Moonlight falls into my arms

Where are the two of them going so late?

Jiang Yu sent a message to Ruan Li after resigning.

The other side also remained silent for a long time.

In the bar, Huo Xingzhou finally had some nightlife of his own. He had just raised his wrist to clink glasses with the beautiful woman across from him when his phone rang.

Huo Xingzhou answered the phone, "Hello? What do you want, you scumbag?"

Jiang Yuci: "...There's a problem."

"For relationship issues, please call my work number. I charge by the hour."

Jiang Yuci: "...If your girlfriend goes out with another man of similar age and doesn't reply to your messages, what's the reason?"

Huo Xingzhou laughed: "Oh my, you've been abandoned?"

Jiang Yuci frowned slightly at the strange tone in her voice: "But she also said she wanted to see me tomorrow."

Huo Xingzhou laughed even harder: "Then you should get ready tonight."

Jiang Yuci: "What are you preparing?"

Huo Xingzhou's smile grew even more smug: "Prepare to be dumped."

Jiang Yuci remained silent for a long time.

He then said, "She wouldn't do that."

Huo Xingzhou clinked glasses with someone else, the crisp sound of ice cubes hitting each other was pleasant, which made him even happier. "Why do you think that's the right thing to do?"

Jiang Yuci remained silent for a long time.

After thinking for a long time, I could only come up with one reason: "Her cat is still at my house, and I keep it."

Huo Xingzhou clicked his tongue twice: "Although you are called a genius by your teachers and professors, you are really a three-year-old when it comes to matters of the heart. You don't think that just because a girl likes you, she can't live without you, do you? Ruan Li has the ability to live independently. She is beautiful, can make money, and has a good personality."

Huo Xingzhou paused for a moment: "Although she can be a bit sharp-tongued sometimes, a girl like her will never lack suitors. Right now, in her eyes, you're just a man who's having an emotional affair, and you're too old."

Jiang Yuci, who was already feeling tightness in her chest and shortness of breath, became sweaty from Huo Xingzhou's words. "You, you..."

This was the first time he had run out of words when he tried to criticize Huo Xingzhou.

Huo Xingzhou is right. Ruan Li will not lack suitors, and Cheng Yu, who is currently by her side, is one of them.

"Do you know what you should do now?" Huo Xingzhou ordered another glass of wine and then began to instruct Jiang Yuci.

"What you should do now is to show her your determination. You must make her feel your sincerity and that you really only like her. When people open their mouths, besides eating, another function is communication. Although she has a good personality and doesn't fuss over small things, and you have a good temper and always go along with her, as long as you are two different people, there will inevitably be some sparks when you are together. Small sparks are easy to resolve."

Jiang Yuci: "She's gone out with someone else now, should I go find her?"

Huo Xingzhou clicked his tongue again: "How could you be so stupid?"

Jiang Yuci pursed her lips and held back.

Humbly seek advice.

"You don't need to go to her now, and you don't need to send any messages on your phone. Just go upstairs and wait at her door."

Jiang Yu resigned: "That's it?"

Huo Xingzhou: "It's not just a normal squat. You have to squat by the door, hug yourself with your arms, and show your pitiful and lonely side. Imagine, Ruan Li was having fun with others outside just a moment ago, but when she came home, she saw her boyfriend squatting cautiously at the door waiting for her to come home. She saw a message on her phone, and there was only one question. How pitiful she is. I can't even bear to disturb her. I really feel sorry for her."

Jiang Yu suddenly realized.

Huo Xingzhou then asked, "Do you know what to do next?"

Jiang Yuci nervously pressed her fingertips. "Should I take this opportunity to explain to her?"

Huo Xingzhou clicked his tongue: "Wrong! It's so late, how can you bother her like this! At this time, you should be considerate! She will definitely ask why you are still waiting for her outside so late. At this time, you should feel three parts lonely, three parts pitiful, and four parts forbearance, and tell her that you originally had something to explain to her, but you forgot the time while waiting. It's too late now, so you should rest well and I will come again tomorrow."

Jiang Yuci, unaware of the two leaves on his head, suddenly felt that Huo Xingzhou could be his teacher.

"At this point, she'll think it's too late and ask you to come into her room and sleep at her place for the night. But you absolutely mustn't agree. You should say, 'I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight. I need to think about how to explain things to you tomorrow. You should get some rest. I'm going home now.'"

Jiang Yuci took a breath: "Okay."

He had already gone up to Ruan Li's building as instructed.

Huo Xingzhou finally finished speaking, hung up the phone, and turned around, only to find that the beautiful woman who had just been next to him had vanished.

Huo Xingzhou: "......"

He shouldn't have answered Jiang Yuci's call.

Ruan Li and Cheng Yu clinked glasses.

Both of them had milk in their glasses. Originally, Cheng Yu wanted to drink alcohol, but Ruan Li was afraid that he would get drunk and she would have to take him home, so she refused to let him drink alcohol and they both drank the same dairy product.

Cheng Yu looked at the milk in the glass and said, "I've heard that people become bolder after drinking alcohol."

Ruan Li chuckled: "It's fake. It's just that people subconsciously know others know they've been drinking, so they'll be more tolerant and naturally become bolder."

Ruan Li twirled the roasted rice cake in her hand: "Think about it, if you get drunk and curse at your boss, the next day when your boss picks a fight, you'll have an excuse: 'Ah, I was drunk yesterday, and I just rambled on without thinking.'"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "So actually, it's just that I'm using alcohol to embolden myself and get it off my chest."

Seeing that he was staring intently at the milk, Ruan Li pushed the barbecue on the table and said, "Eat up."

Cheng Yu casually picked out a string of skewers. "You know what? I came here today because I really wanted to comfort you."

Ruan Li paused, "Why are you comforting me?"

Cheng Yu moved his lips slightly: "Because... I've always..."

Ruan Li finished eating the skewer of rice cake in her hand, then glanced at Cheng Yu and asked, "Is your grilled meat skewer tasty?"

Cheng Yu paused, took a bite, and said, "It's alright."

“Then I’ll have one too.” Ruan Li picked up a skewer of grilled meat: “Go on, tell me.”

Cheng Yu smiled, but it was a forced smile: "I've always considered you a good friend."

Ruan Li hummed in agreement: "You have quite a few friends."

Cheng Yu paused again: "You are different."

Ruan Li's eyes lit up: "Why? How is it different?"

Do you remember when I said I wasn't studying anymore?

Ruan Li thought for three seconds and then shook her head.

"You said back then that everyone has their own path, and that you understand."

“But before you, no one had ever said this to me. My parents were top students from a young age, getting into top high schools and prestigious universities all the way. In the end, they started their own business and built their company into a Fortune 500 company.” Cheng Yu lowered his eyes, clutching the barbecue in his hand.

“They are excellent, without a single flaw. But they fall silent whenever I am mentioned. They believe that studying is the best way out, and I am their shame.”

"Actually, at first I had the same idea as your parents. I did so many practice problems every day. Apart from eating and sleeping, I didn't even know everyone in my class. Every time we changed seats, my deskmate would greet me and say, 'We've been in the same class for two years, and you still can't remember my name?' He sounded so surprised and astonished. But I didn't care and just focused on studying. I wanted to buy my parents a big house!"

"Then how did you come to understand me later?"

Ruan Li wanted to laugh, but also wanted to cry: "Because you really don't know whether the future or an accident will come first. Maybe I'll get into a prestigious university, but an accident will come first."