He wasn’t sincerely apologizing, couldn’t she tell from his sarcasm?

"You’re usually as docile as a bunny that I actually believed you were one. But when you turn stubborn, you do have quite the spirit."

Was he referring to how she stood up to him at the hotel that night?

In hindsight, she didn’t leave him any dignity, and in front of so many people no less.

"Surely no one would take drunken ramblings seriously?"

"Are those drunken ramblings? I remember someone assured me they weren’t drunk."

"And a lunatic often insists they’re not a lunatic."

"..."

Eleven thought, while she was somewhat drunk that evening, she was not black-out drunk. The wine was stronger than beer and she consumed it rapidly, her state was much worse than tonight.

"The act of running away," Gu Liancheng seemed to hold that against her, "Had I not come looking for you today, were you planning to never return home?"

She was so heartless, not even giving him a single call! Whenever he thought about this, it upset him.

"Running away?" Eleven was bewildered, "I didn’t run away. It was you who wanted me to disappear, and I did as I was told obediently, disappearing right away. I’ve been very obedient, so why are you still dissatisfied?"

Bringing that up again!

"Didn’t you know I was simply saying that out of anger?" Gu Liancheng glared at her, "Who told you to argue back at me repeatedly? I told you not to drink but you refused to listen, acting as if you couldn’t be tamed. If it hadn’t been for the crowd, I would have taught you a lesson!"

Said out of anger?

At that time, she was so enraged, how could she analyze whether he was speaking out of anger? He told her to disappear and so she did!

"I thought you were avoiding Miss Shang misunderstanding." Eleven muttered.

"What did you say?"

"I said, Miss Shang!" Eleven’s tone turned heavy, "I didn’t go home because of her! I lowered my own status, I know I am not important to you, and compared with Miss Shang, the difference is like that between real pearls and fish eyes. So I understood I should realize where I stand. That home is just my temporary residence. You brought Miss Shang home and she found me living there, what would she think?"

Gu Liancheng furrowed his brows and said, "Who told you to overthink things? Have you ever seen me bring a woman home?"

However, everyone could see that Shang Muxue was different from the others!

Suddenly, Gu Liancheng understood something, and a flash of an unknown emotion crossed his mind.

"Fang Eleven, could you be jealous?"

She remained indifferent despite his numerous romantic rumors, she never lost her temper nor caused any scenes. But this time it was different!

"Yeah, I’m jealous." Eleven neither rejected nor evaded his question, but admitted it.

Gu Liancheng was caught off guard. He couldn’t tell if she was serious or not.

The window was open, allowing the cool breeze to settle her stomach. The nauseous feeling had subsided.

They arrived at the Sea View Villa around eleven o’clock.

"Oh, ma’am! You’ve finally returned! Hmm — why do you smell of alcohol? Have you been drinking?"

As Gu Liancheng ascended the stairs, he instructed Aunt Fang, "Prepare something for her to eat."

In Eleven’s ears, his cold tone strangely hinted at "feeding before slaughtering."

Aunt Fang went into the kitchen, then asked Eleven in the living room, "Ma’am, did you have a fight with your husband?"

"No."

"Then why didn’t you come home?"

"Home?"

Where is home?