Chapter 59: The year she stayed
Li Pengyu and Lu Nannan settled into the Rongcheng Military District guesthouse that day. That evening, the three of them insisted on taking Su Can out drinking. Since it was Li Pengyu and Lu Nannan's first visit to Rongcheng, Su Can invited Guo Xiaozhong along too-the more people, the livelier it would be. Su Can had also called Tang Wu, but Mu Xuan was home, so Tang Wu could not come out that night. Thinking of what had happened at his house that day still sent a rush of heat through him.
Guo Xiaozhong suggested the strip of riverside bars behind the University of Science and Technology. He said his friends were there too, and he knew a bar owner who could give them a discount. The group headed over and sat down in a little bar called Aile.
The bar had an old-fashioned charm. Beyond its windows lay the bustling bar street, lined with shops and bars beneath glittering lights. Parked cars stretched endlessly along the street. A wooden fence enclosed the side of the bar, where bamboo had been planted. Thick clusters of luxuriant leaves drooped down, lending the place a certain elegance.
"Our car's problem was that it was too damn big. It couldn't slip around like a taxi, squeezing through every gap. That guy even shoved his way through an intersection just before the light turned red. He took every sneaky little shortcut along the way. Tch." Lu Nannan downed another glass, his face and ears red. This already counted as an embarrassment. On his first drive to Rongcheng, he had let a taxi driver get him worked up and ended up losing his way. However he looked at it, it seemed like something a complete fool would do.
"Hey,