15. The defendant was still broken (catching insects)
After a dance music ended, Ji Ran wanted to go out to breathe, there was a garden behind the hotel, and now most people were still dancing and eating in it, and there were not many people who just came out.
Ji Ran told Feng Yuting that she was chatting with her female friends now.
Seeing Ji Ran go out, Feng Yuting's girlfriends also began to encourage Feng Yuting to follow.
When I got outside, I felt that the air was a lot fresher, occasionally one or two people walked here, the place was still quite big, and there would be seats for everyone to rest on the side of the road, all of which were European style, even the street lights.
"I'm here to accompany you." Feng Yuting patted Ji Ran on the shoulder and walked over from behind.
"I'm fine, why don't you talk to those friends of yours?" Ji Ran felt that Feng Yuting seemed to be a little wrong tonight, she might have drunk some wine tonight, her face was flushed, and her eyes were a little confused, as if she was about to say something out of her mouth.
"I'll talk to them when they're fine, and a lot of that." Probably because of the drinking, she spoke in a much more confident tone than usual.
Ji Ran saw her like this, and pulled her to sit on the chair next to her.
"Ji Ran, I'...... Actually, I have something I want to say to you tonight......" She looked at Ji Ran with a little affection.
"Huh? Really? Hearing this, Ji Ran understood that he probably wouldn't be able to escape tonight.
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
This is not the first time Feng Yuting has asked Ji Ran.
"I remember, I said that." Ji Ran didn't dare to look at her very much.
"That's really gone, so do you think I'll succeed?" Feng Yuting raised her hand and shook it in front of Ji Ran, wanting to attract this person's attention.
"You're drunk." Ji Ran grabbed the hand that was about to reach out to his face and put it down.
"I don't, I really like you, you should know, let's date, right?" It's not the first time Ji Ran has been told a confession, he used to seem to have refused quite simply, but now he is starting to hesitate a little, he knows why this is happening, but he feels that he is very hateful.
Just as he was about to refuse, someone seemed to come from behind.
"I'll just say it's Ji Ran, you still don't believe it." Ye Mengcheng's voice successfully brought the two of them back to another world.
Ji Ran looked at the two people who appeared next to him, and immediately got up, and Feng Yuting here was not in such a good state, she was already a little drunk, and she was bumped into the current situation, and the other party still didn't reply.
"Mr. Shen, Miss Ye." After Ji Ran nodded slightly, he wanted to pull Feng Yuting to change places and explain things clearly.
"We're going to go over there, so we won't bother." Ji Ran turned around and glanced at Feng Yuting, wanting to ask her opinion.
"Mr. Shen."
The two had just taken a step.
"Ji Ran." Shen Yue suddenly called Ji Ran's name, causing Ji Ran to stop.
"You two don't just blow the wind outside, go in and dance, eat." Shen Yue's left arm was clamped by Ye Mengcheng, if the light was bright enough and others looked carefully enough, they would find that his little thumb and ring finger were a little shaky.
"Maybe people are outside, what's the important thing? It's inconvenient to have so many people inside. Ye Mengcheng shook Shen Yue's arm to remind him.
Shen Yue didn't answer Ye Mengcheng's words, but just looked at Ji Ran like that.
"It's okay, it's a little hot inside, come out and breathe."
"Okay, okay, let's go sit down there, the lottery is going to be held soon, don't forget the time." Ye Mengcheng pulled Shen Yue and walked in the other direction.
"You know Mr. Shen very well?" After this moment, Feng Yuting seemed to be a little relieved.
"We used to be classmates." Ji Ran didn't want to continue this topic either.
"No wonder."
The two were silent for a while, and Feng Yuting bit her lip.
"What the hell do you think?"
"I'm sorry, I don't think we might be a good fit." After Ji Ran finished speaking, he looked at Feng Yuting, but found that the other party had begun to cry, and he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know how to continue when he took out a tissue.
"Why? You don't like me, why did you agree to be my dance partner? Makes me feel as if there is hope, and like a fool? Feng Yuting really felt a little broken now, her tears couldn't stop flowing out, and she was a little choked when she spoke.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think about it enough." In this case, Ji Ran didn't know what to say, except for being sorry, he didn't seem to think of anything else for a while.
"But why? Do you have someone you like? โ
"I ...... I'm not sure if I like him yet. Ji Ran didn't dare to look directly at Feng Yuting, now he was very weak-hearted.
"Our company?"
"Yes." Ji Ran answered in a low voice.
"Forget it, I don't want to say anything, I'm sorry I'll go first." After speaking, he ran out while wiping his tears.
Ji Ran stood there, not knowing what he was going to do.
When I entered the hotel, I looked around and didn't see Feng Yuting, but I happened to see the person who seemed to be very familiar with Feng Yuting just now, so I asked a few words.
"Isn't she with you? I didn't see her either. โ
Ji Ran took the mobile phone, and finally dialed Feng Yuting's number.
"It only rang a few times and then hung up."
Ji Ran was afraid that something would happen to her, and she beat her twice. It's all just hung up.
A few minutes later, I received a text message from her.
"I don't want to talk to you now, I'm already in the car on my way home, don't worry."
After Ji Ran read the text message, he was relieved.
In fact, it seems that there is still some time before the lottery, but he doesn't think he has that luck, so he just leaves.
When I got home, it was almost ten o'clock, and I played basketball in the corner twice, and finally took off my clothes and went to take a shower.
Lying in bed, tonight's events have been lingering in my mind, even vague dreams are those things, and occasionally I will rush to those things that happened when I was in school before.
Shen Yue pulled the girl in the school uniform, walked quickly in front of him and said, "This is my girlfriend." โ
He seemed to be expecting to see something on his face, but in the end he just excitedly told him that he was really a good brother, and his early love was together.
I don't know if it's in a dream or in reality, Ji Ran heard the phone ring and answered it, and suddenly there was a voice from inside, "Ran, why haven't you come back yet?" Well? The pampering in the voice can't be ignored even if it's connected to a mobile phone.
Ji Ran was half asleep, but he clearly knew that this person was Shen Yue, although the tone was the kind of gentleness he had never heard before.
"Well, why haven't you come back? I miss you so much, where are you I'll pick you up, okay? Ji Ran felt that he was dreaming, but this dream seemed too real, he listened to the voice in the mobile phone, and felt that his face was wet.
Ji Ran squinted and glanced at his mobile phone and found that it was an unfamiliar number.
"You are?" Ji Ran rubbed his sour eyes in a bit of confusion.
"Yes, you finally spoke, and I'm still waiting for you." After saying this, there was a loud movement.
This movement was so loud that it completely woke up Ji Ran.
"Hello? Shen Yue? Ji Ran suddenly sat up from the bed.
There was no news from there, and one or two muffled โกโก could be heard once in a while.
"Where are you? Are you Shen Yue? Ji Ran was now a little anxious to know where the other party was.
"I'm ......," Shen Yue glanced at the place that seemed to be a little unfamiliar, and thought about it for a long time before thinking of it.
"I'm still at work."
"I'm going to you?" After speaking, Ji Ran got up and put on his clothes, took his mobile phone wallet and went out.
Ji Ran's mind was chaotic all the way, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Until he rushed downstairs to the company, seeing that there were no other people around, the company's security guard saw him and asked him what he was doing.
Only then did Ji Ran come to his senses and sober up a little.
It's okay now, it's all at the bottom of the building, can't you go up?
Just now, Shen Yue said that he was working, and he rushed over, and the other party should be drunk, so why did he believe it?
Ji Ran squeezed the mobile phone in his hand, and finally decided to go up. As the elevator went up layer by layer, Ji Ran's heartbeat became more and more out of his control.
Finally arrived at the place, Ji Ran stood in front of the door of Shen Yue's office, stood for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to knock twice, feeling as if there was no movement, and tried to open the door again, but the door was not locked?
Ji Ran swallowed his saliva and opened the door with force.