This was not a casual dinner, it was a Hongmen feast to declare sovereignty.

The two who were fighting moments ago instantly understood why Zhong Lan had asked them to come to dinner at the same time. Jiang Xu and Shen Fangyu glanced at each other and turned their heads away at the same time with snorts.

Jiang Xu did not discriminate against homosexuals, but he was still a bit depressed when he heard this news.

He had been so busy all these years because of his rivalry with Shen Fangyu that he had no time to fall in love at all, and it was only when his family urged him to get married that he started to think about finding someone.

Zhong Lan had a good personality and was close to him, moreover, he had a good impression of her, so he chose to pursue her without hesitation. Unexpectedly, Shen Fangyu also publicly expressed his intention to pursue Zhong Lan at this time.

Jiang Xu’s last meal was steamed buns in the morning and a packet of milk in between surgeries in the afternoon. But now, the ideal candlelight dinner was very different from reality, he felt hungry but at the same time felt that the meal in front of him was tasteless.

When the meal was over, Zhong Lan’s girlfriend went to settle the bill, but Jiang Xu stopped her. It had become his habit to pay for meals when eating with girls, but before Zhong Lan could retort, Shen Fangyu had already settled the bill before him.

He was so good, he even competed in this.

Jiang Xu silently rolled his eyes at him, and the four parted at the entrance of the restaurant. The two rejected men were left speechless and depressed as they watched Zhong Lan and High Ponytail happily walking away together.

Jiang Xu eventually took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and prepared to take a taxi home. After all, he had to open the first table tomorrow morning, but Shen Fangyu suddenly held out his hand to him.

Jiang Xu moved his gaze from the phone in his hand and gave him a puzzled look, only for the other party to say with a calm expression, “I only invite girls to dinner, pay up for the meal.”

“Are your cheeks made of walls?” Jiang Xu looked at Shen Fangyu incredulously, hating that he could dissect his face to see if it was twice as thick as any ordinary person’s.

“It’s fine if you don’t pay, you can buy me a drink,” Shen Fangyu pointed to a bar next to the restaurant, “I’m upset.”

Jiang Xu moved his gaze back to his phone, “I’m also upset.”

“Then let’s just go together.” With that, Shen Fangyu didn’t care if Jiang Xu accepted or not, he put one hand around the back of Jiang Xu’s neck and led him toward the bar in front of him.

Jiang Xu slapped Shen Fangyu’s hand away in disgust, and when he looked up, his eyes bumped into the words “Hell Bar”.

There were two words in total, none of which had complete lights, and the word “Hell” was hanging obliquely. It made Jiang Xu afraid that if the wind blew one day, the emergency department of their hospital would have to deal with multiple cases.

The colored lights on the letters were even more eye-catching, with fluorescent green and pink intertwined, as if a boss from the red-light district would come out to solicit customers in the next moment.

“Is this place decent?” Jiang Xu stepped back.

Shen Fangyu also looked around, fussing, “It’s not good looking, the colors are so bright.”

Jiang Xu glanced at him indifferently, and a question flashed through his mind.

If Shen Fangyu had such an aesthetic, how on earth did he manage to make himself look like a dog every day?

The bartender at the door had already noticed the two people hesitating at the door, and seeing that the situation was becoming unfavorable, hurriedly came out to solicit them, “These two handsome men, you must have come out to have some fun but this is the only bar in a hundred miles, there’s nowhere else to drink after here, and there’s a 10% discount on all drinks today…“

Jiang Xu suddenly lifted his foot and moved forward.

“You’re convinced?” Shen Fangyu said unexpectedly, “Is Dr. Jiang so short of money?”

Jiang Xu said to him without looking back, “it’s because you are only worth the 10% discount on the wine.”

Shen Fangyu: “Shit.”

Fortunately, Hell Bar wasn’t as bad as its cheap sign, it was just a normal bar with booths and private rooms.

Since there was a 10% discount, Shen Fangyu ordered the drinks in a single order and filled up the table between them.

Jiang Xu was sitting across from Shen Fangyu with his hands folded. With his formal suit and tie, he looked like he was about to go to court to negotiate in the next minute. Shen Fangyu stood up and sat next to Jiang Xu, “Let’s drink together, you’re welcome.”

Jiang Xu tilted his head to avoid him, not wanting to give any extra attention to the fancy wine on the table.

Suddenly a man in a flowery shirt came over, put one hand on the back of the sofa, and raised his glass to the two of them, “Would you like to have a drink together, handsome?”

Shen Fangyu replied straight away, “No.”

“I didn’t ask you,” the man said as he looked past Shen Fangyu and said to Jiang Xu, “Handsome, you’re the most attractive man in the bar today,” his eyes raked over Jiang Xu’s body blatantly and arrogantly, finally stopping at the collar of his tightly buttoned shirt. “Isn’t it hot to button up so high?”

Shen Fangyu leaned forward and blocked his gaze, “It’s none of your business.”

The man raised his eyebrows at his words, and when he saw that Jiang Xu didn’t answer, his eyes turned to Shen Fangyu with more provocation as he added, “Honey, why don’t you come to my table?”

“Who the hell is your honey,” Shen Fangyu got goosebumps from his words, “We’re both straight, please behave yourself.”

“What are you to him?” The man who had been interrupted for the third time finally became angry, and his flirtatious tone finally became normal, “He hasn’t even said anything, but you’re saying one thing after another. Get out of the way if you’re not his boyfriend.”

Shen Fangyu crossed his legs, “I’m his love rival and nemesis, what’s wrong with that?”

The man looked at Jiang Xu in disbelief, who nodded, “He’s right.”

“……” The man felt the drawing of swords as an afterthought. He was silent for a moment, then he raised his hands and went to his feet, “Excuse me, you guys continue.”

Seeing him walking towards his next target with his wine, Shen Fangyu glanced at Jiang Xu in triumph, “I’m simply too kind, I actually returned the harm you have caused me by blocking drinks for you, I must be one of the top ten people who moved to Jihua hospital this year.”

Jiang Xu directly picked up the wine and splashed it on his face.

“Are you unable to play, Jiang Xu?” Shen Fangyu wiped his face and suddenly grabbed Jiang Xu’s shoulders and pulled him in front of him.

Jiang Xu wrinkled his nose at the man who had suddenly come close to him, the smell of alcohol hit him, and he subconsciously turned his head away.

Shen Fangyu seemed to have discovered something, “You can’t drink?” He smiled and let go of Jiang Xu with an arrogant look on his face, “You can’t do it, Jiang Xu.”

Jiang Xu swept him a faint glance and directly picked up the nearest glass of wine. He tilted his head back and his Adam’s apple rolled, the liquid in the glass was drained in a single gulp, leaving only the empty glass.

His eyes were fixed on Shen Fangyu the whole time, and even through the layer of lenses, the other party could feel the sharpness and disdain in his eyes.

“Are you convinced now?”

Shen Fangyu gave him a look, and after a long time, he also lifted the wine in his hand and drank it down in one go, knocking the glass in front of Jiang Xu, his eyes full of provocation.

Jiang Xu didn’t even look away as he simply picked up another glass of wine and downed it in three gulps in front of Shen Fangyu.

The short-lived peace caused by the simultaneous loss of love disintegrated in an instant, and the competitiveness in their bones flared up immediately. The two took one glass after another, and the speed at which they drank the wine became faster and faster, until finally——

“Pop!”

With only one untouched glass left on the table, the former love rivals stared at each other with scarlet eyes and a death grip on each other’s hands, neither allowing the other to pick up the last glass of wine.

It was only when the two of them finally finished the glass of wine, almost head to head and mouth to mouth, that Jiang Xu suddenly realized what he had just done.

Fuck.

This damned desire to win and lose.

His brain felt like mush and his face was flushed. He ripped his tie loose and shook his drowsy head, sleepiness sweeping over him as he watched Shen Fangyu’s head turn into two, into three …… and finally back into one.

Then his vision went black and he passed out.

When he woke up again, he was inexplicably lying on a large hotel bed.