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Chapter 24: Spin The Bottle
Since Guan Xi has come, naturally, she won’t be easily let go. People who knew her in the crowd also had sharp eyes at this moment. They no longer cared much about her adoption story from earlier.
What does adoption matter? Xie Yan was also adopted by the Xie family but still thrived, and no one dared to underestimate him. Moreover, Guan Xi had Jiang Suizhou, who was so influential, sitting there. Afterwards, everyone greeted Guan Xi to join in the fun. Once the game started, the atmosphere quickly heated up.
However, Guan Xi wasn’t as invested in the game today. As the others played the game of spinning the wheel for dares, she chatted with people on the side and had some drinks.
“3, 2, 1—” The pointer stopped again, and Guan Xi lowered her gaze to see that it pointed at the person next to her, Xie Yan.
The person the pointer’s tail pointed to was the “big” girl who had been sitting in Guan Xi’s current position earlier with short hair. Guan Xi looked at them with a smiling face, eagerly anticipating what dare Xie Yan would be given.
“Xie Yan—haha, finally, it’s your turn.” Others teased.
“It seems like luck isn’t on your side.” Xie Yan smiled and looked at the girl, “You tell me.”
After some thought, the girl with short hair, under the excited gaze of the crowd, looked at Guan Xi and said, “Then, have a big toast with the first person of the opposite sex to your left!”
“…”
“…”
In an instant, the world fell silent. Guan Xi had been enjoying the spectacle, but when Xie Yan turned to look at her, she suddenly realized that she was the first person of the opposite sex to his left.
A big toast with Xie Yan?
Guan Xi?
She looked silently at the girl with short hair who gave the command. This idea… seemed a bit dangerous.
“What’s wrong? Xie Yan, are you unable to handle it?” The girl with short hair didn’t know Guan Xi, so she was unaware of any issues. She intentionally chose this dare because Guan Xi had taken her seat next to Jiang Suizhou earlier, and it seemed they were having a frequent conversation. She felt displeased. Due to this slight displeasure, she completely failed to notice the several pairs of curious and excited eyes nearby.
Although the friends familiar with Guan Xi and Jiang Suizhou didn’t dare to show it, their hearts were all thinking: Damn, she’s practically handing Jiang Suizhou a green hat in public! Exciting! Too exciting!
“I’ll drink.” Unfortunately, much to everyone’s anticipated disappointment, Xie Yan chose the punishment of drinking seven full cups of alcohol instead of going through the potentially embarrassing dare.
The girl with short hair didn’t expect Xie Yan to back out even from such a mild dare. Displeased, she said, “This is too simple. Why choose to drink? The game is not fun anymore.”
Xie Yan smiled faintly and remained silent, sticking to his choice of punishment. That’s the rule—should the dare exceed one’s limits, they could opt to drink instead. The girl with short hair pouted her lips. Although unhappy, there was nothing she could do. She just looked at Jiang Suizhou with some regret.
However, when she looked at him, she was stunned. Jiang Suizhou happened to meet her gaze, and his eyes were cold and distant. In the dim light, it was somewhat eerie.
The girl felt a chill. While drinking seven cups of alcohol was a significant challenge, after Xie Yan finished, Guan Xi silently gave him a thumbs up, saying, “Thanks.”
Xie Yan cleared his throat. “No problem.”
After Xie Yan finished drinking, the game continued, and it was someone else’s turn. Suddenly, he remembered something and said to Guan Xi, “By the way, I seem to have not received any messages from you regarding the design project for the vacation resort you mentioned before.”
Guan Xi was taken aback, also recalling the situation. The night she talked to Xie Yan at the bar was the night of the “exposure of her background.” She was in a chaotic state at that time and had completely forgotten about it the next day.
“Ah, sorry, sorry. I’ve been a bit disorganized lately…”
“I understand,” Xie Yan said. “No problem, just let me know when you have time.”
Guan Xi felt a bit apologetic. She was the one asking for a favor, yet Xie Yan ended up reminding her.
However, his “I understand” carried a lot of information. On that day, when her background was exposed, he was also present. So, he must be aware that they were both in a somewhat awkward position.
Guan Xi: “No problem, I’ll inform my assistant now and have her send it to your email.”
Xie Yan: “Is this project urgent?”
“It’s okay, currently in the early stages.”
…
The game continued, and after the small incident just now, everyone was still having a great time. In the midst of the lively atmosphere, Jiang Suizhou unintentionally glanced at Guan Xi, who was now talking to Xie Yan in another direction. It was a bit noisy, and he couldn’t hear what she was saying to him, but he could see that she seemed cheerful.
Jiang Suizhou took a sip of his drink, and his gaze became somewhat serious.
“Hurry up! It’s your turn!”
“I already spun—”
The roulette wheel, slowing down gradually, finally stopped, and this time, the pointer was pointing towards Jiang Suizhou.
“Oh!” Everyone became excited.
Song Li: “Quick, quick, quick! Finally! Give him a challenging one!”
The person in charge hesitated for a moment, “What challenging task should we give him?”
“Oh, just make it exciting!”
“Well, in that case, Suizhou, you’ll have to pick up a piece of fruit with your mouth and feed it to someone of the opposite sex in the audience!”
There was a commotion, but although everyone was excited, they had already thought about the situation to come. Jiang Suizhou would never play along with this; he probably would end up drinking a penalty, just like Xie Yan.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Suizhou lifted his eyes slightly and casually asked, “Which fruit?”
“…”
“Haha, how about a cantaloupe?”
Someone laughed, “Come on, that’s too big.”
“Grapes? Cherry tomatoes?”
Song Li joked, “Why don’t you pick a seed from this pomegranate?”
“Hahaha—”
Jiang Suizhou: “Sure.”
…
Jiang Suizhou’s straightforward response once again caught everyone off guard. He calmly picked a small pomegranate and pulled Guan Xi, who was still talking about the project, over. Guan Xi was still engrossed in the project discussion and hadn’t paid attention to what others were saying. When Jiang Suizhou suddenly pulled her over, she was momentarily stunned.
“What’s wrong?”
Jiang Suizhou looked at her and said, “I lost the game.”
“Really? So, what’s my big adventure?”
Jiang Suizhou picked up the pomegranate he was holding between his index finger and thumb and said slowly, “Feed you a fruit.”
Guan Xi: “?”
Feed fruit? Oh, that’s simple.
Guan Xi sat up straight, cooperating, “Alright, come on, feed me.”
Jiang Suizhou looked at her calmly and smiled. The next moment, he gently bit into the pomegranate.
“Oh~” There was a gasp from the onlookers.
Guan Xi blinked, looking at the pomegranate in his mouth, surprised, “Wait a minute—”
Feeding with the mouth???
Jiang Suizhou, did you drink fake alcohol and get drunk so quickly?! How could you play this in front of so many people?! Guan Xi’s immediate reaction was to turn her head to avoid, but Jiang Suizhou decisively lifted her chin and without any hesitation, leaned in.
It was gentle, his lips and tongue unabashedly explored, effortlessly delivering the pomegranate into her mouth. In the dim light, amidst echoing music, Guan Xi felt the rapid yet charming touch boldly magnified. Her whole body tensed, spine tingling, heart pounding like a drumbeat.
But this process lasted only three seconds. Amidst the excited cheers from the crowd, Jiang Suizhou distanced himself from her. She stood there with slightly parted lips, still holding the small pomegranate on her tongue. Jiang Suizhou looked at her intently, a faint smile in his eyes.
Guan Xi: “You—”
“Just eat it, don’t waste it,” he said very seriously.
Guan Xi, with an unprecedented blush on her face, fortunately, it wasn’t visible in this lighting.
“Oh my God, don’t show off, you two! Seriously, whose lousy idea was this!”
“Song Li, you were the one who suggested using a pomegranate!”
“Damn it! I was just joking.”
“Damn, it’s abuse.”
…
Amidst the laughter and banter of the crowd, Xie Yan watched the two of them with a smile and then turned his gaze away. On the opposite side, the girl with short hair was even more astonished. She didn’t expect Jiang Suizhou to actually cooperate in doing that…
“You, stop looking at Jiang Suizhou,” a friend who came with her whispered, “They just told me he has a girlfriend, see, the one right next to him. Look how beautiful his girlfriend is; who else could he be interested in.”
The girl with short hair: “…”
After playing the game for a while, it eventually stopped, and everyone dispersed, each going their own way. There were also quite a few acquaintances of Guan Xi here. She was pulled over, and in no time, she was being treated to quite a bit of alcohol. After getting a bit tipsy, she quickly made her exit.
At this moment, on the sofa, Jiang Suizhou, Xie Yan, and others were discussing some business matters.
“Jiang Suizhou.” Guan Xi walked over to his side and patted his shoulder.
Jiang Suizhou looked up at her.
Guan Xi said, “I need to leave now; these people are too annoying, and I can’t drink anymore.”
“Wait a moment.” Jiang Suizhou grabbed her wrist, turned to the people nearby, and said, “Let’s continue our conversation later. I’ll take her home.”
Song Li said, “Sure, sure, don’t let Miss Guan fall.”
Jiang Suizhou stood up, put his arm around Guan Xi’s shoulders, and said, “How did you end up like this after just a short while since you just left?”
“Like what? What do you mean, ‘end up like this’? I haven’t even had much to drink,” Guan Xi protested.
Jiang Suizhou ignored her and said, “Let’s go.”
“Okay.” Guan Xi took a couple of steps, then suddenly turned back to bid farewell to the people still sitting on the sofa. “Goodbye, Song Li. The guy with blonde hair next to you, see you next time. And that, um… Xie Yan! Goodbye, Xie Yan! Bye-bye, Xie Yan!”
Song Li quickly waved goodbye to Miss Guan.
Xie Yan nodded at her, finding it somewhat amusing. “Goodbye.”
Guan Xi turned serious again, even struggling to make a fist gesture. “Goodbye, farewell, everyone. Until we meet again—”
Jiang Suizhou expressionlessly pulled her hand down and quickly dragged her out. Once outside the club, Jiang Suizhou called the driver to bring the car to the entrance and took Guan Xi to sit in the back.
Guan Xi leaned softly against the seat. “Phew… luckily, I didn’t drink too much.”
Jiang Suizhou glanced at her sideways. “Not much?”
She really dared to say that.
Guan Xi nodded, “I didn’t drink much; those people insisted on pulling me over… Oh right, why is Xie Yan here today too?”
Jiang Suizhou paused slightly, “Why?”
Guan Xi turned to look at him, “Nothing much. Last time, I discussed something with him, but then I forgot to send him some documents. He seemed fine with it, didn’t blame me for forgetting, just moved on.”
Her voice had a drifting tone as she spoke.
Jiang Suizhou frowned, reached out, and lightly pinched both sides of her face. “Looks like you had a good time chatting with someone today?”
Guan Xi didn’t like this gesture; it distorted her face. So, she tried to pull his face with her hand, but he had a strong grip, and she couldn’t budge him. Instead, she ended up hurting her own face. Finally getting annoyed, she directly bit his tiger’s grip.
“Ouch…” Jiang Suizhou winced and loosened his grip a bit.
Guan Xi bit for a few seconds and then let go.
Jiang Suizhou saw a row of teeth marks on his hand and said coldly, “Guan Xi, are you a dog?”
Guan Xi raised her eyes, suddenly stuck out her tongue, and licked along the row of teeth marks, very slowly and softly, moist and slightly ticklish.
Jiang Suizhou took a shallow breath, and the next moment, he heard Guan Xi, with her light and airy tone, say, “No, I’m a fox~”
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