Shen Su didn't reply to her, his gaze fixed on the rising elevator screen.
Soon, Shen Su had delivered Qin Siruan to her room. After entering, Qin Siruan immediately rushed to the bathroom to vomit. Shen Su stood outside, listening to her retching, and rubbed his temples.
He should have stopped her earlier. Qin Siruan's tolerance for alcohol hadn't improved at all over the years. After she finished throwing up, Qin Siruan was already on the verge of collapse, stumbling as she walked. Shen Su helplessly helped her onto the bed and took off her shoes.
Qin Siruan had no reaction once she lay on the bed; she had likely fallen asleep.
As Shen Su prepared to leave, his phone suddenly rang. He glanced at it and saw it was Feng Feng calling.
She was actually calling him?
This was truly rare. Shen Su even forgot to leave the room and eagerly answered.
He chuckled and teased, "Ms. Feng, it's rare for you to call me."
Feng Feng asked him, "Are you busy?"
Shen Su replied, "Not busy. Tell me what's on your mind."
Feng Feng said, "I've run out of my medication. If it's convenient, could you bring me a few bottles back? I need them urgently."
Shen Su responded, "Okay."
"Shen Su... I'm so hot, I want some water," Qin Siruan suddenly stirred on the bed.
This cry was precisely what Feng Feng heard.
Feng Feng, sitting in her office, furrowed her brow slightly. She quickly realized what was happening and said to him, "You go ahead and attend to your business."
Without giving him a chance to speak, she hung up the phone.
It was lunchtime. Feng Feng put down her phone, picked up her coffee, and as she drank, she recalled the woman's voice from the phone call.
Was she jealous? Not really. She and Shen Su were not boyfriend and girlfriend, so there was no need for fidelity.
However, she had overlooked one thing for over a year: that Shen Su's casual partners were likely not limited to just her.
But she herself only had Shen Su. She was too lazy to expand her social circle to find new partners. Shen Su was comfortable to use, so their relationship developed into a fixed arrangement. Her preconceived notion made her assume that Shen Su also only had her.
But how could that be possible? The woman's voice on the phone tonight had already revealed everything.
Feng Feng thought she might need to re-evaluate this relationship.
Feng Feng was no longer at an age for dreaming. Her developing this relationship with Shen Su was solely to satisfy her physiological needs. Shen Su's physical condition met her expectations. As for emotional aspects, she had no requirements.
Over the past year, Shen Su had occasionally overstepped boundaries, but these were all trivial matters. He knew how to distinguish between occasions, which was why not many people around them knew about their relationship until now.
Even her colleagues at the firm didn't know that she and Shen Su slept together in private.
Although they had never discussed their views on relationships, it was evident that Shen Su was not the type to settle down easily, and Feng Feng had never expected him to settle down for her.
She thought that when Shen Su first became a regular partner, he probably hadn't sought others out for a period. Now, the novelty had worn off.
Some things were better left unknown. Once known, they were bound to be unsettling. She didn't care who Shen Su liked or slept with, but the thought that he might have come from another woman's bed to find her...
Never mind, she would just find someone else. It wasn't as if she couldn't find someone more suitable than Shen Su; it would just take a bit more effort.
Qin Siruan was completely inebriated. Shen Su poured her a glass of water, but she couldn't drink it herself. Seeing it through, Shen Su helped her sit up from the bed and fed her the water.
Qin Siruan was also unruly while drinking, spilling it all over herself, soaking a patch of her chest. Shen Su frowned, "Stop moving around."
He regretted it. He should have stopped her from drinking when he saw her earlier. After so many years apart, he had forgotten the extent of her drunken antics.
"Shen Su, let's do it," Qin Siruan suddenly leaned in and kissed him, her voice low and trembling, full of seduction, her eyes hazy and unfocused.
She was an exquisite beauty. As a man with normal physiological functions, it was impossible for him not to react. However, Shen Su wasn't someone who only thought with his lower half. Qin Siruan had been unwilling to part ways back then, and she likely still harbored hopes for him now. If he touched her, things would become much harder to resolve.
If Qin Siruan were just a woman with no feelings for him, he wouldn't have restrained himself like this.
Shen Su pushed Qin Siruan away, laid her back on the bed, and covered her with the quilt. "You've had too much to drink, go to sleep early."
Shen Su got up to leave, but Qin Siruan grabbed his arm. "I'm not drunk, I'm very clear-headed."
"I don't believe you can't see what I mean... Shen Su, I just want to stay by your side." Qin Siruan's voice was still slurred with drunkenness, indistinct and intermittent.
There was no reasoning with someone drunk. Shen Su simply said, "Mm," and "I understand. Go to sleep, okay?"
Shen Su rarely lost his temper when he was out, especially with women. Even though he felt a hint of impatience, he maintained his usual gentle tone.
Shen Su eventually coaxed Qin Siruan to sleep. He didn't stay in the room with her; he called a room attendant and then returned to his own place.
The next morning, after Shen Su woke up, he heard a knock on the door. When he opened it, Qin Siruan was standing outside.
She had sobered up. Today she was wearing a tracksuit and no makeup. Her eyes were still a little red from drinking the night before.
"Let's go down for breakfast together," Qin Siruan said.
Shen Su agreed and went with her to the restaurant downstairs. Qin Siruan took a sip of coffee and asked him, "Did I say anything last night?"
Shen Su replied, "Drunken ramblings, I won't take them seriously."
Qin Siruan gave a stiff laugh. "Do you have a girlfriend now?"
"No," Shen Su replied casually.
Upon hearing this, Qin Siruan felt a flicker of hope. Since Shen Su didn't have a girlfriend, she didn't need to be so hasty...
"I'm returning to Nanjiang in a few days. What about you, when are you going back?" Qin Siruan asked.
Shen Su said, "The flight is the day after tomorrow afternoon." Qin Siruan's eyes lit up. "Is it the 3:30 one?"
Coincidentally, Shen Su and Qin Siruan were on the same flight.
Therefore, Qin Siruan naturally went to the airport with Shen Su and Gu Song.
Gu Song also knew Qin Siruan. As soon as she appeared, Gu Song understood her intentions; she still hadn't given up on Shen Su.
Since they checked in together, the three of them were seated next to each other in first class. Shen Su and Gu Song were in one row, and Qin Siruan was diagonally in front of them.
After boarding, Gu Song glanced at Qin Siruan and quietly said to Shen Su, "Your charm is quite something. She's still got feelings for you."
Shen Su didn't respond. Gu Song raised an eyebrow and started giving Shen Su bad advice, "Why not reconcile with her? And see how Feng Feng reacts."
Gu Song was adept at using one woman to provoke another.
Shen Su glanced at him. "She won't react."
Expecting Feng Feng to compete or become jealous was like expecting the impossible.
They had a lot of professional interaction, and when they ate together, people often showed interest in him, but Feng Feng showed no reaction.