"I'm so envious of you. All the good things seem to come your way. You already have everything. Why do you have to compete with me?"
"Are you satisfied now? Qingmian is yours."
Chen Yu'an rested his head on the back of the sofa, his eyes lowered as he looked straight ahead at Chi Yu.
Chen Yu'an had drunk quite a bit and was now thoroughly drunk. His words were slurred and hard to make out. Chi Yu could only grasp the general idea.
But even without listening closely, he could more or less guess what Chen Yu'an was saying. He took out his phone and quickly tapped on the screen while speaking to the man in front of him.
"Chen Yu'an, if you're a real man, stop playing the victim here. Take actual actions to make up for your mistakes."
"What's the point of drinking alone at home? Are you trying to gain sympathy?"
"Please don't forget that you have a company and hundreds of people relying on you for their livelihood. Stop self - destructing."
"Be careful that one day you really ruin yourself."
Chen Yu'an mumbled, "It'd be good if I'm gone."
Chi Yu was looking down at his phone and didn't notice what Chen Yu'an said.
When he looked up again in Chen Yu'an's direction, Chen Yu'an was leaning on the sofa with his eyes closed.
Chi Yu wasn't sure if he was asleep. He glanced at the messy surroundings, sighed, and didn't wake Chen Yu'an up.
Half an hour later, Lu Wenxuan, Ji Bai and the others who received the call arrived at Chen Yu'an's place one after another.
"Damn it! Did this place get robbed or what?"
As soon as Lu Wenxuan entered the house and saw the mess everywhere, his voice rose several octaves.
Chi Yu, sitting in the only clean spot in the room, lifted his chin in Chen Yu'an's direction when he saw them.
"Damn it!"
When Lu Wenxuan saw Chen Yu'an, he let out another curse.
Lu Wenxi and Ji Bai who followed behind also showed a hint of surprise on their faces.
"What's going on? If I remember correctly, he didn't used to smoke, right..."
As Lu Wenxi spoke, her gaze shifted among Lu Wenxuan, Chi Yu and Ji Bai as if seeking an answer.
"Um... I don't think so." Lu Wenxuan replied uncertainly.
"Does he?"
Lu Wenxuan turned to look at Ji Bai behind him.
Ji Bai frowned and shook his head. "No."
Their voices seemed to wake Chen Yu'an on the sofa.
He opened his eyes slightly and squinted at everyone. "You're all here?"
"What the hell is going on with you? Is Ming'an going bankrupt? Why are you so depressed?"
As Lu Wenxuan spoke, he reached out to pull Chen Yu'an up from the sofa.
A drunk person has no strength. And since Chen Yu'an was a bit taller than Lu Wenxuan, instead of pulling him up, Lu Wenxuan was firmly pulled by Chen Yu'an.
He lost his balance and fell to the ground. His hand missed the glass shards beside him by just a millimeter.
"Ouch!"
"Why is there glass everywhere? Are you trying to hurt yourself?"
Lu Wenxuan quickly got up from the ground and jumped back a bit to keep a distance from Chen Yu'an.
"Let's send him to the hospital for gastric lavage first."
Ji Bai looked at the empty wine bottles scattered on the ground and said seriously.
Chen Yu'an had drunk too much, far exceeding the normal alcohol tolerance of the human body.
Fortunately, he exercised regularly and had good physical fitness. Otherwise, with this amount of drinking, he would probably be in serious trouble.
As soon as Ji Bai finished speaking, everyone got busy. In a short while, they carried Chen Yu'an to the car.
Half an hour later, the car arrived at the underground parking lot of Ruikang Hospital.
Ji Bai had called the hospital in advance. As soon as the car stopped, the nurse was already waiting at the elevator entrance with a stretcher.
Seeing them get out of the car, she immediately trotted over.
"The patient has acute alcohol poisoning. First, monitor his vital signs, especially his blood pressure and breathing. Immediately draw blood for routine tests, liver and kidney function, electrolytes, blood sugar and blood alcohol concentration. Check his coagulation function and do an arterial blood gas analysis..."
As Ji Bai spoke to the nurse, he pushed the stretcher into the elevator.
"You guys go wait for me in the office."
Just as the elevator doors were closing, Ji Bai looked up and said to Lu Wenxi.
Then, the group took the elevator straight to Ji Bai's office.
"Should we tell Qingmian about this?"
Lu Wenxuan patted Chi Yu on the shoulder and asked.
After all, Qingmian and Chen Yu'an were family. Chen Yu'an's sudden change should be told to Qingmian, right?
Hearing this, Chi Yu's face looked a bit ugly. He recalled what Chen Yu'an had said at the residence just now.
It didn't seem like a sudden whim but rather something said after being stimulated.
The images on the projector flashed through Chi Yu's mind.
Could it be that... Qingmian had said something to Chen Yu'an before he arrived?
"Say something."
Seeing that Chi Yu didn't say a word, Lu Wenxuan pushed him and took out his phone at the same time. "If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your approval. I'll call Qingmian now."
Just as Lu Wenxuan pressed the first digit on his phone, Chi Yu reached out and pressed the screen off button. "Don't call yet."
Lu Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of dissatisfaction on his face. He looked at Chi Yu. "Come on. Even if there's something wrong with Yu'an, he's still Qingmian's brother. Doesn't the sister have the right to know when her brother is in trouble?"
Lu Wenxuan also had a sister. He knew very well that if he hid something from Lu Wenxi when he was in trouble, it would only make Lu Wenxi angrier and serve no other purpose.
So in Chen Yu'an's case, he still held the same attitude.
It was true that Chen Yu'an shouldn't have sent Qingmian away at that time, but now she was back. A year had passed. Should they keep holding on to this matter forever?
People should move forward in life.
The past is gone.
The future is yet to come.
But if people keep living in the shadow of the past, there will be no future.
Lu Wenxuan didn't want Chen Yu'an to be trapped in his past mistakes forever, nor did he want Qingmian to be haunted by her past experiences and stay on bad terms with Chen Yu'an for the rest of their lives.
"Brother... Let's wait a bit. Let's see what the situation is after Ji Bai comes back. It's not too late to tell Qingmian then."
Lu Wenxi's voice interrupted Lu Wenxuan's thoughts.
Seeing that his own sister had said so, he reluctantly put his phone back into his pocket.
Chi Yu also sat down on the sofa by the window and was looking down at the messages on his phone.
It was a message sent by Qingmian ten minutes ago. He had just seen it.
[The rehearsal teacher praised me again today.]
[She said I was simply born for the piano. (Actually, I think so too. Hehe.)]
[I'm so good at playing the piano. Are you proud of me?]
The message was sent ten minutes ago.
Chi Yu wasn't sure if she would see his reply immediately.
But he still quickly tapped on the screen.
[Of course I'm super proud.]
Just one second after he sent the message, there was a reply.
[You're good at everything. I'm even more proud of you!]
[You said, if I also learn some physics knowledge, will we be an even better match?]
Chi Yu smiled to himself looking at the words on the screen. Although he didn't understand the logic, he still replied seriously.
[Even if you don't know anything, we're still a perfect match.]