After downing the second cup, Chen Yan blinked her eyes and said, "Do you know why I said you were naive?"
Gu Qiu shook his head and looked at Chen Yan with flushed cheeks.
Chen Yan was quite straightforward and said to Gu Qiu, "In the past, whenever I went out to drink with others, those men all had ulterior motives and couldn't wait for me to get drunk. Only you, after just drinking a little, were worried that I'd get drunk. Gu Qiu, let me ask you, are you afraid that if I get drunk, I'll cause you trouble?"
Gu Qiu shook his head like a rattle, "No, definitely not."
"Then what do you mean?"
Gu Qiu shook his head again, "I really don't mean anything else. I'm just afraid that you'll feel uncomfortable if you get drunk."
Chen Yan smiled, "Don't worry. I can hold my liquor very well. You might not be able to outdrink me. Otherwise, when I went out to drink with others, I would have been violated by these ill-intentioned guys long ago."
Gu Qiu thought about it and realized that was right. Since Chen Yan had a good tolerance for alcohol, wasn't his worry unnecessary?
Besides, when coming out to drink, one should enjoy it to the fullest. Otherwise, it would be so boring.
Chen Yan also had the same idea. She and Gu Qiu drank three cups in a row. When Gu Qiu wanted to order a few more dishes, Chen Yan stopped him, "Gu Qiu, do you really not resent me for what happened today?"
Gu Qiu said, "I'm a newcomer. In the whole Investment Promotion Office, only you, Sister Chen Yan, are the nicest to me. Don't mention such a trifle. In the future, as long as there's anything I can help with, just let me know."
Chen Yan gave him a thumbs-up, "Alright. For the sake of what you said, I'll go all out tonight." What did she mean by "go all out"? Chen Yan didn't say, and naturally Gu Qiu didn't understand either.
When they drank the fourth bottle, Chen Yan said, "Actually, I was always worried that you wouldn't come to knock on the door. At that time, I really wasn't sure. I didn't expect that you still came."
Chen Yan took a sip of wine, "Xie Bisheng's wife is Secretary Tang's younger sister. You probably don't know this. Given Xie Bisheng's character, if he holds a grudge against you, you'll be in trouble in the future."
Gu Qiu, after drinking some wine, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Sister Chen Yan. He can't do anything to me."
Chen Yan naturally didn't know that Gu Qiu also had his own background and thought he was just talking nonsense after drinking. So she reminded him, "Xie Bisheng is narrow-minded and fussy. He doesn't have much ability himself. During the three years in the Investment Promotion Office, he hasn't introduced a single decent foreign investment. However, the Investment Promotion Office has become bloated under his management. From just over a dozen people back then, it has now grown to over sixty. The county has wanted to remove him many times, but Secretary Tang wouldn't let go, and the county magistrate could do nothing about it."
Of course Gu Qiu knew who Secretary Tang was. He was the top leader in Anping County. So it was because of this relationship that Xie Bisheng could stay firmly in his position in the Investment Promotion Office.
But Xie Bisheng had a wide range of hobbies, such as playing cards, fishing, drinking, singing, dancing... He was good at all kinds of entertainment. All the funds allocated by the county every year were spent on these things by him.
As a member of the Investment Promotion Office, Gu Qiu could only sigh secretly in his heart.
If he could take a leading position one day, he would definitely clean up this bad atmosphere!
Chen Yan said that she could hold her liquor well, but unexpectedly, she still got drunk.
Gu Qiu roughly counted that the two of them had drunk ten bottles of beer. Adding the two bottles she had drunk before, it was exactly a case.
Even if Gu Qiu drank more later, Chen Yan had drunk at least about six bottles.
In the south, for a woman to be able to drink six bottles of beer, her alcohol tolerance was really quite good. But looking at Chen Yan lying there, Gu Qiu was at a loss. What should he do next?
Send Chen Yan back home?
He didn't know where Chen Yan lived.
Send her to a hotel?
A man and a woman going to check into a hotel room alone might arouse suspicion.
Seeing that the restaurant was about to close, Gu Qiu gently patted Chen Yan's shoulder, "Sister Chen Yan, Sister Chen Yan, it's time for us to go back."
Chen Yan mumbled an "um" and raised her head, "I... I'll go pay the bill!"
Gu Qiu said, "The bill has already been paid. Where do you live? I'll take you back."
Chen Yan stood up and tried to walk, but unexpectedly, her body tilted and she almost fell to the ground.
Gu Qiu was quick-eyed and quick-handed and caught her in his arms.
The two of them staggered away from the East Bund. Chen Yan was still asking, "Where are we going?"
Gu Qiu said, "Tell me where you live. I'll take you home."
Chen Yan said it was on Renmin Road for a while, and then said it was at the Forestry Bureau for a while. Finally, she herself wasn't sure and pointed to the riverside, "It's over there. Yes, that's the place."
Gu Qiu knew she was drunk and thought to himself that he might as well take her to his rented apartment!
After twelve o'clock, there were few pedestrians on the street, and it was even hard to find a rickshaw.
Finally, they managed to stop a vehicle. Halfway through the journey, Chen Yan suddenly vomited all over the vehicle with a "wow".
The rickshaw puller was so angry that he didn't even want the money and left angrily, leaving the two of them behind.
At this moment, they were in a dilemma. There were still about two kilometers left to Gu Qiu's rented apartment. In the dead of night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the streetlights were dim. Gu Qiu gritted his teeth and had to carry Chen Yan on his back and walk towards his rented apartment.
Chen Yan's body was heavy, probably weighing about a hundred pounds.
The two of them were in close contact, which made Gu Qiu very uncomfortable.
At this time, if he touched her a couple of times, Chen Yan definitely wouldn't have any reaction. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably have taken the opportunity to take advantage of her, but Gu Qiu didn't do that.
It took Gu Qiu a full half an hour to cover the two kilometers.
He opened the door and threw Chen Yan onto the sofa.
Gu Qiu sat down to catch his breath.
In the room, there was a cloud of smoke floating around. Gu Qiu's gaze fell on Chen Yan. Tonight, Chen Yan was wearing a white tight-fitting shirt, and the skin around her waist was completely exposed, adding a hint of ambiguity to the space of a single man and a single woman.
Gu Qiu took a deep breath and walked to the window, looking at the crescent moon.
He thought that Chen Yan must have something on her mind, that's why she went out to drink alone and got herself drunk. Thinking about what happened in the office today, Gu Qiu couldn't help but sigh.
"Wow——!"
There was a sound of vomiting from the sofa. Gu Qiu threw away his cigarette butt and ran over.
Chen Yan was lying there, vomiting all over the floor. Her clothes smelled strongly of alcohol, and on the white shirt, the flesh-colored traces could be vaguely seen.