Fearing she would feel worse and want to vomit if she stayed in the car, Zhan Jingchen didn't hail another taxi. Instead, he carried her for over half an hour back to the Wanlong Hotel.
Pei Kexin was either too drunk or found being carried so comfortable that she had lost consciousness.
Seeing them like this, Zhan Jingchen worried they might be turned away again. Fortunately, as soon as they stepped into the hotel, the doorman recognized her.
"President Pei is back. Did she drink too much?"
"Our hotel has a recreational department. If she drank too much and feels unwell, you can call their doctor to prescribe some hangover medicine."
Zhan Jingchen was naturally delighted. "Thank you. Please have the medicine delivered to my room."
The front desk staff, seeing Pei Kexin being carried back, were very accommodating. Not only did they not question Zhan Jingchen's identity, but they also stood up and asked if they needed any assistance.
Zhan Jingchen asked her for a spare room card and successfully returned to the room.
Pei Kexin was incredibly wealthy, having booked the presidential suite. Upon opening the door and seeing the furnishings, Zhan Jingchen finally understood why everyone was so polite to her.
She truly had the demeanor of a powerful female CEO, so who wouldn't respect her?
Unfortunately, at this moment, the CEO didn't look much like one.
After a day of working in the warehouse, her body was covered in dust. Now, with her hair disheveled and smelling of alcohol, she lay there, a stark contrast to the clean white bed.
Although Zhan Jingchen was young and had good stamina, carrying her all the way had also tired him out.
He had intended to let her sleep as she was, but after looking at her again and again, he couldn't help but cover her with a blanket and pull off her clothes while she was in bed.
He fetched a towel, prepared hot water, and brought it into the room, wiping her entire body before tucking her back into bed.
After attending to his wife for a while, he broke out in a sweat from exhaustion. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, he went to the bathroom to wash up.
He thought his tiring day was over, but after washing up and blow-drying his hair, he walked out into the living room. Pei Kexin, whom he had cleaned and tucked into bed, should have been fast asleep. Instead, she had gotten up.
She was sitting in the living room, staring blankly, wearing only her underwear and with her hair disheveled.
Zhan Jingchen knew that some people had a high tolerance for alcohol but poor behavior when drunk. They rarely got drunk, but once they did, their actions and demeanor were completely different from their usual selves.
Take his mother, Jiang Nan Fang, for example.
He wondered if Pei Kexin was like that too. While wiping his hair, he walked over and patted her on the back.
Pei Kexin immediately turned around, looked at him for two seconds, and then her lip quivered, and she started crying.
"Wuwu, I'm so thirsty, I want ice cream. Gu Wei, will you buy me some ice cream?"
Zhan Jingchen felt she was utterly ungrateful.
He had traveled such a long distance to find her and spent the entire day with her, only to be mistaken for someone else.
"Who is Gu Wei? Where is Gu Wei? Are you crazy about him? Don't say he's not here. Even if he were, it's late at night, and it's not the season for ice cream. Where would I get you ice cream?"
Pei Kexin didn't listen to anything he was saying, only blinking her large, watery eyes and crying, "I'm thirsty, I want ice cream..."
Zhan Jingchen: "..."
He tried to reason with her. "I'll pour you water if you're thirsty. Or some juice would be fine. It's too late to eat ice cream."
Perhaps seeing his softened attitude made her feel she could bully him, or maybe she was truly upset at being refused.
Just as Zhan Jingchen thought he was about to convince her, she suddenly burst into loud wails.
"I don't want it! I want ice cream! I haven't had ice cream in so long! I haven't had ice cream for so many years! I want it!"
"Gu Wei, no one loves me, no one cares about me, no one is willing to buy me ice cream. Don't you care about me either? We are sisters, Gu Wei, you can't abandon me..."
"..."
It was just a mere ice cream, was it worth all this melodrama?
During the day, he thought she was a strong, iron-willed woman, but now, dressed like this and crying her heart out...
Zhan Jingchen felt his spirit had been greatly impacted.
"Alright, alright, I'll buy it for you! Don't cry first. Let me check my phone. If there's any available, I'll immediately have someone deliver it, okay? Stop crying!"
Pei Kexin stopped crying instantly, looking at him timidly like a little rabbit.
"Okay, buy it for me now."
Zhan Jingchen picked up the phone on the coffee table, opened the delivery app, and asked, "What flavor do you want?"
"Strawberry. The cutest, most girlish one~"
"...Tell me everything at once. Besides ice cream, is there anything else you want to eat?"
Pei Kexin tilted her head seriously and thought for a moment.
"I also want meat dumplings. The ones with big pieces of cured meat and a salted egg yolk inside. I'm so craving it, I've been craving this for a long time."
Zhan Jingchen was shocked again.
"Sister, it's late at night, and we're in Harbin. You really dare to imagine! Meat dumplings? Do you take me for a chef? Where am I supposed to steal meat dumplings for you?"
Pei Kexin, tired from crying, slumped her head down, her face pressed against the carpet, her legs kneeling on the floor. She looked utterly defeated and resolved to have her way.
"I don't care, I just want meat dumplings~ I'm hungry. You won't even give me food. Are you trying to bully me with Pei Zongrui? Wuwu... Everyone is bullying me! No one looks up to me! No one respects me! You won't even let me eat, why should I live?"
"Dad! Mom! Where are you? Why didn't you take me with you when you left? Living is so hard, so bitter, wuwu, I've lived enough, my life is so bitter, I don't want to live anymore..."
She suddenly started lamenting again.
Zhan Jingchen's head ached from her crying. He was afraid that if someone came to deliver the medicine and saw her like this, it would ruin their reputations, so he could only coax her.
"Fine, fine, I'll buy it for you. Don't cry anymore. Meat dumplings, meat dumplings, I'll buy them for you!"
As he said this, he went back to rummaging through his phone. Pei Kexin suddenly lunged forward and grabbed his bath towel.
"Don't go, I haven't finished talking."
"Besides meat dumplings, I also want: sesame paste noodles, stewed chicken with mushrooms, stir-fried mushrooms, grilled mushroom skewers... Anyway, as long as it's made with mushrooms, I want it. You buy it for me!"
Zhan Jingchen was truly impressed by her.
"You ate several pounds of meat and drank a pound of white wine, and you're still not full? How big is your stomach?"
Pei Kexin, with her mature face, tugged at his bath towel and kicked her limbs on the carpet, acting spoiled.
"I don't care, I don't care! I want it, I want it! I like mushrooms, I want mushrooms, you buy it for me!"
"If you don't buy it for me, I'll cry! Living is so tiring, wuwu. Anyway, I can't stay in the Pei family after Dad left. I have no home, nowhere to go. Just let me die..."
Zhan Jingchen was truly afraid of her.
She was always threatening to die or live such a dramatic life. This woman couldn't drink alcohol in the future.
A little bit of alcohol made her even more terrifying than Bai Niangzi drinking.
Holding the bath towel with one hand to prevent it from falling, he used his other hand to pull her up.
"Fine, fine, I'll buy it for you, I'll buy it for you. Is it that serious? A few small things are worth you wanting to die."