The entire city lights looked desolate. Standing at the top of Entertainment City’s staircase, Xi Xiaye could feel the wind whistling past her ears, and she could not help but shrink a little.
The man, who stood beside her, very knowingly handed over the car keys. When she heard the jangle, Xi Xiaye looked down and quickly took them.
The buddies were all quite boisterous from drinking, so this was also the benefit of bringing his wife along. They could drink recklessly and did not have to call the assistant over in the middle of the night or get someone else to drive for them, and they could bond happily.
“Go home then. Xiaye and I will send Zimo home,” Mu Yuchen put an arm around Xi Xiaye’s shoulders, then turned to say to Su Chen and Zimo in a lowered tone.
Su Chen nodded as he lifted a hand to massage between his brows. Even though his head was not as heavy as before when he drank those hard liquor, he did drink quite a bit, and the alcohol levels in him were probably way over the legal limit. He felt very sleepy and did not stay any longer.
“We’ll go home then. I have a meeting at the headquarters early tomorrow too. Since the New Year’s coming soon, you can all happily go on a holiday while we have to suffer. Let’s gather again after the New Year,” Su Chen said as he held Ji Zitong’s hand.
Mu Yuchen nodded and said, “Okay.”
“Be careful on the road,” Xi Xiaye reminded.
Ji Zitong smiled. “Don’t worry. You too. Goodnight!”
“Goodnight!”
“Su Nan, Ruan Heng, both of you go home too.”
“Mmm, thank you, Chairman Mu, Xiaye! We had a lot of fun tonight. It’s been a while since we did! Remember to call us along for your next gathering! We’ll go home now since we have work early tomorrow too! Remember to wash up and then rest when you get back!”
“Alright, bye-bye!”
…
When they were done bidding their goodbyes, Xi Xiaye took the car keys out and walked ahead.
“Let’s go too.”
Upon seeing that his woman had gone over to the car, Mu Yuchen looked at Zhou Zimo. When he noticed the fatigue in his eyes, he said in concern, “You really do have the potential to be a workaholic.”
“It’s all your fault!” Zhou Zimo’s handsome face flashed with dissatisfaction. He clenched his fists and lightly punched Mu Yuchen’s shoulder.
Mu Yuchen smiled. “Well, your IQ has been dropping recently. Certain indexes are dysfunctional.”
“Please! Don’t throw shade at me. Speak like a normal person!” Zhou Zimo could sense the meaning in between Mu Yuchen’s words, and he could not help but roll his eyes at him.
Soon, Xi Xiaye drove the car over.
Mu Yuchen pulled open the back seat door and got in first. Zhou Zimo followed suit, and Xi Xiaye became their personal driver. The car sped into the night.
“Explain to me in human words what you were trying to say earlier! What is it? Also, you seemed to be insinuating things to me tonight. About those things you said to me, what did you mean?” Zhou Zimo was the kind of person who had to get to the bottom of things, so when Mu Yuchen did not finish his words, he felt extremely dissatisfied and continued asking about it.
Mu Yuchen looked at him calmly. “A few days ago, I went to the City Bureau and bumped into Chief Zhang. They said that their family member, Zhang Yue, will be back for the New Year for the Spring Festival.”
When Mu Yuchen finished, Zhou Zimo immediately understood. He widened his eyes and looked at Mu Yuchen incredulously. “That crybaby? Why’s she back? Didn’t she decide on permanently residing in Canada?”
“I don’t know about that either. You can ask her yourself when she’s back.”
“Please! What’s her return got to do with me?” Zhou Zimo gave Mu Yuchen a scornful look. “I’m telling you, I won’t mess with that woman. Back then, it wasn’t just me who messed with her, so why should I be the one to handle things?”
“Because Su Chen and I have our wives,” Mu Yuchen said nonchalantly by Zhou Zimo’s ear.
“Chen, you’re despicable! Do you realize that you will ruin me like this!?”
“Well, that’s better than me being dragged into it.”
“You evil, selfish b*stard!” Zhou Zimo practically said those last few words through gritted teeth. When he thought about how he had suffered for so long on that end and think about what this fellow wanted to do now…
“Ever since you and Su Chen got married, you’ve been pressuring me about this. Even my family has been doing the same. Chen, do you think it’s that hard for me to find a woman?”
“I know it’s not hard, but the column for a spouse on your household registration booklet remains empty. I didn’t want to bring this up too, but among us buddies, only you are left. Especially after this incident, I think it’s best if you have a sense of belonging. A few days ago, I bumped into Aunty Zhou at the hospital, and she couldn’t help but talk to me about you again.” Mu Yuchen brought this up with Zhou Zimo once more.
Zhou Zimo then fell silent. He hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the scenery of the street moving outside the car window. “They’re like that, and I’ve gotten used to it.”
“Are you still thinking about the past?” Mu Yuchen squinted at him and said softly.
Zhou Zimo shook his head. “No.”
“Whether or not you are, please forget them. We can’t turn back time. We can only look ahead. If Su Chen knows about this, he’ll definitely nag you again.” Mu Yuchen’s tone was lowered to the point that only the two of them could hear each other, but Xiaye continued to focus on driving ahead. She did not eavesdrop on them.
“That’s true. That would be what he’d do. Alright, I’ll take note of this matter, so don’t worry about it. I understand. If I meet someone suitable, I won’t let them go. Anyway, we don’t have to bring up those things anymore unless you want to laugh at me!” Zhou Zimo said as he held a fist up at Mu Yuchen.
Grinning, Mu Yuchen held up his fist and bumped it with his too.
“The incident with Doris has come to an end. You don’t have to hold onto that matter anymore. At least, you’ll be able to live a little more peacefully after this.”
“I’ve still got a bunch of things to handle before I can live a little simpler. I’ll have to take it one step at a time. It’s futile worrying about this now.”
“Mmm, you probably need some time to handle Doris’ funeral too. Be careful, I think Gu Lingsha’s not in the right state tonight. Hopefully, she wouldn’t hold a grudge against you for this. If revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? I can’t bear to see it go on any longer.”
“Well, even if you can’t, we’ll have to keep going.”
Upon hearing that, Zhou Zimo smiled helplessly and patted his shoulder.