At 2:30 AM, the two had finished everything they ordered in the first round. Since another case of beer had been brought up, Tao Shu ordered some more food.
By now, the customers in the shop were gradually thinning out. The shirtless burly men and four beauties at the next table, along with a few other tables, had already paid their bills and left.
However, Su Yang and Tao Shu were still battling it out.
After drinking seven or eight bottles from the second case, Tao Shu finally started showing some reaction.
Su Yang noticed that her eyes were getting a bit glazed over, and her body was swaying slightly.
She was already talkative, but now she was talking even more.
"I think you've had enough. How about we stop drinking, finish the food, and head out?"
"No way! We have to finish it!"
"You seem drunk already, and you still want to drink?"
"Which eye of yours sees me drunk? I'm just slightly tipsy."
Su Yang sighed helplessly, "Alright, fine. You can drink, just don't pass out later."
"Tch, impossible."
The two continued drinking, and at 3:00 AM, they finally cleared out the last few bottles.
Tao Shu's alcohol tolerance was indeed quite impressive for a girl.
Two cases of beer meant they each drank about a case. Right now, she just had a flushed face and a swaying body, but she hadn't passed out yet.
Su Yang gave her a thumbs up. "Impressive, very impressive."
"Did you think I was... hic... joking with you?"
"Alright, have you hit your limit?"
"Yep, hit it."
"Then let's retreat. You sit here, I'll go pay the bill," Su Yang said as he stood up to settle the tab.
Tao Shu quickly swayed to her feet and grabbed Su Yang's arm. "Why are you paying! We agreed it's my treat."
"It's fine. We're considered friends now, right? It doesn't matter who pays."
"No, it has to be me." Saying that, she walked briskly toward the cash register, shouting as she went, "Boss, bill!"
"Alright, wait a moment, let me check the tab."
Su Yang smiled helplessly. "Okay, okay, you pay."
He walked over, picked up Tao Shu's bag, and then followed her to the counter.
The boss had just finished calculating. "Beautiful, your total comes to 450 yuan."
"WeChat," Tao Shu slurred, leaning against the counter.
Beep.
Payment successful. Tao Shu held her phone and turned to leave. Just as she turned, her brain seemed to short-circuit, and her legs gave way, almost sending her tumbling.
Su Yang was standing just behind her to her left. Seeing this, he hurriedly reached out and caught her.
"I say, are you okay? Falling over already? Didn't you claim you could drink beer endlessly?"
Tao Shu squeezed her eyes shut and shook her head. "Phew... I'm fine, no big deal."
"This is a pretty big deal."
Su Yang helplessly supported her as they walked toward the door.
"Take care, you two. Come back next time!"
...
Su Yang helped Tao Shu to the roadside. Looking at her state, he figured it'd be hard for her to get home alone, so he asked, "Where exactly do you live? I'll take you home."
"Hic... oh, I'm so stuffed." Tao Shu let out a loud burp.
"You're out drinking this late at night, don't your parents care?"
"It's fine. Let's go, time to go home," Tao Shu said, preparing to walk right into the busy street.
Su Yang grabbed her. "Where are you going? Where do you live?"
"I don't know."
"What? Don't mess with me. Hurry up and tell me, where do you live?"
"I don't know, I can't remember!" Tao Shu swayed as she leaned against Su Yang's shoulder.
"I'm really speechless. Didn't you tell me earlier that you live on the same street as the hotel I booked?"
"Huh? What hotel?"
"Damn it, are you going to tell me or not?"
Tao Shu grabbed Su Yang's shoulders and stood up straight. Then, looking up at him with glazed eyes, she frowned and asked, "Who are you!"
Hearing this, Su Yang immediately felt like he was stuck with a deadbeat.
He sighed. "I'm your brother!"
"I don't have a brother. Who exactly are you? Why am I with you?"
"Great, now the drunken antics are starting."
"What do I do now?"
While Su Yang was trying to figure something out, Tao Shu suddenly burst into laughter. "Haha, I remember now. You're that big pervert, right?"
"Pervert my foot! Where exactly is your house? If you don't tell me, I'm going to leave you on the street."
"You won't. You're a good person."
"Tsk. Good heavens, I am never drinking with a woman ever again!!!" Su Yang tipped his head back and howled.
His shout immediately drew countless stares.
"Uh, sorry, sorry, just yelling for fun," Su Yang smiled awkwardly at the people eating by the roadside.
Seeing there were too many people around, he supported Tao Shu and walked toward the left side of the street.
After taking just a few steps, Tao Shu's legs gave out, and her body slumped weakly toward the ground.
Su Yang hurriedly grabbed onto a sensitive spot and forcefully hoisted her back up.
"Sis, where exactly is your house? I'm asking one last time. If you don't tell me, I'll have to take you to the hotel, and I can't guarantee what will happen there."
Although Su Yang said this, Tao Shu was so out of it that she couldn't hear a word he was saying.
Although she didn't collapse into a dead faint like Xu Zilin and Lu Yun, her current state wasn't much better.
She was mumbling incoherently, and no matter how much he asked where she lived, he couldn't get an answer out of her.
Left with no choice, Su Yang quickly turned around and hoisted her onto his back.
"Ugh, this is pure torture."
"Damn it, back to the hotel!" he grumbled, carrying Tao Shu to the curb to hail a cab.
Soon, an empty taxi pulled up. He opened the rear door, placed Tao Shu in the back seat, and then got into the passenger seat himself.
"Driver, to the Blackstone Hotel."
"You got it."
Seven or eight minutes later, the taxi arrived at the hotel entrance.
Su Yang paid the fare, got out, and went to the back to carry Tao Shu out.
He originally thought Tao Shu would fall asleep in the car, but to his surprise, she was still awake, her eyes half-closed, and a smile still lingering on her face.
"Are you really drunk or not?"
Although Tao Shu hadn't passed out, she was completely incapable of answering Su Yang's question.
Seeing this, Su Yang didn't press further. He carried her straight into the hotel, quickly took the elevator upstairs, and returned to his room.
After entering the room, he finally realized that he had booked a king room with only one bed.
If he let Tao Shu sleep on the bed, he would have to sleep on the sofa.
He couldn't worry about that for now. He placed Tao Shu on the bed, then walked over to the door, grabbed a bottle of mineral water, opened it, and took a big gulp.
Looking at the alluring figure and the two long, slender legs on the bed, Su Yang unconsciously swallowed hard.
"Damn it, not this again. Hold it together, hold it together!" he muttered, setting the water down. He then hurried into the bathroom, stripped off his clothes, and hopped into the shower to cool off.
The water from the showerhead rushed out, soaking Su Yang's entire body.
With the rushing sound of the water, those little thoughts from just a moment ago vanished instantly.
Right as he was enjoying his shower, the bathroom door suddenly flew open, and Tao Shu ran in barefoot.
Su Yang's eyes widened in shock. He instinctively covered his vital areas with his hands and yelled, "Holy crap!! What are you doing!!"
Tao Shu completely ignored Su Yang. Keeping her head down, she rushed to the toilet, opened the lid, and started throwing up.
"Blarghhh~"
Watching this scene, Su Yang was dumbfounded. This girl was way too reckless.
Tao Shu propped her hands on the edge of the toilet seat and threw up violently.
Soon, she finished throwing up, flushed the toilet, and walked over to the sink, turning on the faucet to rinse her mouth.
Su Yang stood motionless in the glass-enclosed shower, staring at her.
After Tao Shu finished, she wiped her mouth with a tissue. Then, she turned her head and looked expressionlessly at Su Yang, who was currently taking a shower.
Their eyes met instantly.
A second later, Tao Shu's pupils gradually widened. Suddenly, an ear-piercing scream echoed through the entire bathroom.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
"Holy crap!" Su Yang hastily rushed out of the shower, dashed in front of Tao Shu, and slapped his hand over her mouth.
"Are you crazy? Why are you screaming so loudly!?"
"Pervert, you pervert!!" Tao Shu mumbled and shouted with her eyes squeezed shut.
"Pervert my ass! You're the one who walked in on me, alright?"
"You're lucky I didn't call you a pervert, and now you're trying to pin this on me?!"
"Let go of me! Where is this? What are you trying to do?"
"What am I trying to... whatever, just get out of here." Su Yang pushed Tao Shu out of the bathroom and slammed the door shut.
"Crazy woman, damn it!" he muttered, quickly stepping back into the shower to finish washing up.
Three minutes later, having rinsed off the soap, he walked out wrapped in a bath towel.
Su Yang had assumed Tao Shu would leave on her own, but upon coming out, he saw her sitting on the bed, staring blankly in a daze.
"Wait, you didn't leave?"
Tao Shu looked up at Su Yang. "You got my clothes all wet."
"So what do you want me to do about it?"
[Ding. Detected that Tao Shu's affection level towards the host has increased to 70. Reward: 3 million.]
What the hell? It can actually go up from that?
"I need to take a shower too." Tao Shu stood up and walked straight into the bathroom.
Her mind was entirely consumed by the moment she locked eyes with Su Yang just now. Thinking about his firm, muscular physique made her blush all the way down to the base of her neck the moment she entered the bathroom.
Su Yang couldn't be bothered to deal with her. He dried his hair and lay straight down on the bed.
Twenty minutes later, Tao Shu called out from the bathroom, "Su Yang!"
"What's wrong?"
"Come here for a second."
......
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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