Chapter 58: The Price of Being Drunk (Part 1)

Jiang Bufan is someone with absolutely no tolerance for alcohol; someone who can get drunk on fruit wine, what kind of tolerance could she possibly have?

And the consequences of her ignoring advice this time will accompany her for the rest of her life.

This barbecue meal will also be the last barbecue of her life!

And Zhou Xiaoru is also someone without tolerance for alcohol, yet she always likes to drink a little during group meals.

She prides herself on having a much better tolerance than Jiang Bufan, but the reality is that they are six of one and half a dozen of the other.

After three rounds of drinks and five courses of food, one case of beer had already been finished, and now this second case of beer was also nearly gone.

Because Gu Liyan had to drive, he did not drink; looking at the other three, several empty beer bottles lay at each of their feet.

At this moment, Jiang Bufan and Su Poyang, already high from drinking, had already agreed to go for another round elsewhere.

And Zhou Xiaoru, who had also drunk quite a bit of beer, had a flushed face and somewhat cloudy eyes at this moment.

In order to keep Jiang Bufan from drinking herself into a stupor, she had actually drunk quite a lot on her behalf just now.

This had left her, the one with the second-worst tolerance, feeling dizzy and disoriented as well.

At this time, Jiang Bufan, who had clearly drunk too much, was gradually beginning to show the first major symptom of over-drinking!

Talkative, loves to ramble, and even... talking nonsense!

She pointed at the two men in front of the table and said.

"You young masters, wherever you go, you are the center of attention, and you have endless swarms of women surrounding you. How could you know the hardships of us common folk at the grassroots level? In this era where there are more vegetables than meat, a high-quality man is just like a flower in a vegetable garden! How many bugs and moths must be surrounding it!" How could it ever be their turn.

These words left the two handsome men with three black lines on their faces.

But Zhou Xiaoru immediately retorted, "Wrong! Those surrounded by swarms of women could also be scumbags! These men only look high-quality on the outside; in reality, they are all equally vulgar underneath. Visual creatures, that's what they are—they love whoever they see, and sleep with whoever they see."

These words were a bit more targeted, and Su Poyang's face had turned completely black.

Gu Liyan glanced at his watch; the time was about right, and since tomorrow was a workday, he intended to send Zhou Xiaoru back early.

He leaned over slightly, moved close to the ear of the person currently slumped on the table, and whispered.

"Xiaoru, it's almost ten o'clock. I'll take you and Jiang Bufan back; we still have to work tomorrow."

Upon hearing the word 'work', a certain Xiaoru reacted as if a pot had exploded, and she jerked her head up.

This sudden upward movement of her head instantly collided with the chin of a certain gentleman who was right above her.

The man, in pain, had no choice but to cover his chin and sit back down.

Zhou Xiaoru, with red eyes, glared at the man covering his chin and accused him.

"I don't want to work at Tengyuan! I don't want to be subjected to your unspoken rules!"

Gu Liyan was left between laughing and crying upon hearing this.

"Who said I wanted to subject you to unspoken rules? Just work properly at Tengyuan; the thing I promised you, I am already handling for you..."

The thing he promised her...

Zhou Xiaoru's brain really couldn't process too much information at this moment; what thing promised to her?

She leaned her head toward the gentleman and asked blankly.

"What thing?"

Looking at those somewhat dazed and cute eyes, the man couldn't help but dotingly flick her nose and replied.

"The matter of promising to make you a permanent employee."

Permanent employee?!

These two words instantly cleared half of Miss Zhou's cloudy head!

"You want to make me a permanent employee?!" There had been no follow-up on the permanent employee matter before, and she had thought this guy was just playing with her!

"Yes, didn't I promise you that as long as you stayed, I would hire you directly as a formal employee of Tengyuan? As long as you promise me today that you won't resign tomorrow, your contract will already be sitting on your desk before you enter the office tomorrow."

The Thirty-Six Stratagems: taking advantage of a fire to loot!

Zhou Xiaoru was still a bit muddled; how could this guy choose this moment to talk about something as big as becoming a permanent employee?

Her brain tried its best to stay clear, but it just wouldn't obey.

At this time, the man on the side spoke again, "If you don't speak, it means you agree. I'll send a message to my secretary in a moment and have her prepare your contract. You just need to press your fingerprint on the contract tomorrow."

Press a fingerprint?!

In Zhou Xiaoru's muddled brain, she was thinking, why does this feel less like an employment contract and more like a deed of indenture!

She patted her very chaotic head, "Wait a moment! Let me think about it properly!"

She really should think about it properly; what had she originally planned to do? Why couldn't she remember anything at this moment!

Drinking really ruins things!

Gu Liyan, however, avoided the important and focused on the trivial, administering another dose of strong medicine.

"Why think about such a good thing? April is almost over, and you have your thesis defense in June, after which you will officially graduate. By then, you'll have to move out of the school, and Tengyuan provides free accommodation for permanent employees. You won't have to worry about finding a place to live; you can move directly into the apartment arranged by Tengyuan. This way, not only will you save a significant expense, but it will also save you a lot of trouble."

These words were exactly the reason why Zhou Xiaoru had been hesitant before.

Tengyuan's benefits and compensation were far better than other small companies on the market.

Hearing him say this, she felt tempted once again, but why did she feel like she had forgotten one very important thing!

She just couldn't remember it!

The Thirty-Six Stratagems: striking while the iron is hot!

At this moment, the corners of the man's mouth curled into a smile like a fox.

And a certain slightly dizzy little white rabbit was still thinking about the important thing she had forgotten.

Over there, Jiang Bufan had already stood up groggily, and Su Poyang hurriedly went up to support the person who was swaying as she walked.

All night long, he had been listening to these two girls making accusations.

This year's birthday was truly an indescribable experience!

Seeing that they had already left the table, Gu Liyan hurriedly took out his wallet.

"Boss, check please!"

This sound instantly caused the young girls nearby to scream in their hearts.

This man was truly too handsome!

Meanwhile, Zhou Xiaoru, who was still slumped on the table, tugged at the corner of a certain gentleman's coat and asked a question that made Gu Liyan very unhappy.

"I want to ask, does Tengyuan Company resolve the personal problems of its employees!"

"For example..."

"For example... I want to find a boyfriend..."

"......"

Until the bill was paid, the man did not speak again, his complexion somewhat green!

Two men were each supporting one person who was so drunk they were doing the moonwalk.

Zhou Xiaoru still had some consciousness; after walking to the place where the car was parked, she suddenly grabbed Gu Liyan's arm.

She suddenly realized a very serious problem!

How could they go back to school while drunk like this!

Not to mention entering the dormitory building and being caught by the auntie downstairs, even entering the school gate would result in being stopped by the security guard uncle at the entrance first.

"We can't go back to school!"

The man asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Miss Zhou said with a mournful face.

"If we are discovered by the dormitory manager or the security guard uncle, we will be caught and made to write a self-criticism."

Speaking of this, Gu Liyan finally remembered that there was a rule in the school that students were not allowed to drink alcohol.

At this moment, a sound of vomiting came from ahead; Jiang Bufan finally couldn't hold it back and threw up.

But this vomiting caused the man taking care of her to suffer along with her.

Su Poyang was vomited all over!

He now really wanted to kick this stinky girl who vomited all over him into outer space!

Seeing this situation, Gu Liyan spoke up.

"Tonight, just book two rooms here and let them stay; after all, they are still students, and they can't enter the school gate in this state."

It was a distance from the school anyway, so it would save the trouble of going back and forth.

Now Su Poyang was speechless; he only lamented that he had skipped a perfectly good birthday party to come out and suffer this!

Then, Gu Liyan called Shen Andong directly, asking him to help arrange two comfortable rooms for them to stay the night.

And when the two ladies at the front desk saw the group return again, they were all a little surprised in their hearts.

You really can't judge a book by its cover; these two girls were impressive, actually able to find such handsome boyfriends and husbands.

Gu Liyan was responsible for taking care of Zhou Xiaoru, while Su Poyang...

... was dragging the zombie-like Jiang Bufan with a look of reluctance.

When Zhou Xiaoru came to her senses, she had already been helped into the booked room.

Startled, she sat down and then immediately bounced back up!

Truly muddled and dazed! The stimulation she received in this one day was truly too much!

Subconsciously, she retorted to the man.

"Why did you bring me here!"

Gu Liyan, however, curled the corners of his mouth, casually took off his coat first, and then tugged at the tie around his neck.

He replied with three sexy words, "What do you think!"

Blushing, Zhou Xiaoru couldn't help but have her breath hitch; wasn't this walking straight into a wolf's den!

But after thinking about it, it seemed she was the one who suggested earlier that they couldn't go back to school.

Patting her aching head and uncomfortable chest, she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

Alcohol was truly a harmful thing; she would firmly never touch that stuff again.

Huh? No! Had she forgotten something again!

The second major symptom after drinking.

It is easy to forget things, especially things that just happened.

She had indeed forgotten something; she had completely forgotten Jiang Bufan in the third dimension.

Meanwhile, in the room next door, as soon as Jiang Bufan entered, she hurried into the bathroom.

Starting her second round of vomiting.

Su Poyang helplessly took off his vomit-stained suit.

This was a suit custom-made by a famous designer specifically for today's birthday.

Yet it had been dirtied by a stinky girl with terrible drinking habits.

Su Poyang could only shake his head again and again in resignation.

What a disaster!

He would go back to the fourth floor for a drink in a moment; he would just consider this year's birthday already over.

However, it was precisely because of the full belly of complaints in his heart that he went to drink a few more cups in his depression.

And it was these few cups that made him unforgettable for the rest of his life!

The beginning of a bizarre encounter paved the way for another, about to unfold, marriage.

After cleaning up the aftermath of the birthday party, Shen Andong hurried to the third floor to check on his two good friends.

He had originally thought that since the rooms were booked, they were for them to stay in themselves.

However, when he arrived outside two rooms situated right next to each other, a duet of two women retching could be faintly heard from within the two rooms!

Hmm, he had heard correctly; it was Zhou Xiaoru and Jiang Bufan, each in their respective rooms, currently vomiting!