The air in the room was still stiflingly hot and humid.
The conversation between them two made everyone else feel that the atmosphere was a little weird, but Luo Fei still had a smile on his face and was comfortably lying on his back for someone to give him a back massage.
Sammy, who was still waiting for Li Zhenran, couldn’t help and asked, “Sir, do you want to continue?”
Li Zhenran said to Li Zhenruo, “You’ll see, everything can be proven.” After that, he went back to the reclining chair and sat down, letting Sammy continue to massage him.
Sammy glanced at Li Zhenruo and asked Li Zhenran curiously, “What were you talking about just now?”
Li Zhenran raised his head, half-closed his eyes, and said, “Just guess it.”
Sammy said, “I guess? His friend is your old lover?”
Li Zhenran smiled and said nothing.
Sammy massaged his shoulders skillfully, slowly lowered his palms, and said, “Sir, you are in such a good shape.”
Li Zhenran didn’t stop him, but at this moment, Li Zhenruo suddenly stood up.
Sammy was startled for some reason, and subconsciously stood up and looked straight at him, only to find that Li Zhenruo didn’t look at them, but walked directly to the bathroom.
Walking to the side of the bath, Li Zhenruo took off the bathrobe. When he changed his clothes, he didn’t think he was coming to take a bath, and he was still wearing a pair of underwear underneath.
At this time, Li Zhenruo hooked his fingers on the edge of his underwear and was about to slowly take them off when Luo Fei stood up and said to the two young men, “You guys go out first, I’ll go to the sauna.”
After he said that, Luo Fei put on his bathrobe and walked toward the sauna.
When they heard what he said, the two young people had to go out one after the other. Sammy was a little reluctant and threw a wink at Li Zhenran.
All of a sudden, only Li Zhenruo and Li Zhenran were left in this room.
Li Zhenruo had taken off half of his pants, and wondered about what he was afraid of, he couldn’t put them back on again, so he simply took it off and stepped into the pool and sat down.
The water temperature was just right, but the water in the pool was very clear and the scenery inside was unobstructed.
Li Zhenruo picked up a clean towel folded by the pool, dipped it in water and put it on his shoulders. He heard Li Zhenran’s footsteps coming over but did not turn around to look.
Until Li Zhenran sat down by the pool, stretched his feet into the pool water, and asked him, “Where do you live now?”
Li Zhenruo glanced at him slowly, “What’s the point of asking that?”
Li Zhenran said, “I just want to know if you are doing well?”
Li Zhenruo replied, “It’s not me that you care about.”
Li Zhenran reached out and stroked his hair.
“What for?” Li Zhenruo moved his head to avoid it.
Li Zhenran said, “Since the person I care about is no longer there, it’s good to see you for a while.”
Li Zhenruo frowned, “Don’t treat me like the replacement of your affection.”
Li Zhenran replied, “It’s not an affection, it’s just nostalgia, just like looking at a photo.”
Li Zhenruo actually didn’t know whether he should be angry or indifferent at this time. After all, he was not really Shen Luming, and his emotions are all those of Li Zhenruo’s and none of those of this soul.
Li Zhenran’s fingers rested on the back of his neck and gently rubbed it.
Li Zhenruo reached out to hold his hand and turned to look at him.
Li Zhenran said, “There’s a mole there, do you know it yourself?”
Li Zhenruo stood up and said to Li Zhenran, “It doesn’t matter if I know, you can miss me like a photo, but I am a whole person, please don’t play with me like a doll.”
After he said that, Li Zhenruo walked to the edge of the pool and raised his legs to step out. However, the bottom of the pool was a little slippery, and he fell over the side with one leg unsteadily, just in time to be caught in Li Zhenran’s arms.
Li Zhenran picked him up and put him outside the bath.
Luo Fei was seeing this scene when he came out. He said to Li Zhenruo, “Although Mr. Li is our big client, you don’t need to sacrifice yourself to help the business talk. So be more restrained in public.”
Li Zhenruo gritted his teeth and replied, “Yes boss.”
As they left the sauna, Luo Fei prepared dinner today and invited other guests besides Li Zhenran, which was why he did not let Li Zhenruo go.
Xu Shengwen had already made arrangements for dinner.
There were not many people at dinner, but Li Zhenruo bumped into Hua Yibang.
The moment Hua Yibang saw Li Zhenruo, his eyes under the lens showed a surprised look. He glanced at Li Zhenran wanting to say something, then followed Li Zhenran to the table in a disciplined manner.
Tonight was purely a social occasion.
Li Zhenruo knew one of the guests, Ling Yi. The man was the manager of the Yuegou supermarket chain. Part of Yunlin’s e-commerce network was to build a large online supermarket, purchase and checkout through the computer or mobile client platform, and build a logistics network for home delivery. As for other parts of this e-commerce network, Li Zhenran had more ideas, but they just needed to be realized step by step.
Li Zhenruo sat next to him and listened. He felt that these things were not very helpful to him at present. His goal was to be able to meet and learn about suitable suppliers from Luo Fei here, starting with an online store and becoming a simple distributor.
At this dinner, Li Zhenruo and Xu Shengwen, as Luo Fei’s assistants, were, to put it bluntly, here to hold the drinks.
When he picked up the wine glass, Li Zhenruo suddenly recalled something and suddenly hesitated. The last time he was drunk before, he couldn’t control the cat ears and cat tail showing. He hadn’t remembered it for a long time, but now that he was drinking, the memory jumped out at him.
Luo Fei had already hinted that Li Zhenruo to toast Li Zhenran and Ling Yi.
Li Zhenruo was now working for someone else, and even if he wanted to be his own boss, he still had to socialize in the beginning. It would be bad not to overcome this problem. He believed that as he gradually became more skilled at controlling his spiritual power, this should not be a big problem.
So he stood up with his glass. Li Zhenruo first toasted Ling Yi with a glass of wine, then walked up to Li Zhenran and said, “Boss Li, I toast to you.”
Li Zhenran picked up the wine glass and stood up, clinking the glasses with him politely, and then drank it.
Li Zhenruo walked to his seat and sat down, and felt as if he was beginning to feel a little dizzy. He could not be blamed for his poor drinking capacity, and he had to blame Shen Luming for that.
After three rounds of drinking, Li Zhenruo had begun to feel less sober. He tossed and reached out to touch the top of his head because his back was facing the wall. If the tail came out for a while, no one would see it, but it would be bad if the ears came out.
Ling Yi, who was sitting opposite, saw that he kept touching, and couldn’t help but ask, “What the hell are you touching?”
For a time, the whole table looked at him.
Li Zhenruo blurted out, “Ear.”
Next to him, Xu Shengwen laughed, grabbed his hand and touched his ear, “The ear is here.”
Li Zhenran and Luo Fei looked at each other, Luo Fei couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh.
Everyone thought he drank too much. Except for Li Zhenran and Luo Fei, no one thought too much.
It was just that Li Zhenruo touched the back of his buttocks uneasily again, but since he didn’t feel it, he didn’t touch it again, but suddenly he felt something.
The chair’s feet scraping on the floor made a lot of noise, and by this time everyone was sitting around chatting in a low voice, so once again everyone looked over at him.
Li Zhenruo took two steps back, his back was against the wall, and his face was flushed with alcohol. He then said, “I’m going to the bathroom.”
At that moment, he clearly touched something fluffy, and he was sure that his tail came out.
Luo Fei actually had a smile in his eyes, but he said with a stern face, “If you want to go to the bathroom just go to the bathroom, what’s all the fuss about? Do you want me to walk you there?”
Li Zhenruo shook his head quickly, “No, I’ll go by myself.”
He kept his back against the wall and entered the bathroom. After locking the door, he started to touch the back of his butt over and over again and twisted his waist to look in the mirror. After looking at it for a long time, he didn’t find a tail.
What was that furry thing just now?
At this time outside, a waiter took the opportunity to come in for dessert and took away the keychain that he had dropped on top of Li Zhenruo’s chair when he was pouring the wine.
There was a white fur ball hanging on the keychain, which was exactly what Li Zhenruo touched with his finger just now.
With no tail or ears, Li Zhenruo breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the toilet lid, leaned his head against the wall and fell asleep like that.
It wasn’t until later that the people outside were ready to leave that Li Zhenran asked the waiter to bring the bathroom key and open the door from the outside.
Before Luo Fei left, he asked, “Are you going to take care of him?”
Li Zhenran nodded, “I’ll do it.”
Li Zhenruo woke up when the waiter opened the door. He sat up and looked outside blankly, “Where’s the boss?”
Li Zhenran stood at the door of the bathroom and told him, “They have left.” Then he said to the waiter, “It’s alright, I’ll take care of him.”
The waiter nodded politely and left first.
Li Zhenruo stood up, took two steps outside, and suddenly stopped to touch the top of his head and buttocks, but nothing strange was found.
Li Zhenran told him, “The ears are not showing and neither is the tail, don’t worry.”
Li Zhenruo turned to look at him, “I’m leaving, Mr. Li.” After speaking, he passed by Li Zhenran and walked outside.
Li Zhenran followed behind him, “I’ll send you off.”
Li Zhenruo said, “How dare I trouble you, I’ll just go back by myself.”
Li Zhenran took it easy, “I should always complete the tasks that your boss gave me.”
The two came out of the hotel one after the other, and Li Zhenruo stood on the side of the road trying to stop the car.
Li Zhenran grabbed his arm to stop him, “I have asked the driver to drive over, come with me.”
Li Zhenruo looked at him, “Mr. Li, show some respect, I am not Li Zhenruo.”
Li Zhenran let go of his hand, “I respect you, I just want to take you home.”
Li Zhenruo said, “I don’t need a ride from you, aren’t you going to respect my opinion?”
Li Zhenran suddenly pointed to the top of his head, “Cat ears.”
Li Zhenruo froze and was about to reach out to touch them when suddenly a coat came down over his head and Li Zhenran grabbed him by the shoulders and said, “The car is here, there are too many people here, get in and talk.”
Under the influence of alcohol, Li Zhenruo couldn’t react properly, and he couldn’t judge whether his ears were really coming out. He was led by Li Zhenran to the car before he pulled off Li Zhenran’s coat and threw it to him, “Take it away, I don’t want to smell you.”
His nose was too sensitive, and the smell of Li Zhenran was all over his coat, which made his breathing a little hard.
Li Zhenran grabbed the coat and didn’t get angry. He then said, “Why do you drink so much since you can’t drink it? Come back to me, you don’t have to work so hard.”
Li Zhenruo said, “I’m doing fine now. I want to live the life I choose, not the one others have paved for me to go.”
Li Zhenran said softly, “You can choose any path, I’m just giving you a choice.”
Li Zhenruo turned to look at him, “Thank you, Mr. Li, but no need.”
Li Zhenran said to him, “Okay, you can always come to me at any time if you need it.”
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