It was like this in previous years, everyone gathered together to drink, sing and play games. Maybe because Shen Ci was there this time, they didn't chat too much.

Ruan Yiqing went up first to warm up the atmosphere, selected several popular songs and started to sing.

In fact, he sang very seriously and vigorously, but the tune was completely different from the original song.

It's like a magical sound.

Ruan Shaoyu, the elder sister, couldn't help but complain: "Ruanruan, please come down and stop singing. Can you please be quiet for a while?"

It's so annoying. I told you not to call him by that sissy nickname in front of outsiders, but his sister still does it!

Ruan Yiqing sang even more heartbreakingly.

This brat.

Ruan Shaoyu felt extremely ashamed.

Only Ruan Yiqing and another boy who was good friends with him were singing on the stage, and everyone else was sitting below.

"How come you have time to come here this time?" Shang Jing opened a bottle of wine and poured a glass for Shen Ci first.

The wine is clear green and sparkling, like a piece of fine jade.

Shen Ci picked up the beautiful glass and shook the liquid inside: "I happened to be on a business trip in the capital these days."

He came here with the three men and brought it up on his own initiative, which surprised them all.

When they were young, they were a group of half-grown children. At that time, they did not feel that there was much difference between them, after all, their family backgrounds were not that different. But it is different now.

Shen Ci has been an official for a long time, and even not saying a word is enough to intimidate people, let alone traveling with them.

How can I describe that feeling? It's like your conservative and rigid parents following you to a bar or a nightclub to party.

Shen Ci has been in Ting City since he started working and has rarely come back over the years. However, when it comes to business trips, he remembered one thing.

"Xun Bai also went back to the capital a few days ago. I heard that he came back in a hurry and didn't report. He was scolded by his boss and fined to write a 500-word self-criticism."

"Brother has come back?" Ruan Shaoyu was a little surprised, "Then why didn't he leave home?"

"He hasn't been back to the Ruan family in these years, right?" Shen Ci said, "He hasn't even been back to the imperial capital many times."

When he was ten years old, Nguyen Xunbai's father, Nguyen Xuan Tang, the second master of the Nguyen family, died in the line of duty. He was only 36 years old at that time, still very young.

Before he was ten years old, Ruan Xunbai was a little devil. His rebellious period came very early. After he was ten years old, he became quiet and introverted to the point of being almost scary.

Later, he went straight to police academy after graduating from high school and never came back or had any contact with anyone.

His father's death was such a huge blow to him that it was understandable that his temperament changed drastically, but it was incomprehensible for everyone to see him cut off all contact with his relatives and friends.

Ruan Shaoyu glanced at Ruan Yiqing who was singing enthusiastically on the stage and sighed softly: "Don't let this guy know."

If he knew that the brother he loved so much didn't even see him after coming back, he would probably be so sad that he would hide away and cry.

Yan Suihan tapped the table twice with his fingers: "Today is Yan Yan's birthday, so let's stop talking about other topics here."

After that, he looked at Shen Ci and said jokingly: "Look at you, you made the atmosphere so heavy as soon as you came. If you do this again next time, we won't play with you."

Shen Ci walked down the stairs and filled his cup with a smile: "Blame me, blame me. I'll punish myself with a drink first."

Ruan Yiqing on the stage was also tired of singing, so he came down to have a drink. He didn't pay attention and just found a place to sit with his arms and legs spread out.

When Ruan Shaoyu came back from the bathroom and saw that his seat was taken, he naturally sat next to Yan Yan, keeping a safe distance.

"Happy birthday." Ruan Shaoyu looked at him with his eyes slightly tilted.

The man's face was really superior, even his profile was perfect, his facial features were smooth and clear, and his eyelashes were long and thick.

Yan Yan looked over at her politely and said, "Thank you."

He has always been like this, treating people gently and politely, and knowing when to be close to them.

Ruan Shaoyu had known him for more than twenty years and had never seen him lose his composure.

No, she had seen it.

On my grandfather's birthday, he ignored my concerned questions and walked straight towards a girl, speaking to her in a soft voice with his head slightly lowered the whole time.

That is a side of me that I have never seen before.

Even he, who had never relied on his status, used his family background to pressure others for the first time.

She later found out that the girl was the owner of a flower shop she had contacted online, and that she had come to decorate the venue.

She told herself not to make random guesses, and her upbringing would not allow her to do anything out of line, so she refrained from investigating the other party. If Yan Yan knew about it, he would be unhappy.

If you are unhappy, you will distance yourself from others, and it will be difficult to maintain the status quo.

Ruan Shaoyu took a deep breath and wanted to say something else, but then he found that Yan Yan was looking at his phone.

If we were to say who in today’s society is completely uninterested in electronic products such as mobile phones and computers, that person must be Yan Yan.

Every time we go out for a party, he is the only one who won’t play with his phone even when he is bored.

Moreover, his expression at this moment is also very different.

For some reason, Ruan Shaoyu subconsciously felt that the person he was sending messages to should be the girl in the flower shop.

Yan Yan was indeed messaging Fu Yuan.

He had received gifts during the day at Crescent Mountain.

Obviously, he would receive flowers every rainy day, but this time was different. She took the initiative to come to Crescent Mountain to find him in the rain and personally handed the flowers to him.

She had Qin Qi's contact information, but Qin Qi said that Fu Yuan had not asked about his itinerary. When he was confused and his mind was full of her, she suddenly appeared in front of him.

Master Huijue said that he already had the answer in his heart, but he subconsciously chose to numb himself for this unknown and unfamiliar emotion that he could not control.

But once the seed breaks through the soil and is nourished by the sun and rain, it is difficult to push it back into the ground.

Fu Yuan just asked him if he had any activities in the evening, and he replied no.

Every year on Ruan Yiqing’s birthday, he would call a group of people out. Yan Yan actually didn’t want to come, but he couldn’t resist his nagging, so every time they had a great time, and Yan Yan, the birthday boy, just came as a companion.

Fu Yuan invited him to watch the fireworks show.

There is an event at the Xingyue Square in front of Haitang Street tonight. There will be a fireworks show at 9 o'clock. It is now 8:15.

It didn't rain at night, but crystal snowflakes were floating in the sky.

What a coincidence, Yan Yan’s birthday happened to be on a day with light snow, which was also the first snow in the imperial capital this year.

Yan Yan suddenly stood up from the sofa, and everyone looked over at once.

He explained, "I have something to do. I'll leave first. You guys can have fun."

After saying that, he opened the door and went out. In previous years, he had never left early.

No matter how thick-skinned Ruan Yiqing was, he could feel that something was wrong with him today.

He scratched his head and asked Yan Suihan across from him: "Is Yan Yan unhappy today?"

"Which eye of yours saw that he was unhappy?" Yan Sui Han rolled his eyes at him, with an expression that a child doesn't understand, "He's obviously too happy."

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