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The two of them drank back and forth for a while. Su Banxia noticed that although his face was flushed, he didn't seem terribly drunk.
Her heart began to waver, but she coaxed him into a few more glasses.
Finally, Li Yi was so drunk he could barely speak clearly. He grabbed Su Banxia's hand, slumped over the table, and kept mumbling how beautiful she was.
Seeing him like this, Su Banxia felt a wave of relief.
She stood up, walked over to him, and patted his shoulder. "President Li..."
After calling him a few times, he was still rambling nonsense.
Su Banxia picked up her bag, moved closer to him, and while speaking, helped him up. "President Li, you've had too much. Let me take you to the hotel to rest!"
With that, she supported him and headed out of the restaurant.
At the restaurant entrance, Ye Hengtian, dressed entirely in black, leaned lazily against his car, watching Li Yi being propped up by Su Banxia.
He narrowed his dark eyes at her. "Get him drunk, then trick him into signing?"
Su Banxia didn't elaborate. She looked at him and asked, "Can you give us a ride to the hotel?"
Ye Hengtian raised an eyebrow. "Did you already get the contract signed?"
"No!"
Su Banxia replied, helping Li Yi into Ye Hengtian's car, and added, "Too many eyes and ears in the restaurant. If he checks later, it'll be trouble."
"Tsk, tsk."
Ye Hengtian clicked his tongue twice and spat out two words, "Impressive."
Then he started the car and drove straight to the hotel.
After helping Li Yi into the hotel room, Ye Hengtian maintained the role of a mere observer. Su Banxia laid Li Yi on the bed.
Then she pulled the documents from her bag, stood beside him, and tried to wake him up.
But after a while, there was no response. Su Banxia was a bit speechless—had she poured him too much?
Ye Hengtian leaned against the door, eyes narrowed, watching Su Banxia call out to Li Yi. His dark gaze was murky and unreadable.
Su Banxia had no interest in him at the moment; all her focus was on the contract.
After a while, seeing no signs of Li Yi waking up, she started to get nervous.
Ye Hengtian walked over to her and handed her a glass of water. "Take a sip to wet your throat. He won't be waking up anytime soon."
Su Banxia was exasperated. She took the glass and drank. After swallowing, she couldn't help but wonder—where did he get this water?
Thinking this, she turned to Ye Hengtian, who was standing beside her. "Where did you get that water?"
The water in the hotel was either bottled mineral water or tap water that needed heating. What he'd just given her was cold water in a glass.
Ye Hengtian took the glass from her hand, the corners of his mouth lifting with a faint, ambiguous hint. "It was already here."
Su Banxia frowned, about to say something more, when she suddenly realized something was wrong.
Her head was spinning badly. She held her forehead and looked at him, dazed, seeing Ye Hengtian smiling.
And that smile was terrifyingly sinister.
"You..."
Before she could finish, her eyes widened. Li Yi, who had been lying on the bed dead drunk, was now awake, getting up from the bed.
His face was icy cold, with no trace of drunkenness at all.
Seeing her panic, Li Yi showed no reaction. He just smirked, snatched the contract she had prepared for him to sign from her hand, and looked it over carefully.
After reading it thoroughly, he sneered at Su Banxia. "The cooperation contract between Dingsheng and CBE? If I remember correctly, I've already signed this contract with Dingsheng. Miss Su, you went through all this trouble just to get me to sign a contract that's already been signed?"
From her initial shock to Li Yi's sarcastic and contemptuous words, Su Banxia had already pieced it together.
She had been set up by both Li Yi and Ye Hengtian.
That glass of water was drugged.
She was still conscious, but her body had no strength, and her mind was foggy. She struggled to stay calm and looked at Ye Hengtian. "Why?"
To set her up like this—it was despicable!
Ye Hengtian leisurely opened a bottle of wine from the rack, poured himself a glass of red, and swirled it in his hand.
Half-closing his eyes, he smiled at her. "Why? Miss Su, why don't you use that brain of yours and think it over."
Li Yi laughed from the side, his eyes fixed on Su Banxia as he circled her. "Miss Su, you're still too naive, too full of yourself. Do you really think a few drinks could make me, a vice president at CBE, sign a document without knowing what I'm doing?"
Su Banxia lowered her gaze, realizing how foolish she had been.
Her dark eyes turned to Ye Hengtian, waiting for him to explain.
What she couldn't understand was—when had he started planning this?
Ye Hengtian looked at her clear, bright eyes and let out a low laugh. "Dingsheng has already started cutting ties with the Ye Corporation. Under these circumstances, why do you think I would still send Lan'er to Pei Shaoze's side?"
Su Banxia froze, her eyes wide. "So, saving me at the nightclub—was that all premeditated?"
Ye Hengtian shook his head. "Of course not!
Saving you was an accident. But when I found out you wanted to seduce Li Yi, we reached an agreement."
Su Banxia was baffled. "What good does this do you? All I wanted him to sign was a contract that's already been signed. Don't you two feel ashamed, ganging up on me like this?"
"Heh..."
Ye Hengtian let out a cold laugh, downing the rest of his wine in one gulp. He looked at her and said, "Su Banxia, do you know what I hate most in life?"
Su Banxia frowned, staying silent, waiting for him to continue.
Ye Hengtian stepped closer, squinting at her, and grabbed her chin, his voice low and icy. "I hate women who think too highly of themselves. Do you really believe that men can be won over with just your body? Using sex to seduce a man is the lowest, most despicable act. Women like you are the most disgusting."
Su Banxia felt as if she had been stabbed.
This time, she had been far too arrogant.
Li Yi showed little emotion, simply stripping off his clothes and looking at Ye Hengtian. "Aren't you fond of watching others screw women? Tonight, I'll give you a show."
Su Banxia had no strength to struggle. She was conscious, but her body wouldn't move.
As Li Yi began to grope her, she looked at Ye Hengtian in panic. "Ye Hengtian, you hate me for using my body to seduce others, but what you're doing now—stabbing me in the back—is that any better?"
Ye Hengtian sneered. "I've never claimed to be an upright man. Su Banxia, you think too highly of me. I've never had any tenderness for the women around me."
By now, Li Yi had lifted Su Banxia onto the bed and roughly shoved her down.