Chapter 27: First Marriage, Then Love, and a Side of Scum-Bashing 5 PART 1
At Qingyang Club, Ning Qingqing was completely unaware that Gu Youchen and his friends had arrived.
She sat among her Ningchuang Capital colleagues, listening to their stories about their mothers, sometimes laughing uncontrollably.
“Qingqing, you wouldn’t believe this, President Ning doesn’t see men or women, or even people, only… donkeys!”
“Right, President Ning’s catchphrase: ‘Even the donkeys from the neighboring production team aren’t as idle as you!'”
“But President Ning is really nice. My mom suddenly fell ill and needed surgery, and my money was tied up in investments. President Ning helped me without a second thought!”
“Yeah, I got drunk at a client dinner and threw up in President Ning’s car. She didn’t scold me, but she did give me a tongue-lashing for my inadequate due diligence.”
“Hey, you dare say President Ning vomited dog blood? Don’t you want to live? Haha…”
Everyone chatted and laughed, the atmosphere was great.
Midway through, Ning Qingqing went to the restroom.
At the same time, Shen Zhiqian and his friends arrived.
Director Su was going to discuss the script with Ye Peicheng, so their private room was next to Gu Youchen’s.
They were separated only by a curtain and some plants, but since Shen Zhiqian and his friends didn’t look over, they didn’t know that Gu Youchen and his friends were sitting there.
They were chatting casually when someone asked Shen Zhiqian, “Brother Qian, you’re not on a date with your girlfriend on the weekend, but you’re out drinking with us?”
Someone else realized, “Yeah, Brother Qian, weren’t you on business trips recently? You’re rarely back, why not go on a date?”
“Did you have a fight with your girlfriend?”
Shen Zhiqian poured himself a drink, saying calmly, “No, she’s been busy lately.”
“No way, she’s in your company, and she still has to work overtime on weekends?”
“Right, you asked about the marriage in the group chat a few days ago, did your girlfriend talk to you about it?”
Mentioning this, everyone became excited:
“Brother Qian, you’re getting married?”
“Brother Qian and your girlfriend are young, but you’ve been dating for a long time, nine years, right!”
“I say, Zhiqian, dating for too long without getting married is easy to lead to breakups. Actually, marriage is pretty good. You don’t dislike Qingqing, right?”
Hearing everyone mention marriage, the alcohol in Shen Zhiqian’s mouth suddenly tasted bitter.
He didn’t know how to tell everyone about him and Ning Qingqing.
He had people investigate in the past two days, and Gu Youchen really got married. He and Ning Qingqing officially went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificate, legally protected.
The only thing he could do was wait for them to divorce.
He drained his glass, Shen Zhiqian said, “I will marry her.”
Hearing this, everyone felt relieved, jokingly saying, “Then I have to prepare a red envelope later!”
Just then, Director Su and Ye Peicheng finished their chat and came over to drink with Shen Zhiqian.
The moment the bead curtain was lifted, Shen Zhiqian saw Gu Youchen sitting inside.
The next second, he subconsciously looked at the person next to Gu Youchen.
After scanning around, Shen Zhiqian saw that they were all people he knew, indeed Gu Youchen’s friends, and Ning Qingqing wasn’t there.
He felt indescribable. He never thought that one day he would look for Ning Qingqing in Gu Youchen’s circle.
And he was actually glad that Gu Youchen didn’t bring Ning Qingqing out.
Clearly, Gu Youchen didn’t take this marriage seriously. He might be preparing for a divorce someday, so he didn’t bring Ning Qingqing out to see his friends on the weekend.
Shen Zhiqian poured himself another drink and chatted with Director Su.
As dusk deepened and the moon rose.
Ning Qingqing’s table was still lively. Xiao Zhu suggested, “Just chatting is too boring, let’s play something exciting!”
Hearing “exciting,” many young people present were excited.
“I’m a country bumpkin, I only know truth or dare,” Xiao Zhu said, “Let’s play this, no objections?”
“Hey, the country bumpkin’s way of playing is classic!” Lao Zhao smiled, “Spin the bottle, the bottom of the bottle asks the person at the mouth.”
“Okay!”
Everyone agreed and started immediately.
The first to be caught was Xiao Zhu, he looked unhappy, “I’ll choose dare.”
Everyone laughed, “Xiao Zhu clearly has secrets he doesn’t dare to share with us!”
“Okay, Xiao Zhu, go to the private room next door, find the girl you think is the prettiest, tell her you’re a high-quality male, and ask her if she wants to marry you.”
Hearing Lao Zhao’s words, everyone burst into laughter, “Xiao Zhu is going to get beaten up, isn’t he?”
Xiao Zhu painfully patted his forehead and walked towards the opposite private room.
Lifting the bead curtain, he found that there was only one woman in the opposite private room, in her forties.
Xiao Zhu bravely approached, “Sister, I’m a high-quality male, would you marry me?”
The woman looked at the young man in front of her, thinking that even at forty, she was still a beauty.
However, at that moment, her husband suddenly stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and rushed towards Xiao Zhu, “You’re trying to steal my wife in front of me, do you think I’m dead?!”
Xiao Zhu ran back in fright, and everyone quickly explained to avoid a misunderstanding.
Seeing this, the next few colleagues all chose truth.
At this time, the bottle pointed to Ning Qingqing.
She was stunned, “Truth.”
The female colleague opposite was gentle, “Qingqing, do you have a boyfriend?”
Ning Qingqing thought, she has a husband, and this husband skipped the dating stage and went straight to getting a marriage certificate, so she should say no, right?
So she shook her head, “No.”
“Why is it so simple when it’s Qingqing’s turn?” Someone suggested, “This doesn’t seem exciting enough. Let’s set a rule: if you choose truth last time, you have to choose dare next time. If you don’t do it, you drink.”
With the change of rules, everyone was both excited and worried.
Ning Qingqing’s luck started to turn bad, she was caught four times in a row. She couldn’t accept two dares, so she chose to drink.
After two glasses of wine in five minutes, she was already a little tipsy.
She took out her phone and sent a message to Gu Youchen, “Youchen, I’m getting drunk, come pick me up.”
In the inner private room, Gu Youchen kept looking towards Ning Qingqing.
Upon receiving the message, he was about to get up to take her home.
Just then, a burst of laughter erupted from Ning Qingqing’s side.
Gu Youchen saw someone look over and seemed to be looking at him.
He was puzzled and didn’t move.
At this moment, Ning Qingqing was unhappy. She had such bad luck, she was caught again, and Xiao Zhu pointed towards the private room, “Qingqing, see that handsome guy over there? Go kiss him.”
Ning Qingqing groaned inwardly, she had to drink again.
But she still subconsciously looked in the direction Xiao Zhu pointed.
Just then, someone lifted the bead curtain, and Ning Qingqing immediately saw Gu Youchen, who had been chosen by Xiao Zhu.
She froze, her first reaction was that she was drunk and hallucinating.
So Ning Qingqing rubbed her eyes and looked again.
Gu Youchen slightly raised the corner of his lips towards her.
So… she wasn’t wrong?