Chen Tianming also raised his glass and toasted Jiang Bei. "Happy birthday, Jiang Bei!"
"Tianming, we will be best friends for life!" Jiang Bei downed the liquor in one gulp. Chen Tianming smiled and finished his drink too.
'Best friends for life?' Chen Tianming sneered. 'Jiang Bei, you sure know how to tell a joke.'
Zhou Qingyue didn't drink much. Halfway through the party, she called someone and said her friend would come to pick her up.
Chen Tianming raised his eyebrows. 'That's weird. How did Jiang Bei get the jump on her last time if she left early? Or had things changed because I warned Zhou Qingyue?'
Jiang Bei didn't say anything when he heard she was going to leave early.
After Zhou Qingyue had a few more glasses of alcohol, she said she needed to go to the bathroom. She'd left her phone on the table, and it rang while she was away.
Jiang Bei glanced at the phone's screen; her roommate was calling. He gave a smile that spoke volumes and picked up the call.
"Oh, you're almost here. You want Yueyue to meet you outside?"
"Alright, I'll call Yueyue now."
"It's fine. Let's hang out together next time."
The party was very noisy; Jiang Bei had to raise his voice to be heard, so Chen Tianming caught his words clearly.
Jiang Bei then took Zhou Qingyue's bag and phone and left the room. Chen Tianming's forehead furrowed; he had a feeling that something was wrong.
At this moment, Jiang Bei's lackeys exchanged glances before they said without any restraint, "It's so f*cking boring! Let's have some KTV girls accompany us!"
A lackey made a call, and soon, a group of dolled-up women walked in.
Chen Tianming frowned as he looked at the ladies. They were even worse than Liu Xixi! He secretly pocketed his phone, held his stomach, and cried, "Urgh, I need the bathroom."
"It's fine. Pick the girl you like, and we'll have fun with the others." Chen Tianming was in a hurry to find Jiang Bei, so he randomly pointed at one of the girls.
The guys all had a girl in their arms; the bolder ones couldn't keep their hands off the women.
Chen Tianming pushed open the door and walked out. Luckily, their private room wasn't far from the KTV entrance.
Chen Tianming reached the entrance just in time to see Zhou Qingyue's roommate emerge from a black car. He had seen this girl in his previous life.
She was an ordinary-looking girl with glasses who took over Zhou Qingyue's assignments and placements after her fall from grace.
Chen Tianming noticed the driver in the black car was the son of the Jiang family's driver. He felt something was wrong, and the truth was staring him in the face, but he still missed it.
Glasses Girl quickly walked up to Jiang Bei, who took a key card from his pocket and said something to her with a smile. He then passed Zhou Qingyue's phone and bag to Glasses Girl.
'Whoa, is he such a hardcore Casanova? Since he didn't get his hands on his muse, he set his sights on her roommate instead?'
'No, that's not it!' Chen Tianming could feel a strange heat in his belly, and he recalled the debauched scene in the KTV room when he left. 'Jiang Bei had indeed spiked the drinks! He tampered with everyone's drinks! And the others had already tacitly agreed to his scheme!'
Chen Tianming swore under his breath. He didn't seem to have ingested a large amount of the drug, as the only effect he was experiencing was increased sexual desire.
'How did Jiang Bei manage it? I saw him open the bottle, and the glasses were placed randomly. Then it could only be… the ice cubes!'
Chen Tianming gritted his teeth. 'Jiang Bei, you swine!'
And to make matters worse, Zhou Qingyue just walked out from the toilet at the side of the entrance.
Chen Tianming silently cursed and hurriedly typed on his phone.
Zhou Qingyue's face was slightly flushed. She was relieved to see her roommate and even smiled at Jiang Bei, telling him to have fun at the party.
Fortunately, the virtue of young people nowadays is that they are never without their phones.
Zhou Qingyue took her phone from Glasses Girl, and Chen Tianming's message happened to pop up.
"Find an excuse to go back to the toilet."
"Don't bring your phone with you."
Zhou Qingyue's heart sank. Although Chen Tianming's words were baffling, her heart told her to do as he said!
Zhou Qingyue locked her phone screen with a calm expression and dazedly smacked her head. "Oh no, I can't believe I left my lipstick in the toilet. Wait here; I'll be back in a minute."
With that, she started to walk away with her phone.
Glasses Girl adjusted her glasses and smiled, "Yueyue, go right ahead. I'll hold your phone for you."
Zhou Qingyue suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
When she turned around and handed the phone to Glasses Girl, she asked softly, "Have we called for a taxi?" Glasses Girl nodded and gestured for Zhou Qingyue to look at the black taxi behind her.
Zhou Qingyue's heart sank even further, but she still put on a smile filled with trust. "I knew Qingqing was the most reliable!"
Jiang Bei gave her a smile that spoke volumes and said, "Yueyue seems to have drunk too much." Zhou Qingyue shook her dizzy head and smiled. "Don't go anywhere. I'll be right back."
Jiang Bei turned to look at Glasses Girl and muttered, "Take good care of Yueyue."
Glasses Girl smiled and said nothing.
Zhou Qingyue didn't know how she managed to lift her cold limbs and walk to the female toilet at the corner.
Chen Tianming appeared from the other side and pulled Zhou Qingyue into the private room closest to the toilet. The two of them hid behind the door.
Zhou Qingyue's consciousness was getting clouded; at this point, she knew that she had been drugged and her roommate was also Jiang Bei's accomplice.
Chen Tianming was sweating profusely, but he still tried to comfort her. "It's okay. I've already arranged for the doctor to come."
At this moment, the voices of Glasses Girl and Jiang Bei came from the toilet at the corner.
"What's going on?" That was Jiang Bei speaking.
Glasses Girl went in and called out softly, "Yueyue, where are you?"
The toilet was empty; it was so quiet that it was a little spooky.
"It looks like she'd figured us out. Let's look for her," Jiang Bei said indifferently.
Chen Tianming quickly removed his clothes, threw them behind the sofa, and trapped Zhou Qingyue under him. He was purposefully noisy and even growled in a low voice as he kept moving his lower body, and he soon attracted the attention of the two outside.
The private room had a glass window allowing Jiang Bei and Glasses Girl to look inside. From the outside, they saw a man's broad-shouldered back. The man had a petite woman beneath him and appeared to be busy making out with her.
Jiang Bei frowned, 'That probably isn't Zhou Qingyue.' He took a cursory glance and left with Glasses Girl.
Chen Tianming continued to lean on Zhou Qingyue. As expected, Jiang Bei and Glasses Girl passed by again in less than two minutes.
Jiang Bei frowned when he saw the man still pistoning his hips. He turned to Glasses girl and ordered, "Find her!"
Chen Tianming waited until he was sure they were gone before pulling his clothes over Zhou Qingyue and calling 110.
"Hello, officer. I would like to make a report! Many people are having group sex at the Imperial Grand KTV!"
After he finished his report and ended the call, Chen Tianming dialed another number.
"Zhang Ming, come pick us up."