"Mr. Huo, I...I'll have another drink."

As she spoke, Sheng Nanyin reached for the wine bottle again.

Huo Beichen grabbed her hand.

"Are you... alright?"

"Me? I'm fine."

Huo Beichen looked at the wine bottle in her hand, then at her condition. He wanted to see if she would get drunk.

“Sit here until I leave.”

"I……"

"You don't have to do anything, just sit here."

"oh."

Sheng Nanyin obediently sat down to the side.

Zhou Siche looked at Sheng Nanyin curiously. She might be slow to react, and the effects of the alcohol would kick in soon.

They drank casually, but they all wanted to see Sheng Nanyin's drunken state.

However, they drank for half an hour, and Sheng Nanyin sat quietly to the side without making a fuss.

"You," Huo Beichen called to her.

“Mr. Huo!” Sheng Nanyin replied with great enthusiasm.

She doesn't look drunk at all.

"Do you want to go to the hospital?" Huo Beichen asked.

"Huh? What are you going to the hospital for?"

Huo Beichen pursed his lips and remained silent.

Zhou Siche said, "You've drunk quite a bit."

"Uh... only three cups," Sheng Nanyin said softly.

"What?"

"When I was little, my family used jars to drink wine."

"..."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, realizing that this was indeed a god of wine.

"You just said you smelled something wrong with the wine?" Zhou Siche asked again.

"Mm." Sheng Nanyin nodded.

How did you smell it?

“I’ve been exposed to a lot of medicine since I was a child, and that wine contained aphrodisiacs,” Sheng Nanyin said softly.

Zhou Siche looked at Huo Beichen. Did she have such abilities?

"How much alcohol do you drink?" Huo Beichen asked at this moment.

Sheng Nanyin glanced at the eight bottles of foreign liquor on the table. "You can drink all of this, but you'll feel full."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it left them all speechless.

Huo Beichen was momentarily speechless, because he had never met a woman like this before.

"You want to repay me?" Huo Beichen asked coldly.

Sheng Nanyin paused for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"You'll be my secretary, and you'll come with me to all my banquets from now on. You'd better tell the truth, or you'll be the one who suffers."

Sheng Nanyin was stunned.

"Be my secretary, you only need to attend drinking parties, and you'll get a salary of 10,000 per party."

This 10,000 yuan will be considered her compensation for work-related injury.

"Ah? I don't want money. Mr. Huo, please just let me know if you need anything," Sheng Nanyin said hurriedly.

She just went out for a drink and took 10,000 yuan; she didn't feel comfortable taking the money.

Huo Beichen narrowed his eyes. "If you don't want money, what do you want?"

"I……"

His gaze was extremely unfriendly; she had better only be interested in money. If she dared to make a move on him, she should get lost.

“Young lady, aren’t you short of money? If you follow Master Huo, making money will be a piece of cake. Master Huo has already said it, so don’t refuse anymore, lest everyone be unhappy.” Zhou Siche once again acted as a peacemaker.

Seeing Huo Beichen's displeasure, Sheng Nanyin nodded and said, "Okay, I will follow Mr. Huo's arrangements."

"Leave your contact information, and someone will contact you later."

"Okay."

Sheng Nanyin handed her phone number to the bodyguard.

Huo Beichen said, "You can leave now."

Sheng Nanyin felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders. Not only had she been freed from the harassment, but she had also landed a high-paying job. It was like a dream come true.

**

And so, Sheng Nanyin and Huo Beichen came into contact.

Initially, the two of them were just ordinary superior and subordinate. Sheng Nanyin's biggest role for Huo Beichen was to shield him from drinking.

No matter how important his status is, once he's at a drinking party, he can't miss out on any of the drinks.

But ever since Sheng Nanyin came along, she could drink double for him, and he got one table after another of his business partners drunk.

Later, rumors began to circulate in the business world that Master Huo was accompanied by a god of wine, and every collaboration between them was like having a cheat code.

So when people discussed cooperation with Huo Beichen later, they all changed the venue to the tea room.

**

Go to bed.

Sheng Nanyin opened her eyes groggily, and Huo Beichen was standing in front of her.

Because of the lighting, he appeared unusually tall.

Sheng Nanyin rubbed her eyes and sat up. "You've finished your meeting?"

"Um."

Huo Beichen took off his glasses and pinched the space between his eyebrows.

Sheng Nanyin looked up at her wrist; it was already 2 a.m.

"Hey, why are you in a meeting so late? Aren't you tired?"

Sheng Nanyin didn't seem sleepy at all; she immediately woke up, got up, and came up behind him.

Huo Beichen remained silent.

She came up to him and reached out to unbutton his shirt.

"I saw Lu Dongjue today. Did he contact you?" she asked, looking up at him.

Huo Beichen's gaze remained indifferent, and he simply hummed in response.

“I told him that to cure Miss Yun’s poison, we need the East Sea Pearl and the Snow Lotus of the Thousand Mountains.”

Huo Beichen looked at her silently.

She took off his coat and unbuttoned his shirt.

She extended her finger and pressed it against his chest in a teasing manner.

Huo Beichen grabbed her wrist.

Sheng Nanyin winced in pain and looked at him in confusion.

"What's wrong?"

Why are you helping me?

If he were to actually marry Yun Suiwan one day, then she would have to step aside.

Can she tolerate this?

Sheng Nanyin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled gently, "Mr. Huo, have you forgotten how you helped me back then? What I'm doing now is just to repay your favor."

"Given my status, although I truly love you, we can never be together. Since that's the case, why don't I help you pursue the one you love?"

Sheng Nanyin spoke with exceptional sincerity, making it impossible to detect any hypocrisy in her words.

He had probably heard too many loving words like that, so he didn't feel much emotional fluctuation.

Huo Beichen turned his back to her and walked towards the bathroom. "After it's all done, in addition to the seaside villa, I will also deposit another sum of money into your account."

They each had their own needs, and he was not a stingy person, much less mistreated her.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Nanyin smiled and quickly followed him, hugging him from behind.

Her face was pressed tightly against his back. "Mr. Huo, I mean, if you were to ask me, would you be even slightly attracted to me? Would you ever consider marrying me?"

Huo Beichen's face did not show much expression.

“Mr. Huo, we’ve been together for almost nine years. We met at the best age of our lives. If we could join hands, wouldn’t that be romantic?”

After speaking, Sheng Nanyin gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Sheng Nanyin, you know what I hate most. If you want to see Zeze again in the future, you'd better remember what you should and shouldn't say."

Huo Beichen's voice was icy cold, devoid of any emotion.

Sheng Nanyin released him immediately, without any hesitation.

She knew this would be the outcome.

Huo Beichen lowered his head. She left very quickly, having caused a ruckus, then wiped her mouth and left as if nothing had happened.

This woman never tells the truth.