Half an hour passed, and a faint flush appeared on Zhou Zhiyun's face.
His eyes also began to grow somewhat blurred.
Clearly, he was already a bit tipsy.
After sending a flurry of random messages on his phone, he began to pour his heart out to Jiang Cheng.
"Do you know? After graduation, even though I didn't contact Xu Ya anymore, I would still subconsciously check her moments. I'd look at every update she posted, see where she went, what she did, and who she was with..."
Jiang Cheng didn't interrupt; he just listened quietly.
His hand gently swirled his wine glass, watching the liquid inside refract diamond-shaped spots of light.
These spots of light reminded Jiang Cheng of a scene from last winter.
That day, Zhou Zhiyun stood at the school gate, clutching a giant plush doll in his arms.
His face was full of anticipation as he waited for Xu Ya to appear.
The weather was extremely cold back then, and the tip of Zhou Zhiyun's nose was frozen bright red.
A few of them had surrounded him, teasing him.
But his face was brimming with a happy smile.
He kept muttering something about how "sincerity can melt icebergs."
In the end, however, Xu Ya had dismissed the doll as completely useless.
Naturally, it ended up being thrown directly onto the side of the road.
Zhou Zhiyun rambled on about many things.
By the end, Zhou Zhiyun's cheeks, which had turned into two crimson patches, began to crumple into a mournful expression.
With drooping eyebrows and a bitter face, he said, "Until a few days ago when we were at the villa, I got drunk and asked her out, and finally, we slept together... Wuwuwu."
Jiang Cheng had thought he was about to say something explosive.
He didn't expect it to be this again.
"Then why are you crying? Don't tell me you didn't want to."
The pub's speakers happened to be playing 'Young and Promising'.
Listening to the lyrics, Zhou Zhiyun's tears became almost unstoppable.
He shook his head: "Of course I wanted to. Although I knew I wasn't her first, I thought at the time that after giving so much without even holding her hand, it would be good to have the chance to sleep with her once."
After saying this, Zhou Zhiyun grabbed a napkin and blew his nose loudly.
"But the damn woman complained that I was too short."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's hand, which was swirling the wine glass, froze.
"What??"
This time he was truly shocked.
Seeing Jiang Cheng's misunderstanding, Zhou Zhiyun waved his hand: "Not the'short' you're thinking of, I mean the time was short. It was my first time, I couldn't hold it."
Looking at Zhou Zhiyun's mournful face.
Jiang Cheng forced himself to suppress his laughter.
He hadn't expected this Xu Ya to be a Girl with such standards.
However, it might also be that her business volume wasn't high enough.
Usually, for those who have multiple orders a day.
Encountering a client like Zhou Zhiyun, most Girls would probably feel lucky in their hearts.
Or rather, they would simply be hoping to get it over with as soon as possible.
Jiang Cheng held his wine glass and put on a contemplative look, hiding the corners of his mouth.
He reached out his other hand and patted him on the shoulder.
"The first time is awkward, the second time is familiar."
"I fucking thought so too, but she said I had to pay extra to continue. Can you believe how ridiculous that is?"
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng really couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
"Sorry, sorry, brother, I couldn't hold it back."
This was the first time Jiang Cheng had heard of something so absurd.
After all, 2,000 yuan isn't 200 yuan.
Zhou Zhiyun was both indignant and slightly embarrassed.
"Fine, if she wanted more money, I would've gritted my teeth and paid it. But the speechless part is, I found out she was cheating on me."
"Huh?" A row of question marks instantly appeared over Jiang Cheng's head.
He looked at Zhou Zhiyun with a face full of suspicion, "Wasn't it just a one-night stand? How could she have cheated on you?"
At the mention of this, Zhou Zhiyun's expression became somewhat unnatural, as if he found it hard to talk about.
But he still bit the bullet and said: "It's... it's just that I later found out she had other men..."
"In the middle of the night, she suddenly said she had to leave... Originally, I didn't stop her, thinking she was going home, and I even prepared to see her off. I didn't expect... she went to the bathroom and left her phone behind. I saw her wechat notifications pop up; turns out she had already booked someone else and was rushing to the next appointment..."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's eyes suddenly widened.
Holy crap, this is some major gossip.
Just as Zhou Zhiyun was wailing loudly, his phone suddenly rang.
At the same time, the door to the bar was pushed open forcefully.
Zhong Chuxi was seen walking in hurriedly.
At this moment, she had a furious expression and was walking quickly, clearly in a very bad mood.
"Zhou Zhiyun!" Zhong Chuxi shouted as soon as she entered.
Her gaze quickly swept through the crowd and soon locked onto Zhou Zhiyun and Jiang Cheng.
The moment her eyes met Jiang Cheng's.
Jiang Cheng noticed a clear flash of panic in her eyes.
Clearly, Zhong Chuxi had not expected Jiang Cheng to appear here at all.
The moment she saw Jiang Cheng, she had intended to quietly turn around and leave.
But the commotion she made when she entered was just too high-profile.
Just as she was about to turn, Jiang Cheng had already whipped his head around, and their gazes naturally met.
In an instant, the look of embarrassment on Zhong Chuxi's face became even more obvious.
Under Jiang Cheng's half-smiling gaze, Zhong Chuxi felt that leaving now would obviously seem too deliberate.
Moreover, several customers around the shop were staring at her.
In the end, she could only bite the bullet and walk towards Jiang Cheng step by step.
When she reached their table, Zhong Chuxi greeted Jiang Cheng somewhat stiffly.
"Hi, why are you here too??"
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng glanced at her and Zhou Zhiyun, then asked: "I should be the one asking you that, right?"
Hearing this, Zhong Chuxi quickly waved her hands, looking as if she were afraid Jiang Cheng would misunderstand.
"No, I have nothing to do with him."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng continued to ask: "Then why were you so angry?"
In reality, Jiang Cheng was just a bit curious about Zhong Chuxi's attitude.
But to her ears at this moment, these words actually sounded a bit ambiguous.
So Jiang Cheng cares about her relationship with Zhou Zhiyun, right?
Originally, she thought Jiang Cheng probably wasn't interested in her.
After all, so many days had passed since that incident, but Jiang Cheng hadn't reacted at all.
He hadn't even looked for her once.
During this time, Zhong Chuxi had even deliberately posted several moments every day just to get Jiang Cheng's attention.
However, Jiang Cheng hadn't liked a single one of them.
Seeing that Jiang Cheng now seemed to care about her relationship with Zhou Zhiyun, a small smile couldn't help but tug at the corners of Zhong Chuxi's mouth.
She pointed at Zhou Zhiyun and said with a look of annoyance.
"This guy had a brain fart and called the wrong number, mistaking me for Xu Ya. He said a bunch of nonsense. After I hung up, he kept messaging me and even took screenshots and posted them to his moments. That's why I rushed over here."
After saying this, Zhong Chuxi showed Zhou Zhiyun's crazy messages to Jiang Cheng.
Looking at it, this guy really had sent them to the wrong person.
"I... I just came to make him delete the moments post." Zhong Chuxi's voice grew quieter and quieter as she explained.
The tips of her ears flushed a faint red, "Those screenshots are just too ridiculous..."