The singers on the stage sang the love that did not match this night, and under the feasting and feasting was the decadence of the wine glasses colliding together.
Chen Ruoyu wanted to take another sip of wine, but as soon as she raised her hand, someone took the cup from her hand.
Zhou Yuan sat next to her, saying, âI havenât arrived yet. Why did you drink it up by yourself first? â
Chen Ruoyu didnât answer. She took her wine glass out of Zhou Yuanâs hand again.
Zhou Yuan felt this person was abnormal and ordered a drink from the bartender, then turned around and asked, âWhatâs the matter? She was not at home with her girlfriend this weekend, but she came out to ask me for a drink and broke up.â
It was just that Zhou Yuan couldnât think of it. Chen Ruoyu nodded lightly after her voice fell.
Zhou Yuanâs face was full of surprise, she knew better than anyone how much Chen Ruoyu liked Shi Ran.
But since she nodded and admitted, it meant that there was something that even Chen Ruoyu couldnât adjust.
Zhou Yuan was concerned and asked, âBreak up? Whatâs going on? Your family knows you donât agree when you are together. Or does her family know? â
Before Zhou Yuan could finish speaking, Chen Ruoyu shook her head and said, âTodayâs art exhibition, I brought Shen Yan to expand YTâs social circle, which was designed by Song Yi.â
Zhou Yuan frowned and scolded, âWhy does she always haunt this person?â
After speaking, she turned the conversation again and asked, âDoes Shi Ran mind? She must have heard a lot of voices around her. â
Chen Ruoyu nodded, âShe didnât say it, but I think she took it to heart.â
âItâs also my fault. I should have reported to her from the beginning. I just thought that she was very concerned about Shen Yan, and I was afraid that she would not have a good day todayâ¦â
Chen Ruoyu paused for a while, and her downcast eyes were filled with frustration and self-blame.
She raised her hand and brought another sip of wine to her mouth, and said in a low voice, âItâs all excuses.â
The glass reflects the bizarre lights above the bar, and the incandescent light illuminates peopleâs sight, but at a certain moment, it was eye-catching.
Chen Ruoyu eased the cup with her fingers and said, âI want to protect her and give her the most stable environment, but I donât want to be the only one who can hurt her.â
Zhou Yuan said otherwise: âIf you care, you will be confused.â
After speaking, she said again: âActually, these problems can be explained and run in. Is it a big deal to break up?â
Chen Ruoyu shook her head, âHer mother is also in trouble.â
Zhou Yuan guessed a few points and tentatively said: âIs it her fatherâs business that wants your Chen family to help unblockâ¦â
Chen Ruoyu nodded, âShe doesnât want to drag me down.â
Zhou Yuan sighed, with a little relief and admiration on her face, but more regret: âI knew it.â
She took her own wine from the bartender, took a sip, and then said: âOur studio protects her, so she is under a lot of pressure now, and the surrounding voices are questioning her, so itâs easy to not hold back.â
âYou said, if you hadnât been working behind the scenes to protect her, A Ran would have easily fallen into the hands of Mr. Wu and the others. These peopleâs methods are really inferior. â Zhou Yuan said, tenderly. Her expression was full of disgust.
âI just donât know if Aran knows that you have done so much for her. Will she choose to start over with you?â
Zhou Yuanâs words were not very sure, and her soft voice seemed to test.
She thought that Chen Ruoyu had done so much for Shi Ran in the past that even if a stone was found, it would definitely be moved back.
âItâs wrapping her up.â Chen Ruoyu reminded Zhou Yuan lightly. The alcohol smoked her eyes with a thin layer of mist.
She gently turned the glass in her hand like this, and the glass inside was exactly the same as when Shi Ran reunited, and it was shot on the crystal clear glass wall with no resistance, leaving traces of water stains.
After sinking for a moment, Chen Ruoyu murmured again, âZhou Yuan, do you know Icarus?â
âOf course.â Zhou Yuan nodded.
How could she not know about Icarus, the character in the story promoted by the apostle this time was in Greek mythology?
It was just that Chen Ruoyu still had doubts about whether she would want such a person who was not very prominent in the splendid Greek mythology of the gods as the major force.
And this time, without waiting for her to raise this question, Chen Ruoyu told her to listen to her: âA long time ago, when I first read the story of Icarus, I always thought Icarus was stupid since I could escape from that small building island. Why do you want to be greedy for the sun. I thought, if I were Icarus, it would never be like this. But until that day, I saw Shi Ran, who was drawing on the blackboard at the back of the classroom, and I finally understood Icarus. âThe feeling of seeing the sun as you wave your wings and prepare to escape from the island.â
In Chen Ruoyuâs sight, the bar with loud lights turned into a high school classroom filled with the warm sunshine of early autumn.
When she came back from the math teacherâs office with the exercise book in her arms, she saw Shi Ran sitting on the stack of desks and chairs.
The white chalk simply outlines the human body. The complicated process becomes extraordinarily easy and relaxed in her hands. Every stroke was neat, like a chess piece, without regret.
Chen Ruoyu didnât like to draw, she didnât like it since she was a child.
Chen Yinbing was rigid and strict, and her uncles and aunts were also unsmiling. She never imagined that a person would laugh while painting, and the smile was so assertive and bright, as if all the light fell on her. She was the sun that illuminated her vision.
Later, Chen Ruoyu found out that this person was too flamboyant but that unrestrained freedom and unruly kindness were all she yearned for.
She still remembers the throbbing in her heart when this person threw the love letter she wrote to her.
She knew this thing didnât really belong to her, but this time she wanted to ignore the rules and be arrogant.
âI think if I were Icarus and Shi Ran was the sun, then I would repeat the same mistakes when I heard it. When I ran to the sun, my wings were melted by the heat, and I fell into the sea. â
The first day of the week begins with tension and exhaustion.
It was almost noon when she got off work, and Xiao Ba finally found time to touch her mobile phone and fished happily.
It just didnât take long when Shi Ran heard Xiao Baâs scolding voice in her ears: âIâm so convinced, thereâs no end to it. Must I hold SaRah and hold on? This idiot is the only one here. With rhythm, can the little host ban her permanently?â
Shi Ran hadnât figured out what was going on, but Xu Mengtian leaned over and said, âLittle eighth sister, donât be as knowledgeable as a fool, just report and block the blacklist. Our apostles will have a public beta next week. Who was this? Get out of the group again. â
Shi Ran reacted to the conversation between the two and said calmly, âWhat did she say? Give me the screenshot. â
Xiao Ba hurriedly covered her phone, saying, âDonât look at this kind of thing with dirty eyes.â
Xu Mengtian was a little curious that Shi Ran had been staring at the computer all morning, but the tablet was put aside without moving: âSister Shi Ran, what do you want this thing for?â
Shi Ran continued to sort out some screenshots on her computer and smiled, âI just want to teach them a lesson if I do nothing.â
Xiao Ba and Xu Mengtian were confused, but they looked at each other as if they realized something, and their faces showed the same joy: âA Ran/Sister Shi Ran, are you planning to use legal weapons to defend yourself? Your legitimate rights and interests! â
Shi Ran smiled at the two of them and was about to say something else when the phone rang.
It was Song Lanâs call.
Although Shi Ranâs first impression of Song Lan was not very good, she was running around for Shi Yu these days.
She answered the phone, a little worried and nervous: âWhatâs wrong with Song Lan?â
âShi Ran, donât be so nervous, itâs good news.â Song Lan joked, âShi Yuâs surgery has ended. Professor Wang performed the operation on him himself. This kid is lucky. Professor Wang is an expert in this field. She ran into him just two days after returning home.â
Shi Ranâs eyes lit up instantly. âReally? Thatâs great. â
Song Lan listened to Shi Ranâs rare laughter these days, laughed along with it, and added, âBut the results of the consultation just now came out. Professor Wang meant it was an emergency. The operation at 1 oâclock in the afternoon is expected to take four hours, can you be there?â
âOf course.â Shi Ran nodded without hesitation, âXiao Yu, I will definitely come back to accompany him.â
After hanging up, Shi Ran asked Zhou Yuan to leave.
There was a traffic jam on the road, so she hurried to the hospital, and Shi Yu was about to be pushed into the operating room.
Shi Ran was still breathing heavily, so she held Shi Yuâs outstretched hand and said, âXiao Yu, donât be afraid. Iâll be waiting for you outside the door. Heal me.â
Shi Yu was very weak, and his bloodless face smiled at Shi Ran: âSister⦠donât worry.â
This sound was really too small, like misty smoke, if it werenât for the quietness of the hospital, Shi Ran could not hear it.
She shook Shi Yuâs hand cautiously, nodded calmly to him, and watched the nurse push Shi Yu into the white door, her heart aching.
The red light outside the operating room turned on, and Mother Shi waited nervously in front of the door. After sitting down for a while, she stood up and looked into the glass on the door, where she couldnât see anything at all.
The wait was too long, everyone was looking forward to opening the door, and was afraid to open the door.
Shi Ran didnât like this feeling and took out her laptop from the bag.
Song Lan bought coffee from outside. After passing it to Shiâs mother, she sat next to Shi Ran, âWhat are you doing?â
Shi Ran took Song Lanâs coffee with one hand and said, âXiaoyu takes care of his business inside, and I take care of mine outside.â
She did nothing else this weekend, but went to the police station, and was now preparing to solve the trouble with herself and the apostle on her own.
Song Lan was curious and saw that what was displayed on Shi Ranâs computer screen was SaRahâs Weibo account, and she had already typed a large paragraph of text in the input box.
If the words do not express any emotion, they were just ordinary words, but if there was a story attached, they were not just words.
Shi Ran posted the evidence of her own work-study program she had compiled these days, preferring self-revealing scars, showing that Shi Haijun did not take the responsibility for raising her, and she did not need to take this responsibility. Consequences for her.
Song Lan read silently by the side, and out of the corner of the eye was this woman with a calm expression and firm eyes.
She pursed her lower lip lightly, pointed to the top row, and suggested, âIs there a word here that your situation as a child would be better. After all, we are playing the sympathy card now.â
Shi Ran didnât even look at Song Lan, and refused her proposal without hesitation: âIâm not playing the sympathy card, Iâm just stating the facts.â
Song Lan felt a little ashamed when she heard Shi Ran say this. She was tall and sat beside Shi Ran to block a lot of light.
it was just that when Shi Ran noticed the shadow blocking the light; she thought of Chen Ruoyu.
If the person beside her now was Chen Ruoyu, she would never say that.
It turns out that the help given to her was also different.
The long Weibo post was quickly edited and sent out. Shi Ran looked at her avatar and exhaled, but there were many obscure emotions in her eyes.
Shi Ran felt she should be able to quickly return to her original state, just like when she broke up with Song Yi.
The warm gas from the coffee misted her vision, and her unease hinted that she was missing someone.
Someone who can give her peace of mind no matter how disturbed she is.
Shi Ran sniffed the smell of disinfectant in the hospital corridor, which she couldnât get used to no matter how long she smelled it, and then she reacted bluntly.
âAh, so this was lovelorn.