Huo Shao Ting took a sip of wine, sat on the edge of his desk with his legs crossed, and looked at him coldly, his voice dangerously asking: “What do you think?”
Huo Shao Jie cried with a sad face, drinking the red wine bottle by bottle resentfully.
“Drinking like this...” Huo Shao Ting frowned slightly, his voice softly murmuring.
As soon as Huo Shao Jie heard this, the hairs on his body stood on end. He hugged the bottle and drank the red wine like drinking water, finishing most of the bottle in a few gulps.
Huo Shao Ting was still not satisfied. He opened another bottle and only poured himself a little.
Huo Shao Jie: “...Brother, you're trying to murder me.”
“Am I? If something happens to me, why don't you keep me company? After all, we are good brothers.”
Huo Shao Ting raised his eyebrows and looked at him playfully.
Huo Shao Jie immediately felt tightness down there. He grabbed the wine bottle and drank it all!
After he finished two bottles of red wine, he staggered tipsily into the bedroom. Only then did Huo Shao Ting put down his glass and walk out.
Huo Shao Ting walked to the bedroom door, took a few deep breaths before pushing the door open and walking in. This time he did not forget to lock the door.
Rong Dai had already finished showering and was drying her hair.
He went to get a hair dryer and stood behind her, his voice gentle: “Let me do it.”
Hearing his voice and feeling him get close, Rong Dai tensed her back and gently replied: “Thank you.”
Huo Shao Ting didn’t say anything. He gently blew her hair.
Sensing his relaxation, Rong Dai also relaxed.
“I've drawn you a bath. Go soak for a bit. You've worked hard these days.” Rong Dai watched him put away the hair dryer and spoke up.
Huo Shao Ting turned to look at her. Seeing her sitting hesitantly on the bed, her gaze flickering to the sofa.
Rong Dai really didn't want to sleep on the sofa. She had been sleeping on the bed these days. Although Huo Shao Ting had come back twice, he was busy with company matters in the study until late at night, so he just slept in the study.
Apart from that one night of sleeping together, the two had not slept together since.
What made Rong Dai struggle was that if she suggested sleeping on the sofa after the two were just so emotionally heated, it would seem too melodramatic.
In her second life, she didn't want to be as restrained as she was in her previous life, having to be vigilant all the time. That kind of life was tiring, really tiring.
In this life, she just wanted to live according to her heart and be carefree.
“If you're worried... I'll sleep in the guest room tonight.” Not wanting her to feel awkward, he brought it up.
The chance in the bathroom just now would have happened naturally if not for that damned Huo Shao Jie!
Rong Dai was startled for a moment. She quickly shook her head, glanced at him and quickly lowered her head again. She spoke nervously and a little stuttering: “No, just... just sleep in the bed.”
After saying this, she felt her heartbeat accelerate again, and the heat that had just receded crawled back onto her cheeks.
She quickly grabbed the quilt, immediately slid to the other side of the bed, and pulled the quilt over herself with her back to Huo Shao Ting.
Her whole body was sweating finely from tension, and her hands were drenched in sweat.
Huo Shao Ting looked at her stiff back. Although she was wearing lounge clothes, the soft silk lounge clothes clung alluringly to her delicate body.
But he was very clear that the chance in the bathroom just now was lost. Although the physical and mental torment made him very uncomfortable, he was more willing to wait until she was willing.
He moved closer to her back, reached out and stroked the strands of hair around her temples, his voice gentle and mellow: “I won't force you. I have enough patience to wait until you're ready. Don't be nervous, just go with the flow.”
With that said, he lowered his head and lightly kissed her ear, then shifted his body to leave her some space and distance.
Rong Dai was extremely nervous, struggling internally over whether to agree or not if Huo Shao Ting wanted to be intimate.
But she didn't expect Huo Shao Ting to be so considerate and respect her feelings.
That tension gradually disappeared, and her stiff body gradually relaxed. Feeling his steady breathing, she turned slightly to glance at his side profile.
“Thank you for respecting me, Huo Shao Ting,” she said in her heart, leaning on the pillow and falling into deep sleep.
The couple had gone to bed, but someone in the Huo house was unlucky.
“Young... Young Master? You've been drinking again?”
Aunt Wang had just finished cleaning and was about to go back to her room to rest when she saw Huo Shao Jie with a flushed face, singing an out of tune song with unclear speech.
Most importantly, he had stripped himself naked! Only leaving a pair of underwear that was unbearable to look at!
“Heehee, let's, let's dance!”
After two bottles of red wine, Huo Shao Jie was dead drunk.
When others get drunk they either sleep or go on a drunken rampage, but he had completely lost his mind!
Saying so, he pulled Aunt Wang to sing ah-yah incoherently in the living room, treating Aunt Wang like a rag doll, dragging her here and there and spinning in circles.
Aunt Wang was dizzy from the spinning. Huo Mei Shu and Lu Zheng were awakened by the noise. They walked out and saw Huo Shao Jie's disgraceful state in the living room. One was gloating while the other was furious.
“He's drinking again?! Uncle Li, Uncle Li!”
Lu Zheng trotted downstairs to call the butler Uncle Li to hold Huo Shao Jie down on the sofa. Aunt Wang was so tired she stood panting on the side.
Huo Mei Shu slowly walked downstairs and saw Huo Shao Jie still wanting to dance on the sofa. She took out her phone and started recording a video.
“Aunt Wang, go get him sober-up medicine. Tomorrow, move all the liquor from his room to the wine cellar and lock it up!”
Lu Zheng's face flushed red with anger as she looked at this almost thirty-year-old son, really wanting to give him two slaps.
But Huo Shao Jie was already drunk silly, even if she did slap him, he wouldn't react.
“You're still laughing there, go get your brother a blanket!” Seeing Huo Mei Shu laughing, Lu Zheng yelled at her.
Huo Mei Shu pouted, shrugged, went upstairs to get a thin blanket and stood aside watching the flustered three people, saying: “Mom, if you knew that second brother ruined your chance to hold your grandchild tonight, I think you would definitely make him drink arsenic!”
Lu Zheng was startled: “What did you say?”
Only after Huo Shao Jie quieted down after taking the sober-up medicine did Huo Mei Shu recount what had happened earlier.
Lu Zheng immediately looked at Huo Shao Jie differently, practically wanting to eat him alive!
