quotation given to me is 5 yuan. I said that I was too anxious to get it. They said that the price can be negotiated. If you want, I will ask them to increase the price. Don't worry, you will not be treated badly."

Zhong Lei smiled: "The price is still increasing, are they willing to use me?"

"I asked insincerely. The boss said that as long as the singing is good, the rest is not important, and who knows who is the black light in the bar, but they also have requirements, and they need to be able to sing English songs. On Christmas Day, their staff are all Dressed up in Christmas style, can you accept this?"

"There is no problem with English, but cosplay is required to sing a song, which is really troublesome."

"Brother Lei, it's a rare opportunity. I didn't tell anyone when I got this job. I cut it off as a private job. I'll ask you first. But if you're really in trouble, I'll leave it to others. It's okay."

"Okay, let's talk. Tiantian, you can do it now. You used to not bargain when you bought things. Every time you go out, people want to hold my clothes."

Sun Tiantian was silent for a while: "Brother Lei, you're not here, no one is protecting me or pampering me, I can only go out and fight alone, I have no choice but to be forced to grow up."

Zhong Lei, who was holding the mobile phone, frowned: "Well. Let me put it this way first, and send me the details after the discussion. That...Thank you for your hard work."

The Christmas romantic candlelight dinner that Ji Sumian imagined seemed to be in vain, and he didn't want to go out either. He could see couples who celebrated Christmas as Valentine's Day everywhere, and he had secretly prepared a mistletoe to hang in the living room. The intention speaks for itself.

At this time, someone in the training school group asked him if he wanted to come out to play together on Christmas, which was a breakup meal after graduation, and he agreed without thinking.

That morning, Zhong Lei sent Ji Sumian downstairs to Junwei. Zhong Lei saw that he was depressed for a few days, and guessed that he was having a Christmas temper, so he rubbed his head: "Merry Christmas, today's lunch box is good." surprise!"

Ji Sumian was still not very happy, and a jerky smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Thank you Brother Lei, Merry Christmas."

After getting out of the car, he rushed to the front desk, opened the bag, and there was a small greeting card the size of a palm:

To Aiden,

Merry X'mas.

ZL

——With less than 20 letters, it’s really concise. Even if you write dearAiden, it can make people happy!

The bento box at noon today is a traditional Christmas meal, a turkey leg, a few pieces of roasted pork belly, and even pudding. Ji Sumian's depression that has been lingering in his heart for several days has dissipated a lot. Zhong Lei always wants to make money For life, he has no need or right to be so angry.