After I Woke Up to Find I Had a Wife - Chapter 11

Inside the private room, Lin You and Fu Xinran were directly pressed into the seats of honor by Zheng Er. His reason was: she was the only married person here, and if she did not sit there, it would be an insult to her.

That sentence made everyone burst into laughter. With no sense of hierarchy between them, everyone became less restrained, and the atmosphere quickly relaxed.

Fu Xinran felt that Zheng Er was not as useless as the rumors said. He was like a lubricant, greeting and taking care of everyone.

“Sister-in-law, don’t judge us just because we like excitement and walk at the forefront of trends. We’re good young people too. Today, we specially arranged this whole table for you. In the past, Lin You always hid you away at home, as if she was afraid we would see you.”

“Go away, go away. Good young people? Do you have any shame? Any shame at all?” Liu Ye directly shot back, making everyone roar with laughter.

“Hahaha.”

“That’s right. Every time we tried to invite President Lin, we couldn’t get her. It was too hard.”

“Aiya, Sister-in-law, when will I be able to book an appointment with your studio? I’m really having such a hard time. I’ve been trying to book for half a year, but I still haven’t gotten a spot. Sister-in-law, when you go back, can you ask if you can let this little sister cut in line?”

The one dressed like a white lotus saw Lu Sihao sitting far away and immediately felt that it was boring. She really could not keep pretending anymore. She swept her hair back, tucking the long hair on the left side behind her ear. All the gentleness and fragility vanished.

She casually pulled out two tissues and wiped off the pink lipstick on her lips, then mischievously blinked at Fu Xinran.

“Sister-in-law, let me introduce myself again. I’m Wang Ziling. Calling you Sister-in-law makes you sound old, so I still prefer calling you Older Sister.” Wang Ziling deliberately blinked cutely.

Wang Ziling leaned affectionately beside Fu Xinran, wanting to cut in line at Fu Xinran’s design studio.

Fu Xinran nodded. She found this girl very interesting and smiled. “All right. I’ll help you look into your appointment when I go back.”

Seeing Fu Xinran and the youngest daughter of the Wang family chatting together, Lin You also quietly tilted her ear, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

Zheng Er, who was holding wine beside her, saw Lin You’s movement and rolled his eyes. This was the wife she had once avoided like the plague, yet now she cherished her so much.

“Hey, I say, great president, give Sister-in-law a little personal space. The two Omegas are having private talk. What are you leaning over for? Come, come, drink. Try this.” Zheng Er grabbed Lin You’s hand and handed her a cup of aged white liquor.

Lin You rolled her eyes at him and accepted the cup. “Let me say this first. I’m only drinking this one cup.”

“Fine, fine. I’ll get you a cup of coffee later, all right?” Zheng Er waved his hand.

From time to time, people came over to toast Lin You. Lin You declined them all politely, and no one got angry. In truth, it was only a formality, so no one would be left out.

Lin You and the others stayed there for more than three hours. Fu Xinran passively gained a little fangirl.

Wang Ziling deeply loved the designs produced by Fu Xinran’s studio. The studio had two major sections: clothing design and jewelry design.

But in reality, at most, they produced three design works a year. They also accepted private commissions and personally produced designs.

Wang Ziling loved Black Wolf’s works the most—cold, stern, wild, and flamboyantly beautiful.

It was just that Black Wolf was especially difficult to book. That was why when she heard Zheng Er say that Lin You would bring her wife to the gathering today, she had eagerly followed along.

It was definitely not because of Lu Sihao, that block of wood. She would rather serve in the army than date Wang Ziling. Was Wang Ziling such a cheap person? Would she beg for her love? Hmph.

“Phew. How did you feel today?” Lin You rubbed her forehead as she sat in the back seat with Fu Xinran.

“It was all right. I met a rather fun little sister.” Thinking of the clever, straightforward, sharp-tongued Wang Ziling, Fu Xinran could not help smiling.

Lin You pouted and said coquettishly, “Hmph. Wang Ziling really knows how to play around. You’re not allowed to go play with her.”

Fu Xinran turned her head and looked at the person whose face was flushed and who was faintly tipsy with alcohol. She raised her hand and opened the small refrigerator in the car, took out a bottle of water, and handed it to Lin You.

Lin You leaned against the window. She felt very hot, but she could not open the window. The temperature had dropped now. If she opened the window, her good bestie would freeze.

She pressed her head against the glass, using its coolness to lower her temperature. Lin You hummed and closed her eyes, not noticing the water Fu Xinran was handing over.

She really had not expected the original body’s alcohol tolerance to be so poor. With her previous body, drinking two jin of white liquor had been like playing around.

But now, with cups only the size of a thumb, she had drunk ten in total and was already drunk.

That said, the twenty-year aged liquor Zheng Er had taken from his father really was excellent. The aroma was rich and mellow, the taste smooth, and it was neither spicy nor harsh when entering the mouth. It was rare good liquor.

Fu Xinran looked at the humming person and helplessly sighed. She unscrewed the bottle cap, turned sideways, carefully patted Lin You’s hand, and handed the water over.

Lin You opened her eyes. Her head was floating, light and airy. Her gaze stared blankly at the water in front of her. Lin You leaned over, tilted her head, and drank from Fu Xinran’s hand.

After gulping down a big mouthful, she even foolishly thanked Fu Xinran. Fu Xinran froze. Was this still the image-conscious Lin You?

Yet Lin You thought Fu Xinran had been stunned by her handsomeness. She even flipped her long hair in what she believed was a very cool manner and threw Fu Xinran an eye-searing wink.

“Hehe, thank you, pretty lady.” The corner of Lin You’s mouth curled into an uncontrollable silly grin.

Seeing Lin You like this, Fu Xinran could not hold back and laughed. She truly had not known that Lin You became like this when drunk. No wonder Lin You almost never touched alcohol.

“Ah, my head is so dizzy. So dizzy. Mommy, I want to go home,” Lin You mumbled. With a bang, she bumped into the back of the front seat.

Uncle Li, who had come to pick them up, was startled. If he had not been driving, he would have wanted to turn around and ask what had happened, afraid that the family head had hurt herself.

Fu Xinran held her forehead, bent forward, and pulled the still-mumbling Lin You into her arms.

“Do you still feel uncomfortable? I’ll massage it for you. Stay still and don’t move around.” Fu Xinran coaxed her like a child, pinching the back of Lin You’s neck and gently massaging it.

Lin You smelled a cold, fragrant scent. It smelled very good, and she could not help moving around in Fu Xinran’s arms, searching for the source of the fragrance.

Fu Xinran looked in embarrassed anger at the person buried in her arms, sniffing here and there and almost touching her face. With one hand, she grabbed Lin You’s ear and pulled her out of her embrace.

Lin You could no longer smell the scent she liked. She opened her eyes in grievance and pitifully looked at the icy Fu Xinran.

“Don’t think you can act like a hooligan just because you’re drunk.” Fu Xinran scolded delicately. Her loose long hair covered her burning ear tips.

Lin You said aggrievedly, “Oh.”

“Then I won’t rub against you anymore. Can I lie back down?” Lin You pushed her luck and asked.

Fu Xinran rolled her eyes at her. “Of course not. Lie down by yourself.”

Lin You did not hear the first half of the sentence. She only heard the second half: lie down by yourself. So she obediently bent down and pressed herself tightly against Fu Xinran’s thighs.

Fu Xinran looked at the person consciously lying on her lap, and her body stiffened. Fortunately, Lin You had not wrapped both arms around her legs. Otherwise, she definitely would not allow it!

It was only because Lin You was drunk tonight that she allowed this person to lie on her lap. Fu Xinran explained this to herself inwardly, yet she still raised her right hand and placed it at the back of Lin You’s head, massaging with just the right amount of pressure. Lin You closed her eyes comfortably.

By the time she woke again, they had already arrived home. Aunt Gui was still waiting for them at home. When she heard from Uncle Li that Lin You had rarely gotten drunk, she hurriedly called someone to make hangover soup. Otherwise, Lin You would definitely have a headache tomorrow.

“It’s cold. I don’t want to get out of the car.” Lin You tightly hugged Fu Xinran’s shawl, pouting as she sat in the car and refused to come out.

Fu Xinran crossed her arms and looked at this especially aggrieved, especially stubborn person with a headache. “Come down. Once we’re home, it won’t be cold anymore.”

Lin You shook her head and refused to get out. Aunt Gui, inside the villa, saw that they still had not come back. She walked out to take a look and saw Fu Xinran bending down to coax Lin You.

Suddenly, her eyes stung, and tears fell just like that. So it turned out that there was still someone willing to coax Youyou.

A Youyou who still knew how to act spoiled—how long had it been since she had seen that?

Ever since Lin You’s mothers left one after another, only Youyou, this child, had been left in this home, still holding on.

“Are you really not coming out? I’m cold too.” Fu Xinran rubbed her arms and said in a low voice.

Lin You sniffed. Hearing Fu Xinran say she was cold, she immediately crawled out of the car, opened the shawl, and wrapped Fu Xinran entirely in her arms.

“Are you still cold?” Lin You lowered her head and asked beside Fu Xinran’s ear.

Before Fu Xinran could even react, she was already held in Lin You’s embrace. The faint smell of alcohol rushed toward her. She could not help turning her head to the side, almost vomiting.

Lin You woodenly loosened her arms. This tall person of 1.8 meters pouted and asked, “Do you dislike me?”

The servants waiting to the side and Uncle Li nearly laughed out loud. They were all old workers in the Lin family. Aunt Gui held back her laughter and stepped forward, swatting Lin You’s hand away.

“Go, go. You reek of alcohol. Don’t make Madam smell it.” Aunt Gui smiled as she came forward, pulled Lin You’s hand away, and supported Fu Xinran into the house.

The tall person standing in place, full of grievance, saw that the only person she could act spoiled toward had left and hurriedly chased after her.

“Madam, your personality is just too good. Look, if you suddenly treat her coldly, she’ll come chasing after you all eagerly. Alphas can’t be spoiled. Once you spoil them, they’ll fly into the sky.” Aunt Gui glanced from the corner of her eye at the person following closely behind and smiled as she patted Fu Xinran’s hand.

Fu Xinran nodded deeply in agreement. The person following behind was pulled back into the bedroom by her, and she told Lin You to wash up by herself before coming out.

The smell was too strong. She disliked it.

When Lin You saw Fu Xinran’s disgust, she raised her arm and smelled herself, then said blankly, “It doesn’t stink.”

“You can’t smell it right now. Hurry and shower, or you’re not allowed on the bed.” Fu Xinran pretended to be calm and threw the pajamas to her. When she saw that Lin You really obediently went to shower, her heart relaxed.

She could not help laughing. This was the first time she had ordered this person around!

Mm, drunk people were really cute. Although she was a little smelly, it was still acceptable. Maybe there could be a next time? Fu Xinran wondered inwardly if there would be another next time.

Lin You yawned, and a smell of alcohol came out. She herself disliked it and waved her hand.

Lazily, she took off her suit and threw it into the hamper nearby. The moment she turned on the shower, hot water immediately came out.

“Aunt Gui, the hangover soup is ready. Should I bring it up to the family head?” the young chef in his twenties asked Aunt Gui.

Aunt Gui shook her head and said with a smile, “Leave everything to Madam tonight. There’s no need for us to meddle. Put the hangover soup here. You all go sleep.”

When Lin You finished showering and came out, she had a dry towel on her head and kept yawning. Just as she was about to get into bed, Fu Xinran appeared with the hangover soup.

“Your hair isn’t dry yet! You’re not allowed on the bed.” Fu Xinran hurriedly stopped the person who was about to collapse onto the bed.

“Oh.” Lin You slowly replied. Her two hands rubbed her hair halfheartedly.

Fu Xinran put down the bowl. Unable to keep watching, she could only go to the bathroom, take out the hair dryer, and pull Lin You onto the stool to sit properly. Then, using the dry towel, she casually wiped Lin You’s hair.

Lin You tilted her head back right in front of Fu Xinran’s chest, her dazed eyes staring straight up at Fu Xinran’s face.