Gazing at the Rainbow - Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Don’t Laugh

After she was full from eating, Lin Yao felt a little dizzy, so she headed to the bathroom, following the directions the waiter gave. On the way back, she dizzily walked into a long hallway.

She vaguely heard someone speaking on the phone at the end of the hallway, and the person’s voice sounded familiar.

“…Have you finished the investigation?”

On the other end of the phone, Liang Kaiwen said, “Chairman, this is the situation: we still can’t reach her by phone call.”

Qin Rongze said angrily, “If you can’t reach her by phone call, then you should search for her until you find her!”

“Chairman, I’ve already asked the people who live in her dorm. No one knows where she went!” Liang Kaiwen couldn’t quite understand his CEO’s way of thinking. “There have to be better ways of finding her, don’t there?”

“No!” Of course, Qin Rongze knew what Liang Kaiwen was insinuating, but there couldn’t be any further development in his relationship with Lin Yao, so why bother her? “I have my reasons, so do as I say!”

“But…” Liang Kaiwen had already asked around but still didn’t have a single clue. He didn’t even know where to start searching for Jiang Mingshu. He asked tentatively, “How about we go ask Ren Jiaying for help?”

Ren Jiaying?

The double-faced backstabber?

Qin Rongze didn’t like that type of person very much, but he couldn’t deny that in special circumstances, that type of employee usually came in handy. Just as he was hesitating over whether or not he should summon Ren Jiaying, he suddenly heard staggering footsteps.

On the other end of the phone, Liang Kaiwen was still muttering, “Chairman, I…” But before he could finish his words, the phone was abruptly hung up.

A soft female voice came from behind Qin Rongze. “Through, your black hair my hand!”

Qin Rongze’s entire body grew stiff, and when he saw the young girl in front of him with flushed cheeks and drunken eyes, his face suddenly darkened, rage boiling up inside him.

How bold of her to follow a man all the way here!

And how could she be so bold as to drink with others when she had such a low drinking tolerance? What if something went wrong?

Qin Rongze wanted to chide her and get her to sober up, but the words that came out of his mouth were, “Be careful not to fall.”

Lin Yao’s alcohol tolerance was poor, and a glass of red wine was enough to get her drunk, so she initially hadn’t planned on drinking. Later on, she decided to try a little bit, but it tasted really delicious, which made her thirsty for more, so she drank a little bit more…

She only drank a little each time, but, with all of it added together, she had quite a few drinks.

At the moment, she felt a little giddy. As soon as she saw Qin Rongze, she merrily made a beeline for him, and her staggering movements made him feel anxious.

“I saw a handsome guy who looked a lot like you from afar, but I thought I was hallucinating. Turns out it really was you? Hee hee— What are you doing here, huhhh? Did you come to pick me up? Haha, I’m just joking with you!”

Qin Rongze abstained from alcohol and didn’t like the smell of liquor. After getting a whiff of the strong alcohol on Lin Yao’s breath, he frowned and asked, “How much wine did you drink?”

“I drank… this much!” Lin Yao used her fingers and gestured, but she couldn’t clearly gesture how much. She counted her fingers for a while, but the more she counted, the more disorientated she became, until finally she hid her hands behind her back and said, “A glass, uh— Half a cup! Yes, half a glass!”

Qin Rongze had witnessed her drinking the wine firsthand, so he knew exactly how much she drank.

Actually, she hadn’t drunk that much. It was just that her alcohol tolerance was so poor.

Lin Yao was looking more and more disoriented. Qin Rongze couldn’t fuss too much over trivial matters, so he held onto her shoulders and said, “You’re drunk. I’ll send you home.”

Lin Yao shook her head like it was a rattle and flat-out refused. “No, no, you, you don’t even know where I live. How would you send me home?”

Qin Rongze reached out and rubbed his brow. “Do you know where you live?”

“Of course I know.” Lin Yao smiled cheerfully, but her words were exasperating. “But I won’t tell you.”

Very good, she still had some sense in her.

Qin Rongze said helplessly, “Alright, just tell your driver the address later.” He didn’t actually plan on sending her home. At most… he’d call a cab for her.

“That’s alright, but I’m a drunk girl taking a cab alone at night, it’s not safe!” Lin Yao said seriously. “I’ll wait for the bus to take me home.”

Qin Rongze couldn’t understand her way of thinking. “Then I’ll take you home, and I promise it’ll be safe. Is that alright?” He felt that he should probably send her downstairs.

“No way, no way!” Lin Yao clutched her chest and said with a wary expression, “If you take me back, and someone sees you and thinks we’re in a relationship, that would be terrible!”

Qin Rongze felt helpless but for some inexplicable reason also felt a little anticipation, so he asked her, “So what if other people think we’re in a relationship?”

“Hah, hiccup— This dream is too fake. When I dreamed of you last time, you had a poker face, but this time you’re actually laughing. Through Your Black Hair My Hand, how can you be laughing?”

A dream?

Did she think she was dreaming right now?

She said she’d dreamed of him before?

Also, she said he was laughing?

Qin Rongze couldn’t describe his mood at the moment.

“By the way, are you called Through Your Black Hair My Hand, or Through My Black Hair, uh— Your Hand?”

This name was really… Qin Rongze was already speechless about Liang Kaiwen’s online name.

“Don’t laugh,” Lin Yao said while holding his face with both hands. Then he turned himself toward her as she said from her heart, “Your face should be like this.”

Qin Rongze could clearly feel the soft hands fumbling around on his face, and the sensation of the delicate and soft touch repeatedly stimulated his facial nerves.

She faintly reeked of alcohol and an unknown sweet smell that penetrated his nostrils.

At the moment, she was slightly leaning her head, and her long eyelashes cast a shadow under her eyes. Her cheeks were a little flushed, and her dark eyes kept staring at the corner of his mouth attentively.

For a while, Qin Rongze couldn’t understand what she wanted to do, so his deep eyes gazed at her.

“Don’t laugh! Don’t laugh!” Her soft voice rang in his ears. “Yeah, that’s more like it!”

He wasn’t smiling at all. How drunk was she?

Qin Rongze’s eyes slowly grew more gentle. “Then tell me first why I shouldn’t laugh.”

Lin Yao raised her small face and smiled brightly at him. “Because if you laugh, it wouldn’t be you.”

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The elevator door slowly opened, and Liang Kaiwen rushed out with an impatient expression on his face. Upon seeing his chairman, he was shocked by the scene in front of him!

At the end of the corridor, a young couple embraced each other.

The man was the CEO. He was wearing a suit and leather shoes as usual. At the moment, he was leaning slightly, a faint smile on his lips and a tender expression in his eyes.

The woman in his arms was petite and wore a small black v-neck dress that showed off her shapely figure.

The woman was struggling to stand on her tiptoes, and her entire body appeared to be leaning on the CEO’s body. Her pale and delicate hands clutched his face and caressed it from time to time.

What was going on?

Wasn’t this poking the bear?

How dare Lin Yao do this to the CEO…

Liang Kaiwen was about to step forward, but then he suddenly realized what he was doing. He quickly pursed his lips and started creeping backward to avoid disturbing the couple, but he was still one step too late.

Qin Rongze’s cold voice instructed him, “I’ll leave you to handle table 17.”

After finishing his words, Qin Rongze picked up the drunk Lin Yao and strode into the elevator.

“Huh?” What table 17? Who was at table 17?

“Yes!” He was like an able-bodied man being drafted, except he had volunteered.

Liang Kaiwen lamented how he should have known that winning over little sister Lin Yao would be extremely easy for a master who was able to handle UNITEX.

So, what exactly was he doing here?

“Kevin?”

A tall and beautiful blonde woman approached him, but the expression on her face was a little menacing and made her appear like a lioness on the verge of a violent outburst.

Liang Kaiwen quickly rallied and greeted her with an ecstatic expression. “Hi, Adriana, you look gorgeous!”

The beautiful blonde woman raised an eyebrow at him. “Can you do me a favor?”