Chapter 89 — The Alcohol Was To Blame!

"Ranran, I'm screwed!"

Seeing Su Qianhua's SOS message, Pei Yueran tensed up. What could have happened?

She told Han Yichen that she had something important to do and hurried to her room. She wasted no time in calling her immediately the door was shut.

"Qianhua, what happened? Are you okay? What's going on?" Pei Yueran threw questions at her immediately she picked the call.

Su Qianhua took a deep breath.

"I had a one night stand!"

At Pei Yueran's incredulous look, she closed her eyes and added,

"With Mule Head Jiang!"

Pei Yueran's mouth formed an "O" shape. She settled down against her headboard in order to get comfortable. It sounded like it was going to be a long story.

"Okay, I'm ready. Spill."

And spill she did.

What happened was that the hacker had been successfully apprehended by the team. After Jiang Philip ascertained his exact location and gathered irrefutable evidence of his involvement with Fen Wucai, they went on to file the case.

The hacker was arrested at the airport. He was already trying to flee the country, and if not for their quick thinking, he would have successfully escaped. When the police got to his location and found out that he was not there, Su Qianhua and Jiang Philip put two and two together, rushing madly to the airport.

They were just in time. Su Qianhua pulled him out of the boarding queue and handcuffed him. The team handling the case then showed up some minutes later and took him to the station. They also contacted the cyber police in City M to "invite" Fen Wucai for questioning.

Elated at their success and smooth teamwork, Su Qianhua and Jiang Philip went out to celebrate.

They had only known each other for less than two weeks, but working together had brought them a bit closer. The huge quantity of alcohol they consumed erased whatever inhibitions they still had.

"Ranran, you know I have very good alcohol tolerance right? I really don't know how I got drunk", She said hitting her head lightly.

"And that wasn't even the main part!"

Pei Yueran blinked. There was still more?

"The next morning was so awkward. You know the way I move around in my sleep right?"

Pei Yueran nodded. Su Qianhua had terrible sleeping habits. She could change her sleeping position hundreds of times in one night, and she usually woke up in funny positions.

"Today of all days, it was even worse. I woke up with a splitting headache, only to find myself hanging on to him like a koala. My hands were on him, and I even drooled on his abs. Ranran, I'm really screwed!"

Pei Yueran tried to calm her down. "Take a deep breath. It's not that bad. You could have just explained that it was a mistake, that the alcohol was at fault. If it bothers you that much, also apologize for drooling on him."

Su Qianhua looked at her sorrowfully. "You make it sound so easy. I wish I could just go back in time and rewind last night. I would not have taken even a sip of alcohol!"

"Don't worry, it will pass. Both of you will forget it soon."

"But that's not all." Su Qianhua was really about to cry now, "The idiot picked his mom's video call and she literally caught us, in bed, red-handed! I could have died from the embarrassment!"

Pei Yueran wanted to laugh loudly, but she didn't want to add to Su Qianhua's agony. It was obvious she was really unhappy about the whole thing, but her storytelling was really thrilling. It was like a movie.

"Her excitement was as great as my embarrassment. She just kept smiling and saying, "Good. This is wonderful. You guys continue!"

"I wished I could just teleport, disappear, whatever —anything to escape from the awkwardness."

Pei Yueran could imagine. She had heard Jiang Philip complain countless times about his mother's pestering over the past few months.

She tried to comfort her "But really, you should have just told her immediately that it is not what she thinks and that you guys are just friends."

"And that's where I went softhearted for a moment and lost my chance. Trust me, I wanted to, but Mule Head Jiang looked at me with those orbs of his and my rationality vanished for a few moments.

"In that time, he cut the call and begged me to just play along, that he wanted to make his mother happy just this once and that it would only last for a few weeks.

"I really couldn't reject him, because I could relate. My mom has also been disturbing me recently, arranging blind dates for me. Can you imagine?"

"So it's a win-win situation then. Both of you can be a pretend couple for a few weeks, and you can tell your parents that you broke up after he leaves the country." Pei Yueran reasoned.

"Right? Except that now, she said she's coming on the next available flight to City A to meet her "daughter-in-law". And you know my mom, she's a sucker for biracial men. She might even drag us to the Civil Affairs Bureau immediately she sets her eyes on him.

"She would definitely say something like, "You must not let this hunk slip out of your hands. Hold him tightly!" Ranran, can you now see that I'm in trouble?"

"Don't worry, there will always be a way out. You and Jiang Philip can persuade your parents, telling them that you're still at the stage of getting to know each other better, but that it won't take too long. You know, buy yourselves some time.

"Once his mission here is over and he leaves, you probably won't see each other again. Don't sweat it. Just be calm and handle things as they come."

That made sense to Su Qianhua and she calmed down visibly. "Thank you so much my darling Ranran. You're such a darling. Thanks."

"Anytime. Anything for my Queen Hua."

They were silent for a few moments, before Su Qianhua spoke up again.

"But all these shenanigans aside, I learnt something important."

"What?" Pei Yueran asked curiously.

"Mule Head Jiang is so hot!"