“No,” Su Shenglin explained earnestly, “Our Su family’s food, clothing and daily necessities are not extravagant, and we certainly don’t insist on using only big brands. As long as we like it and it suits our taste, even items found in small street shops are treasures.”
I was amazed and watched him nod repeatedly.
The waiter brought coffee, interrupting our conversation.
I took a few sips of hot cocoa and felt very satisfied. My emotions calmed down, and I was no longer so restrained and nervous.
Thinking about the question that had been bothering me for the past few days, I put down my coffee cup and asked curiously, "Mr. Su, how did you... meet me that Sunday night?"
Su Shenglin sipped his black coffee, and after hearing this, he slowly swallowed before saying, "That day was just a coincidence. I was picking someone up and we bumped into each other."
I see...
I smiled and said sincerely, "Thank you. I must have been a lot of trouble if I got drunk. I'm so sorry that you took care of me all night."
Su Shenglin didn't respond, but just smiled helplessly and asked, "When are you going to stop being so polite with me? Doesn't it feel awkward to keep calling me 'you' like that?"
"I..." I smiled helplessly, "Sorry, I just can't help it, it's a bit of an occupational hazard."
Su Shenglin understood what I meant, "You're treating me like a customer?"
I felt even more embarrassed and quickly changed my tune, saying, "No, no, you're not a customer, you're my creditor."
Su Shenglin paused, seemingly not understanding the two words, but after a moment he realized what they meant and his smile became even more helpless.
"I thought you were going to say we were friends."
I laughed awkwardly, thinking to myself, "What right do I have?"
In the silence, Su Shenglin took another sip of coffee, and then casually said, "Girls shouldn't drink so much when they're out. You're pretty and young, it's dangerous for you to get drunk outside."
"Yes, I'm usually very rational and never indulge myself. That was the first time I got drunk, to the point of completely blacking out. I was really lucky, if I hadn't met you that night, I probably would have been sleeping on the streets."
Su Shenglin looked up at me and said meaningfully, "It's quite a coincidence that this is the first time you've gotten drunk and the first time I've taken care of a drunk girl."
"..." I was embarrassed, my cheeks started to burn, and I said shyly, "That night...did I cause you a lot of trouble?"
He nodded and said bluntly, "Yeah, you're really troublesome when you're drunk. You talk a lot, make a lot of strange requests, and you even threw up a few times."
ah?
I suddenly looked up at him, and my face almost split open!
How could I be so embarrassing?!
"Did I... make any requests that would have been particularly difficult for you?" I thought of those scattered images, like hugging, kissing, and the like.
Su Shenglin raised an eyebrow slightly: "Which aspect are you referring to?"
"That's it—"
I want to ask if I forcibly hugged you or kissed you or anything like that.
But I just couldn't bring myself to ask it to their faces.
It feels like they're deliberately creating ambiguity, like they're pulling each other along emotionally.
"No, it's nothing... Anyway, thank you." In the end, I was too timid to ask any questions, and I picked up the hot cocoa and drank it one sip after another to cover up my embarrassment.
Then, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't returned the watch to him.
"By the way, Mr. Su, your watch." That watch was too valuable, so I kept it in a special watch box. As I spoke, I opened the watch box and pushed it over. "Please check if there are any problems."
"Oh," Su Shenglin replied casually, without even glancing at the watch, his brow furrowing slightly. "That night after you threw up, I was cleaning up, so I took the watch off and tossed it aside. I forgot about it when I left."
What?
My face is still splitting open.
Vomiting from a drunk person is disgusting and smells terrible.
Such a refined and noble young master from a wealthy family, actually serving me and dealing with such disgusting things?!
No wonder the trash can was spotless when I woke up the next day.
It turned out that he had dealt with it that very night.
"I found it as soon as I got home, but... I didn't dare call you. Thank you for bringing it over today." He probably didn't notice my embarrassment and continued.
But his words caught my attention and made me feel awkward. I looked at him, puzzled, and asked, "You...don't dare to call me?"
Su Shenglin smiled, his eyes seemingly filled with stars, and his face showed a hint of shyness.
"Well, I was afraid that if you saw this watch, you would think that I deliberately left it behind so that I would have an excuse to contact you again. Before, you seemed to have some misunderstandings about me, and our relationship has become quite distant, so—I didn't dare to disturb you rashly."
I stared at him blankly, the shock still lingering in my mind for a long time.
How did Su Shenglin manage to maintain such a noble and prominent status while remaining so humble and low-key in his conduct?
He actually considered that.
"No, no, Mr. Su, I'm sorry... Before—I had some things I didn't understand, and with some speculation from the outside world, I was afraid of causing you trouble, so I... distanced myself from you a bit." I felt so guilty that I quickly explained the reason.
Even though I still had some doubts in my heart, I couldn't bring myself to say them in front of them.
Looking at his handsome and sincere face, I felt that even if he were to rip out my heart and liver and drain my blood, I would accept it!
So after holding it in for a moment, I decided to lay it all out: "Okay, Mr. Su... Actually, it's because I don't understand why you're all so nice to me, like family. It's so unusual. And my blood type is special; I'm RH negative, the legendary 'panda blood'—oh dear, I blame myself for overthinking things. I couldn't find a legitimate reason for your kindness, so I assumed... you were after my blood type too."
I stammered through my sentence, and then I saw his expression change from confusion to bewilderment, then to relief, and finally to a muffled laugh—which made me even more embarrassed.
"What are you laughing at? You think it's ridiculous too, right? Sigh, I've just been reading too much messy news, so I started overthinking." I laughed along with him, laughing at my own stupidity.
Su Shenglin laughed as if he had suddenly realized something. "No wonder, that night when you were drunk, you grabbed me and asked if I wanted to dig out your heart, rip out your lungs, and drain your blood."
"What?" I froze on the spot, my mind reeling, my head buzzing. "I asked you that question that night? Then... what else did I do?"
Su Shenglin gradually stopped laughing, his eyes fixed on me.
I don't know if it was just my imagination, but it seemed like he was staring at my lips.
My scalp tingled, and I wondered if my dream wasn't a dream at all.
But—I really did forcefully kiss him?!
"It's nothing... You've had too much to drink, so just sleep. You sleep like a little pig." He suddenly looked away and quickly changed the subject.
I could tell he was lying at a glance.
He just said that I talked a lot and made a lot of strange requests when I was drunk, but now he says that I just fall asleep when I'm drunk. Isn't that contradictory?
But since he wouldn't tell me, I had no way of knowing. In the end, I could only argue, "Whatever I said or did that night, don't take it seriously... I was drunk and my mind was muddled, sigh... I can never drink again, it's just—"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
