KTV is not far from Haicheng; Li Ying and Zhao Wen arrived soon.

After entering the door, Li Ying glanced around the private room and quickly locked onto Jiang Yu, who was sitting in the corner playing with his mobile phone.

At this time, a boy at the table came up with a wine glass and said to him, “Li Ying, this is the first time you have participated in the drinking party of our class; do you think you want to have a few drinks with us today?”

“That’s right, everyone is doing internships and postgraduate entrance examinations. I don’t know when the next gathering will be. No matter what you do today, you should have a good drink.”

They were all a little drunk, and talking to Li Ying was less restrictive than usual.

When Jiang Yu raised his head, he happened to see Li Ying take the wine glass from the boy and drink it down in one gulp.

It could be seen that Li Ying’s popularity was very good; although everyone says he was cold, obviously they were very happy to play with him. Since he came in, the crowd has formed a circle around him, and Li Ying has also sat at the table to play a few rounds with them.

Someone offered him a cigarette, but Li Ying waved his hand and refused.

Jiang Yu glanced at them twice, then continued to play with the phone with his head down, looking blindly at every programme. Just when he was feeling bored, the sofa beside him sank, Jiang Yu turned his head to look, and Li Ying sat down.

“Why are you here?” Jiang Yu asked casually, “No more drinking?”

“Yeah, I don’t like drinking very much,” Li Ying asked, “Are you bored?”

Jiang Yu picked up the phone and said, “It’s boring; I won’t come next time.”

Li Ying laughed and suggested, “Would you like to go shopping in the supermarket?”

“Ah?” Jiang Yu was stunned, “Now? Is there a supermarket near here?”

Li Ying explained: “There’s one in the KTV.”

“Oh,” it’s boring anyway, Jiang Yu said. “Okay, let’s go then.

When they went out, someone asked them what they were doing, and someone asked if they knew each other, chattering on the table.

“We are going to the supermarket to buy some snacks. What do you want to eat? Send the list to me in the group.” Li Ying raised his phone and walked out after speaking.

It was the first time for Jiang Yu to visit a KTV supermarket, and he casually glanced at the prices. The prices were generally several times more expensive than outside.

Li Ying took good things for his classmate and walked to him and said, “What do you want to eat?”

Jiang Yu shook his head, took a bottle of ice water, walked to the wine cabinet, and looked at the label on it.

Li Ying followed: “Have you ever had a drink?”

Jiang Yu tilted his head to look at him: “Of course I did; you underestimate me; I’m already a sophomore.”

“En.” Li Ying raised his mouth slightly and explained after a while, “I didn’t mean to underestimate you; I just thought you were quite obedient.”

“If only my parents could think like you.” Jiang Yu casually complained, “Just because I am not as good at studying as Jiang Meng, they think that I am not doing my work properly by going to Internet cafes, and Jiang Meng’s coming to KTV is a proper pastime.”

Pausing for two seconds, he couldn’t help but add: “They also listed a lot of rules, and if I break the rules, they will deduct my pocket money.”

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu couldn’t help scolding: “Damn, I’ll move out when I graduate and earn money.”

Li Ying liked to see him spit out thoughts like this; it didn’t seem like he was really complaining, but he was a bit like a child who is pampered and taken care of by his family, raised a bit squeamish.

The supermarket was very small; they walked around twice, and they had almost bought everything they needed to buy. Seeing that Jiang Yu was about to finish drinking half a bottle of water, Li Ying brought him two more bottles.

Putting the things on the cash register and seeing Jiang Yu holding a cocktail bottle and looking at it, Li Ying walked over and said, “It’s not very strong; do you want to try it?”

So Jiang Yu took a bottle logically.

When he walked out of the supermarket, Li Ying politely declined the staff’s help and carried two big bags in his hand.

Jiang Yu wanted to carry one for him, and Li Ying gave him one of them: “This is yours; take it.”

“Huh?” Jiang Yu was stunned for a while.

Li Ying smiled and said, “Take it; don’t let them snatch it.”

Seeing his smile, Jiang Yu took the bag in a daze. Suddenly there was a strange feeling that he couldn’t explain clearly, as if Li Ying was trying to curry favour with him.

Could it be… Li Ying has a crush on Jiang Meng and wants to curry favour with his younger brother?

As Li Ying guessed, as soon as he entered the private room, the snacks in his hand were immediately looted.

And Jiang Yu didn’t move at all; everyone just greeted him happily, asked him what delicious food he bought with a smile, and seemed to take care of him like a younger brother.

Only Jiang Meng ran over and rummaged in his bag for a long time: “This is what you bought?”

The reason why she asked this is because Jiang Meng knew that Jiang Yu didn’t like snacks that much, and he would only buy a few pieces when he bought them.

“No,” Jiang Yu glanced at Li Ying, who was listening to Zhao Wen with lowered eyes, “Your male god bought it.”

Jiang Meng was taken aback for a moment, then raised her head to look at him. After pausing for a moment, she turned her head to look at Li Ying.

The tall and straight young man stood out beside other students. He was talking to Zhao Wen, and with a slight arc on the corner of his mouth, he seemed to be in a good mood. Not long after, those slightly drooping eyes lifted up, glanced over, and happened to land on Jiang Yu.

Jiang Meng has always known that Li Ying’s family is good, and he is a very generous person. Before they became acquainted, there were several times when Li Ying quietly paid the bill in advance.

But generosity and politeness did not mean that he was very close; on the contrary, he always had a polite and alienated attitude, keeping a proper distance from others, making it impossible for people to overstep.

He will pay for a group of people but will not pay for one person. It’s like a barrier for him.

Jiang Meng looked at the bag full of snacks in front of her.

Strange; everything was strange.

When Jiang Meng returned to her original seat, Li Qianwen stepped forward and took her wrist: “I found a secret; do you want to hear about it?”

Jiang Meng drank, and her thoughts were a little confused at the moment, so she asked casually, “What secret?”

Li Qianwen approached her: “I suspect that Li Ying might be interested in you; haven’t you noticed that he takes special care of your brother? I’ve seen it since the last time I was at your house.”

Jiang Meng: “…”

She also guessed this possibility at the beginning. She found that Li Ying was more polite than before when she saw her recently and occasionally stopped to chat with her briefly, which also caused her to be a little fanciful.

But other than that, she didn’t feel that Li Ying’s attitude towards her was special, and even the replies he sent to her were polite and distant, not a sign of liking her at all.

He didn’t even responded with half of Jiang Yu’s enthusiasm.

At the end of the drink, most of the people collapsed. Li Ying paid for the renewal of the private room overnight and let the drunk people stay here to rest.

Jiang Meng was almost drunk and couldn’t even walk steadily; Jiang Yu had no choice but to support her all the way.

Li Ying offered to send them back, but Jiang Yu refused. After all, their home was some distance away from the city, so it would be a bother for Li Ying to go back and forth.

The three of them stood on the side of the road in the dark and waited for the taxi. There were few vehicles in this area, and the surrounding area was a little quiet. Not far away, there were occasionally men and women who got drunk at KTV.

As the gust of wind blew past, Li Ying smelled a hint of sweet fruit wine. He slightly lowered his head and sniffed at Jiang Yu’s side.

He wasn’t very close, but this action was a bit strange. Jiang Yu subconsciously turned his head and met his gaze. Li Ying’s eyes were glowing, and his eyes were slightly lowered to look at him. Because Jiang Yu tilted his head, the distance between them became a little closer.

The two stared blankly at each other.

Soon, Jiang Yu withdrew his eyes.

Li Ying stared at him and straightened up: “How much did you drink?”

“Just that bottle.” Jiang Yu replied.

Li Ying: “Are you dizzy?”

Jiang Yu: “A little bit, basically nothing.”

“En,” Li Ying took a step back, “I’ll see you off; it’s normal to get dizzy after drinking alcohol.”

Jiang Yu glanced at him and saw that his expression was persistent. He didn’t say anything; he really felt a little dizzy in his head.

Jiang Meng was dizzy and his limbs were weak, but his consciousness was clear. She knew that Li Ying was here. When he talked to his younger brother, his voice was always gentle and low, as if he were coaxing the person. She had never heard him talk to others like this.

After a night of hangovers, when Jiang Meng received a call from Mama Jiang, it was already the afternoon of the second day, and she received training as expected.

After she hung up the phone, she opened WeChat with a drowsy head and saw that the class group was discussing where to go during the seven-day vacation.

Some people said they wanted to go mountain climbing, and some said they wanted to go to the seaside. She scrolled up and accidentally saw Li Ying’s reply to others.

Someone asked him what he planned to do during the seven-day holiday, and he said that he had no plans for the time being.

Jiang Meng pondered for a while, then got up from the bed to look for Jiang Yu.

Sure enough, her dear brother has been immersed in a hail of bullets.

Jiang Meng took off his earphones. Jiang Yu glanced sideways at her and said angrily, “What are you doing?”

“Why do you play games every day?” Jiang Meng asked.

“Otherwise,” Jiang Yu said first, “I finished the exam this morning.”

“Find some healthy activities.” Jiang Meng paused when she said this, and her mind turned, “Or fall in love. You are already a sophomore; have you ever thought about falling in love?”

Jiang Yu didn’t reply, and Jiang Meng asked again.

Jiang Yu just glanced at her and said, “If my girlfriend is like you, then I’ll be bored to death.”

Jiang Meng punched him twice and couldn’t help laughing: “Hey, did Li Ying look for you today?”

“There are people in the opposite house,” Jiang Yu said in the earphone; he was in a tense moment and had no time to talk to Jiang Meng.

Jiang Meng waited for him for a few seconds and saw that he started to search for equipment. She bumped into his arm. Jiang Yu was overwhelmed. He took out his mobile phone and threw it on the table: “Look for yourself.”

Jiang Meng was not polite to him either; she clicked on WeChat and entered Li Ying’s chat box.

He really looked for him; he asked Jiang Yu if he still had a headache.

Jiang Meng couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Yu, thinking, It’s not him who was drunk; why would it hurt?

There were not many conversations today. Jiang Meng read it after flipping through it twice. Jiang Yu didn’t reply to the latest one yet.

Looking at this chat record, Jiang Meng sighed and finally understood what was meant by death by drought, and death by waterlogging.
(vv: death by drought, death by waterlogging, meaning basically that if you do too much of this, this will happen; if you do too much of that, another thing will happen, so you gotta balance it.)

“You are really wasting resources,” Jiang Meng couldn’t help complaining.

“What?” Jiang Yu didn’t understand.

Jiang Meng said: “Do you know how many people in our school want to fall in love with Li Ying?”

This conversation was too jumpy; Jiang Yu was a little confused: “What does that have to do with me?”

Jiang Meng condemned: “You don’t even reply to his message.”

“…” Jiang Yu was speechless. What kind of metaphor is this? It’s not the same thing at all.

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How is it not the same thing? You two will talk sooner or later.

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