He Yanchen drank the warm water in the cup and placed the cup on the sink.
He leaned against the low kitchen counter next to him, his dark eyes sizing up the woman. "I really want to get drunk, I want to get completely tipsy and pass out, but I can't."
Lin Zhixing looked at him quietly without saying a word.
"My company employs tens of thousands of people, and there are so many people at the wedding. Even if not everyone is my partner, there is still the possibility of future cooperation. If I make a fool of myself here, they will see me as an unreliable partner."
"But I'm afraid I'm too sober to keep you."
He Yanchen really hated himself for being sober.
When he was awake, he was always filled with fear.
He always felt that showing imperfection meant losing.
Lin Zhixing raised his head and looked quietly at the man who was so close to him.
During the time they were together, the man always maintained a perfect image.
Even though she hadn't been by his side for the past five years, she knew how much he had shouldered alone.
I dare not slack off or relax for a moment, even if I drink, I will think twice.
She said, "Wait until I have the porridge ready, and you can eat something first. If you want to drink, go ahead. It doesn't matter if you get drunk. I'm here with you. Even if you tell me all your secrets, I will keep them for you."
This seems like a very tempting invitation.
He Yanchen's fingers, pressed against the sink, bent slightly.
He was moved.
But he quickly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I'll do something you hate."
At this moment, he wanted to hug her, kiss her, and express his regret and longing for her over the past five years.
Lin Zhixing checked the delivery time of the takeaway on his phone and said, "Then you decide. I'll go wash my hands and make you some porridge later."
The delivery guy delivered the ingredients quickly.
Lin Zhixing cooked some millet porridge.
I was afraid that the man would find the porridge tasteless, so I fried a vegetarian dish.
While she was doing all this, the man was watching beside her, as if he wanted to completely imprint the scene in his mind.
When the porridge was ready, she found that the bowl at home was the same one she had bought before.
Everything here is exactly as she remembered.
She served the porridge.
"I'll serve it."
He Yanchen took the initiative to reach out, carefully picked up the bowl of porridge and placed it on the dining table.
During the meal, the whole restaurant was quiet.
He Yanchen drank porridge bowl by bowl until he finished all the millet porridge in the pot.
"I'll wash the dishes and leave."
Lin Zhixing stood up and put away the dishes.
In fact, there is a dishwasher at home, but Lin Zhixing felt that there were not many things, and if she used the dishwasher, she would have to trouble the man to take them out, so she decided to wash them herself before leaving.
"I'll do it."
He Yanchen brought the dishes and chopsticks over.
Men wash very slowly, but these are the only things that can be washed eventually no matter how slowly they wash.
Lin Zhixing watched the man flushing the water over and over again and couldn't help but tease him: "What time do you plan to flush?"
He Yanchen then turned off the water.
Lin Zhixing put the bowl back into the cupboard and said, "Okay, I'm going back now. You should get some rest."
She walked towards the door.
When she reached the entrance, she lowered her head to change her shoes...
"I want to drink." He Yanchen finally said, "Lin Zhixing, drink with me until I'm drunk."
Lin Zhixing was not surprised at the man's words. She stopped changing her shoes and just said, "Okay."
He Yanchen took out all the wine from the wine cabinet at home.
There are foreign liquor, red wine, white wine, and soju.
There were all kinds of wine, the coffee table was full and the wine cabinet was half full.
He Yanchen took out two crystal glasses from the cabinet and asked her, "Would you like some?"
"No," Lin Zhixing said firmly, "I can drink a lot, so there's no need to go to such lengths."
She knew her alcohol tolerance very well, because she had caused many troubles due to drinking.
If He Yanchen gets drunk today, she will have to take care of him.
"Okay, then you drink with me."
He Yanchen put back a cup.
He also scooped out a lot of ice cubes from the ice tray of the refrigerator.
In order not to spoil the man's mood by drinking alone, she remembered that she saw a box of tea in the cabinet when she was getting something just now.
If I remember correctly, I bought that box of tea before I left, but I threw it away when I left.
The box here should have been bought by He Yanchen.
She opened it and checked. The production date was at the beginning of the year and it had not expired yet.
She opened a tea bag and made a cup of tea.
The two of them sat on the cashmere carpet in the living room.
Old movies played on the big-screen TV.
He Yanchen drank glass after glass.
I don’t know how many glasses I’ve had, but the wine in front of me is already half gone.
He Yanchen suddenly reached out and clasped Lin Zhixing's hand tightly. His dark eyes were stained with turbidity as he murmured, "Zhixing, I might be getting drunk."
"It's okay, I'll be with you. Even if you vomit all over the floor, I can clean it up. Back then, He Mingyu often vomited after drinking, and I...hiss."
Lin Zhixing was halfway through her words when He Yanchen suddenly squeezed her hand harder.
Cut her off forcibly.
"I did it on purpose."
He Yanchen took a sip of wine.
"What?"
Lin Zhixing felt the man's hand loosen slightly, and his brows relaxed.
He Yanchen leaned back on the sofa, holding his wine glass in one hand, and said, "I knew in advance that Mr. Xia would have dinner at Lanshan Hotel that day, so I deliberately arranged the banquet for Xiao Yu and Xia Lu there so that they could get engaged a week later."
“…”
"I know Xiaoyu. He has no real skills but is very vain. Plus, the Xia family company is having problems, so I invited prominent figures from all over the country as guests. I wanted to give them all a reason to complete this engagement party."
He Yanchen turned his head to look at Lin Zhixing, holding her hand, his palm burning.
He said, "I just want them to get engaged smoothly so that I can have the chance to have you."
Lin Zhixing propped himself up on the sofa with one hand, tilting his head to look at the man, "I guessed it a long time ago."
He Yanchen's fingers gently touched the back of the woman's hand, "I have many things you haven't guessed."
"Then tell me, I want to know."
Lin Zhixing patiently and kindly persuaded them.
She had never been interested in a man's past.
But at this moment, she suddenly wanted to ask again at an inappropriate time.
The main light in the living room was not on and the lighting was dim.
The man's features were hidden in the shadows, his emotions obscure and unclear.
He Yanchen's dark eyes traced the woman's facial features, his Adam's apple rolled, and the fingertips touching her became even hotter.
The whole space was too quiet.
After a long time, the man seemed to have lost his temper, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Can you teach me, besides getting drunk, how can I keep you?"
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