Chapter 4

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His voice was neither gentle nor loud, but it shook Wen Yifan as if lightning had struck the ground.  She recalled what she said to Sang Yan when she came the other day.

“I’m sorry, this is a decent and proper bar.”

“Really? What a pity.”

Wen Yifan pressed her lips together and a feeling of overwhelming embarrassment swam through her body.

Fortunately, it was very noisy in the bar and the bartender happened to have not caught what Sang Yan just said. Instead, he looked confused as ever, “Bro, what are you doing?” Then, he pointed at the drawer and raised his voice, “Have you seen the bracelet that was placed here?”

At that, Sang Yan glanced at the drawer.

The bartender explained, “This customer came to our bar and left a bracelet behind. Yu Zhuo found the bracelet yesterday, I ...” He paused and changed his mind, “Didn’t you keep it?”

Sang Yan sat on the barstool and lazily replied, “Ah…”

The bartender said, “Where did you keep it?”

Sang Yan casually looked away, “I didn’t see it before.”

The bartender nearly choked, looking utterly speechless at his capricious boss. That makes the two of us.

Meanwhile, two young women went to the bar to order drinks. The bartender saw his saviors, and he uttered, “Boss, could you serve this customer? Please excuse me while I get to work,"  Then, he immediately went to greet the ladies.

Yu Zhuo left before anyone had known.

They were both left alone.

Although it was crowded and busy, they were still left alone with each other. After all, the bartender had requested Sang Yan to serve her. One of them stood there and the other remained seated. The atmosphere between them seemed to be strangely disconnected from the outside world.

Sang Yan took a clean empty cup and poured liquor into it until it was half full.

The next moment, Sang Yan pushed the cup in front of her.

Wen Yifan was surprised as she looked at him.

Sang Yan's fine black hair scattered on his forehead, his eyelashes fluttered like the feathers of a crow, and his face was half hidden under the lighting.

He was still holding a can of beer in his hand. He raised his brows and said, “What can I do for you?”

It seemed like Wen Yifan really had the guts to come here to get laid.

She paused for a moment and did not touch the glass of liquor, “No, thank you.”

Wen Yifan assumed Sang Yan was embarrassed by the bartender’s explanation. He didn’t mention the incident about the contact number. She didn’t mention it either because she was in his territory and she decided to save his face.

She went back to the main question, “Are you the person in charge of the Lost and Found items?”

Sang Yan smiled, “Who told you that?”

Wen Yifan pointed towards the bartender’s direction.

Sang Yan looked towards the direction, his hands loosened and the can of beer suddenly knocked the bar top. “He Mingbo.”

He Mingbo subconsciously looked up, “Hey! What’s wrong, Bro!”

Sang Yan calmly said, “When did I have the time to take care of Lost and Found items?”

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