Shen Chi Yan, holding the restless Song Qi Nian, had no interest in talking to Zhang Qiao Qiao. He directly carried Song Qi Nian to the bathroom in the bedroom.
He turned on the hot water and sternly ordered Song Qi Nian, "Bathe properly!"
Seeing him about to leave, Song Qi Nian hugged him tightly from behind, her intentions quite obvious.
Song Qi Nian had drunk a lot today and was indeed quite drunk, but her mind was still somewhat clear.
She had gone to find Shen Chi Yan today with a resolve to lose. Her only goal was to get Shen Chi Yan to come home tonight, no matter what she had to do.
She hadn't expected to win, especially seeing Lin Qiu Tong's furious, murderous expression. She finally felt a bit of revenge.
She didn't know why Shen Chi Yan brought her home tonight, nor would she delude herself into thinking she was more important than Lin Qiu Tong in Shen Chi Yan's heart.
But she knew Shen Chi Yan was very interested in her body, so she wanted to use her only advantage to keep Shen Chi Yan.
Even if the method was somewhat despicable.
With this thought, she gently kissed Shen Chi Yan's back.
Shen Chi Yan was only wearing a shirt. When Song Qi Nian's warm lips touched him, his body tensed, and his heart clenched instantly.
That intense, unreserved affection seemed to melt him whole.
His body had already been burning on the way. How could he endure Song Qi Nian's provocation? His deep eyes darkened abruptly, and he turned, one arm encircling Song Qi Nian's slender waist, the other cupping her chin and lifting it to kiss her fiercely.
Shen Chi Yan's kiss was not as gentle and inexperienced as Song Qi Nian's. Both had been drinking, and under the stimulation of alcohol, it was more frenzied than any time before.
When they came out of the bathroom, Song Qi Nian's legs were still weak.
But Shen Chi Yan was clearly not satisfied. After throwing her onto the bed, he started a new round of "battle."
Song Qi Nian looked at Shen Chi Yan's sexy and beautiful face, and a strange ache welled up in her heart. She gestured with her hand.
Seeing her expression clearly, Shen Chi Yan stopped abruptly.
Song Qi Nian belatedly realized what she had gestured, and her dazed mind cleared up by half.
She had actually asked Shen Chi Yan, "In bed, do you prefer Lin Qiu Tong, or me?"
It's over, was she crazy?
She actually asked such a question.
Shen Chi Yan suddenly leaned down, his lips brushing her ear.
His action was so ambiguously tender, yet his voice was bone-chillingly cold, "Don't always compare yourself to Qiu Qiu."
Then, her eyes were covered by a tie, and she couldn't see him, only feel his roughness.
That's right, she had always thought Shen Chi Yan liked her body, but now she realized that even her body's attraction to Shen Chi Yan couldn't compare to Lin Qiu Tong's.
What was the point of using little tricks to get him home? She thought she had won, but in reality, she had lost completely.
Tears involuntarily streamed down her face.
Every time Shen Chi Yan kissed or hugged her, she would get the illusion that Shen Chi Yan liked her a little.
Now she knew that one could still do such things without love.
But it didn't matter. Her heart ached unbearably, but Lin Qiu Tong wasn't any better off.
Later, Song Qi Nian didn't know when she fell asleep. When she woke up again, she found herself still in Shen Chi Yan's room, and Shen Chi Yan was also there.
She sat up abruptly from the bed. Seeing that she was naked, she blushed and wrapped herself in the quilt.
Everything that happened last night flooded into her mind.
"Don't always compare yourself to Qiu Qiu."
Especially that sentence, it pierced her heart with several large holes. Her flushed cheeks gradually turned pale.
She dared not look at Shen Chi Yan, lowering her head and playing the ostrich.
"I really underestimated you. Your mother stole Qiu Qiu's necklace. Afraid I would blame you and your mother afterward, you got drunk at home and waited for me at Hai Tian Sheng Yan. Even though you could have taken shelter from the rain, you insisted on standing in the rain for over two hours to fall into my arms. Are you satisfied with the consequences of your actions now?"
By morning, Shen Chi Yan had figured out everything from last night.
He hadn't expected Song Qi Nian to go so far as to hurt herself to win his favor.
Now that her goal was achieved and he had brought her home instead of Qiu Qiu, she should be happy.
Half of Shen Chi Yan's words were true, and half were false.
She had played a little trick to intercept him, but it wasn't for the reason he stated. It was simply because she didn't want him to be with Lin Qiu Tong tonight, and she even wanted to get back at Lin Qiu Tong.
Of course, if Shen Chi Yan knew the truth, he might despise her even more.
She slowly gestured with her hand, "The necklace wasn't stolen by my mother..."
"What? Are you going to say someone framed your mother again? Song Qi Nian, have you forgotten what your mother has done to you? Where do you get your confidence to trust your parents so much?"
Regarding the necklace incident, Song Qi Nian had no evidence to prove Liu Xiao Han's innocence. Even for Song Guan Liang's matter, although she knew her father was wronged, she still couldn't produce any evidence.
No matter what she gestured, Shen Chi Yan wouldn't believe it, so she couldn't be bothered to act anymore.
Suddenly, Shen Chi Yan lifted her chin. Song Qi Nian met his somewhat indifferent eyes, "From now on, if you play such tricks on me again, don't expect to see me again!"
Song Qi Nian thought her actions were flawless, but she didn't expect Shen Chi Yan to see through them immediately.
She no longer wanted to argue, and simply nodded gently.
Shen Chi Yan didn't look at her again and left the room directly.
The phone suddenly rang. It was Gong Yu Qi calling.
"Fifth, I successfully released another song today. Let's go out for a drink tonight to celebrate. Bring your treasured 1985 Romanée-Conti. I've been craving it for a long time. Let me indulge tonight on this special day."
Gong Yu Qi's voice was quite cheerful, seeming very satisfied with his new song.
Shen Chi Yan snorted, "If you had released the song a day earlier, you might have had a couple of drinks."
"Ah? What do you mean? You drank? Are we still friends? You went drinking without inviting me!"
"It wasn't me who drank!"
"Then you gave it away? No, you never give away your treasured wine."
"Song Qi Nian drank it."
Gong Yu Qi was stunned. "What? Where did she get the guts to drink wine from your cabinet? Does she know that bottle is worth over a million US dollars?"
"Hmph, do you think she would have dared to touch it if she knew?"
"Then what should we do?"
"What else can we do? It's already drunk, and we can't make her throw it up. Alright, there's no 1985, but there's a bottle from '99. I'll bring that."
Gong Yu Qi was devastated. If he had known this, he would have stolen a drink the last time he visited Shen Chi Yan's place. Even if he had been beaten half to death afterward, it would have been worth it.
Now, such expensive and fine wine had been drunk by Song Qi Nian as if it were ordinary red wine.
What a waste of good things!