Xie Yu was startled awake by the sound of the door opening. Upon seeing who it was, she sat bolt upright in shock: "Ah...Ah Ci, who are you looking for? Are you looking for me?"

Upon seeing Lu Jingci, Xu Wuning's hazy, watery eyes lit up, and she shook her groggy head: "Lu Jingci...did you come to pick me up?"

The two asked the question almost simultaneously, but Lu Jingci simply stood in the dim light, his hands clenched into fists, and remained silent.

The surrounding air fell silent for a few seconds.

Lu Jingci suddenly chuckled softly. He lifted his eyelids to look at Xu Wuning, a gentle smile curving his lips: "Ningning, come here to me."

Noticing Xu Wuning's movement to walk over, Jiang Xu'an paused his hand on her shoulder and tightened his grip slightly.

He said, "Ningning, don't go."

But they still couldn't stop it.

Xu Wuning walked unsteadily toward Lu Jingci, then giggled foolishly and threw herself into his arms.

Lu Jingci took the opportunity to hug her waist tightly. He raised his head and met Jiang Xu'an's eyes.

The voice was very polite: "Thank you, Jiang. Senior Jiang, for taking care of Ningning earlier. She was drunk, so I took her home first."

As he spoke, he gently patted Xu Wuning's waist with his palm, a natural and intimate gesture.

Jiang Xu'an stood opposite her, his hands unconsciously clenching, but he still wore a polite smile: "If anyone should say thank you, it should be Ningning herself saying thank you to me, and besides..."

He paused, his gaze lingering on Xu Wuning's profile, his voice softening slightly, "Ningning just agreed to let me take her home, right, Ningning?"

Xu Wuning leaned against Lu Jingci's chest, and upon hearing her name called, she nodded subconsciously: "Yes..."

An eerie silence fell over the private room once again.

Su Wanyue and the other drunkards were fast asleep on the table, while Xie Yu stared in shock, his gaze darting back and forth between Lu Jingci and Jiang Xu'an.

Lu Jingci's smile deepened.

The smile was faint, not reaching his eyes at all. "You keep calling her Ningning, Jiang Xu'an, are you very familiar with her?"

Jiang Xu'an's expression remained unchanged. "Although President Lu was Ningning's classmate in junior and senior high school, during our four years of university, while President Lu was abroad, Ningning and I were also classmates. We're all the same, aren't we?"

Lu Jingci looked down at Xu Wuning in his arms. Right under Jiang Xu'an's nose, he gently lifted her face and lightly stroked her flushed cheek with his thumb.

His lips suddenly curved into a smile: "Alright, since we're the same, Jiang Xu'an, do you know where to send her?"

"If you knew, you could go and deliver it yourself."

Jiang Xu'an was taken aback. Although he wasn't quite sure whether Ningning was living in the Xu family's old house or her own villa, he figured it should be either way.

Seeing his reaction, Lu Jingci smiled even more kindly and said, "It's alright. If Senior Jiang doesn't know, I'll have Ningning remind you."

His nose was almost touching Xu Wuning's forehead, his tone incredibly tender: "Ningning, tell your senior where you live?"

Xu Wuning was very drunk and instinctively replied, "I'll stay at your house."

Lu Jingci slowly raised his head, his smile as gentle as a spring breeze, and looked at Jiang Xu'an, "Did you hear that?"

"She means that we're living together."

"So, this strange Senior Jiang, what's your role in escorting my girlfriend home?"

Jiang Xu'an didn't speak, his face turned even paler, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

His fingers trembled violently twice, but he forced a smile and said in a low voice, "I have something to attend to at the company, excuse me, I have to go back now..."

Just as Jiang Xu'an was about to leave the private room, Lu Jingci smiled and said, "Take care, Ningning's classmate is also my classmate. Let's get together again another day."

Xie Yu stared, looking at this person and then at the one who had left. He thought he must have really drunk too much tonight, otherwise how could he have witnessed such a scene?

What the hell? Am I dreaming?

The rumor is wrong, the rumors circulating in the industry are definitely wrong.

And Lu Jingci, such a gentle and refined person, why are his words so hurtful? Was he like this back in school? Why don't I remember him?

Lu Jingci's gaze swept across the entire private room, finally settling on him.

Xie Yu quickly raised his hand, "Don't worry, you don't need to worry about me. You go back first. My driver is waiting outside. Every time we have a get-together, he always makes sure to get Su Wanyue and me back safely."

Lu Jingci glanced at the sleeping Su Wanyue and kindly reminded Xie Yu, "Go back and rest early. Just like I don't know who you like. You drank too much tonight, so you don't know anything about what happened. Don't talk nonsense tomorrow."

He left a message, then picked up Xu Wuning, who was sleeping in his arms, and carried her out of the private room.

Xie Yu: ?

No, if you don't know who I like, then why were you looking at Su Wanyue just now?

A threat, is it? He gritted his teeth.

Okay, fine then, he doesn't know either.

……

inside the car.

Lu Jingci's smile from the private room vanished completely, and his dark, unfathomable eyes lifted.

He tightened his grip on Xu Wuning's waist, forcing her closer to him, while his other hand pinched her face, his aura surging with rage. "Xu Wuning, how much did you drink with Jiang Xu'an to get yourself into this state?"

"I want to kill you, you know that?"

Xu Wuning opened her eyes, still slightly drunk. The two of them were very close, their eyes meeting.

She felt like there were three Lu Jingcis flashing in front of her, and her mind was a little confused. "Lu Mianhua... what are you talking to yourself about? You're so noisy. Stop talking nonsense, I can't hear you."

"Are we going home...?"

"But I still have things to do, and I think I still have to... wait for someone."

Lu Jingci pressed his fingertip heavily against her lips, his voice menacing as he stared at her dangerously, "Waiting for whom?"

Li Chuan, sitting in the driver's seat, felt a chill run down her spine. She tried her best to make herself as inconspicuous as possible, afraid that if Miss Xu uttered the word "Jiang," President Lu would be furious tonight.

Xu Wuning's reddish eyes shone with a hazy light. She removed Lu Jingci's hand and buried her face in his neck, nuzzling against him.

"I'm waiting for Lin Yunjiao. She wants to apologize to me, but she hasn't yet. She also said she wants to tell me about the past..."

"But I feel dizzy... Is it because I drank too much? How about tomorrow?"

Upon hearing the words "Lin Yunjiao" and "the past," Lu Jingci narrowed his eyes, a deep, strange light flashing in them.

Looking at the person in front of him, whose IQ seemed to have become much lower than usual after getting drunk, he touched her hair and suppressed some of his hostility.

She said kindly, "You're drunk, Ningning. You'll be fine after a good night's sleep."

"If you trust me, when she comes to apologize to you later, I'll go see her for you. I'll record a video for you and show it to you tomorrow morning, okay?"

"I'm a good person, I'll help you, do you believe me?"

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