Chapter 56 - 56: Pitiful Feng Lulu
"SOB SOB SOB..."
Feng Lulu's body went limp. She hugged herself, a look of complete helplessness on her face as she started to cry from fear. "Jiang Xinghai, I'm begging you, please don't hurt me. I'm still young, only nineteen! You can't do this to me..."
"You need to understand something. This whole situation is your fault. You kept provoking me, again and again. I tried to hold back several times, but you just wouldn't quit. Do you have any idea how hard that was for me?" Jiang Xinghai tossed the pepper spray onto the bed and crouched down in front of Feng Lulu.
Feng Lulu tried to back away, but with her back against the corner of the wall, where could she go?
"Learned how cruel people can be?" Jiang Xinghai asked calmly as he lit a cigarette.
Feng Lulu instinctively replied, "Mhm, mhm, I get it, I get it now."
"Just knowing isn't nearly enough."
Jiang Xinghai said meaningfully, "You remember when Wang Junjie of the Wang Family kidnapped you, right?"
"I remember. I don't think I'll ever forget it for the rest of my life," Feng Lulu said, her heart pounding with fear.
"So, in the future, you need to be much more careful working as a designated driver at night. Don't always assume you're so worldly and experienced. You need to remember there's always a bigger fish out there. Otherwise, you'll be the one who suffers in the end." In truth, Jiang Xinghai had no intention of hurting Feng Lulu.
He was only doing this to take the opportunity to teach her a harsh lesson.
So she'd remember it!
"So, you saw through my plan the moment you walked in?" Feng Lulu seemed to understand Jiang Xinghai's intentions now.
"Otherwise? If I'd come here with bad intentions, I would have forced myself on you the moment I came through that door, wouldn't I?" Jiang Xinghai licked his dry lips and held out his hand.
Looking pitiful, Feng Lulu reached out her hand, and Jiang Xinghai pulled her to her feet.
"Now tell me, do you still need that acupuncture massage?" Jiang Xinghai's gaze fell on Feng Lulu's chest.
"I..."
Feng Lulu trailed off, hesitant.
She knew that any decision she made now was fraught with uncertainty.
"Forget it. Let's just finish dinner so it doesn't go to waste."
Jiang Xinghai walked to the dining table and started eating again. "Come on. After we eat, we'll check out, and I'll take you back to Jishan Hall."
"I want... to have another drink with you."
Suddenly, with a look of firm resolve, Feng Lulu sat down across from Jiang Xinghai and refilled both their glasses.
"You still want to keep drinking?"
Jiang Xinghai shook his head. "Don't push yourself. Let's eat, check out, and go home."
"I won't!"
Feng Lulu picked up her glass, squeezed her eyes shut, and downed another drink in one go.
"Lulu..."
"Brother Hai, I... I want to apologize first. I'm s-s-sorry. I really shouldn't have... shouldn't have tried to be clever and test you. You're a... a good person, a good person!" After downing her second glass of strong liquor, Feng Lulu, who had been sobering up, was once again plunged into a dizzy state.
"So, what then?" Jiang Xinghai had a faint idea of what was coming.
"Then, wait for me to take a shower and get all nice and clean, then you can give me my acupuncture massage. This grandma is going all in..." Feng Lulu squinted, seemed to give a silly laugh, then got up and steadied herself against the wall as she walked toward the bathroom.
'This girl...'
Jiang Xinghai sighed with a wry smile and could only continue eating.
In the bathroom, clothes were messily tossed on the floor. Soon, the sound of running water could be heard.
Under the influence of the alcohol, Feng Lulu's skin was flushed with a faint pink.
It seemed she didn't find the shower satisfying enough, so she wriggled her way into the bathtub and turned on the faucet.
「Five minutes passed.」
The water in the tub had already submerged her body.
But she had groggily fallen asleep.
「Another five minutes later.」
Feeling uneasy, Jiang Xinghai knocked on the bathroom door. "Lulu, are you still in the shower?"
"Lulu, you haven't fallen asleep, have you?"
"Lulu, if you don't answer, I'm coming in!"
Jiang Xinghai called out several times but received no response from Feng Lulu.
Deciding he might as well go all the way, he pushed open the bathroom door.
"This silly girl really did fall asleep."
The first thing he saw was water overflowing from the tub. Feng Lulu was fast asleep, letting out soft snores.
「At this very moment.」
Feng Lulu's figure was completely exposed to Jiang Xinghai's eyes.
As the saying goes, drunkenness leads to debauchery.
He had downed three glasses of liquor in a row. Although he still had self-control, he couldn't help but have a physical reaction, spurred on by the alcohol.
"RING RING RING..."
Just then, the sound of a phone ringing in the bedroom jolted Jiang Xinghai from his daze.
He grabbed a bath towel, draped it over Feng Lulu, then scooped her up in his arms and carried her to the bed in the bedroom.
'A call from her aunt?'
He looked at the caller ID on Feng Lulu's phone and, after a moment's hesitation, answered it.
"Lulu, it's almost midnight! Why aren't you back yet?" Lin Liping's worried and hurried voice came through the phone.
"Liping, it's me, Jiang Xinghai."
"Jiang..."
After hearing Jiang Xinghai's voice, Lin Liping thought she might have dialed the wrong number and quickly checked the number she had called.
No, it was correct. It was her niece, Feng Lulu's, number!