She Must Love You Very Much

Chen Rongrong's public announcement of her relationship with Zhou Yuwen did not affect the rest of the gathering.

They continued singing and drinking as before.

But Chen Rongrong stopped being secretive and openly showed her affection for Zhou Yuwen. First, she asked what game they had been playing.

Then she said to count her in and keep playing.

So the five of them played a few rounds of liar's dice together.

In social situations, Chen Rongrong had always presented herself as a silly woman with a touch of natural airheadedness. Now that she had Zhou Yuwen, she played the part of the ditzy beauty to the fullest.

She hooked her arm through Zhou Yuwen's as they played dice, then stuck out her tongue when she lost. "Huh? I saw it wrong!"

"No laughing! This is so embarrassing!"

Her face red, Chen Rongrong kept hiding in Zhou Yuwen's arms.

Shi Zhenzhen and Dong Xue exchanged a glance without saying a word, but they probably both understood what that look meant.

Shen Ding, meanwhile, didn't even have anyone to exchange a look with. All he could do was drink in silence.

When Shi Zhenzhen saw him, she said, "It's not your turn to drink. Why are you drinking?"

Shen Ding gave a bitter smile. "I feel like it."

"But you still can't drink."

Chen Rongrong said, "Then since he drank, does that mean I don't have to?"

"Dream on!"

Shi Zhenzhen said, "Unless you get Zhou Yuwen to drink for you."

Zhou Yuwen said, "I'm not much of a drinker."

"That won't do. Aren't you Rongrong's boyfriend? You have to help her! Right, Xue?" Shi Zhenzhen tried to pull Dong Xue in on it too.

"Don't bully my boyfriend. I'll drink, all right?" Chen Rongrong said generously.

They played a few more rounds of dice like that, and everyone had a few beers, some more than others. Zhou Yuwen had drunk the least. Chen Rongrong leaned against his shoulder and said, "I can't do this anymore. My head's spinning."

"Let's take a break. I'm a little dizzy too," Dong Xue said.

Everyone agreed, and they each lay on the sofa for a while.

Shi Zhenzhen leaned against Dong Xue's shoulder and closed her eyes for a bit, then couldn't help muttering, "How did they end up together?"

"Who knows?"

Dong Xue glanced in Zhou Yuwen's direction. She didn't even have to think about it. Chen Rongrong must have seduced Zhou Yuwen.

Just look at how slutty she was.

Chen Rongrong was lying in Zhou Yuwen's arms, whispering to him. Judging by her expression, she seemed quite pleased with herself. She put her lovely legs, clad in yoga pants, right across his lap and had him hold her.

With a little alcohol in her, she even whispered to Zhou Yuwen that her breasts felt swollen.

She asked Zhou Yuwen to massage them for her.

Zhou Yuwen didn't seem to agree.

Then Chen Rongrong got upset and took Zhou Yuwen's hand, placing it on her breast.

It was truly an affront to decency.

Dong Xue didn't have to guess. Chen Rongrong must have seduced Zhou Yuwen.

Dong Xue even felt that Chen Rongrong knew she was interested in Zhou Yuwen and had deliberately snatched him away in front of her.

She had always been like that.

It was just a pity for Shen Ding and his sincere feelings.

Shen Ding really had drunk a lot just now. Today was supposed to have been a happy day, but for some reason, he kept feeling a heaviness in his heart.

He watched the girl he loved lying in someone else's arms.

Shen Ding didn't even have the courage to be angry.

What did he have to be angry about? He wasn't good enough for Chen Rongrong in the first place.

He had stayed by Chen Rongrong's side for three years without even daring to confess.

He had just imagined that one day his goddess would have a screw loose and agree to be his girlfriend.

Even if his goddess found another boyfriend, he would freeze for a moment, then grin and say, "That's great! You've finally found someone you like!"

Then he would disappear for a while and wait for his goddess to be hurt by the scumbag.

He would fuss over her again, and once his goddess had moved on, she would smile and say, "Thanks for being there for me."

"I don't need you anymore."

"Why?"

"Because I've found another boyfriend."

Actually, even without Zhou Yuwen, Chen Rongrong could never have been with a boy like Shen Ding.

Especially after she went to college, where she majored in flight attendant studies.

To be honest, Shen Ding didn't even count as a backup.

All the hopes in his heart were nothing but his own fantasies.

By now, Shen Ding's head was spinning, and he lay down again by the song-selection console.

The private room looked desolate. Shi Zhenzhen and Dong Xue were lying together.

Zhou Yuwen and Chen Rongrong were holding each other.

Only he was alone.

He selected a song for himself: A Du's "He Must Love You Very Much."

I hid in the car, a bottle of champagne in my hand

Hoping to give you a birthday surprise

They sang until eight that evening, by which time the four kids were all sprawled out.

Zhou Yuwen had only drunk two beers in total, and by now the alcohol had probably mostly worn off.

They came out of the KTV together. Chen Rongrong held Zhou Yuwen's hand and leaned against his shoulder, her cheeks red as she kept smiling.

Zhou Yuwen remarked that she looked like a fool.

She just kept smiling foolishly.

Shen Ding went over to settle the bill.

Dong Xue took Shi Zhenzhen by the arm and said, "We'll be going, then."

"How did you get here?" Zhou Yuwen asked.

"We rode our bikes."

"Okay, then. Be careful on the way."

"Okay."

With that, the two girls left first.

After settling the bill, Shen Ding came over and asked, "Where are Dong Xue and the others?"

"They left already." Zhou Yuwen let Chen Rongrong lean against his shoulder, half asleep and half awake.

At previous gatherings, Shen Ding had always come by taxi so he could take Chen Rongrong home and chat with her on the way.

But now Chen Rongrong had Zhou Yuwen.

Shen Ding didn't live far away and could easily walk home.

But when he saw how drunk Chen Rongrong was, he thought about how Zhou Yuwen's family wasn't well-off either.

He really didn't know why Chen Rongrong had chosen a man like Zhou Yuwen.

She was this drunk. Was Zhou Yuwen really going to take her home on an electric scooter?

In the end, Shen Ding couldn't harden his heart. "I came by taxi. How about we take Chen Rongrong home first? She's had so much to drink."

"I drove here. Let's take you home first," Zhou Yuwen said.

Shen Ding: "?"

"That's right!" Chen Rongrong, still leaning against Zhou Yuwen's shoulder, was all smiles. "My husband has a car. We'll take you home!"

"Oh, oh." Shen Ding looked at Zhou Yuwen again. He didn't know why.

He just couldn't feel happy.

He said, "When you told me before that you were getting your driver's license and driving, I didn't believe you."

As the two walked out, Zhou Yuwen said, "Of course I got my license so I could drive. What else would I have spent those thousands of yuan for?"

"True."

The small county town Zhou Yuwen lived in didn't have much of an economy, but it had plenty of luxury cars.

Even so, a Mercedes-Benz costing over 600,000 yuan was still a rare sight.

Zhou Yuwen was from a later time and hadn't even realized what a Mercedes-Benz worth over 600,000 yuan meant in a small county town.

Only when they reached the parking lot did he realize that the brand-new black Mercedes-Benz E320 really stood out sitting there.

Even the security guard at the entrance was standing beside it, examining it closely.