Chapter 35: Small Gathering

  Chen Yan locked himself in his bedroom as soon as he got home. The maid, Zhang Shu, had to call him three times before he went downstairs to eat.

  He had long been accustomed to eating alone in front of a full table, his parents were always on duty and rarely took care of the two brothers. Chen Bin was also rarely at home for dinner. The scene where ordinary families sat around, eating and chatting about interesting things, only happened in Chen Yan's home during the few days of Chinese New Year.

  Chen Yan's expectations for the new year are higher than others, and as the Spring Festival approaches, his parents will return from their troops, but he has been sulking with a gloomy face these days.

  Since the argument that day, he hasn't contacted Xia Xixi again. Several times he picked up his phone and dialed her number, but couldn't bring himself to press the call button, always giving up at the last minute.

  He had been cooped up at home for several days in a row and didn't even want to go out, until he received a call from Liu Xuanmei inviting him to a gathering.

  "Tomorrow at 11:00 am, Tao Ran Ju, you can bring your family members, but don't be late." Xing Miao reminded again.

  "Wait, is the whole class going?" Chen Yan's words were laced with underlying meaning, aiming to ask if Xia Xixi would be going. He couldn't just watch as his long-awaited European trip slipped away, and as a proud person, he couldn't accept being defeated emotionally by someone else.

  "I can guarantee you'll see who you want to see" Xian immediately understood what he meant and gave him a reassuring nod.

  He put down his phone and walked out of the bedroom, only to find Liang Qi sitting on the sofa drinking tea. Seeing him, he suddenly remembered something and loudly shouted towards the kitchen: "Zhang Shu, add another dish, I want to eat your braised pork!"

  "Coming to freeload again?" Chen gave him a glance, walked over to the opposite sofa and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea.

  "Hey, what's with the attitude? I'm your elder brother. You're always cooped up at home, it's like you're going to suffocate yourself. I took time out specifically to come find you and invite you out to have some fun. If you didn't want to go, that's fine, but do you have to be so rude?" Liang Qi said indignantly

  Chen Yanduan picked up the teacup, gently blew away the leaves floating on top and said softly: "Zhang Shu, don't bother making lunch today."

  "Alright!" Zhang's wife heard and poked out half of her body from the kitchen, repeatedly responding.

  "Go on, didn't you come to ask me out to play? " Chen Yan took a sip of tea, put down the cup and stood up, straightened his clothes, and was about to head out.

  "I want to eat Zhang Shu's cooking!" Liang Qi shouted in dissatisfaction, refusing to get up from the sofa.

  Chen Yan kicked him: "Hurry up!" He reluctantly got up, looking back three times in one step. "Aunt Zhang, next time I come, you must make braised pork belly for me!"

  Liang Qi drove the car very fast, speeding recklessly along the way, earning him countless dirty looks from other drivers. Chen Yan told him to slow down, but he retorted with a flurry of words, saying that he hadn't eaten lunch and was starving, which made it hard for him to control his foot on the accelerator.

  "Where are you going?" asked Liang Qi.

  "What's good for giving to a girl?" Chen Yan didn't answer but asked back instead.

  "Wow, he's actually taking the initiative to send things over. He's really going all out for my sake." Liang Qi clicked his tongue, "Could it be that he's offended someone and is buying things to make amends?"

  Chen Yan didn't say anything, taking it as tacit consent.

  "Haha, you little guy also has times when you fall into a girl's hands" Liang Qi patted the steering wheel and laughed with his head thrown back, one thing after another, this Xia Xi Xi really had a set.

  "Don't laugh, speak quickly" Chen Yan raised an eyebrow, muttering to himself, what's so funny? He was willing to back down first, but that didn't mean he was wrong, he just didn't want to lose to Liang Qi.

  "According to past experiences, a woman's happiness from receiving gifts mostly comes from others' reactions. What is given doesn't matter, as long as it makes her the center of attention." Liang Qi spoke fluently, offering his wise advice to Chen Yan.

  "Made sense" Chen Yan nodded in agreement with all his thoughts.

  When Xi arrived at Tao Ran Ju, it was exactly 11 o'clock. When Xian informed her, she only said they were gathering together, so she thought it was just a small gathering of sisters from the same dormitory during the holiday, and had no idea there were others, until she saw Xian and Chen Yan standing at the door of the box chatting, and only then did she realize that Xian had actually called the entire cast of "Hongmen Banquet".

  During the training session, everyone mentioned going out to play together. At school, there was no time to spare, and it's rare that Xian Miao still remembers this matter. It's just that going out with Chen Yan alone really can't excite Xi Xi.

  These days, she studies at fixed times every day, eats at fixed times, occasionally goes online to chat, and dedicates most of her enthusiasm to bed, reading sideways, reciting words while lying down, and staring blankly upwards.

  Xixi's mom is very dissatisfied with her current state of being similar to hemiplegia, and tries every means to get her out of the house. However, Xixi always makes excuses, "The book says that maintaining a pleasant mood can improve learning efficiency, I feel most pleasant when I'm lying down."

  "Thinking about life requires getting rid of all constraints, I lie down to make the earth's gravity have the same effect on my head and feet, which is conducive to broadening my horizons."

  "It would be better for you to move a bed over during the college entrance exams." XiXi's mom was helpless against her nonsense.

  In the quiet and peaceful time, she would rather stay at home alone, without having to rack her brains to compete with Chen Yan, nor did she need to think carefully about Lu Dongqi.

  A regular life and a focused state almost made her forget the unpleasantness of that day until she saw Chen Yan again.

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