The sky was dark and gloomy.
The warm yellow sign of a high-end Japanese BBQ restaurant reflected against the gray curtain of rain, while the ambient sounds near the metal railings added to the bustle.
Inside the private room, four women and one man sat in a circle. The ingredients on the grill were sizzling with heat, and sauce dishes were scattered around.
Chen Yuhe’s cheeks were flushed, holding a glass of Plum Wine in one hand, she laughed and joked, showing no ladylike image at all.
Jiang Yingxue was not much better. She propped her chin on one hand and looked sideways at the pitter-patter outside the window. Her beautiful eyes were blurred by the alcohol, her drunken face shimmering.
Lin Shulan took out her Bluetooth earphones and put them in, playing a soothing and melodious piano piece in order. Her constantly furrowed brows slowly relaxed; finally, the whole world was quiet.
Su Zhihan chewed slowly and swallowed, savoring the grilled meat carefully. Her cheeks puffed out like a hamster focused on nibbling nuts, which was extremely cute.
Ye Zhou couldn’t help but secretly marvel, was Su Zhihan really that capable of eating?
She had been eating non-stop from the moment they entered the shop. She kept eating until he was stuffed, yet she still looked only half full.
Could her stomach be connected to Doraemon’s Four-dimensional Pocket, being infinite and never-ending?
“Urp—What’s the point of a Club Dinner without playing games?” Chen Yuhe let out a wine burp and leaned her hand on Lin Shulan’s shoulder.
Lin Shulan moved her hand away expressionlessly.
“Keep those house-playing games to yourself.”
Jiang Yingxue turned back, her drunken eyes managing to squeeze out a hint of clarity: “Then what should we play?”
“We definitely have to play Truth or Dare, don’t you think so, Su Zhihan Junior Student?” Chen Yuhe smiled intoxicated.
Su Zhihan stopped eating: “But I don’t really know how to play.”
“Oh! It’s okay, Senior Student will show you the ropes!” Chen Yuhe waved her hand.
At this time, Ye Zhou stood up with a look of apology on his face:
“Sorry, maybe I ate too much. My stomach suddenly feels a bit uncomfortable. How about you guys go ahead and play first?”
“Oh! Go and come back quickly!”
Chen Yuhe puffed out her cheeks, unhappy. “Junior Student is really such a buzzkill, isn’t he?”
“Alright, I’ll be back soon…”
Ye Zhou scratched his head and smiled, then quickly left the private room.
However, he didn’t go to the restroom. Instead, he pushed open the glass doors and went outside the shop.
Unlike the stuffy warm air conditioning in the shop, the cold air outside was enough to make one feel refreshed. Fortunately, the heavy rain had turned into a light drizzle and finally stopped.
“Ye Zhou?”
Ye Zhou’s figure paused. He slowly turned around and found that Su Zhihan had also followed him out.
A hint of imperceptible embarrassment flashed across his brow:
“Uh… the restroom isn’t outside, it’s inside the shop.”
“I know.”
Su Zhihan nodded. “It’s just that the food was a bit greasy, so I wanted to go nearby and buy an ice cream to cleanse my palate. I wanted to ask if you’d like one?”
“If you’re want one, I can bring an extra ice cream for you.”
Ye Zhou shook his head and smiled: “I’m fine, thank you for the offer.”
“Alright then…”
Watching Su Zhihan’s back disappear into the crowd, Ye Zhou turned and crouched by the roadside. Watching the heavy traffic, he took out a piece of gum and chewed it repeatedly.
“Whew… As expected, I’m not used to this kind of Club Dinner where everyone but me is female.”
“Oh! Junior Student, guess who I am?”
Suddenly blinded by hands over his eyes, falling into darkness, Ye Zhou was startled.
But as soon as he heard that energetic voice by his ear, his hanging heart instantly relaxed.
“Alright, Senior Student Chen, you don’t need to intentionally pinch your voice. I know it’s you. After all, you’re the only one in the club who calls me Junior Student.”
Ye Zhou wanted to pull away the pair of soft hands in front of his eyes, but their owner seemed unwilling, and even increased the pressure slightly.
“But it seems to me that Junior Student isn’t very happy.”
“How could that be? Senior Student, you must be overthinking it. It was just too stuffy inside, so I came out to get some air.”
“Really? Why don’t I believe it? Unless you personally say that you are very, very happy with tonight’s Club Dinner!”
Ye Zhou’s tone carried a hint of being stuck between laughter and tears: “Uh… I am very happy with tonight’s Club Dinner.”
“No, no! It has to be two verys!”
“Ah… fine, Senior Student is way too strict. Do you really have to play word games with me?”
“If you don’t say it, then I’ll be your eyes from now on!”
“I am very, very happy with tonight’s Club Dinner, okay?”
“Hmm… barely passable. Junior Student sure is perfunctory~”
But what happened next did not go as Ye Zhou wished.
If only he were given three days of light—
In plain terms, Chen Yuhe still covered Ye Zhou’s eyes, but her hands moved to a different position.
Just as Ye Zhou was about to speak in confusion, the next second, he felt his lips touch a mass of cotton woven from the scent of Plum Wine and perfume.
Happily at this moment, his eyes finally regained their light.
What came into view was a charming face close at hand. Chen Yuhe was tipsy, her cheeks stained with a peach-like pink flush, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and her eyes rippling with a pampered innocence rarely seen on ordinary days.
“Darn Junior Student, actually opening your eyes without permission. Senior Student hasn’t allowed you to yet.”
Ye Zhou subconsciously took a step back, his heart skipping a beat at the same time.
If he hadn’t guessed wrong, that must have just happened, right?
It definitely did, right?
“Senior Student, you’re the one, aren’t you? Why, why did you suddenly do that?”
Chen Yuhe tilted her head and asked back:
“Junior Student, you’re starting to stutter again. You’re the strange one, aren’t you? I saw there was something dirty on your lips and just helped you wipe it. Do you really need to be this shy?”
Ye Zhou hurriedly pulled out his phone and opened the front camera. Was there something dirty on his lips? So it didn’t actually happen?
“It seems there’s still some? How about I wipe it for you again?”
After saying that, Chen Yuhe’s eyes became misty with wine, and she immediately leaned in.
This time Ye Zhou was quick-witted and turned his head, feeling only a fleeting warmth on his cheek. Then he grabbed her shoulders, which looked like they might collapse at any moment, and shook her gently.
“There’s nothing dirty on my lips. Your priority right now is to go sober up. Stop teasing a pure young virgin like me. If you keep this up, I won’t be able to withstand the temptation.”
“Urp—Darn Junior Student, when did Senior Student tease you? Senior Student isn’t drunk; it was sincere… wait, blegh! I really want to throw up…”
“Ah? Do I need to take you to the restroom quickly?”
“No need, Senior Student isn’t a big dummy, I know the way, ow…”
“You need to watch your step… Whew, a drunken Senior Student Chen is really quite a handful.”
Ye Zhou wiped a few beads of sweat from his forehead and couldn’t help but complain.
***
On the other side at the sink, Chen Yuhe looked at her face in the mirror, which was as red as a monkey’s butt, and hurriedly covered it with both hands.
“Chen Yuhe, oh Chen Yuhe… they say the brave enjoy love first, but you can’t just go and kiss Ye Zhou right off the bat, can you? How can you do that? You definitely shouldn’t. Isn’t that just complete recklessness?”
“Fortunately, he didn’t push for answers. Otherwise, once my drunken lie was exposed, I’d surely be seen as a female pervert.”
“But being a female pervert feels quite nice, hehehe…”
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