Chapter 23: I Am Drunk, Not Dead

Gu Tingyan has a high tolerance for alcohol; he is not the type of person who would get himself drunk.

In the five years since their marriage, Qin Shu has never seen Gu Tingyan drunk.

Gu Tingyan, drunk?

Is this trying to play her for a fool?

If he were not willing to drink himself, no one would dare to force him.

It can only mean that his intentions are not in the wine, but in Chu Sheng.

To create an opportunity for something to happen between the two of them!

Don't many men who cheat use the excuse that they were drunk, lost control after drinking, and accidentally had relations with another woman?

But a man who is truly drunk is incapable in that regard.

Unless Gu Tingyan is willing to fall into the trap himself.

Because it is Chu Sheng, he is willing to "get drunk."

Gu Tingyan is even willing to spend five hundred million to play along with Chu Sheng; the two of them have mutual affection, and with the alcohol, their ambiguity escalates, like dry wood meeting a raging fire, and naturally, they ended up in bed together.

In an instant, Qin Shu felt as if her heart were being pierced by knives; she took a deep breath, stood at the doorway with a stiff body, and turned directly to leave this place.

Why go in?

To invite humiliation?

Or to give Gu Tingyan's lover a chance to trample all over her, to act imperiously, and to show off triumphantly that she is just a pathetic wretch whom no one loves?

"Madam, where are you going?" A Zhong asked anxiously.

"A grown man like Gu Tingyan can be forced to get drunk by others? I think he just wants to sleep with Chu Sheng himself."

"A Zhong, the excuse you found for him is too pathetic." A mocking smile appeared on Qin Shu's face.

If Gu Tingyan truly wanted to sleep with Chu Sheng, even if she could stop it once, she would never be able to get past that hurdle in her heart.

A Zhong was stunned; it seemed so.

President Gu has never been drunk in these five years; unless he wants to drink, no one dares to urge him to drink.

A Zhong watched Qin Shu's departing back and pursed his lips: "Let's go in and take a look anyway; what if things really aren't like that?"

"It's better to see it with one's own eyes."

Hearing this, Qin Shu paused her steps toward the elevator.

Inside the presidential suite.

Chu Sheng's hand reached toward the man's lower body, when a low, cold voice suddenly came from above: "What are you doing?"

Chu Sheng's heart trembled violently, her small face turning pale and panicked.

Like a startled little white rabbit, Chu Sheng looked at him in a panic: "Tingyan, h-h-how did you wake up?"

Gu Tingyan only felt uncomfortable all over, his body burning intensely, as if scorched by fire.

Gu Tingyan sat up with a splitting headache, his voice gloomy: "I am drunk, not dead."

Gu Tingyan pulled the quilt over to cover his bare upper body.

He raised his eyes, looking at Chu Sheng with a sinister gaze: "Did you drug me?"

Chu Sheng's face turned white instantly.

She grabbed the man's hand tightly: "Gu Tingyan, I know you were forced into marrying Qin Shu."

Chu Sheng's eyes reddened, and she spoke with lingering affection: "Qin Shu's ring is clearly a bit too big; that ring was custom-made by you for me."

Chu Sheng looked at his handsome face, her tone gentle, a smile on her lips: "I know you can't forget me."

"You don't love her."

Gu Tingyan's body trembled slightly.

Chu Sheng said earnestly: "Tingyan, divorce her."

Divorce?

Gu Tingyan lowered his head, pulled her hand away, and said in a low voice: "Yes, I was forced into the marriage back then."

Gu Tingyan said every word clearly: "I never thought about marrying Qin Shu."

"She is not the type I like."

"Marrying her was not my wish; I do not love her."

However, through the interactions of these past five years, Qin Shu had already become an inseparable part of him.

Qin Shu stood at the doorway, her body stiff and her face deathly pale; hearing the man's cold voice inside, her heart shattered into countless pieces, falling to the ground and sinking deep into the mire.

Gu Tingyan said he did not love her.

He never thought about marrying Qin Shu.

Qin Shu stroked the ring on her finger; the ring was a bit large, not her size.

In the past, Qin Shu thought Gu Tingyan had just accidentally ordered it too big; she was always cautious when wearing it, fearing she would lose it.

The thing she treated as a treasure was, in the end, just something picked up from Chu Sheng.

With a "bang," the door was pushed open from the outside by A Zhong.

If she kept listening, everything would be over!

The door was opened.

Qin Shu stood at the doorway, pale-faced, looking at the two nearly naked people on the bed, a cold, mocking smile hanging on the corner of her mouth.

She swept a faint glance over them, then turned and left without looking back.

Qin Shu did not know what she was hoping for, or why she still held any hope for Gu Tingyan.

The moment she saw it with her own eyes and heard it with her own ears, it felt as if her whole body had been subjected to a thousand cuts, and her heart turned to ash in an instant.

Qin Shu cried as she laughed; she clearly didn't want to shed tears, didn't want to be looked down upon by others.

Yet the tears could not stop flowing down, and the heartache was so intense it was hard to breathe.

Qin Shu left, swaying as if she might collapse, tears gushing out; she clutched the spot over her heart, wanting only to leave this place as quickly as possible.

A Zhong saw the scene before him, his eyes filled with terror, and his head instantly began to throb.

It's over.

Everything is over.

A Zhong had even thought of where he would be buried.

Gu Tingyan was startled to see Qin Shu appear at the doorway, not knowing how much of his conversation with Chu Sheng she had heard.

His pupils contracted violently.

Seeing Qin Shu's face turn deathly pale as she left without looking back, Gu Tingyan felt his heart descend into extreme panic: "Qin Shu!"

"Things are not as you see them!"

Gu Tingyan stood up, intending to chase after her.

Chu Sheng reached out and hugged his waist tightly, refusing to let him go after Qin Shu; she looked up at Gu Tingyan, crying and pleading, "Tingyan, don't go, divorce her."

"We can be just like we were before."

She had already stripped down to this point!

If Gu Tingyan abandoned her to go after Qin Shu, what face would she have left in the future?

Qin Shu must be feeling incredibly smug inside, mocking her in secret.

Gu Tingyan turned back to look at her with bloodshot eyes, reached out and shoved Chu Sheng aside with a fierce, terrifying expression on his face, and let out a low roar: "Get out!"

The man's handsome face was cold to the point of being heartless: "Chu Sheng, when did you become so calculating?"

Gu Tingyan's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth as he looked at her: "Was this all planned by you?"

Chu Sheng stumbled from the push, her face turning deathly pale at his words.

Chu Sheng defended herself: "No, I didn't."

She hadn't expected Qin Shu to suddenly appear here either! Qin Shu must have done it on purpose!

Gu Tingyan stood up with a livid face to put on his clothes; his hands trembled incessantly as he buttoned them, and he stumbled as he chased after her.

Watching Qin Shu's retreating figure, Gu Tingyan let out a gut-wrenching roar: "A Zhong, stop her for me!"

Gu Tingyan's voice was hoarse: "Don't let her leave!"

He could not let Qin Shu leave today; otherwise, everything would be over!

He could not let Qin Shu leave!

Seeing that Gu Tingyan seemed to be in a bad state, A Zhong snapped out of it and hurriedly lifted his feet to chase after Qin Shu.