164: Chapter 164 You’re So Annoying 164: Chapter 164 You’re So Annoying Luo Yi hurriedly parked the car outside, then she went through the main entrance, staying vigilantly in the lobby.
From her position, she was neither too close nor too far from the elevators, but it was just right, allowing her to observe the situation of both elevators.
She waited for about five minutes.
One of the elevators came up from the second basement floor to the first floor.
The moment the door opened, she saw Su He standing inside.
A few seconds later, the elevator doors closed again.
She watched as the red numbers rose, eventually stopping on the 8th floor.
She frowned; to go up to the 8th floor, she either needed a dedicated elevator or a swipe card, and she had neither.
So, how was she supposed to follow?
She pulled out her phone and dialed the number again.
“Hello, she’s gone up to the 8th floor, and I can’t follow her.”
The person on the other end of the phone fell silent for a bit, then said in a deep voice, “Wait, I’ll have someone find a way to take you up.”
Ten minutes later.
Luo Yi glanced down at the uniform of a waitress she was wearing, her face couldn’t look worse.
This was their so-called solution?
“Here, this is a staff card, with this card, you can go up to the 8th floor.” A supervisor, approximately in his thirties, looked at her and tossed the card to her, then warned, “Once you are up there, watch your behavior.
Don’t look or pry into things you shouldn’t; find the person you’re looking for and leave immediately.”
The 8th floor of the Gold-plated Club was where even the waitstaff were handpicked with the utmost care.
After the supervisor finished speaking, he left.
As soon as he was gone, he made a call.
“Old classmate, I’ve done the favor you asked for, risking the chance of being fired to help you.
You’re sure your friend is just going up to find someone, right?
She won’t get me into any big trouble?”
The man on the other end of the line laughed, “Don’t worry, I won’t screw you over.
She’s really just going up there to find someone and then she’ll leave.”
“That’ll do, after all, you know what kind of big shots are on the 8th floor of the Gold-plated Club, I can’t afford to offend any of them.”
“Alright, don’t worry, I’ll take you out for some good wine later.”
“…”
After the man hung up the phone, he turned his head and respectfully told the man sitting on the couch in a white shirt and black pants, “Young Master Lou, Luo Yi has gone up.”
Lou Ziang was sitting on the sofa, a cigarette between his fingers.
He took a puff and then exhaled a stream of smoke, crawling into the air, making his face unclear.
He responded with an indifferent “Hmm.”
Then, his somewhat hoarse voice spoke again, “How’s the situation at the hospital?”
The assistant, standing by with his head slightly lowered, said, “It’s still heavily guarded.
Apart from the designated doctors and nurses, no one else can approach.
The young madam went yesterday and was also stopped, and then she went to the Jiang Family Mansion, still blocked at the door.”
Lou Ziang blew another ring of smoke from his mouth and curled his lips into a cold laugh, “My mother overestimated her own status in their hearts.
It’s also rare for her to endure such an insult, deliberately going there to have cold water thrown in her face.”
The male assistant asked with some curiosity and caution, “What does the young madam intend to do?”
Lou Ziang replied coldly, “Whatever she wants to do, our goals are actually quite similar.
Don’t worry about her, just focus on our own matters.”
Male Assistant: “Yes.”
Lou Ziang was more interested in Su He showing up at the Gold-plated Club now.
With Jiang Yan’s old illness relapsing and him being hospitalized, her managing to find time to go to such a place of luxury and indulgence was certainly curious.
At this time.
On the 8th floor of the Gold-plated Club, right after Su He got off the elevator, she encountered Fei Xu who had been waiting for her early.
Fei Xu respectfully said to her, “Young Madam, Master and the others have already arrived.”
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi, as they often appeared alongside Jiang Yan, had been replaced by Fei Xu and others to avoid drawing attention during this period.
They had one handling company affairs and the other continuing to watch over the hospital.
“Mm, okay, let’s go.”
Fei Xu led her toward the exclusive private room.
As soon as the door opened, a burst of noisy chatter came from within.
She instinctively frowned, grateful there was no choking smoke, or she might have turned and left.
The people inside also heard the commotion and looked her way.
Su He: “…”
There was no need for such special attention.
“Mommy～”
The little one stood out amidst a group of adults, wondering how he had also been brought along.
Su He recognized and was familiar with everyone present.
Besides Gu Beiyan, Lu Zhiyang, Xiao Si, Wan Muqi and a few others, there was Jiang You, Jiang Nanche, Long He Song, and Jing Xuan, whom she didn’t expect to see there.
Hadn’t this girl told her she was coming?
Su He walked over and sat down in the space next to Jiang Yan.
“Now that sister-in-law is here, everyone’s arrived.” Jiang You exclaimed excitedly, “Can we bring out the cake now?”
Gu Beiyan, sitting beside her, teased, “All you think about is eating.
Remember, you’re going to be a big star, what cake are you eating?”
Jiang You didn’t care about any of that, she huffed, “I’m not like other female celebrities; I don’t need to diet on purpose.”
Then, she looked towards the two main seats, pouting pitifully, “Brother, sister-in-law, I’m hungry.”
Jiang Yan looked at her and “Mm”ed, “Then let’s eat first, you can play later.”
Gu Beiyan had arranged for playtime before eating, but with the word from the birthday star, he had to swap the order around.
After sending a message, it wasn’t long before someone brought in food and cake.
“Come on, turn off the lights for me, and let’s sing a birthday song for the birthday star.” Gu Beiyan shouted a sentence.
Jiang Nanche immediately ran to turn off the lights.
With Gu Beiyan, Xiao Si, Jiang You, and Long Hesong, the four mood-setters here, there was no need to worry about a lack of atmosphere.
“Xiao, hit the music!”
The atmosphere was set, the lighting was in place, and the music was on…
Only the song was…
perhaps a bit too classic…
“I wish you longevity equal to heaven’s span, I celebrate your happy birthday, may you have this day every year, may you have this moment every year… Congratulations to you… Congratulations to you…”
Listening to this song, Su He pursed her lips, a curve appearing on the corners of her mouth, wanting to laugh, but out of the corner of her eye she saw the man next to her with a somewhat darkened face and held back.
It wasn’t that the song wasn’t good; it just seemed a bit unsuitable for his age.
She sat there, quietly watching the scene, watching them make a fuss.
It had to be said, the atmosphere was indeed on point.
The little guy was standing on the couch, also humming along.
Su He worried that he might get overly excited and lose his balance, so most of her attention was on the little one.
Jiang Yan was the same, with one arm casually laid across the couch in front of the little one.
But that didn’t stop him from listening to the birthday song with a gloomy face, he just remained silent, which was tantamount to tacit approval of their actions.
“…”
Outside, Luo Yi, after coming upstairs, was a bit puzzled, as the eighth floor was unusually large.
After arriving, she walked around for a while and still didn’t see Su He.
And she couldn’t just barge into someone else’s private room.
She could only walk around randomly, maybe she would bump into them soon.
When she was heading to a private room on the east side, someone suddenly called out to her from behind.
She subconsciously turned her head, and saw a woman in a black and white suit dress standing behind her.
“Are you calling me?” Luo Yi looked at the somewhat stern woman standing in front of her.
She glanced at the woman’s name badge, which read “Chen Qian,” and her position was team leader.
Chen Qian gave her a look and said seriously, “Are you new here?
How come I’ve never seen you?”
Luo Yi’s heart skipped a beat, and she immediately said, “Team leader, I was just assigned here by Supervisor Luo.”
“Luo Chong?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Chen Qian looked at her for a while, but didn’t say anything else, still speaking seriously, “You don’t need to go to the private rooms here; without special summons, we are not allowed to enter on our own.”
Luo Yi was taken aback, the rules on the eighth floor were numerous.
A flicker of unusual color crossed her eyes, and she slightly bowed her head in response, “Okay, I understand.”
She had passed by many private rooms just now, but had not gone towards the east side.
After Chen Qian left, she would sneak over there herself.
Inside the private room.
After the song finished, several people urged the Jiang birthday star to stand up and cut the cake, but he remained seated like a lord, motionless.
It was only after Su He gave him a look that he reluctantly stood up.
Xiao Si said with a teasing smile, “Looks like sister-in-law’s gaze is effective, one look and someone gets frightened.
That’s definitely under the thumb of the wife.”
Gu Beiyan quickly followed up with, “Who would have thought that one day, Ah Yan would be henpecked?
Back in the day, who would’ve dared to imagine this?”
Su He: “…”
Jing Xuan laughed softly on one side, casually saying, “This is called cherishing the wife, all you guys without wives, don’t be here sour-graping, making a fool of yourselves.”
“Don’t even mention wives, you guys should find a girlfriend first, after all, single dogs have no right to comment on the married.”
Xiao Si and Gu Beiyan: “…”
Did she eat gunpowder?
Or where did they offend this lady, with her catching any excuse to scold them?
Clearing his throat, Gu Beiyan looked at her and asked, “Xuan, where did your Beiyan brother offend you?”
Xiao Si also said, “And your brother Xiao here, I should at least know what crime I’ve committed to be sentenced.”
With a smile on her beautiful and exquisite face, Jing Xuan glanced at them both and said lightly, “You haven’t offended me.”
But your good brother has offended me!
Of course, she didn’t say this out loud due to the occasion.
“…”
Gu Beiyan and Xiao Si were no fools; they simultaneously looked towards another lord.
They hadn’t offended her, but that didn’t stop someone else from offending the ancestress, and then the ancestress took it out on the two of them.
And obviously, the one who offended her had an extraordinary relationship with them.
So, it could only be Lu Zhiyang.
Lu Zhiyang indifferently glanced at them, his voice low and unemotional, “Why are you looking at me?
You think by looking at me, you can find a wife or a girlfriend?”
Pfft!
Jing Xuan couldn’t help laughing out loud, but she reined it in quickly.
After laughing, she realized her rudeness, but being thick-skinned, she acted as if nothing happened.
This little interlude went by without much fuss.
After that, Gu Beiyan and Xiao Si proposed a game called “Russian Roulette.”
On the table were six glasses to drink from, the glasses could contain alcohol, juice, or tea…
“I’ll explain the rules.
Whatever number you roll, you drink the contents of the corresponding cup.
If you don’t want to drink, you can either tell the truth or take a dare.
It’s up to you to choose,” Gu Beiyan said.
“These cups aren’t transparent, so no one knows what’s inside.
It could be alcohol, juice, or even chili water or vegetable juice; basically, anything goes, including empty cups.”
He had the manager of the Gold-plated Club prepare these items early in the morning.
With a ring of a bell, someone brought in the items.
There were six black cups on the table, each covered with a lid and marked with a number.
Each person also had a dice cup in front of them, with one die inside.
Jiang You and Jiang Nanche did not participate, taking Su Baobao off to play on the other side instead.
The reason was simple; Jiang Yan did not allow them to drink.
Without daring to protest, the two obediently complied.
The group of three seemed to be having a blast, completely unaffected.
On the other side, only Su He and Jing Xuan did not participate.
Su He didn’t join because Jiang Yan said they were one entity and didn’t need to split to play.
Su He was responsible for rolling the dice for him; whatever she rolled, he would drink.
Since they were a married couple and it was his grand birthday celebration, no one objected.
As for Jing Xuan, she was rather direct, saying she was a girl and didn’t play chance games with men.
No one could object to that, as she was someone they dared not provoke.
Su He was the first to start.
Before she rolled, she looked at Jiang Yan and whispered, “You tell me what number you want, and I’ll roll it for you.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yan was slightly taken aback; to his surprise, could she actually control the outcome?
He sat there leisurely, gazing at her tenderly, raised his hand, and gently rubbed the back of her head, speaking in a warm and soft voice, “It’s fine, just roll whatever number comes up.”
The reason Su He asked him was that she didn’t want to take the blame later.
If by chance she rolled a number that wasn’t a normal drink, she would feel somewhat guilty.
However, if it was his own choice, she would feel less burdened.
“Then I’ll just say this in advance, I won’t be responsible later,” She said, blinking her eyes.
Based on her understanding of Gu Beiyan, he would definitely not prepare anything normal for them to drink.
“Alright, you don’t need to be responsible, just help me roll,” He replied.
“Enough with the dilly-dallying, the both of you are so mushy, sister-in-law, just roll it already,” Xiao Si urged from the side.
The couple glanced at him, then concurrently shifted their gaze away.
Su He gathered her thoughts and her gaze inadvertently swept over the six black cups arrayed on the table.
Then, she looked up at Gu Beiyan and the others and suggested, “How about we change the rules a bit?”
Everyone: “…”
Jiang Yan was the first to speak up, “I have no objections.”
The next to speak was Lu Zhiyang, who raised his hand, brushed his glasses, smiled, and said calmly, “I have no objections either.”
Wan Muqi shrugged as well, indicating he was also fine with it.
Long He Song also expressed no objections.
However, Xiao Si and Gu Beiyan hesitated for a moment.
Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze deep as he looked at them and spoke in a dark tone, “You two have objections?
Hm?”
Upon hearing this, how could they dare to disagree?
“No.”
“….”
Jing Xuan nonchalantly crossed her arms and leaned back in the couch, watching the drama unfold.
Su He slightly curled her lips and proposed dramatically: “Five dice, we roll for high or low, roll together, reveal together, and the person with the highest number gets to pick which cup the last two people drink.
How’s that?”
To put it simply, each round required two people to drink.
A minute later.
Everyone looked at Su He, dumbfounded.
She had rolled five sixes, clearly the highest value out of everyone.
There was no need to compare.
And the last two turned out to be Xiao Si and Gu Beiyan, who had just hesitated.
Gu Beiyan asked, “Alright, sister-in-law, which cup do you want us to drink?”
Su He looked at Jiang Yan, and he directly said, “Darling, you decide.”
Su He looked at them and said, “Then two and four.
You two choose.”
Gu Beiyan frowned almost instantly as her words ended.
Lu Zhiyang was sitting opposite him, laughter shimmering in his amber eyes behind his glasses, his lips slightly curved as he teased, “What’s the matter, Old Gu?
Afraid to drink?
Or would you rather choose truth or dare?”
Gu Beiyan could not fail to hear the schadenfreude in his words and gave him a glare, saying, “Who told you I was afraid to drink!”
After that, he got up and took the number four cup.
Xiao Si hadn’t even reacted before Gu Beiyan already grabbed the number four cup, lifted the lid, and drank it down in one go.
“Damn!”
He cursed under his breath; that rascal was unethical, having chosen a cup of vinegar and leaving the celery juice for him!
After Gu Beiyan drank, he sat down and said nothing.
Lu Zhiyang was addicted to the spectacle and then turned to Xiao Si, a smile on his face.
Wan Muqi kicked the dazed Xiao Si with his foot and reminded him, “Come on, Old Xiao, it’s your turn.
Stop dawdling, man up.”
Xiao Si glared back at him.
Wan Muqi wore an expression of nonchalance.
In the end, Xiao Si could only bite the bullet and take the number two cup.
As soon as he lifted the lid, a foul smell wafted out, even more pungent than the one from Gu Beiyan’s cup just now.
Xiao Si frowned, one hand covering his nose as he tilted his head back and downed the drink.
He almost threw up but managed to hold it in.
Otherwise, that would have given these guys something to mock him about for months.
After that, Lu Zhiyang had someone replenish numbers two and four.
“…”
In the following rounds.
Xiao Si and Gu Beiyan were about to lose their grip on life, suffering to the point where bile almost rose in their throats.
Chili water, bitter melon juice, cilantro juice, fishy herb juice, ginger juice…
Everything and anything, all in their natural flavors.
Long Hesong only lost twice, but he was drinking alcohol, which still counted as lucky.
The other three hadn’t lost a single time.
The most shocking aspect was that Su He won every round, always managing to roll five sixes.
If Gu Beiyan and Xiao Si couldn’t figure out that Su He was messing with them, then they seriously had an IQ problem.
However, how did she know which cup was the problematic one and which wasn’t?
And every time she chose, she picked the right one.
This time, Su He didn’t roll all sixes, but she got the second-highest total, the maximum being Lu Zhiyang’s.
The man looked at the two across from him with an amused, teasing expression and said, “Do you two still want to drink?”
His intention was clear: if they wanted to drink, he would oblige; if not, they should choose another form of punishment.
Xiao Si no longer wanted to drink; this insidious man Lu Zhiyang certainly wasn’t any kinder-hearted than Su He.
“I’m not drinking, I choose dare,” he was the first to speak up, then adopted an indifferent attitude, “Just say it, what do you want me to do?”
Lu Zhiyang nodded, understanding, and then he looked toward Gu Beiyan, “How about you, Gu?”
Gu Beiyan also seemed resigned to his fate, “Dare!
Just spit it out, let me kick the bucket sooner rather than later.”
The next second, however, Lu Zhiyang turned to Jing Xuan, who had been enjoying the spectacle all evening, and said in an even-tempered voice, “You’re full of cunning ideas, you tell them.”
Suddenly being called out, Jing Xuan: “…”
Was this guy trying to insult her by proxy?
After locking eyes for a few seconds, Jing Xuan smiled and said, “Okay.”
Then, she looked toward Gu Beiyan and Xiao Si, her radiant face wearing a soul-enticing smile, but in the eyes of the two men, this smile seemed eerily chilling.
They both felt a chill down their spine.
Jing Xuan kindly offered two choices:
“The first option, choose a guy, punch him in the chest, and tell him ‘You’re so annoying,’—remember to use the right intonation.”
Both men’s expressions crumbled instantly: “…”
What the heck was this?
Wan Muqi and Long Hesong sitting aside couldn’t help but start laughing out loud.
Jing Xuan didn’t care about them, continuing, “The second option is to find a woman and ask her if she’s willing to marry you.
There are no limits to who, but it must be someone present, someone we can see, and no calling anyone!”
“Damn it!”
“…”
“Choose, you two, each one picks a different option, no repeats.”
Lu Zhiyang added after she finished speaking.
“!!!”
Wan Muqi and Long Hesong immediately moved away when Xiao Si looked at them.
Long Hesong blinked and said, “Mr.
Xiao, I’m still young, my mental capacity is limited, and moreover, I’m the only son of my dad, who is still waiting for me to get married and have children.”
Wan Muqi spoke up directly, “Young Master Xiao, I’m straight, don’t mess with me, or I might have to protect myself legally, and even if you’re my brother, I won’t go easy on you.”
“…”
That left only Jiang Yan and Lu Zhiyang in the room, and he feared even before speaking, he’d be kicked out.
There was also Jiang Nanche, who was on the other side playing with the kids, oblivious to what was happening here.
But Jiang Yan’s next words quashed any thoughts, “Nanche is still young, don’t you dare target him!”
Just a short sentence, and he didn’t dare make a move.
If he chose the second option, there were only three women in the room, and none seemed approachable.
“Can we get an easier one?” he had no choice but to look toward Jing Xuan and ask.
Jing Xuan smiled and said, “Can’t Young Master Xiao and Mr.
Gu play along?”
Provocation, something she disdained, yet was also very good at.
…
Just as Luo Yi was sneaking around to the east-side private room, she hadn’t wandered for long when she was stopped by several people.
“Who let you come here?”
Fei Xu had noticed this sneaky figure earlier, but since she was wearing a waiter’s uniform, she initially didn’t pay her any mind.
But as Fei Xu began wandering over to this side, it didn’t look like she was working; rather, she seemed to be looking for something or someone.
“Click!”
At that moment, the door to the private room inside opened.
Gu Beiyan walked out.
Luo Yi and Fei Xu both glanced over.
Gu Beiyan said to them, “You, come here.”
Who?
Should go over?