Late at night, Hu Ling tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, the words Chen Zhe had said kept echoing in her mind;
"You lack love, you crave love!"
Feeling increasingly agitated, Hu Ling sat up in bed.
"You brat who's barely out of his teens! How dare you say I'm lacking love? I clearly have so much..."
After talking to herself, Hu Ling seemed a little guilty again.
From childhood to adulthood, she has indeed received a lot of love, but... it seems that it's all different. Her love is conditional. Her parents love her because they love a child who has excellent grades and is well-behaved. She remembers that once when she failed her exams, the way her parents looked at her changed.
Her classmates liked her, but behind her back they would talk badly about her, saying she was arrogant and had a lot of princess syndrome...
Those who pursued her always talked about her appearance and family background, as if no one ever seriously listened to the voice of their own heart.
They never ask themselves what they truly want; they only care about superficial things.
Hu Ling picked up a cigarette from the bedside table, took one out and put it in her mouth, but hesitated when she reached for the lighter.
When did it start? When exactly did I start smoking? Was it in middle school? Or in college?
She had forgotten; all she remembered was that she only truly felt a little relieved after she learned this bad habit that her parents disliked.
...
Chen Zhe is chatting with Xie Yuhan.
Tonight is different. She used to fall asleep before 10 p.m., but now it's almost midnight and she still seems very energetic.
Actually, I made a good friend.
[friend? ]
Yes, she may appear aloof, but she's actually quite witty and has unique perspectives on many things.
[Haha, is she that special? Perhaps you could introduce me to her sometime?]
[Well...maybe there will be a chance. I'll definitely introduce you if I get the chance.]
After sending that message, Xie Yuhan rolled over on the bed.
"I'm sorry, Chen Zhe, I really wanted to say this, but Grandpa told me not to. Ugh, I'm so pent up!!"
After saying goodnight to each other, Chen Zhe prepared to go to sleep.
Knock knock knock!
There was a knock on Chen Zhe's door. Chen Zhe, who was lying on the bed with a smile on his lips, looked at the doorway.
"Doesn't she sleep at this hour?"
I got up, put on my slippers, went over, opened the door, and Hu Ling was holding two bottles of beer.
I handed him a bottle directly.
"Come out and have a drink."
"Sister Hu, I'm getting ready for bed..."
"This is an order, not a request!"
...
In the living room, Chen Zhe watched as Hu Ling drank bottle after bottle without any intention of stopping, and couldn't help but say, "Sister Hu, that's enough, that's enough."
"What do you mean 'can't'? You think... I... I can't hold my liquor?"
Hu Ling's face was flushed, and she was already speaking with a slight lisp.
Chen Zhe could tell from her condition that she had drunk too much.
"Sister Hu, that's not what I meant."
"Stop talking nonsense, and stop idling, drink! I called you out here to drink, what are you doing here raising fish?"
Chen Zhe was forced by Hu Ling to drink two bottles as well.
Perhaps he drank too quickly, because he felt like vomiting.
Hu Ling burst into laughter after seeing it.
"You're really no good! These two bottles of wine got you this drunk. I'm so glad I didn't let you go to the bar to work as a hostess, or you'd be inundated with complaints."
It's quite embarrassing for a man to be looked down upon by a woman for his drinking capacity, so Chen Zhe downed two more bottles without saying a word.
"That was just a warm-up! Back in college, I used to carry all my dormmates home drunk!"
"Pshaw, you're just bragging. I saw right through you!"
Both of them were competitive and unwilling to admit defeat. They seemed to really want to compete. As they drank, Chen Zhe, who had initially refused, began to take the initiative. He had been holding back a lot of things in his heart, and now it seemed that he had found an outlet. When a man gets drunk, he can't help but talk about his past relationships.
Unfortunately, Xu Weiwei was once again brought up for public ridicule.
Hu Ling might not have been interested in listening to these things before, but tonight she listened with great interest and couldn't help but offer her comments.
"In my opinion, you're just stupid! This isn't a relationship at all; you're her emotional dumping ground, her ATM."
"Perhaps. Everyone makes foolish mistakes when they're young. Sister Hu, have you always been so rational?"
Hu Ling smiled confidently and said drunkenly, "That's right, I've always been very rational. I can see clearly at a glance what those people's purpose is in getting close to me."
She thought that her words would earn Chen Zhe's approval, but to her surprise, Chen Zhe laughed and said, "That means you've never been young. You've been old since you were old enough to understand things."
"What? You actually called me old? I'm your boss, how dare you talk to me like that? Aren't you afraid I'll dock your pay?"
"There's no boss at the dinner table. Even if you dock my pay, I'll still say the same thing. Hu Ling, you've never been young!"
Perhaps he was really a little drunk, because Chen Zhe called Hu Ling by her name.
"That's a superficial understanding. Who says you have to be stupid when you're young? What bastard said that? Can't I be smart my whole life?"
"Haven't you read a line from Dream of the Red Chamber? 'Too clever by half, you'll ruin your own life.' Is being too clever really a good thing? Besides, even Zhuge Liang couldn't guarantee he'd be clever forever. If he were truly clever, he shouldn't have chosen Liu Bei in the first place."
"Is it possible that Liu Bei was smarter and managed to win over Zhuge Liang?"
"Was Liu Bei smart? If he was smart, why would he mobilize the entire nation to avenge Zhang Fei? Didn't he understand the stakes involved?"
"Well...then none of them are smart, I am! If you die, I will absolutely not avenge you. I might even cooperate with your enemies. That's what makes me so powerful!"
Chen Zhe laughed heartily; "Hu Ling, then you'll become like Cao Cao, always suspicious and paranoid, because you don't have anyone you can trust around you."
"What's wrong with being a powerful and ruthless leader?"
"If you were Cao Cao, wouldn't you be afraid that I am Sima Yi? You should know that Linglong Club and Linglong Chamber of Commerce are currently nominally mine."
"Heh, you said it's on the surface, but it actually still belongs to me. You want to steal my house? You're 800 years too early. I won't give you that chance."
The two of them went back and forth, neither giving an inch in drinking nor in words, even going so far as to say the most offensive things.
Chen Zhe himself didn't realize that if it were in the past, he wouldn't have dared to speak to Hu Ling like this, and he wouldn't have had the confidence to face Hu Ling like this. In the process of changing little by little, he has long been completely different from his former self.
...
In the early morning, a ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains onto the white floor of the living room, where empty wine bottles lay scattered haphazardly.
In his sleep, Chen Zhe's large hands instinctively searched for a more comfortable, cooler, and softer spot, and then he began to explore...
"Sister Lin, did you have surgery? This looks different..."
Chen Zhe moved his hands while muttering to himself in his sleep.
*Smack!*
A very loud slap rang out, startling the chirping birds in the tree, which fled in panic.
Even Abao downstairs couldn't resist opening his door to check.
In the living room, there was a very bright red handprint on Chen Zhe's left cheek.
He struggled to open his eyes, but the person who came into view was not Lin Meiyu, but Hu Ling, who was furious.
"Sister Hu, what are you doing in my room?"
He blacked out last night and couldn't remember anything that happened. He thought Hu Ling had come to his room uninvited.
Hu Ling glared angrily at Chen Zhe; "Get your stinky hands off me!"
"Huh? What?"
As Hu Ling's eyes looked down, Chen Zhe was startled. He realized that his hand had somehow slipped through Hu Ling's pajamas and was now on her chest. He could clearly feel Hu Ling's heart beating very fast.
He quickly pulled his hand back.
"I'm sorry, Sister Hu, I didn't mean to, I don't know what happened..."
"And your thigh!!! You pressed down on my leg!!!"
Hu Ling cried out. When she woke up in the morning, her whole body felt heavy, as if she had been crushed by a mountain. When she opened her eyes, she found that Chen Zhe had somehow gotten on top of her. His stinky hands were taking advantage of her, and her thighs were firmly held in place, making it impossible for her to break free.
Chen Zhe climbed off Hu Ling, but he got up so suddenly that he almost lost oxygen to his brain.
After regaining his balance, he found that Hu Ling was still lying on the ground, motionless.
"Sister Hu, are you going to keep sleeping?"
"Sleep with you!! My body is numb, you're as heavy as a pig, how long have you been pressing down on me?"
Chen Zhe scratched his head sheepishly.
"I don't know either. I drank too much last night, and I don't even know when I fell asleep."
Hu Ling was speechless. She didn't even know when she fell asleep last night. In all these years, this was the first time she had been so careless. But she couldn't blame anyone. After all, she was the one who asked Chen Zhe to drink the alcohol. If anyone was to blame, it was her own carelessness. She never expected that Chen Zhe would actually dare to lay a hand on her.
"Pull me up!"
Hu Ling felt that her thighs were so numb that she couldn't stand up at all, so she had to ask Chen Zhe for help.
"oh."
Chen Zhe bent down to help Hu Ling up, but he accidentally stepped on an empty wine bottle that had rolled to the ground and lost his balance, falling down.
Unfortunately, at that moment, Abao suddenly opened the door.
"Sister Hu! Are you in danger?"
He rushed up because he had just heard Hu Ling's voice, but he never expected to see what he saw.
From A Bao's perspective, Hu Ling was lying on the ground, and Chen Zhe was holding her hand down as the two of them kissed passionately.
Ah Bao's mind went completely blank.
Just then, the two of them turned their heads to look at him.
"I'm sorry, Sister Hu, I didn't see anything!!"
Bang!!
Ah Bao slammed the door shut.
My heart was still pounding with anxiety; [Oh no, I'm afraid I'm going to get fired?]
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