Chapter 51: Drunken Madness

The banquet lasted for a very long time. By the second half of the night, the elderly guests gradually left one after another, leaving only a group of young people around the same age. The slight restraint that had existed earlier completely disappeared. They picked up the wine placed on the tables and raised their glasses, drinking freely.

Although Shen Zhoudu was on the side of the banquet hosts, his personality was not one that led lively gatherings. So after the toast segment ended, he stepped back.

“Everyone! Are you ready!” Replacing him was Meng Weiyu, who had already drunk himself into excitement. He stepped one foot onto the table, happily raised his glass, and shouted, “Cheers!”

“Oh!” The crowd answered as one.

He really suited the role of leading this kind of banquet.

Shen Zhoudu held a glass of wine and looked up at Meng Weiyu. Meng Weiyu was wearing his jacket, the sleeves rolled up. Because he had drunk too much, his cheeks were flushed, his eyes were shining, and the corners of his mouth were raised. His entire person radiated a bright, spirited charm. The bright chandelier was right above his head, and all the light seemed to fall on him with bias, making him the most eye-catching person in this place, the person who drew everyone’s gaze.

His existence itself was this world’s favoritism.

“One more glass!” After Meng Weiyu finished one glass of wine, he directly took another from the very top of the champagne tower and raised it again.

“Oh!”

Shen Zhoudu stood beside Meng Weiyu, holding a glass of wine in his hand and casually taking a sip. Usually, at banquets, he appeared out of place.

Meng Weiyu lifted his head, drank a sip of wine, then shifted his gaze downward and saw the bored Shen Zhoudu. Shen Zhoudu held a wine glass in his right hand, his left hand resting on his right arm. His glasses effectively blocked his indifferent eyes.

“Cheers, hehehe.” Meng Weiyu, standing on the table, immediately crouched down. His body swayed crookedly, drunkenly leaning toward Shen Zhoudu.

Seeing his movement, Shen Zhoudu was so frightened that he leaned closer to the table, afraid Meng Weiyu would lose his balance and fall straight down.

“Hurry and come down.” Why did he have to stand on the table to drink? Shen Zhoudu had gained yet another thing he could not understand.

“First… drink a glass.” Meng Weiyu was already stuttering a little. His eyes were unfocused as he tried hard to see Shen Zhoudu’s face clearly.

To make him come down from the dangerous place as soon as possible, Shen Zhoudu did not hesitate. He tilted his head back and finished the wine in his hand.

I already did what you wanted, so hurry and come down.

“Shen Zhoudu drank!” Meng Weiyu grabbed Shen Zhoudu’s hand and stood up on the table again. He was unusually excited, using the most thrilled tone to say something so boring.

“Waaah!”

“Then… another glass!” The crowd danced and cheered. “Shen Zhoudu, another one!”

“Shen Zhoudu! Shen Zhoudu!”

Shen Zhoudu: “…”

His eyes met Ning Wu’s in the crowd. Ning Wu was clearly not seeing this kind of grand scene for the first time. He returned a sympathetic and helpless gaze.

“Shen Zhoudu! Shen Zhoudu! Shen Zhoudu!” This group of people would absolutely not stop until Shen Zhoudu drank.

Shen Zhoudu had no choice. He took a new glass of wine from the nearest place and cleanly drank it all in one breath.

“My husband, oh!!!” Meng Weiyu opened his arms and shouted loudly with flying brows.

“Waaah!!!”

Shen Zhoudu once again met Ning Wu’s eyes. With his gaze, Shen Zhoudu asked: Is there any way to make him return to normal?

He basically had never seen Meng Weiyu in this state before.

Ning Wu shook his head in despair: When he becomes like this, don’t even think about stopping him.

Shen Zhoudu could not coax Meng Weiyu down, so in the end, he could only stay beside him without leaving even half a step.

The stacked champagne tower became lower and lower. Glass after glass was taken away. From an extremely excited mood, Meng Weiyu gradually calmed down. He crouched on the table again, covered his mouth, and let out a miserable whimper.

“All right, all right. Come down first.” Shen Zhoudu took away the wine glass in his hand and stretched his arms toward him.

Seeing Shen Zhoudu’s open embrace, Meng Weiyu smiled and reached out to him.

A drunk person was far harder to deal with than a sober one. Shen Zhoudu finally managed to hold him, and after using tremendous effort, he successfully carried Meng Weiyu down. His feet touched the floor, but unfortunately, he did not have enough strength to stand steady at all. Meng Weiyu kept his arms around Shen Zhoudu’s neck, his knees slightly bent, his toes dragging against solid ground. His whole body was basically hanging on Shen Zhoudu.

“Hug me… hug me!” Meng Weiyu was first dazed and muddled, then suddenly became excited again, bouncing once in Shen Zhoudu’s arms.

“Am I not hugging you?” Shen Zhoudu helplessly locked an arm around his waist to prevent him from jumping around again and escaping his control.

“Shen Zhoudu hug me! I want Shen Zhoudu to hug me!” He had already started making drunken trouble.

Shen Zhoudu felt his temples aching.

Ning Wu crossed through the crowd and came to Shen Zhoudu. His face showed the same troubled expression as he told Shen Zhoudu, “Lulu drank two glasses and is already drunk. I need to take her back. Can you handle Xiao Yu alone?”

The person struggling in Shen Zhoudu’s arms slapped his face with a hand, making his glasses go crooked.

“I should be fine.” Shen Zhoudu spoke with difficulty. “If you can help me take off my glasses and put them in Xiao Yu’s jacket pocket before you leave, I would be endlessly grateful.”

Ning Wu took the glasses off Shen Zhoudu’s face, folded them, and stuffed them into the suit jacket. Then he looked at Meng Weiyu’s drunken madness and stiffly tugged the corner of his mouth, looking deeply worried.

“You go back. Be careful on the road.” Shen Zhoudu held Meng Weiyu and told him not to worry.

Ning Wu looked at the bouncing Meng Weiyu and, for an instant, revealed a disgusted expression. Anyone who had seen Meng Weiyu go crazy from drinking would regret staying by his side and becoming the unfortunate guard responsible for taking care of him.

“Good luck.” Ning Wu patted Shen Zhoudu’s shoulder.

“This is still my first time… seeing him like this.” Several times, Shen Zhoudu was almost directly pushed over by Meng Weiyu.

“How is that possible?” Ning Wu did not believe it, but he could not waste more time here with him. “I need to go take care of another drunkard. Let’s talk next time.”

As soon as Ning Wu left, Meng Weiyu immediately complained pitifully beside Shen Zhoudu’s ear, “Who was that person? He touched my clothes. He actually touched my clothes, wuwuwu ahhhh!”

“That was Ning Wu.” Meng Weiyu had not even turned around to see Ning Wu. Judging from his current state, he probably could not recognize people based on voice alone.

“Ning Wu wouldn’t touch my clothes. Wuwuwu, you’re lying!” Meng Weiyu began throwing a tantrum.

“It’s just one piece of clothing… Come, I’ll carry you on my back. Stand properly for a moment first.” Shen Zhoudu used his hands to push him away slightly, wanting him to stand properly.

“I don’t want to!” The moment he separated from Shen Zhoudu, Meng Weiyu immediately moved his feet and pounced over again. “Shen Zhoudu, come hug me!”

Shen Zhoudu: “…”

After a short silence, he attempted to reason with Meng Weiyu. “I can carry you, but in this posture right now, I can’t hold you. And you’re drunk, so your body will become very heavy. If I carry you and you struggle, you might fall, so it’s safer for me to carry you on my back. Cooperate a little. Let’s hurry home, okay?”

Meng Weiyu patiently listened to his words, then still mumbled, “I just want Shen Zhoudu to hug me!”

He simply did not listen to people talk.

In the end, Shen Zhoudu asked a nearby guest who looked barely familiar to help him hold Meng Weiyu. Then the two of them worked together to put Meng Weiyu onto Shen Zhoudu’s back.

After a round of struggle, Meng Weiyu completely lost the energy to make trouble and obediently let Shen Zhoudu carry him.

“Thank you,” Shen Zhoudu thanked the guest.

“No need.” Liang Qiu had a smile on his face.

Shen Zhoudu carried Meng Weiyu out of the banquet hall.

“He touched my clothes. He actually dared to touch my clothes.” Meng Weiyu closed his eyes and lay on Shen Zhoudu’s back, muttering unhappily, accusing Liang Qiu’s actions just now.

“What’s wrong with touching your clothes once?” Shen Zhoudu did not think much of it.

“Wu.” Meng Weiyu had not expected him to say something so excessive. He stretched out his arms and tightly strangled Shen Zhoudu’s neck. With a “pat,” tears fell onto Shen Zhoudu’s neck.

Shen Zhoudu froze.

“That’s the clothing Shen Zhoudu gave me.” Meng Weiyu said unhappily. The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. Tears fell again, and he simply burst into loud crying. “Waaah!”

“All right, all right. It’s my fault.” Shen Zhoudu panicked and lifted his slipping body upward, hurriedly apologizing. “Do you like this jacket? I still have many. I’ll give them to you when we go back.”

“Hmph.” Meng Weiyu hummed twice with a crying tone, then continued lying on his back.

After finally coaxing Meng Weiyu, Shen Zhoudu did not dare delay any longer. He strode out and found Lin Xiao waiting for them at the entrance.

Seeing Meng Weiyu’s state, Lin Xiao quickly got down from the driver’s seat and worked with Shen Zhoudu to stuff Meng Weiyu into the car.

“Huff.” Shen Zhoudu let out a breath. In the fully air-conditioned hotel, he had sweated. “Lin Xiao, if we don’t go home soon, I’m going to die.”

Hearing this, Lin Xiao immediately drove.

Shen Zhoudu tried hard to place Meng Weiyu’s head on his lap and arrange his body properly. Meng Weiyu was now in a state where he had a bit of consciousness but not much reason. His eyes were closed, his mouth making murmured words that other people could not understand at all. Occasionally, his hand would spring up, making movements of unknown meaning.

At first, Shen Zhoudu tried to hear what he was saying. He lowered his head and brought his ear close to his mouth, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only hear meaningless, sticky sounds. His head even got hit by Meng Weiyu’s randomly waving hand.

“Hiss.” Shen Zhoudu held his head and looked at Meng Weiyu in disbelief. “Why exactly did you drink to this extent today?”

Through the rearview mirror, Lin Xiao glanced at them. His mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to speak but stopped.

“Mm?” Shen Zhoudu noticed Lin Xiao’s abnormality.

“No, it’s nothing.” Lin Xiao decided to shut his mouth.

“Don’t play riddles with me.” Shen Zhoudu currently had no mood to slowly coax information out of Lin Xiao.

“Young Master.” Lin Xiao deliberately spoke unclearly and quickly, trying not to let Shen Zhoudu hear what he was saying. “Sometimes he’s just like this, especially before he married you.”

“Hm? I don’t think so.” In Shen Zhoudu’s memory, they had attended several gatherings in university too, and Meng Weiyu only tasted alcohol lightly. The few times he got drunk, he had not reached this extent either.

“Cough. I also found it magical before.” If Shen Zhoudu was present at a gathering, Meng Weiyu would not make drunken trouble too hard. It seemed he was deliberately maintaining an image that, for him, was not actually necessary.

This was the first time Shen Zhoudu had heard of this matter. He stretched out his hand and touched Meng Weiyu’s hair.

When they reached the residential area, Lin Xiao originally wanted to go upstairs with Shen Zhoudu in case Meng Weiyu suddenly used his drunkenness to act willfully and make trouble. But Shen Zhoudu felt Meng Weiyu had already quieted down, and it was too late, so he let Lin Xiao go home directly.

Lin Xiao stood in place, worriedly watching the two of them walk away. In the end, he still ran over and said, “I’ll help you press the elevator before I leave.”

Shen Zhoudu looked at him gratefully.

After the elevator arrived, Lin Xiao first ran inside and pressed the floor where they lived, then ran back out.

The elevator doors slowly closed. The whole space was left with only Shen Zhoudu and Meng Weiyu. Quiet air filled it. As the elevator rose continuously, a subtle suspended feeling struck.

Meng Weiyu opened his hazy eyes and could only see a head of fluffy, properly styled hair. He tightened his arms, drawing himself closer to that person. After his nose smelled the familiar scent, he finally felt at ease.

Shen Zhoudu carried Meng Weiyu back home, climbed the stairs with difficulty, and then wanted to put him down on the bed.

Meng Weiyu hugged his neck and refused to let go.

Although Shen Zhoudu put him onto the bed, he was also almost strangled to death by him.

“Let go.” Shen Zhoudu went to pry open his fingers.

“I won’t!” Meng Weiyu was starting to regain some consciousness.

“If you don’t let go, I won’t be able to breathe,” Shen Zhoudu had no choice but to remind him.

“Waaah, even if you die, I won’t let go!” He began throwing a tantrum again, flailing his hands and feet.

Taking advantage of him loosening his grip, Shen Zhoudu quickly escaped from his restraint.

Meng Weiyu froze.

“Huff.” Shen Zhoudu straightened his body, tiredly knocking his waist and back. He pulled his shirt out of his pants.

Meng Weiyu was dumbfounded, but since Shen Zhoudu did not seem to be making any further movements, he kicked his legs again and vented unhappily, “You won’t let me hug you! I don’t like you anymore!”

“Hug, hug, hug.” Shen Zhoudu helplessly responded. Then he bent down again, pressed his upper body against Meng Weiyu, hugged him, and gently asked, “Are you satisfied now?”

Meng Weiyu tightened his arms and hugged his back. In a crying voice, he said, “Mm.”

“Can you like me again?” Shen Zhoudu asked him.

Meng Weiyu did not answer.

“Hey.” How could there be such an excessive person in this world?

Shen Zhoudu kept the same posture and hugged him. Gradually, he realized this position made his waist and back sore. Moreover, Meng Weiyu did not seem to speak or move anymore. He had probably fallen asleep, so Shen Zhoudu carefully lifted his body, wanting to leave.

“Waaah!” The moment he moved, Meng Weiyu burst into loud crying, as if he were a child who had suddenly lost a favorite toy.

Shen Zhoudu immediately lay back down.

Meng Weiyu’s crying stopped at once, and then he continued holding him.

Shen Zhoudu waited a while longer. Meng Weiyu’s hands slipped from his back, and it looked like he was truly asleep. He first tried lifting his head to look at Meng Weiyu’s face.

His eyes were closed, and he slept peacefully. One could not tell at all that he was the same drunken madman who had thrown a tantrum earlier.

Shen Zhoudu silently let out a breath. Afraid of waking him, he carefully withdrew his body bit by bit. Only after confirming Meng Weiyu had no reaction did he stand up and leave him.

Meng Weiyu opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something else, but he was exhausted. His head tilted, and he stopped causing trouble.

Shen Zhoudu lifted his body and took off the jacket, pulling his glasses out of it.

“Wu.” Meng Weiyu felt someone was stealing his clothes.

Shen Zhoudu stuffed the jacket into his arms, then shook out the blanket beside him and covered his body.

Only then did Meng Weiyu have no objections.

Shen Zhoudu stood by the bed and stared at his face. After watching for a good while, he could not help letting out a light laugh. Then he crouched down, reached out, and touched his hair and face.

Meng Weiyu rubbed lightly against his hand like a cat.

“Sleep obediently.”

He wanted to take a bath, but he was worried that the sound of water in this room would wake Meng Weiyu, so he could only take his pajamas and go to the first floor to bathe.

The bathtub was filled with hot water. Only after Shen Zhoudu sank his body into it did he realize he was physically and mentally exhausted.

Too tired.

Because the hot water was too comfortable, he almost fell asleep directly in the bathroom.

After finally pulling himself together, he slowly walked out of the bathtub. After changing into pajamas, he first went to the living room, opened the refrigerator, and drank half a bottle of mineral water in large gulps.

He was leisurely and in no hurry to return upstairs until… noise came from upstairs.

Shen Zhoudu’s expression paused. The water in his hand had not even been put down before he quickly went upstairs.

“Lulalulalei~ lulalulalei~ bravely move forward, forward means prizes!!!”

The moment Shen Zhoudu entered, he discovered that Meng Weiyu had woken up again. Not only that, he was standing on the bed and loudly singing, “Smart, brave, and loyal, I really… envy myself!”

Shen Zhoudu was dumbfounded.

“Lulalulalei… ah…” Meng Weiyu’s legs went weak, and he directly knelt on the bed before falling sideways. “Awooo!”

He suddenly started howling like a wolf.

“Hahaha.” Shen Zhoudu laughed purely because he was angered and helpless, so he laughed.

“It’s… Shen Zhoudu!” Meng Weiyu saw him and spoke incoherently.

“Yes.” Shen Zhoudu stepped forward, wanting to stuff him back under the blanket.

Meng Weiyu’s face was flushed. Seeing him sit on the bed, he immediately crawled over and pounced into his arms.

Before Shen Zhoudu could ask what he wanted to do, he discovered Meng Weiyu sneakily grabbing his collar, suddenly opening it, glancing inside, then quickly closing his clothes again and peacefully patting his chest.

Shen Zhoudu: “…”

He had absolutely no idea what he wanted to do.

“It’s my first time seeing you like this,” Shen Zhoudu said curiously.

“Mm.” Meng Weiyu’s finger drew circles on Shen Zhoudu’s chest. “Because if I’m with you, I don’t drink too much.”

“Me?” Shen Zhoudu had not expected that he could become Meng Weiyu’s motivation not to drink.

“If I get drunk, who will take care of you?” In Meng Weiyu’s eyes, Shen Zhoudu was an excellent student who did not understand worldly matters. Following him out to play was already very improper. If he did not take care of everything, he would not be a qualified friend.

“So that’s how it is. You’re really too reliable, Meng Weiyu.” Shen Zhoudu praised him.

“And… and…” Meng Weiyu probably knew that his drunken appearance was not good-looking, so he always wanted to maintain a relatively normal image in front of Shen Zhoudu.

“Pfft.” Shen Zhoudu laughed. “Can you not work hard in such strange places?”

“I work hard at everything.” This was only one aspect.

“Why?” Shen Zhoudu did not understand.

“Wuwuwu.” Because his hard work was not understood, Meng Weiyu started acting unreasonable. “Because you and I… don’t look like people who would play together.”

“Is that so?” When Shen Zhoudu said these two words, he could not help bursting into laughter.

“Don’t think I don’t know! They ask all day why you want to hang out with me!” Meng Weiyu grabbed his collar and shook it back and forth, successfully pulling open two buttons of his pajamas.

“Yes, yes, yes. You’re truly all-knowing. You even know about that kind of thing.” Shen Zhoudu reassured him. “I answered that I was the one pestering you and insisting on hanging out with you.”

Meng Weiyu nodded in his arms. This matter, he knew.

“I’m not bad at all!!!” Meng Weiyu complained indignantly. “Xiao Yu is good-looking and rich. In the final exam, didn’t I score better than most people in your class? I was only a few places behind you!”

Shen Zhoudu felt like he was about to be amused by him and reached out to hug his back.

“Your family should be so grateful that you found such an outstanding partner that they weep tears of gratitude and burn incense and pray to Buddha!” How could they have opinions about him? It simply was unreasonable.

“They do burn incense and pray to Buddha,” Shen Zhoudu answered him. There was one sentence he did not say afterward: they burn incense and pray to Buddha hoping we separate.

In his drunken state, Meng Weiyu naturally could not hear the teasing meaning in Shen Zhoudu’s words, so he satisfiedly reached out, patted his chest again, and smiled.

“Hehe.”

“Hehe.” Shen Zhoudu imitated his laugh.

“You!” Meng Weiyu acted up again and lifted his head to look at him. “Do you really like Xiao Yu? Will you be good to Xiao Yu for a lifetime?”

He asked seriously and childishly. Shen Zhoudu had been continuously amused by him the whole night, so when he answered this question, his tone still carried a smile. “Of course.”

“Not serious.” Meng Weiyu was dissatisfied.

“I’m very serious.” This was Shen Zhoudu’s personality.

“Then say ten good points you like about Xiao Yu.” Meng Weiyu demanded. “No hesitation.”

“Beautiful, good personality, brave, upright, loyal, persevering, rich, tasteful, slow, bad memory, heartless… ah, one extra. It doesn’t matter.” Shen Zhoudu did it on purpose.

“The ones at the end aren’t good points at all!” Meng Weiyu was dissatisfied.

“They are good points. The flaws are: pampered, bad-tempered, won’t reflect after doing something wrong, sleeps badly, greedy for food, overly likes acting spoiled, doesn’t pay attention to his body, doesn’t say what’s on his mind, likes shouldering things alone, and sometimes refuses to listen to me.”

“You spoke faster when talking about my flaws…” Meng Weiyu was completely stunned.

“No such thing.” Shen Zhoudu refused to admit it.

“Wu.” Meng Weiyu felt he had been bullied. His fingers continued drawing circles on Shen Zhoudu’s chest.

“You really…” Shen Zhoudu took the initiative to undo the remaining buttons and pulled open the clothes on his upper body, unable to do anything with him. “If you want to touch, then touch. It’s not like you haven’t touched before.”

Hearing this, Meng Weiyu smiled and teased him. “Only touched?”

Shen Zhoudu froze.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk.” Meng Weiyu smugly shook his finger, as if he understood everything. “You really… behave very differently from your appearance.”

Shen Zhoudu narrowed his eyes at him, seeming to guess something, and said, “Didn’t you say you didn’t want to watch the videos on your phone?”

“Hic.” Meng Weiyu let out a drunk hiccup.

Shen Zhoudu frowned and leaned his head back. He really wanted to help Meng Weiyu bathe, but he had drunk too much alcohol, so bathing right now was not very safe.

“Change clothes and sleep.” Shen Zhoudu got off the bed and took Meng Weiyu’s pajamas from the wardrobe.

“Fine.” He really was tired.

Shen Zhoudu reached out and helped him undo the buttons.

Meng Weiyu looked at his movements and felt a little shy.

“I’m only helping you change clothes.” Shen Zhoudu told him not to think too much.

“Oh.” Meng Weiyu was disappointed.

Shen Zhoudu took off his shirt and put pajamas on him, shaking his head with a smile. “Weren’t you scared to death that I would do something to you?”

Hearing this, Meng Weiyu fell into thought.

His current brain could not produce any useful conclusion.

“I’m taking off your pants.” Shen Zhoudu informed him.

Meng Weiyu cooperatively lifted his leg.

Shen Zhoudu threw the clothes reeking of alcohol onto the floor, picked up the pajama pants, and prepared to help him change into them.

“Because you’re too impatient, so I get scared.” Meng Weiyu had been about to lie down, but suddenly bounced up again. Clearly, he had thought of the answer. “You kiss me smack-smack-smack right away. I’ve never kissed other people like this.”

“You still want to kiss other people?” Shen Zhoudu caught him again.

“Mm… that’s not it.” Meng Weiyu rolled around on the bed in discomfort.

“Do you know?” Shen Zhoudu held the pants and lightly slapped his thigh with them. “From the moment I started dating you, I worried every day that you would cheat.”

“That’s not it…” Meng Weiyu was still rolling around and had not listened to Shen Zhoudu at all.

Seeing that he was about to roll straight off the bed, Shen Zhoudu lifted his leg and blocked his body.

“That’s not it!” Meng Weiyu hugged his leg and rolled back. “Xiao Yu won’t cheat.”

“Because you don’t want to become like your parents?” Shen Zhoudu understood him.

Actually, this was also why Meng Weiyu no longer wanted to divorce after slightly accepting Shen Zhoudu. Because he disliked the way his parents treated each other, he was unwilling to walk the same road as them.

Not long ago, Shen Zhoudu understood. When Meng Weiyu agreed not to mention divorce again, it did not necessarily mean he had fallen in love with him. It was simply that he was unwilling to become the kind of person he hated.

“It’s fine.” Shen Zhoudu approached him and held him in his arms. Just as Xie Wenxuan had said, in order to obtain Meng Weiyu, he would use any method, dark, fond of schemes, and shameless. “As long as you don’t leave me, you can think whatever you want.”

You are already destined to be mine.

This fact can never change.

Meng Weiyu nodded. Then his brain could no longer think, and he directly lay on the bed. His legs, which did not yet have pants on, felt a little cold, so he directly rested them on Shen Zhoudu’s body.

“Do you want to know what else you’ve done besides touching my chest?” Shen Zhoudu encouraged him expressionlessly.

“Mm.” Meng Weiyu’s brain had completely crashed.

“You really do like playing like this.” Shen Zhoudu crawled downward along his body and asked, “To prevent you from pretending you lost your memory, should I record it?”

“Wu.”