Chapter 294
People grow and change, often without even realizing it.
Ye Liangchen claimed he had become unrecognizable, yet in his eyes, he saw that he had also turned unreasonable and obstinate.
He had made it clear that he didn’t need anyone’s salvation, but it was as if the other person hadn’t heard him at all. This only fueled his anger, and he found himself lashing out.
“We came from the same city to this one, and in this city, our relationship is the best. So, Qingxue, rest assured that we will always stand by your side to protect you. You can trust us with your back.”
Li Qingxue immediately hugged Hu Yuying, saying, “I knew it! Ah Ying is the best!”
At the same time, her resolve strengthened. She had to bring Long Aotian back to the right path and find a moment to confess to Wan Ning.
In truth, she could sense Long Aotian’s regard for Hu Yuying. Just like earlier, the concern and care in his eyes were almost overflowing.
If this was a mistake, then let her erase it all.
...
As he opened the hotel room door, Xue Shaohua placed the alcohol he had bought on the table.
Ye Liangchen stood with his back to him, staring blankly out the window.
“I’ve got the drinks,” Xue Shaohua announced.
At the sound of his voice, Ye Liangchen turned around, his left cheek slightly swollen and his lips tinged with purple.
Seeing Ye Liangchen like this, Xue Shaohua struggled to suppress a laugh. “I told you, don’t act rashly. We should wait until we have evidence of Long Aotian’s infidelity before we confront him. Then we can easily make him avoid us in the future. But you just wouldn’t listen!”
That had indeed been their initial plan.
However, Ye Liangchen had his own ideas and wanted to secure Li Qingxue’s affection ahead of time, which led to all of this.
Ye Liangchen shook his hair. “It’s fine; it’s just made me see them more clearly!”
He had originally planned to comfort them after getting rid of Long Aotian, adopting a softer approach.
But now it seemed their fate was to chase after a man, only to be left in the cold by him!
“In the end, I’ll have to pay for everything that happened today!”
He glanced at the various bottles of alcohol on the table, some of which were foreign spirits.
Walking over, he picked up a glass. “Want to try my cocktail?”
“You can mix drinks?” Xue Shaohua asked, surprised. But then he thought, if he learned to mix drinks...
He could already picture himself looking suave while mixing, with countless admirers casting envious glances his way!
Ye Liangchen didn’t respond, just smirked and slowly opened the glass, showing Xue Shaohua that he had plenty of skills that could not be easily imitated.
As he mixed various spirits in the glass, Ye Liangchen began to shake his head wildly, vigorously shaking the glass in his hand.
When he slammed the glass down on the table, Xue Shaohua thought he was done, but Ye Liangchen picked up a bottle of foreign liquor and added it to the mix.
After a flurry of activity, Ye Liangchen raised the glass. “Have you heard of ‘seeyoutomorrow’?”
Xue Shaohua had, of course, never heard of it.
Ye Liangchen already knew this, so he lifted the glass high, slowly saying, “Do you know what the most beautiful love words are?”
Before Xue Shaohua could answer, Ye Liangchen shook the glass and answered himself, “The most beautiful love words are never ‘I love you,’ but rather—‘see you tomorrow!’”
“Thinking of you at sunset, until I see you again tomorrow.”
Hearing this, Xue Shaohua felt an inexplicable depth in those words, staring intently at the drink in Ye Liangchen’s hand. “Can I try it?”
With someone willing to taste it, Ye Liangchen was more than happy to oblige.
He poured the drink from the glass into two disposable cups prepared in the hotel room. “Here you go.”
“If there was ice, it would be even better.”
Seeing Xue Shaohua about to down it in one go, Ye Liangchen quickly stopped him. “Slow down! The reason this drink is called ‘seeyoutomorrow’ is that anyone who finishes it will wake up to find it’s already the next morning!”
“Is it really that powerful?” Xue Shaohua was skeptical.
“Of course.”
Ye Liangchen didn’t bother with Xue Shaohua anymore and took a gentle sip himself.
“I don’t believe it.” Xue Shaohua took a big gulp. Though it was hard to swallow, he managed to force it down with sheer willpower.
“Ha~” He exhaled. “Wow, that’s quite a kick, but it’s not as exaggerated as you said...”
Ye Liangchen frowned slightly; he didn’t like being doubted, so he took another small sip.
“It’s lacking a bit of mixer. If there were ice and some soda to balance it out, it could tone down the chaotic alcohol flavors...”
Before he could finish, Xue Shaohua collapsed onto the bed.
Seeing him down, Ye Liangchen chuckled softly. “Seeyoutomorrow.”
He adjusted Xue Shaohua comfortably, and just as he did, he felt a bit lightheaded from the small sip he had taken. Shaking his head, he walked into the bathroom.
Half an hour later.
Ye Liangchen stumbled out, squinting and shaking his head. It seemed he hadn’t quite managed his intake; he was feeling a bit too tipsy.
He swayed over to the bed, and the next moment, he squinted even harder at the person lying there, slapping his own face to clear his head. “Hu Yuying?”
As he spoke, he began to undress, dazedly walking to the bed and suddenly pouncing on the figure. “Hehehe, now you can’t run away. You’re mine now, hahahaha...”
“Ow, what the hell!” Xue Shaohua cursed in pain, but under the influence of alcohol, he ultimately fell back into a deep sleep...
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Chapter 359: You Brought This on Yourself
“What the hell, I’m going to kill you!”
Xue Shaohua woke up to a bright morning, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he felt a sharp pain.
Then he realized his clothes were gone, and even more infuriating was the sight of the naked Ye Liangchen lying right next to him.
Feeling a throbbing pain in a certain area, he couldn’t possibly be unaware of what had happened!
With a furious shout, he grabbed Ye Liangchen by the neck.
As he yelled, he felt a tightening around his own throat, a wave of suffocation washing over him.
Ye Liangchen jolted awake.
Seeing Xue Shaohua, naked and frantically choking him, Ye Liangchen snapped to attention, coughing and struggling violently.
“What are you doing? Are you crazy?”
Xue Shaohua was panting heavily, his expression so intense that his eyes were bloodshot. “Am I crazy? You dared to do that to me! You’re dead meat!”
Ye Liangchen suddenly recalled the events of last night. After getting drunk, he had seen Hu Yuying and, in a fit of rage for her not siding with him, had taken matters into his own hands.
At the time, he had felt exhilarated...
But now, seeing the naked Xue Shaohua, who was gripping his neck with a wild look, his face turned pale.
He seemed to realize something.
Xue Shaohua gritted his teeth, feeling the pain in his body and the lack of resistance from Ye Liangchen. With a roar, he finally released his grip.
He couldn’t actually kill someone; his bright future and life had just begun. If he killed Ye Liangchen, his own life would be ruined.
Sitting on the bed in a daze, he silently wept.
Just yesterday, he had been a quality young man, but after one night, he had become a wreck. The pain of such a transformation was unimaginable for Xue Shaohua.
Lying on the bed, unable to accept what had happened, Ye Liangchen suddenly heard Xue Shaohua’s muffled sobs.
Looking up, he saw Xue Shaohua, bare-chested and covering his face, crying.
For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
After all, this was his fault.
Seeing the marks he had left on Xue Shaohua’s body, Ye Liangchen tightly shut his eyes. “Don’t cry. I’ll take responsibility!”
This statement, once uttered, reignited Xue Shaohua’s fury.
With red eyes, he glared at Ye Liangchen. “Responsibility? How do you plan to take responsibility for me?”
“I trusted you so much, and this is how you repay me? You don’t even spare men; you’re a beast!”
Even though he was called a beast, Ye Liangchen understood the anger boiling within Xue Shaohua.
He sighed deeply and slowly sat up from the bed. “What happened yesterday was an accident. We were both drunk, and it just... happened.”
He gently patted Xue Shaohua’s shoulder.
The moment their bodies touched, both of them trembled slightly.
Xue Shaohua forgot his tears, and Ye Liangchen’s words got stuck in his throat.
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