Chapter 2913

Liu Xin said, "Come, Mayor Su, Mayor Xin, I will substitute tea for wine to toast you both. Thank you for your support of my work!"

Su Xinghui and Xin Jing both picked up their glasses and had a drink with Liu Xin.

Liu Xin used public chopsticks to pick up a piece of beef, placed it in Xin Jing's bowl, and said, "Mayor Xin, have a piece of beef."

Xin Jing nodded and smiled, "Thank you, Liu Xin."

Liu Xin said, "Why are you being so polite? Eat more."

Xin Jing said, "I don't dare eat too much; if I eat too much, I'll get fat."

Liu Xin laughed, "You aren't fat at all. If you eat more, it's not called fat; it's called plump. Being a bit plumper is even more appealing to men."

Xin Jing spat, "Talking nonsense again. You're the one who wants to appeal to men."

Liu Xin laughed out loud. The two women began to playfully bicker, laughing until they were trembling. The vibrant sight was almost too much for Su Xinghui to handle, so he quickly shifted his attention to the hotpot and started eating.

Su Xinghui sighed to himself, thinking that women's friendships were truly hard to fathom.

As they ate the hotpot, Liu Xin toasted the two of them from time to time. During this, the chubby boss also came in to offer a toast. After the toast, Liu Xin said, "Boss, don't let anyone else in if there's nothing urgent; my two friends here like peace and quiet."

The chubby boss nodded and bowed as he left.

Before long, Xin Jing's face turned red, as red as a ripe apple, and her eyes became unfocused. Su Xinghui said, "Mayor Xin, have you had too much to drink? Shall we stop?"

Xin Jing said with slurred speech, "No, let's have, have another, another glass, come on!"

Xin Jing picked up her glass, clinked it with Su Xinghui's, and then downed the red wine in one gulp. Su Xinghui felt quite helpless; if it were just him and Xin Jing, he could have snatched the glass from her hand.

But now, in front of Liu Xin, it was awkward to do so, as it would inevitably involve some physical contact.

Su Xinghui could only say, "Mayor Xin, drink a little less."

Xin Jing looked at Su Xinghui with unfocused eyes and said, "Mayor, Mayor Su, you drink, drink too, why, why aren't you drinking?"

Su Xinghui had no choice but to pick up his glass and say, "Fine, I'll drink."

Su Xinghui drank the wine. Xin Jing went to grab the red wine again to pour for them, but her hand couldn't even hold the decanter steady. Liu Xin quickly took the decanter to pour for her.

Su Xinghui frowned and said, "Maybe we should stop drinking."

Xin Jing smiled, "To, today is hap, happy, let's drink, drink a few more glasses!"

Liu Xin said, "It's fine, Mayor Su, let's have a few more. Red wine doesn't hurt the body. If she drinks too much, I'll be responsible for taking her back and looking after her."

Xin Jing was insisting on drinking, and Su Xinghui felt helpless, so he could only let Liu Xin pour the wine for them.

After two more glasses, Xin Jing leaned back in her chair and fell asleep. Su Xinghui felt his own head spinning—a sensation he hadn't felt in a long time. Since his rebirth, he had never been drunk, which made him feel strange. What kind of wine was this? How could it be so potent?

He had eaten at Xin Jing's house before, and she had drunk red wine then too. She and Liu Xin had finished a bottle each and hadn't been drunk, yet Liu Xin had been the one to get tipsy. This time, she shouldn't have even finished a bottle, so why was she like this?

Thinking of this, Su Xinghui felt his head spinning more and more, and he could barely keep his eyes open. He struggled to look at Liu Xin and found her expression strange; there was guilt on her face, a sense of relief, and other things that were thought-provoking.

With that thought, Su Xinghui let his head loll to the side and lost consciousness.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Su Xinghui woke up. He felt a surge of Qi from his dantian automatically circulating along his meridians, spreading through his whole body and waking him up. He found himself lying on a sofa in the private room. Just as he was about to open his eyes, he heard someone talking.

A man's voice said, "Sister, is this the person you want to frame? This person saved me!"

Liu Xin's voice rang out, "What? This person saved you? When did he save you?"

"It was last November. I had a car accident because of the snow, and the truck flipped into the field. It was him who saved me. If he hadn't rescued me from the cab in time and stopped the bleeding, I might not have lasted until the ambulance arrived."

Liu Xin said, "Are you really sure it's him? It's been so long."

"I'm sure. I was thinking about repaying him in the future, so I firmly memorized his appearance. There's no mistake."

Liu Xin muttered, "Now that you mention it, the timing really does match. I remember he did go back to the capital that time. Zheshan County is on the way from Baozhou to the capital. I went to report work to him that day, and the office said he had returned to the capital. Then I received a call from home saying you had an accident, so I went back to Zheshan County. Could it really be him?"

"It must be him, I absolutely wouldn't recognize the wrong person!"

Liu Xin said, "What to do? What to do?"

"Sister, you said you report work to him; is he your leader?"

Liu Xin said, "Yes, he is our Vice Mayor, and he happens to be in charge of our Tourism Bureau."

"Then why did you ask me to help you frame him? Is he a bad person? If he's a bad person, why would he save me?"

Liu Xin said, "No, no, he's not a bad person, he's a good person. I've never seen anyone as good as him!"

Liu Xin's tone was very gentle, and her voice was filled with deep, tangled emotions.

"He's a good person, and he's my savior. Sister, what kind of predicament are you in that you have to frame him? Can't you not do this?"

Liu Xin said, "Little brother, you don't understand; big sister has her own hidden difficulties."

"He is a good person and my savior. Big sister, what kind of hidden difficulties could you possibly have that force you to frame him? Can't you just not do this?"