Jiang Chen drank a few more glasses but remained sober. He took out his cell phone, found Shen Mingyou’s number, and handed it to Xiao Hang. “Call my wife and tell her I’m drunk.”

“…” Xiao Hang took the phone, puzzled. “But you’re not drunk.”

Whether Jiang Chen’s ability to drink was natural or developed, Xiao Hang had never seen him drunk. His alcohol tolerance was the highest Xiao Hang had encountered.

Jiang Chen looked at him and said, “Can’t you see? I’m so drunk I can’t walk. My wife needs to come pick me up before I can go home.”

“…” Xiao Hang found it amusing, thinking Jiang Chen was pretending to be drunk to get Shen Mingyou to pick him up.

Reluctantly, Xiao Hang made the call. When Shen Mingyou answered, Xiao Hang said with a suppressed smile, “Hello, sister-in-law, it’s Xiao Hang.”

“Jiang Chen is drunk here. Could you come pick him up?”

Shen Mingyou, trying not to wake Nian Nian, came out quietly and said, “Is he drunk? I’ll arrange for the driver to pick him up.”

“Sister-in-law, you should come yourself,” Xiao Hang insisted. “Jiang Chen has started acting crazy when he’s drunk. I asked my driver to take him home, but he refused to leave and insists you come pick him up. What should I do?”

“…” Shen Mingyou had never seen Jiang Chen drunk before and was unsure what to expect.

After hanging up, Shen Mingyou drove out to get Jiang Chen.

When she arrived, Jiang Chen was lying on the table. Upon seeing her, he forced his eyes open, looking dazed. He seemed genuinely drunk.

“Can you get up?” Shen Mingyou helped him gather his things.

“I’m not drunk.” Jiang Chen stood up but almost fell over. Shen Mingyou quickly supported him.

Jiang Chen tried to pull away, mumbling, “I’m really not drunk.”

“Okay, okay, you’re not drunk.” Shen Mingyou helped him again, knowing that drunk people often insist they are not drunk.

Xiao Hang and Shen Mingyou helped Jiang Chen to the car. As they watched the car leave, Xiao Hang burst into laughter, surprised by Jiang Chen’s trick.

In the car, Jiang Chen sat quietly, not acting out. He leaned back, appearing either to be resting with his eyes closed or asleep.

“We’re here.” Shen Mingyou drove into the garage and woke Jiang Chen. Seeing his blurry eyes, she asked, “Do you feel better?”

Though Jiang Chen wasn’t drunk, he had drunk more than usual and felt dizzy. He was still conscious but somewhat tipsy.

Since he was pretending to be drunk, he decided to go all in.

Jiang Chen rubbed his forehead and looked at Shen Mingyou with a pitiful expression. “I have a headache.”

“Who told you to drink so much?” Shen Mingyou unbuckled her seatbelt to help Jiang Chen out. But before she could open the door, Jiang Chen grabbed her hand.

“Don’t go home yet.”

“What’s wrong?”

Jiang Chen held her hand and leaned back in his seat, mimicking how Nian Nian acted in the morning, groaning as if in pain. Shen Mingyou, thinking he was truly uncomfortable, touched his forehead to check his temperature.

His temperature was normal.

She tried to pull her hand away, but Jiang Chen wouldn’t let go.

Shen Mingyou asked helplessly, “What do you want?”

Jiang Chen groaned again.

“…” Shen Mingyou, using all her patience, spoke softly as if to a child. “Be good, go home, drink some hangover soup, and you’ll feel better soon.”

Jiang Chen found her tone amusing but also a bit frustrating. He held her hand and finally asked, “Youyou, is the person you like Huo Xingze?”

After seeing news about Shen Mingyou and Huo Xingze earlier, Jiang Chen felt jealous and wondered if Shen Mingyou’s past crush was Huo Xingze.

“What?” Shen Mingyou was confused. “Why would you think I like Huo Xingze?”

“I heard you once had a crush on someone. Was it Huo Xingze?”

“Of course not.” Shen Mingyou frowned. There was no romantic feeling for Huo Xingze; she thought of him as a younger brother. Even if she had feelings, it was like family affection.

“That’s good.” Jiang Chen felt a bit relieved but still somewhat down. He asked, “The person you once had a crush on… do you still like him?”

Shen Mingyou realized Jiang Chen had been jealous of Huo Xingze because he mistakenly thought Shen Mingyou once had feelings for him. Shen Mingyou shook her head, thinking Jiang Chen’s high IQ didn’t always translate to high emotional intelligence. Did he never consider that the person she once liked might have been him?

Otherwise, why would she agree to marry him so casually!

“Youyou?” Jiang Chen shook her hand. His eyes were a little unfocused, but he tried hard to look at her and asked, “Tell me, do you still like him?”

Shen Mingyou looked at the drunk Jiang Chen and wondered how he would feel when he sobered up and saw her like this.

Jiang Chen kept shaking Shen Mingyou’s hand. She nodded honestly and replied, “I like him.”

I liked him before, and I still like him now.

Jiang Chen’s heart sank. Which man could tolerate his wife having another person in her heart and admitting so openly in front of her husband that she still liked him?

No man can stand it.

Why didn’t she even bother to lie to him?

“If you like him, why did you marry me? If you married me, why are you still thinking about him?” Jiang Chen tightened his grip on her hand and said in a deep voice, “Shen Mingyou, are you playing with my feelings?”

Shen Mingyou smiled: “What would you do if I said yes?”

Jiang Chen’s eyes burned as he stared at Shen Mingyou, as if he wanted to see through her.

Jiang Chen felt a surge of determination. Shen Mingyou had someone she liked a long time ago? So what if she liked him? They couldn’t be together. This showed that the person was not worthy of Shen Mingyou at all. As her current legal husband, Jiang Chen was confident that if he worked hard enough, he could drive the person away and fill her heart with only him.

He slowly unbuckled his seatbelt, then suddenly leaned over and hugged Shen Mingyou from the driver’s seat. Shen Mingyou was startled and screamed, “What are you doing?”

Jiang Chen not only held her hand but moved it to her back and pressed her towards him, causing Shen Mingyou to fall into his arms.

The car seats were comfortable and spacious. Jiang Chen leaned back, and Shen Mingyou lay on top of him. They shared the seat comfortably.

Jiang Chen looked into her eyes and said word by word: “Aren’t you going to play with me? I’ll let you play with me!”

The atmosphere in the car became charged. The two looked into each other’s eyes, their bodies pressed together.

Jiang Chen suddenly laughed loudly. He removed his tie and, while watching her, unbuttoned the first button of his shirt, then the second. His shirt collar was slightly open. Jiang Chen smiled and stopped. He took her hands and placed them on the third button of his shirt, as if he was ready to be “slaughtered.”

Shen Mingyou felt his fingertips were hot.

Jiang Chen leaned close to her ear and whispered in a magnetic voice: “You can play with me however you want.”

Shen Mingyou: “…”

It was clear Jiang Chen was intentionally seducing her.

Shen Mingyou admitted she was indeed seduced. She lowered her head and kissed him on the lips.

Jiang Chen, having succeeded, immediately held her lips and deepened the kiss.

The temperature in the car gradually rose.

When Shen Mingyou was kissed to the point of being out of breath, Jiang Chen finally let her go. Shen Mingyou thought the kiss was over, but Jiang Chen obviously had no intention of stopping. He shifted to a more dominant position, hugging Shen Mingyou and pressing her down on the seat.

At some point, Jiang Chen had lowered the passenger seat, and Shen Mingyou felt like she was lying on it.

Jiang Chen supported the chair with one hand and held her waist with the other, and the passionate kiss resumed.

After a while, Shen Mingyou found a chance and pushed Jiang Chen away with difficulty. She put her hand on his chest and said, “Let’s go home first.”

But the drunk Jiang Chen was not sober. He grabbed Shen Mingyou’s hand and said, “We’ll wake Nian Nian up if we go home.”

Jiang Chen couldn’t wait any longer. The kiss had been so wonderful that he didn’t want to stop. This was the most intimate contact between him and Shen Mingyou in over half a year. Jiang Chen was afraid Shen Mingyou would try to escape again like before. If he let her go, all his careful planning and pretending to be drunk would be in vain.

Jiang Chen started to act like a rogue. He wrapped her hand around him, interlocking their fingers, and buried his head in her neck, rubbing against her. “Youyou, I feel uncomfortable.”

There was sweat on his forehead. His voice was low and tight, with a pleading tone. He asked incoherently, “Is it, Okay?”

“…” Shen Mingyou seemed enchanted, her red lips slightly parted, “Okay…”

Almost as soon as she spoke, Jiang Chen’s kiss covered her words.

In her daze, Shen Mingyou wondered if Jiang Chen was really this way because he wasn’t drunk enough.

It was a dark night, and the emergency lights in the garage dimmed and brightened, finally going out completely.

But the dim light in the car stayed on, illuminating the intense heat until the sound of insects from the grass and trees outside the garage, and the sound of the tide, gradually faded away. But soon, it was drowned out by the even greater heat wave…