Soon, Jiang Tingzhou's voice came from inside the private room: "When you ask someone for help, you should have the right attitude."

The man's voice was hoarse and weak, and he sounded extremely tired.

Xu Wan's heart ached. She guessed that Jiang Tingzhou was here today for the sake of Anjia and her mother, but she never expected him to go to such lengths.

The brief conversation revealed that the dinner party had ended, and if nothing unexpected happened, only Jiang Tingzhou and Gong Yanli remained in the private room.

She stopped eavesdropping on their conversation and walked to the door of the private room.

As soon as I walked over, I smelled a strong odor of alcohol and cigarettes.

There was a large round table in the private room, which had been cleaned up and was empty. Only Jiang Tingzhou and Gong Yanli were in the rest area next to it.

Jiang Tingzhou lay alone on the long sofa next to him, closing his eyes to rest.

Gong Yanli sat on the single sofa next to him, his legs crossed. He looked up and saw Xu Wan, and said, "Mrs. Jiang is here."

Upon hearing the sound, Jiang Tingzhou, who was lying on the sofa, frowned and barely opened his eyes to look at the door.

When he saw Xu Wan standing at the door, he looked at Gong Yanli with displeasure: "Why did you call her here?"

Jiang Tingzhou knew without guessing that Xu Wan's presence here must be related to Gong Yanli.

Gong Yanli stood up from the sofa, patted his shirt, and said, "Of course I don't want to stay here with you any longer. Call someone to replace me."

"You can say if you don't want to stay, and I won't force you to."

Jiang Tingzhou spoke with obvious displeasure in his tone.

Gong Yanli knew that Jiang Tingzhou wouldn't really be angry with her, but she still spoke the truth: "I just feel that you've done so much for her and drunk so much alcohol. She should know that, in my experience, silently making sacrifices is the least necessary thing."

Jiang Tingzhou knew about Gong Yanli's past.

Before his current fiancée, who doesn't like going back to China, he had another girlfriend. They dated for seven or eight years, and everyone thought they would get married, but they didn't end up together. Now no one mentions it anymore.

Jiang Tingzhou knew why he said that, and he didn't blame him.

Xu Wan quickly said, "Thank you for calling me, Mr. Gong. I'll stay with Tingzhou. You should go home and get some rest."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work."

Gong Yanli exchanged a polite remark and then left.

Just as Xu Wan was about to walk into the room, Jiang Tingzhou sat up and stopped her. He picked up a bottle of mineral water from the table next to him, rinsed his mouth, and spat the water into the trash can next to the sofa. He repeated this several times, then kicked the trash can aside and said, "Come here. I just threw up. I'm afraid it will smell."

Xu Wan never expected that Jiang Tingzhou would drink until he vomited.

Her eyes were slightly red. She walked over to the man and sat down next to him, asking, "You've drunk so much, you should go home and rest sooner. Isn't home better than here?"

"Let me clear my head." Jiang Tingzhou rubbed his forehead. "I'm afraid if my mom sees me in that state when I get back, she'll misunderstand and think I'm an alcoholic."

"Mom won't..."

"I want to leave her with as many good impressions as possible, so that she can feel at ease."

"Don't overthink it." Xu Wan looked at the man, whose ears were even red, and said worriedly, "Let's go back early. Mom is already asleep. I'll make you some hangover soup."

"Need not……"

"Then if you're not leaving, I'm leaving."

Xu Wan only threw a tantrum because she was forced to; she was genuinely worried about Jiang Tingzhou.

Women who are usually gentle and good-tempered often seem especially adorable when they suddenly throw a tantrum.

Jiang Tingzhou turned his head to look at the woman's pouting lips, his dark eyes softening, and he couldn't help but chuckle as he said, "Okay, I'll go back with you."