Before the grilled skewers could even be served, Ruan Guan had already finished a bottle of beer. She had no desire to talk, so He Wenjie didn't press her. The two of them simply sat there, drinking bottle after bottle. Fortunately, she was drinking with him; if it had been Zhang Kai or Xu Kaiyang, there was no telling who would have ended up on the ground first.
Ruan Guan's last memory was of squatting by the roadside and vomiting for a long time. Then, a bottle of mineral water was handed to her from beside her. After rinsing her mouth, He Wenjie bent down and hoisted her onto his back. Unlike the awkwardness she had felt the last time He Wenjie carried her, this time, resting against his back, she felt an overwhelming sense of security. At that moment, she was reminded of how she felt when her boyfriend, Zhao Shiyong, first carried her on his back. It seemed like she had felt the same way back then, but she had long forgotten how long it had been since she last experienced such warmth. In her daze, Ruan Guan reached out to wrap her arms around He Wenjie's neck, resting her face comfortably against his shoulder, and gradually lost consciousness to the rhythm of his footsteps.
The next day, Ruan Guan was awakened by a beam of sunlight piercing through a gap in the curtains. Rubbing her still-throbbing head, she suddenly remembered that she had been drinking with He Wenjie last night, but everything after that was a total blank.
Chapter 997