Chapter 554: Chapter 554: You Thought I Was Going to Kiss You? Chapter 554: Chapter 554: You Thought I Was Going to Kiss You? Huo Sijiao’s body was soft and still warm.

The baijiu not only burned her throat but also made her entire body feel hot. She struggled to steady herself, her eyes looking hazily at Shen Xuanzhi as she said, “You… paid back my money, we’re even now.”

Shen Xuanzhi reached out a hand to block her, his tone much calmer now.

“We’re even, our debt relationship is also resolved. Whether I take usurious loans or do something else, it has nothing to do with you.”

After the acupuncture competition ended, the 200,000 yuan prize money had already been deposited into his account.

He had also used that prize money to clear all his debts.

In his twenty-four years of life, it was the first time he felt the sensation of being free from debt. But his heart wasn’t light at all, it felt heavy as if weighed down by a massive stone.

This massive stone was named Huo Sijiao.

“Shen Xuanzhi.”

Huo Sijiao suddenly called out his name very seriously and leaned her head over.

Slowly.

Gently.

The air seemed to thicken for a moment.

She leaned in very close, so close that the downy hair on her forehead seemed about to poke his face.

Shen Xuanzhi’s breathing hitched, his still heart uncontrollably began to race. He deliberately turned his head to avoid Huo Sijiao’s approach, and she laughed sluggishly and dully.

With a drunken tone she asked, “You thought… I was going to kiss you, huh?”

“Huo Sijiao, you’re drunk.”

Shen Xuanzhi pushed her away slightly, putting some distance between them.

Huo Sijiao smiled showing her teeth: “I did drink a bit too much, but I understand… you really don’t like me.” She laughed and laughed, then tears started falling, large drops rolling down.

“I thought by agreeing to come celebrate with me, you were giving me face. I never expected you came for the sake of your sister-in-law…”

Her speech slurred with grievance.

She sobbed, “Shen Xuanzhi, do you think… I’m really annoying?”

Shen Xuanzhi’s heart sank.

Looking at her beautiful face, he steeled his heart and said, “Yes, you are very annoying. I really don’t like you at all, you always clinging to me is truly boring.”

After hearing this, Huo Sijiao’s tears fell even faster.

She sniffled: “Alright then, since you’re so troubled by it… I won’t cling to you anymore.”

For the first time, she felt such obvious aversion. Shen Xuanzhi’s words were like a knife plunged into her heart, making it hard to breathe.

She wept with heaving sobs, the alcohol making her cries particularly loud.

Shen Xuanzhi pursed his lips tightly, appearing somewhat at a loss, but he dared not reveal his true feelings.

The gap in their social status, what was he, and what was Huo Sijiao?

He feared that Huo Sijiao’s light would hurt him, and he feared more that by indulging in her, he would neglect important matters.

Huo Sijiao cried until she was tired, then leaned her head to the side and rested on Shen Xuanzhi. Her little face still bore tear marks, looking pitiable.

A young lady like her probably had never been rejected like this.

Shen Xuanzhi took a deep breath, calming the throbbing in his chest and his foolish infatuation.

He still had deep hatred to seek vengeance for.

The car quickly arrived at the entrance of Yunqi Hotel.

Old Chen parked the car, got out, and opened the rear door, only to see his young miss tightly embracing Shen Xuanzhi with her eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

“Young Master Shen, this…”

Old Chen wasn’t sure what was going on with them. Just a moment ago in the car, he heard the young miss sobbing loudly.

Had they made up so quickly?

“Mr. Shen, could you please help our young miss to her hotel room? It’s not very convenient for me, Young Master Sun is waiting at home for me to return for drinks,” Old Chen said without giving Shen Xuanzhi a chance to refuse, unceremoniously giving orders.

This was also a way to set them up; it was the first time the young miss had taken a liking to a block of wood.

“Mr. Shen, please help the young miss out of the car first, I’m really in a hurry.”

Old Chen was almost tempted to send them directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificate and have done with it.

Upon seeing Huo Sijiao fallen into deep sleep, Shen Xuanzhi nodded.

After all, she was sleeping and wouldn’t know anything. There would be no complications.

As soon as he helped Huo Sijiao out of the car, Old Chen drove off in a puff of smoke, fearing he might change his mind!

Shen Xuanzhi stood at the entrance of the hotel, watching the departing Rolls-Royce, feeling somewhat helpless. He supported Huo Sijiao, but she was limp all over, clinging to him like an octopus.

He simply could not walk.

In the end, with a cold expression, Shen Xuanzhi bent down and picked up Huo Sijiao.

She seemed fierce and aggressive, but she was not heavy when he lifted her. The fingers that touched her skin curled slightly, not daring to delve into what that feeling was.

“Huo Sijiao, stop wriggling, you will fall,” Shen Xuanzhi warned in a low voice.

Huo Sijiao seemed to understand and quieted down in his arms.

Shen Xuanzhi slowly walked towards the hotel, but at that moment, many professionally dressed people suddenly appeared at the hotel’s main entrance, looking like the hotel’s management. They were respectfully escorting a distinguished young man out.

Shen Xuanzhi stepped back to avoid the crowd and stood to the side, waiting for them to leave before entering through the revolving door.

But the man in the crowd with a distinctive air paused his steps, sweeping his gaze over.

When Shen Xuanzhi met his gaze, a sense of wariness suddenly rose in his heart.

Seeing that man inexplicably getting closer, Shen Xuanzhi subconsciously hugged Huo Sijiao tighter.

Eventually, the man stopped not far in front of him, asking the hotel’s management casually, “Are these two guests of our hotel?”

“Yes, President Xie. This one…” the female lobby manager glanced at Huo Sijiao’s face and said, “This lady appears to be Miss Huo from the presidential suite, and this gentleman is Mr. Shen, who has a room reservation from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association.”

Being a lobby manager at such a large hotel, she had her own capabilities.

First and foremost, she had the ability to remember faces.

Xie Xubai’s handsome and upright face showed a faint smile, and the sandalwood fragrance on him even dispelled the smell of alcohol.

His voice was calm and clear: “Since they are both VIPs, we must take good care of them. Miss Huo is drunk; you should have been more observant. Didn’t you see Mr. Shen couldn’t even hold her up?”

“Yes.”

The manager, guessing Xie Xubai’s intentions, quickly beckoned two female employees to come forward and support Huo Sijiao.

Shen Xuanzhi’s hands suddenly emptied, where the warmth and scent of Huo Sijiao seemed to linger.

“Have the kitchen send up some Hangover Soup and desserts for our two guests, and from now on, take extra care of guests who return drunk late at night. The reputation of Yunqi Hotel is in your hands to maintain.”

Xie Xubai’s every action had an air of elegant Zen, not at all like that of a merchant reeking of coppery smell.

“Alright, President Xie. I will arrange for it right now, and someone will take good care of Miss Huo tonight.”

A woman’s intuition is always a bit sharper; the female manager sensed that their President Xie had some special treatment for Miss Huo. The presidential suite, which was originally not open to the public, was long-term used by President Xie himself.

Xie Xubai turned his head, meeting Shen Xuanzhi’s gaze and nodded slowly as a greeting.

He didn’t show any intention of leaving but instead began speaking, “Mr. Shen, I have a question I would like to ask you.”

His attitude was open and aboveboard.

He exuded the demeanor of an aristocrat through and through.