Chapter 164: Drunk Xiao Su

As it turned out, Xiao Su was not one of those geniuses who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Before long, she started acting strange.

Her cheeks turned bright red.

“Jiang Linyuan, where do you think you’re going? Who said you could leave!”

As she spoke, she lunged forward and flopped onto the sofa.

Jiang Linyuan, who was clearing away the dishes nearby, felt a bit speechless.

Was there even a difference between the sofa and him?

“Oops, my bad. His chest is firmer, and this one’s soft and squishy...”

Su Muzhi rubbed her eyes, looked around the room, then fixed her gaze on Jiang Linyuan, who was standing by the dining table.

“Why are you so far away from me?”

“Oh...”

Su Muzhi let out a dazed response, then scrambled back up.

“I remember I was supposed to wash them with you.”

Looking at Xiao Su, whose eyes were glazed over, Jiang Linyuan simply rinsed his hands, tossed the dishes aside, and went over to support her.

“Have you ever washed dishes before? And you want to help?”

“No... that’s why I wanted to wash them with you.”

Su Muzhi said, then shook her head.

“No wait, that’s not it. I’m afraid you’ll break them, you country bumpkin, and you can’t afford to replace them!”

Haha, oh man, this Xiao Su was actually pretty fun.

He sat down beside her and asked,

“Xiao Su, what do you think of the Department Head?”

Su Muzhi didn’t answer. Instead, she stared at Jiang Linyuan.

“Why are there two of you now? Am I drunk?”

“You’re not drunk. I’m the Lord of Shadows. This is my afterimage.”

“What the hell is that? Never heard of it.”

Su Muzhi wasn’t completely out of it. She leaned on Jiang Linyuan.

“Take me back to my room. I want to sleep.”

No way. I haven’t had my fill of this drunk Xiao Su yet!

“Which room? This villa is huge. I’ll definitely get lost.”

Jiang Linyuan said.

“You’re doing this on purpose. Hehe.”

Holy shit!

Jiang Linyuan was stunned. That “hehe” scared him into thinking Su Muzhi had been faking her drunkenness all along.

“You want to see me make a fool of myself, don’t you?”

Su Muzhi said, placing both hands on Jiang Linyuan’s shoulders and tilting her head up to look into his eyes.

“You and Shen Wanyu are the same. You both want to watch me make a fool of myself, don’t you?”

“...Xiao Su, how could that be? I like you.”

“You’re lying.”

Su Muzhi punched him in the chest.

Was she drunk or not?

Jiang Linyuan couldn’t quite tell anymore.

“You don’t really like me. If you did, why would you still be sucking up to Shen Wanyu?”

“Because you asked me to, Xiao Su. Didn’t you want to make the Department Head fall for me first, and then have me dump her?”

“No, no...”

Su Muzhi covered her head, feeling a dull ache.

“If you liked me, you wouldn’t do that. You should be angry...”

“But isn’t that exactly the kind of person you wanted, Xiao Su? A toy who’d do whatever you say.”

Jiang Linyuan said.

He stopped trying to figure out whether Su Muzhi was really drunk or just pretending. She had taken the initiative to drink, which meant there were things she wanted to say but didn’t dare to say sober.

“That’s right, that’s right. You have to listen to me.”

Su Muzhi first nodded, then shook her head.

“No, no. You can’t listen to me about everything either...”

“How strange, Xiao Su. You’re talking all over the place. First you want me to listen to you, then you don’t...”

Su Muzhi fell silent, as if she had gone into standby mode.

“Xiao Su, why aren’t you saying anything?”

Jiang Linyuan asked.

“I don’t know what to say. Because I think you’re right.”

Su Muzhi stared blankly at the sofa in front of her.

“Then let’s just go to bed early.”

Jiang Linyuan said, helping her up.

“Hold me.”

Su Muzhi suddenly said.

After a pause, she shook her head and corrected herself.

“Do you want to hold me?”

Jiang Linyuan wrapped his arms around her, gently patted her back, and laughed.

“Do you want me to carry you princess-style up to the second-floor room?”

“I’ll leave that up to you.”

Su Muzhi nodded.

He carried Xiao Su horizontally up to the second floor, found a random room, and set her down inside.

She sat on the bed and looked at him.

“Do you want to kiss me?”

“Not right now. You’ve been drinking, and it’ll taste weird.”

“Oh.”

Su Muzhi nodded.

This drunk Xiao Su was going back and forth between dumb and clever.

“Then do you want to hold Shen Wanyu? Do you want to kiss Shen Wanyu?”

“Yeah.”

A pillow came flying at him.

Jiang Linyuan caught it instantly.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m drunk. I’m throwing a tantrum.”

Su Muzhi said calmly.

“If Shen Wanyu told you to chase after me, would you agree?”

“Didn’t I already do that when we went hiking? And I’ve been doing it ever since, all the way until now.”

Jiang Linyuan set the pillow back in place.

“Then... then if nobody told you to do those things, you wouldn’t have done them at all?”

Su Muzhi’s question was a bit jumbled, but Jiang Linyuan understood what she meant.

“I’ve never been the type to obediently follow someone else’s orders.”

He said.

“True.”

Su Muzhi nodded, then changed her tone and asked again,

“Then do you want to like me?”

This Xiao Su, what kind of nonsense questions are these? I haven’t even asked you my questions yet!

You just keep grilling me!

“Who wouldn’t want to? But just wanting isn’t enough. Liking takes two. Do you like me?”

“I don’t know. But when I see you chasing after Shen Wanyu, it hurts. When I see you hanging out with Yu Songsong, I get angry...”

“Then that’s liking. That’s called jealousy.”

“But I also want to see you getting all tangled up in these relationship problems, because it’s fun...”

“That’s also liking. That’s called cuckqueaning.”

Su Muzhi asked,

“Is that so?”

Go to sleep already! I thought you were going to ask something important! And it turns out this is all you had!

“Oh, right. You probably don’t know that either.”

Su Muzhi seemed to remember something, and a smile curled at the corner of her mouth.

“Yeah, yeah. You’re a lot like me...”

“Like hell! That’s just what you think! Go to sleep!”

Jiang Linyuan was about to walk out the door, but Su Muzhi grabbed his hand.

“Where are you going to sleep?”

“There are plenty of rooms out there. I’ll pick one at random.”

“Sleep with me.”

Su Muzhi said it, then corrected herself.

“Do you want to sleep with me?”

“...Xiao Su, let me record a video. Say that again. I’m just a little scared.”

It’s over! Someone’s trying to force open my treasure chest! My gold...

“I don’t want to do it with you. I just want to fall asleep holding you.”

Su Muzhi said it very seriously.

Jiang Linyuan didn’t refuse.

That night, after the lights were turned off, the two of them lay in the same bed.

Su Muzhi hugged Jiang Linyuan, pressing up against him tightly.

Jiang Linyuan felt not a shred of desire. Her whole body reeked of alcohol, which was unpleasant, and on top of that, Xiao Su’s figure... well, let’s just say it wasn’t exactly inspiring. Especially since he’d just gone through that sleepwalking incident not long ago.

“Jiang Linyuan, if you really fall in love with me, I’ll do it with you.”

Holding Jiang Linyuan, Su Muzhi whispered into his ear.

Was she still drunk? Probably not anymore.

“But what if you don’t love me?”

“It doesn’t matter. You will eventually. Anyway, you’re not getting away.”

I’ve set my sights on you.

“So if I said I love you right now, would you do it with me?”

“It sounds fake just hearing it.”

“Does real or fake depend on you?”

“Yeah. That’s how unreasonable I am.”

In the darkness, they held each other tightly, whispering softly into each other’s ears. Their voices were so low they seemed to blend together like the sound of their heartbeats.

Suddenly, a phrase came to Jiang Linyuan’s mind. Hugging was meant to make up for the heartbeat missing from the human right chest.

But everyone’s heart was on the left. If you truly wanted two hearts to beat as one, you had to embrace from behind.

Even if it was difficult, you shouldn’t back down.

A good marksman couldn’t stop dealing damage just because he was afraid of getting counter-attacked.

It was like lying in bed with a beautiful woman on your left and a gay guy on your right. You had to learn to use their own strength against them.

ps: I still owe two Super Badges from yesterday. Making a note so I don’t forget. I’ll return them tomorrow or the day after.