Chapter 2. Drinking Mistakes. Mom, listen to my explanation

Although it was June, the night breeze was slightly cool, and Qi Huan, who was leaning on the bench, couldn’t help but shiver a little.

Ao Ziyue and Ji Wei were not surprised to see that it was Qu Jianshen because Qi Huan had hung up too quickly. When Qu Jianshen called back, it was Ji Wei who answered the phone.

“Ling Hui is getting married, so we were all happy together and had a few more drinks.” When Ji Wei saw Qu Jianshen’s face was unhappy, she also hurriedly explained.

Qu Jianshen’s eyes softened slightly, and he thanked them both. He took off his suit jacket and put it on Qi Huan, then slowly picked her up horizontally.

He moved very carefully and then said to the two of them, “Thank you for tonight. I’ll take Huanhuan back first.”

Ao Zi Yue and Ji Wei also breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts as they watched Qu Jianshen leave with the person in his arms.

When they reached the car, Xu Ling hurriedly helped open the door.

When Qu Jianshen saw that Qi Huan’s eyes were tightly closed and she looked like a good girl, it touched his heart.

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The car was quiet, with only Qi Huan’s drunken words echoing non-stop.

Xu Ling quietly glanced at Qu Jianshen from the rear-view mirror and saw that he looked as he always did. He could not help but secretly sigh that the boss was the boss.

After listening, Qu Jianshen turned sideways towards Qi Huan and asked, “Is that all? Nothing more?”

Qi Huan also happened to turn around at this time, and reached out to cup Qu Jianshen’s face. She narrowed her eyes and looked up and down. “Xia Xia, why do you look a bit like that dog, Qu Jianshen?”

Qu Jianshen sneered and didn’t answer.

Xu Ling was already scared to the point of his heart jumping out in front of him.

At this time, Qi Huan suddenly covered her mouth and gave a dry heave, then said, 

“Uncle driver, drive slower. I’m going to throw up.”

    ***

Qi Huan had a dream in which she went back to her childhood.

The Qi and Qu families were friends. The two families had known each other since Qi Huan’s grandfather’s generation. Later, they went into business, with the Qi family expanding from a supermarket to a chain of department stores and the Qu family founding the He Yuan Group. The group consisted of a series of industries involving finance, technology, hotels and real estate, which became the leading company in Xichuan City.

Despite their respective prosperity, the two families still maintained their old ties and have been neighbours for decades, with close relations.

Qi Huan and Qu Jianshen were born in the same year, so comparisons were inevitable.

Qu Jianshen had been excellent since he was a child, and with his face, he was a great success with his elders.

Qi Huan, on the other hand, loved to read comic books when she was young, so naturally her grades were not as good as Qu Jianshen’s. It was inevitable that she would fall behind when they were compared.

“Look at other people’s Jianshen. This time he got two hundred. You’d better get me a hundred…”

“Qi Huan, stop reading comic books. Learn from other people’s simplicity. Read more books like Jianshen!”

……

“Aunt Lan, it’s my fault that Huanhuan didn’t do well in the exam this time. If I had tried harder to teach her, she would have done better.”

“Listen to yourself. Jianshen is so sensible.”

Qi Huan bristled, “I didn’t ask him to teach me.”

“You even learned to talk back. This month’s pocket money is forfeited.”

“……”

The picture in the dream shifted to school.

Qi Huan had coerced Qu Jianshen into handing over his money, and she was going to buy the latest issue of the comic.

She thought that she was the Eldest Lady of Ze’an Department Store, so she could obviously swipe her card by her face. As a result, she was explicitly forbidden by her parents to take anything in Ze’an Department Store without paying. It resulted in her pocket money being confiscated, and now she could only rob Qu Jianshen’s.

“I don’t believe you don’t even have fifty dollars. Just lend it to me. It’s not like I won’t pay it back later.”

“The hundred you borrowed from me before hasn’t been returned, nor the fifty from last time, and…”

“Oh, Qu Jianshen, how long ago was that? Why do you still remember? Otherwise, you should record it first. I’ll pay you back together when I grow up, right?”

“I don’t believe you; you always renege on your debts.”

At this moment, Qi Huan saw little Qu Jianshen turn directly into big Qu Jianshen, and her eyes widened in horror.

Instead, Qu Jianshen let out a cold laugh, “Pay back the money, or else I’ll take you against your debt.”

Qi Huan: !!!

    ***

DONG–

Qi Huan’s body shook and she instantly opened her eyes. When she looked at the familiar ceiling, she let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

This was her home; that was just a dream.

After a few heartfelt consolations, Qi Huan’s heartbeat stabilised.

She rubbed her forehead, thinking that it was fortunate that Jiang Ruixia had brought her back last night; otherwise she didn’t know what would have happened.

Qi Huan slowly sat up with a headache in her eyes, and then she froze as there was a figure beside her bed.

The shirtless Qu Jianshen.

In that instant, many thoughts passed through Qi Huan’s mind like a revolving lantern. There was even a very outrageous one, but she immediately dismissed it because she was still wearing the dress she had worn last night.

Qi Huan’s heart was pounding, and she stammered to wake up Qu Jianshen. “Wake up, Qu Jianshen… …… why are you in my house? How come you still took off your shirt?”

Qu Jianshen frowned. He opened his eyes, saw Qi Huan’s panic, then could not help but hook his lips: “Awake?”

He was just getting up at this moment, and underneath his pectoral muscles were his abs, a neat six-pack that seemed to hold endless strength. It was obviously an excellent body, but some people were not in the mood to appreciate it.

Qi Huan shivered and pointed at his upper body, asking, “Where are your clothes? Why are you still sleeping in my room? I obviously called Xia Xia last night?”

She also tried to think carefully to recall everything from last night. Unfortunately, her memories were cut off ……

“So why would someone who can’t drink well drink?” Qu Jianshen sat down on the bed and, in turn, got closer to Qi Huan.

Qi Huan was startled and hurriedly wrapped him up with the quilt, “Please keep your male virtue! Where are the clothes?”

Qu Jianshen looked at her with a smirk, “You threw up all over me. Where do you think the clothes went?”

Qi Huan:?

She was silent for a moment and waved her hand with a smile, “Me? How could that be? I’m not that kind of person.”

“The clothes are in the living room bin. You can go see for yourself.” Qu Jianshen added.

Qi Huan: “……”

She was silent again and her brain slowly spun up, “I obviously called Xia Xia, how ……”

“Not only did you call the wrong number when you were drunk, but you also went booze crazy. You should be glad that the person who picked you up was me, otherwise others would have been scared off by you when they saw it,” Qu Jianshen snorted lightly.

Qi Huan pursed her lips tightly, not knowing how to retort.

“There’s more.” Qu Jianshen laughed languidly, “I had a runny nose when I was a kid? Did I also rob you of your pocket money? Qi Huan, you can still confuse black and white when you’re drunk, huh?”

Qi Huan: !!!

The bottom of Qu Jianshen’s eyes contained a smile. When he looked over at Qi Huan, he also brought a bit of teasing, “Is that how you slandered my reputation outside?”

“Who, who, who has slandered your reputation?” Qi Huan strained her neck and suddenly straightened up, “I was drunk. What you said was just your one-sided words. Maybe it was you who deliberately slandered me!”

After saying that, she looked into Qu Jianshen’s smiling eyes and was suddenly deflated again. She had to dodge away.

Qu Jianshen raised his eyebrows, lifted the blanket, and said, “Breakfast is on you. Consider it compensation for my shirt. I’ll call Xu Ling later and ask him to send over a set of clothes.”

The red marks on his neck were especially obvious, and Qi Huan was shocked, “What’s wrong with your neck?”

The ends of Qu Jianshen’s eyes were slightly raised, and his lips contained a smile that seemed like a seductive demon, “Guess?”

***

In the bathroom.

Qi Huan tried to recall everything from last night while taking a shower, but she still only had memories of before she left the hotel. She couldn’t remember anything after that.

If she had been given another chance, she would not have drunk so much.

Qi Huan rubbed her brow in frustration and then ended the shower.

After changing her clothes, she came out of the bathroom and then saw Qu Jianshen sitting there in her bathrobe chatting about work.

Although Qu Jianshen did have a nice figure, she was afraid that she would get a needle’s eye if she looked at him for too long, so she found her biggest bathrobe for him to put on. But the difference in stature was too great, so Qu Jianshen looked extraordinarily strange in it. His chest was even left wide open.

The image was so out of place that Qi Huan frowned. When he finished his phone call, she asked, “When will Xu Ling send the clothes over? I’m very uncomfortable with you.”

Qu Jianshen put the phone away and smiled, “He said it’s coming soon.”

At that moment, the doorbell rang.

Qi Huan’s face flushed with joy, “It should be Xu Ling arriving. I’ll go and open the door. You hurry and change!”

She quickly went to the entrance door to open it, but when the door opened, the person who came was not Xu Ling.

“Mom!” Qi Huan was so frightened that she tried to continue closing the door.

Ye Songlan glanced at her suspiciously, “Why are you so surprised to see me?”

“No, nothing…” Qi Huan smiled awkwardly.

The man’s leather shoes in the foyer caught Ye Songlan’s eye instantly when she entered the door, so she asked, “Whose shoes are these?”

“This is this….” Qi Huan was racking her brain for an excuse.

Qu Jianshen heard the movement but came out of the bedroom, “Is it Xu Ling…… Aunt Lan?”

He was also stunned.

Ye Songlan’s eyes widened. She almost thought she had seen something wrong, “Jianshen? Why are you here in Huanhuan….? “

And at that moment, Qu Jianshen covered the red mark on his neck with his hand.

Such an action was undoubtedly trying to hide it in Ye Songran’s eyes. When she came into the living room, she happened to see the shirt thrown in the trash.

There was no way for Ye Songran not to think too much about it. Her eyes flicked between the two of them. “You guys…”

The tips of Qi Huan’s ears were flushed, and she said sharply, “Mom, listen to my explanation.”