Chapter 1967: Xiaoyu's Desire to Survive

The bartender said gently, "I replaced the gin with pure water when making the cocktail, so this drink has no alcohol."

“Why water?”

"Being slightly tipsy is just right. When girls drink outside, safety is their top priority."

Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh. If the sommelier behind the previous bar could have had this kind of humanistic care, she wouldn't have gotten drunk and lost her virginity, even though she lost it to Shi Chenyuan...

She then asked the bartender to pack her a bottle of orange liqueur and a bottle of white vermouth.

The bartender packed it for her and put it on the bar, then went to serve other customers. As soon as the bartender left, she asked the waiter for another beer.

She relied on Xiaojiu and Gu Hanye, knowing that even if she got drunk, they would send her home safely.

Later, I finally got drunk.

The world was spinning, I felt hazy and my head was spinning.

I only remember holding Xiaojiu's shoulders with one hand and holding a cardboard bag containing two bottles of wine tightly with the other hand, staggering out...

Later, she was carried horizontally.

She thought it was Gu Hanye and felt something was very wrong, so she quickly said, "Mr. Gu, I can walk by myself."

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "It's not Gu Hanye."

She was relieved, closed her eyes, and said dazedly: "It's not Mr. Gu? Then Xiaojiu, you are so strong that you can even carry me like a princess, but will it squeeze your baby... Or you should just put me down..."

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "Just stay here quietly. My baby is fine."

Later, Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know how he got home. He only remembered that he was put in the back seat of the car. When he woke up, he was lying on the sofa in the living room of his home.

The living room was dim, lit only by a yellow floor lamp.

The room was very quiet, and it seemed that Mr. Shi had not returned yet.

The cell phone vibrated on the coffee table. Cheng Xiaoyu quickly picked it up and took a look. It was her mother calling.

She quickly sat up and answered the phone...

In the kitchen.

Shi Chenyuan had just made the sobering tea and was about to walk into the living room when he saw Xiaoyu sitting up with her back to him, as if she was talking to her mother on the phone.

Shi Chenyuan gently put down the cup and waited for her to finish before going over.

The room was very quiet. Cheng Xiaoyu always turned up the volume of her receiver. Shi Chenyuan could hear the voice on the other end of the phone even when he was sitting in the restaurant.

Her voice was a little hoarse from drinking, and her mother must have heard it, so she asked her what was wrong with her voice.

Xiaoyu said: "It's okay, I just have a cold these two days."

She cleared her throat and asked again, "It's so late, aren't you and Dad still asleep?"

Mother Cheng said, "I woke up from a nap and had a dream. I dreamed that you were crying alone in the corner, all wet, as if you had just been pulled out of the water. I couldn't fall asleep since then."

Xiaoyu smiled and said, "It's just a dream. I'm fine. Don't let your imagination run wild."

Then after saying this, she wiped away her tears.

"You haven't called home during this period. I don't know what you do every day."

“I’m just very busy at work…”

"Are you and Shen Yuan okay?"

Xiaoyu covered her mouth, paused, and said easily: "It's okay."

"You didn't lie to Mom?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Xiaoyu took a tissue and wiped the tears from her face. "We were planning to go on vacation."

"Really? Where are you going?"

"Isn't this still in the planning stage? It hasn't been confirmed yet!" Xiaoyu was suppressing her nasal tone and talking to her mother in the lightest possible tone.

Shi Chenyuan looked at her slightly trembling shoulders and knew that she was suppressing the grievances in her heart because she didn't want her mother to worry about her.

He suddenly felt a little guilty. It seemed that he shouldn't have been so cold to her today...

Mother Cheng added, "Once you've decided on your departure date and where you're going, please remember to let us know so we can rest assured."

"Okay," Xiaoyu threw the tissue she used to wipe her nose into the trash can, "Mom, go back to sleep. I'm going to go wash up."

"Don't stay up late, or you'll age quickly."

Xiaoyu answered brightly: "I know!"

The mother and daughter ended the call. Xiaoyu put the phone aside, hugged her knees and burst into tears.

Shi Chenyuan picked up the teacup and walked over, placed the cup on the coffee table, and sat behind Xiaoyu.

Just as he was about to hold her in his arms, the little woman screamed, jumped up from the sofa, and turned to glare at him.

She stood on the sofa and they looked at each other for a few seconds.

Then Xiaoyu blinked and asked in disbelief, "Mr. Shi, are you home?"

Shi Chenyuan scratched his brow and said, "I brought you back home, don't you know anything about that?"

Xiaoyu shook her head: "Didn't Xiaojiu carry me back?"

"You're so heavy when you're drunk, I don't have the strength to hold you."

"That's what I said..." She slowly sat down on the sofa, "You went to the restaurant to pick me up?"

"What else?"

Xiaoyu scratched his head, as if he was still recalling what happened before, but he couldn't think clearly and his head seemed to hurt.

Shi Chenyuan handed over the sobering tea and said, "Don't think about it. Drink the sobering tea quickly and have a good sleep."

She took the teacup, glanced at him cautiously, took two sips, and asked timidly, "Mr. Shi, I didn't listen to you and got drunk drinking outside. Why didn't you say anything to me?"

Shi Chenyuan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'll settle the score with you when you wake up."

She shrank her neck and explained in a low voice: "Actually, it's because Xiaojiu and Gu Hanye are here. They are all family, so I was a little unrestrained."

"You're one of us, how dare you bother me?"

Cheng Xiaoyu's mouth pursed, and he turned into an ostrich in a second, holding the teacup and drinking tea silently, almost burying half of his face in the cup.

Seeing her like this, Shi Chenyuan couldn't bear to say anything to her anymore.

I didn't intend to scold her, I just wanted to hug her...

After Cheng Xiaoyu finished his tea, he stood up shakily.

"Where are you going?"

She raised the cup in her hand: "Wash the cup."

Shi Chenyuan took the cup from her hand and placed it on the coffee table. "I'll wash it later."

After saying that, he took her hand, pulled her into his arms, and hugged her tightly.

The little woman moved in his arms, "You're the one who didn't let me wash the cups. Don't accuse me of being lazy and not cleaning up after using things."

"Hmm, you say that as if I'm usually mean to you."

"You are sometimes very fierce and strict..."

Shi Chenyuan lifted her shoulders and looked at the aggrieved little girl who was acting like a spoiled child towards him. "Are you sure I can't handle it?"

She pursed her lips and smiled, then asked tentatively, "Boss Shi, are you no longer angry?"

"I wasn't angry at all."

She curled her lips and said, "I don't believe that."

"Just because of this, you deliberately got drunk?"

Xiaoyu nodded first, then shook her head and said, "Mr. Shi ignored me all day today, and I was really depressed, but I got drunk mainly because the bartender was so awesome."

He could mix a lot of drinks that looked good and tasted good. I just happened to order a drink with a high alcohol content, and after mixing it with beer, I got drunk.

Shi Chenyuan narrowed his eyes at her and tried to answer her question: "Isn't it because he's handsome and just happens to suit your taste, making you intoxicated without even being drunk?"

She was about to nod, but before she could do so, she immediately shook her head, blinked her eyes, and said, "Only Mr. Shi meets my aesthetic standards."