Chapter 716 Approaching 1
Chapter 716 Approaching 1
The night is as dark as ink, thickly splashed in every corner of the city, but the bar is brightly lit and bustling with noise.
The colorful lights swayed wildly, jumping on people's faces and bodies, interweaving with the swirling smoke to create a psychedelic light and shadow.
Wei Xingyi walked briskly through the noisy crowd and went straight to Gu Jingchen who was sitting alone in the corner.
With a playful smile on his face, he sat down next to Gu Jingchen, causing the sofa to sink slightly under his pressure.
"Hey, Brother Chen!"
Wei Xingyi shouted at the top of his lungs amid the deafening music,
"You have a beautiful woman by your side, why do you look so sad? And you have the leisure to come to my bar to get drunk. Would your girlfriend be happy if she knew? She would definitely be very unhappy if she knew."
Gu Jingchen heard the voice and slowly turned his head. A faint smile appeared on his face, but there was a bit of unspeakable fatigue hidden in that smile.
He picked up the wine glass on the table and shook it gently. The amber liquid in the glass rippled and exuded a mellow aroma of wine.
"What are you talking about? You think my girlfriend can control me, you overestimate her."
Gu Jingchen spoke, his voice was low but clear, and could still be heard clearly in the noisy environment.
"Also, I can't come to your bar to relax just because I have a girlfriend? What kind of perverse logic is this."
When Wei Xingyi heard this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter. He reached out and patted Gu Jingchen's shoulder vigorously.
The whole person laughed so hard that he fell backwards: "Look at what you said, I didn't mean that, brother Chen, I'm so happy that you can come!
As for me, I thought you were so infatuated with love that you had forgotten all about my bar. It seems that I was overthinking. You are still the unshakable Brother Chen!"
Gu Jingchen smiled and did not respond. He just raised the wine glass to his lips and took a sip. The wine slid down his throat, bringing a warm burning sensation.
He put down his glass and looked up at Wei Xingyi, with a hint of sincerity in his eyes: "Come on, sit down and have a few drinks together? It's been a long time since we two sat down and had a drink together."
Wei Xingyi quickly waved his hands, stood up, and looked apologetic.
"No, no, Brother Chen, I don't have time recently."
He said, with a hint of anxiety in his tone.
"I have something urgent to do. As you know, my wife is pregnant and is about to give birth. I have to go back to accompany her without delaying for a moment.
She has been in a bad mood recently, and if something happens, it will be bad."
"So that's what happened. Then you should go back."
Gu Jingchen said as he stood up and patted Wei Xingyi on the back, his eyes full of envy and blessings.
"You two have such a good relationship. I'm really envious."
Wei Xingyi smiled as he straightened his coat and replied, "You envy me? Aren't you and Gong Mingxue also very sweet? Why would you envy me?"
When he heard Gong Mingxue's name, Gu Jingchen's smile froze instantly, and a barely perceptible bitterness flashed across his face.
He lowered his head, staring at the wine glass in his hand. He was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "You don't understand, sometimes the person who comes back may not be the one you've been waiting for.
This feeling is too painful and confusing, and I don't know what to say.
It’s so complicated, I don’t even know where to begin.”
Wei Xingyi noticed that Gu Jingchen was in a bad mood, and his brows were tightly knitted into the shape of a "川" character.
He asked with concern, "What's going on? You really look strange today.
Gong Mingxue...what happened to her? You two used to have such a good relationship. Did you discover something, or did something else happen? Is there anything strange? If you have any questions, you can tell me. "
Wei Xingyi was very confused. He had a feeling that maybe Gu Jingchen had discovered something. Could it be that he had discovered that Gong Mingxue was a fake?
Gu Jingchen forced a smile and waved his hand, trying to hide his emotions: "It's okay, I just think too much, don't take it to heart."
Seeing that Gu Jingchen was unwilling to say more, Wei Xingyi did not want to ask any more questions and sighed helplessly: "Okay, Brother Chen,
If you don't want to talk about it, don't talk about it. We are brothers. If you have any questions, you can contact me. I will do my best to help you.
You can drink slowly here. If you encounter any trouble or need help, please feel free to call me at any time."
"Okay, go back quickly and don't make your wife wait anxiously."
Gu Jingchen nodded and sat back on the sofa.
Wei Xingyi turned and left, his figure quickly disappearing in the bustling crowd.
Gu Jingchen sat alone in a dim corner, as if he was isolated from the bustle around him. He stared ahead with empty eyes, mechanically picked up the wine glass, and poured wine into his mouth one glass after another.
The image of the strange woman he met today kept appearing in his mind.
She and Mingxue look exactly alike, whether it's their eyebrows, features, or long black hair, they seem like they were carved from the same mold.
But their personalities are very different, one is passionate, the other is cold as ice; one is lively, the other is calm and introverted.
This huge contrast made Gu Jingchen unable to understand.
Who are these two women? What is their purpose in approaching him? The more Gu Jingchen thought about it, the more headache he had, as if there were countless tangled knots in his heart that he couldn't untie.
He drank another glass of wine. The spicy wine irritated his throat but could not dispel the confusion and bewilderment in his heart.
At this moment, Qianxue stood at the other end of the bar, holding a glass of wine, looking at Gu Jingchen nervously and hesitantly.
Her palms were full of sweat, and her fingers, which were tightly gripping the wine glass, turned white from the force, and her heart was beating so fast in her chest that it seemed like it was going to burst through her chest.
She took a deep breath, tilted her head back and took a big gulp of the liquor. The liquor flowed down her throat, bringing a burning sensation, but it also gave her some courage.
She gritted her teeth and walked towards Gu Jingchen pretending to be calm.
Gu Jingchen didn't notice Qianxue approaching at all. He was still immersed in his own thoughts, drinking wine in big gulps. His eyes had become a little blurry and he felt a little tipsy.
Qianxue walked up to him, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to sit down.
She was so nervous that her fingers began to tremble unconsciously. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but found that her throat was dry and she couldn't utter a word.
The noisy music and people's laughter in the bar seemed to disappear suddenly, and the whole world was left with only the suffocating awkwardness and silence between her and Gu Jingchen.
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