Helpless, Xiao Weiguo had no choice but to get off the kang (a heated brick bed) and fill the jar for her again.
"Can I ask you something? What's bothering you? Can you tell me and I'll see if there's anything I can do to help you get rid of your worries."
Feng Wanlin took the wine and gave a wry smile.
"You can't help me with my problems, but it's no big deal to talk to you about them."
Seeing that she had opened up, Xiao Weiguo wisely kept quiet, sitting upright on the kang (a heated brick bed) and pretending to listen attentively.
The two of them, one talking and the other listening, were the only sounds in the room besides Feng Wanlin's murmured narration and the occasional clinking of their glasses.
Feng Wanlin has two older brothers, one ten years older than her and the other six years older than her.
Her two older brothers, however, did not share the same mother as her.
Feng Wanlin's biological mother married her father after the deaths of her two older brothers' mother.
Upon entering the house, Feng Wanlin's mother became her stepmother, raising her two older brothers from childhood and doting on them greatly.
Even after Feng Wanlin was born, her mother still focused more on her two older brothers, making her, her biological daughter, feel like her stepmother's child.
The reason for this is their family.
In a father's political career, reputation is extremely important. Even the slightest stain could be seized upon by his political enemies.
Therefore, Feng's mother, as a stepmother, absolutely must not mistreat her orphaned son. She mustn't allow people to speak ill of her husband behind his back, saying he had married a wicked woman.
As a result, her two older brothers developed eccentric and violent personalities in this environment.
Not only did they not know how to be grateful, they also felt that everything their stepmother did for them was her duty and that she owed them.
He never gave his younger sister, Feng Wanlin, a kind look when they were young.
She would cause trouble from time to time, making things difficult for her younger sister, and ostracizing her at every turn.
Their father was too busy with work and was away from home eight out of ten days a year, and their mother was a bit weak-willed and couldn't handle these messy things at all.
Therefore, Feng Wanlin felt very depressed at home.
Xiao Weiguo now understood why she preferred to live in the staff dormitory rather than go home when she was in Shang County, and why she was doing the same thing now, preferring to drift alone in the provincial capital rather than stay in the capital, a place with more promising prospects.
It is absolutely true that everyone in the world has their own misfortunes. Who would have thought that this seemingly glamorous and privileged young woman had experienced so much suffering behind the scenes?
She didn't even have anyone to confide in, because the social circle around her wouldn't allow a family like theirs to be involved in such scandals.
So she had no choice but to escape, to leave that circle and live alone outside.
Faced with this situation, Xiao Weiguo didn't know how to comfort her, let alone do anything to help her.
Their family's social class is far beyond his reach.
He could only drink with Feng Wanlin, hoping to alleviate her suffering in this way.
This wine is very easy to drink, but drinking too much of it can still make you drunk.
Just when Xiao Weiguo was starting to feel the strain, Feng Wanlin had already drunk too much.
The bitterness that had been weighing on her heart for years became her best confidant, Xiao Weiguo, a familiar stranger.
Having spoken everything freely, she seemed to feel much more relaxed.
Although she was drunk and fast asleep on the table, she had a sweet smile on her face, and her beautiful face with a rosy blush made her incredibly charming at first glance.
Looking at that face, Xiao Weiguo was momentarily stunned.
He thought of a poem: "A beautiful woman enters her dream with a sweet face, her rosy cheeks radiant with spring, fast asleep."
Everyone has a love for beauty, let alone a young man full of vigor.
However, he soon regained his senses because he remembered something.
Although he could easily take Feng Wanlin back in one car, he didn't know where she lived.
Without her friend's contact information, Xiao Weiguo was dumbfounded.
"Sister Lin, Sister Lin, wake up."
Xiao Weiguo gave her shoulder a hard push.
Feng Wanlin merely snorted, turned her face to the other side, and continued to snore.
"Damn it, what do we do now?"
It's the middle of the night, and a man and a woman alone can't possibly spend the night in this small restaurant, can they?
Having no other choice, Xiao Weiguo went to pay the bill for the meal, then came back to find Feng Wanlin's car keys, carried her on his back, and put her in the back seat of the Crown.
Although he hasn't had the chance to drive in this life, he drove for half his life in his previous life, so this little thing is no problem for him.
The Crown truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier luxury car of its time. It's fast and stable on the road, and the solid, reliable feel it gives is like that of a seasoned, worldly man. It inspires great confidence.
All the way, Xiao Weiguo kept thinking about where to take this young lady.
We can't just let her sleep in the car all night.
Finally, having no other choice, he had to take Feng Wanlin to the hotel where he was staying.
Ignoring the strange looks from the lobby staff, he carried the completely drunk Feng Wanlin to his room.
Jiao Bai was still awake when he heard the noise and ran out of his room.
Seeing Xiao Weiguo carrying someone on his back, he quickly came over to help.
"Brother, where have you been? Who is this guy?"
When he realized it was a beautiful woman, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Brother, are people in the city all this open-minded?"
Xiao Weiguo was furious.
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