Chapter 205: Private matter

Xie Qin's eyebrow bone outline was cold and sharp, his eyes restrained with compelling sharpness. He raised his eyebrows slightly, his rebellious aura fully displayed. He didn't speak at this time, which already gave Xu Zhouyuan enough face; usually, he wouldn't be able to escape a good scolding.

Zhou Mingyu laughed loudly: "Xu Zhouyuan hasn't even drunk yet, and he's saying such heart-piercing words. Even I can't help but want to hit you."

Zhang Zixin rolled her eyes and raised her hand to hit him: "Are you speaking human language? Can you say something people can listen to?"

"Everything I said came from the bottom of my heart. Forget it... it's my fault for being too excited. This mouth has no gatekeeper." Xu Zhouyuan looked at Xie Qin, "Sorry brother, sorry Sister Li, I'll punish myself with a cup."

Shen Li's expression was gentle, and she said with a good temper: "It's okay."

"Let's not talk about it, it's all in the wine." Xu Zhouyuan lifted his cup, and several people touched it simply.

The atmosphere continued to be active.

While Xie Qin drank it down in one gulp, his peripheral vision fell on Shen Li, seeing her take a sip from the wine glass.

After sitting down, the waiter served the dishes one after another.

When eating and chatting, three bottles of Moutai were drunk by the four men, with more than one and a half bottles gone.

Shen Li's red wine glass had only been sipped once, and the rest was all finished by Xie Qin, so she just sat there eating dishes quietly.

For such a long time, Shen Li had rarely gone out to eat with Xie Qin, except for when Xie Qin occasionally came to find her to eat in the Jiangchuan University cafeteria.

It was rare to have a good meal properly this time, so she ate a few more bites.

Xie Qin stood up from his seat, and the chair made a sound. Shen Li looked up at him, "What are you going to do?"

He said: "It's too stuffy, going out to get some air."

Shen Li stared at him for a moment, not exposing him, "Mm, go."

After Xie Qin walked out of the private room, he still couldn't help but take out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out and held it between his lips, lowered his head, and lit it with a metal lighter. He restrained his expression, his steps slow and heavy, walking along the corridor toward the restroom, his whole body wrapped in a bit of indifference and alienation.

Walking to the entrance of the restroom, he heard the voices of Xu Zhouyuan and Zhou Mingyu inside.

Xu Zhouyuan stood at the men's urinal, unzipped his pants, Qiao Lang stood in the middle, and Zhou Mingyu stood on the other side.

Xu Zhouyuan: "Sigh, Qiao Lang. Look at you, without us brothers helping you hide it, what are you going to do!"

"These six years, you don't know, every time I think about this, I have nightmares for you at night."

Zhou Mingyu laughed, "Don't scare our designer, it hasn't been easy for him to tremble through the past six years, shaking in front of Xie Qin's eyes every day. I'm afraid that Xu Zhouyuan's mouth, if it doesn't have a gatekeeper, will say this thing."

Qiao Lang was responsible for the character portrait design and background illustration of the game in the studio.

Xu Zhouyuan: "Am I that kind of person! Look, did I say a word?"

Xie Qin outside the door exhaled smoke slowly, the smoke curling, blurring his eyebrows and eyes. His fingertips tapped the cigarette ash lightly, standing quietly at the door, lifting his eyelids, his gaze passing through the door panel, falling on the three shadowy figures inside, his eyes darkening, and the air pressure around him dropping.

The three finished urinating, with the same frequency, shook, then zipped up their pants, and walked toward the outside.

Xu Zhouyuan's voice was still casual, but every word pierced the heart: "To be honest, you were the first to discover that Shen Li had good grades, right? If Xie Qin knew about this, you helped Shen Li hide it from him for six whole years, with his violent temper, he would definitely peel a layer of skin off you."

Zhou Mingyu's tone was full of agreement: "Isn't that right! If Xie Qin had known Shen Li's grades were so good earlier, would he have let her go back to repeat the year? At that time, spending every day soaking in the library with Shen Li, accompanying her to brush up on questions and study, was purely a waste of time. If he had that leisure, he might as well have dated the girl properly, and it wouldn't have ended up like this."

Qiao Lang curled his lips gently: "Great kindness doesn't need thanks, I'll treat you to Lizi Yuan when I go back."

After going to the restroom, the drunkenness sobered up quite a bit.

Washed his hands at the sink, preparing to return to the private room.

After walking out, he saw Xie Qin standing by the window in the corridor smoking. Xu Zhouyuan glanced over, and was startled: "Damn, do you have no sound? You didn't even call us brothers when you were smoking, is there any left, give me one."

Xie Qin walked up, tossed the cigarettes in his pocket to Xu Zhouyuan, then extinguished the cigarette in his hand in the cigarette sand in the trash can, lifted his eyes, his gaze falling on Qiao Lang, and tilted his head: "Come over and chat?"

Qiao Lang's footsteps paused, hesitating.

Xu Zhouyuan and Zhou Mingyu hadn't been alert to the danger yet.

Zhou Mingyu: "What else is there that we brothers can't know?"

Xie Qin curled his lips: "Private matter."

So it was a private matter, that was indeed true.

Xie Qin didn't say a word, walking alone toward the safety exit, lifting his hand to push open the heavy fire door. The induction light in the stairwell lit up in response, the cold white light spreading. Qiao Lang looked at him, hesitated for a moment, but still walked in slowly.

Xie Qin's voice was cold: "You guys go back first."

The two were already half-drunk, their drunkenness dim, and they didn't notice the cold cruelty surging in his eyes at all, responding and turning away.

The enclosed stairwell was left with only two people.

Qiao Lang was about to speak, but before the words could land, Xie Qin's movements were extremely fast, lifting his leg and kicking.

Qiao Lang lost his center of gravity, stumbling and rolling halfway down the stairs, hitting the corner of the wall in a sorry state. The bone-chilling dull pain spread through his whole body instantly, and he groaned in pain, unable to make a sound.

Xie Qin's steps were slow, walking down the stairs step by step, not giving him time to catch his breath. He leaned down and grabbed Qiao Lang's collar tightly, the force fierce, and then his fist smashed down without hesitation.

Shen Li had also finished eating, turned her head to look at the door of the private room, and then looked at her phone; it was already almost nine o'clock, and this meal had lasted for almost two hours.

He went to get some air, and more than ten minutes had passed without him going back.

The next second, that black figure walked into the private room, pulled out a chair, and sat down beside her. Shen Li heard the movement and looked at him, her gaze fixed on him for a few seconds.

Having lived together for so long, she had become very sensitive to some subtle behaviors on him, easily noticing it, "Why were you gone for so long?"

Xie Qin didn't change his expression, leaning lazily on the chair, picking up the water cup on the table, and taking a drink: "Met an old acquaintance, chatted a few more words with him."

Shen Li nodded slowly, not doubting much.

After a while, they didn't stay much longer, and the two went back first.

Zhang Zixin sent them to the elevator entrance, "Send me a message when you arrive."

Shen Li smiled and nodded politely: "Mm."

Xie Qin was emotionless, pressed the floor button, and after the elevator door closed, Shen Li still looked at him worriedly, feeling that something was wrong with him, but she couldn't say what it was.

After returning.

Xie Qin finally felt the drunkenness coming up, his head dizzy. After Shen Li helped him sit on the sofa, she walked to the kitchen, preparing to boil some hangover soup.

Shen Li was still busy in the kitchen with her sleeves rolled up, when a figure stuck close to her. He gently circled her from behind, leaned down slightly, his chin resting lightly on the crook of her slender neck, his long arms steadily circling her waist, hugging her a bit tighter.

Shen Li stopped her movements immediately, slowly raised her hand, gently stroked his hair, and looked at him from the corner of her eye, "Is it very uncomfortable?" ===== CHAPTER 206 =====