The people Chen Xi called to eat at home, Qing Huan had also seen before, were the three members of her band - keyboardist Omura, bass Shifang, and drummer Lao Mao.

And Omura is the handsome boy who made Konishi salivate that night.

When everyone saw Qing Huan coming back, they all greeted her very warmly, and they didn't have the sense of distance they saw in the bar before. also took the initiative to help Qing Huan take out the beef, shrimp and fish balls in the bag, put them on a plate, and then serve them to the table.

After all the dishes were served, the pot placed on the induction cooker rattled and began to tumble with the red oil inside, and the spicy taste went straight to the nose, making people salivate.

A few people sat down around the table, and Omura helped everyone pour the red wine, and then raised their glasses, "Come on, let's celebrate first, and I hope that we can achieve satisfactory results in the competition in three months, and strive to be a hit, and we will never have to run back and forth in the bar to sing again." ”

"Yes, I believe that with the talent and strength of a few of us, we will be able to make our wishes come true. The old cat raised his glass and said with some excitement.

"Oh, what kind of competition are you going to participate in?" Qing Huan couldn't help but ask when he heard this.

"China's good singing voice, I went to hand in the entry form today, and the preliminary review has passed. Chen Xi pursed his lips and smiled, and the joy in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Really?" Qing Huan looked at them in surprise, "I heard that the selection is quite strict in this competition, so I really want to congratulate you, if you can rush to the finals, the future is really limitless......

"With your good words, we will definitely advance to the finals. Omura smiled slightly, "Come, let's take this glass of wine in our hands first." ”

Several people happily touched their glasses, raised their heads and drank all the wine in the glasses.

"Eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables, let's stop standing and talk while eating. Chen Xi put down the cup in his hand and beckoned everyone to sit down with a smile.

The people sat down again with a smile and a cheerful chat, pouring the thinly sliced beef and fish balls into the pot first.

When the atmosphere was just right, the doorbell suddenly rang again, Qing Huan raised his head strangely and asked Chen Xi, "Do you still have friends to come over?"

Chen Xi was chewing beef in his mouth, unable to speak, and nodded busily after hearing it.

Qing Huan stood up to open the door, but as soon as the door opened, he saw the manager he had seen in the bar that day, Wu Chuan, standing at the door.

After seeing her, Wu Chuan smiled slightly, "Hello, Qinghuan." ”

Qing Huan came back to his senses from a momentary stunned, bent the corners of his lips, nodded slightly as a greeting, and then turned sideways to get out of the passage.

"Wu Chuan, why are you here?" Chen Xi swallowed the beef in his mouth and shouted at Wu Chuan, "If you are late, you will be punished for drinking." ”

"Okay, okay, I admit the punishment, I will punish as much as you say. Wu Chuan looked at her and smiled dotingly, then walked to the place next to her and sat down.

Qing Huan also walked over from behind, and glanced lightly at the idle position in the middle of the big cat and the ten directions, and frowned slightly.

"Omura, go and help Wu Chuan get a pair of chopsticks and cups. Chen Xi saw that Omura was sitting close to the kitchen, so he supported his arm with his elbow and said.

Omura glanced up at her, but the smile on his face was gone, and he said impatiently, "He doesn't know how to take it himself?"

"Yes, he has hands and feet, and he doesn't know how to take them himself?" the old cat muttered in a low voice.

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere at the table suddenly froze, and everyone did not speak.

Wu Chuan didn't feel embarrassed at all, he sat in place very calmly, glanced at Omura, and didn't get up and say that he was going to get it.

"What's the matter with you, just take a pair of dishes and chopsticks, as for it?" Chen Xi suddenly stood up and glanced at Omura and the old cat a little inexplicably, "Forget it, if you don't go, I'll ...... it."

Omura's face sank, but his body remained unmoved, and his hand on the table clenched into a fist.

"I'll go, I'm close to the kitchen anyway. Qing Huan looked thoughtfully at the side for a while, stood up and smiled and said, and then walked towards the kitchen.

"Why are you embarrassed to let the beautiful woman do the work for me, I'll go myself. At this time, Wu Chuan finally spoke, stood up and said with a smile.

Qing Huan didn't have a good impression of him, but since he said so, he was as good as he was, and sat back at the table.

"Okay, okay, let's eat vegetables, today's beef is very fresh. Shifang saw that Chen Xi and Omura were still angry, and no one would let anyone, so he hurriedly started a round.

Seeing this, the old cat also whispered something in Omura's ear, Omura's face gradually improved, so the atmosphere destroyed by Wu Chuan's arrival began to recover again, but Qing Huan felt that he couldn't seem to find the harmonious feeling he had just started.

Only Wu Chuan looked unaware, and said something to Chen Xi from time to time.

In the back, Qing Huan also saw that the old cats were a little excited, and after the dishes on the plate were barely scalded, everyone scattered hastily.

After cleaning up the things on the table, Shifang said that he would go back first, and the old cat also said that he was leaving, Omura glanced at Wu Chuan, who was sitting on the sofa and did not move, and said with some irritation: "Hey, you still don't leave?"

Wu Chuan raised his head, and before he could say anything, Chen Xi came out of the kitchen, "I'll ask him to wait a little longer, there are some things to talk to him." ”

"Yes, Xiaoxi said something she wants me to talk about. Wu Chuan's eyes obviously flashed with a hint of triumph when he looked at Omura.

Omura was stunned and stood there, not moving.

"Are you okay?" Chen Xi glanced at him strangely, "If it's okay, go back early, we'll have a rehearsal tomorrow." ”

Omura's face suddenly turned white.

The old cat and Shifang on the side sighed, walked over, and dragged Omura out.

Qing Huan also sighed in his heart, and after saying a word to Chen Xi, he went back to his room.

After she returned to the room, she hugged the computer and went to bed, flipping through the web page a little bored, and some whispers of Chen Xi and Wu Chuan would come from time to time in the living room. The surroundings were quiet, the light was hazy, only the voices of the two of them, sometimes low and sometimes high, empty and silent.

Qing Huan fell asleep unconsciously on the pillow, and when she woke up, she looked at the computer screen placed on her lap, it was almost 12 o'clock.

She sat up straight and listened intently for a while, and Wu Chuan's voice came intermittently.

Qing Huan shook his head, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, opened the door and yawned while walking out, deliberately shouting loudly: "Xiaoxi, do you want to use the toilet? If you don't use it, I'm going to take a shower and sleep, it's almost 12 o'clock, I'm sleepy." ”

Chen Xi and Wu Chuan stopped talking and turned their heads to look at her.

"Ah, Wu Chuan is still there?" Qing Huan pretended to smile embarrassedly, "I just accidentally fell asleep, I thought you were gone." ”

Wu Chuan smiled slightly and stood up, "It's really late, I should go, Xiaoxi, let's talk next time." ”

Chen Xi nodded and said, "Okay, next time I'll find time to get together." ”

Wu Chuan nodded, said goodbye to them, and left.

Hearing the sound of the door being closed, Qing Huan hesitated for a moment, but still spoke softly: "Xiaoxi, you and Wu Chuan ......"

"We're really just friends. Chen Xi reacted, stunned, and added: "The kind of pure friendship." ”

"Pure friendship?" Qing Huan looked at her amusedly, and then said meaningfully, "You know what? I originally read in a book that evolutionary psychology believes that friendship between men and women also begins with attraction. When people make friends of the opposite sex, even if both partners do not have a good impression of each other, they will subconsciously regard friends of the opposite sex as their potential partners. Among them, the underlying psychology of most men to make female friends is to seek a partner, and the psychology of most women is to seek protection. In one survey, 96% of subjects said they had ever felt attraction from a friend of the opposite sex. ”

"And this kind of attraction," she paused deliberately, "is more often biased towards subjective or objective attraction, that is, I will subconsciously evaluate this person I want to sleep or this person should be quite a lot of people want to sleep, but I don't want to." ”

Chen Xi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses, "Qinghuan, what do you want to say?"

Qing Huan walked up to her, sighed and said, "Silly girl, I mean, Wu Chuan clearly wants to sleep with you, it's just an excuse for stupid friendship, only you will believe it, right?"

"How is it possible, he has a girlfriend. Chen Xi waved his hand and said as if he had heard a joke.

"That only says one thing. Qing Huan said, "He is an out-and-out scumbag." ”

"Why do you think so?" Chen Xi asked with some curiosity.

"First, this kind of man will pretend to be very mature, pretend to know a lot in areas you don't understand, and give you all kinds of guidance when you are confused. Second, in order to dispel your defense, he will tell you that he has a girlfriend or already has someone he likes when he approaches you under the pretext of friendship at the beginning. Third, this kind of man has a good female popularity, and there are a large number of female friends on social platforms. Fourth, when you talk together, he will always follow your point of view and will never make you feel the slightest bit uncomfortable......"

Chen Xi stood in place for a long time, and suddenly laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist, "Qing Huan, in fact, you can go and publish a book to teach people how to identify scumbags." ”

Qinghuan: "......"

"Okay, I know you care about me, but I know very well that the relationship between me and Wu Chuan is just an ordinary friendship, and there is nothing out of bounds, we are just a pure friendship relationship, don't worry. Chen Xi said while smiling and wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Qing Huan understands that some things are the best so far, and she has already said it so obviously, if Chen Xi still thinks that there is no problem, she is indeed not too good to interfere too much, because after all, they are just the relationship between the landlord and tenant who live together, and if she continues, she will be suspected of interfering in other people's private lives.

Based on her understanding of Chen Xi, Chen Xi was a very disgusted person who interfered in her own affairs, so she nodded and said nothing more.