It was already four in the afternoon when the couple left Wei Shuyi’s house.
Since the weather was a little cold, Fang Yusheng turned on the air conditioner in the car. Qiao Jiusheng sat in the back seat and played games on her phone. Fang Yusheng saw her bitterly frowning through the rearview mirror and thought that she had encountered a difficult problem. So he asked, “What are you doing?”
“Playing games.”
Fang Yusheng understood her and asked, “Eating Chicken?”
He had downloaded that chicken-eating game. However, everyone had different interests and hobbies. He did not like the chicken-eating game. Fang Yusheng had played many games in his life, but he always felt that Tetris was the most interesting one.
However, he was too embarrassed to tell this to Qiao Jiusheng. He was afraid that she would mock him for being outdated.
Qiao Jiusheng shook her head.
“What’s that?” Fang Yusheng was surprised that the game wasn’t the Eating Chicken game.
He regretted it. He should have let Old Wang drive. That way, he would be able to understand Qiao Jiusheng’s every move.
Qiao Jiusheng knew that Fang Yusheng could not be distracted while driving, so she said, “It’s a mobile game called Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen.” When Qiao Jiusheng saw that she had failed the PK battle again, she immediately ranted. “Tsk, I’ve already spent more than 400 yuan. Why did I still lose?” She clicked on the best combination and realized that she still had to continue buying clothes. Otherwise, she would probably not be able to win the PK battle with her current outfit.
Fang Yusheng was a little surprised. “Is this game very expensive?”
Qiao Jiusheng said to him, “It’s alright. I only spent 400 yuan today.”
Fang Yusheng took a deep breath and said, “That’s actually quite expensive.”
Qiao Jiusheng knew that he was being stingy again. She had originally planned to buy another set of clothes in the game, but when she looked up at Fang Yusheng, she felt uneasy. She had a stingy husband at home, so she could not play to her heart’s content. Qiao Jiusheng put away her phone and said to Fang Yusheng, “I’m not playing anymore.”
Fang Yusheng looked relieved.
When Qiao Jiusheng saw this, she immediately felt that something was wrong with her. She did not lack money, so why did she have to wrong herself?
However, when she saw the faint smile on Fang Yusheng’s lips, she suddenly felt that making him laugh a few more times was worth it…
Just like that, they remained silent. When the car was about to reach their home, Fang Yusheng stopped it by the roadside and ran out to a bakery to buy a few boxes of yogurt and morning bread. This bakery had three chain stores in Binjiang City. Their bread was delicious and fragrant. It was famous in Binjiang City and was very expensive. Other people sold yogurt for eight yuan per cup, but this store could sell the same for twenty-eight yuan. However, the texture was indeed better.
Fang Yusheng placed the bread and yogurt on the passenger seat and continued driving.
Qiao Jiusheng saw that and felt her heart turn warm.
Although this person was quite stingy, he was very generous when it came to her food and clothing.
Qiao Jiusheng’s heart was fluttering, and she was in a good mood. Suddenly, she heard Fang Yusheng ask, “Why is a bachelor party messy?”
Qiao Jiusheng was speechless.
She thought that Fang Yusheng did not mind what she had said.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Jiusheng wanted to muddle her way through, but Fang Yusheng added, “You should have attended one before. Tell me: what do you do during those bachelorette parties?”
Qiao Jiusheng knew in her heart that she could forget about trying to muddle her way through.
She lightly coughed and said, “I once attended a bachelorette party held by the bride.”
“Mm? Continue.”
Fang Yusheng parked the car in the garage and leaned back against the seat. He relaxed his posture and expressed that he was all ears.
Qiao Jiusheng slowly said, “Well, isn’t there a popular saying nowadays. ‘Marriage is the grave of love, and love is the shackle of freedom…’”
As soon as she said this, Fang Yusheng could not help but correct her. He said, “If marriage is the grave of love, then divorce is digging your own grave. If you don’t dare to get married because of this, then wouldn’t you die without a grave?
“So I can’t bear to hear them say marriage is the grave of love.”
Qiao Jiusheng was speechless.
She was stunned for a moment. After giving it some thought, she realized that Fang Yusheng’s words made a lot of sense. “Are you the original creator of these words?” She thought that Fang Yusheng was not that eloquent.
Fang Yusheng said, “I heard it from Wang Han.”
Qiao Jiusheng knew that it was not his original work.
When she came back to her senses, she composed herself. She looked at Fang Yusheng coldly and expressionlessly asked, “Do you want to say it or should I?”
“Tell me.”
Qiao Jiusheng glared at him again before slowly retracting her gaze.
“Women don’t have that much freedom after marriage. There’s a good saying that a woman in love is a little princess. After marriage, the woman becomes a housekeeper and spends her entire life on her family and husband. Oh, not everyone has a car, a house, or dead parents. Some people still have parents and relatives. When an unlucky woman gets married, not only does she have to serve her parents, husband, and children, but she also has to visit her relatives from time to time…
“That’s why a lot of them throw bachelor parties before getting married.
“Besides, which man these days doesn’t have an affair? After marriage, all women have to suffer. If they don’t take the chance to have fun before marriage, it’ll be too late for regrets when they think about it later on. So, a lot of people will indulge for a night at a bachelor party.”
Qiao Jiusheng used the word “indulge” to describe such a bachelor party; it still seemed decent.
She had participated in three bachelorette parties, and each of those brides-to-be was more unrestrained than the other. No matter how much of a hooligan Qiao Jiusheng was, she was only one on the surface. When it came to real action, she was still a conservative. Hence, in her impression, bachelor parties were foul and unsightly.
When Fang Yusheng heard this, he carefully thought for a moment before saying, “Luckily, we got married quickly, and you didn’t have time to throw a bachelorette party for yourself.”
Qiao Jiusheng could not help but defend herself. “Even if I had the time, I would not degrade myself.” She did not agree with the bride-to-be’s way of doing things. Marriage was not necessarily the grave of love. There were two types of marriage, heaven or hell.
Those who entered Heaven had good taste and good hearts.
Those who entered hell were blind and had bad luck.
Fang Yusheng snorted.
“I don’t know,” he suddenly said.
Qiao Jiusheng did not follow his farfetched thoughts and asked him, “What do you mean you don’t know?”
Fang Yusheng pulled a long face and sternly said, “How to cheat.”
Qiao Jiusheng stopped talking.
She naturally trusted Fang Yusheng.
Fang Yusheng stared at her and thought of Wei Shuyi. He suddenly said, “I wonder what kind of a bachelor party Wei Shuyi is attending tonight?”
Qiao Jiusheng shook her head and said, “That depends on what kind of person his friend is.”
***
Wei Shuyi pretended to be calm. He looked at himself in the mirror and felt that there was nothing wrong with his outfit. Then, he hooked his car keys with his index finger and drove to the bar he had agreed on with his friends.
The strange thing was that the place where his friend held his bachelor party was not a street bar but an underground bar in a busy commercial street.
The entire bar was built in the basement.
The entrance was narrow enough for only three people to walk side by side.
Wei Shuyi thought that this was just an ordinary bar. When he looked at the entrance of the bar, he saw the words “Silk Cave” written on it.
He raised his eyebrows. Is there a spider spirit in the Silk Cave? Am I the Elder Tang who entered the Silk Cave?
Wei Shuyi chuckled. He put his hands into his windbreaker pocket and walked in.
Surprisingly, the interior of the bar was exquisite and grand. This underground bar had a total of three floors, and the further one went down, the more opulent it became. The decorations inside made the bar look like a cave. The walls were uneven stone walls, and the floor was embedded with a smooth marble floor the size of a palm. The floor was very clean, and the patterns were clearly visible.
The cave was circular. An empty square platform lay in the center of the three-story building, and a performance stage was set up on the first floor. A straight black pole connected the stage on the first floor to the top of the third floor. Beige leather sofas were around the empty stage on each floor. Sitting on the sofa, one could see the dancers performing on the pole.
Wei Shuyi had worn a smoky gray windbreaker. He had one hand in his pocket and the other hand was holding the wine that the waiter had given him. It was just a normal glass of champagne. He took a sip. The yellow light was flashing from the stone wall, making his shadow elongate, but it also made him look charming.
The air conditioner was turned on in the bar, and everyone was scantily clad. Wei Shuyi, who was wearing a knitted shirt and a windbreaker, looked especially out of place. He walked all the way to the first floor, and on the way, many people looked at him with surprise and amusement. This puzzled him.
What’s going on?
Wei Shuyi subconsciously lowered his head to look at his attire and didn’t notice anything amiss. Only then did he relax.
When he arrived on the first floor, a group of men happily greeted him. “Handsome Wei, I’ve been waiting for the moon and the stars. You’re finally here.”
Wei Shuyi was a famous handsome man at Binjiang Medical University. Those familiar with him called him Handsome Wei.
Wei Shuyi raised his eyebrows and walked over to his friends. He put down the glass of champagne in his hand and said to Ah Lai, the groom-to-be, “People get old and don’t like to play anymore.”
“What do you mean old? You’re only 29. You are at the prime of your life!”
“That’s true. We called you out several times, but you didn’t come. Ah Lai called you out this time, and you came. So you like this kind of party?” Liu Dongping, who used to be Wei Shuyi’s roommate, winked and smiled.
Wei Shuyi was a little surprised. He couldn’t help but ask, “What kind of a party?”
Hearing that, everyone gave a knowing look, except Wei Shuyi.
Wei Shuyi was like a clueless monk. He poured himself a cup of beer, raised it, and said to Ah Lai, “I won’t say much else. I wish you and Sisi a happy marriage and a happy old age!” Sisi, Ah Lai’s wife-to-be, had chased after Ah Lai for two years and finally got him to be her boyfriend.
Wei Shuyi had thought that Ah Lai and Sisi would not end up together. Unexpectedly, people who you thought were not compatible were the easiest to get together with. Instead, it was the people who were once recognized as talents and beauties in the school who went their separate ways after graduation.
Upon hearing this, Ah Lai narrowed his eyes and said, “It’s a bachelor party tonight. Let’s not talk about this. We’ll talk about this at tomorrow’s wedding!”
Wei Shuyi thought these words were strange, but he didn’t think too much about them.
Since they had met again after a long time, it was inevitable that they would talk about many things of the past. As they chatted, they talked about their love lives. Ah Lai asked Wei Shuyi, “Handsome Wei, how is it? Are you single?”
Wei Shuyi didn’t disappoint them and shook his head.
Seeing this, everyone sighed.
“What the f*ck, you’ve wasted such a beautiful face of yours. If I had your face, I would’ve gone to the ends of the earth long ago. You, on the other hand, have such a beautiful face for nothing.” Liu Dongping was an ordinary-looking man. Ever since he was in university, he had been living under the shadow of Wei Shuyi’s beautiful face.
When he first entered university, everyone in the dormitory thought that Wei Shuyi would be the first person to leave singlehood. In the end, Wei Shuyi remained a bachelor for ten thousand years. Now that it had been so many years since everyone in the college had graduated, even the 1.65m tall man in the dormitory who often stayed up late to read novels and had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, the man known as the panda, had children. Liu Dongping had also gotten engaged last year. However, Wei Shuyi was still single.
Liu Dongping was very surprised.
He stared at Wei Shuyi’s face and repeatedly shook his head, lamenting the unfairness of the heavens.
The corners of Wei Shuyi’s mouth twitched, and he said, “I’m upright and honest.”
Ah Lai suddenly said, “A person like Handsome Wei is someone who looks serious but is probably unrestrained in bed.” Ah Lai put his arm around Wei Shuyi’s shoulders and leaned over. He loudly asked, “Isn’t that right, Marshal Wei?” When he asked this, Ah Lai maintained a smile that all men understood.
Wei Shuyi solemnly shook his head.
“Tsk! Stop pretending!” Ah Lai couldn’t believe that Wei Shuyi would also be serious in bed.
At this moment, he saw Wei Shuyi wave his hand in front of everyone’s eyes. He said, “I don’t know if I will be well, but the key is that I haven’t experienced it before. I don’t know.”
This shocked everyone.
“No way! you’re still a virgin?”
No one believed that Wei Shuyi was still a virgin.
Wei Shuyi looked surprised. “Why? Do you have any opinions?”
“That’s not it…” Seeing that Wei Shuyi didn’t seem to be lying, everyone thought that it was probably because the concept of chastity did not matter to everyone. Since Wei Shuyi valued this, they stopped talking about it. After a while, a man who studied Chinese medicine acupuncture sat down beside Wei Shuyi. He seriously said, “Wei Shuyi, you haven’t found a girlfriend in all these years?”
Wei Shuyi nodded. “I didn’t meet anyone suitable.”
The man was silent for a while before suddenly saying, “Perhaps, you’re considering the wrong people…”
Wei Shuyi glanced at him, puzzled. “What do you mean?”
The man threw him an ambiguous glance and said, “How about you change your sexuality and find a boyfriend? Someone like me.”
