With others around, Li Qianxue's expression was restrained, but the anger in her heart was very strong. At this age, she was also very good at hiding her thoughts.
She stood up gently with a glass of red wine in her hand.
"Although my alcohol tolerance is low, it doesn't matter if I drink a few glasses."
As she spoke, she looked at Su Chenghui with a hidden sharpness in her eyes. "It's just a few glasses, and we're all acquaintances. It doesn't matter."
Holding back from saying more unpleasant and sharp words, she first toasted Li Junsheng.
"Mayor Li, let me toast you. In the past two years, Mayor Li has been young and promising in Lin City. Our Li Corporation has been under your care."
"Auntie, you're welcome." This was Huo Jinyao's mother-in-law. Li Junsheng didn't dare to be arrogant, so he picked up the wine and drank it in one gulp.
Li Qianxue's glass was also empty. She poured another glass and toasted Wang Tao first. Then, Chief Chen and Chief Gao.
Each of them had a glass of wine, but they only drank four glasses. Su Chenghui wanted to stop them several times, but the situation in front of him was beyond his control.
Unexpectedly, in the end, Li Qianxue poured another glass of wine and toasted him.
"This glass of wine, I toast you."
Su Chenghui looked at Li Qianxue. Ever since the divorce, Li Qianxue's eyes were filled with disgust and hatred. How could he have expected that she would toast him?
She drank a few glasses, and her face was a little red. In addition to the calmness brought about by age, Su Chenghui felt his heart beat faster.
"Qianxue?"
"Let me toast you. Thank you for all these years, for your care for your children and for taking care of me."
The last two sentences were said slowly and methodically. Those words made Su Chenghui's expression change slightly. Li Qianxue picked up the wine and drank it in one gulp.
Only then did she sit down again, pick up the dishes in front of her, and eat casually with her chopsticks.
The dinner continued. With Chief Chen and Chief Gao around, the atmosphere was naturally good. At first, the two of them went for Li Junsheng. Later, they found that Li Junsheng's attitude toward Li Qianxue and Su Chenghui was very congratulatory, so they toasted the two of them again.
Li Qianxue originally didn't drink, but in order to compete with Su Chenghui, she drank a few glasses. This time, she didn't refuse and drank another round.
After drinking for thirty minutes, Li Qianxue was already tipsy. Her alcohol tolerance wasn't bad, but today she was drinking in a fit of pique and on an empty stomach. After a while, it was inevitable that she would get drunk.
On the other end, Director Chen was extremely tactless. He had no intention of ending it at all. On the other end, Li Qianxue was already a little intoxicated, and her eyes were red.
Su Chenghui looked at her and stood up. "Mayor Li, Qianxue is drunk. I'll take her back first."
Hearing that, Li Qianxue stood up and wanted to say that she wasn't drunk. His legs went soft, and he almost fell back down.
Su Chenghui quickly held her up and didn't let her sit down.
"I'm not drunk." She was just a little drunk. Li Qianxue looked at Su Chenghui with red eyes. "I'm not leaving."
Normally, she would not allow herself to lose control like this. First of all, she drank wine today. Second, Su Chenghui was there.
She always felt that she could not suppress the trace of madness in her heart. She grabbed Su Chenghui with both hands and was about to lose her temper.
"Qianxue." Su Chenghui held her hand. After being married for so many years, he roughly knew what she looked like when she was angry.
Over the years, there weren't many things that could make her angry, but he knew.
"You're drunk. Dad will worry about you. Let's go back first."
His voice was very soft, as if he was coaxing a little girl. Li Qianxue blinked and looked at Su Chenghui.
Time passed, and for a moment, she thought she saw that man again.
When he first entered the company, his performance had amazed her. From then on, her heart was secretly in love with him, and it was out of control.
"Su Chenghui?"
"Yes, let's go home first." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Junsheng with an apologetic expression. "Mayor Li."
"Since Auntie is drunk, hurry up and take Auntie back."
Li Junsheng didn't dare to ask Huo Jinyao's mother-in-law to stay and drink with them. He waved his hand and signaled for them to leave first.
Su Chenghui supported Li Qianxue and left. Li Junsheng was fine, but Wang Tao couldn't help but click his tongue.
"I really didn't expect that at this age, if feelings were good, they would be even more affectionate than young people."
Wang Tao had never seen Su Chenghui's expression when he was talking to his girlfriend, not even when they were passionately in love.
"Yes." Chief Chen nodded. "Their relationship is really good."
"Yes. Their relationship is really good. "Li Junsheng added a comment. It could be considered a conclusion.
Li Qianxue, who was outside, had no idea that she and Su Chenghui had been misunderstood.
She was drunk now, and her legs were a little weak.
Su Chenghui had also drunk, so it was naturally not good for him to drive. So when Xiao Zhao drove the car over, he helped Li Qianxue into the car.
"Sir?" After being in the Li family for a long time, he naturally knew Su Chenghui's identity.
"Let's go. Let's go back. "
Su Chenghui was worried about Li Qianxue, so he had to follow.
Xiao Zhao didn't say much and drove quietly.
Li Qianxue became more and more dizzy as she walked. She frowned as if she was feeling uncomfortable.
Although her alcohol tolerance wasn't bad, she rarely drank in the past few years. Not to mention that they were drinking white wine just now.
Su Chenghui smelled the alcohol on her. He wanted to pour her a glass of water, but when he thought that the water in the car was cold, he could only forget it.
There was still some distance from the Li family. Su Chenghui saw her frown, so he reached out and placed his hand on her forehead, gently pressing it for her.
Su Chenghui's mother was a nurse. Back then, Su Chenghui often went to the hospital with her. Sometimes, he watched his mother nurse the patients and learned a few tricks.
It was just that he couldn't find anyone to practice with. Su Qingsang had been obsessed with learning medicine back then. He couldn't help but think that perhaps it was a transgenerational inheritance.
Li Qianxue was indeed uncomfortable. Being pressed by Su Chenghui like this, she relaxed a lot. Her brows weren't so tightly knitted.
"Xiaotao, be gentle."
She thought that he was a servant at home, so she wasn't polite at all when she ordered him around.
Su Chenghui didn't correct her, nor did he speak. He pressed on her head. Li Qianxue was a little drowsy from his pressure.
When the car stopped at the Li family's house, she had already closed her eyes.
"Sir?"
Xiao Zhao turned around and looked at Su Chenghui. He shook his head. "I'll send her in."
Because she had been working out for a long time, Li Qianxue wasn't heavy, so Su Chenghui didn't have much trouble carrying her. When he entered the door, he found that Old Master Li wasn't there. He carried Li Qianxue upstairs with familiarity.
He put her down on the bed and asked Xiaotao to go to the kitchen to prepare a bowl of hangover tea.
He usually had a lot of social engagements, so the Li family's kitchen always had hangover tea. The tea was quickly served. Li Qianxue was drunk and wasn't willing to drink it.
"Qianxue?" Su Chenghui's voice was extremely gentle. "Come, drink."
"Wine?" Li Qianxue blinked her eyes, as if she had finally listened to him at this moment, and opened her mouth as he wished.
After drinking more than half of the bowl of tea, Li Qianxue refused to drink it. "It tastes bad."
Su Chenghui didn't force her. He saw that her eyes were tightly closed, as if she was uncomfortable because of the wine, or because she was really drunk.
Seeing that she had lost consciousness, he put her back on the bed and took off her coat and shoes.
Su Chenghui's gaze swept over her body, and for a moment, he was conflicted. Should he take off her clothes for her? This thought made him feel like he was taking advantage of her.
You were once husband and wife. Su Chenghui said in his heart. However, he didn't do anything further. Instead, he just sat by the bed and looked at Li Qianxue.
She had always been a good drinker. Even if she was drunk, she would just sleep quietly. Li Qianxue was a very particular person. It would definitely be uncomfortable for her to sleep with her clothes on.
Su Chenghui struggled for about a minute and finally chose to help Li Qianxue take off her clothes.
His movements were very gentle. The two of them had been married for many years, but this was the first time he had helped her take off her clothes.
The previous two times, he had been drunk. He really couldn't remember how he had done it. Li Qianxue had a good figure. She paid attention to her health and took good care of herself.
She was slightly thin, and her clothes were all the smallest size. Having two children didn't affect her much.
Her skin, which was taken care of regularly at the beauty salon every week, was as smooth as snow. Su Chenghui unexpectedly felt a little thirsty.
Living a nearly pure life for more than 20 years didn't mean that he didn't have desires, but he just didn't put his mind to them.
He had done many things over the years, such as changing the identities of Su Qingsang and Su Peizhen. For example, because of the trace of awkwardness in his heart, he couldn't face Li Qianxue properly.
However, this did not mean that he could really become a Liuxiahui, to the point where he could become a monk.
Her clothes gradually fell, and her covered body fell into his eyes. His breathing gradually became heavier.
When his hand was placed on the buckle behind her, his forehead was sweating. As he unbuttoned the buckle, the sweat on his forehead almost dripped down.
After staring at the beautiful scenery for a while, he closed his eyes and untied the restraints for her. Then, using his strongest self-control, he pulled the quilt up and covered her body.
He sat on the edge of the bed and panted heavily. His gaze fell on Li Qianxue's face.
Her breathing was long, and she seemed to be really asleep. He looked at her face, and his hand gently raised, stroking her cheek.
Such peaceful moments were very rare for both him and her. Most of the time, the atmosphere between them wasn't very good.
No, there were also times when it eased up.
At that time, Su Peizhen was gradually growing up. For the first time, he and Li Qianxue's educational philosophy had diverged.
He wanted his daughter to be happy, but Li Qianxue had trained Su Peizhen according to the standards of an heir.
At the age of four, she began to hire someone to teach Su Peizhen how to play the piano. At the age of five, she hired a home tutor to teach her lessons.
He hoped that Su Peizhen could have the happiness of an ordinary person, but Li Qianxue felt that as the heir of the Li family, these were all things she had to learn.
In the end, he and Li Qianxue kept arguing, and finally, Li Qianxue gave in. She agreed to reduce some of Su Peizhen's homework, but the time schedule had to be arranged according to her.
According to Li Qianxue's idea, Su Peizhen didn't even need to go to kindergarten. After all, she was much smarter than those people.
Su Chenghui objected, and the two of them kept mediating before finally reaching an agreement.
After Su Peizhen went to kindergarten, she was much happier than at home. It was also at that time that he started to treat Li Qianxue well.
He thought that maybe this was it for the rest of his life. He and Li Qianxue guarded Su Peizhen, and just like that, they spent the rest of their lives together.
During that time, he started to treat her well, and when she saw the happiness on Su Peizhen's face, she finally stopped being stubborn.
During that period of time, he had been convincing himself to spend the rest of his life with Li Qianxue. That was also good.
Even if she couldn't be on the same level as him, at least, they worked well together in business.
At that time, the Li Corporation completed several projects quite well, and he became famous in the Li Corporation. As more and more people worked under him, he and Li Qianxue got along more and more.
After the first few years of working together, the two of them had an extraordinary tacit understanding. Sometimes, when they encountered a particularly difficult case, the two of them would think of a solution together.
Occasionally, when they encountered a very difficult client, the two of them would go out together. He and Li Qianxue played the good cop and the bad cop. They could always fight for the greatest benefits for the group.
Su Chenghui admired Li Qianxue, very much. However, he wouldn't say it out loud.
He felt that it was an established fact that he didn't like her. He couldn't see what he was like when he was with her, and he couldn't imagine what he would be like if he lost Li Qianxue.
At that time, he actually fell into a mental barrier. Emotions and reason conflicted.
On the one hand, he knew that his appreciation for Li Qianxue was definitely not just for work.
On the other hand, he was very conflicted. He felt that the more he appreciated Li Qianxue, the more he betrayed Xiang Caiping.
The repeated conflict made his attitude toward Li Qianxue always be lukewarm. His relationship with Li Qianxue was difficult to break. He occasionally peeped into the hidden thoughts in his heart, but it only made him more conflicted.
A beauty like Li Qianxue slept in the same bed with him every day. How could he really be indifferent?
But the more he desired, the more he despised himself. He wasn't competing with Li Qianxue. Instead, he seemed to be competing with himself.
He was afraid that once he took that step, he would lose. He couldn't lose.
He was young and frivolous and didn't understand love. He didn't know how ridiculous his contradictions and entanglements were.
Looking back at it now, what was self-esteem? So what if he was proud?
Those missed times could never be looked back. The regret had been caused, and he couldn't take it back.
In fact, at that time, he also thought about it in extreme contradiction. Since he couldn't divorce Li Qianxue, and it was impossible to separate, then so be it.
Su Chenghui made up his mind to live a good life with Li Qianxue. However, he didn't expect that the accident would come so quickly.
Su Chenghui's mother, Jiang Mei, was a nurse. She used to work in the same hospital as Xiang Caiping's mother.
In the second half of the year when Su Peizhen was seven years old, Jiang Mei fell ill. She was seriously ill. She knew in her heart that Li Qianxue loved her son very much.
She also knew that Su Chenghui and Li Qianxue were considered to be of higher status than the Su family. Therefore, she and her husband had been living in their original bungalow. They didn't want to take advantage of the Li family.
The two of them also loved Su Peizhen, their granddaughter, very much, but that didn't mean that they didn't feel guilty.
Xiang Caiping was alone. After her parents died, she stayed with them. But they didn't take good care of her, and now they didn't even know where she was.
The elders of the Su family didn't know that Su Chenghui had switched children. They had seen Su Qingsang a few times in private. They doted on this child, but they were afraid that if they were too close, Li Qianxue would dislike them.
In particular, Su Chenghui was afraid that the secret would be exposed, so he didn't want his parents to be too close to Su Qingsang.
A huge psychological pressure was on the two old people. Especially Jiang Mei, who always felt that she had let down Xiang Caiping's mother and Xiang Caiping.
After she fell ill that year, she made a request to Su Chenghui, asking him to find a way to find Xiang Caiping.
"If you can, be better to that child."
"Caiping has suffered too much. That child has suffered too much."
"Chenghui, I know you are a good child, but our family has let Caiping down. Just promise me, okay? "
When his mother held his hand and asked him to find Xiang Caiping and not mistreat Su Qingsang.
Su Chenghui's heart suddenly felt sad. How could he not feel that he had let Xiang Caiping down?
Another woman had to pay for his mistake, and Su Qingsang as well.
He was not really cold-blooded, nor was he really heartless. In the middle of the night, he had also regretted his choice.
However, on one hand, there was the secret that could not be told, and on the other hand, there was his regret that could not be seen by others. He was in a dilemma, but he chose to ignore it.
It was not until Jiang Mei passed away that the conflict in his heart reached its peak.
His mother wanted him to find Xiang Caiping, but he did not do it. His mother was so concerned about his and Xiang Caiping's child that he could not even let her recognize her.
Not long after Jiang Mei's death, Su Chenghui's father also passed away unexpectedly.
Su Chenghui, who had lost his parents one after another, was very depressed. Especially when the doctor said that he was too worried, it made him feel more and more guilty.
If only he had not given up on Xiang Caiping. If only he had not let Xiang Caiping go.
These two thoughts alternated, making the feelings he had for Li Qianxue disappear without a trace.
The guilt accumulated deeper and deeper. Finally, one night, when he was drunk, he used the stench of alcohol to act like a drunkard.
He once again had Li Qianxue, and he also felt that he was very ridiculous. Very ridiculous.
What he wanted to do was to stay away from her, but he wanted to get close. If he wanted to get close, he had to use the effect of alcohol.
At that time, how ridiculous and cowardly was he?
When he woke up the next day, before Li Qianxue could say anything, he put the blame on her.
"Yesterday was just an accident. I was drunk."
"Don't worry, I don't love you. Even if I have sex with you, I won't love you."
"Li Qianxue, I really hate me like this."
He actually couldn't remember what else he said after that. Anyway, it would not be good words.
No, it should be said that when he faced Li Qianxue, he did not say many good words. Not a single one.
That was the simplest. What happened after that? How did the two of them get to where they were today?
Li Qianxue had two children with him. Both of them were accidents. He did not expect Li Qianxue to get pregnant so easily.
It was just one night, but she was pregnant again.
Su Chenghui, who knew this, did not feel the slightest joy. His heart was full of guilt and self-blame.
He had betrayed Xiang Caiping once, and now he had betrayed Xiang Caiping for the second time.
Su Peizhen, he could still make up for some of his guilt towards Xiang Caiping by changing her identity. But what about the one in Li Qianxue's stomach?
He couldn't think of it, and he didn't know what else he could do now that things had developed to this point. He was conflicted. He did something that even he despised.
During that period of time, just like now, his relationship with Li Qianxue had dropped to the freezing point.
And when Li Qianxue was pregnant with Su Yuxin, he did not pay any attention to his conflicted thoughts from beginning to end.
For him, the previous child was not what he was looking forward to, and this child was even more so not.
Later —
Su Chenghui closed his eyes and suppressed the bitterness that flashed through them. There were some things that he did not want to recall, not at all.
But now he realized that those memories were so clear. It was so clear as if it had just happened yesterday.
And the regret in his heart could no longer be eliminated.
Looking at Li Qianxue, who was sleeping soundly, he held her hand and placed it on his face.
How casual and unscrupulous he had been in the past, how much he regretted it now.
If they had not done those things, they might still have a chance to do it again.
But now, Su Qingsang and Su Peizhen's background had been exposed, and his secret could no longer be hidden in front of her.
Li Qianxue completely understood his despicable and selfish behavior in the past.
Now that he thought about it carefully, he felt that he was unforgivable. What face did he have, and what right did he have to ask Li Qianxue to forgive him?
Su Chenghui couldn't think of it. Looking at Li Qianxue's sleeping face, he tried very hard to control himself. In the end, he silently lay down beside her and stared straight at her.
He wanted to sleep, but he didn't dare to. This rare opportunity to get close to her seemed especially precious after Li Qianxue was drunk.
He stared at Li Qianxue like this until sleepiness hit him. With the effect of alcohol, he fell asleep.
…
When Li Qianxue woke up, her head didn't hurt very much. She didn't know that someone had massaged her head for a long time yesterday, which made her body a lot lighter today.
"Xiaotao."
Li Qianxue closed her eyes and called out. She realized that her voice was a little hoarse. Not only was it hoarse, but her head also hurt a little.
"Pour me a glass of water."
She called out, but no one answered. She reached out to touch the button by the bedside and waited for Xiaotao to come up.
However, she didn't touch the button, but she touched a warm body.
Li Qianxue's hand touched it and even touched it left and right. Was this a chest?
A flat, strong man's chest?
Why was there a man's chest in her room?
Li Qianxue woke up almost instantly. She sat up and widened her eyes. She saw that it was on the other side of the bed. Su Chenghui was lying on his side, his eyes tightly closed.
Seeing Su Chenghui, Li Qianxue's entire body stiffened.
Her mind spun quickly, and she began to recall what happened yesterday.
Needless to say, she drank some wine last night. That wine made her drunk. Then what?
Su Chenghui took the opportunity to send her home and then went to her bed?
She lowered her head and looked at her body. Other than the underwear below, she was almost naked.
Su Chenghui must have taken off her clothes. There was no doubt. Her body didn't have any discomfort, and it wasn't like the previous two times, which made her a little uncomfortable.
In other words, Su Chenghui didn't really do anything to her.
However, even if he didn't do anything to her, he probably did a lot of things that he shouldn't have, right?
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