Xia Yiyang arrived at the parking lot in front of the bank past 6 o’clock, Shen Luo really hadn’t left, he was leaning against his car door and nodded when he saw Xia Yiyang.
Now that the two of them are in that situation, it would be too disrespectful to be polite so Xia Yiyang simply walked over: “Where are we going to eat?’’
‘’You choose the place,’’ Shen Luo sat in the drivers seat, ‘’I haven’t been back for a long time, everything has changed so much that I don’t recognize anything anymore.’’
Xia Yiyang sat in the passenger seat while letting out a whistle: ‘’Your car is very big, while driving in the city don’t you force others aside?’’
Shen Luo drove on a quiet road, his car was a Japanese pickup truck, which was twice the size of a common car, it not only took up space in the parking lot but also on the street, driving it in an urban area was not a wise option.
“I got used to driving big cars abroad.” Shen Luo fastened his seat belt, then fixed his gaze on Xia Yiyang: “Put it on.’’
Xia Yiyang pulled the seat belt and fastened it, looked ahead and said with a smile: “This car is every man’s dream, the view is awesome.’’
Shen Luo looked at him: “It’s just a car, this is not my dream’’
“What is that?” Xia Yiyang asked casually, looking around he found an electronic cigarette in the space next to the brake. “Did you recently quit smoking?”
Shen Luo, who was driving the car, just said “Mn” without explanation.
Xia Yiyang was quite surprised: “I never would have guessed.’’
Shen Luo started smoking when he was in college, he had a melancholy type of temperament like Takeshi Kaneshiro, his features were masculine and gentle, the fingers on his hand were especially long and attractive. At that time, one of the most famous images of the school was Shen Luo, who while smoking a cigarette, stood waiting on the lower floor of room EE118 for Bai Fang to come out of her self-study session.
Xia Yiyang never smoked, but that didn’t stop him from feeling a little envious.
***
In the end, the two of them chose a Japanese food restaurant on Huaihai Street, the main reason was because the street was big. If they had made a trip to the city just to eat, they probably wouldn’t have been able to eat.
The waitress from the Japanese restaurant was wearing a kimono, it really looked like she was greeting her masters, then she led them into a private room.
After only ordering wine, Shen Luo handed the menu to Xia Yiyang.
Xia Yiyang looked at him: ‘’Aren’t you going to drive?’’
Shen Luo took out the e-cigarette and put it on the table: “I can ask for a driver.”
Xia Yiyang thought ‘’Whoever gets to drive that big car must be unlucky.’’
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The lady in the kimono was still waiting on the side, Xia Yiyang could only order first, in fact, he normally doesn’t eat Japanese food, except for sashimi and sushi he doesn’t know anything else. Anyway, under the logic that everything expensive is always the best, he decided to order all the expensive dishes on the menu.
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Shen Luo smiled: ‘’It seems that the salaries of the SZ bank is very high.’’
‘’How much do you earn in a year?’’ Xia Yiyang returned the menu to the waitress after he finished ordering.
When the waitress left, Shen Luo replied: ‘’Around 150,000.’’ He paused and then asked Xia Yiyang, ‘’Do you earn 500,000?’’
Xia Yiyang laughed but did not deny it.
Shen Luo sarcastically said: ‘’Capitalist!’’
Xia Yiyang refuted: ‘’You have it easier, no matter where you go, the heads of all institutions have to serve you tea.’’
Shen Luo mocked him: ‘’And what’s the use of that? Money doesn’t enter my pockets.’’
When they finished talking, the two of them started laughing. Shen Luo took the e-cigarette next to him and took a pull. He looked at Xia Yiyang’s face through the lingering smoke and suddenly asked: ‘’You’re already over 35 years old, and still not married?’’
Xia Yiyang was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t panic: “Look who’s talking? Did you get married in the United States?”
‘’I almost got married.’’ Shen Luo said calmly, ‘’Unfortunately, I regretted it and returned to China’’
Xia Yiyang was truly surprised to have received such an answer, as he was debating whether to celebrate their singleness or comfort each other, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, Shen Luo changed the topic again.
‘’I thought you were going to marry Bai Fang.’’ The waitress came with the sake, Shen Luo thanked her and poured it for both himself and Xia Yiyang.
Xia Yiyang snorted: “Stop joking around, she was your girlfriend, and you didn’t break up when you went abroad.”
‘’Did you think we didn’t break up?’’ Shen Luo laughed, then the waitress came back in to deliver the Tuna Sashimi, as she was preparing to scrape the wasabi, Shen Luo said, ‘’I’ll do it.’’
Xia Yiyang watched Shen Luo roll up his sleeves and began to slowly scratch the Wasabi with his long fingers, then raised his eyelids looking at Xia Yiyang: ‘’More or less?’’
Xia Yiyang: ‘’Less.’’
Shen Luo gave it to him.
‘’Let’s stop talking about it.’’ Xia Yiyang took a bite of tuna, his eyes burning from the wasabi, ‘’Let’s talk about something else.’’
‘’Talk about what?’’ Shen Luo ate the tuna gracefully.
Xia Yiyang sighed: ‘’Young Master Shen, deduct fewer points from us tomorrow.’’
Shen Luo laughed loudly before showing his middle finger.
***
When he received Chen Hui’s message, Xia Yiyang was in Shen Luo’s car. The driver was driving the car very slowly, it seemed like his first time driving such a big car, all the time he was tense and careful.
Xia Yiyang, in a daze, tried to unlock his cell phone to see what Chen Hui had sent.
[What did you eat? Did you serve him well?]
Xia Yiyang wrote: [Japanese food, it was too expensive, but he failed to be corrupted by wealth and honors.]
Chen Hui replied: [Son of a bitch you are so fucking useless!!!] followed by three exclamation marks.
Xia Yiyang laughed. He didn’t plan to answer, Shen Luo suddenly closed over: ‘’Who is it?’’
Xia Yiyang showed it to him without hesitation: ‘’My boss, he wanted me to bribe you, but unfortunately it didn’t work out.’’
“Your boss is quite funny,” Shen Luo reached out and pinched the back of Xia Yiyang’s neck, “How are you? How bad are you at holding your liquor?”
Xia Yiyang shook his head: ‘’I’m fine, just a little dizzy.’’ He looked at Shen Luo and said with a slightly heavy nasal voice: ‘’You really can’t reduce less points?’’
Shen Luo turned his face to the side and did not speak, it seemed that the traffic light in front was red, the car stopped and the light fell on the back seat, Xia Yiyang looked at Shen Luo’s face in this light.
He has deep eyebrows and large eyes, even the shadow of his nose was beautiful, his lips were neither thick nor thin, and his chin was angular.
Shen Luo’s breath smelled like wine, and Xia Yiyang wondered for a long time how it could be so fragrant, before remembering that they had drunk the same wine.
Shen Luo as if afraid to disturb him, gently stroked his hair: ‘’You are drunk.’’
Xia Yiyang did not deny it: ‘’It seems so.’’
The car stopped again, this time in Xia Yiyang’s neighborhood.
The driver got out of the car and opened the door for him, Shen Luo helped him down.
‘’I can walk back by myself.’’ Xia Yiyang waved his hand, ‘’I don’t need you to come with me.’’
Shen Luo did not move, he put his hands in his pants pockets, then suddenly said: ‘’What are we going to eat tomorrow?’’
Xia Yiyang: ‘’?’’
Shen Luo smiled at him: ‘’To bribe me, one meal is definitely not enough.’’
***
Even though he was dizzy after drinking, when Xia Yiyang finished taking a bath, he couldn’t help but log into Instagram.
Shen Luo actually had a new post, it was a photo of a sashimi boat. That boat was the most expensive dish he had ordered today, in total Xia Yiyang had spent about 1,000 dollars, and Shen Luo published it as if he was showing off his wealth.
Of course, it had a lot of likes.
Xia Yiyang gritted his teeth thinking “The money that son of a bitch spent was mine! What does his ex-girlfriend, his ex-ex-girlfriend, and his ex-ex-ex-girlfriend like about it?!’’
His poor ability to retain alcohol had always been a painful issue for Xia Yiyang since he was young, when he drank too much he felt uncomfortable all over, that day his dreams were filled with “I bought you the most expensive sashimi pot but you used it to show off your wealth and flirt with girls.” It was a mess.
After a while, his dream changed to when they were in college, Bai Fang was sitting on the back of Shen Luo’s bicycle, they met in the library, Bai Fang’s slender and tender arms swayed under the sun and reflected the light: ‘’Yiyang!’’
Xia Yiyang was standing at the door of the library, he was sweating and his eyes fell on Shen Luo’s face.
The picture somehow shifted to the evening when the two were eating Japanese food, and Shen Luo was sitting opposite him, his face still the same.
‘’How the hell is he growing up?…’’ Xia Yiyang thought, ‘’How come he hasn’t aged at all after 15 years?’’
***
The next day, Xia Yiyang went to work with two large dark circles under his eyes again, thinking that he was already getting old, even if he got drunk before, at least he was able to sleep at night and his hangover wasn’t so bad. Now he couldn’t even handle sake, he really couldn’t make a living that way.
Cai Cai made tea for him, Xia Yiyang took a sip with his back curved like an old man’s, Cai Cai said in disgust: ‘’Why are you so exhausted?’’
Xia Yiyang sighed: ‘’I’m already 36 years old, now I can consider myself a middle-aged uncle.’’
Cai Cai: ‘’Chief Shen is the same age as you and he came here very early in the morning.’’
Xia Yiyang choked, looked at the conference room, and sure enough, he saw Shen Luo standing there assigning tasks. Today, the young lady named Zhang Man had not come, and now four big men were accompanying Shen Luo.
Cai Cai whispered in his ear: ‘’This completely eliminates the chance of you using your male charm!’’
Xia Yiyang nodded sadly, blowing on the tea leaves.
Translator note: Big thanks to my editor! Overlord Shay
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