There is no Redemption for A Scum Villain

Chapter 13

When Shen Qingqiu entered the room, immediately the stench of alcohol hit his nose in an intensity he never thought possible. The room was extremely dark, but even in the dark Shen Qingqiu was able to see the copious amount of wine jars on the ground and the silhouette of the person that sat in their center. The sight of that made his heart twitch for a moment.

Shen Qingqiu covered his nose and stepped towards the darkened window and ripped down the covers that had covered it for days and opened it to let in some air. The person on the ground immediately covered his face the second even the smallest bit of light seeped in. Shen Qingqiu had been prepared that the appearance of this person would shock him, but still his worldview received a massive blow.

Yue Qingyuan sat on the floor. His hair was lose and messy. He only wore his inner garments and a thin inner robe on top. His shoes were gone, probably lay somewhere in a corner. Yue Qingyuan was covering face with one arm and holding a half-full jar of wine with his other.

Shen Qingqiu had never seen this man in such a state. Yue Qingyuan had always been calm and collected, taking care that he looked presentable. But right now he looked practically dead and Shen Qingqiu couldn't even see his face. Shen Qingqiu took a step forward to get to him and immediately hit a jar with his foot. Annoyed, he started collecting all the jars in the room and piled them up in a corner.

Out of worry, Shen Qingqiu started reprimanding Yue Qingyuan. "How could you drink so much? I've seen drunkards that could take less. Where did you even get all this? Do you have no shame?"

Yue Qingyuan didn't reply, only kept covering his face.

"What? Did you swallow your tongue?" Shen Qingqiu asked and stepped in front of Yue Qingyuan. He had been meaning to talk to this man and not clean up after him first. When Yue Qingyuan didn't respond yet again, Shen Qingqiu pulled off the hand that covered the man's face. Instantly Yue Qingyuan averted his gaze.

"You're looking away, as if I couldn't see that you're drunk. You can't even focus your eyes," Shen Qingqiu said, "Look at me."

Hesitantly Yue Qingyuan turned his face towards Shen Qingqiu. He looked like he couldn't see clearly, but this face... he would always see it clearly. Shen Qingqiu was surprised how easy it had been to make the man look at him and wondered if it was because he had asked him to look at him. Was it that he didn't speak also because he hadn't allowed him to? No, wait. That was ridiculous. Then Shen Qingqiu remembered the last words he had said to Yue Qingyuan before he had left. He had said that neither did he want to see his face nor have him talk to him ever again. Could he really be so compliant?

"Speak to me, why did you do this?" Shen Qingqiu demanded to know.

Yue Qingyuan didn't answer the question, but at least he started talking. "Sh...i, ... thought chu left for..." The rest he said was inaudible. He was slurring so much, Shen Qingqiu really wanted to find a bucket of cold water and spill it in Yue Qingyuan's face.

"Why ..  chu back already?" Yue Qingyuan asked and looked at Shen Qingqiu with confusion.

"I was gone for almost four days!" Shen Qingqiu exclaimed "What day do you think it his?! Do you have any idea how long you've been drinking in here?!"

"Four days..." At first Yue Qingyuan had looked a little happy to see Shen Qingqiu, but when he heard that it had been four days already his expression grew grim. "Did chu ..ve fun?" he asked.

When Shen Qingqiu had come in, Yue Qingyuan had thought that what he had heard hadn't been true after all. He had thought that he couldn't have been back so early. He hadn't noticed how long he had been sitting in his room, drinking. No one had come to ask for him, Yue Qingyuan wondered why. He looked away from Shen Qingqiu. Seeing his face now made him feel the pain again that he had managed to painstakingly suppress. Four days..., Yue Qingyuan replied in his mind and he felt a burning needle dig into his heart.