Chapter 222: Even in a dream I could still break the willow and return

Lin Yuan was a bit dazed.

"Shiyan, don't be like that..." Lin Yuan still saw Gu Shiyan drunk like this—she was way too drunk.

She even started taking off her own clothes.

Gu Shiyan lifted her bodycon skirt, then took off her white shirt piece by piece.

Her suit jacket was taken off, and then… the white shirt had its buttons undone one by one.

Vast expanses of snow‑white, jade‑like skin were revealed underneath.

A silver pendant hung on her snow‑white swan neck, utterly beautiful and alluring.

A pleasant fragrance wafted over.

Before Lin Yuan could react, Gu Shiyan pressed her gorgeous body against him.

She pressed down on Lin Yuan, firmly pinning him.

At that moment, Lin Yuan felt he would suffocate from the pressure.

This feeling was like having a big meat bun pressed on his face, completely squeezing his cheeks—indeed he couldn't breathe.

"Shiyan, you really drank too much..." Lin Yuan warned, then flipped her over and pressed her beneath him.

"Lin Yuan, I really like you—I don't want you to take responsibility; I just want to repay you once. Please don't reject me..." Gu Shiyan said, her beautiful eyes glistening with tears, looking pitiful.

Such a pretty girl actually saying such lowly words shows how much she loves Lin Yuan.

To have a deeper relationship with Lin Yuan, she even wouldn't let him take responsibility.

Even if it were just tonight, a brief moment of tenderness would be enough to satisfy her.

"Shiyan, you're really drunk, let me take you home..." Lin Yuan said, pressing her down again.

Lin Yuan prevented Gu Shiyan from moving, then began to re‑button the shirt she had undone, one button at a time.

"No… don't button it up, I…" Gu Shiyan said with a complex expression.

She wanted to stop him, but Lin Yuan had already taken the initiative to button her white shirt, one by one.

Gu Shiyan was actively undoing the buttons, while Lin Yuan was actively buttoning them up for her.

It wasn't that Gu Shiyan wasn't beautiful; rather, because she was too beautiful, Lin Yuan dared not touch her.

Lin Yuan feared that if he touched Gu Shiyan, things would spiral out of control and he would ruin this girl.

And since he couldn't give her a future, he thought it better not to hurt her or shirk responsibility—better that nothing had happened at all.

Lin Yuan re‑buttoned Gu Shiyan's shirt.

Then he pulled her bodycon skirt down.

"Shiyan, you're really drunk, let's go." Lin Yuan said softly, picking up Gu Shiyan to take her away.

But Gu Shiyan struggled, refusing to leave: "I'm not drunk, don't touch me..."

Yet Lin Yuan held her and insisted on leaving.

Gu Shiyan bit Lin Yuan's arm with her teeth.

Lin Yuan winced in pain and quickly released her.

A neat tooth mark appeared on Lin Yuan's arm.

"Get lost—since you don't want to touch me, then don't bother me..." Gu Shiyan slurred.

She continued to lean over the table, picking up that bottle of high‑proof Moutai liquor and gulping it down.

"Glog, glog..." This is indeed high‑proof white liquor.

53 proof.

Gu Shiyan's tolerance was never good; at this moment she poured the white liquor into her mouth in big gullets, making her even more drunk.

Gu Shiyan's pretty face was flushed with a drunken glow…

Soon she had finished the whole bottle of white liquor.

She then opened another bottle of white liquor and kept drinking.

"Shiyan, don't drink… if you keep going like this something will happen..." Seeing this, Lin Yuan rushed forward anxiously to stop her.

"Don't bother me… I'm so worthless, you don't even look up to me—why are you fussing over me?" Gu Shiyan's pretty face flushed with anger and hurt; she pushed Lin Yuan away and took another big gulp.

Her delicate lips, choking from the strong alcohol, made her cough violently, tears filling her beautiful eyes.

"Shiyan, don't be like that… I don't look down on you, it's just… we really aren't suited." Lin Yuan snatched the bottle from her hand and earnestly advised.

"Unsuitable, unsuitable! Again unsuitable—where exactly are we unsuitable?!" Gu Shiyan slurred angrily.

Lin Yuan's expression was complex as he explained, "I'm someone without a family; in Hangcheng I have no house or car, and my job pays little. Being with me won't make you happy, Shiyan—I'm doing this for your own good."

"I don't care!" Gu Shiyan shouted drunkenly, "I don't care whether you have a house or car—I already have them! I just want you! I just want to be with you..."

The more Gu Shiyan spoke, the more aggrieved she felt; she slumped drunkenly over the table and burst into tears.

Pear blossoms with rain, pitifully beautiful.

Her makeup had run from crying, her eye makeup smudged, making her look even more disheveledly beautiful.

Unable to bear it, Lin Yuan stepped forward and gently embraced her.

"Why bother… Shiyan, you're really beautiful and outstanding… I'm the one who isn't worthy." Lin Yuan held her, lightly patting her back.

A woman liking Lin Yuan to this extent truly made him feel unable to bear it.

"No, you are worthy! You are very worthy… Lin Yuan… I really like you… I just want to be with you, even if we have no future it doesn't matter… I don't want to regret later, I don't want my days to be without you… even if I'm just your red‑petal confidante, even if… I'm just your lover, I… I accept it! I'm willing!" Gu Shiyan said, biting her teeth, crying and trembling.

To be with Lin Yuan, she really debased herself.

Gu Shiyan cried and cried, her voice growing fainter…

Gradually, she slumped over the table, drunk and asleep.

She was truly smashed, having downed two bottles of white liquor in a row—this girl simply doesn't have that kind of tolerance.

By now she had blacked out, completely passed out.

"Shiyan? Shiyan..." Lin Yuan tried shaking Gu Shiyan, but she went limp on the dining table, already unconscious.

This girl... she's really... drunk to the point of unconsciousness.

Lin Yuan had no choice; he could only pay the bill, then he carried Gu Shiyan out of the restaurant.

Since Gu Shiyan had drunk herself into a deep sleep, Lin Yuan also didn't know the password to her apartment door; he couldn't just leave her outside, could he?

Helpless, Lin Yuan hugged Gu Shiyan and took a taxi back to his bachelor apartment.

Lin Yuan carried Gu Shiyan into his home, then gently placed her on his bed.

Lin Yuan let Gu Shiyan sleep on his bed.

Then, Lin Yuan closed the bedroom door and got up to go to the living room.

There was no choice; tonight Lin Yuan could only sleep on the living room sofa.

Lin Yuan washed up, then lay down on the sofa, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

He was also very tired; he had drunk quite a bit earlier that evening and was completely exhausted.

So Lin Yuan closed his eyes and fell asleep.

……

In his sleep, Lin Yuan didn't know how long he had slept.

In a daze, he suddenly felt… a graceful figure lightly falling into his arms.

At that moment, Lin Yuan felt as if he were experiencing a dream unlike any before.

Lin Yuan woke up.

"Shiyan..." Lin Yuan hastily tried to speak to stop her.

But he realized he could not stop her at all.

Because this girl was completely dead drunk...

This is truly:

Her black hair hangs down, reflecting her peach-cheeked face; she smiles, leaning into the spring breeze, her hairpin half-loosened.

Her eyes flow like autumn water; her skirt lightly lifts, bringing fragrance.

She lightly drinks the golden goblet, humming softly as she secretly casts her embrace toward the moon.

Do not say that future meetings will be few; in dreams one can still pluck a willow and return.

Lin Yuan thought it was a dream, but when he opened his eyes, he was astonished to discover that it was not a dream at all.

Lin Yuan was completely dazed, "Shiyan, don't—"

Lin Yuan wanted to stop Gu Shiyan.

"I'm so thirsty..." Gu Shiyan said, drunk and flushed; this delicate little fox had drunk too much earlier, now she is very drunk and urgently needs water to quench her thirst.

So Gu Shiyan, in a daze, walked out of the bedroom; as a result, she saw Lin Yuan lying on the sofa, drunk and flushed, and instinctively went to his side.

Accidentally, she fell onto Lin Yuan.

"No, Shiyan, you want water—just tell me… I'll pour you some water, don't do this, you'll only hurt yourself..." Lin Yuan urged hastily.

"No, I'm really thirsty..." Gu Shiyan said, drunk and flushed.

Suddenly, "cough cough cough!" she burst into a violent cough.