Chapter 239 - 201: Powerless Girlfriend

Chapter 239: Chapter 201: Powerless Girlfriend

Roar Hall, fourth floor, VIP Room A.

After several rounds of overt and covert competition, Liu Nanyi and Su Tang were now passed out on opposite ends of the sofa, both having had too much to drink.

Only Lin Qingge, who always knew how to restrain herself, was still barely conscious. She was holding a microphone, singing "That Hasty Year." With a voice that bore some resemblance to Princess Consort’s, she perfectly captured the song’s inherent sense of heartbreak.

As the song ended, Lin Qingge slowly lowered the microphone.

On the large screen up front, after "That Hasty Year," the next song, "Full Name," began to play.

"Tangtang picked this song. I don’t really know how to sing it."

Lin Qingge turned to Gu Heng, explaining quietly, then walked toward the song selection tablet. She planned to skip this track and pick one she knew.

However, just as she was walking past Gu Heng, she either tripped on something or the floor was a bit slippery. With a sudden cry of surprise, she stumbled and fell right into his arms.

At the same time, Lin Qingge instinctively threw her slender arms around Gu Heng’s neck. Gu Heng also acted on instinct, his left arm wrapping around her slim waist while his right arm supported her legs.

In an instant, the distance between them closed, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly turned intimate.

Lin Qingge was beautiful. Incredibly beautiful.

Her eyes were especially expressive, as if they could speak for themselves.

Her features were delicate, her skin fair and smooth. Her head was very small—that stunning face was no bigger than a grown man’s palm. In the film industry, she had what they called a face born for the screen.

Just then, the instrumental for "Full Name" drifted from the speakers.

Gu Heng and Lin Qingge’s eyes met, and for a moment, neither of them let go.

"Chairman Gu..."

"I’m sorry. I lied to you back at Cloud Vase."

Lin Qingge bit her lip and suddenly confessed to Gu Heng.

"Lied to me?"

"What do you mean?"

A flicker of surprise crossed Gu Heng’s eyes. He didn’t quite understand what Lin Qingge meant.

"The truth is, even before I saw you today, I already knew you were a director of Xingchuan International Group. You don’t know me, but I know you."

Lin Qingge paused, then continued honestly, "Chairman Gu, I’m a signed artist with Xingchuan Entertainment, a subsidiary of Xingchuan International Group. I’m also an inaugural member of the Group’s first broadcast team, and I’m currently undergoing intensive training with the company."

"You’re one of those seven?"

Gu Heng looked slightly stunned. He never expected such a coincidence. Liu Nanyi’s roommate, Lin Qingge, was actually a key figure in a major upcoming project for Xingchuan International Group. Inexplicably, she had become his subordinate.

He had to admit, Xingchuan Entertainment really had an eye for talent.

Setting aside the other six girls, just based on Lin Qingge’s overall package, he believed that with a little grooming, she had the potential to become a massive star.

She had the looks, the poise, and the talent.

She was a student at a prestigious university with a squeaky-clean background.

Lin Qingge’s singing and dancing performance just now had captivated even an ultra-rich guy like Gu Heng, who had seen it all. It would be even more enchanting to ordinary people who hadn’t experienced much of the world.

"Yes."

Lin Qingge nodded. "Chairman Gu, I didn’t mean to lie to you just now. I was just a little too nervous when I saw you, and when you suddenly asked, I denied it out of reflex."

"Oh?"

"Do I look that intimidating?"

Gu Heng raised an eyebrow. Now that he knew her identity, he was in even less of a hurry to put her down.

"No."

"You’re much more handsome than in your photos."

Lin Qingge shook her head and said softly, "And more charming, too."

...

A short distance away, Liu Nanyi, who had been the first to pass out, had been sleeping on the sofa for over twenty minutes. Perhaps sensing the room had grown too quiet, she groggily opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Gu Heng and Lin Qingge in an extremely intimate embrace.

’I can’t open my eyes... I hope this is just a hallucination!’

’I must have woken up too fast. I’m hallucinating!’

Liu Nanyi squeezed her eyes shut again, braced herself for a moment, then opened them once more, only to see the same, very real scene before her.

In an instant, her entire body went rigid. She didn’t dare move a muscle.

At the same time, she instinctively narrowed her eyes to slits, pretending to still be asleep, terrified that the two of them would notice she was awake.

’Damn it!’

’How could Qingge do this?!’

’I pour my heart out to you, and you play mind games with me!’

’You’re letting Tangtang and me tear each other apart just so you can swoop in and reap the benefits, aren’t you?!’

On the surface, Liu Nanyi still appeared to be fast asleep, but in reality, her eyes were practically shooting flames.

’I was here first!’

’I had the initiative!’

But now, right before her eyes, Lin Qingge was acting as if she didn’t even exist, openly embracing *her* "man." And yet, after seeing this, she didn’t dare expose them and could only pretend to be asleep.

This plot development felt strangely familiar to her.

If she had to give this scene a title, she felt one would be most fitting: "Powerless Girlfriend."

’Damn it!’

’This is a classic ’cheating-in-front-of-the-girlfriend’ scenario!’

Having watched countless anime, Liu Nanyi had a vast repertoire of plotlines stored in her head. Combined with the scene unfolding before her, she felt completely immersed.

’Ahhh!’

’Are they going to kiss?!’

’If I keep watching, I feel like I’m going to sprout horns!’

Between the background music and the distance between her, Gu Heng, and Lin Qingge, she couldn’t hear what they were saying at all. She could only see that they seemed to be having a pleasant chat and were getting closer and closer to each other.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK...

Just as Liu Nanyi was about to lose control and jump up, a sudden knock on the door sounded like music from the heavens.

At the sound of the knock, Lin Qingge, who had been sitting steadily in Gu Heng’s lap, sprang up like a startled fawn.

Her cheeks flushing, she first glanced at Liu Nanyi and Su Tang. Seeing that both were still sound asleep, she breathed a small sigh of relief. She quickly straightened her white dress and hair before walking to the door.

She opened the door to find Feng Yao.

"Qingge, so you guys were here all along..."

Feng Yao’s gaze swept across the room. Seeing the magnificent, luxurious decor and the rows of expensive liquor bottles on the table, she immediately felt a pang of unfairness.

To think that she’d been downstairs all night, listening to that group of people caterwauling and enduring the auditory assault, while Lin Qingge and the others were up here with Gu Heng, enjoying a top-tier luxury suite and drinking imported liquor that cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, of yuan per bottle. Just the thought of it made her feel so wronged she wanted to cry.

"What happened to Yiyi and Tangtang?"

Feng Yao asked Lin Qingge in a low voice, seeing Su Tang and Liu Nanyi lying on opposite ends of the sofa.

"We partied a little too hard and they drank too much..."

Lin Qingge shrugged, her tone slightly helpless.

Hearing this, Feng Yao’s tone immediately filled with jealousy. "You guys came up here to have fun, why didn’t you call me?"

"Call you?"

Lin Qingge was taken aback. "You were downstairs with your boyfriend. How were we supposed to call you up? We couldn’t just have you ditch your boyfriend to come up here and party by yourself, could we?"

Feng Yao wanted to say, "Why not?" but in the end, she only opened her mouth without a word coming out.

The two exchanged a few more words, and then Feng Yao followed Lin Qingge over to sit down next to Gu Heng.

"Is your party over?"

Although Gu Heng and Lin Qingge had been in a very suggestive position just moments before, they had only been discussing company business. So Feng Yao’s sudden arrival hadn’t actually interrupted any sweet nothings.

"No."

Feng Yao shook her head and explained to Gu Heng, "They’ll probably go on pretty late. I just left early by myself."

"Oh..."

"Sounds like they’re having fun."

"Are there enough drinks?"

"If not, I can have Du Zehui send some more in."

Gu Heng took a sip of his drink, asking casually with a smile.

"There’s enough."

"There’s still a lot left."

Feng Yao answered reflexively, then suddenly realized something was off. "Wait... the complimentary drinks and snacks in our room earlier, did you instruct the manager to send them?"

Gu Heng smiled and nodded, then gave Lin Qingge a look. She immediately understood and leaned in to whisper Gu Heng’s other identity in Feng Yao’s ear.

A powerful director of Xingchuan International Group!

With shares worth over four hundred million!

When Feng Yao learned this, her reaction was no different from Su Tang’s.

At the same time, her mind inexplicably recalled the smug look on Gao Junlin’s face in front of Wu Zixiang and the others when the staff had brought the complimentary drinks.

’A festival of fools!’

Feng Yao felt that phrase was the perfect description for Gao Junlin and his friends.

The crucial part was, at that time, Su Tang and Lin Qingge hadn’t left the room yet. They had witnessed the entire thing.

At this moment, Feng Yao was so embarrassed her toes curled.

She could even imagine that the moment Su Tang found out who Gu Heng was and understood the real reason for the free drinks, she would probably laugh herself sick at Feng Yao’s expense.

If Feng Yao’s affection score for Gao Junlin was a 90 before meeting Gu Heng today, then after all the events of tonight, it had plummeted to a failing grade.

"Huh?"

"Yaoyao, you’re here?"

Just as Feng Yao was caught in a complex mix of shock and mortification, Liu Nanyi chose that opportune moment to "wake up." She rubbed her "sleepy" eyes and then very naturally came and sat down beside Gu Heng.

"It’s almost 12 o’clock."

Feng Yao subconsciously glanced at Gu Heng, then asked tentatively, "Shouldn’t we be heading out?"

"Is it that late already?"

Liu Nanyi checked the time. "Then we really should get going."

"Alright."

"Go ahead and wake Tangtang up."

"I’ll arrange a car to take you all back to school."

Gu Heng hadn’t planned on anything happening with Liu Nanyi and the others tonight anyway.

Some fish require baiting the spot; other fish bite the hook on their own.

If Gu Heng had only wanted to catch one fish tonight, he wouldn’t have needed to chum the waters. But his target was the whole school, and that required a little more effort.

Any seasoned angler knows you can’t rush if you want to land a big catch.

For Gu Heng at this stage, a solo kill was just a basic move; a clean sweep was the real challenge.

Liu Nanyi discreetly watched Gu Heng’s expression. When she saw that it didn’t change at all upon hearing her say they should go back to school, she felt a strange mix of emotions.

Happy, yet unhappy.

Relieved, yet also disappointed.

In short, it was a very conflicted feeling.

But since Gu Heng had already said as much, Liu Nanyi couldn’t really say anything more. She got up, went over to Su Tang, and gently woke her. After putting on their down jackets, they followed Gu Heng into the elevator and headed downstairs...