Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

For everyone at the table, only Cheng Ying poured beer into the glasses meticulously.

He put down his chopsticks and picked up the wine glass, but did not drink it, nor did he look at the fat man. Instead, he reached under the table and put his hand on Jingzhi's knee.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions, including uneasiness, surprise, and most of all, disbelief.

He changed the shape of his lips several times before finally closing them.

He lowered his head and stared at the bubbles rising from the wine glass from time to time.

If they were to get married, they might have a child. But what if... the child was also a mute? She would probably be heartbroken.

Cheng Ying moved his hand dejectedly, and was about to take it away from her knee, but Jingzhi put down the sparkling water, held him down, and said sternly:

"I don't know what you're thinking, but..."

She looked around the table for a few times, and finally picked up an iron ring from the beer can next to her bowl.

Pinch his ring finger and gently slide it in.

"Cheng Ying, no matter how many difficulties I will encounter in the future, I just hope you can always be by my side."

"No matter what happens, as long as you are here, I will never regret any decision I have made."

The fat man felt that the piece of fish in his mouth seemed to have changed its taste and became sour.

Glancing at Cheng Ying again, he suddenly felt envious of the man who was staring blankly with his eyes wide open.

He also wanted someone to follow him without regrets! !

The fat man drank the beer in his hand in one gulp and said jokingly: "Brother Ying? Are you dumbfounded again?"

"If you still don't agree, how about...giving your wife to me?"

"Tsk!" Cheng Ying stared at the fat man and silently mouthed the word "mom".

Jingzhi covered his mouth and said, "Don't say bad words, there are children here, and the fat man is just joking. I only like you."

The fat man clicked his tongue, as if teasing a dog, "Wow, this fish is so sour it's making my teeth fall out."

No matter how little Xiao Yang understood the relationship between men and women, Jingzhi's straightforward words shocked him.

He silently drank a sip of Coke and muttered sarcastically, "Fat Brother, I also want to find a girlfriend who can make delicious duck feet and will never leave me."

"Well, who wouldn't want it?" The fat man held his face in his hands and smiled at the slightly embarrassed couple across the table. "Your fat brother is about to have diabetes. Looking at these two with rice, the sugar content is really too much."

They were teasing each other, but Cheng Ying pretended not to hear. With red ears, he gently stroked the iron ring on his ring finger. His lip line, which had been straight all the time, finally couldn't resist her sweet words and began to rise.

The fat man pretended to be surprised, half covering his mouth, "He smiled! Our Brother Eagle has been sulking for a long time, and finally he smiled!"

"Puff!" Jingzhi smiled widely, watching him show off while eating, and occasionally picking up some food for Cheng Ying.

His bowl was almost full, but Cheng Ying had no time to eat. His mind and eyes were filled with the iron ring.

She suddenly leaned closer and whispered in his ear:

"Don't look at it anymore. Wait until Kong San removes the people who are following me, and then I'll go out and buy a real one."

He paused, raised his bright eyes, and gave her a shy and happy smile.

Using laughter as a bullet, Jingzhi was shot in the chest by him, and the deer in her heart was in a panic.

Then she lowered her head, touched her empty ring finger and gestured to him, "You will come with me when the time comes."

"Knock knock."

There were two light knocks on the table.

The two hands under the table were tightly clasped.

Jingzhi was fine. Although her left hand was busy, she could still use her right hand to hold chopsticks to eat.

Cheng Ying's right hand was held tightly by her, so he had to try to hold the chopsticks with his left hand.

It was extremely difficult for him to pick up a bean sprout.

The fat man took the opportunity to lower his head to pick up the beer and secretly took a look under the table.

When he saw their sneaky actions, he couldn't help but feel that his brother Ying's life was fulfilled.

This kind of love makes people jealous.

Seeing that Cheng Ying was having difficulty eating, a pair of chopsticks reached out, picked up the food in his bowl, and raised it to his lips.

The fat man was speechless and choked. With a slur, he opened another bottle of beer. He couldn't help but complain, "Hey, kill the dog! Xiao Yang and I, two single guys, are so jealous. You two should just shut up."

Jingzhi raised his chin towards the street not far away, "If he's jealous, just go out and find a girlfriend. He has no hands, so what if I feed him?"

"Tsk, how come there's no hand?" The fat man pretended to look down at the table again. "You're holding my hand."

Cheng Ying, who had never shown affection before, finally opened his mouth with a smile and took the food. His eyes were full of unconcealable love when he looked at her.

He also raised his clenched hands, clearly trying to piss off the outspoken fat man.

The fat man couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he turned around and stared at Xiao Yang, who was still getting acne.

Xiao Yang calmly covered his sweater and said, "Don't look at me, I'm not gay."

The fat man was stunned and cursed: "Tsk! Little brat."

Little brats can also have a big impact.

Xiao Yang suddenly remembered something, straightened his back, and said to Cheng Ying: "During the few days when you were absent, that Kong San came to the commercial street here four times, and there are many new faces on the street recently."

At this point, he turned to the fat man and asked:

"Are you going back to base camp tonight?"

Fatty: "Come back, what's wrong?"

"Go back and tell Brother Wei to stay alert. Even though those strangers didn't do anything, I still feel like something's wrong."

The more Fatty listened, the tighter his brows furrowed. "It's not that I don't want to tell him. The other people who were following me also told me this, but Brother Wei has been elusive lately. Only Sister Ling is at the base camp. I haven't seen Brother Wei in a long time."

Cheng Ying stared at the iron ring for a few seconds and took out the notebook again.

[If you see him, remember to call me. I have something important to discuss with him.]

His expression was too serious. The fat man put away his nonchalant look and straightened his face. "Did you find anything?"

【no. 】

Cheng Ying glanced at him dimly and sighed rarely, as if he was worried about the fat man's future.

"I want to get back on track. Once this Xiao Ma incident is over, I won't be working under Brother Ying anymore."

The fat man was shocked, "You want to leave?"

【no. 】

[Over the years, I've also had a stake in the dance hall I've managed. I want to buy that place from Brother Wei and convert it into a more formal cafe.]

The fat man was a little puzzled. Based on the relationship between Cheng Ying and Brother Wei, if Cheng Ying said he wanted to buy the store, Brother Wei would definitely give it to him.

Then why should I break off my brotherhood with Brother Wei?

He tried to persuade her: "Well... isn't the dance hall profitable? Why are they suddenly changing it? And what about Brother Wei..."

Halfway through his speech, Cheng Ying frowned and raised his hand to stop him.

[Profits are profits, but when there's too much alcohol, there will always be drunken guests causing trouble.]

Last month, the bar counter was smashed, and the bartender had his tendons severed by a beer bottle while trying to intervene. Every few days, female customers are harassed in my shop.

[All of this requires money and effort, and may even require going to the police station to establish connections.]

Cheng Ying must have been thinking deeply for a long time. He wrote rather quickly. Just as he was about to turn the page to continue writing, the fat man pressed down on the notebook, "Wait a minute, I haven't finished reading it yet."

"I know everything you said. Opening a place like this means things like this are bound to happen. It's unavoidable."

Cheng Ying gently brushed his hand away, pulled out the notebook, and turned a page. [There is a way. Just solve the problem from the root.]

"Then...you...Brother Wei...eh."

Before Jingzhi came, Cheng Ying had mentioned this matter to Lin Wei twice, so he had heard of it before.

Before Lin Wei killed Xiao Ma, he was full of energy and naturally wanted to make money and spend it together as a brother, so he was unwilling to let Cheng Ying go.

Ever since Xiao Ma died, Cheng Ying gave up the idea of ​​leaving, for he was afraid that people would criticize him and say that he ran away when he encountered problems.

Only the fat man knew that his brother Eagle had actually been unhappy all these years.

Lin Wei really loves Cheng Ying, so how could he not notice it?

The fat man rested his elbows on the table, took a sip of beer, and sighed softly, "Actually, after Brother Wei killed someone last time, he asked you to leave, and you should have left directly."

"You have to live your own life. Why do you care what others say about you? We have all seen how much income you have generated for Brother Wei over the years. You have never done anything wrong to him."

Cheng Ying turned back a page and looked at the words he had written about wanting to leave, and he wanted to tear them up.

How could he not care?

The one who rescued him from the quagmire was Lin Wei.

It was Lin Wei who gave him a skill and the capital to make a living.

But Jingzhi is too upright and is not suitable to survive in such a chaotic environment. Since they have already talked about marriage, he should consider more about the future of the two of them.

[Brother Wei is still my brother, but I won't go to the base camp anymore. I won't tell anyone about your smuggling, but I still won't participate.

Also, once he's done with Xiao Ma and has some free time, I'll talk to him about the store.]

It seems that Cheng Ying has made up his mind to leave and is determined to be a good citizen.

The fat man held the beer bottle and didn't know how to persuade him.

In fact, the fat man supported Cheng Ying's departure and he just gave him some advice.

Only Cheng Ying couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that." The fat man raised his chin towards the half-eaten grilled fish. "Why did you think of opening a coffee shop? Opening a grilled fish restaurant might be more popular."

Cheng Ying wrote: [Too busy.]

The fat man stared at the two words blankly, then winked at Jingzhi, "He's afraid he doesn't have time to accompany you."

Jingzhi spread his hands and said, "As long as he doesn't do anything illegal, I support him."

She smiled and shook Cheng Ying's hand, "I think it's right not to open a grilled fish restaurant, otherwise I'm afraid I'll eat secretly."

"Cheating? It shouldn't be that serious..." The fat man was a little shocked when he saw her bone plate which was filled with fish bones without her noticing.

"When did you eat so much?"

Xiao Yang was calm and composed. "You didn't see it when you were chatting just now. Her skill in sucking fish is simply amazing. She goes in a whole piece of fish and out comes a pile of bones. There's not a single piece of meat left. She eats it thoroughly, just like a cat."

Children are very intuitive.

Jingzhi clenched her hands. Cheng Ying's craftsmanship was exactly the same as Caolu's, which made her unable to stop.

Cheng Ying noticed her abnormality, shook her hand with a little force, then raised his glass to toast and divert everyone's attention.

The fat man and Xiao Yang raised their glasses of wine and Coke one after another.

The two people who quarreled all the time suddenly became in sync with each other.

"I wish you a long and happy life together."*2

Jingzhi grinned and raised the sparkling water, "Thanks for your good wishes, I will definitely do it this time!"

What do you mean this time?

Is there a last time?

Doubts arose in the minds of Fatty and Xiao Yang at the same time.

But seeing her bright smile, they smiled too.

Maybe...she said something wrong?