My Toxic Ex-Wife: BOSS, Stay Away！-Chapter 491 - 501: Do You Want Brother to Play with You?

But after all, this was a private matter between Chu Yan and Song Yi, so Shi Yi felt it wasn’t convenient to continue asking.

"You’re drunk. Let me take you home."

"No, I don’t want to!" Chu Yan tightly grabbed her arm, relentlessly demanding, "Shi Yi, just sit down and have a couple of drinks with me!"

A drunk person’s strength can be surprisingly strong. Looking at Chu Yan’s current state, if she didn’t want to leave, Shi Yi really had no way to force her.

She took out her phone from her pocket and sent a message to Song Yi, asking him to come over. Then, following Chu Yan’s request, she poured herself a glass of red wine.

Shi Yi’s alcohol tolerance wasn’t very good, so she dared not drink much. Each time she clinked glasses with Chu Yan, she only sipped a tiny bit. But Chu Yan, on the other hand, emptied her glass each time.

Seeing this, Shi Yi couldn’t help but advise, "You should drink less, drinking too much is bad for your health."

"Bad for health?" Chu Yan suddenly gave a bitter smile, "Hurting the body is better than hurting the heart. Shi Yi, do you know? It hurts so much here, so much!"

Shi Yi stared at the girl in front of her. In her memory, Chu Yan had always been carefree and untroubled. She had never seen Chu Yan like this before.

What exactly had happened to make her so heartbroken?

Chu Yan picked up her glass, filled it to the brim again, and downed it in a few big gulps. She set the glass down heavily, looked up, and her eyes were tinged with tears, "Song Yi looks down on me for being uneducated, for being crude, he despises me from the bottom of his heart! But what can I do? I was abandoned by my parents at birth, raised by my grandmother. Our family wasn’t well-off, and I’m not very bright. Getting into a junior college was my best effort. Of course, I can’t compare to someone like Song Yi who studied abroad and got a PhD! Song Yi is right, I’m not good enough for him, not good enough!"

By the end of her words, Chu Yan was choked with emotion. She poured herself another glass of red wine, downed it fiercely, and then looked at Shi Yi with a sorrowful smile, "Falling for someone so out of my league, chasing an impossible dream. Shi Yi, do you think I’m pathetic?"

Shi Yi gave her a deep look. For some reason, a shadow also fell over her heart. After a long silence, she spoke in a muffled voice, "Chu Yan, you’re not pathetic. At least you know who you are and where you come from. But me? My past is a complete blank. I don’t know who I am, where I come from. I even forget my own name. When family walks past me, I don’t recognize them. Compared to me, you’re much better off..."

As Shi Yi spoke, her heart suddenly became heavy. She glanced at Chu Yan beside her and saw that at some point, Chu Yan had fallen asleep on the bar counter.

Just then, Shi Yi saw Song Yi hurriedly walking through the crowd towards them. When he saw Chu Yan lying on the bar, drunk and unconscious, his handsome eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"She’s drunk. Take her home."

"Did she say anything to you?" Song Yi asked in a low voice, abandoning his usual carefree demeanor.

"What do you think?" Shi Yi paused, then continued, "Chu Yan is a good girl. Though she seems carefree and rough around the edges, she has a clear heart. She has kept her feelings for you hidden deep inside. This time, she asked me out and shared her deepest thoughts while drunk. It shows how much she cares about you. Song Yi, as a friend of both you and Chu Yan, I advise you, if you’re not interested in her, make it clear. Don’t be ambiguous or treat her like you do other girls, playing flirtation games. She’s sincere and can’t handle that. If... you like her, then don’t care about status or education, open your heart and accept her. Though she may not match your education, she is kind and sincere, worthy of you."

Hearing this, Song Yi fell silent. After a long while, he nodded heavily, "I’ll seriously consider what you said."

He then bent down, lifted Chu Yan from the high stool, and walked out of the bar.

Shi Yi didn’t leave with them. The neighborhood where she lived was nearby, within walking distance. Influenced by Chu Yan or perhaps due to the wine, Shi Yi felt utterly miserable.

Her mind started to be filled with the questions she had avoided for years. Who was she? Where did she come from? Where were her family and friends?

Shi Yi tried hard to remember, but no matter how hard she tried, her mind remained blank. She knew nothing about her past, couldn’t recall a single memory.

She painfully rubbed her hair, grabbed a half-empty bottle of red wine, poured a full glass, and swallowed it in large gulps.

She laughed at herself. She had just advised someone not to drink, and now here she was?

She stared intently at the red liquid in the wine glass. Now, for the first time, she somewhat understood Chu Yan’s feelings. Alcohol, at first, tasted spicy and not very pleasant, but once you drank more, you couldn’t stop.

For years, Shi Yi had lived carefully, cautiously, never daring to let loose. She didn’t even dare to get sick, because she was alone. She had no family or friends. If she got sick, there would be no one to take care of her.

She couldn’t afford to get sick, let alone indulge herself.

But today, for some reason, she didn’t want to confine herself to rules and restrictions anymore. She wanted to let loose. And so, she drank one glass of red wine after another.

But in her self-indulgence, she forgot one thing. She wasn’t at home, she was in a dangerous bar. Her outstanding looks made her an easy target.

"Beautiful lady, why are you drinking alone? Want some company?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yi frowned and looked in the direction of the voice. She saw an unfamiliar man sitting on the high stool next to her. The man looked decent enough, but his leering eyes revealed his true intentions.

"No need. I’m fine alone." Although a bit tipsy, Shi Yi wasn’t confused.

"Drinking alone is boring. It’s more fun with company." The man ignored her refusal. Seeing that she was alone, he started making advances.

Just as his fingers were about to touch Shi Yi’s cheek, her eyes flashed coldly. She turned and executed a perfect takedown move,

throwing the man heavily to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw.