Xiang Yunxin's sudden words made Ji Ran a little puzzled, she quickly sorted out the meaning of the other party's words, and then slowly replied:

"I don't know how to answer your question because I don't have any family. ”

Ji Ran smiled at her somewhat surprised expression and put on his backpack.

"Just do what you feel is best and get some rest. ”

She waved her hand at Xiang Yunxin and walked out.

After driving the car back to the club, Ji Ran was a little depressed, she sat in the garage for a while, and found that she was uneasy, and she was not in the mood to go back and continue to write old and bad manuscripts, so she simply went home.

Ji Ran collapsed on the bed for a while, got up and turned on the light on the car desk, she connected to the printer, knocked on the notebook for a while, took the paper spit out by the printer, looked at it carefully, and pasted the printed photo.

Then, she opened the drawer, took out a folder, wrote 'No. 59' stroke by stroke on the materials she had just organized, and carefully placed it in the folder.

She looked at the black ink pen on the folder and wrote "untraceable regrets" one by one, and closed the drawer heavily.

She looked at her watch and found the phone on the bedside.

"Hey big guy, let's go to the bar. ”

***

It has been more than a week since Ji Ran said goodbye last time. When Bai Xingchen was idle, he occasionally held the business card that Ji Ran handed her before, he stared at the series of numbers on it, afraid but couldn't help but have the idea of revealing all the secrets and discernment.

It's just that he knows that he can't, at least not now.

"Xingchen!" Someone knocked on the door of his room, Bai Xingchen put away Ji Ran's business card, put on his coat, walked to the door and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened a crack, the person outside the door pushed hard and then jumped in.

"You don't seem to be in a good state lately, do you want to go out with your brothers today?"

As he spoke, he put his arm around Bai Xingchen's shoulder.

"We've been running around lately, and it seems like it's been a long time since we've had a drink together. ”

Bai Xingchen understood the other party's personality of never giving up until he reached his goal, and he was indeed a little panicked, so he put on a shirt and went out with him.

A man's bar trip is destined to have some other charming links in addition to drinking, especially such a few young and handsome men. It didn't take long for Bai Xingchen to gradually disperse from his companions as the drumbeat of the music gradually intensified and the more eye contact he made.

Somewhat tired, he dodged his body, intentionally or unintentionally, and slowly moved to the bar.

He tapped on the table for the bartender, his eyes moving to catch a familiar smile.

"And the bastard who bothered you last time is gone?"

Liang Xia stirred the liquid in the cup, and his tone was indignant.

Ji Ran nodded weakly, Liang Xia looked at her dejected face, and knew that she was actually uncomfortable in her heart. After all, Liang Xia used to be a hot-blooded young man, but he had seen too much of the entanglements of interests in the newspaper, so he simply transferred directly to other departments, out of sight and out of mind.

"What's wrong with Ranran?"

A wine glass was suddenly pushed in front of him, Ji Ran held it up, tilted his head and smiled reluctantly: "It's just a worry at work, thank you, Brother Jun." ”

Wen Jun didn't say anything when he listened, just silently reached out and patted her head. He is a very amiable person, and his facial features are not particularly outstanding, but he has had a pair of smiling eyes since he was a child, and he is always smiling.

As the owner of the bar and a good friend of Ji Ran's brother, he almost watched Ji Ran grow up, and looked at Ji Ran naturally like his sister.

"I've been so busy during this time, and I'm thinking about saying that I haven't had a drink with you guys for a long time, but it's a pity. I finally came once, and this time I invited it. ”

"We're not here to drink. In front of familiar people, Ji Ran obviously relaxed a lot, she propped her head and said jokingly.

"Brother Jun, go get busy, don't worry about us. Liang Xia also agreed.

Seeing that the meaning had been reached, and he really couldn't leave, Wen Jun smiled, said a few words to the bartender, and left the bar.

"Come, tell me about the hero you met who saved the beauty. ”

Liang Xia saw that Ji Ran's expression was a little better, and simply changed the topic. Ji Ran shook the cup, his head swayed with the music, and his face was helpless.

"There's nothing to say, but we met twice. ”

"What's the matter, whether you look handsome or not. Liang Xia's gossip face leaned over: "You know that this kind of small probability event is very, very likely to develop a vigorous relationship." ”

"You've been reading a lot of novels lately. Ji Ran pressed his index finger against her forehead and pushed it back with a smile.

"No, when the little spark of love is about to be extinguished, you can only rely on these things to absorb nutrients. ”

"Quarrel again?"

Ji Ran held his chin and looked at her, and his tone was helpless: "This is the first time this month." ”

"Who knows. Liang Xia shrugged his shoulders and bit the straw angrily.

"I'm curious, how did you maintain a small quarrel for three days and a big quarrel for five days, and you haven't broken up for more than a year. ”

Liang Xia didn't want to say without thinking: "Because he is handsome." ”

"......" Ji Ran felt that he had nothing to say, was silent for two seconds, and nodded: "What a great reason." ”

"And, it's actually good to be noisy, but I can't stand it without waves, dating is like a work task, and if there is noise, it proves that there are hormones. ”

I beg to differ. Ji Ran silently dropped this sentence.

Liang Xia bumped her shoulder, and said with a serious face: "When you meet her, you will understand." ”

"Forget it, I think I'm quite busy, it's enough to see you fall in love. ”

After speaking, he heard Liang Xia sigh and said silently: "Rotten wood can't be carved." ”

***

The bar was not far from Ji Ran's house, so she put Liang Xia in a taxi and walked back slowly along the street. There is still some temperature difference in spring, and I don't wear much when I go out, but now a gust of wind is blowing, and Ji Ran, who has been walking for a while, feels a cold, she hugged her arms, and her body lowered according to inertia.

At this low, she noticed that there was a long shadow behind her, and as she stopped, she would also stop behind her feet.

There were not many people on this road, the alarm bell in Ji Ran's heart rang slowly, she stopped in place, looking at the people behind who didn't know how far away they didn't mean to go, and her brows slowly wrinkled.

Not long after, she changed the opposite direction of her home, maintained her original walking speed, and deliberately walked towards the bustling area.

Passing through the crossroads, Ji Ran saw the right time, got into the familiar video game city, stuck to the corner of the door, carefully poked out half of his head, and looked out.

Does Bai Xingchen still have a habit of stalking people? When Ji Ran saw that familiar figure, such an idea immediately popped up in his mind.

Although it was night, there were still a lot of people in the downtown area, Bai Xingchen saw the flow of people not far away, and Ji Ran, who was originally in the field of vision, suddenly disappeared. He took a few steps forward, stopped, looked around his surroundings, and after a brief thought, his eyes fell on the video game city in front of him.

His instincts told him that the person he was looking for was probably inside. It's just that when this intuition came out, Bai Xingchen also knew that Ji Ran probably felt that he was following her.

He regretted it a little, his mood was a little chaotic when he saw her in the bar, watching her leave, he followed out without thinking too much, and saw Ji Ran walking alone, with a dark and deserted night road in front of him, so he walked silently behind.

"Hi. ”

Ji Ran, who jumped out of another door, walked up to him and said hello, she thought about it before, but she still felt that since she was someone she knew, she didn't want to have any unwarranted speculation, so she simply walked out directly.

"You..... Were you following me just now?"

She asked very directly, but Bai Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief, originally thought that Ji Ran would be angry and afraid, or even disgusted, but now it seems that he just wants to ask things clearly, he nodded.

"I just saw you at the bar and thought about how to say hello, and you left with your friends. It seems to be dark to see you on your way home, so ......"

"Hi. ”

Bai Xingchen heard her sudden greeting, and was a little puzzled, so he heard the other party say:

"You don't mean you don't know how to say hello, just call. ”

As she spoke, she took a step forward, and she was only two steps away from Bai Xingchen.

"Next time, really don't follow quietly, it's still quite scary. Ji Ran said helplessly, his eyes moved to Bai Xingchen's face, only to find that he was different today from the previous few meetings.

This time he wore a retro baroque shirt, the three buttons that were loosened just revealed the black underwear, coupled with the loosely blown hair, was blown by the wind just now, and most of the bangs were lifted up in front of the forehead, showing a curly arc, looking inexplicably a swinger brother's sense of déjà vu.

"It's a handsome day. ”

She couldn't help but praise, Bai Xingchen was stunned for a moment, and heard that her words seemed to be praising an old friend, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

"So, can I take you home?"

"The plot of the idol drama is actually staged. Ji Ran said casually, sighing in his heart that Bai Xingchen was really good at talking, and took two steps forward.

"Let's go. ”

Bai Xingchen and Ji Ran walked side by side, looking at the dim lights that seemed to be older and dim, and the road with few shadows, and asked:

"Do you feel scared to live in a place like this?"

Almost every friend who has been to his house will ask this question, Ji Ran looked at the roadside flower platform that appeared in front of him, stepped on the stone steps on the edge, and replied as he walked:

"It's okay to get used to it. ”

"Very few girls choose to live in such a remote place. He looked at Ji Ran holding his pocket and walking the steps seriously, and his eyes did not take his eyes off.

"Then you'll see it today. ”

Seeing that the steps were at the end, she jumped to the left lightly and stood back beside Bai Xingchen.

For the next moment, neither of them spoke, and Ji Ran didn't care about accepting the silence, but she looked at Bai Xingchen's slightly slower pace, feeling that the other party seemed to have something to say, and her intuition made her look at the other party with a little doubt.

"Do you often go to that bar?" Bai Xingchen asked when they made eye contact.

"Well, because it's a brother who has a better relationship. What's wrong?"

Bai Xingchen's voice brought a little seriousness: "If you can, go less in the future." ”

"Huh?" Ji Ran's tone was a little puzzled.

"The owner of that bar seems to be quite familiar with the Gao family. ”

Ji Ran stopped, with some faint anger in his eyes, and a little coldness in his tone:

"Gao Jiaze's high?"

"I see, thanks for the reminder. ”

Seeing Bai Xingchen nodded, Ji Ran put on a smile, stopped and pointed to the building in front of him:

"Just get here, good night. ”