Li Yunwan, who had been harboring thoughts of “picking up a leak” all day, ended up drinking too much, which instead gave Qi Dengxian the chance to “pick up a dead fish.”

He frowned, not expecting her alcohol tolerance to be this poor.

It was difficult to arrange for a drunk woman, so he could only take her back to Cloud Top Estate.

Sure enough, this guy lives in Cloud Top Estate! As the car entered the grounds, Li Yunwan opened her eyes just a crack, thinking dizzily to herself.

When they arrived at the villa at the peak, Qi Dengxian helped her out of the car.

By this time, the shock had almost sobered her up completely.

Cloud Top Estate was well-known as the premier luxury residential area in Zhonghai—a place where only the ultra-wealthy and powerful could reside!

And at the very summit of the estate stood only one villa, famously known as “Cloud Top Palace”!

Legends about this villa had long circulated within Zhonghai.

Qi Dengxian is actually the owner of Cloud Top Palace? What a joke! Isn’t he a prison guard? How can he live here? Li Yunwan was inwardly trembling with shock.

“You’re awake?” Qi Dengxian noticed her waking up and spoke.

Li Yunwan nodded sheepishly, rubbing her throbbing forehead. “Sorry, I drank too much.”

Qi Dengxian said, “Then go back on your own?”

“Huh?!”

Li Yunwan was left stunned by his words. This guy was truly a man of “steel-straightness” to the extreme!

Forget about taking advantage of her while she was drunk, now that he saw she was awake, he actually told her to go back on her own? This place was far from any transport, was she supposed to walk back on her own two feet?

“Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean? If you’re going to help, help to the end! We’re already here, and you’re telling me to go back now? If something happens to me, how would you explain it to Mengmeng!” Li Yunwan barked, hands on her hips.

“That’s true. Then come in with me. You can rest here today, there are plenty of spare rooms anyway.” Qi Dengxian thought for a moment and swiped his card to let her in.

Seeing him use the card to open the gate, Li Yunwan was stunned once again. It seemed he really was the owner of this villa!

“This villa… is yours?” she asked in shock.

“Someone gave it to me.” Qi Dengxian said dismissively, kicking off his shoes as he walked inside.

He casually pointed to a room near the stairs. “You can stay here. Everything is ready, but I don’t have any spare clothes for you to change into.”

“Oh, oh, okay!” Li Yunwan was so overwhelmed by shock that she could hardly speak, only nodding foolishly in agreement.

At the same time, a bitter taste filled her mouth. The valuation of this villa was around two billion yuan!

What did two billion yuan represent?

Even if she sold her family’s Muzi Group and Qiao Qiumeng’s Qiao Corporation together, it still wouldn’t be enough to buy this single villa!

Am I the clown after all? The thought crossed her mind.

She also couldn’t help but wonder: if Qiao Qiumeng were brought here by Qi Dengxian, what would she think?

Qi Dengxian glanced at her. “Make yourself at home. No need to be so stiff. I don’t have any designs on you.”

Li Yunwan rolled her eyes in annoyance. Those words were a bit too hurtful…

“I… I’d like to look around, is that okay?” she asked shyly, curious about this legendary Zhonghai villa.

“Suit yourself.” Qi Dengxian shrugged. “I’m going to shower and rest. Make yourself comfortable.”

With that, he went straight up to the second floor.

After wandering around the villa, Li Yunwan clicked her tongue in amazement. “This is truly a wealthy household… With the interior design included, this place probably cost at least two to three billion!”

Just as she was heading back to the room to rest, she heard the doorbell. Moving to the monitor, she saw a woman standing at the gate.

This, this, this… this is Lieutenant General Yu Xiaolong, the God of War of Huaguo… Her tongue nearly tied itself in knots as she recognized the figure.

Indeed, Yu Xiaolong was back again, still trying to persuade the “King of Eternal Night” to come out of retirement.

After pressing the doorbell for a long while without a response, Yu Xiaolong sighed. “Mr. King of Eternal Night, I know you must be inside. Can you give me a chance to meet and talk?”

Li Yunwan was so scared she didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, staring blankly at the screen.

“I will come again. You shouldn’t remain so dejected because of what happened back then…” Receiving no reply, Yu Xiaolong could only sigh.

She turned and left.

At that moment, Qi Dengxian poked his head out from the second floor. “Aren’t you drunk? Why aren’t you resting? What are you waiting for? I told you, I have no designs on you…”

Li Yunwan didn’t even have the energy to be angry. She hurriedly said, “No… Lieutenant General Yu Xiaolong was just here pressing the doorbell. I didn’t dare open the door…”

Qi Dengxian was stunned for a second, then snorted coldly. “It was right not to open it. That woman is an arrogant lunatic. I don’t want to see her again.”

“The woman who helped you in the bar today… she’s Yu Xiaolong’s person?!” Li Yunwan remembered and asked.

“Her name is Long Yanan, just one of Yu Xiaolong’s subordinates. She’s just as full of herself as her master.” Qi Dengxian sneered.

Li Yunwan felt like she had been struck by lightning, standing frozen on the spot.

Someone like Yu Xiaolong was a peerless genius, a figure that people like them could only look up to!

Back at the club, they had even speculated: what would happen if Qi Dengxian and Yu Xiaolong met?

But now, Yu Xiaolong was personally coming to his door to seek an audience, and she was being shut out by him?

This was too exaggerated, too inconceivable. Li Yunwan felt as if her entire worldview was on the verge of collapse.

“Hey!” she called out, only to find he was already gone, having returned to his room.

With no other choice, she suppressed the many doubts in her heart and went to her room to rest.

Lying on the comfortable bed, her mind raced. She was almost unable to sleep all night, only drifting off in the early hours of the morning when her eyelids finally grew too heavy to keep open.

Qi Dengxian, however, had no mental burden whatsoever and slept soundly. The next morning, he woke up and, without a shred of gentlemanly grace, knocked loudly on her door.

“I’m leaving. Get up now!” he said, his face calm.

“Can’t you let me rest a bit longer?” Li Yunwan rolled her eyes, feeling he was a hopeless case of a “straight man.”

Shouldn’t being woken up in the morning involve a bowl of hot hangover soup?

Forget the soup, he was literally kicking her out!

Qi Dengxian had no time for her chatter. Today, he had to report to the Xiang Group to finalize his job, then go back to the Qiao family to report in.

Otherwise, Qiao Guotao would keep trying to arrange a job for him at the Qiao Corporation, which was quite a hassle.

Despite her reluctance, Li Yunwan tidied herself up and got up in her alcohol-scented clothes. To her surprise, a prepared breakfast was waiting.

Perhaps he can be saved after all… Seeing the steaming breakfast, a satisfied smile finally appeared on her face.

NOTES

Pick up a dead fish (撿死魚): Slang for taking home a woman who is too drunk to resist or care.

Cloud Top Palace (雲頂天宮): A majestic name for the villa at the peak of the estate.

Outside scorched, inside tender (外焦裏嫩): Internet slang for being completely stunned or “fried” by shock.

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