I’m Drunk On You

There is a small company party tonight. With twenty or thirty people, making the store busy. The mint leaves at the bar were used up. Chen Jiu went to the small garden next to the kitchen to pick up new leaves.

The night is dark, and the wind is high. The moon shatters in the Qinghe River.

Chen Jiu turned on his mobile phone’s flashlight and carefully led Su Li across the wooden fence into the small garden. He handed the mobile phone to Su Li, “Help me take care of it.”

“Oh.”

Chen Jiu bent over to pick mint leaves.

Su Li asked him, “Which one should I pick?”

The eyes of the two collided, but the mask covered his expression. Su Li watched two small light spots flashing in his dark eyes under his thin long eyelashes, which were star-shaped. This posture is so ambiguous.

“Still not let go. What are you waiting for?”

Su Li withdrew her hand and talked to herself, “Why so fierce?”

“What are you muttering about?”

The man sat in a remote corner and ordered four bottles of Roosevelt 10.

The weather is getting warmer, and the peak season is coming. Chen Jiu is constantly blending new wines and letting them taste them one by one. The boss drank too much, waved his hand, and said to them: “You try it. I can’t do it anymore.”

Chef Liu also put down the wine glass, stroking his belly. “I’m withdrawing too. The drink is about to come out.”

Only Su Li and Chen Jiu were left at the bar.

“Not full yet?”

Su Li raised her chin, “No.”

Chen Jiu lowered his head, decorated the newly mixed wine, and put it in front of Su Li, “Taste this.”

Su Li squeezed the leg of the glass and smelled it. After smelling it, “Huh? Why does it have a fishy smell?”

“Drink and see.”

Su Li took a sip. It tasted so strange. She frowned and swallowed, “What did you put in?”

“Raw eggs.”

“Put raw eggs?”

“Yeah, egg whites.”

“Eh, it’s disgusting, strong taste.”

“Is it hard to drink?”

“It’s okay, but it’s not that good.”

“You’re just not used to it, so try another.”

Just as he was about to return the wine glass, Su Li snatched it back. “Why?”

“I’ll make another glass.”

“No need.” She drank the wine glass and asked with a frown, “What’s the name of this wine?”

“Pretty in Pink.”

The two looked at each other silently.

Su Li put down the wine glass, propped her chin with her palm, and blinked, “Chen Jiu, are you implying something to me?”

“You’re overthinking.” He took the glass, washed it, wiped it clean, and put it away. Start mixing wine again.

“You still don’t admit it.”

“You’re really immodest.” Chen Jiu lowered his head to work with a slight smile on his lips.

“I can’t help it. Poor people can’t be more poor.” She bit her lip and continued, “Don’t look at the art I learned. People who wear clothes all day long look like dogs. In fact, I only have fifty yuan in my pocket.” She shook her head, her eyes full of misery, “Oh, miserable.”

Chen Jiu didn’t even lift his head.

“I’m a poor student, and I managed to muster up the courage to confess to a man, but he didn’t even look at me.” Su Li glanced at him. “It’s so pitiful.”

Chen Jiu laughed and talked silently in his heart. This drama is brilliant.

“Inhuman.” Su Li sat down and looked at him weakly. “It’s really annoying.”

“I’m so annoying.” Chen Jiu turned around, put down the shaker glass, and slowly poured it into the wine glass, “You can change your target.”

“So handsome.”

“Why are you more narcissistic than me?” He snorted.

“If you say that, we will be a couple every two days.”

The hanging clock on the wall rang, and it was twelve o’clock, and Li Guo sat next to Su Li, “Little beauty, you are off work.”

Su Li looked at the man sitting in the corner, “Why is he drinking so slowly? He didn’t finish a bottle in half an hour.”

Li Guo chuckled and shook her head meaningfully.

“What’s wrong?”

“He is an old customer. He comes here once or twice a week. Either order Roosevelt 10 or Goose Island 312. Will stay until two or three o’clock in the middle of the night.” Li Que whispered to Su Li, “He’s gay.”

“Is he broken in love?”

“Who knows.”

Just as he was talking, the man in the comer answered the phone, and before he could say a few words, he stood up suddenly and smashed the beer.

Chen Jiu heard the movement and walked over.

Just as Su Li was about to follow, Li Guo held her back. “Don’t go. This man is extraordinary.”

So the two of them just watched from a distance.

After Chen Ju said a few words to him, he came over to get a broom and dustpan and said to Li Guo, “Get the mop.”

“Okay.”

Chen Jiu swept the beer shards away, and the short man walked to the bar with his head down and said in a low voice, “Pay the bill.”

Su Li stood at the cashier, “240.”

He paid the cash and left the shop quietly.