Ning Qing glanced at Jian Han’s back and looked up at Zhou Dayuan. She saw Zhou Dayuan drinking from a glass in his right hand while his eyes followed Jian Han’s body.

At this time, a female colleague was carefully discussing it. “Did you see it just now? Dr. Zhou… His…tongue was out.”

“Are you sure? You must’ve seen incorrectly. I didn’t see it clearly, but I heard that if a man loves a woman, he will cup her face when kissing. It is the most faithful way to express his love.”

Regarding the “cupping of the face,” Ning Qing thought about it and felt that it might be true.

Every time he kissed her, Lu Shaoming liked to cup her face, even when…he had kissed her yesterday while holding her in his arms, his other hand had weaved into her silky hair while he was kissing her.

Ning Qing’s face turned red. Why had she thought of him?

She looked back at where Lu Shaoming was.

He didn’t come to their table. He wasn’t interested in this kind of game. He didn’t have the patience for it, either. He happened to bump into a director of the company just now. He stood in a corner while talking to the director of the company.

Ning Qing looked at him. The man had stuffed one hand into his pocket and responded lazily all the way. He didn’t speak much. The director was trying hard to please him, while he was accepting the flattery. His noble appearance attracted many women’s gazes.

Conscious of her gaze, Lu Shaoming looked sideways.

Ning Qing was pissed and rolled her eyes at him.

Lu Shaoming smiled, his gaze was full of tenderness.

The director followed his gaze and saw Ning Qing. He nodded and bowed as he called out, “Mrs. Lu”.

What Mrs. Lu?

She didn’t want that term.

Ning Qing turned around.

She was very sad. Sister Jian wasn’t in a good state right now. Zhou Dayuan seemed to be on the verge of establishing a love relationship with Li Beibei, who was from a rich and powerful family. How could she help them?

Ning Qing’s eyes blinked, and she had an idea.

She got up and went to Lu Shaoming.

When she came to him, the director left to give them space. Lu Shaoming looked at the small woman’s delicate and beautiful face and had a low, mellow smile as he said, “Why are you looking for me now?”

Today, she had ignored him and rolled her eyes at him quite a lot.

Ning Qing, with a small and solemn expression, seriously stated, “I need your help.”

Lu Shaoming was not surprised. He raised his eyebrows and said, “Speak.”

Ning Qing approached him, tiptoed to his ear, and whispered a few words.

Lu Shaoming frowned. She was short. He could only look down at her bright and moving eyes. “Are you really addicted to being a matchmaker? Continuing to the next one after the last unsuccessful venture?”

Ning Qing glared at him. “Can you do it? Give me a definite answer. I can do it myself, too.”

Lu Shaoming was silent for a few seconds before he narrowed his eyes and said, “It’s not impossible. It’s just…”

Ning Qing looked at his expression and guessed that he wanted to get something from her again. This scheming businessman, asking him to do something without a return was absolutely impossible.

“Speak.” She copied him.

Lu Shaoming couldn’t stand how cute she was. Recently, she always liked to go against him. She had lost her warmth, but she was charming and beautiful.

He cleared his throat slightly and said, “Take my car at night, and I’ll take you to the mountaintop.”

“Mountaintop? What do you want?” she asked warily.

Lu Shaoming flashed a wicked grin and casually said, “Can’t I take you to the top of the mountain to listen to the wind and see the stars? Aren’t you very bold? What’s the matter now? Scared?”

Who was scared?

Ning Qing straightened up her slender back, and she smiled with curved eyes. “Young Master Lu, you don’t have to use aggressive tactics to agitate me. Okay, I promise to go to the top of the mountain with you, but the reason I can agree is just that you’re useless.”

The word “useless” made Lu Shaoming’s eyes darken.

Ning Qing ignored him and walked away with her high-heeled shoes.

Lu Shaoming: “…” Wait and see.

The people at the table all dispersed after playing, and many went dancing. Li Beibei said to Zhou Dayuan, who had been drinking the whole time, “Dayuan, let’s go dancing too.”

Zhou Dayuan downed a glass of wine and shook his head. “No.”

Li Beibei looked at his well-defined face and softly asked, “Dayuan, what’s wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood?”

Zhou Dayuan went to pick up the bottle again, only to find that there was no wine left in it. He retracted his hand and looked at Li Beibei. “Miss Li, I’m sorry, I can’t consider dating you and getting married to you.”

Li Beibei was stunned. This had always been how the man handled things. Under his warm temperament, his decisive and fierce style was hidden.

Li Beibei nodded and grinned bitterly. “Can you tell me why?”

Zhou Dayuan looked in the direction the woman had disappeared in and laughed self mockingly, as he said indifferently, “She’s not married, so I don’t want to get married.”

Li Beibei knew who he was referring to. “But she already has a boyfriend. Is waiting six years for her not enough. How much more time do you have to spend on her?”

Zhou Dayuan was expressionless. “I know, but I have always been the passive one. I was the one left behind and waiting. It has become a habit, so this time it shall be the same, let her act first, I shall remain.”

Li Beibei’s eyes were filled with heartache. She really liked the man in front of her. “Okay, I respect your decision, but if you change your mind, you can call me anytime.”

“No need,” Zhou Dayuan shook his head. “Miss Li, you are a good girl. Go and find your happiness.”

Li Beibei had nothing to say. What else could she say? He had said to let her go. He would be the one left behind. In fact, he was just afraid of regret.

He was afraid of getting married before her, but she was single.

As long as she stayed single for a day, his eyes would stay on her, and his hope would continue one more day.

Time had never been a cruel tardiness for men in the world who were as deeply in love as Zhou Dayuan. Otherwise, how could he have never learned his lesson in the past six years?

Li Beibei turned and left.

Zhou Dayuan raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist. He got up, but then he was patted on the shoulder. “Where are you going?”

Lu Shaoming sat beside him.

Zhou Dayuan sat down. He looked at Lu Shaoming and said nothing.

Lu Shaoming snapped his fingers. The waiter brought two glasses of red wine. Lu Shaoming took one and had a sip. He laughed. “Weren’t you very open and casual during the truth or dare just now, even making her face pale? Why, are you feeling guilty now? Seeing that she hasn’t come back for so long, are you anxious, wanting to get her?”

Zhou Dayuan took the other glass of red wine and took a sip. He remained silent.

Lu Shaoming swirled the red wine with one hand while the other was stuffed in his pocket. He was in a good mood as he looked at the ripples in the glass. “Dayuan, how many years have I known you? It’s a piece of cake for you to spin the bottle to wherever you want it to stop. You wanted to kiss her, and she also let you kiss her. Why did you shame her with that gaze?”

Lu Shaoming looked at the man beside him as he asked, “Jealous?”

Zhou Dayuan did not nod or shake his head. He just drank his red wine quietly.

“You’ve also known that she has a boyfriend for a while. How many girls are still a virgin after being in a relationship for so many years? You should’ve guessed the answer to the topic of her first time. Why are you angry and jealous? What happened to your good patience?”

Zhou Dayuan’s calm and gentle face was as silent as still water. He glanced sideways at Lu Shaoming. “Have you ridiculed me enough? You came here to laugh at me?”

Wasn’t he a joke?

He had appeared here today and played a round of truth or dare. He was a complete joke.

Lu Shaoming was right. He admitted that he was angry, jealous, and even furious. His mind would automatically fill many images. Images of her pressed into the bed by a man who kissed and possessed her. Just now, he had used all his strength to suppress the urging emotions in his heart, but he couldn’t suppress it.

So he spun the bottle to her and saw her panic in embarrassment.

But he regretted it.

Just now, when she had turned and walked away alone with a pale face, he regretted it. He had probably cherished her for too long and could not bear to see any grievance on her face.

She obviously did not have the right to feel wrong though.

Lu Shaoming approached him and with a low laugh, he said, “Of course I didn’t come to laugh at you. It’s not like I have nothing to do. My wife told me to do something.”

Zhou Dayuan raised his eyebrows. “What thing?”

“Know what’s best stocked in this bar?” Lu Shaoming asked with a smile while looking at the red wine in his hand.

Zhou Dayuan raised his eyes and scanned all around him. In the concealed corners around him, there were many crazy entangled figures of men and women. They had all taken drugs.

These things were bound to happen in these places.

Zhou Dayuan looked back at the wine in his hand and laughed. “Shaoming, Ning Qing couldn’t have asked you to drug my wine, could she? Wouldn’t you guys be playing too much this time?”

Lu Shaoming could not deny it. “You and Jian Han are really making everyone anxious. To say that she is ruthless to you, a woman’s eyes will not deceive you… She looks at you differently, and you can’t let her go. In that case, Dayuan, let’s have a real truth or dare, alright?”

Zhou Dayuan understood what he meant, but he didn’t respond.

“Dayuan, this time, we will bet if Jian Han will come to save you. If she saves you and kicks Tang Fan aside, you be with her. If she does not save you, you should just let her go and end it as soon as possible.”

Zhou Dayuan was silent for a few seconds and swirled his glass. “Is this wine really drugged?”

Lu Shaoming stood up and said, “No. Although it is my wife’s order, I can’t betray you. Jian Han is not who she was. Can you accept her betrayal six years ago, including her…physical betrayal? Think clearly.”

Zhou Dayuan was very quiet. Even in this noisy environment, he was not even a little impetuous.

His distinct features were hidden in the neon lights. A minute later, he drank all the red wine and stood up. “Room number?”

Jian Han stayed in the bathroom for a long time. She stood in the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water. She looked up at the mirror. The woman in the mirror was pale, but her lips were red.

She reached out and caressed where he had touched her. His scent still lingered in her mouth, which was fatal to her.

Her pupils flashed and she stopped thinking about him.

She turned off the tap and took out her cell phone from her bag.

She dialed a number.

The other end picked up quickly. “Hey, Tang Fan, tie up my loose ends at work. Yes, I’m going back to Singapore… No reason, I’m not happy staying here, so I want to go. Besides, isn’t it always the same wherever I stay? I have no relatives, no…”

Lover.

The world was so big and she was alone.

Everywhere could be her home, yet her home was nowhere.