Zhuo Xiangqiao left the Zhuo Building and drove his car into a high-end district in City A. Removing his sunglasses, he looked towards the first floor of the high-rise with a bright smile slowly forming on his face. After entering the code at the front door, he smoothly made his way into the building and confidently approached Lin Yue's apartment door and pressed the doorbell.
As Lin Yue opened the door, Zhuo Xiangqiao leaned at the entrance, beaming at her with a radiant smile and cheerfully exclaimed, "Yueyue~~~~"
Lin Yue acted as though she didn't see him and was about to close the door; seeing this, Zhuo Xiangqiao quickly wedged his foot inside and squeezed himself into the room.
"Yueyue, you're hurting me," Zhuo Xiangqiao said with a look of grievance to Lin Yue.
Lin Yue seemed to not hear him and returned to her room as if nothing happened. When she came out, she was carrying a box. Zhuo Xiangqiao immediately took the top photo, which was a picture of Lin Yue and Zhuo Xiangnan together, "When was this taken? You look so happy."
"Today when I went to the company, I saw Lin Yao," Zhuo Xiangqiao tossed the photo on the sofa.
Usually expressionless, Lin Yue reacted as if she was struck upon hearing that name, furiously hurling the object in her hand at Zhuo Xiangqiao who was standing by. Shocked by this sudden outburst, it took him a moment to recover before he yelled at her, "Lin Yue, what the hell are you doing!"
"Right! I am going crazy!" After saying this, Lin Yue glared at him with red, teary eyes.
In Zhuo Xiangqiao's memory, Lin Yue had always been smiling; even when facing great difficulties, she had never shed tears in front of others, not even when Aunt Xuan had passed away. Seeing her like this, Zhuo Xiangqiao felt a lump in his heart and went over to hold her in his arms.
Lin Yue struggled in his embrace, pounding him with her hands. He didn't let her go until the person in his arms had completely calmed down.
Seeing that she was quiet, Zhuo Xiangqiao took her hand and headed for the door. "Zhuo Xiangqiao, what are you doing?" Lin Yue tugged hard at her hand.
"Taking you to a place where you can forget all this." After stuffing her into the car, Zhuo Xiangqiao swiftly drove off, navigating the city streets with ease, not like someone who had left for several years.
The car stopped in a small alley. Zhuo Xiangqiao pulled out a duckbill cap and put it on her, then took her by the hand out of the car and into an underground establishment. It was only after Lin Yue walked in that she realized it was a bar, "So this is where you brought me." She said, and prepared to leave.
Zhuo Xiangqiao grabbed her, pulling her further inside. Since it was still daytime, there were not many people in the bar. Seeing Zhuo Xiangqiao enter, a man behind the bar immediately stood up to greet him.
"Mr. Zhuo, everything you requested is prepared," the man said respectfully.
Hearing his words, Zhuo Xiangqiao's lips curled up in satisfaction. He took Lin Yue by the arm and walked inside toward the innermost private room, which was already filled with a variety of fine liquors. Zhuo Xiangqiao picked up one of the bottles and handed it to Lin Yue.
"Try this," Zhuo Xiangqiao poured a glass of the yellow, transparent liquid, swirling it around in the glass.
"What on earth are you trying to do?" Lin Yue's tone was tinged with evident impatience.
"Don't you want to forget my brother? This is the quickest way to drown your sorrows," Zhuo Xiangqiao said as he downed the glass of wine in one gulp. "I know everything, my brother and Lin Yao are back together, and you, Lin Yue, have been dumped."
As Lin Yue watched him drink, she attempted to stand up and leave, but Zhuo Xiangqiao yanked her back, "Lin Yue, don't let me look down on you. You Tmd don't even dare to escape for a bit."
"Yes! I was dumped!" Lin Yue shrugged off his hand, grabbed a bottle of alcohol, and began chugging the most potent drink she could find. The fiery alcohol burned her throat, and with half a glass down, it turned her face a flushed red, her eyes also stained with hints of red. "All these years, his eyes only saw Lin Yao... only Lin Yao..." she muttered as she tossed the bottle aside.
"The world isn't short of men, only someone as foolish as you would hang yourself on one tree for so many years," Zhuo Xiangqiao slurred, the bottle of alcohol still in his mouth.
While gulping down more alcohol, Lin Yue suddenly began to sob grievously, "Zhuo Xiaoqiao, do you know? He said, with my status, what kind of man couldn't I have?" Saying this, Lin Yue staggered to her feet, shouting loudly, "He's right! With Lin Yue's status! I'm not afraid of not finding someone better than him, Zhuo Xiangnan!" Suddenly, as if she had an epiphany, she looked straight at Zhuo Xiangqiao lounging on the sofa. She crawled over to him, smiling sweetly, "Zhuo Xiangqiao, let's get married!" She said, patting Zhuo Xiangqiao's face and letting out a belch.
The stench of alcohol from her breath was overwhelming, and Zhuo Xiangqiao, disgusted, shoved away the hands cradling his face. "Who wants to marry a drunkard like you!" he retorted and began to drink from a bottle on the table.
A drunk Lin Yue, upon hearing his response, grabbed Zhuo Xiangqiao and whispered in his ear, "I want to marry you!" Standing up, she started dragging him toward the door, "Let's go get married! Whoever dares not is a coward! Zhuo Xiaoqiao, let's get married!" After saying that, she cackled to herself.
Zhuo Xiangqiao, also tipsy and not watching himself, splashed all the wine on his clothes when Lin Yue yanked at him. His pride pricked by her calling him a coward and 'Zhuo Xiaoqiao', he shoved her aside, strode to the doorway, and roared outside, "Go! Get me two marriage contracts!"
Soon enough, two contracts and a pen were handed in through the door. Taking the documents, Zhuo Xiangqiao staggered towards Lin Yue and slapped one in front of her, "Sign!"
Lin Yue, propped up on the table, scribbled her name flamboyantly on the paper, then looked defiantly at him. After leaving her signature on both copies, she pointed at Zhuo Xiangqiao and giggled, before collapsing in a daze onto the couch and falling asleep.
The next day, Lin Yue was awoken by the alarm on Zhuo Xiangqiao's phone. She reached out blindly to her side, and when she touched someone, she was instantly jolted awake. As confusion set in and she saw Zhuo Xiangqiao sleeping beside her, she slapped her forehead, and the events of the previous night flooded back. Thus, the usually bold Miss Lin disgracefully made her escape.