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“If your mood is poor, let’s go out for a walk to drive away your worries. It’s fine if we don’t drink. Let’s just ease your worries.” Bai Wei saw that they were both stiffly holding onto their stances and decided to act as the mediator. “As women ah, we must always treat ourselves well. Don’t take things too hard. It’s good to go out for a walk; you’ll feel more comfortable than if you keep everything in your heart.”

Ji Nuan kept her head down as she tied her shoelaces, keeping silent. Anyone could tell that she was currently holding in a lot.

It was likely because Feng Ling had become much closer to Ji Nuan that she gradually came to empathize with her in a lot of matters. Even as she remembered President Mo’s orders and instructions, she understood that Ji Nuan really needed an outlet for her emotions right now.

She had indeed been restraining for a month. A switch must have been flipped tonight.

“Then go. I’ll go with you. You better not drink anymore. You’ve already had three beers.” Feng Ling sighed softly.

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However, Feng Ling had underestimated the waiters and servers working to sell alcohol in this pub.

Even though Bai Wei and Ji Nuan initially only insisted for a plate of fruits and a bottle of weak, fruit wine, they could not hold out against these people’s recommendations. In the end, they bought several bottles of fruit-flavored, western wine. One was red and another blue. They appeared too weak but actually contained a substantial amount of alcohol.

The consequences of mixing different types of alcohol did not require much explanation.

With Ji Nuan’s tolerance, in less than an hour, she was leaning against the sofa, unmoving.

Feng Ling moved to support her. By the side, Bai Wei sighed in sympathy. “No wonder Ji Nuan said that there was someone at home who wouldn’t let her drink. Her tolerance is really too poor…”

“Her tolerance can be considered one of her weaknesses. Don’t tease her when she wakes up tomorrow morning. Otherwise, based on the way she’s been feeling recently, her heart might be smashed into smithereens.” Feng Ling was both teasing and helpless when she looked at the way Ji Nuan was slumped limply like mud.

Bai Wei chuckled teasingly. “Is it a problem with love? Ah, I’m accustomed to seeing this. No matter how mighty a woman typically appears at work, the moment they encounter relationship problems, they all lose control like this. I can understand. I definitely won’t laugh at her.”

Feng Ling did not keep up with the mindless chatter. She supported Ji Nuan and headed out.

Ji Nuan was really drunk, and it was the first time she was so inebriated. Like a pile of mud, she was only able to stand with Feng Ling’s support.

This pub was located underground. They needed to take the elevator to head out. She had only just brought Ji Nuan to the elevator entrance when Ji Nuan began holding onto her stomach, leaning her head on Feng Ling’s shoulder and speaking in distress, “I’ve never seen… such an ill-tempered man…”

Feng Ling: “…”

“If he doesn’t want to care about me anymore, he shouldn’t have come to T City, ah!”

Feng Ling: “…”

“He came to T City, yet he refused to pay any attention to me. I’ve already dialed his number, but he won’t answer! He won’t answer, ah! He was definitely sitting inside one of those cars!”

Feng Ling: “…”

“If you’re capable, come and have a fight with me, ah! Giving me the cold shoulder like this, do you really think that just because I know that I’m in the wrong, I’ll cling onto you tightly and refuse to let go! Does he think he is the Buddha; that I, Ji Nuan, am the monkey trapped in his palm unable to escape his control for the rest of my life? Let me tell you, I already escaped in my past life!”

Feng Ling: “…”

Right now, Feng Ling could not pay any mind to Ji Nuan’s incoherent ramblings.

She could only speechlessly stare through the elevator doors; it had already been wide open for more than half a minute. Her scalp tingled numbly as she stared at the tall man inside.

Ji Nuan realized that the elevator was already opened, but Feng Ling did not support her in. She narrowed her eyes and vaguely saw that a man had been standing inside for a long while.

She leaned in for a closer look. Feng Ling subconsciously moved to help her in, but Ji Nuan staggered and almost fell headfirst. Feng Ling frantically caught her. “Mrs. Mo…”

Just as she caught her, Ji Nuan raised her eyes toward the man in the lift.

From this distance, the face right before her eyes was really handsome to the point of drawing pointing fingers toward it.

Did she really drink too much? The man who clearly refused to pay her any mind and refused to see her or to pick up her calls appeared to be standing right before her.

Ji Nuan stared at the man who was as tall as a jade tree. She stared at his cold and handsome brows, his long and tall nose, and his perfectly crafted jawline. He wore a white dress shirt and a pair of black dress pants. His shirt was not fully buttoned up, revealing his collarbone. It was seductive and tempting, making people captivated.

He stood there just like that; cold, noble, and distant.

As Ji Nuan stared at him in her drunken state, the man lifted his brows indifferently. His gaze flitted past her coat before finally landing on her face.

His gaze was unreasonably composed; his pupils distant and unperturbed as he watched her.

Ji Nuan’s coat was put on by Feng Ling earlier when she had hauled her up from the sofa. Right now, it appeared a little disheveled. Her hair was also slightly messy, clinging onto her neck. It made her skin look whiter and smoother. The inebriation also caused her cheeks to appear much rosier.

“Mr. Mo.” Feng Ling supported Ji Nuan with some embarrassment. She did not expect that she would be caught the very first time she accompanied Ji Nuan to be reckless.

It seemed like Ji Nuan’s every move has always been within Mo Jingshen’s sight. In this past month, even though Feng Ling did not report to him, he must have been aware of everything she did and every place she visited.

The man stood in the elevator, coldly and indifferently. He did not speak.

“Mrs. Mo has already been restraining her emotions for a month. It wasn’t easy for her to finally see you today, but your attitude dug all of her suppressed emotions out. About her drinking today, I…”

Feng Ling was in the midst of explaining when Ji Nuan suddenly turned to her. She tilted her head and spoke unhappily, “Feng Ling… don’t dress as a man anymore… after I make my escape from Mo Jingshen’s palm, why don’t I marry you? You’re so handsome, and you’re good at fighting as well… why don’t the two of us just pair up…”

Feng Ling: “…”

Feng Ling instantly ‘tossed’ Ji Nuan into the arms of the man inside the elevator!

Her feet were unstable, causing her nose to knock into the man’s chest. The pain caused her to knit her brows as she raised her hand to tug on the man’s shirt, gripping onto it. She barely managed to stand up straight, rubbing her nose as she turned to Feng Ling. “Feng Ling, why did you push me…”

Feng Ling watched Ji Nuan, who was truly completely oblivious from being drunk. She then turned to Mo Jingshen, whose unhappy and cold gaze caused her back to tense up. She kept her voice low as she replied, “Mrs. Mo, if you’re drunk, close your eyes and sleep. Don’t talk anymore.”

“Am I drunk?” Ji Nuan stared at her strangely. Her head fell forward, leaning against the man’s chest as she softly muttered, “Maybe I am drunk… no wonder this person seems so much like Mo Jingshen… I think, no matter who I see right now, they’ll all appear to be Mo Jingshen… ah… I’m drunk… I’m drunk…”

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Ji Nuan stretched her hand behind as she muttered, “I can’t stand firmly right now. Feng Ling, quickly come and support me, ah. It’s not good to lean on someone else…”

Ji Nuan was truly drunk beyond measure.

What did she mean by ‘someone else’?

The person she was leaning on right now was her husband, Mo Jingshen…

She was really wholly inebriated. Her alcohol tolerance was poor, yet she drank so much tonight. In her lifetime, this had to be the first time she drank so much.

“Feng Ling?” Ji Nuan did not hear any reply from Feng Ling and could only force herself to stand firm, turning around to tug on her.

However, the moment she turned, her legs weakened like jelly, and she tilted toward the side, knocking into the man next to her. Almost instantly, her waist was held by him.

In that instant, a clean and clear scent she was familiar with entered Ji Nuan’s nose.

She barely managed to grip onto his clothes, lowering her head to see his white, exquisite dress shirt and his suit pants. She muttered, “Sorry… I drank too much and… didn’t manage to stand properly…”

As she spoke, she shifted to leave his arms.

However, the man did not let go. His cold pupils focused on her, watching her rosy little face as he locked her in his embrace.

“Sir… I’m really sorry…” Ji Nuan thought he was refusing to let go of her because she had hurt him; she quickly apologized once more.

She then turned to Feng Ling to say, “Feng Ling, did you drink at all tonight? Let’s head straight back to the dormitory. Why isn’t Bai Wei following us? Did she fall asleep on the couch?”

In her heart, Feng Ling thought, you better worry about yourself first!

“Bai Wei isn’t drunk. She’ll head back in a while,” Feng Ling carelessly replied to prevent Ji Nuan from asking over and over again.

Ji Nuan nodded. She did not notice when the elevator doors had closed, but when it opened once more, she saw Feng Ling suddenly turn to head out decisively. She did not display any intention of accompanying her back.

“Ai, where are you going…”

Ji Nuan tried to follow her but almost fell. She was easily tugged back by the man behind her. When she knocked into his embrace, she turned back with a dumbstruck expression before smiling at him subconsciously, “Thanks, ha…”

As she spoke, she tried to push him away. She needed to catch up with Feng Ling. Recently, Feng Ling had always been by her side. Something must have happened to cause her to rush away suddenly. She felt that she really needed to catch up to her.

However, even after struggling for a long while, she could not escape the man’s arms. She was about to speak up when she heard the man’s composed voice by her ear. “Stand properly!”

Ji Nuan was startled and turned to look at him.

Before she could get a proper look, the man tugged her out of the elevator.

Ji Nuan was dazed. She wanted to struggle but did not do so. All she could think was that this man was unreasonably similar to Mo Jingshen.

The night air outside the pub was slightly chilly. Ji Nuan was brought into a car, her head weakly leaning against the car window. The car doors were already locked as she made futile attempts to paw at the door. She muttered under her breath, “Let me tell you, kidnapping is against the law… you better let me go now… or my Feng Ling definitely won’t forgive you…”

The man did not speak as he started the car.

Ji Nuan’s eyes were half-lidded. Her head hurt, and she wanted to sleep, but because she feared she would be kidnapped again, she did her best to hold onto her consciousness and pay attention to the road outside. However, everything appeared blurry, and she could not get a proper look at all.

Finally, when the car stopped by the condo near T University, she stared outside in astonishment.

Right now, even traffickers were so well-informed about her? He even knew about the condo she barely returned to?

“I want to return to the dormitory, not this place.” Ji Nuan knitted her brows, banging against the car window with force. “I don’t want to return here… I don’t…”

However, the car door was already unlocked. The man undid her seatbelt, lowering his gaze to look at her. His voice was heavy and cold. “If you don’t wish to return here, where else do you want to go?”

“I just don’t want to be here!” Thinking back to the luggage she had returned to see that day, her heart was filled with burning anger.

“You’re asking me to bring you back to the dormitory?”

“I’ll return there on my own!”

“It’s not your decision to make. Get off the car.”

Ji Nuan wanted to refuse, but the man had already alighted and approached her side. He opened the door and carried her out. Ji Nuan raised her hand to push him away, but he appeared to have anticipated her movement and easily avoided her elbows and knees. He pressed her limbs down and kept her locked tightly in his arms.

Ji Nuan raised her head to glare at him. At this moment, a gush of cold wind blew by, and her head became clear for an instant.

She got a clear look of the man’s face, and because she was leaning in his embrace, she also received a whiff of his clear, cold scent. She suddenly stopped moving.

Was this a dream? Or an illusion?

Didn’t he refuse to pick up her call?

Right now, Ji Nuan could not be bothered with those thoughts. The moment she took a clear look of the man, she raised her hands to push him away. “Go away…”

The man lowered his head and cupped the back of her head; preventing her from tilting backward. His other hand ran through her hair, gentle and coaxing yet unhappy as he warned, “Be more obedient.”

Ji Nuan pretended as though she did not hear anything, pushing against him once more.

He was half-supporting and half-carrying her. All of a sudden, he adjusted their positions and brought her in a princess carry. Her entire body was lifted up. The instant her feet left the air, she instinctively released a soft cry. Her arms moved to hold onto his neck tightly when she heard a soft chuckle from the man’s chest. She could not decipher any anger or happiness from his laughter, yet he was always able to see through her. With little effort, he suppressed her drunk, sloppy self and made her cling onto him.

“You would rather let yourself suffer, kneeling by the window like a kitten than give me a call to say that you miss me. Mrs. Mo, you’re really stubborn.” The man’s calm and deep gaze watched her; his cold voice suppressing a laugh. “You even came to peek at me in the conference room this afternoon. I only left to observe the branch company for a while, and you’ve managed to drink to such a state. You’re really taking advantage of my inability to hit or scold you. Even in my anger, I didn’t have the heart to continue giving you the cold shoulder. I’m doomed to die in your hands, aren’t I?”

Ji Nuan had only held onto his neck because of her fear of falling. Hearing these words, she immediately glared at him. Without care for whether it was an illusion or not, she immediately angrily said, “Who says I’m suffering? I’m eating well and sleeping well in T University. I’m not suffering at all.”

The night was cold and chilly. Mo Jingshen did not continue chattering to the drunk and angered little woman. He brought her into the condo.

He tossed her onto the sofa. She rolled around, struggling for a moment but was ultimately unable to sit up. When she turned to see the man towering over her, her heart strangely shrunk.