Chapter 19: An Baoer is good

“Upperclassmen and underclassmen are the easiest to develop feelings for. Mr. Jiang is a single aristocrat. Could it be that he has special feelings for your underclassman?”

In the business world, it’s common for men to make off-color jokes. Jiang Mingyou didn’t take it to heart. He raised his glass and toasted An Jinghao, “Mr. An, you’re joking. My underclassman is indeed beautiful, but we are just classmates.”

That was all he would say. To say more would be inappropriate. An Jinghao naturally knew when to stop.

Lin Yuan also went to the restroom and vomited for a while, which helped her sober up a bit. She leaned against the wall and returned to the private room. Everyone in the room was staring at her with strange looks.

Meng Tian pretended to be embarrassed and said insincerely, “Yuan, I’m so sorry. You were gone for so long, and your phone kept ringing. I was afraid it was a client with an urgent matter, so I answered it. I didn’t expect it to be your husband.”

“I told him you were drunk, and he said he would come pick you up. He should be here soon.”

Lin Yuan’s face immediately turned sour. “Meng Tian, who allowed you to touch my phone!”

“Oh, Yuan, don’t be angry. Why are you so unhappy that your husband came? Is it because he’s a construction worker and you’re embarrassed to show him to your colleagues?”

The people at the table whispered and gossiped among themselves. They were obviously talking about her. That’s how it is in the workplace. These people are always more enthusiastic about gossip than work.

The door to the private room was pushed open from the outside. Everyone turned their heads to see Sheng Xiao’s tall figure standing at the door.

His gaze was sharp, and his eyes directly found Lin Yuan in the crowd. He strode towards her.

The moment Lin Yuan saw Sheng Xiao, all her bad mood disappeared. She walked to his side, took his hand, and looked a little apologetic.

Sheng Xiao touched her head. “Did you drink?”

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

Meng Tian still couldn’t take her eyes off Sheng Xiao’s handsome features. She cleared her throat and stood up. “Yuan’s husband is here. Yuan, you really should introduce him to everyone.”

Sheng Xiao was already here, and if Lin Yuan just left, it would be too rude. There were some good colleagues in the company besides Meng Tian.

There was no way around it. Lin Yuan pulled Sheng Xiao back to his seat. “This is my husband, Sheng Xiao.”

“Mr. Sheng doesn’t look like someone who works on a construction site.” Someone said this, and everyone actually had this thought when they saw Sheng Xiao.

Although Sheng Xiao’s clothes were not expensive, his presence and aura were overwhelming. The colleagues whispered among themselves, feeling more nervous in front of Sheng Xiao than in front of their company’s CEO.

The people who had been whispering and looking down on construction workers earlier were now full of admiration, wishing they could find a construction worker like him.

Meng Tian’s plan fell through. She had been planning to use Sheng Xiao’s arrival to make fun of Lin Yuan, but instead, she was fed a mouthful of dog food.

Sheng Xiao sat next to Lin Yuan, still not saying much, but every word he said resonated with the crowd.

Because of his presence, Lin Yuan felt a sense of security and relaxed.

After the dinner, Sheng Xiao drove, and Lin Yuan sat in the passenger seat.

She still had some alcohol on her breath.

She kept holding Sheng Xiao’s hand and wouldn’t let go. Sheng Xiao could only steer with one hand, driving while making sure she didn’t bump her head.

This drunk woman, however, was reckless and put her hand on his thigh, with the intention of touching his crotch.

Sheng Xiao pressed her hand down, his voice suppressed. “Lin Yuan, don’t play with fire!”

Lin Yuan was dizzy and wouldn’t listen. She not only didn’t stop but also leaned towards Sheng Xiao.

Sheng Xiao’s foot slipped, and he quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road.

Lin Yuan almost vomited from the sudden movement.

“Sheng Xiao, do you have a driver’s license? You’re not driving properly. Catch you!” She waved her fingers and arms around in the car, looking at Sheng Xiao with blurry eyes, her pupils not focusing for a long time.

Sheng Xiao reached across the center console and grabbed her hands. “Lin Yuan, if you drink again, you’ll be beaten!”

Lin Yuan didn’t hear anything else, only the last few words. She suddenly pouted and started crying, “Sheng Xiao, you bad guy, you’re going to beat me! I knew you had bad intentions, you were just after my beauty, and now you’re tired of me and want to abuse me.”

“Waaaaaaaaa…”

“Poor An Baoer, waaaaaaaaaa…”

She held her cheeks with her hands, pouted, and cried, getting louder and louder.

Sheng Xiao was completely dumbfounded. What kind of design did this woman do? She should have gone into acting. Her tears came so easily, her emotions were even quicker than a professional actor.

He sighed. For the first time, he felt that there were such difficult things in the world.

It was harder than acquiring a multinational company last time.

There was no way around it. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, then wiped her tears. “Alright, I won’t beat you. Don’t cry anymore, okay?”

Lin Yuan looked at him with a pout. “Unless you say Sheng Xiao is a bad guy.”

Sheng Xiao: “…”

“Are you pretending to be drunk?”

Lin Yuan saw his expression change and her crying stopped instantly. “Waaaaaaaa, you’re scaring me, bad guy, big bad guy.”

Mr. Sheng was really having a headache. He pressed his tongue against his cheek. “Sheng Xiao is a bad guy. Will you stop crying now?”

He spoke softly to her like he was coaxing a child. Lin Yuan finally stopped crying. “Anbaor is not crying, Anbaor is obedient.”

Sheng Xiao imitated her and comforted her. “An Baoer is so good.”

He looked at the Yancheng Grand Hotel next to him, then at the woman who kept moving around beside him, his eyes darkened, and he turned the car around.

When they arrived at the hotel, the drunk Lin Yuan was like a wild child, making noise and singing. In the middle of the night, she insisted on making Sheng Xiao tell her jokes.

“Sheng Xiao, sing a song.”

Sheng Xiao was helpless. “Don’t disturb the neighbors.”

Lin Yuan’s eyes rolled around. She quickly covered her mouth and made a “shh” gesture. “Don’t disturb the neighbors, I’ll tell you a joke.”

Where would Mr. Sheng want to hear jokes? He just wanted to sleep.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t sleep. Lin Yuan vomited everywhere, and there was a cleaning lady in the room cleaning up.

He pulled her into his arms, and she lay on his chest.

Lin Yuan mumbled to herself, “One day, a little rabbit planted a mango and a strawberry. It found that the strawberry was growing very slowly, so it said, ‘Berry you can’t, berry you can’t, did you hear that, berry you can’t.'”

She laughed first, and then the other person in the room laughed along.

Sheng Xiao gave her a cold look. The cleaning lady quickly covered her mouth. “I’m sorry, sir, I won’t laugh anymore.”