As Xie Siyan's Rolls-Royce drove away from Wildfire Technology, Yan Shenyu was going downstairs to attend Xu Yi's cake-cutting ceremony.
It wasn't so hot in the evening, and people who had been hiding in air-conditioned rooms came out. A long row of champagne towers were set up next to the pool, and next to them was a cake taller than a person.
Surrounded by the crowd, Xu Yi stood in front of the cake. Seeing him approach, she immediately called out, "Yan Shenyu, I've been waiting for you for ages. Come over and cut the cake with me."
Yan Shenyu did not refuse. He thought it was just a simple cake-cutting activity, but as soon as he walked to the side, Xu Yi kicked him into the pool.
The next moment, Xu Yi also took off her clothes and jumped up.
"I told you to sleep! I told you to sleep!" He pulled off Yan Shenyu's T-shirt while tickling her. "I finally managed to get you here, and you heartless man just left me like this!"
The cool water entered Yan Shenyu's nasal cavity and mouth, stimulating him and instantly waking him up.
He had a ticklish patch around his waist that would kill anyone who touched it, but Xu Yi just had to jump around in that minefield. Yan Shenyu immediately started to fight back, and the entire pool instantly descended into chaos.
Then things got out of control.
They started drinking from the pool to the lawn, and before they knew it, they were having a drinking contest. Yan Shenyu wasn't a big drinker, and he was knocked out after only two glasses of champagne, lying on the chair like a salted fish.
"I'm not coming," he waved his hand, saying to Xu Yi, who still wanted to drink with him, "I'm not drinking anymore."
"You, you're so useless," Xu Yi said, struggling to steady her swaying body as she brought over a glass of champagne. "I've only just begun here."
"No, I won't drink anymore." Yan Shenyu turned her head away and saw Wei Yiming standing in the pool area in the distance. The muscular man was showing his bare chest, and a bunch of internet celebrities were asking him for photos.
He remembered that Xu Yi and Wei Yiming had no relationship; in fact, they were even enemies.
Yan Shenyu nudged Xu Yi next to her and asked in surprise, "You also invited Wei Yiming?"
“I’ve invited the entire production team,” Xu Yi said, slurring his words. With no cameramen around, he spoke without reservation, “This is the highlight of this episode, so I have to make the most of it.”
Yan Shenyu mocked mercilessly: "In the end, you got so drunk you were like a dead fish."
Xu Yi retorted, "If it weren't for you, would I have drunk this much?"
"But why didn't I see Xie Xiaoling?" Yan Shenyu asked curiously. "Didn't you invite him? Or is he too scared to come?"
"You didn't know?" Xu Yi looked at him in surprise. "Xie Xiaoling was removed from the program."
"He withdrew?" Yan Shenyu raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Didn't he just join?"
"What year and month of news is that?" Xu Yi shook his head and explained, "I don't know who was out of their mind to insist on putting Xie Xiaoling on the show. As a result, as soon as the news came out, the audience complained, saying that the program team was promoting artists with bad character, which would create wrong values for children and have a bad influence on society. A lot of people reported it, the higher-ups started to put pressure on them, several investors also had objections, and then he was suspended."
"I see." Yan Shenyu nodded, seemingly lost in thought.
"How come you didn't know this? It was trending on Weibo a few days ago!" Xu Yi handed over the champagne. "I've given you such a big scoop, you have to drink a glass of this!"
This time, Yan Shenyu didn't refuse. He drank a glass and then asked Xu Yi, "Didn't Xie Xiaoling resist? Given his personality, shouldn't this kind of thing be made public?"
"What's the use of his resistance? He's already in dire straits himself." Xu Yi shook his head and said disdainfully, "But then again, he's been quite well-behaved this time, which is strange."
Yan Shenyu guessed: "Perhaps labor reform is more effective?"
“It is indeed possible, but unfortunately the transformation time is too short,” Xu Yi sighed, looking up. “If all my mortal enemies could be sent in for transformation, then the world would be at peace.”
"Uh..." After a moment of silence, Yan Shenyu said quietly, "Have you considered one possibility?"
"What?"
"Maybe others also want to send us in for redevelopment."
"Well……"
"Get out! Don't say such unlucky things on my birthday!"
Xu Yi started acting crazy again, forcing Yan Shenyu to drink a lot of alcohol.
Yan Shenyu didn't drink much; Yan Sheng blocked most of it for him.
Looking at Xu Yi, who claimed to be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk but was lying at his feet, and himself, who was half-drunk but still standing there perfectly fine, and Yan Sheng, who was completely unconscious...
"You're such a good brother to me," Yan Shenyu said, almost in tears. "I'll take you home no matter what!"
With a sense of tragic heroism, he carried Yan Sheng on his back and staggered towards the villa parking lot.
He hadn't planned to drink today and drove himself here, but unexpectedly, both brothers were plied with alcohol by Xu Yi and ended up half-drunk.
Yan Shenyu called the driver in advance; according to the time, the person should be arriving soon.
Sure enough, when he arrived, a tall man was already standing on the car.
"Uncle Huang?" Yan Shenyu squinted at him for a moment, then asked in surprise, "When did you become so handsome?"
"I am Fu Jingran." The man smiled, looked at Yan Sheng beside him, and said in a gentle voice, "He is drunk, so I came to pick him up."
"Huh? Oh..."
Yan Shenyu paused for a moment before handing Yan Sheng over to him, adding, "Remember to take good care of him and get him home safely!"
"Definitely," Fu Jingran nodded to him through the car window, "Then we'll be going now, goodbye."
"Okay, bye-bye." Yan Shenyu waved goodbye to them from the side, but only realized something was wrong halfway through his wave.
Wait, Fu Jingran just left like that?
He took Yan Sheng home, but left his younger brother, who was also going home, standing aside? Fu Jingran, is this how you treat your brother-in-law?
Fortunately, his car hadn't been driven away yet, so he could only wait for the driver to pick him up.
Yan Shenyu sadly took out his car keys, unlocked the car, and prepared to get in and wait for the driver to come.
He shakily opened the driver's side door, but before he could even sit down, a large hand grabbed his wrist.
A man in a sharp suit stood before him, his voice deep and magnetic, his expression relaxed yet slightly mocking: "What, trying to drink and drive?"
Yan Shenyu looked up and saw an incredibly handsome face.
"Uncle Huang?" Yan Shenyu paused, his expression even more surprised. "You've become even more handsome than before!"
"Don't you recognize me anymore?" Xie Siyan reached out and lifted the sweat-dampened bangs from his forehead, carefully helping him sit down. "Why did you drink so much?"
Yan Shenyu was stunned for several seconds before she reacted: "Xie Siyan?"
"It's me."
Why are you here?
"I'll take you home."
Oh, so he also had someone deliver it to him.
Yan Shenyu looked up and smiled broadly: "Thank you!"
"Did you call the driver?" Xie Siyan sat down in the driver's seat and reached across the center console to help him fasten his seatbelt. "If you did, let the driver go back first."
Yan Shenyu nodded, then, feeling dizzy, dialed the number and told Uncle Huang not to come.
They left during the evening rush hour, when the entire city was completely jammed, and the navigation showed nothing but red lines no matter where they looked.
The car kept stopping and starting. Yan Shenyu sat in the passenger seat, feeling dizzy, her head slumped to one side, occasionally bumping into the car window.
After an unknown amount of time, he noticed that the car was gradually speeding up and then stopped somewhere.
"Are we home yet?" Yan Shenyu wondered groggily, preparing to unbuckle her seatbelt and get out of the car.
It was so quiet that you could hear the click of the seatbelt being unbuckled.
And then, there was silence again.
In that instant, Yan Shenyu suddenly felt a strange emotion.
Perhaps it was some kind of sixth sense, or perhaps it was wishful thinking, but he felt that Xie Siyan seemed to be looking at him.
Immediately afterward, he heard the sound of clothes rustling in his ears. Then his cheeks softened, and Xie Siyan began to stroke him with his fingers.
Xie Siyan...is touching him?
Yan Shenyu immediately froze.
The man's somewhat rough fingers caressed his face, gently and delicately tracing his profile.
This was quite a shock. Yan Shenyu lay in the passenger seat pretending to be asleep, her mind racing with a multitude of thoughts.
Should he open his eyes? Or continue pretending to be asleep?
If he opened his eyes and exposed Xie Siyan, it would be too embarrassing! But if he continued to pretend to be asleep, what if Xie Siyan became even more unscrupulous?
Actually, he wasn't too drunk tonight; he was just dizzy from being stuck in traffic, so he closed his eyes to rest.
Who would have thought I'd run into this?
Before Yan Shenyu could figure out what to do, a hot breath landed on his cheek.
No? What does that mean?
Could it be...?
There was no way to keep up the act anymore. Yan Shenyu opened her eyes in a panic: "Are we...are we there yet?"
Above him were Xie Siyan's eyes, dark and unfathomable, revealing no emotion.
“We’re here,” Xie Siyan said calmly as she unbuckled his seatbelt. “I’ll take you up.”
"No need, I can manage by myself." Yan Shenyu quickly got up and practically fled back in a disheveled state.
That was close.
Yan Shenyu hid behind a pillar, her heart skipping a beat.
So it was just about unbuckling the seatbelt?
He had just thought Xie Siyan was going to kiss him...
A note from the author:
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Chapter 48 So this is what liking someone is.
Yan Shenyu took the elevator to the third floor. Yan Sheng's room wasn't closed properly, and through the crack in the door, he could see the drunken Yan Sheng grabbing Fu Jingran's collar and talking incoherently.
He couldn't hear what Yan Sheng was saying, but Yan Shenyu could see that Yan Sheng was talking and, not long after, he raised his chin and kissed her.
"Wait a minute, the door's not closed..." Fu Jingran said, barely holding back his anger, "What if your family sees us..."