Gu Qiu was sleeping soundly when he heard someone knocking at the door.
At first, he thought he had misheard. But when he listened carefully later, he vaguely heard someone calling his name.
He put on a pair of beach shorts and went to open the door. Chen Yan, reeking of alcohol, was standing at the doorway.
"I drank too much. I'd like to stay here for the night."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Yan slumped down limply.
Gu Qiu quickly caught her and helped her into the living room.
"How did you drink so much?"
Her body, which weighed over a hundred pounds, was limp due to being drunk and was rather difficult to handle.
With this embrace, the clothes around her waist were all pushed up. Gu Qiu was only wearing beach shorts and was bare-chested. Chen Yan's cool skin pressed against his, making Gu Qiu a bit embarrassed.
As the saying goes, when drunk, one's mind is still clear. Although Chen Yan was drunk, her mind was still lucid. Leaning on the sofa, she said, "Get me a glass of water, thank you!"
Gu Qiu made her a cup of strong tea and sat opposite Chen Yan.
Chen Yan said, "A coal boss from Ganjiang Province came. He can drink like a fish. I was on guard every step of the way, but they still got me drunk. If I hadn't seized the opportunity to slip out early, who knows what else they would have done."
Rich men nowadays are all like this. There are hardly any men who won't pour alcohol on pretty girls when they see them.
Gu Qiu was a bit puzzled. "Didn't you go home? Why did you go back to Nanchuan?"
It's about forty-some kilometers from Nanchuan to Anping, and it's quite convenient to travel back and forth. Chen Yan ran out of the hotel and hailed a taxi to rush back to Anping when she felt something was wrong.
Chen Yan said, "Before I even got home, Xie Bisheng called. But anyway, it's sorted out now. That coal boss has promised to come to Anping in two days."
Gu Qiu said, "Have a sip of tea first. Take a rest."
Chen Yan looked apologetic. "Sorry for keeping you from sleeping."
Gu Qiu said, "Sister Chen Yan, don't say that. I live alone anyway, so it's convenient."
Chen Yan gave a bitter smile. "It's so late. I don't dare to go home, or my mother-in-law will start scolding again. Alas!"
With a sigh, she sat up straight and picked up the teacup to drink.
Hearing Chen Yan sigh, Gu Qiu's heart sank. Whenever this happened, he felt especially sympathetic towards Chen Yan. As a woman, Chen Yan was flawless.
She shouldered the burden of the family with her own abilities. With a disabled husband and a mother-in-law who was always harsh with her words, the family of three depended on Chen Yan's salary to survive. But sometimes, neither her mother-in-law nor her husband could understand her, and her life was really tough.
A marriage like hers was no different from being a widow, and sometimes there were rumors. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have had a mental breakdown long ago. But Chen Yan still stayed with her family, never giving up and holding up the sky for them.
After finishing the cup of tea, Chen Yan said, "I want to take a shower. Are those towels still there from last time?"
Gu Qiu immediately stood up. "I'll get them for you!"
After Chen Yan left last time, Gu Qiu had originally planned to throw away these bath towels and towels, but then he thought, just keep them. They might come in handy someday.
He had just had that thought unconsciously at that time, but he didn't expect it would really be useful.
Chen Yan took the bath towel and toiletries and staggered into the bathroom.
Because of their previous close contact, when he heard the sound of running water coming from the bathroom, Gu Qiu couldn't help but have those scenes pop up in his mind involuntarily.
A young man in his twenties was at an impulsive age, and Chen Yan was a woman with a sexy figure. Gu Qiu tried hard to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, but the more he tried, the more those thoughts kept creeping into his head.
Gu Qiu turned on the TV, trying to distract himself.
Plop!
A sound came from the bathroom, and Gu Qiu was startled. He immediately ran over and called, "Sister Chen Yan! Sister Chen Yan!"
He called twice, but there was no answer.
Gu Qiu was hesitating whether to barge in or not.
Chen Yan let out an "ouch" from inside, and Gu Qiu asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?"
Chen Yan didn't say anything for a long time. Gu Qiu heard some movement inside. It should be that Chen Yan was struggling to get up. Unexpectedly, just as she stood up, she fell down with a louder plop than before.
Gu Qiu couldn't bear it anymore. He pushed the door open and rushed in. He saw Chen Yan sitting on the ground, with the showerhead spraying water upwards. Gu Qiu quickly turned off the showerhead and grabbed the bathrobe hanging on the wall and put it on her.
"Can you get up?"
He held Chen Yan's hand, trying to help her stand up. Chen Yan had a pained look on her face and said, "It hurts!"
Gu Qiu got a bit flustered. "Could you have fallen and hurt yourself?"
Looking at Chen Yan, who was only wearing a bathrobe, Gu Qiu's face suddenly turned bright red.
Gu Qiu put aside those improper thoughts that a man might have and tried hard not to think in that way. He went behind Chen Yan and said, "I'll help you up!"
At this moment, although Chen Yan knew that she was exposed, there was nothing she could do and just nodded. Gu Qiu put his hands under her arms and held her two arms.
As soon as he exerted force, Chen Yan cried out, "No, it hurts!"
Gu Qiu let her go and thought about another way.
Even though it was June, it wasn't good for a woman to sit on the ground for a long time. Gu Qiu gritted his teeth, put Chen Yan's hand on his shoulder, and picked her up in his arms and walked out.
Chen Yan, who was hanging on Gu Qiu's neck, in such a situation, being held by a boy several years younger than her, the bathrobe that couldn't cover her properly slowly slipped open...