Chapter 29: Re-encountering Xiao Ran

  A sleepy face with a doll-like complexion, wearing a white shirt that only revealed two legs as white and tender as lotus roots. Who else could this be but Jiang Xiaoran, who was supposed to invite Chu Yan for dinner?!!

  It just so happens that this little girl has obviously drunk a lot of wine, with a small face flushed red. When she came out for the first time, she also saw Chu Yan, and her eyes, which were originally still dazed, suddenly lit up "Uncle? What a coincidence! Are you here to have fun too?"

  Jiang Xiao Ran opened her mouth, and Chu Yan let out a sigh of relief. This little girl had drunk some wine, but not too much, she was still sober and articulate, which made Chu Yan smile and nod his head. "You're alone and bored, so you came over to drink? How about you, are you also here alone? You don't seem like the type who likes this kind of place."

  "I don't know how I could possibly like a place like this. Coming here is no better than staying home to watch TV, lying on the sofa with a big pile of snacks, and falling asleep whenever I feel tired. Today, I was dragged here by my classmates because we just got paid, so everyone decided to come out and have some fun. Although I didn't want to come, I couldn't refuse, so I followed them here."

  Chu Yan nodded in agreement after hearing Jiang Xiao Ran's words, "Then have fun and remember to drink less. It's easy to get into trouble when you drink too much here. Alright, see you later." After finishing his sentence, Chu Yan turned around and entered the restroom. When he came out feeling refreshed, he found Jiang Xiao Ran standing at the entrance of the restroom, her sleepy eyes fixed on the men's bathroom door until Chu Yan appeared, then she smiled sweetly.

  "How come you're not going back yet? It's not good to keep your friends waiting, is it?" Chu Yan didn't know why this little girl was waiting for him, but he had a very good impression of Jiang Xiaoran. Or rather, since the first time he met Jiang Xiaoran, Chu Yan couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity, perhaps due to Jiang Xiaoran's overwhelming cuteness.

  Jiang Xiao Ran shook her head, with a slightly unpleasant expression on her face. "Pfft, I'm not like them at all. By the way, you said you came here alone, why don't you come and play with us instead? You don't have anything in common with them anyway, and besides, Big Uncle is there, they wouldn't dare bully me or Miao Miao. How about it?"

  Chu Yan couldn't help but pause for a moment after hearing Jiang Xiao Ran's words, and then nodded in agreement. This little girl wasn't stupid at all. It seemed that some of her classmates wanted to take advantage of the drinking game to do something excessive, using themselves as shields. However, even so, Chu Yan was still very willing to help. After all, when a person is alone in a bar, besides hitting on girls, there's nothing else to do. Moreover, Jiang Xiao Ran was one of his few friends in Nanshan City.

  "Alright, I'll go with you then. If anyone dares to bully you, I'll beat their guts out!" With a smile, he agreed to Jiang Xiaoran's request. The two of them, one tall and one short, one old and one young, entered the bar and headed straight for the only VIP room on the second floor.

  "Hey, uncle please come in!!" The private room door opened, Jiang Xiao Ran smiled and stretched out his hand to make a very elegant gesture of invitation. Then Chu Yan's figure appeared inside the private room. In the first moment after entering the private room, Chu Yan spent three seconds scanning the people inside. Interestingly, the girl who had bumped into him at the toilet door earlier was also there, but this time she looked annoyed and was making a phone call.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to this handsome uncle named Chu Yan. He's a new friend I've recently met." Jiang Xiao Ran took a subtle breath of relief as she watched Chu Yan enter the private room, then introduced him to her classmates.

  "Uncle, you've already met this beauty, Wang Miao Miao." The first person to introduce her was Chu Yan, who also knew the cold and distant girl who was always with Jiang Xiao Ran in the city's First Museum and the snack shops on Food Street.

  "Hello, I'm Wang Miao Miao. Thanks for the Food Street thing." Wang Miao Miao's eyes also showed a hint of surprise, but more was excitement, standing up straight and shaking hands with Chu Yan, saying in a pleasant voice.

  "It's just a small effort, no need to take it to heart." Chu Yan nodded, and had a new understanding of this Wang Miao Miao. "This girl is not an ordinary person."

  "Li Jun, this is one of the four major pillars of our department. He's currently interning at the Red Cross Hospital in Nanshan City and will become a great doctor in the future." The second person being introduced was a pale-faced boy, about 1.7 meters tall, thin and frail, as if he could be blown down by a gust of wind.

  "Hello, I'm Xiao Ran's classmate and also her fellow townsman. We grew up in the same neighborhood, haha, nice to meet you." Li Jun said with a big smile while shaking hands with Chu Yan.

  "The little girl's admirer." Chu Yan smiled and nodded, and in his heart, he also had a certain understanding of this boy. Just based on these few words, Chu Yan was able to confirm that this young man had more than just good feelings towards Jiang Xiaoran, and it was very likely that he had been taking action for a long time, but had never succeeded in scoring.

  "Hi handsome, I'm Wang Han, Jiang Xiao Ran's good sister, and we're even roommates!" Before Jiang Xiao Ran could continue introducing herself, a girl who had been holding onto the microphone and singing nonstop came over and gave a self-introduction.

  "Hehe, nice to meet you." Chu Yan smiled all over his face, and he was also quite moved in his heart. The people in the private room were almost all students who had not yet officially graduated from university, young and full of energy. This atmosphere actually made Chu Yan feel a little bit infected.

  Jiang Xiao Ran turned around in a circle and finally came to the girl who had bumped into Chu Yan's arms. "Her name is Fan Xianghuan, she's my classmate, and we're interning at the same unit." The conversation ended there, it was clear that Jiang Xiao Ran wasn't interested in this girl, and even felt a bit of disgust towards her.

  "Hello! I'm Qian Du, a friend of Xiang Huang." The last boy, who looked slightly older, stretched out his hand towards Chu Yan, with an unusually eye-catching skull tattoo on his arm.

  "This is the rich boss who's treating us today, he's our boss's son, and he's got a lot of money." After Qian Du finished introducing himself, Jiang Xiao Ran quietly added in Chu Yan's ear, "He seems to be a bit of a bad egg, otherwise Jiang Xiao Ran wouldn't have spoken about him with such disdain."

  After the introduction, Chu Yan sat between Jiang Xiao Ran and Wang Miao Miao. At the same time, he made a clear judgment about the people in this room. Li Jun liked Jiang Xiao Ran, but it was hard to say whether he could pursue her or not. Qian Du liked Fan Xiang Huan, who was always talking on the phone. The rest of the people were basically all yes-men.

  "Honey, come and pick me up quickly, I don't want to stay here and play anymore. It's not fun following a group of people who can't drink!!" The private room was actually very quiet, except for the floating and not particularly melodious singing in the room, there was no deafening music like outside.

  Fan Xianghuan's voice on the phone got louder and louder, while Qiao's high-pitched voice became more and more unbearable. Meanwhile, Qian Du's face sitting next to Fan Xianghuan grew darker and darker. "Xianghuan, you've been interning at the clinic for a month now, come on, let's have another drink, to celebrate our acquaintance over the past month, cheers!!"

  The foreign wine bottles on the table had been emptied for three, and a half bottle of Chivas was placed in front of Fan Xianghuan and Qian Du. The two cups were already full of wine. At the moment when Fan Xianghuan put down the phone, Qian Du raised his glass, with a smile that was not quite genuine on his face, but the words he spoke still had some elegance. As for what purpose this guy kept persuading Fan Xianghuan to drink, a discerning person would probably know at a glance.

  "Miao Miao, shall we leave first? It's really boring here." Chu Yan sat down for less than ten minutes when Jiang Xiao Ran leaned on his leg and stretched her neck to talk to Wang Miao Miao on the other side of Chu Yan.

  "Alright, let's go. That annoying guy will be here soon and we'll probably get into trouble again." Wang Miao Miao nodded in agreement, she didn't like this environment either. The two of them came to an understanding and stood up together. "Uncle, since you want to leave, we'll send you off. Anyway, the wine here is almost finished."

  "Uh...alright." Chu Yan didn't expect these two little girls to directly carry him out as an excuse, but since he came here to help Jiang Xiaoran anyway, he simply nodded in agreement.

  Just as the three were about to push open the door and leave, the door of the private room was opened from outside, and three figures appeared in the private room. One was a second-generation rich kid, and two were his lackeys. This was how Chu Yan defined them, while Wang Miao Miao and Jiang Xiao Ran had looks of disdain mixed with worry on their faces.

  The young man in the lead was 1.75 meters tall, with a pale complexion, neither fat nor thin, and had a bit of an idol's capital. The two dog legs behind him, on the other hand, looked like a pair of misfits, with their noses pointing to the sky, exuding an air of arrogance.

  "Husband, you've finally arrived! It's so boring here." Fang Xianghuan jumped up from the sofa as soon as Ershizu appeared and rushed into his arms. However, Ershizu's eyes seemed to be elsewhere, not even looking at his woman. He reached out his hand and pinched Fang Xianghuan's butt hard before pushing her away from him.

  "In the presence of Wu Feng, the future successor of the Wu family enterprise in Nanshan City, I wonder what to call this little sister?" The second generation ancestor came to Jiang Xiaoran's side, swung his shiny long hair, and introduced himself with a gentlemanly demeanor.

  "I..." Jiang Xiao Ran obviously had an instinctive dislike for this Wu Feng, opening his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Chu Yan "Let's go, I'll send you back."

  For Wu Feng's advances, Chu Yan chose to directly ignore him, while Jiang Xiao Ran subconsciously hugged Chu Yan's arm tightly, as if afraid that Chu Yan's arm would suddenly run away.

  "Halt! Young Master Wu wants to ask you something!" The two lackeys naturally wouldn't let go of this great opportunity to show off, and with their hands clasped together in front of their chest, they blocked the path of Chu Yan and his two companions.