Unlike her assistant, Yue Ling slowly raises her head up. She looked sleep and barely able to open her eyes, but one can tell from a glance that she was drunk.
When she saw the outline of the house, she gasps in surprise and smiles widely.
"Wow, what a beautiful castle!"
Seeing Lu Tian's tall figure, she blinks her eyes a few times like a child who had been awoken in the middle of her sleep. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness and got a clearer look of Lu Tian, her smile widens until her eyes turned into upside-down crescents.
"Ah, the handsome owner of this castle!"
She points at him but her entire being changed into that of a shy little girl. She pats Liu Shan's chest in a friendly way and giggles.
"Shan, will I get to count the stars with him?"
Each time her words fell, Liu Shan would sway at her pats. Even his head sway in motion like he had lost all the bones in his neck.
His eyes stare up at the sky and could only cry on the inside like he had no will to live anymore.
He wanted to tell his boss to stop, but knowing that she is drunk, it was pointless. All he could do now was talk to himself in his head.
'Boss, please sober up. If you keep doing this, your husband will bury me alive. No, even worse, he might just take me to his private island and chop off my limbs.'
Lu Tian stood with a deadly aura that intensified the cold breeze that came with the night. The moment he saw his wife, he knew she was drunk and didn't take his eyes off of her.
However, his head slightly lowers, and his eyes dimmed at the hand peeking from the side of his wife's waist.
Like he had gone out for the night to drink vinegar, he strides with big steps towards the boss and assistant.
"I got it from here."
He snatches his wife from Liu Shan but made not use too much force as he was afraid of hurting her. At the same time, he didn't forget to smack the assistant's hand away from touching his wife.
"You can leave."
Liu Shan didn't care about the cold treatment he was given. He nods his head vigorously with relief and hops right back inside his car.
If he were to stay any longer, the was sure the first thing he would lose is his hand.
"W-Why is Shan leaving?"
Seeing her assistant's car drive out the dark metal gates, Yue Ling murmurs with sadness. Her eyes turned moist and she flung her head to look at the person next to her.
"Y-You…"
Her word fell but she gasps loudly. Even though she was drunk, she was still able to recognized faces.
"The handsome owner of this castle is my Head Eunuch."
She chuckles her words, but her smile disappears, and push him away with all her strength. She pouts her lips at him with a displeased look.
"Tian, why did you let him leave?"
However, unbeknownst to her, her push was like a small tap against Lu Tian's chest.
"Who will count the stars with me now?"
Lu Tian maintained his usual indifference despite his insides absorbing more vinegar. She is with him and yet, here she is asking him why he let another man leave.
However, when he looked down at her, he arches a brow in amusement.
All the vinegar he had been eating disappears and he sighs inside. His wife was glaring murderously at him, but he can't help but feel she looked like a little kitten.
Remember her words, both his brows arch up together.
"Count the stars?"
Hearing his question, Yue Ling heaves a long sigh full of frustration. She stumbles a little with her standing but steadies herself.
"That's what I said."
She sounded annoyed by him and looks up at him. With the moonlight brightening the night, Yue Ling squints her eyes at him then leans closer to him.
"Now you have to count the stars with me."
Putting on an aggressive appearance, she grabs hold of Lu Tian's hand and pulls him toward their house.
Lu Tian was rendered speechless by this side of her. Thinking about how adorable she can be when drunk, he smiles, but that smile quickly changes into a frown.
This adorable side of her, does this mean her male subordinates have all seen her this way?
Looking at her back, he takes a big stride to close the gap between them, and in one swift scoop, he picks her up in princess style.
"Ah—!"
Yue Ling yelps at the suddenly being carried. She wraps her arms around Lu Tian and gazes at him.
"I-I can walk by myself."
Lu Tian doesn't oblige to her words and continues for the house. He pushes the door open with one foot as he had left it ajar.
"If you walk, you won't have enough time to count the stars."
As they entered the house, he strides for the door leading to the back courtyard. He gently places her down on the outdoor lounge chair and pats her head.
"Wait here. When I come back, we can count the stars together."
Yue Ling smiles at him with closed eyes and like an obedient child, she nods her head.
Her adorable reaction took Lu Tian by another surprise. Now that there was brighter light, he could see that her cheeks were crimson red, and her beauty was one that could always take his breath away.
As he turned away to head back inside the house, Yue Ling's eyes glued on his figure. Her eyes slowly flutter, and a vague image of a young boy enters her vision.
"So similar…"
She murmurs to herself, but when her eyes blinked again, the person in her eyes returned to Lu Tian's tall figure.
After a minute passes by, Lu Tian steps out from the house with a blanket. He looks at the lounge chair, but it was empty with no sign of his wife.
His eyes trembled every so lightly and he searches for her.
"Yue Ling?"
He didn't have to search for long because he found her silhouette in the distance. She was sitting alone on the grass.
Relief came over him and he quietly walks to her until he stopped by her side.
"Why are you sitting on the grass?"