Perhaps this was the first time Chairman Chen had seen Yang Zhi drink so much.
She kept saying strange things as she drank.
"I've asked myself countless times: How could I possibly like him? But I just do."
"I was born before you, yet you were born when I was already old!"
"Why was I born five years earlier? If I'd been born five years later, Mom wouldn't have died protecting me. She could have escaped on her own and lived out her life."
"And besides... I could have met him. I could have stayed by his side as his classmate..."
"Adults have to follow certain social rules!"
"I clearly went to repay a favor! I went to repay my senior sister's favor... but then I..."
Yang Zhi slurred drunkenly as she spoke. Suddenly, her body went limp and she collapsed into Chairman Chen's arms. Resting her chin on her shoulder, she continued mumbling, "But then I... fell for someone I shouldn't have..."
Chairman Chen patted Yang Zhi's shoulder, her face filled with astonishment.
The Yang Zhi she knew was sophisticated and gentle, always wearing a confident expression that said, There's nothing I can't handle.
But this childish behavior now...
"So her name really does have 'Zhi' in it. Does drinking unlock this side of her?" Chairman Chen shook her head helplessly, then waved at Luo Luo, who was eating at the other end. "Luo Luo, come here."
Luo Luo immediately stood and walked over.
"What's up, Chairman Chen?"
"Yang Zhi's drunk. Take her home first."
Luo Luo glanced at Yang Zhi, who had collapsed in Chairman Chen's arms and was already asleep. She pushed her glasses up awkwardly. "How did this happen? Yang Zhi almost never drinks."
Chairman Chen looked just as confused. "I don't know. She said there