Chapter 1205: Yun Qitian's Secret Is Exposed

Northeastern cuisine is rugged, and the cups used for drinking aren't delicate either.

They don't even use cups at all, but rather large tea mugs to pour white spirits.

Pure sorghum liquor, high alcohol content, it burns the throat.

"Cough, cough..."

Shi Ran had never drunk high-proof white spirits before; she was choked into a fit of coughing after just one sip.

But it felt great.

Feeling dizzy, this sensation wasn't bad at all.

Yun Qitian grew anxious: "Where is there a way of drinking like yours? You'll be drunk very soon this way."

"I'm not afraid of being drunk; if I get drunk, you can take me to a hotel to get a room. It's not the first time anyway, I'm not afraid of others gossiping."

Outside the private room, a man wearing sunglasses paused in his tracks.

Had they already progressed this far?

Last time he had watched them enter a hotel lobby, but he hadn't fully believed they would do that sort of thing.

Although Shi Ran grew up in this open-minded era, she was actually quite conservative at heart.

He hadn't expected her conservatism to only apply to herself, but not to others.

The person outside the door had originally wanted to see her; there was a very important matter he wanted to tell her.

But upon hearing her words, that person turned and left.

When the two of them walked out of the private room, they were even drunker than last time.

Shi Ran hadn't expected the white spirits to be so potent; just one glass down, and her feet wouldn't obey her anymore.

Using the last bit of her reason, she said to Yun Qitian: "We can't go back to the company, let's find a place to sober up."

Company policy states that employees cannot drink during working hours; although she was the company president, she still had to follow company rules.

Having drunk a bit too much, it wouldn't look good to go back like this.

Yun Qitian: "Alright, where to?"

Shi Ran: "To a hotel."

Yun Qitian:...

Someone who didn't know might think she was throwing caution to the wind, but he knew she just treated him like a sister.

The room was booked.

She went to the bathroom to shower, then came out wearing a bathrobe and lay on the bed to take a nap.

She even patted the spot beside her quite generously: "Why are you so tired from sitting? Come over and lie down for a while."

Yun Qitian swallowed hard, turned around and pretended to scroll through his phone, not daring to look at her.

"I'm not tired, I'll just sit for a while."

"Suit yourself."

The two rested in the hotel for two hours; Shi Ran drank some water and took a nap, and she was mostly sobered up.

The two walked out of the hotel and returned to the company, but this time they were photographed by paparazzi again.

In such a short time, being photographed coming out of a hotel together twice in a row, they wouldn't be able to clear their names even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

Fortunately, neither of them intended to explain; they just did what they were doing.

Even when hearing others gossip, the two didn't explain; this indifferent attitude made it seem like something was really going on.

Ma Ling'er asked her son: "Qitian, what are you two actually thinking? If you like her, then get engaged. Our two families are well-matched in status, it would be perfect."

Yun Qitian: "Mom, don't make a scene. People outside don't know what they're talking about and are just shouting nonsense; why are you joining in the chaos? Ranran treats me like a sister, it's not that kind of romantic relationship."

His mother widened her eyes in disbelief: "What? The misunderstanding between you two hasn't been cleared up yet? If you're too embarrassed to say it, I'll go say it for you."

"No, don't go."

Yun Qitian wanted to cultivate their relationship slowly, waiting until Shi Ran was used to his presence and, without realizing it, became attached to him and couldn't do without him, before revealing that he liked Shi Ran.

However, his mother had disrupted his plan.

Ma Ling'er was an impatient person; she couldn't stand a slow-burning approach.

She didn't go to discuss it with Shi Youxuan either, because Shi Youxuan had been overwhelmed with her own family's affairs during this time, and she didn't want to bother her with such trivial matters.

Anyway, Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan had no objections to her son; if the two children were to form a marriage alliance, it was something both sets of parents had already agreed to last time.

She went directly to find Shi Ran.

"Ranran, I want to talk to you."

Shi Ran: "Alright, please sit down. If you want me to do something, just tell me." Ma Ling'er was rarely this serious, which made her feel a bit unaccustomed.

Ma Ling'er was a straightforward person; without any preamble, she got straight to the point: "Our Qitian likes you. He isn't gay; he was lying to you."

Shi Ran:...

She couldn't process it for a moment.

Ma Ling'er explained further: "You heard it from Liu Min, right? It's like this: you know that Liu Min likes our Qitian, but Qitian doesn't like her, so he came up with this method to scare Liu Min away. He has actually always liked you, he's liked you for a long time..."

That afternoon.

Yun Qitian received a termination letter.

He took the termination letter to find Shi Ran: "Hey, isn't this going too far? You can't fire me just because I like you, right? I haven't done anything else wrong."

Shi Ran: "My temple is too small to hold a big Buddha like you; you'd better seek your fortune elsewhere." Her expression was serious, with a strictly professional tone.

Yun Qitian: "That's not right, you're just using public office for private revenge. I haven't done anything else wrong, I just like you; liking someone is never wrong."

Shi Ran: "You know I hate it most when people lie to me. Do you think it's fun to play me for a fool?"

As soon as she thought about how she had walked around in front of Yun Qitian wearing very little without any inhibitions, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

It was too embarrassing.

She treated him like a sister, but he played her for a fool.

"Ranran, listen to my explanation. I didn't do it on purpose; it was just a misunderstanding back then."

"Right, it was a misunderstanding back then, but there was plenty of time to explain later. Why didn't you say anything?" Thinking of this matter, she felt her teeth itching with hatred.

Yun Qitian argued: "I saw that you haven't been in a good mood lately, and I couldn't bear to let my affairs add to your troubles, so I didn't say anything!"

Shi Ran:...

She really wanted to bite him a few times.

Yun Qitian was dismissed; Shi Ran no longer let him be her Assistant.

But the next day, she discovered that Yun Qitian had come back in grand style. Of course, his status was no longer her Assistant; he had transformed into the Vice President of Dingsheng Group!

The Vice President Office was right next to her office, and all the furnishings were exactly the same, to the point where one could accidentally walk into the wrong office.

Shi Ran:...

She didn't need to ask to know that it must have been her father backing him up!

She went to find her father and clearly stated that Dingsheng did not need two presidents; she could only have either the president or the vice president.

Sheng Hanyu: "You should resign. It is enough for Dingsheng to have Qi Tian helping me."

Shi Ran:...

She objected: "You can't do this. What does it look like for him to stay at Dingsheng? Others will gossip about me."

Sheng Hanyu: "Since when have you been afraid of what others say? People have their own mouths; let them say whatever they want. The pure remain pure, and the muddy remain muddy."

These were Shi Ran's own words, and now her father was returning them to her word for word.

Shi Ran:...

"You knew all along, didn't you? You all knew what was going on, and you kept it from me alone!" She said indignantly.

Shi Ran was very smart; from everyone's attitude, she could see that everyone approved of her and Yun Qitian becoming a couple, but she did not want to enter into another relationship so quickly.