Chapter 482: Friends
"Mr. Chu, I"m starting to seriously doubt whether you are an ordinary office clerk now..."
"I am, but they are definitely not..." I didn"t know how to describe my feelings at the moment. I felt somewhat angry, yet also disappointed. After taking a deep breath, I said to Wu Lefeng, "I"m sorry, there"s something I need to deal with, so I need to leave early. Thank you for the dinner tonight, and don"t worry, I won"t say anything about your secret relationship with Miss Mu."
"If I didn"t believe you, I wouldn"t make friends with you." Wu Lefeng waved his hand and frowned again. "Mr. Chu, I"ve been abroad and hired foreign bodyguards before, so I can see that those two guys earlier are definitely professional. I don"t know what had happened between you and the two women in the bathroom, but based on their as well as those two bodyguards" att.i.tudes towards you... I think it"s better to let it go. Otherwise, it won"t end up any good for you. How about this, let me talk to them on your behalf and see if we can settle whatever misunderstanding you have with them..."
"No need," I refused directly. "This is my personal matter, and it is quite complicated. I don"t even know how to explain it clearly myself. Moreover, you are a star, a public figure. It"s not appropriate to get you involved in this."
There was another reason that I didn"t tell Wu Lefeng. The Third Lady was not an ordinary woman after all. Bei Tian City had many powerful and rich people, but not many people could make her take them seriously.
Moreover, I remembered Guo Xiang and Xingyu once said that the Third Lady"s personality was very eccentric. She would rather invite beggars to eat at roadside stalls than taking the brown-nosers seriously.
I didn"t want Wu Lefeng to make a fool of himself.
"It"s not a big deal, I don"t really mind it," Wu Lefeng sighed. "But since it"s your personal business, I won"t interfere with it. However, if you ever need my help, don"t hesitate to ask me."
"Thank you."
Wu Lefeng chuckled. "There"s no need to be so polite to me."
I didn"t know what to say. People often said that stars were arrogant and hypocritical, but I only felt enthusiasm and sincerity from Wu Lefeng. Because of this, my previously irritated mood improved a lot.
I originally wanted to ask Kong Jiancheng about the five female guests, but that guy already fell asleep on the table. Helplessly, I could only bid farewell to Mu Rui and Avril and left the restaurant with the other four girls.
"Elder Brother, are you ill?" Chu Yuan was physically weak. She was already out of breath after helping Dong Xiaoye go downstairs. "Since you are not in a hurry to go home, why are you urging us to leave?"
"Yes," Dongfang was also out of breath. "Why are we hiding here? Elder Brother Nan, hurry up and get a taxi to take Elder Sister Liusu home. She is so heavy, I can"t carry her anymore..."
Uh... Liusu and Dong Xiaoye both got drunk by Mu Rui. Dong Xiaoye"s condition was a little better, at least her eyes were still open, and at the moment she was hugging Chu Yuan while giggling foolishly. As for Liusu, she was leaning on Dongfang Lianren"s back, and fell asleep while standing.
After thinking about it for a moment, I took out a handful of change from my pocket and stuffed it into Chu Yuan"s hand. "You and Dongfang take a taxi, and take Elder Sister Liusu and Elder Sister Xiaoye home first..."
"What about you?" Chu Yuan frowned. "Elder Brother, what exactly are you doing?"
"Waiting for someone." I didn"t know how to explain to Chu Yuan, so I only perfunctorily said, "I saw someone I know in the restaurant earlier. I"m waiting for her to come out and tell her something before I go home. You can go back first."
"Then can"t we wait for her together?"
I smiled bitterly. "Look at them, both of them can"t even stand up straight. How are we going to wait together? Do you want them to lie down on the street while we are waiting?" I had my own concerns. I didn"t know what kind of person the Third Lady was, so I didn"t want Chu Yuan and Liusu to have any contact with that kind of woman.
"That"s easy for you to say," Dongfang said with an annoyed voice. "We are two weak little beauties taking a taxi with two drunk and unconscious big beauties. Are you not worried that someone will drag us to a small alley and rape us?"
"Rape… You little brat, what exactly are you thinking in your head all the time?!" Although I scolded her, her words indeed made me worried. Even though what Dongfang that little brat said was unlikely to happen, it wasn"t completely impossible. So in this case, it was really not safe for the four girls to take a taxi. Thinking of this, I took out my cell phone and dialed a number. "h.e.l.lo? Brother Wei, what are you doing at the moment? Teaching Qin Lan how to drive? You are still teaching her at this time? Ahem, I don"t mean anything else, so please forget what I just said… Anyway, where are you right now? Century Bridge? Great, it"s near here. Can you come to a place called "I Miss You" near the..."
The more Ziyuan wanted to hide from me, the more I couldn"t stop thinking about it; so I couldn"t leave, lest she would sneak away. Originally, I wanted Brother Wei to help me send the four girls home, but I didn"t expect him and Qin Lan to cruise along the roads near the river at night, and they happened to be nearby.
Less than ten minutes after the phone call ended, a yellow car stopped in front of us. At this time, Dongfang and Chu Yuan could no longer carry the two drunk women. I was holding Liusu, while the two of them worked together to support Dong Xiaoye.
When the people in the car got out, all of us were stunned. My goodness. Brother Wei and Qin Lan actually wore the same outfit. Thinking that the two of them were acting like ordinary colleagues in the company, but now they were so close and intimate in private, I almost couldn"t stop myself from chuckling.
Brother Wei was a thick-skinned person, so he didn"t mind what we would think. But Qin Lan was so ashamed that she barely dared to meet my gaze. She quickly came up to help Liusu, and while doing so, she also criticized her, completely ignoring the fact she might not be able to hear what she was saying, "How can you get so drunk?"
I could tell what she meant. It was our first official date after all. She shouldn"t have revealed such an image in front of me.
I shook my head helplessly. She was unlucky to meet a strong opponent like Mu Rui.
"So are you," Qin Lan looked around at a few girls before finally staring at me and reprimanded in a low voice, "I can understand why you would bring Xiaoye, but why are you still taking your little sister with you on a date?"
I felt embarra.s.sed. "It was a coincidence. I met them on the street."
Brother Wei opened the car door and asked me with a smile while watching me and Qin Lan help Liusu get into the car, "Brother Nan, why are you asking us to escort them home? Do you have some other things to do later on? Don"t tell me that you have another event that you need to attend? Is it with Ms. Mo?"
After he said this, not only Qin Lan raised her eyebrows, but Dong Xiaoye also became a little sober. "What?"
"Nothing." I chuckled annoyingly. "Brother Wei, why do you always talk about Ms. Mo?"
Brother Wei shrugged. "Because she can"t leave you."
Fortunately, Liusu had fallen asleep. Otherwise, she would definitely get jealous. But even so, Chu Yuan, Dongfang, and Sister Tiger"s questioning gazes also made me very uncomfortable. "It has nothing to do with Ms. Mo, I happened to meet an acquaintance during dinner. It"s not convenient to greet her at that time, so I plan to wait for her here. I"ll go home as soon as I finish talking to her. You can help me to send them back first..."
"Send all of them back?" Brother Wei counted the heads and looked back at Qin Lan"s small car. "It might be a bit difficult."
Her car wouldn"t fit so many people...
"You can send Liusu and the two little girls back. I have to follow him." Dong Xiaoye suddenly sobered up, staring at me sharply, as if she had noticed something.
"I"m not going," Chu Yuan said, "Elder Sister Xiaoye hurt her foot, so I will help her."
Weren"t you just feeling tired? Didn"t you say that you wanted to go home?!
Chu Yuan definitely suspected that I was really waiting for Mo Fei because of Brother Wei"s joke just now.
Feeling troubled, I said to Dong Xiaoye, "Why do you have to follow me? You"ve drunk too much alcohol."
"Even if I pa.s.s out, I still have to stay with you." Dong Xiaoye still had a hard time controlling her tongue. Although her expression was serious, the way she slurred was quite funny, "I know what you want to do again. Don"t forget, it"s my task to protect you."
"Task?" Brother Wei and Qin Lan were extremely sensitive to this word, and spontaneously thought of the disgusting man, Gong Fanlin.
In fact, Gong Fanlin was just an excuse used by the police. Xu Heng was the real reason why Dong Xiaoye was protecting me. But the annoying thing was that I couldn"t explain this to Brother Wei and the others. I could only watch them feel guilty. Dong Xiaoye was really drunk. She didn"t even think about other people"s feelings when she spoke.
"Why are you making so many excuses? If you don"t want to go home, just say it." I pretended to scold Dong Xiaoye while smiling bitterly in my heart. She was currently in a half-conscious state, so driving her away might be a little bit difficult. If I let her continue talking, she might say something that she shouldn"t say. "Fine then. You can help me send Liusu and little Dongfang back first. We will go back later."
As for the matter regarding the Third Lady, I didn"t think I would be able to hide it from Dong Xiaoye.
"Send Liusu back?" Qin Lan said, "I don"t know where she lives."
Brother Wei also said, "Sadly, I also don"t know. She has never invited me to her flat at all…"
"She lives in... Forget it, you can send her to my place. Brother Wei, you know where I live, right?" Liusu lived with Shu Tong. If I let her see that I entrusted Liusu to Brother Wei and Qin Lan in this kind of state, she would definitely scold me. To avoid this, I could only ask them to send Liusu to my flat first.
"Oh?" Brother Wei and Qin Lan said in unison, looking at me with an ambiguous gaze, making me feel very awkward...