Watching An MeiYun keep drinking without any issues, Zhi Xia was anxious.
The people outside were almost gone, and she had barely convinced Lin Hao to help stall Zhou Family Uncle and An ZhiAng. If it took too long, they would definitely get suspicious.
Zhi Xia was anxious too, but she couldn't be the only one getting drunk if they wanted to cause a scene.
After all, it's more interesting when men get drunk, especially since there were some people here who were particularly prone to drunk tantrums.
From being steady as a rock at first to swaying tipsily at the end, Zhi Xia was clearly exhibiting the behavior of a drunk as she actively went around with a cup to get people to drink with her.
Her behavior clearly relieved An MeiYun and Lin Hao.
Zhi Xia had originally wanted to use getting drunk as an excuse to throw a tantrum and expose the Lin Family's secret room, but when she happened to see Huang Cui sitting outside eating, she changed her mind.
Using the excuse of needing the bathroom, Zhi Xia took a walk around outside and came back slurring, "There's someone called Huang Cui outside asking me to help call Lin Hao to the storage room. Who's Lin Hao? I don't know."
The name Huang Cui made Lin Hao panic. He hurriedly stood up, "Auntie, my mom probably needs me for something. You guys keep drinking, I'll go take a look."
An MeiYun was still smiling. Clearly at this point, she still didn't know about the existence of Huang Cui.
When Lin Hao went outside, he saw Huang Cui sitting at the banquet giving him a flirtatious look when he came out.
Lin Hao had been extremely annoyed by Huang Cui's clinginess recently. He had warned her yesterday not to come to the wedding, but she still showed up and even dared to look for him at this critical juncture.
Lin Hao signaled her to go to the storage room.
Huang Cui furrowed her brows, truly unable to understand Lin Hao's thoughts.
Hadn't he been trying to distance himself from her? She was only here for the banquet to remind him not to forget about her and their child just because he had a new wife. She hadn't taken the initiative to look for him, yet he wasn't afraid of exposing their relationship and called her out first.
Huang Cui was not a timid woman, otherwise she wouldn't have made it this far.
She smiled coquettishly and gave Lin Hao an ambiguous look before getting up to follow him to the storage room.
But very soon, not even two seconds after they went upstairs, screams could be heard from Lin Hao in the storage room.
"I think I heard someone screaming, did something happen?" Zhi Xia immediately sobered up and walked towards the door.
Lin Hao's screams were pretty loud, so many people noticed and got up to go take a look since the tables today were all Lin Family's friends and colleagues. They naturally wanted to see what was going on.
Then they saw the golden glow emitting from the secret passage in the Lin Family storage room. Anyone peeking in would be blinded by the golden hue.
In the main room, only An MeiYun and the two men she had conspired with remained, while the pretend drunk Wang Li resisted her curiosity and stayed face down on the table.
The men were a little impatient and asked An MeiYun, "Sister, didn't we agree that you would get my brother a wife? Otherwise we wouldn't have come today either. That Zhi Xia is clearly hard to deal with. None of us at the table could take her down. My brother is not picky, this one will do. "
He was clearly referring to Wang Li, who just happened to overhear them while pretending to be drunk. She instantly disregarded her act, stood up and smashed her cup on the man's head before questioning An MeiYun, "You're so shameless. Don't forget what you told me when you came looking for me the other day. My mom didn't even want me to come at first. I only helped because I felt bad for you. Turns out you had this filthy idea all along. Do you deserve the care you received from the An Family? Do you deserve my friendship?"
No one expected Wang Li to be pretending.
Seeing their plan exposed, the man moved to attack her and looked to An MeiYun, "What are you staring blankly for? Come help. We can't let today's raw rice remain uncooked. We can't let this girl side with them. If she exposes your plans, do you think you'll still be safe?"
Only then did Wang Li realize that the silent man who had been sitting and eating next to the other man was an idiot!
This was just too infuriating.
An MeiYun was also resentful that Wang Li's act had ruined her plans, so she figured she might as well go all in, "Knock her out and take her to the bed. Let your brother go too. Then we'll go out. It's chaotic out there right now so we'll just say she got drunk and threw herself at him. After all your brother is not very smart."
Since who would blame an idiot anyway if something happened?
"Help...!" Wang Li was not stupid. She flipped the table and took the chance to push the man away while yelling, "Help, they want to rape me!"
She didn't know if An MeiYun was too anxious and slipped up by revealing her plan in front of her.
Although most people outside were drawn to the commotion from Lin Hao, some still heard Wang Li's cries for help and came over.
"What are you doing?"
"The girl is drunk and speaking nonsense. I was getting someone to help bring her to the bed to rest, but she flipped the table instead." An MeiYun explained.
How could Wang Li let her gloss over it like this? She shook off the man's hand and shouted, "Save me quick! They want to rape me!"
Wang Li found a chance to push away and run outside. The man didn't know who was telling the truth either, so he said, "You guys should still go out and take a look. Something big seems to have happened to your Lin Family!"
An MeiYun was still confused, thinking she needed to hurry out and find Wang Li to prevent her from speaking recklessly.
However, as soon as she stepped outside, she saw everyone gathered at the storage room door, pointing and murmuring strange things.
Even Liang Zhiwei was there. He had gained his promotion relying on this case, so although he was somewhat acquainted with Lin Zheng, those connections were nothing compared to his own interests.
Moreover, for his own interests, he was even capable of harming his father-in-law, so how could one expect any conscience from him?
Zhi Xia was not among these people. She had slipped away in the chaos.
An ZhiAng hadn't drunk a single drop today. No matter what others said, he kept his attention on the movements from the room Zhi Xia was in.
Seeing Zhi Xia slip away, he also went out after her.
Then he saw Zhi Xia secretly pull Liu Jun aside to speak privately.
The people around Liu Jun all recognized An ZhiAng, so he went over without anyone stopping him.
Then he heard his sister drunkenly say to Liu Jun, "Brother Liu, something big has happened to the Lin Family. You must seize this great contribution, I won't say anything more. Go take a look and you'll know. Oh right, I must remind you, regarding that Huang Cui woman with Lin Hao, I think I overheard them mention something about special agents. I don't know if I misheard, but just to be safe, I suggest you don't mention it for now to avoid alerting them. You should send a couple brothers to quickly search Huang Cui's place, who knows, you may be able to find something..."
There was no need for the Lin Family to panic yet, since too many people had seen it. With so much money and guns, there had to be a source right? They wouldn't be able to conceal the Heilong Mountain bandit case this time even if Lin Zheng wanted to hide it.
Special agents were a big deal. If they really caught her, promotions and fortunes awaited.
Liu Jun mingled amongst the common folk all day, so naturally he was unwilling to remain just a low-level leader.
"Little sister, do you know where Huang Cui lives?"
"I know. I actually found out about the affair between Lin Hao and Huang Cui a while ago. They even have a child. Last time after I saw Lin Hao leave Huang Cui's place I asked around. I was too scared to say anything then. Don't tell anyone it was me who told you this. Huang Cui lives at..."
