Chapter 197: 196 Really Drunk Or Faking It
“……Really, let me tell you, I always thought sake was no good before. This stuff doesn’t have the kick of baijiu, nor the rich aroma of red wine; no matter how you drink it, it just lacks flavor. But now I know, that’s because I hadn’t tried a good one. Like the sake in this shop, isn’t it great? Not only does it have kick, but the mouthfeel has layers. Taste it carefully, right?”
Qin Meng spoke at length, then let out a burp. Looking at the two opposite him, he saw Lu Qi already sprawled on the table, while Wang Heng’s face was flushed red, his eyes seeming somewhat dazed.
So Qin Meng mocked, “Director Lu, don’t you have great alcohol tolerance? What’s this, can’t handle it anymore?”
“Quiet, don’t disturb……” Lu Qi mumbled, without lifting her head, still lying face down on her arms.
Meanwhile, Wang Heng beside her gave a bitter smile: “This is trouble now. How are we going to get her home later?”
“Hehehe,” Qin Meng grinned mischievously, “Why send her home? Aren’t you two in a relationship? Right nearby, there are plenty of hotels!”
However, though Wang Heng’s face was affected by the alcohol, his mind was still quite clear.
He quickly shook his head: “Don’t joke, Director Lu and I are just friends, pure friends, iron bros!”
Qin Meng stared at him, wagging his finger: “Come on, you think I’m an idiot……”
Wang Heng emphasized without hesitation: “We really are bros!”
At this time, Lu Qi, still with her head buried, also explained dully: “Qin Meng, stop messing around, doubting our friendship……”
Qin Meng chuckled speechlessly: “Fine fine fine, whatever you say! Then I’ll pay later, Wang Heng you take this bro home, no problem, right?”
Wang Heng helplessly tugged at his hair: “But I don’t know where her home is!”
Qin Meng: “I don’t know either, so what do we do?”
The two looked toward Lu Qi, who was still sprawled on the table and couldn’t get up.
After a few seconds of silence, this older sister type seemed to finally recover a bit of energy, slightly lifting her head: “Wang Heng, I’ll go with you later.”
Wang Heng’s heart rate suddenly accelerated: “What did you say?”
Lu Qi: “I’ll go with you……My new house is right next to your school.”
Wang Heng breathed a slight sigh of relief, but still asked one more thing: “Just bought it, is it livable?”
Lu Qi: “Fully renovated, ready-to-move-in. Bought all the furniture a few days ago, can sleep in it.”
Wang Heng: “That’s good then……”
Qin Meng propped himself up on the table to stand, shouting: “I’ll pay, no one fight me for this meal today!”
Wang Heng looked at the sprawled Lu Qi, then at Qin Meng’s bold yet unsteady retreating figure, and couldn’t help laughing.
“No one’s fighting you for it anyway.”
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Qin Meng paid and left, but Wang Heng and Lu Qi were still sitting in their original spots, not moving.
After all, seeing Lu Qi like this, she definitely couldn’t move without sobering up a bit. And having Wang Heng carry her on his back didn’t seem quite right either.
“What time is it now?” Lu Qi suddenly lifted her head and asked.
“A few minutes to eleven……”
Midway through speaking, Wang Heng suddenly froze a bit.
At this moment, Lu Qi was within arm’s reach of him; a lift of the hand would touch her. So her flushed face and her dazed eyes misty like fog were especially clear to see.
Lu Qi had a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, with the outer corners slightly upturned. Paired with her slender sword-like brows, she always gave a feeling of calmness and sharpness. Moreover, as a decisive technical director, she had quite the authority in front of her subordinates. So in Wang Heng’s impression, she was always a ‘superior’ or ‘older sister’ type character.
Even that time in the first playthrough in the office, Lu Qi had held the dominant position.
However, at this moment, probably because she was a bit drunk, Lu Qi’s eyes were like those of a little girl who had just cried. There was also a red mark on her forehead from pressing against the table earlier. In Wang Heng’s eyes, she looked just like a young girl who had bumped her forehead and now had teary eyes.
The key was, her figure was already quite slim, but with two buttons undone on her shirt, some parts weren’t so slim……
Wang Heng suddenly really wanted a glass of cold water to moisten his throat and calm his mood. But looking around, besides sake, there were no other liquids to drink.
Lu Qi suddenly smiled a little, patted the wet stain on her left leg, and murmured: “Feels a bit cool……Shall we go?”
Wang Heng probed: “Can you walk now?”
Lu Qi extended her arm: “Carry me on your back, or support me?”
Wang Heng decisively chose the second option.
It was the same front chest to back, but the feeling from Ye Xun and from Lu Qi were worlds apart. Now that everyone had been drinking, Wang Heng didn’t want to invite extra trouble.
He supported the older sister type out of the barbecue shop, out of the alley, waited quite a while roadside, and finally hailed a taxi.
But Wang Heng knew very well that tonight’s test probably wasn’t over yet……Last time it was the hot spring, this time alcohol; the difficulty of the questions couldn’t be ignored.
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Lu Qi’s new house, to be precise, was actually a commercial apartment.
This unit wasn’t large, only a few dozen square meters, but the ceiling height was much higher than a regular residence, divided into two layers, making the usable area much larger. The first layer for living room and activity space, the second for bedroom, which could meet daily demand.
It just had no kitchen, couldn’t cook. But for Lu Qi, who was busy with work all day, she didn’t need a kitchen anyway, so it was no big deal.
Lu Qi’s this apartment had quite a minimalist renovation feel, looking somewhat cold and cheerless; the furniture style was also rather cool-toned—but the state of the person entering the door right now was completely different.
When opening the door with the key, Lu Qi was still flushed, somewhat unsteady on her feet, forcing Wang Heng to support her.
“How about it, this house is pretty good, right? I bought more than one place; this one was a bargain I snagged. Low price, and only two units left empty, so I took them!”
When Wang Heng helped Lu Qi onto the sofa, she was still mumbling about her great eye for buying houses.
Wang Heng actually kind of wanted to complain that this kind of commercial apartment not being snapped up had its reasons—no household registration, no gas, higher water and electricity fees than residential apartments, so it wasn’t popular to begin with.
But thinking again, with Lu Qi’s asset situation, she didn’t have just this one house, plus her regular salary of millions a year when the market was good, and having a reincarnator like himself as her financial advisor, did she really need to care about these details?
Rather, he himself needed to think it over carefully……This apartment was only a few hundred meters from his school, less than a kilometer from Pei Ningle’s rental room. Was this location a hidden danger?
After contemplating for a while, Wang Heng felt his mind growing dizzier. Turning his head to look, Lu Qi was already asleep lying on the sofa.
He hesitated for a moment, then decisively stepped toward the door.
And so, Wang Heng left.
But after the door closed, Lu Qi suddenly stood up, her eyes clear.
“This kid……”
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