Seeing Gu Qingyan stagger down the hillside, Si Mingyu lowered his head, threw his cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out, and then stood up straight, waiting for Gu Qingyan to come over.
"Thank you." Gu Qingyan shrugged, looked up at him, her lips were already blue from the cold, and she looked very disheveled, completely unlike her usual aloof and elite demeanor.
"Let's go." Si Mingyu reached out and opened the passenger door, urging Gu Qingyan to get in the car.
Gu Qingyan lowered her head, wrapped her coat tightly around herself, and got into the car, shivering slightly.
After seeing him sit down, Si Mingyu closed the car door and then went around to sit in the passenger seat.
He glanced at Gu Qingyan and reached out to turn on the air conditioner.
As the temperature rose, Gu Qingyan finally stopped shivering. He looked up at Si Mingyu and said sincerely, "Thank you, Mingyu."
Si Mingyu glanced at Gu Qingyan, ultimately feeling a pang of pity. He looked ahead and sighed softly, "Qingyan, why are you doing this?! In the dead of winter, what good would it do if you froze to death on that hillside?"
“I don’t plan to stay on the mountain all night.” Gu Qingyan pursed his lips, which were starting to warm up, then casually grabbed a bottle of mineral water from the car, unscrewed it, and tilted his head back to gulp down more than half of it.
Si Mingyu remained silent, waiting for Gu Qingyan to continue.
"I was thinking of going in the early hours of the morning, after they had all gone to sleep, so I could see Zhi Qiu without feeling bad."
Gu Qingyan screwed the bottle cap back on and placed it next to her seat.
"What?" Si Mingyu gripped the steering wheel tightly, almost running a red light in shock at Gu Qingyan's words. He stopped the car and turned to look at Gu Qingyan in disbelief. "So, you were originally planning to break into Zhi Qiu's house at night?"
Gu Qingyan didn't speak, but lowered his head as a tacit agreement.
"Gu Qingyan! Are you out of your mind?! Do you know what you're doing?! How far are you going to go before you stop?! If you keep going like this, even if Zhi Qiu doesn't pursue it, do you think Rong Zong will let you off the hook? Do you really have to end up in jail before you come to your senses?"
Si Mingyu gave him a look of disappointment and scolded him sternly.
“I really have gone mad, Mingyu. I never thought I would go to such lengths! If you hadn’t called me just now, I would have stayed up until midnight to go find Zhi Qiu.”
"Qingyan!" Si Mingyu looked at him with some annoyance. "You're a grown man, how can you do such despicable things?"
What's the point of pressuring Zhi Qiu like this? Besides scaring her and then yelling at you, what else will it do? Have you considered the possibility that you might scare her into something serious?
She's already in her late pregnancy! Aren't you afraid of scaring her and causing problems? What if she gets a massive hemorrhage from the shock?! Her life would be in danger! Gu Qingyan, do you even have a brain?!
"I didn't think that much about it." Gu Qingyan slumped dejectedly in the passenger seat, looking utterly listless. "I just can't believe Zhi Qiu and I ended up like this? We already had a child. If Xiao Wanqing hadn't returned to China, if all of this hadn't happened, we should have been looking forward to the arrival of these two little lives together. Why...?"
"Qingyan, whether Xiao Wanqing returns to the country or not is not the decisive factor in whether Zhi Qiu will divorce you. Indeed, a large part of the reason for your divorce is Xiao Wanqing. However, if you truly only treat Xiao Wanqing like a sister next door, I believe that Zhi Qiu is a person who would never make things difficult for you. She will also sincerely cherish and make amends to Xiao Wanqing as the sister of your savior."
It's a pity you're not one, so Qingyan, stop making excuses for yourself. We've already argued about this many times, and I don't want to go on and on; it's too much of a waste of time and breath.
The root of the problem lies with you, and you cannot deny it.
Besides, there's no point in dwelling on these things now, because Zhi Qiu will never forgive you.
Gu Qingyan opened his mouth, trying to say something, but in the end he lowered his head, looking dejected.
"Mingyu, come have a drink with me, okay?" Gu Qingyan turned her head to look at Si Mingyu, her eyes becoming empty as if she had no soul.
Si Mingyu remained silent for a moment, then turned the car around and drove towards a nearby bar.
As soon as Gu Qingyan and Si Mingyu walked in, their tall figures and noble demeanor immediately attracted the attention of many girls present.
Si Mingyu clearly felt the intense gazes around him, so he pulled Gu Qingyan to find a secluded corner to sit down.
He untied his scarf, took off his black coat and put it on the sofa, then called the waiter and ordered a dozen beers and a bottle of spirits, and then asked the waiter to bring him a glass of lemon sparkling water.
"Drink up." Si Mingyu had the waiter open all the beers, then handed one directly to Gu Qingyan, who was hanging her head.
Gu Qingyan took the beer bottle, tilted his head back, and downed the whole bottle in one gulp.
Si Mingyu frowned, said nothing, and handed him another bottle.
Gu Qingyan tilted his head back and downed another bottle.
Si Mingyu handed over another bottle.
It wasn't until she took the fifth bottle of beer that Gu Qingyan seemed to realize what was happening. She looked up at Si Mingyu across from her, who was slowly sipping his sparkling water, and complained, "I've already drunk several bottles, and you haven't had a single drop?"
"I only agreed to come drink with you, I didn't say I would drink with you. Is there a problem?" Si Mingyu calmly replied, holding his water glass.
"You..." Gu Qingyan, who was not a good drinker to begin with, had just downed four bottles in one go, and her face was already starting to turn red. "You're cheating!"
"Whatever you say, I have something to take care of tomorrow, so I can't drink tonight," Si Mingyu added, seemingly unconcerned about Gu Qingyan's accusations despite her intoxication.
"Then I'll drink it myself." Gu Qingyan tilted his head back and poured it down his throat again, as if he wouldn't stop until he was completely drunk.
After finishing one bottle, he slammed it down on the glass table, then picked up another and started chugging it down.
Si Mingyu sighed, feeling that Gu Qingyan's attempt to drown her sorrows in alcohol was completely useless. So he advised, "Qingyan, instead of drinking here, why not do something else to make up for Zhi Qiu and the child? It won't do Zhi Qiu any good by ruining your health like this."
Unexpectedly, Gu Qingyan was already quite drunk. He hadn't eaten anything all night, and this sudden downpour of alcohol made his stomach churn. With a loud "whoosh," he grabbed the trash can under the table and vomited.
After vomiting, he stood up unsteadily, holding onto the edge of the sofa, said "Wait for me," and then walked towards the toilet.
A little while later, Gu Qingyan had just come out of the restroom when a seductive woman grabbed his arm.
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