The air was filled with a strong scent of alcohol, young bodies writhing in the dance floor, ambiguous lighting, and deafening music.
If it weren't for the fact that Nan Wan was in the farthest corner, she probably wouldn't have heard him.
"Why go to the hospital? Just go home."
The patients are endless, the hospital won't collapse without her, of course going home is more interesting.
Lu Li raised his hand, intercepted the dice Nan Wan tossed into the air, and raised his voice, "Then what are you messing around in this place for? I'll take you back."
There was a faint inexplicable anger.
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in his pocket rang, the vibration very clearly transmitted through the fabric to his nerves.
Seeing the name flashing on the screen, his eyes held obvious irritation.
"Stay put, I'm gonna find somewhere quiet to take this call. If you dare to mess with those low-lifes, I'll strangle you."
This threat, he's said it n+1 times already, but Nan Wan only listened indifferently, nodded, and continued playing with another dice on the table.
Nan Wan glanced at the man in black standing beside her, feeling speechless, thinking, who brings bodyguards to a place like this, they must be sick, right?
Thinking this, Nan Wan couldn't help but chuckle, weren't they just crazy?
When Lu Li returned after taking the call, he casually removed his jacket and draped it over Nan Wan's shoulders, grasped her wrist, "Let's go, I'll take you home."
"If you've got something to do, go ahead. I'll go back by myself," Nan Wan brushed off his hand, leaned on the bar, her voice calm, "Take your bodyguard away too, don't let him be an eyesore here."
Lu Li closed his eyes briefly, trying hard to endure, and spoke patiently, "Nan Wan, don't you see what kind of place this is? Don't make yourself unhappy, okay?"
The wolf-like predatory gazes around were simply disgusting.
Nan Wan wasn't appreciative, frowning as she stared directly at him, "I gave up my reputation for you, didn't ask you to break an arm for me, or to go through hell and high water. Why is it so much trouble to just tell you to get lost?"
Time was short, going home now would waste the afternoon's performance, they needed enough time to brew, to do justice to her acting.
"Nan Wan..." Lu Li just started to speak when the phone in his hand vibrated again, cutting him off.
Nan Wan waved her hand at him, urging, "Alright, alright, I'll stay a while and then go home, you go quickly."
...
It wasn't until that figure completely disappeared from her sight that Nan Wan snapped back to reality.
Casually picking up the glass of wine on the table, she absentmindedly swirled its contents, her gaze distant and disinterested.
Once Lu Li and that brawny bodyguard left, the men who had been waiting in the wings began to make their moves.
Nan Wan did not turn anyone away, and soon the drinks on the table were all downed.
Su Zhengyu saw Nan Wan slumping lazily on the bar and knew she was thoroughly drunk. He draped his big hand over her shoulder, leaned in close to her ear, and deliberately blew warm air into her earlobe, "Miss Nan, it's so late, how about...?"