Chapter 131 Chapter 131
The phone rang for the third time in the darkness. Lee Soo Hyuk opened his eyes and picked up the phone. "Hello!" "Hyuk, help me!" Kento's wailing came from the other end of the line.
Lee Soo Hyuk closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then asked, "Where?" "Vnex pub!!" The loud music in the background, mixed with the dull drumbeats, instantly drove away his sleepiness. "I'm coming."
He quickly changed his clothes, picked up his car keys, and left the house. ...Vnex pub. The lights were dim, the drums were muffled. The entire wine cabinet behind the bar glowed coldly under the cold light.
Leather sofas formed a semi-private seating area, champagne and fruit plates casually placed. Lee Soo Hyuk pushed open the door to the private room and saw Kwon Ji Yong reclining in the corner of the sofa, a bottle of tequila in hand.
Seeing him come in, Quan Zhilong raised the bottle and greeted him with a smile: "Are you here?" "Hyuk-ah, woo-woo--" Kento in the corner shouted Lee Soo Hyuk's name and suddenly flew over.
He put a hand on him: "I can't drink anymore, wuwuwu——" Lee Soo Hyuk glanced at the empty bottle on the table, raised his hand and pushed him down: "Why are you drinking with me?" Kento felt wronged. He always lost when rolling the dice.
"Want a drink?" Kwon Ji-yong watched him approach, shaking the bottle in his hand. Lee Soo-hyuk shook his head. "I know, I know. I'll be right back." Kwon Ji-yong reluctantly tilted his head back and took another sip. "Feeling better?" Lee Soo-hyuk asked.
"It couldn't be better." Quan Zhilong half-jokingly said. He just wanted to relax by drinking some wine. Li Zhuhe frowned: "Lia hasn't come back yet?"
Although Quan Zhilong is a heavy smoker and alcoholic, he's never been one to mess around. But ever since Lia returned to the US, in just one month, he's already spent the night at a bar for the umpteenth time.
I thought Lia would be able to get over it after a while, but now it seems that he has no idea how to deal with it. This time, Kento was with him, but last time, he was the one who
If he went any further, it would still be him… When Quan Zhilong finally came to his senses, they would all have to go see the Lord first. Quan Zhilong was startled, his expression faded, and he answered irrelevantly: “Did you see the person squatting at the door?”
Kento was startled. "Fans?" Lee Soo Hyuk glanced at him. He knew what Kwon Ji Yong was talking about—the sasaeng fans who followed him everywhere. The sasaeng fans who kept prying into his life.
"That was just an isolated incident," Lee Soo Hyuk said gravely, "You're being too picky." Kento huddled aside, quiet as a chicken: It had to be Lee Soo Hyuk again. He had been holding this in all night and hadn't dared to say it. Kwon Ji Yong didn't respond.
He knew Soo Hyuk was right, but what if? He couldn't help but imagine the worst-case scenario, and they were always there. Seeing him stay silent, Lee Soo Hyuk had no other options—he'd already tried to persuade him, but he still couldn't let it go.
"If that's what you're thinking, then we can only break up." Lee Soo Hyuk fought poison with poison. "Break up?" Kwon Ji Yong repeated in a low voice, as if touching a nerve.
The alcohol amplified his emotions, and he suddenly felt that Li Zhuhe was right. He deserved to be punished - and Lia would no longer be in danger. His expression darkened, he tilted his head back and took a sip of wine, took out his phone and dialed someone.
Kento looked at Lee Soo Hyuk in horror: "Save him, save him! How could things turn out like this?" Lee Soo Hyuk was also stunned and quickly reached out to stop him: "Do you know what you are doing?"
"I'm sober." Quan Zhilong pulled his hand back and said calmly, "I know." The next second, the call was connected. "Oppa?" He put down the bottle of wine in his hand, holding the phone with both hands, his voice was sticky with drunkenness: "What are you doing?"
"I'm shopping. I went out with my mom this morning. Where's Oppa? It's three in the morning, right?" He chuckled and tilted his head seriously: "I can't sleep. I'm thinking about you." Kento and Lee Soo Hyuk looked at each other, not daring to make a sound.
"...Really?" The other person seemed hesitant. Without waiting for her to say anything else, he suddenly called her name solemnly. "...Lia." "Hmm?" "Let's...just be friends from now on."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Quan Zhilong, under the influence of alcohol, almost immediately hung up the phone. When he turned around, the two remaining people in the box were staring at him with wide eyes, their expressions filled with horror. "What's wrong? We were all... friends."
Kwon Ji-yong glanced at his phone again, then suddenly fell silent. Lee Soo-hyuk suddenly realized what was happening. He pointed at the empty bottle on the table and turned to look at Kento: "Did he drink from that bottle too?" Kento sat up straight and nodded obediently.
Mom, he wants to go home. "???" Li Zhuhe was confused, "It was all because of him drinking, then why were you crying just now?" Kento whispered: "I was afraid that he drank too much..." Li Zhuhe: "..."
Knowing Quan Zhilong's alcohol tolerance, he was definitely, definitely drunk. "Do you know what you just did?" He moved the bottle away from Quan Zhilong.
"Yeah." Quan Zhilong nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly fell straight onto the sofa. "..." The two looked at each other, and Kento waved his hand silently like Doraemon.
Lee Soo Hyuk rolled his eyes, resignedly picking up his phone and cleaning up the mess. He used Kwon Ji Yong's hand to unlock the fingerprint lock and dialed the number he had just dialed. At least he had to let Lia know that this guy was drunk before he said that.
However, the phone rang twice and was immediately hung up. Lee Soo Hyuk looked at the black screen in his hand, then glanced at the person lying unconscious on the sofa, and laughed awkwardly. Haha, that's right.
Who would answer a call from their ex-boyfriend, who had just broken up with them? Seeing this, Kento smiled awkwardly and silently prepared to find a designated driver. Why did it have to happen when it was his turn to accompany the drinking? Kento burst into tears.
Quan Zhilong, who still didn't know he was single, slept until the next afternoon. When he woke up, he had a splitting headache.
He only remembered coming back from abroad and meeting Kento at a bar. His memory after that was hazy: Lee Soo Hyuk came to the private room, and he made a phone call...
Quan Zhilong's expression froze, and he suddenly sat up in bed, his drunkenness gone. He grabbed his phone from the bedside, and the call log clearly showed: 3:24 AM, call with Lia. "......"
Unable to believe what he had done, Quan Zhilong just wanted to down another bottle of tequila. But then the phone rang. He immediately glanced at the screen, his expression falling again the next second.
Lee Soo Hyuk's lazy greeting came from the other end of the phone: "Are you awake?" "Yeah." Quan Zhilong replied sullenly. "Are you sober too?"
Kwon Ji-yong knew that he was probably teasing him, so he simply ignored it: "Last night...I called Lia?" "You still remember?" Lee Soo-hyuk was surprised.
"I don't quite remember the content." He probed, "Did I say anything?" Lee Soo Hyuk chuckled twice, his tone a little sympathetic: "You said you wanted to break up." "..." The memory was not wrong.
He was the one who said that nonsense. "I tried to call and explain it to you, but I hung up," Lee Soo Hyuk said slowly. "I guess he's really angry." Quan Zhilong felt his vision go dark. Humans are amazing creatures.
Before yesterday, he was still tormented by the shadow of his illegitimate child. But now, his mind was immediately dominated by this matter - he said he wanted to break up, but he didn't want to break up at all.
Alcohol tore out the thoughts he'd suppressed deep down, amplifying them into extreme expressions. He felt guilty, couldn't forgive himself, and felt he might be the source of the hurt. But that wasn't his true feelings.
The drunken "breakup" was just a weak escape. Now, he felt nothing but fear. And she was still in America. "When will Lia be back?" Lee Soo Hyuk and he thought the same thing. "Next week." Kwon Ji Yong frowned.
He didn't have enough time to fly to the United States. "Let's contact her first," Lee Soo Hyuk suggested. Kwon Ji Yong was silent. Lee Soo Hyuk was also silent. "Not planning to contact her?" Kwon Ji Yong sighed. "I'll see to it."
That was all he could say in the end.
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