Drank too much?
Hearing that, Xu Le immediately looked toward Su Qingcheng.
She was leaning crookedly against the passenger seat. At some point, the top two buttons of her white shirt had come undone.
The alcohol had left a faint blush on her usually pale skin.
Her lowered eyes were covered in a hazy mist, while her eyelashes cast soft shadows beneath them. The lofty and distant gaze she normally carried had become unfocused and alluring, her red lips slightly parted.
Looking at such a beautiful sight, Xu Le’s throat moved unconsciously.
She really had drunk quite a lot just now. But was her alcohol tolerance really this bad?
“CEO Su, you’re not joking, are you? You want me to carry you upstairs?” Xu Le asked cautiously, sensing something suspicious.
Late at night, a drunk woman casually allowing a man to carry her and even enter her home. The implications of that did not need to be explained.
If it were another man, he probably would have already lost control from temptation.
“Do I look like I’m joking with you?”
Su Qingcheng tilted her head while staring at Xu Le in the driver’s seat, her eyelashes fluttering lightly.
Then she suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve. Xu Le’s gaze could not help drifting toward her fragrant shoulder instead.
Because as she moved, her shirt had slipped slightly off her shoulder, revealing a large stretch of pale skin.
What a dangerously seductive woman.
“Carry me. I want a princess carry,” Su Qingcheng said while leaning her entire body toward him.
The tips of her hair brushed lightly against Xu Le’s neck, carrying the mixed scent of perfume and red wine, while her warm breath lingered beside his ear.
CEO Su, do you even realize what you’re doing right now?
Xu Le took a deep breath.
He wondered whether she was still upset from earlier and deliberately trying to get revenge on him.
This woman absolutely seemed capable of doing something like that.
He definitely could not let lust cloud his judgment.
“CEO Su, at most I’ll escort you home. Carrying you is impossible because you’re my boss,” Xu Le said firmly.
He immediately opened the car door and helped Su Qingcheng out instead.
The reason he gave left Su Qingcheng with no way to argue back.
Unless she openly admitted she wanted to be with him.
But Xu Le already knew what kind of person she was. She looked down on men, had an arrogant personality, and was incredibly domineering.
She even demanded a princess carry.
Besides, their current favorability was only at the Familiar Stage, meaning she definitely did not truly like him yet.
Sure enough, Su Qingcheng immediately regained some clarity and no longer needed Xu Le to support her.
…
The next day.
When Xu Le arrived at work, he saw Su Qingcheng sitting inside the office, handling business professionally as usual.
Her expression was cold and indifferent, as though nothing from last night had ever happened.
“Once you finish delivering these documents, you can start your day off,” she said while pointing at the files, no longer looking at Xu Le afterward.
Xu Le instantly wanted to praise Su Qingcheng. She had actually given him a day off.
And it was even paid leave.
However, he quickly noticed that his coworkers seemed to be discussing something.
“What are you all talking about?” he asked one of the nearby female coworkers.
Her name was Chen Yan, a small project manager who worked under Su Qingcheng.
“A new manager was parachuted into the company. He’s taking charge of the Technology Department. His name is Li Hao. Rumor says he came here specifically for CEO Su,” Chen Yan whispered quietly.
Good grief.
That guy who got kicked to the ground by Su Qingcheng yesterday still dared to chase after her?
Soon, the sound of footsteps approached.
A young man in a suit walked over with a bright smile on his face.
“Good morning, Manager Li.”
“Good morning, Manager Li.”
Many employees greeted him enthusiastically. Everyone knew Li Hao was a genuine nepotism hire.
When Li Hao noticed Xu Le there as well, he revealed a meaningful look before walking away.
Many people noticed that glance.
“Xu Le, do you have some conflict with this Manager Li?” Chen Yan immediately asked.
“A little, I guess,” Xu Le replied casually.
Chen Yan instantly looked at him with pity.
Li Hao was the son of one of the group’s major shareholders. Their media company was merely one of the group’s smaller subsidiaries.
So Xu Le’s future in the company definitely would not be easy.
…
Xu Le, however, did not take it seriously at all.
With Su Qingcheng around, what did he have to fear? Besides, he did not even report to Li Hao.
The one who should be worried was Li Hao instead. Su Qingcheng was definitely not someone easy to provoke.
At that moment, his WeChat call ringtone suddenly sounded.
When he saw that it was Gu Qinghuan calling him, he inexplicably felt a little excited.
Finally, another opportunity to farm rewards had arrived.
He slung his small bag over his shoulder and quickly scanned his face to leave the company before answering Gu Qinghuan’s call in the hallway.
“Xu Le, are you free at noon?” Gu Qinghuan asked softly.
From her voice alone, Xu Le could hear a trace of grievance hidden inside. This Gu Qinghuan really knew how to make herself sound pitiful.
“Tell me what’s going on.”
“I want to ask you for a favor. Can you come pick me up and take me home? I’m at a class reunion right now. Those male classmates might try forcing me to drink, and I don’t really have many close friends. Can you?”
“Sure. But I also need a small favor from you,” Xu Le suddenly said after thinking of something.
His mother called him once every month without fail.
Every single time, she nagged him about finding a girlfriend. At the very least, she wanted him to make some female friends.
After all, at his age, being pressured into marriage was unavoidable.
Later, when his mother asked again, he could just say they had broken up already. It was honestly a perfect plan.
Considering Gu Qinghuan’s favorability toward him, he felt she would probably agree to such a small favor.
“No problem.”
After hanging up the call, Gu Qinghuan finally let out a sigh of relief.
She looked into the restroom mirror at her own beautiful reflection and suddenly felt irritated.
Being too pretty meant even her university classmates were secretly coveting her.
Yet she also did not want to completely ruin their relationships.
When she thought about finding a man to help her, Xu Le was strangely the very first person who came to mind.
When she returned to the dining table, everyone immediately looked toward her.
“Campus belle Gu, who were you calling?” one male classmate asked curiously.
“Just a friend,” Gu Qinghuan replied with a smile.
The corners of her eyes curved into crescents, while the dimples near the edges of her lips appeared faintly. She looked unbelievably beautiful.
The male classmates were instantly stunned.
Some people immediately realized something was wrong. Gu Qinghuan rarely smiled like this.
This “friend” clearly had an unusual relationship with her.
“Male or female?”
A tall and handsome young man dressed in expensive clothes hurriedly asked.
He desperately wanted to hear the answer “female.”
“Male.”
As Gu Qinghuan spoke, she lifted a loose strand of hair and slowly tucked it behind her ear, looking slightly shy.
That was right. She was deliberately pretending.
The moment they heard her answer, the room erupted into noisy reactions. None of them had expected the goddess of their university days to actually have a man in her life.
The tall young man’s face immediately darkened.
“Is he your boyfriend?” a female classmate could not help asking.
“Not yet. Don’t overthink it,” Gu Qinghuan replied while lightly biting her red lips.
Some of the male classmates felt their hearts go cold upon seeing the usually aloof goddess revealing such a shy expression. However, there were still people trying to pressure her into drinking.
“Campus belle Gu, it’s rare for us all to meet again. Have a drink.”
“No. He’ll be here to pick me up later. It wouldn’t be good if he smelled alcohol on me.”
The male classmate immediately withdrew his wine glass awkwardly.
Meanwhile, the other male classmates felt irritated inside. They had finally gotten the chance to see the goddess again and originally hoped something might happen.
Yet now the goddess actually had a man she liked.
They really wanted to see what kind of extraordinary person he was.
A while later, the private room door was pushed open.
The moment Xu Le entered, he felt countless eyes staring at him nonstop.
The atmosphere was so intense that goosebumps almost rose across his entire body.