Chapter 95: Life is hard to get drunk once (05)

  Leaning against the wall, Chen Haonan and Li Donglin, who were drunk as mud, vaguely saw the person entering the door was Li Jia. This beautiful and agile girl was Li Donglin's own sister.

  Li Jia is fifteen years old this year and attends junior high school in the town. However, she recently took part in the middle school entrance examination, so it's not accurate to call her a junior high school student anymore.

  Because of her brother Li Donglin's relationship, Li Jia and Chen Haonan were also particularly close, she often talked to him about many things, both in terms of study and doing things. At first, for a very long time, she always treated Chen Haonan as her own brother, just like her real brother Li Donglin. However, due to the long-term interaction and mutual understanding, his handsome appearance, his careful consideration, and his literary talent made her girlish heart slowly sprout...

  However, Li Jia had also expressed her feelings to Chen Haonan before. She said she liked him. But Chen Haonan just smiled and let it go, thinking that she was still just a little girl - just playing around with him.

  Despite this, Li Jia still liked Chen Haonan, and as time went on, her feelings for him only grew stronger. She hoped to see him often, hoped he would accompany her and chat with her frequently. However, Li Jia gradually realized that Chen Haonan was intentionally or unintentionally keeping his distance from her, especially after his father's passing, when he rarely came to her house anymore. Even when they were together, she often sensed that he was no longer as enthusiastic and relaxed as before.

  To be honest, at first, Li Jia was very angry about Chen Haonan's change. However, after being angry and muttering to herself for a while, she would still put herself in his shoes and consider the problem. Li Jia knew that due to his father's passing, Chen Haonan had a lot of pressure on him. She also knew he was afraid of disappointing his deceased father, afraid of disappointing his mother and all his relatives, and that he carried the expectations of his whole family on his shoulders...

  As soon as she thought of this, Li Jia couldn't help but feel heartache for Chen Haonan again. She was afraid that he would be lonely, isolated and helpless, so whenever she had time, she would run to Yanshan S Middle School, even if it was just to take a glimpse of him from afar, or just to say a few words of encouragement... Moreover, this thoughtful little girl had secretly made up her mind to take the entrance exam for Yanshan S Middle School, because she thought that as long as she got in, she could see Chen Haonan every day.

  Of course, Li Jia's determination was only in her heart, and she hadn't even mentioned it to Chen Haonan. With this determination, the girl who originally had excellent academic performance became more diligent, especially in the past six months, often staying up late at night to do math problems under the lamp, and often getting up early to quietly recite English vocabulary...

  This isn't because she was too tense and hardworking before the exam, but after the middle school entrance exam was over, Li Jia ran to her uncle's house in Lin Kou Town to have fun. This afternoon, she called back home to ask her mother about her brother's situation, and of course, she also asked about Chen Haonan indirectly. When she found out that Li Donglin and Chen Haonan only had one more exam this afternoon before the holiday, she immediately said goodbye to her uncle, aunt, and especially her close cousin, and rushed back to Lin Feng Town.

  The car sped down the road, and Li Jia's heart also started racing. Thinking that it had been over a dozen days since she last saw Chen Haonan, she wondered if he had lost more weight - suddenly, his familiar face appeared in her mind again...

  However, a sudden jolt pulled Li Jia back from her daydream: it turned out that the car had broken down.

  "This broken car, when it's supposed to work, it doesn't, and when it's not supposed to break down, it breaks down!" Li Jia also complained as she got off the bus with other passengers.

  The car owner hurriedly apologized to the crowd, and as he spoke, he took his tools and crawled under the car. However, after a long time, he still didn't come out, which made Li Jia's heart even more anxious...

  Finally, the car was repaired amidst everyone's complaints. The engine roared to life, and Li Jia couldn't be happier. However, upon returning home, Li Jia still didn't see Li Donglin and Chen Haonan because they had already gone out. She hastily asked her mother, "Mom, where did my brother and Haonan go? Why can't I find either of them?"

  "You're back late, your brother went out with Haonan," said Li's mother with a smile. "Haonan said one of his teachers is leaving tomorrow and they agreed to have dinner together at 'Fuyunju' - I don't know how it happened, but your brother followed them too!"

  "What's so strange about it, Brother and Haonan are so close, just follow them to eat a meal! They'll be back soon - I'll have a good chat with those two stinky workers!" Li Jia smiled and slipped into her own little hut.

  However, after waiting for a long time until the clock on the wall pointed to "eleven", Li Donglin and Chen Haonan still did not return. "They must have all gotten drunk!" Li Jia frowned slightly, pouted her small mouth, and whispered to herself. Then, she bid farewell to her parents and went out of the house.

  The street lamps were almost all "blind", and the ones that could still shine only flickered with a weak light. Feeling his way in the dark, Li Jia ran hastily towards "Fuyunju". And then, there was the scene of Li Donglin and Chen Haonan hugging wine bottles, leaning against the wall corner, vaguely seeing someone entering the door...

  Seeing the two brothers drunk beyond recognition, especially Chen Haonan who kept talking nonsense, Li Jia's heart ached. Gently stroking his face, she felt an overwhelming sense of tenderness, and tears involuntarily rolled down her cheeks.

  Snapping back to reality from the endless heartache, Li Jia hastily ran downstairs to the front desk and made a phone call home: she asked her dad and mom to hurry over and help.

  Before long, Li's parents rushed over in a flurry. They found some paper towels and wiped the faces and bodies of Li Donglin and Chen Haonan, then Li's father hoisted the slightly chubby Li Donglin onto his back, while Li Jia and her mother supported Chen Haonan as they all left "Fuyunju"…

  Mr. Li carried his son up to their own building and had just put him down when Mrs. Li and Li Jia supported Chen Haonan as he also entered the door.

  "Let Donglin sleep on the sofa tonight," seeing her chubby son being laid down on the sofa, Li Mu called out to Li Jia and said, "Come! Let's help Haonan to your brother's room, let him sleep in Donglin's bed tonight..."

  "Donglin this kid seems to really want to lose weight, look at me all sweaty!" Li father panted, laughing and said to his wife and daughter.

  "What's wrong with these two kids, how did they get so drunk? It's really worrying......" Looking at Li Donglin and Chen Haonan who were unconscious, Li Mu was extremely anxious. Probably all mothers in the world are like this, worrying about their children more than themselves.

  "It's okay, they'll be fine after a nap..." Mr. Li stood up and comforted his wife. Then, he went into the house to take a look at Chen Haonan, and came out again to take a look at his own chubby son, and couldn't help but chuckle, saying: "Heh heh, I didn't expect it, these two little rascals can really drink! Earlier, I estimated that there were sixteen or seventeen empty beer bottles on the ground..."

  "Dad, Mom, it's very late, you go to sleep first! Dad, you're all sweaty and your clothes are wet, go take a shower...” Li Jia urged her parents to rest, “I'll take care of things here, I'll help brother and Haonan wipe their faces with some water and then they can go to sleep too!”

  "I'll go take a shower first..." Li's father quickly took off his sweat-drenched short sleeve shirt and headed downstairs to the bathroom.

  "Alright then, you should get some rest too, or you won't be able to wake up early tomorrow..." Li's mother said as she also turned and went into the bedroom.

  In an instant, except for Li Jia, the whole living room was left with only Li Donglin snoring. The guy's snores were like thunder, and Li Jia couldn't help but laugh after glancing at him.

  She splashed a basin of water to wipe Li Donglin's face clean, and then Li Jia splashed another basin of water and brought it to the bedside of Chen Haonan. It was unknown when Chen Haonan fell from the bed and leaned against the cabinet, motionless. "Haonan, Haonan, wake up..." Putting down the basin, Li Jia shook Chen Haonan's shoulder and called out softly.

  However, Chen Haonan, who was drunk, couldn't hear Li Jia's voice at all. She pouted and pushed him again, but he still didn't react: she had no choice but to move him herself.

  Fortunately, Chen Haonan was not Li Donglin, otherwise Li Jia would definitely not be able to move him. But even so, no matter who it was, moving a person who was unconscious from the ground to the bed was not an easy task! Li Jia seemed to be moving objects as she first moved Chen Haonan to the bedside, then she quickly took off her shoes and jumped onto the bed, using all her might to pull him onto the bed. But Chen Haonan was like a dead log, still without any reaction.

  Although she was already drenched in sweat, Li Jia still refused to stop. She jumped off the bed and slowly took off Chen Haonan's sports shoes, then pushed him back onto the bed again, fearing that he would fall off the bed again in the middle of the night...

  After completing this series of "processes", Li Jia was finally exhausted, with sweat beads on her forehead. After resting for a while, she threw the towel into the face basin, fiddled with it, and then wrung it out forcefully again.

  Sitting on the edge of the bed, Li Jia gently wiped Chen Haonan's face with a wet towel... What a familiar face it is. Not having seen him for over ten days, he seemed to have lost even more weight. Originally, at this moment, they could have had a good chat and talked about things, but he was drunk like this - but it was also good that she could quietly look at his face, and he wouldn't shy away from her gaze.

  She put the towel back in the basin, and Li Jia sat back on the edge of the bed again. Looking at Chen Haonan's face, she smiled with satisfaction, feeling very comfortable and excited inside. Unconsciously, her hand slowly touched Chen Haonan's face, his eyebrows, eyes, high nose bridge, and those thick lips... Suddenly, Li Jia remembered something: she clearly recalled that these lips had once gently kissed her...

  That was last year's thing.

  I remember that it was an autumn afternoon. There was no sun, but it was sweltering and stifling, everything seemed to be in a state of suffocating silence, yet it seemed so strange. That day, Chen Haonan came looking for Li Donglin, but he just happened not to be at home. So, Chen Haonan followed Li Jia to the streets to look for Li Donglin. However, after almost searching all the internet cafes and places Li Donglin usually went to, there was still no sign of him...

  In the midst of sighs, Chen Haonan and Li Jia had to put aside their idea of finding Li Donglin. However, Li Jia was born an angel of joy, she smiled and suggested going for a walk outside the town. Chen Haonan thought that he hadn't been outside the town yet, and felt that taking a walk would be quite nice, so he smiled and nodded in agreement.

  Indeed, the world outside the town was a different kind of place. Chen Haonan and Li Jia walked and chatted as they went, unaware of how long or how far they had walked. At first, they still paid attention to the scenery around them, occasionally pointing and commenting on this and that. But gradually, they even forgot to speak, only focusing on taking steps... It wasn't until they snapped out of their daze that they realized the place they were in was so unfamiliar, it could be said to be almost desolate.

  However, it suddenly started raining heavily. Because there was no place to take shelter nearby, Chen Haonan pulled Li Jia and ran, regardless of the rain hitting his body in a strange pain. Finally, they couldn't run anymore and stopped at the edge of a small bridge. It was also on that small bridge that Chen Haonan discovered the stone monument "Lin Feng Town Lin Yu Village", he found it strange, and Li Jia also felt unbelievable...

  The rain was still falling, and the wind had not stopped. Suddenly, Chen Haonan found that Li Jia's lips were frozen purple: he quickly took off his own coat and wrapped it around her body.

  Wearing Chen Haonan's clothes, Li Jia suddenly felt a wave of warmth on her body. Looking at his handsome face from the side, the emotions unique to girls stirred in her heart, and it "thumped" rapidly. Unconsciously, she slowly leaned her head against his back and whispered softly: "Haonan brother, I like you..."

  Chen Haonan's whole body trembled slightly, he turned his head to look at Li Jia's face - she also slowly closed her eyes. Before long, he kissed her lips, so gentle, so scorching...

  Thinking of this, Li Jia's face turned bright red, her ears burning like fire, she quickly covered her face with both hands, her heart racing "thumping" so excitedly. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Li Jia quietly looked at Chen Haonan's face. At that moment, she slowly bent down and kissed him on the lips - his lips still had a strong smell of beer, but were still gentle.

  Li Jia quickly jumped up, her heart "thumping thumping" like a rabbit jumping around inside. She glanced around the room and fortunately there was no one else - she smiled slyly, feeling that stealing a kiss felt great.

  After a while, Li Jia's heart finally calmed down. She covered Chen Haonan's stomach with a thin blanket and couldn't help but look at his face again. With a faint smile, she whispered: "Dear, goodnight..." Then, she turned off the light and gently closed the door.