Song Ning checked the time. Hu Yuankai had been gone for forty minutes.
She decided to wait another twenty minutes.
If he still did not show up, she would go downstairs and make a scene in the lobby.
She could not let this drag on indefinitely.
She feared that the longer it dragged on, the worse things would be for Gu Zheng and the others.
The minutes ticked by.
As the hour mark approached, Song Ning did not want to wait any longer.
She got up to leave.
Just then, however, she heard a server speaking politely outside the door.
The door opened, and Hu Yuankai was helped inside, reeking of alcohol.
"Sorry about this, pretty lady!" said the man supporting Hu Yuankai.
"Young Master Hu was in a good mood today! He got carried away and drank too much! Sorry for the trouble, but we'll need you to drive him later."
Song Ning glanced at Hu Yuankai.
Hu Yuankai looked up at her, his eyes glazed.
"L-Lin! S-sorry! Another day... I'll make it up to you!"
Song Ning simply said, "It's fine! I gave Young Master Hu my word! I'm not upset! I'll drive you back!"
The group helped Hu Yuankai downstairs and left the underground boxing club without any trouble.
Someone helped Hu Yuankai into the passenger seat of his sports car.
Song Ning was somewhat surprised.
After all, Hu Yuankai had gone to some trouble earlier to shake off the car following him.
His car had been parked here for so long that they should have tracked it down again.
Logically, switching to another car would have been the sensible thing to do.
Yet not only did Hu Yuankai get into this car himself,
the others even helped another drunk man into the back seat.
Someone took