You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 611 Telling The Truth While Drunk

Henry started drinking with Noah.

Since Noah was also already mentally exhausted because of his family, he gulped down the drinks one glass after the other, without Henry having to persuade him.

Once he was a bit drunk, he even started pouring himself glass after glass.

That moment, the entire room fell silent and everyone else watched Noah with a concerned expression.

"You're drunk, so stop pouring yourself more. It's bad for you, Noah," Gia warned.

"I didn't expect this," Henry said. He hadn't even finished a glass of wine, but Noah had finished a bottle.

He just took a sip every time, but Noah would finish a glass in one go. He seemed to be in a bad state.

Nina knew Noah the best among everyone else who was there, so she did not try to stop him. "Let him drink. He's upset. Noah told me how badly he wanted to have a sister. When Vivian came back to Ye family, he was overjoyed. Even though she hurt him, he never spoke a harsh word to her. He thought that the family would get along well.

Noah's mother was a very gentle and kind person. She told him that a family always came with conflicts, regardless of how close they seemed. She advised him to learn to change the hatred in his heart into love for his family members. That's the reason Noah tried so hard to keep Vivian on the right path, but she...

She was always so cautious. She thought that Noah wanted to hurt her, so she didn't trust him and ended up doing the exact same things that he was trying to stop her from doing. Eventually, Noah stopped caring about her, and she only became more reckless.

At least by getting drunk, he would vent out his frustrations," she said with a bitter smile, feeling sorry for Noah. She then turned to look at him with a grim expression.

Although Noah felt dizzy and could not understand most of what she had said, he seemed to have heard a little.

And because of that, tears streamed down his cheeks, but he did not want people to see him crying, so he bent down on the table, hiding his face.

"He's drunk. Why don't we take him to the bedroom and let him sleep it off?" Adrian said as he pushed Noah, but Noah did not respond.

Gia quickly stood up and said, "Henry, take your brother upstairs. I will make him a bowl of spicy soup to fix his hangover."

"Okay." Although Henry appeared like a weak person, he was actually quite strong. He lifted Noah off the chair and put him on his back. He then carried him all the way upstairs.

Everyone else except Gia followed him to see if he needed any help.

Looking around the room, Nina was stunned.

"What's wrong?" John asked as he placed his arms around her waist.

Nina pointed at the pictures on the wall and exclaimed, "Can't you see that this looks exactly like Noah's room? There are childhood photos of him, photos that he had taken with his mother, family pictures, and photos from his school.

The decor looks a lot like his bedroom in the Ye family's house, but here there are more photos. Look! There are even photos of his aunt and Albert. Ouch! Why are you pinching my waist? You're hurting me, John!" Nina looked up at him with a puzzled expression.

John stopped pinching her and tightened his grip on her waist. He narrowed his eyes at her and hissed, "Honey, you seem to know a bit too much about Noah's bedroom."

Upon hearing that, Nina was speechless. She felt her heart jump up to her throat. She was about to explain, but John pinched her chin.

Their eyes met and John muttered, "Why do you know everything about Noah's bedroom?"

"You're mistaken. It isn't like what you think!" Nina struggled and tried to explain, grabbing John's hand with both her hands. "Let go of me first and I'll explain it to you. You are a wise man, John."

"I'm not." John pinched her chin even harder and refused to let her go. His gaze fell upon her lips which were glossy and soft, like the fresh peaches on the table.

Seeing that, he could not help but fall into the temptation of her charm.

He bent over and kissed Nina passionately. Thinking that it would be the perfect punishment for hurting his feelings, he bit her lip.

Since he did not want to hurt her, he let go of her, and warned, "Get out of here."

"Fair enough. But I still think that I need to explain, so here it goes. I found Howard by investigating Noah's bedroom as the door to the basement is in his room. That's how I know the way his room looks." Saying that, Nina turned around and walked away, but just before she went downstairs, she turned back to see how Noah was doing.

However, John closed the door on her face.

John turned around and smiled as he understood that she had not done anything wrong.

Upon hearing the door close, Henry looked up to see who it was before he went back to draping the blanket over the sleeping Noah. Noah was murmuring something, but no one could hear him clearly. Adrian turned around to look at John and asked, "Why did you close the door, Mr. Shi?"

"Henry has some questions for Noah." Saying that, John walked to the bedside and looked at Noah, who was drunk. "You can ask him, Henry."

"All right." Henry sat down next to Noah and nudged him on the shoulder as he asked, "Noah, can you hear me?"

With a frown, Noah replied in a low voice, "What is it?"

Noah's breath smelled like alcohol, and only Henry seemed to not hate him for that while the other two took a step back from him.

"Noah, is there a woman that you love?" Henry asked in a gentle voice.

Henry murmured with a frown, "There used to be someone."

In order to find out if he could lie even while he was drunk, Henry took the risk to ask him, "Was it Nina?"

Upon hearing that, Adrian was shocked. He was so scared that John would hurt Henry. He became alert, sensing the coldness coming from John.

Closing his eyes, he grabbed John's arm and pleaded, "I am so sorry, Mr. Shi, he should not have said that. I will punish him later. Please don't hurt him."

John clenched his wrists hard.

Adrian continued to plead, "I am so sorry, Mr. Shi. Henry was just being stupid, please forgive him. Punish me for his mistake."

Saying that, he was about to kneel down.

But then, Noah's drunk voice came again. "It's not her now. It's..."

Although Noah's words became unclear, it seemed to have calmed down John a little.

Henry could still feel a chill in his spine from John's icy stare, but now that he was certain that Noah could not lie while drunk, he continued to ask, "Do you like men, then?" "No, I don't,"

Noah said firmly. The sudden clarity in his voice shocked everyone else in the room, but before they could react, they heard Noah's voice again. "He's a man, though." A sudden ray of light shone in Henry's heart when he heard that, but before he could say anything, he felt his heart sink.

Although Noah had made it clear that he did not like men, there was one man that he seemed to be in love with.

Henry closed his eyes and sighed. "Oh my God. He's gay, I'm sure."

Adrian let go of John's arm as he walked over to Henry and comforted him, "Don't worry and just relax."

John looked at Noah and walked over to him. He slapped his cheeks lightly. Adrian and Henry heard the sound of him slapping, but did not dare to make a sound. 'Noah is drunk, so it's better for him to suffer alone,' they thought.

"What's the name of the man that you like?" John asked, staring at him coldly.

Noah felt the chill from his glare and covered himself with the blanket as he replied, "I can't tell you."

His answer left John speechless. Even when he was drunk, Noah still seemed to have a sense of vigilance which meant that he really cared for the person. Feeling impatient, John asked, "Is he from C Island?"

He then saw Noah nodding like a sleeping child.

John immediately understood the truth. 'Looks like he loves Vicente.'

He wanted to tell Henry and Adrian that Noah was not in love with a man, but a woman.

But the moment he thought of Noah almost saying that he loved Nina, John became angry and said, "Yeah, it looks like he is gay."