Cheng Yue was still asleep when his phone rang. He answered groggily, only to be greeted by a piercing chorus of wails.
"Yue, my dear little brother! Forgive me! I didn't mean it! I just drank too much that day and couldn't get up. Otherwise, nothing would've gone wrong!"
They had all attended Su Xingchen's welcome-back dinner the day before. Lin Shuyang strongly suspected that he had planned it all along: get him drunk, then take advantage while he was still too hungover to intervene!
Yes, exactly. That had to be it!
To take the conspiracy a step further, that bastard might even have given him counterfeit liquor!
After being worked over to the point of nearly losing his mind the night before, Cheng Yue's brain still hadn't caught up. He couldn't make any sense of what the caller was saying.
Or, to put it another way, he hadn't even figured out who was on the other end.
Lin Shuyang was desperate to make amends. Without waiting for a response, he spilled everything on his mind and swore to heaven that he would never ship the wrong couple. As far as he was concerned, Cheng Yue was the one and only rightful partner!
"..."
Cheng Yue wiped his face. "Hear me out, Shuyang. Go bother Ji Huaijin instead. I still want to sleep. Bye!"
What a load of nonsense. Don't go, Duke Zhou. Let's squeeze in another fifty cents' worth of sleep.
On the other end, Lin Shuyang stared at the disconnected call in exasperation. Still sleeping? Don't you want your husband anymore?
Had someone asked Cheng Yue before yesterday, he might have hesitated for a few seconds. Now, utterly drained, he would only have rolled his eyes and told them that whoever wanted the man could take him!
That