Chapter 100: Sober

Struggling, Su Yichen pulled himself up from the chair.

His sense of smell had fully recovered. There was a scent of air freshener in the air.

He shook his head vigorously, his spirit completely restored. Standing by the window, he stretched out a big yawn, Su Yichen—

“Mr. Su Su~”

“Little Spark.”

Hearing Little Spark’s voice, Su Yichen couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

He felt that her voice sounded a bit strange, as if filled with regret.

“Is there something you need?”

“Not yet.”

Su Yichen’s gaze swept over the desk. The coffee cup that had been used as evidence was gone.

He thought, that’s true. No criminal would leave evidence at the scene to be caught. No matter how stupid, one couldn’t be that stupid.

Besides, Mo Qingqiu was not stupid at all. Only a little cutie like Little Spark would possibly leave something behind.

As if sensing something, Little Spark muttered quietly:

“Mr. Su, Little Spark thinks you’re secretly hating on Little Spark’s stupidity again.”

But she didn’t dare complain loudly; it sounded a bit funny.

“How could that be~”

Su Yichen’s tone made a 360-degree turn, becoming gentle and ambiguous:

“Little Spark, when have I ever disliked you?”

“It seems like~”

Ignoring Little Spark, who was so happy she was bubbling, Su Yichen carefully examined his body.

Aside from his lips being abnormally red and tender, and numb to the point of losing most sensation…

Nothing strange.

He couldn’t find any other traces.

“Pretty interesting.”

Su Yichen let out a soft laugh.

Little Spark asked in confusion:

“What is it now, Mr. Su?”

“The room was cleaned very thoroughly, including my body.”

“Since Mo Qingqiu knows I’m a kindred spirit, that means… in her eyes, I’m a smart person.”

“Since I’m smart, her actions are very strange.”

“She clearly knew that I drank that coffee. Even if I thought with my butt after waking up, I’d know she put the drug in it.”

“So why did she do so many unnecessary things?”

“No matter what she does, I know it was her, because she handed me the coffee.”

“What is her motive?”

“Little Spark is a bit confused, doesn’t understand, Mr. Su.”

Just by hearing her voice, one could imagine Little Spark holding her head and rolling on the ground from mental overload.

“Simple. Mo Qingqiu’s actions were redundant, a cover-up that draws attention.”

Su Yichen pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly:

“If I were her, I would have a purpose in doing this.”

“Either she wants to tell me that she’s actually a gentle girl, has some interest in me, and wants to win me over little by little.”

“But that’s a bit contradictory. I’m the one pursuing her. According to Mo Qingqiu’s character persona, she has no interest in playing these little romantic games with me.”

“She likes to play big.”

“Or she’s cleaning up traces for someone else; someone told her to do this…”

“But the more likely possibility should be—”

“Mo Qingqiu acted on her own.”

“Assuming that coffee was fed to me by someone else through her, then she wants to watch a show. I’m her leading man.”

“And the one who just chewed my lips swollen is the leading lady.”

“Watching the show; I’m her leading man, needless to say.”

Little Spark let out an epiphany of amazement:

“Mr. Su, do you mean… the girl who kissed you wasn’t Mo Qingqiu, but someone else?”

“Mm, fifty-fifty. Fifty percent someone else, fifty percent Mo Qingqiu.”

Su Yichen said thoughtfully:

“But the more likely is that she kissed me yesterday, knows my flavor, and wanted to try more today.”

“Mo Qingqiu’s fun seeker trait… she really would do something like having someone else kiss me.”

“For these cover-up actions, I’ll give her eighty percent, and leave the remaining twenty percent to her fun seeker trait.”

“So I give Mo Qingqiu a fifty percent probability. Actually, if she hadn’t done these, I would have given her eighty percent.”

“But now… I can only give her fifty percent.”

Little Spark raised a small question:

“The love value hasn’t increased.”

“Should… maybe… it is Mo Qingqiu?”

“That’s the trouble with fun seekers. If you don’t break through their defenses, their love and hate won’t move. She’s lucky she’s not fanning the flames, creating chaos, and then expecting empathy from you?”

Su Yichen picked up the thermos on the table and poured himself another cup of water.

He looked at the goji berries floating inside:

“If Mo Qingqiu wants to watch my show…”

“I’m the leading man, so who would she bring in as the leading lady?”

“Shen Ran? Tong Ya? Luo Yueli?”

“It can’t be that all three came and took a bite out of me, right?”

“Su Yichen three ways?”

Su Yichen touched his still numb lips and asked:

“Little Spark, didn’t you sense any commotion?”

“Her commotion should have been big.”

“Didn’t you hear anything?”

“Mmm…”

Little Spark in the void realm hesitated, the big eyes on her small light ball blinking:

“A little bit…”

“It seemed like…”

“Senior Sister Qingqiu’s voice…”

“A bit alike? I… I’m not very sure, Mr. Su. You were sleeping too deeply.”

“A bit like Mo Qingqiu’s voice?”

A flicker of surprise passed through Su Yichen’s eyes.

‘Could it really be her?’

‘Little Spark would not lie to him.’

‘But could she have misheard?’

‘After all, she’s a bit dim.’

The love value couldn’t be determined, and he didn’t know who it was.

That person who treated him like a meat bone to gnaw on had an identity problem.

According to Little Spark’s statement, could it really be Mo Qingqiu?

“Mr. Su… Little Spark has a question to ask you.”

“Go ahead.”

“Did you know… that inside the coffee Senior Sister Qingqiu brought…”

“Mm-hmm~”

Not bad, Little Spark.

Su Yichen’s shimmering and alluring blue eyes suddenly curved.

“You actually figured it out.”

“Actually, Mo Qingqiu didn’t hide it either. She deliberately brought it over, almost telling me that the coffee was problematic.”

“Drink it, or not.”

“It seems I had a choice, but actually I had no choice.”

“If I want to conquer her, I must drink that coffee. I have to get into character.”

“For me, the best choice was also to drink.”

“If you don’t get the handsome young man drunk, how can a girl who wants to steal a taste have a chance?”

“Play hard to get. Sometimes, being a bit foolish is the greatest wisdom.”

“Little Spark~ Did you learn that?”

“Then why did you say after waking up that… Senior Sister Qingqiu is just a showpiece?”

“Ah, that.”

Su Yichen took a slow sip of tea:

“Of course I said it for my dear Sister Qingqiu to hear.”

“This is her office.”

“I knew as soon as I entered. There were six miniature pinhole cameras installed. How could there not be a bug?”

“If the person who came to gnaw on me wasn’t her, but someone else.”

“If I was being so wantonly violated by another girl, she should be watching happily.”

“She’s a fun seeker. Who the leading lady is doesn’t necessarily matter to her.”

“I think my dear Sister Qingqiu must be watching happily somewhere.”