Chapter 40

Soon, the waiter brought every kind of alcohol one after another.

She picked up a glass and poured it into her mouth, just like drinking water.

Before long, she had downed several glasses, and the waiter was stunned; did she know how to drink or not?

The sky was gradually getting overcast, looking like it was going to rain; sure enough, it started raining as soon as Zeyan and Liuli got into the car, and it was a downpour.

It was sunny a few days ago, why was it going to rain all of a sudden? This weather was really unpredictable.

Liuli had the illusion that it wouldn't rain again after being this hot.

Whenever she encountered bad weather when going out in the morning before, she would check the weather forecast; if it rained, she had to bring an umbrella, she couldn't get rained on.

But when she went out in the morning, there was no sign of rain at all, and she didn't pay attention, but this rain came as soon as it was said.

She would get sick whether she got rained on or not, it was just that if she didn't get rained on, she would just have a simple cold, and if she got rained on, she would have a fever, so she also felt very strange, like a sickly person.

As soon as it rained, she felt a tightness in her chest, an inexplicable anxiety.

"What's wrong? Is something uncomfortable?"

Zeyan saw her unease.

"Nothing, it's just..."

Before she could finish, she heard thunder and was so scared she hurriedly covered her ears.

She didn't want to hear anything, and she didn't know why, but she was very afraid of thunder and lightning.

"It's okay, I'm here."

Zeyan saw her scared look, parked the car on the side of the road, and gently touched her head with his hand.

Another clap of thunder, and tears flickered in her eyes.

Zeyan saw her look and couldn't help but pull her into his arms.

The rumbling sound of thunder lingered in her ears.

She felt very uncomfortable inside, very uncomfortable; she always felt she had experienced this scene before, very oppressive, very helpless.

But it felt a little better in his arms.

She thought about how she was already married, and Zeyan was also married, so she pushed him away.

But she was pulled back by him.

"This isn't good for us."

She covered her ears and couldn't hear what she was saying.

He didn't want to treat her as Gu Die's wife; in his eyes, she was just Chu Liuli.

"Do you love him?"

Liuli only heard his voice, but couldn't hear clearly what he was saying.

"What did you say?"

She let go of her ears and looked up at him.

He saw her dark eyes.

She looked like Siyun no matter how he looked at her; if it weren't for her being afraid of the dark and thunder, he would really think he had found her.

But Siyun used to pull him to watch the stars at night, and she wasn't afraid of thunder and lightning at all, but instead was very excited.

She was like her, but also not like her.

Zeyan didn't answer her; whether she loved him or not didn't matter anymore, loving someone had nothing to do with who she loved.

Zeyan heard the thunder stop outside, so he let her go; under his silver-gray hair, his light brown eyes were filled with her reflection.

The thunder had stopped, but the sound of rain hadn't lessened.

She felt the vibration of her phone in her pocket.

"Sister-in-law, come to the bar!"

Hearing Bai Xu's urgent tone, she also felt a bit panicked.

"Zeyan, I want to go somewhere."

Fortunately, there was no thunder outside, it was just raining, otherwise she wouldn't know where to hide.

Bai Xu was just about to see how Zihan was eating, but who would have thought there were so many empty glasses in front of her.

He had never seen her drink; she used to come to the bar to play, but never drank, but today she drank like this, so she really was heartbroken.

He originally wanted to call Gu Die, but thought it would be better to call Liuli, otherwise with Gu Die's temper, he didn't know how he would talk to Zihan.

Although he was usually very cold and indifferent to Zihan, he had always known that he was her brother, he just wasn't good with words, and he had a love-hate relationship with Zihan.

Whenever Zihan had an accident, wasn't Gu Die always the first to come and solve it?

"Bai Xu, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry to have me come over?"

Liuli rushed to the bar as soon as she got out of the car.

And Bai Xu only noticed Zeyan behind her.

"What are you doing here?"

Bai Xu asked him.

Liuli had never seen Bai Xu use such a cold tone with anyone.

"You know each other?"

Wasn't she asking a stupid question? Bai Xu was Gu Die's good brother, of course he knew someone who didn't get along with Gu Die! She just wanted to slap her own head.

"He's my friend."

She hurriedly changed the subject.

"You're friends with him? Sister-in-law, don't you know what kind of relationship he has with the Gu Family?"

"I don't know, and even if I did, so what? It doesn't matter who he is, I only know he's my friend."

Friend? Just that? But he didn't want to be her friend.

"Sister-in-law..."

"Alright, is there something you need me for?"

"Right, come quickly!"

Bai Xu almost forgot the main point.

"Zihan? Why is she drunk like this?"

As soon as she entered the private room, she saw Zihan drunk.

"I don't know either, she came today and just sat there doing nothing, saying nothing, just ate a little, and then started drinking."

"Can't you manage her?"

"I was only gone for a moment, how would I know she'd drink like this."

Shouldn't Zihan be with Cheng Li? Why did she run to the bar alone?

Liuli couldn't help but think too much; it was probably because of Cheng Li that she drank like this.

"Zihan, stop drinking."

Liuli snatched the glass from her hand.

"Why won't you let me drink?"

Zihan asked back, looking drunk.

"You've drunk too much, it's bad for your health."

"Are you Liuli?"

Zihan opened her eyes wide to look at her.

"Yes, I'm Liuli, look carefully."

"Liuli, Cheng Li..."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm so envious of you! How come everyone is good to you, everyone likes you?"

"We all like you too!"

"But I only want him to like me, I don't want anything else."

"Who said he doesn't like you, let's go home, be good."

Liuli hugged her and stood up, but she sat back down.

"He doesn't like me! He said he likes you!"

Zihan said, feeling even sadder.

"How could that be!"

Liuli had always understood Cheng Li; her relationship with him had long since transcended love, more like family, so how could he possibly like her?

"But he said it himself! Liuli, he said the person he likes is you, why am I so sad, I've only seen him a few times, how did I..."

Zihan wanted to cry as she spoke.

"How did I fall in love with him..."

"Alright, don't cry, he's just shy, he likes you in his heart!"

Liuli panicked when she saw her crying, and regardless of whether it was true or not, she could only comfort her like this.

"Then you call him and tell him to come pick me up! Then I'll believe you!"

Zihan said like a child in her arms.

Zeyan and Bai Xu had long been sitting on the side; they didn't know what to do, so they could only wait for Liuli to coax Zihan.

Bai Xu sat quite far from Zeyan.

Several times Gu Die had escaped death, all because of the Shen Family and the Chu Family.

Bai Xu didn't understand, it wasn't Gu Die who was wrong, so why were they all dealing with him?

But Mr. Gu really shouldn't have done that; this way, the Chu Family lost a daughter, and the Shen Family lost a daughter-in-law.

Anyone would hate him, but Bai Xu felt they could hate Gu Qing, but shouldn't hate Gu Die.

"Why aren't you calling? Are you lying to me? He doesn't like me at all, right?"

Zihan asked, seeing Liuli's hesitation.

"No, I'll call him now."

Liuli took out her phone and called Cheng Li.

"Is something wrong?"

Cheng Li's tone was unfriendly, perhaps still angry because she had tricked him into seeing Zihan.

"Do you have time to come over?"

"Where are you?"

"Bai Se Jiu Ba."

"Okay, wait for me."

Still, as long as she spoke, he would come.

"What? What did he say?"

As soon as Liuli hung up, Zihan asked impatiently.

"He'll come to pick you up in a while."

"Really?"

"Really."

Zihan stopped crying when she heard Liuli's answer, and hurriedly wiped her tears; her stomach had been uncomfortable for a long time, and now she just wanted to throw up.

Bai Xu saw this and hurriedly brought a trash can, just in time for her vomiting speed.

Fortunately, she didn't vomit on him like Yu Ke did last time.

Thinking of the time Yu Ke got drunk and hugged his leg, he couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?!"

Zihan heard Bai Xu's laughter after vomiting.

She was vomiting so uncomfortably, and he was laughing so happily.

"Don't misunderstand, I wasn't laughing at you!"

Bai Xu hurriedly explained.

Zihan lowered her head and started vomiting again, having no energy to talk to Bai Xu.

Liuli patted her back gently, looking worried.

"Liuli, what's wrong?"

Cheng Li rushed over.

She didn't know what to say.

"Cheng Li, you still like her, right, she has some misunderstandings."

Zihan was full of joy when she saw Cheng Li really came; Liuli didn't want to pour cold water on her, so she had to give Cheng Li a pleading look, asking him to coax Zihan.

Zihan had also drunk like this because of him.

"Chu Liuli, is this fun?"

"Cheng Li..."

"Let me say it again, I don't like her, if it's because of her next time, don't ask me to come."

Cheng Li said with annoyance; why did Liuli want to help someone who didn't like him?

He had never seen Zihan like him, not at all.

Zihan sobered up instantly after hearing what he said.

The waiter had served her every kind of alcohol, but each glass was small, and she happened to drink the ones with low alcohol content.

Otherwise, she would have been passed out drunk long ago.

As soon as Cheng Li went out, Zihan followed him out.

The rain outside showed no signs of stopping, instead, it was getting heavier.

Liuli was afraid Zihan would have an accident, so she followed.

Zeyan and Bai Xu also followed.

"You don't have to like me, but don't hate me, okay?"

Zihan hugged Cheng Li from behind in the rain.

"Please let go."

"Just hug for a while, okay?"

Cheng Li still took her hands off his waist.

Perhaps he used a bit too much force when he pushed her hands away, and Zihan fell directly into the rain.

Liuli didn't care about her own health and rushed into the rain to help Zihan up.

Cheng Li didn't expect he would push her to the ground; he didn't do it on purpose.