Chapter 196: Im Afraid Of My Love For You (1/2)
Cheng Xi clutched her face in her hands, unable to believe that her dream had actually taken place…… She was so embarrassed she felt the urge to smash her head against the wall and just die there!
Cheng Xi’s parents and Cheng Yang stood there, staring at her dazed expression. Cheng Yang even took advantage of the opportunity to tease, “What’s the matter? Did you do something you shouldn’t have while you were drunk last night?”
His mother glared at him. “Be more serious. This is your sister we’re talking about!”
And then she called Cheng Xi over nicely. “Come, come. Have some food first.”
But her amicable tone was what tipped Cheng Xi off that her mother was also suspicious, and that she was actually planning on interrogating her when her guard was down. Cheng Xi had no choice but to resort to her acting skills. As she walked towards the table, she conspicuously muttered, “My goodness, I thought that Cheng Yang picked me up last night, so I vomited all over him……”
Cheng Yang always managed to steer the conversation off-topic. “Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by that? Are you saying that you would do your best to vomit on me if I fetched you?”
His mother shot him superciliously, hinting at him to shut up.
“Then who sent you back?”
“My colleague. Strange, I clearly remember calling brother, but I actually don’t have a record of it……”
Cheng Yang started laughing again. “Given your low alcohol tolerance, would you even remember to do this after falling drunk?”
When Cheng Xi’s father saw that her expression really didn’t look too good, he interrupted. “If you know you have a poor tolerance, you shouldn’t drink that much in the future…… Though, since it already happened, don’t worry about it too much. Just apologize next time you see them and treat them to a meal while you’re still here.”
Cheng Xi’s mother nodded sagaciously. “That’s right. If you can’t, then invite your colleague to have a meal with us. I remember that some of your colleagues really liked the food that your father and I made.”
And with that, Cheng Xi had successfully diverted the topic away from her being drunk to her inviting guests over for a meal, and to which dishes her parents should prepare.
As her parents started excitedly discussing their best dishes, Cheng Xi relaxed, content that she had successfully averted another disaster.
……
It seemed that her colleagues’ farewell banquet was actually just a prologue to a whole chain of such events, as Cheng Xi spent the majority of the next few days just drinking and eating out. It started when Su Feng invited her to get a meal together, and while they were eating, news of her departure spread to the other group chats Cheng Xi was in, and her old classmates all started talking about it. Tian Rou even directly called her out: @Cheng Xi, you better come out here! You’re leaving for Gansu, but you didn’t even tell us about it?!
Cheng Xi and Su Feng were chatting all the while, so Cheng Xi didn’t notice the commotion in the group chat until she started getting calls from Tian Rou and the rest of her old classmates.
And so, she could only reply back in the chat: I’m leaving in three days, so let’s get together and meet up tomorrow.
She then put her phone away, smiled at Su Feng, and said, “Alright. It seems like I’m going to get drunk again tomorrow night.”
Su Feng looked at her disparagingly. “It looks like you’re looking forward to it.”
Cheng Xi unexpectedly began blushing. She blinked a few times. “There are only so many occasions in life where one can get drunk, aren’t there?”
Su Feng laughed at her. “Isn’t it particularly easy for you?”
“Hey, hey, hey. Good friends don’t expose each others’ weaknesses. I’ll do my best to improve my alcohol tolerance. Then, when I come back, I’ll get thoroughly drunk with you.”
“Alright. I’ll be waiting for it. You better come back.”
“I will.” Although Cheng Xi said that, she wasn’t even that certain herself. Despite her relocation being supposedly temporary, all of her documents, data, and connections had been transferred over. Thus, unless she quit, it’d be somewhat difficult for her to come back, at least through the current system.
Cheng Xi and Su Feng both understood these implications, but neither of them explicitly brought it up. “The future is unlimited. Based on your talents, you’ll likely come back if you want. I’m just worried that you might become too attached to your patients there, to the point where you won’t want to return.”
“But I’d still come back, even if it’s just to see all of you again.”