In the last few days of the year, Shen Qingzhao did not meet with He Sibai or contact him.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Chinese New Year's Eve...... Festivals are one after another, and Shen Qingzhao's gatherings are also one after another. She is busy lingering in the major night clubs, going out day and night, filling the empty soul with the sound of dogs and horses.

When there were still two days before Chinese New Year's Eve, Guan Tong warmly invited Shen Qingzhao and Yu Lan to go to the CLUB for a "bachelorette party".

That night, Shen Qingzhao and Yu Lan had just come out of the elevator, but found that Guan Tong was already sitting on the sofa in the hall waiting for them.

More precisely, it's messaging people.

"Hey, here!" Yu Lan saw that Guan Tong didn't look up for a long time, and couldn't help shouting.

Guan Tong looked up, and when he saw the two of them, he immediately put away his mobile phone, stood up from the sofa at the other end of the corridor, and walked over to greet them.

"Well, I'm considerate." He spread his hands and walked over with a hugging gesture: "I know that you two definitely have arrangements for Chinese New Year's Eve, so I specially advanced our year-end party to today." ”

Shen Qingzhao smiled and said nothing, Yu Lan on the side sighed, and directly lifted Guan Tong's old bottom: "If you have activities on New Year's Eve, don't use the banner of being considerate of the two of us." ”

Guan Tong snorted, and before he could refute, Yu Lan stretched out his hand again and patted him unceremoniously on his bright blue blazer, "Also, you are dressed so sassy today, in addition to the three of us, you have other friends, right?" ”

Guan Tong was stunned: "I didn't say anything, you're a little too sensitive today, right?" ”

Yu Lan: "I just learned fortune telling. I know everything you're thinking. ”

Guan Tong stopped, his face was skeptical: "Really? ”

Yu Lan squinted at him and stretched out her hand: "Give me a hundred yuan, and I can tell the box number you set." ”

Guan Tong looked forward, and in front of the three of them was a narrow corridor.

In the warm yellow light, dozens of identical wooden doors lined up in pairs.

The only difference is the four-digit number representing the house number on the bronze yellow door number.

"I booked the box myself, and if I didn't look at my phone, I'm not sure about it now." Guan Tong's expression was incredulous, and he turned his head to look at Yu Lan, "You really know?" ”

Yu Lan stretched out her hand proudly and motioned for Guan Tong to take out the money.

Guan Tong honestly took out a hundred yuan.

Yu Lan stretched out her fingers and calculated: "3114."

Guan Tong took out his mobile phone suspiciously and flipped through it.

Five seconds later, he erupted in disbelief: "I'll go!" Really! ”

"Believe it," Yu Lan snorted, "You give me another five hundred yuan, and I can tell you if you can book a box here on Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Seeing that Guan Tong was really going to pay for it, Shen Qingzhao couldn't help it.

"Damn," Shen Qingzhao said loudly, "Guan Er, Guan Er, I know how you got your nickname." ”

Guan Tong was still counting whether the RMB in his pocket was enough for five hundred, and when he heard this, he looked up in confusion: "Huh? ”

"What about Yu Lankeng," Shen Qingzhao sighed, "The big boss of this club is her friend, and she herself is still a shareholder here, don't you know?" ”

Guan Tong suddenly realized, and then became angry: "Yu Lan, you bastard!" ”

Yu Lan was also indignant: "Shen Qingzhao! You cross the river and tear down the bridge! Some time ago, you also asked me to take care of Brother He, who works here, and now cross the river and tear down the bridge? ”

"Wrong, wrong." Shen Qingzhao smiled and waved his hand, "I'll punish myself with three cups later." ”

The three of them continued to walk towards the box, and Guan Tong asked, "By the way, why don't you ask Brother He to come up and have a drink?" ”

Shen Qingzhao thought for a while and said, "He shouldn't be able to drink." ”

Yu Lan: "Then let him come up and sit for a while, I'll call the shots, and give my brother a day off today." ”

Shen Qingzhao smiled: "Okay, I'll send him a message later." ”

Pushing open the door of the box, a noisy and lively movement came to his face - Guan Tong called many models, all of them were young men and women with handsome faces and hot bodies, who were playing games.

Seeing that the host was coming, the models were even more happy.

The colorful alcohol on the table has psychedelic colors, Guan Tong is like a fish in water, hugging left and right, playing truth or dare together, and those who lose will drink up a row of depth charges; Shen Qingzhao and Yu Lan sat at the mahjong table, and found two male models with the best body proportions as brand partners to play mahjong together.

A group of people were playing and laughing, and it was lively. Between the clothes and sideburns, the neon is like broken gold.

After three rounds of drinking, a waiter knocked on the door, and a man came in.

Yu Lan's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up to meet him: "Brother Xiao! How did you get up! ”

Boss Xiao is the big boss of CLUB, over 40 years old, and is a typical social businessman. Bald head, Maitreya, beer belly. I should have had a drink in other boxes, and when I entered the box, my whole face was red.

He patted Yu Lan on the shoulder, and smiled: "Come and play with me, and don't say a word." ”

Yu Lan grinned: "It's not that I'm afraid you're busy." ”

The boss of the day and every opportunity came, Yu Lan stood at the door and looked left and right, and couldn't help but turn his head and ask Shen Qingzhao, "Brother He hasn't finished his work yet?" ”

Shen Qingzhao frowned and glanced at the silent mobile phone message: "He hasn't replied to me." ”

When Boss Xiao heard this, he looked over with a pair of drunken eyes: "Sister, are you looking for your younger brother?" ”

Shen Qingzhao snorted: "Did he come to work today?" ”

He ...... He seems to have something to do, he just left, and he didn't tell you? Boss Xiao touched the bright head.

At that moment, Shen Qingzhao keenly saw from Boss Xiao's expression a mixture of embarrassment and embarrassment.

Obviously, the reason for He Sibai's leave must be something hidden.

Boss Xiao knew that she cared for He Sibai, but because He Sibai didn't tell her the reason for the leave, he couldn't figure out whether the relationship between the two was close or estranged, let alone whether he should tell the reason for He Sibai's leave.

Shen Qingzhao generously picked up his wine glass: "Boss Xiao, I have always heard Yu Lan mention you, saying that you are a contemporary Hu Xueyan. I finally met you in person today. I have to salute you for this wine. ”

Boss Xiao laughed and stretched out his wine glass to touch Shen Qingzhao.

Two wine glasses clinked. After drinking one glass, Shen Qingzhao raised the second cup: "I have to thank you for taking care of He Sibai last time." He is actually not related to me by blood, he is a tenant of my mother's house, but my mother likes him, so she asked me to take care of him more. ”

This is a half-truth. But as a scene, it's already beautiful.

Boss Xiao drank all the brandy in the cup and smacked his lips: "He Sibai, this kid works well, and he doesn't have much to do, let alone your mother, I like it a lot." Don't worry, even if Yu Lan and you are not here, I will guarantee that I will take good care of him. ”

Shen Qingzhao put down the wine glass and smiled: "Yu private, I treat him as a younger brother." Yu Gong, he is the tenant of my house. Whether it is public or private, I have to ensure his personal safety. ”

Boss Xiao also understands: "When he asked for leave tonight, this kid didn't tell the foreman the reason." But in the past few days, I heard from the foreman that his father seemed to have had an accident with his gambling money. ”

Shen Qingzhao lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and immediately raised his eyes to look over: "What?" ”

Boss Xiao waved his hand: "The foreman also listened to that group of waiters...... Hey, it's a bunch of kids, maybe they're just chewing on the root of their tongues. ”

After drinking another glass of wine, Boss Xiao smacked his lips and muttered in a low voice: "But gambling on this kind of thing is really untouchable." ”

Shen Qingzhao didn't say anything after hearing this, and he didn't respond. I just lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly.

"You're still young, I'm from here, I know too well." Boss Xiao closed his eyes for a while, leaned on the back of the sofa and continued to chatter, "Ten bets, nine are scattered, and one ......"

Shen Qingzhao lowered his eyes and gently shook off the nearly half-inch-long soot on the cigarette.

The decibels of the sound in the box were so high that people's hearts were pounding. The laughter of men and women was like a tide, surging up wave after wave, and in an instant, it covered the drunken words that Boss Xiao had inadvertently muttered just now.

Guan Tong was already drunk under the support of a group of hot beauties, and he could only hear his very happy laughter intermittently from the couch.

Everyone was drunk.

Only Yu Lan is still three points sober. She pinched the two dice, half a coffee table, and looked at her best sister from afar.

She clearly felt that after Boss Xiao said these few words, the almost arrogant glamorous aura on Shen Qingzhao's body also seemed to be inspired by something, and she suddenly fell silent.

After a while, Yu Lan picked up the male model around her, approached, touched Shen Qingzhao's hand, and asked tentatively, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Shen Qingzhao came back to his senses, just shook his head at Yu Lan, smiled, and said, "It's okay." ”

She spoke very little, and her tone was understatement. Yu Lan only felt that something was more and more wrong, and asked tentatively, "Are you worried about He Sibai?" ”

Shen Qingzhao raised his eyebrows and nodded without hesitation: "Yes." ”

Yu Lan wanted to speak and stopped, but Shen Qingzhao pretended not to see it, lowered his head and lit another cigarette.

Some indescribable emotions clogged in her chest. She herself couldn't say whether she was distressed or sad. It's just that she can keenly perceive that these emotions are not sudden because of He Sibai - they have actually been dormant in her heart for a long time.

It's so long that it goes back to her childhood.

So long that she thought she had forgotten.