While waiting for the water to boil, Lou Xi suddenly remembered that she was supposed to go with Qin Mobai to see the "surprise" he mentioned, but she got a call from Rong Zhi midway.
She immediately took her phone out of her pocket to call Qin Mobai back.
But...
"Where’s my phone?" Lou Xi searched all over herself, turned her bag inside out, but just couldn’t find her phone.
"Damn, did I leave it in the cab?" That was Lou Xi’s only tool to contact people. If she lost her phone...
How could she call Young Master Qin!
She saw the landline phone in the living room, but... she didn’t remember Young Master Qin’s number... She never memorized any phone numbers...
Suddenly, Lou Xi felt a little unwell all over.
Forget it, forget it, better finish up with Rong Zhi’s side quickly, then she’ll hurry to find Young Master Qin!
Just in time, the water in the kitchen boiled, Lou Xi found a cup, poured the hot water in, and rushed into the bedroom, "Brother Rong, I put the water on the bedside table. Drink it yourself when it cools down!"
She had no mind to stay and wait for the water to cool down to deliver it to his mouth; she was thinking about what to do if Young Master Qin couldn’t wait for her.
With Young Master Qin’s proud temper, he’s probably never waited for anyone in his life, and truly, she didn’t want Young Master Qin to wait for her!
"Xixi... Xixi..." Rong Zhi, lying in bed, mumbled Lou Xi’s nickname in his sleep.
She remembered that when they were young, Rong Zhi felt it was no big deal to call Lou Xi "Xixi," but as they grew older, Rong Zhi stopped calling her that way, addressing her by her full name when they met, which subtly distanced their relationship.
So when she heard Rong Zhi calling her that again, Lou Xi’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.
She turned her head and looked at Rong Zhi on the bed; he indeed looked exhausted.
He lost a big partnership deal, must have suffered a lot, so he was drowning his sorrows with alcohol.
He’s been starting his own business here all by himself, it’s really tough!
But Young Master Qin is still waiting for her...
Her feet unconsciously moved toward the door...
"Xixi... I... have liked you... for many years... don’t... leave me..."
Just as Lou Xi reached the door, she heard Rong Zhi’s murmurs.
What is it they say?
Drunken words are sober thoughts; because the words spoken when drunk bypass the brain’s filtering and come straight from the heart.
So what Rong Zhi said, was it all true?
Lou Xi was deeply affected by Rong Zhi’s words.
"Cough, cough..." Rong Zhi seemed very uncomfortable, struggling to get up from the bed, covering his mouth as if to vomit!
The next second, Rong Zhi rushed into the bathroom and vomited all the wine he had drunk earlier.
Lou Xi stood in place, unsure of what to do, whether to go to the bathroom to help Rong Zhi or to leave.
The words Rong Zhi said... were too late.
If it had been in the past, hearing those words would have made her happy, would have excited her.
But now, she felt nothing in her heart because...
Because someone was waiting for her.
However, considering their many years of friendship, Lou Xi still went to the bathroom, helped Rong Zhi back to bed, got a warm cloth to wipe his face, and fed him some water.
After doing all this, Lou Xi left Rong Zhi’s place.
Then, she sprinted toward Jiasheng Building!
Clearly, she was already late, so Lou Xi begrudgingly took a cab. Finally, she saw Jiasheng Building.