Chapter 4

At one o'clock in the morning, Yu Li blushed again and turned over in bed.

He hates it!

Why doesn't he drink more and get completely drunk like others?

Why does he remember the details so clearly?

What would Yan Sui think if he found out that his best friend had slept with his respected older brother?

Perhaps it would be better to avoid contact with Yan Sui for the time being?

Anyway, Yan Sui has a girlfriend and will be clingy for a while, so she won't take the initiative to contact him.

Yu Li bit her fingertip in a conflicted manner and pulled the air-conditioned blanket over her face.

No, the most crucial question is, will Yan Shiting remember what happened last night?

They haven't come looking for trouble with him yet, so they probably don't remember, right?

But Yan Shiting didn't drink as much as him last night, will he really black out?

Yu Li lifted the covers and nervously turned over again.

He clasped his hands together, faced the crescent moon outside the window, and silently made a wish:

Hopefully, Yan Shiting's drinking habits are bad, and he'll black out after just one sip!

...

Yu Li deliberately avoided Yan Sui for a period of time.

Yan Sui sent him a WeChat message in the morning asking if he was there, and he only replied in the evening: "Too busy, just saw it."

When Yan Sui mentioned the party that night, Yu Li waited until a day later to reply: I was really too busy, sorry, what happened to the party?

In this way, Yan Sui believed that he was really busy and didn't want to "bother" him anymore.

Of course, Yu Li wasn't entirely lying.

To keep himself from getting idle and overthinking, he found another part-time job at night, cutting fruit in the bar's kitchen, and he couldn't get off work until 2 a.m. to go home and sleep.

So I am indeed very busy.

However, a week later, Yu Li ran into Yan Sui at the restaurant where she worked during the day. Yan Sui was having dinner with Xu Changke.

Inside the private room, Yan Sui and Xu Changke ordered their food. As Yu Li left with the tablet she used to order, Yan Sui got up and followed her out.

"Little Fish, you said you were very busy, so I had no choice but to come here to find you."

Yan Sui spoke to the restaurant manager and led Yu Li to the corner of the corridor.

The two stood beside a large vase. Yan Sui lowered his head and said apologetically, "Little Fish, I'm sorry."

Yu Li's heart leaped into her throat: "Why are you suddenly apologizing?"

Yan Sui looked even more guilty. He said, "That night's party was all my fault for not taking good care of you as the host..."

Yu Li felt like the hairs on her body were about to stand on end.

Yan Sui knows he slept with his brother?!

"actually……"

"I never expected that Shen Rui would dare to do such a thing!"

Yu Li was about to say something when Yan Sui, filled with anger and shame, interrupted her.

"Huh?" Yu Li was momentarily confused.

Shen Rui?

Yan Sui clenched his fist and slammed it against the wall: "I'm sorry, Xiaoyuer, Shen Rui drugged the last drink he gave you that day. You are the victim after all, and I think I should tell you about this."

"Medicine?" Yu Li was confused again.

"Yeah, it's similar to Viagra."

So he didn't have sex while drunk that night, but was drugged by Shen Rui?

Yu Li felt a mix of emotions.

He pursed his lips, and after a while, raised his hand to rub his temples, saying, "It's okay, it has nothing to do with you. It's all my fault for not being vigilant enough."

Yan Sui looked at Yu Li with a hesitant expression.

Yu Li is a very easy person to understand. Having known her for three years, Yan Sui knows Yu Li's personality better than anyone else.

His good friend has always been naive and probably doesn't know that there are such dirty things as drugging in this world.

Moreover, Yu Li doesn't know how to refuse others, and as his brother said, he would definitely feel relieved after knowing that Shen Rui was his childhood friend.

In the end, he really has to bear half the responsibility.

But he couldn't say this to Yu Li, otherwise Yu Li would take all the responsibility upon herself.

Yan Sui said, "It's not your fault, it's all Shen Rui's fault."

He sighed and said, "My brother has already taken care of this matter. Don't worry, he won't let Shen Rui off the hook."

Hearing Yan Sui mention his brother, Yu Li couldn't help but feel a little nervous again.

Now that Yan Sui knows that Shen Rui drugged him, does he know that he slept with Yan Shiting that night?

In Yu Li's mind, this was even more terrifying than waking up to find that he had slept with Yan Shiting.

Yu Li didn't dare to look at Yan Sui's expression, and hesitated before saying, "I drank a bit too much that night, and I don't really know what happened afterward."

He tentatively said, "I just remember your brother came..."

Yan Sui nodded and said, "It was my brother who called security to temporarily detain Shen Rui. He took you back to your usual guest room, and then—"

Yan Sui paused for a moment.

He almost revealed that his brother also took traditional Chinese medicine.

He looked somewhat annoyed, but Yu Li had her head down and didn't see it.

Yan Sui continued, "The next morning, my brother showed me the surveillance footage and scolded me, saying that I should learn to screen my friends."

Yu Li pondered for a while.

Yan Sui is also a very easy person to understand.

If Yan Sui knew what happened between him and Yan Shiting that night, he wouldn't be speaking in this tone now.

Since Yan Sui didn't know, he didn't need to feel too guilty. He could still get along with Yan Sui normally and remain friends.

Yu Li secretly felt relieved.

"It's good that the bad guy has been punished. I won't blame you, and you don't need to feel guilty," Yu Li comforted her.

Yan Sui chuckled lightly: "Of course I know you won't blame me, we're best friends."

Yu Li smiled and patted Yan Sui on the shoulder: "The food you ordered should be served soon. You should go back now. I should go to work too. I can't slack off for too long."

"Okay." Yan Sui nodded, waved to Yu Li, and left first.

Yu Li watched him walk away and then let out a long sigh.

It's good that Yan Sui doesn't know, as for Yan Shiting...

Anyway, they don't have many opportunities to meet, so if Yan Shiting takes the initiative to come to him, he'll just keep avoiding him as usual.

*

Pulling herself together, Yu Li turned around and saw a group of people waiting in front of the elevator on the other side of the corridor connected by the corner.

Several of those people frequently appear in financial news, and others are well-known alumni of Y University.

And right at the very front and center of the crowd, standing out like a crane among chickens, was none other than the person he had just decided to hide from—Yan Shiting!

Yu Li gasped and turned around abruptly, trying to slip away, but then she heard the manager's voice behind her: "Xiao Yu, wait a minute."

Yu Li paused in her steps.

He turned around stiffly and saw the manager walking towards him, with Yan Shiting and his group waiting for the elevator not far away.

Perhaps noticing Yu Li, Yan Shiting slightly turned his head and glanced over indifferently.

Yu Li shuddered and lowered her head: "Is there something you need, Manager?"

"President Yan's private room is Hongyun Pavilion. You and Xiao Yang will go and entertain them later. Remember to be good at serving them; those are important figures we can't afford to offend."

"Normally, people don't drink alcohol at banquets, but if important people talk for a long time, you'll get triple pay if you work two hours after 6 p.m.

That's life. The more you try to avoid something, the more likely it is to suddenly appear and hit you in the face.

Yu Li couldn't refuse, so she could only bite the bullet and say, "Okay, thank you, manager."

The manager patted him on the shoulder with obvious approval and walked away.

-

Outside Hongyun Pavilion, Yu Li quietly took a few deep breaths before pushing a tea and snack cart inside with her colleague, Xiao Yang.

Hongyun Pavilion is the largest private room at Yutingxuan, several times larger than the one Yan Sui booked. It is usually reserved by senior company leaders for business entertainment.

Before the main dishes are served, two waiters will come to the private room to serve tea and snacks, and then wait in the outer room to go into the private room to deal with any emergencies.

Yu Li walked straight into the private room without looking to the side, and together with Xiao Yang, they poured tea and served snacks to the people on either side.

The light green, translucent Pu-erh tea soup was poured into a white porcelain teacup, and steaming hot vapor rose up.

A man in his forties stared at Yu Li across from him, watching her slender hands carefully pouring tea, and suddenly smiled and said, "The tea at Yu Ting Xuan is beautiful, and the waitress is beautiful too."

As soon as he finished speaking, several gazes vaguely fell on Yu Li.

The young man lowered his eyes, his long, thick eyelashes casting shadows like small fans. With each blink, the beauty mark under his right eye would appear and disappear in the shadows.

Yu Li tried her best to ignore those gazes, and her tea-pouring movements remained completely unaffected.

The man then asked, "I don't like Pu'er tea. Does Yu Ting Xuan have Da Hong Pao?"

After pouring tea for the man, Xiao Yang nodded and said, "Yes."

The man asked with great interest, "Then—" He gestured with his chin toward Yu Li, "do you know how to make tea?"

The private room fell silent for a moment.

Yu Li couldn't pretend she hadn't seen it, so she smiled and said, "We have prepared Da Hong Pao tea. Don't worry, all our teas are freshly brewed by professional tea masters."

The man complained, "Drinking tea is about two things: first, looking at the tea leaves and the tea soup; second, appreciating the tea master's movements; and only then does the tea itself become truly enjoyable."

This means that Yu Li must brew this pot of tea for him fresh.

Yu Li was somewhat embarrassed.

Yu Tingxuan did train them on how to brew tea, and he did know how, but he was certainly not as skilled as a professional tea master.

But in this situation, it seemed he couldn't refuse.

Yu Li pursed her lips, about to agree, when she heard a soft cough.

The sound was unusual, but the problem was that it came from the direction where Yan Shiting was sitting.

Everyone turned to look at Yan Shiting.

Yan Shiting picked up his teacup but didn't say anything.

Jiang Miao, the special assistant sitting to his left and the one who had coughed lightly earlier, said with a smile, "If President Li wants to see it, then let's call the tea master over."

His eyes narrowed even more: "Why make things difficult for a waiter?"

The man who had just been flirting with Yu Li put away his lewd expression.

He smiled obsequiously and said, "Assistant Jiang is right. Professional matters should be handled by professionals."

Jiang Miao then looked at Yu Li and said gently, "Once the tea is finished, go and find the best tea master for President Li."

Yu Liwei breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief and quickly nodded, "Okay, please wait a moment."

He and Xiao Yang pushed the cart to the outer room and contacted the manager using a walkie-talkie.

When the tea master brought the tea set into the private room, Yu Li and Xiao Yang both breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yang tugged at his collar and said, "It's a good thing that President Yan is here. He hates that culture of drinking and feasting the most, otherwise Xiao Yu, you would definitely have brewed that pot of tea today."

Yu Li was taken aback.

He assumed that all businessmen acted that way, since he often heard people say that it's easier to discuss business over drinks.

He suppressed his surprise and asked, "What if President Yan isn't here?"

"Our Yutingxuan's big boss is also a company CEO, so customers will give him some face and won't make things too difficult for him. People like Mr. Li today are a minority."

Xiao Yang thought for a moment and then said, "If you encounter a difficult person and are harassed, you can apply for compensation for the grievance, which is several thousand yuan."

Yu Li nodded as she listened to Xiao Yang's instructions.

He turned his head to look at the door leading to the inner room, and after a while, he said he needed to go to the restroom and left Hongyun Pavilion.

In the restroom, Yu Li bent down and washed her face.

He patted his cheeks and tried to smile, trying to ease the stiffness in his facial muscles.

A moment later, he wiped the water droplets off his face, turned around and walked out of the bathroom, only to bump into someone.

Yu Li's heart jumped into her throat again.

It's over! Yan Shiting is all alone!