Chapter 56: Sleeping Together

Huo Beihan was pushed away once again, and the anger flared up from the bottom of his heart. He left the bar directly, but did not forget to instruct Shen Tingzhou to keep an eye on the place to prevent any accidents.

Lin Mu and the others also left. Su Mian gave a bitter smile and drank cup after cup.

After Wen Kening returned, she felt a pang of heartache upon seeing Su Mian, who was dead drunk and slumped sideways on the sofa. Originally, she had only wanted to help Su Mian relieve some stress, but who would have thought it would turn into a reason for her to drown her sorrows in alcohol.

"Mianmian, you really cannot drink anymore. Come back with me quickly."

At this moment, a bald man at the adjacent table was struck by lust and stepped forward to strike up a conversation: "Little sis, did you drink too much and can't walk anymore? Why don't you stay here and rest for a while before heading back? I happen to be all alone myself, how about you two stay and keep me company?"

The bald man spoke in a self-righteous manner, but his eyes clung to the two of them in a greasy way. Anyone could tell that the man before them harbored malicious intentions.

Wen Kening also sensed that this person was definitely not as kind-looking as he appeared on the surface. She remained calm and composed: "Thank you, mister, but it's too late today. It's not safe for two girls to be out."

The bald man refused to let up and even reached out to pull at Wen Kening's clothes.

She became somewhat irritated: "What? Are you planning to act like a hooligan in a public place?"

If he truly intended to do so, relying solely on herself might not be enough to get Su Mian and her out of here unscathed.

Just as she was worrying over how to handle the situation, a sudden gust of wind swept in front of her, and a familiar fragrance wafted into her nose.

A figure blocked them—it was Shen Tingzhou.

Shen Tingzhou was a head taller than the bald man. He lowered his voice, his tone fierce and stern, "Get lost! If you dare try anything reckless again, I'll call the police!"

Seeing that Shen Tingzhou was dressed ordinarily and wore no expensive accessories, the bald man assumed he was just an average wage earner.

He pulled out a large stack of cash and flung it at Shen Tingzhou: "Brat, take the money and get the hell out of my sight! Don't ruin my mood for drinking with these two beauties."

Hearing a familiar voice, Wen Kening felt a sourness rise in her nose and cried out tearfully, "Honey."

Shen Tingzhou was momentarily stunned by the sudden form of address, but he quickly reacted: "It's fine, I'm here. Don't be afraid."

He turned back to the bald man and said, "That Mercedes outside is yours, isn't it? As the driver for the boss of Qianhe Winery... You know, I actually have some connections with Li Kuiyun. If you don't want to mess up your future, I can give you a hand."

Hearing this, the bald man did not dare to take the gamble and left crestfallen.

Wen Kening poked her head out: "Thank you, but why are you here?"

Shen Tingzhou did not mention that he had been entrusted by Huo Beihan. In truth, he also had his own selfish motives; he was afraid Wen Kening might be hit on, so he had stayed behind, and rushed forward when he saw someone harassing them.

He turned around and caught a glimpse of Wen Kening's expression turning into one of scrutiny: "Was that shadow I saw just now you? Why are you with Huo Beihan and the others?"

He had originally thought that as long as he ran fast enough, Wen Kening would not notice him.

Little did he expect this woman's eyes to be so sharp.

Shen Tingzhou played dumb: "Wife, what are you talking about? The reason I came here is because I ran into a former delivery-job colleague outside, who mentioned they were hiring here and the pay was really high."

"I originally wanted to come and try my luck, and I never expected to run into you guys being harassed by that bald guy."

Wen Kening had been drinking, so her mind was not entirely clear, and she let him brush it off with that explanation.

After struggling for quite a while without managing to pull a dazed Su Mian to her feet, Wen Kening stood up and caught her breath: "It's a good thing I ran into you today, otherwise I wouldn't have known how to get this drunkard home."

The two of them joined forces to haul Su Mian up from the sofa. Downstairs at Su Mian's apartment building, Wen Kening suddenly felt a sharp, unbearable pain in her abdomen.

Shen Tingzhou asked with concern, "Where does it hurt? Do you need me to take you to the hospital first?"

She spoke with some embarrassment: "I'm fine, my stomach just hurts. Take her up to the 16th floor first, 1621, passcode 0808. I need to find a restroom."

Unsure of what was actually wrong with Wen Kening, he hurriedly grabbed her and asked, "Why would your stomach hurt? I can see your complexion isn't good. You'd better let me take you to the hospital first."

Wen Kening gave him a helpless, exasperated look: "Really, no need. This is just a normal physiological phenomenon. Hurry up and take her inside."

Feeling rather awkward, Shen Tingzhou quickly carried Su Mian upstairs.

Upon reaching the 16th floor, Shen Tingzhou looked at the two-apartments-per-floor layout and suddenly forgot the room number Wen Kening had just mentioned. He had no choice but to prop Su Mian against the wall while he tried the passcodes himself.

To his surprise, the passcode for the apartment on the left, 1620, unlocked it. He heaved a sigh of relief and deposited her onto the sofa.

Thinking that Wen Kening was still suffering downstairs, he hurriedly shut the door and left.

After taking a shower and coming out, Huo Beihan saw an extra person on his sofa. His face darkened, and he dialed Shen Tingzhou's number.

"I told you to take good care of her. Why did you send her to my place instead?"

Shen Tingzhou had just stepped out of the community pharmacy and was taken aback by Huo Beihan's call: "You live there too?"

He had never heard of Huo Beihan owning another property in that neighborhood, let alone one right next door to Su Mian's.

What was most crucial was that the door lock passcode was identical to Su Mian's.

Thinking of Wen Kening, who was feeling unwell, Shen Tingzhou could no longer be bothered with all that: "Deal with it however you want. Anyway, I've delivered her to you. I'm busy right now, hanging up."

Huo Beihan was left with a foul mood after the call was disconnected. However, upon seeing Su Mian on the sofa, a strange feeling welled up in his heart, and even a base, ignoble thought began to sprout.

He quickly suppressed those sordid thoughts, returned to his bedroom to change out of his bathrobe, and intended to carry Su Mian back next door.

Su Mian tossed and turned uncomfortably on the sofa, humming and hawing, though it was impossible to tell what she was muttering.

He stepped forward and patted Su Mian's cheek: "Mianmian, wake up. I'll take you back."

With her eyes closed, Su Mian reached out and hugged his hand to her chest: "So cool and refreshing. Kening, stop messing around, I want to sleep."

He tried numerous times to no avail in rousing Su Mian. In the end, he had no choice but to let her sleep on his living room sofa for the night.

Just as Huo Beihan had drifted off to sleep, he caught a strong scent of alcohol nearby.

He opened his eyes to look, and it turned out to be Su Mian. Sometime during the night, she had wandered from the living room into the bedroom and fallen asleep right beside him.

Huo Beihan pulled the quilt over her and helplessly tapped the tip of her nose: "Mianmian, what on earth am I supposed to do with you?"

Early the next morning, Su Mian woke up from her slumber. Still feeling sleepy, her initial intention was to reach for her phone to check the time.

After groping around for quite a while, her hand instead encountered a man's hand. Startled out of her wits, Su Mian bounced straight up from the bed.

Su Mian tightly clamped a hand over her mouth and only breathed a sigh of relief when she recognized the person lying beside her was Huo Beihan.

Oh goodness, what on earth had she done?

Furthermore, yesterday she had clearly gone out with Wen Kening; how on earth had she ended up sleeping at Huo Beihan's place?

Huo Beihan had actually already woken up earlier while she was blindly groping around. Perhaps sensing the awkward tension in the air, he continued to feign sleep, leaving Su Mian some free space to process everything.