Wei Yanan was stunned, her face flushing. "Susu, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You know that's not what I meant. I said he really messed me up. After he came back, he was vomiting non-stop, without any warning, and he soiled my clothes. Look, I've showered three times since last night, and I still feel like I smell strange."
Gu Susu could imagine the scene and expressed her sympathy. "That sounds awful."
But she was still puzzled. What was going on with Su Kangxi?
"Sigh, he was too drunk last night and still hasn't woken up. I called you to try and talk him out of going to bars to get drunk. It's not suitable for him."
Gu Susu looked at her and said, "Are those places suitable for you? You're a girl, and I think you're even less suited for them than he is."
Wei Yanan said nonchalantly, "He and I are different. I grew up in that kind of environment, so I'm used to it."
Gu Susu said helplessly, "But can't you live a normal life?"
"What is a normal life? Getting married and having kids? Oh my, do I look like the type to be a good wife and mother? I'd rather have fun out and about."
Gu Susu was speechless. She looked at the furnishings in the apartment and then around. "Your place is quite nice. Is it yours or rented?"
"How could I afford to buy a place? It's my dad's, he gave it to me."
Gu Susu said with a playful smile, "I didn't realize you were a rich second-generation. That's great. No wonder you have the capital to run around."
"Sigh, it's because my dad shields me that I live such a comfortable life. Every day, besides playing around, there seems to be nothing else to do."
Gu Susu looked envious. "Be content. Not many people are as lucky as you."
Just then, Su Kangxi, wearing ill-fitting pajamas, pushed open the door from the room. He saw Gu Susu at a glance and said hurriedly, "What is this place? Sister Susu, why are you here?"
"You're asking me? What's wrong with you?" Gu Susu lectured him like an older sister. "You went to a bar to drink, slept until now, and you don't have to go to work!"
Su Kangxi scratched his messy hair and asked blankly, "What is this place?"
When he had opened his eyes in the room earlier, he stared at the ceiling. His mind was completely blank, and he had no idea where he was.
Wei Yanan couldn't stand it anymore. She walked over, stood on tiptoe, and patted his head forcefully. "If you can't drink, don't drink outside! What place, what place? This is my home!"
Su Kangxi looked at Wei Yanan blankly. "Your home?"
"Are you looking down on where I live?" Wei Yanan put her hands on her hips. "If I hadn't dragged you back from the bar last night, who knows what rich woman would have picked you up? You'd be in trouble now!"
Su Kangxi said disbelievingly, "Even if I slept on the street for a night, besides you, who would drag me away?"
Wei Yanan was choked by his words and couldn't speak for a moment. So, her good deed was being interpreted as her having ulterior motives.
Gu Susu interrupted their bickering and continued, "Su Kangxi, what exactly happened to you? You police officers are the most disciplined. You're not going to work like this, what are you trying to do!"
"It's not that I don't want to go to work, it's..." Su Kangxi said halfway and then sat down, pulling at his hair.
Wei Yanan asked anxiously, "What is it? Tell us clearly. It's not that big of a deal to be heartbroken, is it? Do you have to torture yourself like this?"
"Yanan is right, you should thank her," Gu Susu still asked curiously, "But I didn't hear you say you had a girlfriend?"
"It's not a breakup," Su Kangxi looked up at them and said, "I... I've been dismissed from the police station. I don't have a job now, and I was just in a bad mood, which is why I went to the bar."
Gu Susu and Wei Yanan both showed surprised expressions.
"Dismissed? Why? You're always so serious and hardworking at your job. Don't your superiors see that?" Gu Susu said, unable to understand.
Su Kangxi said dejectedly, "It's not exactly dismissal, it's just that the leader informed me that I didn't pass my probationary period."
Gu Susu still couldn't believe it. No one was more suitable to be a police officer than him, and he even graduated from the police academy. How could he not pass his probationary period?
"Did you ask your leader? What was the reason for not letting you pass the probationary period..."
"Susu, look at him, he's so clueless. Do we still need to ask?" Wei Yanan explained for him, "You have to be sharp everywhere these days. He's like a clumsy ox who only works but doesn't know how to please his superiors or get along with colleagues. It's no wonder he couldn't pass his probationary period."
Gu Susu still felt that being a police officer didn't require such worldly sophistication and shrewdness. Su Kangxi not passing his probation was really hard to believe. "But..."
"Sis, she's right. I did offend my superior. I acted on my own once, so I couldn't pass my probationary period." Su Kangxi perked up and said, "It's okay. I've thought it through these past few days. If I can't be a police officer, I can do other things. There's always a way."
Gu Susu probed further, "What was that unauthorized action? Was it the time you helped me rescue Xiao Xingxing?"
"No, oh, I can't remember." Su Kangxi brushed it off, afraid that telling the truth would make Gu Susu feel guilty.
Gu Susu had already guessed. She said, "It must have been that time. You said a colleague also sacrificed their life. Otherwise, you wouldn't have failed your probationary period."
"I already said it wasn't," Su Kangxi changed the subject. "What are these clothes I'm wearing? Who changed them for me?"
Wei Yanan covered her mouth and laughed. "Of course, they're my clothes. They're the largest size I have. Who told you to vomit all over your clothes last night? I don't have any men's clothes here."
Su Kangxi tugged at the too-short clothes he was wearing and asked, "Then what about my clothes? Give them back to me!"
Wei Yanan said impatiently, "They're not dry yet."
"Give me the wet ones too! How can I go back dressed like this?" Su Kangxi asked for his clothes.
Gu Susu quickly said, "You can't wear wet clothes, it's bad for your health. I'll call a car to take you back. You'll have clothes to change into when you get back."
Su Kangxi couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't accept going back dressed in ill-fitting women's clothes, even by car. "Sis, don't joke. I can't go out to see people dressed like this, or people will think I have a cross-dressing fetish."
Wei Yanan laughed at him. "Then if you think you can't be seen in public, stay here until your clothes are dry."
Su Kangxi was even more reluctant to stay with her. He'd rather just take a car back with Sister Susu. If he was embarrassed, so be it.
"Forget it, I'll go back with Sister Susu."
Wei Yanan said with a loss of face, "Am I a tiger that will eat people? Why don't you want to stay with me? Who cleaned you up last night? Truly, good intentions are repaid with ill deeds."
"Who are you calling a dog? You didn't have to bring me back. You brought me to your place without my consent. Who knows what your intentions are?"