The Scumbag Alpha's Redemption in a Sweet Romance - Chapter 5
Chapter 35
The call was hung up, and Yan Hua was clearly angry.
Ning Chun looked at her phone and stood there for a while until a staff member came over and said it was time for her to board the plane.
Only then did she put her phone away and head for the boarding gate.
On the plane, the flight attendant’s service was very attentive. Shortly after she sat down, they brought her a selection of drinks.
Ning Chun pointed at the liquor menu and chose whiskey with ice.
The flight attendant also brought her a meal.
Her stomach was clearly empty, and she felt very hungry, but when the carefully cooked food was placed in her mouth, it was like chewing on wax.
Ning Chun usually enjoyed food, but this time, she was uncharacteristically unable to eat.
She drank several glasses of whiskey, wanting to get drunk for a while, but her mind became clearer and clearer. She even started to hallucinate, as if she saw a familiar person.
Song Xiaoran’s face and eyes gradually magnified in her blurry vision.
Ning Chun rested her head on one hand, her thumb and middle finger pressing against her temples.
The air conditioning on the plane was very strong. The flight attendant brought a blanket. When she was about to cover Ning Chun, she found that there was another person next to her.
“Hello, ma’am, is there anything you need?”
Song Xiaoran’s gaze fell on Ning Chun’s furrowed brow. She took the blanket and said, “We know each other. I’ll take care of her.”
Having been awake all night, Ning Chun was tired but not to the point of being in a deep sleep. Especially when her eyes were closed, her five senses were more sensitive than usual.
She could hear the sound of a keyboard clacking and the rustle of book pages being turned.
Her sleep was intermittent. When they arrived, the flight attendant was the one who woke her up.
After getting off the plane, they first went to a five-star hotel to put their luggage away. Ning Chun also went to buy a suit for her meeting.
When everything was ready, the car arranged by the collaborator also arrived.
The entire afternoon was packed with a tight schedule, with no time to breathe or think. The group went to the collaborator’s company for a preliminary meeting and agreed to visit the pharmaceutical laboratory for an on-site inspection the next day.
It was already evening by the time the details of the schedule were finalized.
In the evening, both parties had dinner together. Xiang Lan was very good at this kind of thing. She politely toasted everyone, and the entire banquet was lively.
However, Ning Chun, the head of the team, was a bit confusing. She would drink when toasted but would keep a straight face when jokes were told to liven up the atmosphere, which made people feel uneasy.
In this collaboration, Ning Chun’s side was the client, holding the dominant position, so the other party couldn’t help but make all sorts of guesses.
They didn’t know whether she was satisfied or not.
The other party was a thriving pharmaceutical company called Zhousheng Biological Pharmaceuticals, famous for its biological excipients, but the company was having some internal issues, and the boss had the idea of selling it.
The Ning Group could guarantee that the company’s hard work would not go to waste, which was why they were in a passive position.
Ning Chun drank a lot, showing that she was giving face, but the other party was still worried because she drank with a cold face and didn’t even look at them.
Luckily, Xiang Lan and the others were good at handling things, otherwise, the dinner party would have ended awkwardly.
There was a small incident in the middle when a junior employee of the other party accidentally spilled red wine on Xiang Lan while toasting. The gray suit was stained with a large patch, but she reacted quickly, took off her jacket, and said she was just about to change into a new outfit, telling the junior employee not to worry.
The banquet ended around ten in the evening.
The same routine was repeated for three consecutive days: inspecting details and discussing cooperation during the day, and having dinner in the evening.
In the end, Xiang Lan and the others couldn’t hold up and just touched their glasses to show a toast, but Ning Chun drank the alcohol like water.
Xiao Zhao was shocked by the company’s culture and felt that her leader was a great one. Her leader was really taking the bullet for them when it came to alcohol, and all the subordinates had to do was focus on the contract.
On this trip, the two people arranged by the chairman had a change of heart about Ning Chun and even admired her a little.
Ning Chun was so drunk that she was a complete mess. Xiao Zhao and Xiang Lan each helped her up, and it took a lot of effort to get her back to the hotel.
Before they could even get her to her room, the other party called, saying that there were important details in the proposal that needed to be confirmed and that they needed someone from their side to go over.
This was a real business matter. Besides Xiao Zhao, the other three all wanted to go. The two sides were unwilling to back down.
Xiao Zhao had no choice but to stay behind and take care of Ning Chun.
But that’s where the problem arose. Ning Chun’s room key card was kept separately, and her room type was different from the others. Xiao Zhao, with foresight, went to look for the key card, but she couldn’t find it after searching Ning Chun’s bag.
She had to leave Ning Chun on a sofa in the hotel lobby to rest and go to the front desk to ask if she could use a spare key card to open the door.
In just those few minutes, Ning Chun disappeared.
Only Xiao Zhao was left in a mess, holding the spare key card in her hand.
At the same time, the not-so-sober Ning Chun obediently followed the person who was helping her up the elevator and into a room.
On the bed, someone brought her a cup of hot water. She frowned and dodged it, muttering, “I want ice water.”
The alcohol was wreaking havoc in her bl00d.
Ice water was quickly brought to her lips. She closed her eyes and drank half a cup. Her throat was quenched, and she turned over and continued to lie down.
In the hotel lobby, Xiao Zhao immediately went to look for the restroom and other places where Ning Chun might have gone. After not finding her, she immediately asked the front desk to check if she had gone back to her room, but the system showed that no one had checked into the room.
Although Xiao Zhao was in a panic, she helped look for her and checked the surveillance footage at the same time.
If something really happened to CEO Ning, she could only apologize with her life.
Just then, a woman in a long white dress came in from the hotel entrance. She had an elegant demeanor and a beautiful face. She asked the front desk in a gentle tone, “Hello, can you help me find Ning Chun’s room number? I’m her wife, and I have something very important to tell her.”
Xiao Zhao’s back immediately stiffened. She had heard that her leader was married, but she had never seen the wife’s face before.
Seeing her today was a pleasant surprise. She was like a fairy.
But besides the surprise, she was also very scared and started to wonder why this had to happen at this crucial moment.
Everything had been fine for the past few days, but now something unexpected had happened.
The housekeeping manager arrived in time and also heard Yan Hua’s inquiry. She took the initiative to step forward and asked, “Are you looking for the missing guest from room 8037?”
Yan Hua was slightly stunned. Missing?
In a corner, Xiao Zhao stiffly raised her hand. “Excuse me, I’m the one looking for her.”
Xiao Zhao quickly explained the whole story to Yan Hua and said with guilt, “Ma’am, it’s all my fault. I didn’t take good care of CEO Ning.”
Although Yan Hua was anxious, she knew it was no use. Instead, she comforted Xiao Zhao, “Since the surveillance at the hotel entrance didn’t show her leaving, she must still be here. Let’s wait for the news.”
The housekeeping manager acted quickly. The surveillance footage was a little bad. It showed the guest from room 8037, who was drunk and had fallen on the floor of the restroom, being taken away by another guest and straight into another suite.
Since the original wife was here, the other guest’s actions were just a temporary impulse.
When it came to problems between guests, the hotel always handled it quietly and privately to minimize negative impact.
The housekeeping manager wrote down the room number, called a few security guards to go upstairs with her, and planned to first take the guest from room 8037 out.
But Yan Hua had been watching them. As soon as they moved, Yan Hua stood up from the rest area.
“Please wait a moment. We will find the guest and bring her out safely,” the housekeeping manager said with a smile.
Yan Hua pursed her lips. “I’m very worried about her. Please take me with you.”
“I want to go too!” Xiao Zhao said hastily. She had a big responsibility in this matter.
The housekeeping manager was in a difficult position and could only remind her other colleagues on her earpiece to block other guests from the VIP area in advance and try not to let them out.
They took the elevator to the seventh floor and stopped at the door of room 7123.
Before the manager knocked on the door, she tried to persuade her again. “Why don’t you wait on the side first? I’ll go in and bring the guest out.”
Yan Hua shook her head. She wanted to know what Ning Chun was doing here.
The manager knocked on the door. A voice quickly came from inside. “Who is it?”
It wasn’t Ning Chun’s voice.
Yan Hua’s heart sank for a moment.
The manager said, “I’m the housekeeping manager. I heard you have trouble sleeping, so I’ve come to bring you some sleep-aid aromatherapy.”
The door slowly opened. The woman inside had obviously just taken a shower. There were still wet water droplets on her slender neck, and her temporarily worn bathrobe clearly hid a sexy, wine-red nightgown.
Although only a corner was visible, it left a lot to the imagination.
Yan Hua saw her face clearly. Since she wasn’t wearing makeup, she was much purer than the last time they met.
But she was very confused. Why was Song Xiaoran here?
Song Xiaoran was also slightly stunned when she saw Yan Hua, but she quickly returned to her natural expression.
After the aromatherapy was delivered, the housekeeping manager asked, “The surveillance footage showed that the guest from room 8037 entered your room. Her family is very worried and has been looking for her for a long time. We’re going to take her back to her original room now.”
“CEO Ning!” Xiao Zhao’s eyes went past Song Xiaoran and searched the room. She finally saw a familiar corner of a sleeve. She couldn’t care about anything else and directly rushed in. She lifted the soundly sleeping Ning Chun onto her back and walked out.
“Hey, this is my room!” Song Xiaoran was shocked by her rude behavior.
Xiao Zhao was not to be outdone. “Hey, this is my leader! I haven’t even asked you why you took my leader away!”
Xiao Zhao walked very fast with Ning Chun on her back and quickly left the room.
The housekeeping manager and the other staff also helped, holding Ning Chun steady.
Although Song Xiaoran was angry, she couldn’t say anything and could only watch as Ning Chun was taken away.
Everyone else had left, but Yan Hua was still standing at the door. She took two steps forward and stood in front of Song Xiaoran. Her tone was very cold. “Miss Song, I hope you have some boundaries. You and Ning Chun are no longer together, and I hope you won’t bother her again.”
“It seems you care a lot about Xiao Chun meeting me. What if I told you that it was Xiao Chun who insisted on coming to my room tonight?” She looked at Yan Hua provocatively.
Yan Hua lowered her head and let out a laugh. “That’s between her and me. She will explain it to me in detail, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
The moment Yan Hua turned around, Song Xiaoran’s calm expression visibly broke.
She was so close to winning Xiao Chun’s heart back.
After Xiao Zhao brought Ning Chun back to the room, she collapsed on the sofa, gasping for air. She even checked her leader’s clothes. Fortunately, she was still fully clothed, and nothing inappropriate had happened.
Otherwise, how could she explain it to CEO Ning’s wife?
Just as she put the spare key card and bag away, CEO Ning’s wife came. Xiao Zhao, being perceptive, closed the door and left.