Once again, Carl and Nana had a bitter argument and parted ways. Feeling dejected, Carl went to a bar to drink.
Sitting in the same spot as before, Carl continued to drink one glass after another, quickly becoming intoxicated.
At the same time, inside a private room in the bar, Scarlet was celebrating a friend’s birthday.
Unexpectedly, while she was in the restroom, she was approached by a drunkard.
The drunkard began harassing and bothering Scarlet, and his companions joined in, creating a commotion.
Unable to extricate herself from the situation, Scarlet saw an opportunity to get closer to William and dialed his newly changed phone number.
At that moment, William had just finished a temporary job at a small workshop. He was standing at a bus stop, waiting for a bus to the suburbs when he suddenly received Scarlet’s call.
Upon hearing that she was being harassed by two men at the bar, William agreed to go help.
Moments later, he arrived at the bar, looking disheveled. He quickly spotted Scarlet leaning against the wall near the restroom, indeed being bothered by someone.
“Who are you people? Stop harassing my friend!” William walked over and confronted them directly, his tone stern and fierce.
Finally, William had arrived, which made Scarlet secretly delighted. She pretended to be aggrieved and complained to him, “William, not only did these two jerks refuse to let me leave, but one of them even took the opportunity to touch my hand.”
Upon hearing this, William, who had always been loyal to his friends, became visibly angry.
He clenched his fists tightly, glared at them, and warned, “Although there are two of you, I’m willing to fight if you want to!”
Seeing William’s fierce and intimidating appearance, the two drunkards, fearing he might be a formidable character, quietly left without saying anything.
After driving away the drunkards, William redirected his gaze towards Scarlet and asked, “Why did you come to the bar alone? It’s not safe for a girl to be in a place like this.”
Looking at the worry in his expression, Scarlet felt genuinely happy.
She smiled shyly, took William’s hand, and explained, “Today, I came to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Why don’t you join us in the private room for a few drinks?”
Although William wasn’t familiar with Scarlet’s friends and wasn’t particularly interested, he still allowed himself to be dragged into the private room by her.
It wasn’t until close to midnight, as the group finished celebrating the birthday and prepared to leave the bar, that William found himself in a tipsy state.
He and Scarlet supported each other as they walked out, unintentionally bumping into a man walking in front of them.
“Sorry.”
William instinctively apologized.
However, when he looked up at the person, he discovered a face that was strangely familiar.
“Carl?”
William immediately froze, thinking it was truly a small world.
At this moment, Carl was also heavily intoxicated. Seeing William suddenly appear, accompanied by a woman, he realized that William wasn’t an easy person to mess with either.
Gazing at Carl’s drunken face, a tinge of disgust flashed in William’s eyes.
He curled his lips mockingly and taunted in a cold voice, “I didn’t expect you to hold your liquor so well…”
Since the last time they had seen each other, it seemed like a long time had passed.
Of course, in terms of actual time, it had only been a little over a month.
But William didn’t expect that the next time he would see Carl would be in such a seedy place like a bar.
“What’s it to you? I’m not drinking with you anyway.”
Carl, heavily under the influence, swayed and started to see double images of Scarlet’s face in his line of sight.
Upon hearing Carl’s disdainful tone, William couldn’t be bothered to argue with him and left him with a warning, “It’s not my business, but stay away from Nana in the future. She has long wanted to distance herself from you!”
With that, William supported Scarlet and continued walking away.
At this moment, Scarlet was filled with jealousy. On her not-so-beautiful face, resentment and unwillingness were evident.
Scarlet couldn’t understand what kind of spell Nana had cast on William.
Even though Nana had already given birth to a child and was entangled with other men, William remained content and wholeheartedly treated her well.
“William, would you accompany me home? I feel dizzy.”
Scarlet leaned weakly against William’s shoulder.
In fact, she wasn’t that drunk, but she felt dissatisfied.
She refused to believe that as a woman, she couldn’t compare to Nana, a woman who had given birth to a child.
After all, she was still a young girl.
“Sure, let’s wait for a taxi up ahead.”
William agreed and, seeing that Scarlet could barely stand, quickly reached out his arm and held her waist tightly.
However, just as the two reached the side of the road, Carl stumbled after them.
He patted William’s shoulder with one hand, his gaze blurry and angry.
“Who did you say should stay away from Nana? Do you believe I’ll beat you?”
Carl was full of pent-up anger and had nowhere to vent it, so he had set his sights on William, intending to provoke him.
“You!”
William turned around, shrugged his shoulder, and brushed off Carl’s hand.
“Say it again?”
Carl glared at him furiously, his drooping hand suddenly clenched into a fist.
Just as the two were about to engage in a street brawl, Scarlet saw a taxi approaching and raised her hand on tiptoes.
Soon, the taxi came to a halt.
“William, let’s get in the car and ignore that drunkard!”
Scarlet didn’t have time to pretend to be drunk, so she firmly held onto William and forcefully pushed him into the car.
Sitting in the back seat of the taxi, William rolled down the window and flipped Carl off.
“You bastard! We’ll see how it goes!”
The taxi driver stepped on the gas pedal, and the car quickly drove away, while Carl kicked an empty can far into the distance.
Before long, Scarlet brought the heavily intoxicated William back to her place.
It was a shared house, not very spacious, but sufficient for a single woman.
Noticing that her roommates were all asleep, Scarlet didn’t want to make a fuss, so she lowered her voice and said, “William, take it slow.”
“Oh, I want some water.”
Alcohol was getting to William’s head, and his mouth felt dry.
Scarlet helped him to the single bed in the bedroom, and as soon as his head touched the pillow, he felt the world spinning.
Seeing that William was heavily drunk, Scarlet quietly went out to get some water.
She quickly returned to the bedside with a glass of water, supporting William’s neck and carefully feeding him sips of water.
After a few gulps, William finished the water and felt somewhat clear-headed.
“Nana, thank you for taking care of me…”
At this moment, William’s speech was slurred, his eyes unfocused, and he mistook Scarlet for Nana.
Hearing him call out another woman’s name, Scarlet felt a surge of anger.
“Am I really that good, William? Am I worth your affection?”
Since she was already mistaken, Scarlet suppressed her anger and pretended to be Nana.
She wanted to hear just how important Nana was in William’s heart.
“Nana, in my life, I have only loved you as a woman.”
William was heavily intoxicated, and he didn’t say much. He simply held onto Scarlet and refused to let go.
This response deeply stirred Scarlet.
But in order to achieve her goal, she hid all her resentment.
Caressing William’s face gently, Scarlet affectionately said, “I love you too.”
“Really?”
In the next moment, as if sobering up, William’s eyes sparkled with an unusual excitement, and his face showed an ecstatic expression.
With Scarlet’s affirmation, William could no longer contain his fervor and closed his eyes, leaning in for a kiss.
Meanwhile, Carl was still wandering the streets.
He strolled slowly, pausing for a moment to sit on a flower bed after walking a distance.
Like this, he aimlessly roamed the midnight streets. After who knows how long, Carl saw Nana’s house up ahead in the residential area.
“Janelle, I miss you…”
Carl muttered to himself as he gazed at the dimly lit residential area, and inexplicably walked in.
After a few minutes, he began knocking on the door, the sound echoing throughout the building.
Nana’s whole family was awakened by the noise, and Tracy stood in front of the door, bewildered upon hearing Carl’s voice.
“Do you know what time it is? Why are you knocking on the door at one o’clock in the middle of the night?”
Hearing Tracy’s reproach, Carl stubbornly replied, “I want to see Nana and my daughter.”
“If you want to see the child, come back tomorrow.”
Jerry couldn’t stand Carl disturbing the peace in the middle of the night, so he had to find a way to persuade him to leave.
“Why do I have to wait until tomorrow? Can’t you just open the door and let me see my daughter now?”
Unyielding in his purpose, Carl continued causing a ruckus in the hallway due to nobody opening the door for him.
Finally, Janelle was awakened, and Nana held her daughter, trying to soothe her with lullabies, but it only made her cry even harder.
Outside the door, Carl kept shouting and repeatedly calling out their names.
Annoyed, Jerry realized he couldn’t persuade Carl and chose to call the police for assistance.
The police arrived quickly, and within ten minutes, Carl was taken away downstairs.
In the early hours of the morning, Mrs. Waters was still asleep when she suddenly received a phone call, informing her that Carl had been detained at the police station.
Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Waters was furious, but she couldn’t bear to see Carl suffer inside, so she had him released.
Thanking the police, Mrs. Waters was preparing to bring Carl back home when she heard news that made her extremely angry.
“Sorry, Madam, your son says he doesn’t want to see you. He insists on waiting until dawn to leave on his own. You should go back home for now.”
Upon hearing the police officer’s relayed message, Mrs. Waters felt a cold indifference towards Carl’s attitude.
“If he doesn’t want to see me, then so be it! You might as well keep him locked up, it’ll give him some time to reflect!”
In a fit of anger, Mrs. Waters stormed off, deeply disappointed, and decided to temporarily ignore Carl’s well-being.
Of course, she couldn’t control him anyway.
Returning home with a heart full of anger, Grace saw Mrs. Waters with a gloomy face and asked with concern, “Is it that the police refuse to release him?”