I failed again

Gu Ruiwen introduced other people to An Jingcheng. After An Jingcheng greeted them politely, he sat quietly next to Gu Ruiwen.

From time to time, he would reply with a word or two to those who talked to him.

At first, Zhao Mingzhe was afraid that An Jingcheng would remember what happened last time and come to settle the score with him, so he hid like a quail and didn't dare to say a word.

After a while, seeing that An Jingcheng had no intention of bringing up old matters, he finally relaxed and started to act.

"Ruiwen, I heard that you've brought people to meet your parents. When will the wedding date be set?" Zhao Mingzhe asked, "We are all looking forward to attending your wedding!"

"It's almost there." Gu Ruiwen looked at An Jingcheng gently, which made An Jingcheng blush with embarrassment.

"Oh my, you're showing affection in front of your brothers. Is that so immoral?" Zhao Mingzhe said with a grin.

Gu Ruiwen glanced at him and said, "Drink your wine."

Zhao Mingzhe was very tactful and didn't say anything more, "Okay, okay, I'll drink, you guys continue!"

As he said that, he looked at Bai Ci who was sitting in the corner and asked with a smile, "Bai Ci, you see Ruiwen already has a boyfriend, when will you bring him over for us to meet?"

As he spoke, his eyes looked wildly at Jiang Ruoyuan.

The others also fell silent at this time, not saying anything, looking at Bai Ci with some curiosity.

Bai Ci chuckled and said, "What you said almost made me think that I was the only single person left among us."

Zhao Mingzhe: …

The atmosphere in the box suddenly became stagnant.

After a long while, Zhao Mingzhe said awkwardly, "Even if we don't have a definite marriage partner, at least we have had girlfriends or boyfriends. Unlike you, you have never been in a relationship."

Bai Ci sighed and said, "Sure enough, Ruiwen is right. You should drink and not talk."

As he spoke, Bai Ci glanced at An Jingcheng, and Zhao Mingzhe felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

The next second, he heard Bai Ci say, "Why don't you drink now? Is it because no one feeds you that you don't want to drink?"

Zhao Mingzhe: …

In one sentence, he successfully drew everyone's attention in the box to Zhao Mingzhe.

Zhao Mingzhe noticed the gazes of Gu Ruiwen and An Jingcheng and trembled a little.

Liu Xing sighed and thought, Zhao Mingzhe is such a fool, why would he bother to provoke Bai Ci for no reason?

"Mingzhe, do you want to call a waiter in to feed you wine?" Gu Ruiwen asked kindly.

Zhao Mingzhe picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, saying repeatedly, "No, no, I'm not handless and footless, I can drink it by myself. Well, you guys chat about your things, and I'll drink my wine!"

As he said this, he looked at his good brothers for help.

Liu Xing and his friends still had some conscience left, so they began to change the subject and draw everyone's attention away from Zhao Mingzhe.

Only then did Zhao Mingzhe breathe a sigh of relief.

An Jingcheng said at this time, "I want to go to the bathroom, brother Jiang Yuan, will you go with me?"

The group of people fell silent, thinking, why do you need someone to accompany you to the bathroom? You are not a child anymore.

Besides, why don’t you ask Gu Ruiwen to accompany you? Why do you want to find an irrelevant person?

Oh, they are not unrelated. We grew up together in an orphanage.

Jiang Ruoyuan raised his head and met An Jingcheng's meaningful eyes. He shook his head and said, "No, Bai Ci can't leave me. You go alone, or find someone else to accompany you."

Want to leave him alone so you can deal with him? Impossible!

It’s just a bit unfair to Bai Ci’s reputation.

Thinking about this, Jiang Ruoyuan looked at Bai Ci with an apologetic look. Bai Ci shook his head slightly to show that he didn't mind. Then he turned to An Jingcheng and said, "Ruoyuan is right. I really can't leave him, not even for a second. Mr. An, please find someone else."

An Jingcheng was left speechless by their rhetoric. It was the first time he had seen someone rejected with such a reason.

God can't leave Jiang Ruoyuan, can these two be more ridiculous? They are not conjoined twins.

Gu Ruiwen and the others were also shocked by Bai Ci's remarks. For a moment, they couldn't tell whether Bai Ci was expressing his true feelings or making an excuse to reject An Jingcheng.

After a long while, Gu Ruiwen came back to his senses. He said to An Jingcheng, "Mr. Jiang can't go with you, so how about I go with you?"

An Jingcheng said with some pity, "Before in the orphanage, there was no light in the corridor leading to the bathroom, it was pitch black, and I was scared, so brother Jiang Yuan always accompanied me..."

Jiang Ruoyuan widened his eyes and said, "No, brother, why are you adding drama to yourself?"

And the tone of voice almost made him believe it!

"...You are grown up now, and this is not an orphanage. The corridors are brightly lit, so there is really no need to be afraid." Jiang Ruoyuan pondered, "Besides, you have a boyfriend. If you are really scared, you can ask your boyfriend to go with you."

An Jingcheng looked at him aggrievedly and said, "Okay, then I'll go alone."

"But, Brother Jiang Yuan, after I come back, can we have a private chat and reminisce about the past?"

Jiang Ruoyuan was about to refuse when he saw An Jingcheng's tears falling like money. "Brother Jiang Yuan, you have already rejected me once. Do you want to reject me a second time?"

"Besides, we are just reminiscing about the past. I have no bad intentions. Brother Jiang Yuan, you will agree, right?"

Jiang Ruoyuan's words of refusal were stuck in his throat.

According to An Jingcheng, he really had no reason to refuse. After all, in the eyes of others, it was just a reunion between acquaintances and there was no big problem.

If I refuse, it would seem like I have something to hide.

If I had known this earlier, I would not have helped him to cover up his lie and would have directly said that I didn’t know him and that he had recognized the wrong person, then there wouldn’t be any trouble now.

For a moment, Jiang Ruoyuan felt a little annoyed. Was he causing trouble for himself?

Suddenly, he felt his hand being pinched. Jiang Ruoyuan looked at Bai Ci, and Bai Ci gestured for him to agree. Although he didn't quite understand why Bai Ci asked him to do this, he still did it.

Trust Bai Ci, you won’t go wrong!

"Sure, then we can go to another box and have a good chat." Jiang Ruoyuan said with a wry smile.

Only then did An Jingcheng stop crying. He took the tissue handed to him by Gu Ruiwen, wiped his tears, and went out.

Gu Ruiwen looked at his back as he left and lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

The box was silent for a while, no one spoke, and Jiang Ruoyuan couldn't ask Bai Ci, so he could only let the system act as a mouthpiece between them.

After 996 came back from Bai Ci, he said to Jiang Ruoyuan, "Mr. Bai said that even if you refuse, An Jingcheng will still find other reasons to be alone with you. It's better to just agree to it, so as not to arouse suspicion."

"Mr. Bai also said that he would take Gu Ruiwen with him to guard the door, so you don't have to worry about what will happen."

Jiang Ruoyuan nodded and said, "Okay, if An Jingcheng really wants to attack me later, you go find Bai Ci."

As he spoke, An Jingcheng came back.

"You can go to the next box, there's no one there." Gu Ruiwen said.

"Okay, Brother Jiang Yuan, let's go." An Jingcheng looked at Jiang Ruoyuan with a smile, two dimples faintly visible on his cheeks.

Jiang Ruoyuan followed him to the box next door.

An Jingcheng lost the smile on his face and was about to say something, but suddenly stopped.

He had good hearing and could hear two subtle footsteps outside the box door.

It should be Bai Ci who brought Ruiwen here together.

No wonder, my abnormal behavior tonight must have aroused Ruiwen's suspicion.

Thinking about this, An Jingcheng looked at Jiang Ruoyuan, who was five steps away from him, and said with a smile, "Why are you so far away from me? Are you afraid that I will attack you?"

"Don't worry, Bai Ci and Gu Ruiwen are at the door. I would have to be extremely stupid to choose this moment to attack you."

An Jingcheng looked at Jiang Ruoyuan who was relieved, and said maliciously, "Besides, if I really want to do something to you, it doesn't matter how far away you are from me."

Jiang Ruoyuan's heart, which had just been at ease, became heavier again. He looked at An Jingcheng vigilantly and found that he was standing there, looking at him with a playful look on his face and had no intention of taking action. Only then did he slowly let go of his heart.

"Is there anything you need? If not, I'll leave." Jiang Ruoyuan said slowly.

An Jingcheng tilted his head and asked in confusion, "You can't guess what I want to talk to you about?"

After a pause, he asked, "Where is Jiang Yuan? Where did you take him? Why did you pretend to be him? Did Bai Ci ask you to do this?"

"Oh, and let me gossip a little bit. What is your relationship with Bai Ci? Are you in a relationship? How far have you progressed?"

Jiang Ruoyuan was completely stunned when he heard the latter part. Is this a question a serious killer would ask?

Well, An Jingcheng is not, otherwise he wouldn’t have tried so hard to play the role of a timid, cowardly and crybaby little boy in front of Gu Ruiwen.

"I became Jiang Yuan not because Bai Ci asked me to." Jiang Ruoyuan thought about it, and it seemed that this was the only question he could answer. For the rest, he either didn't know or couldn't say.

No, there is another one, "I have nothing to do with Bai Ci, we are just ordinary friends."

An Jingcheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What about the first two questions? Are you selectively deaf and didn't hear them?"

"As for the ordinary friend you mentioned? I don't believe it. If it's true, why have you been staying at his house these past two days? Is it for his benefit? It's not like you don't have a house of your own."

"...Do you think I dare to live in those houses?" Those houses were basically bought by the original owner and An Jingcheng and others. An Jingcheng and others had the keys, otherwise he would not have hidden in Bai Ci's place.

"If I wake up one day and find a knife at my neck, I will be scared to death." So, it is safer for him to run to Bai Ci.

An Jingcheng touched his chin and smiled, "How could that be? We would only go there in the middle of the night to scare you awake."

Jiang Ruoyuan: ...It's even more terrifying, okay?!