Chapter 51: Juice Winemaking
Jing Chen watched everything that happened in the private room. He was the more unusual of the three suitors. He lacked strong muscles and a masculine face, and his appearance did not meet Ji Hanxi's aesthetic standards.
Therefore, his way of pursuing and attracting people does not start from superficial appearance, but details determine success or failure.
When the waiter served the food to this private room, he took the menu and added an extra dish of Sichuan-style roasted beef tongue with roasted peppers.
He ordered this dish specially for Ji Hanxi. After all, they grew up together, so he naturally knew her preferences better than others.
While explaining the details and the doneness of the beef tongue to the waiter, she inadvertently revealed the watch hidden in her sleeve. The watch is a light luxury and niche style, showing her unique taste.
The dark red lighter he had placed on the table and the faint scent of agarwood on his body were both sending out a signal that he was a man of style.
Ji Hanxi watched Jingchen's every move. Although she didn't like him, she always felt that he liked to be pretentious. But if he could make Vivienne speechless today, she might even think more highly of him.
"ST Dupont lighter?" Vivienne recognized the brand at a glance.
"Yeah." Jing Chen responded coldly.
"Don't you think smoking is cool and tasteful?"
“…” Jing Chen was stunned by what he said.
Seeing Jing Chen stunned, Ji Hanxi quickly replied for him, "Many movies and novels, in order to show a man's charm, will have the protagonist smoke when his emotions are broken. The choice of lighter and tobacco can sometimes really reflect a man's aesthetic taste and taste."
In fact, Ji Hanxi didn't like the smell of tobacco at all. It was awful. She had never seen Jingchen smoking in front of her before. If Vivienne hadn't mentioned the lighter just now, she wouldn't have realized that Jingchen was the kind of person who smoked.
"Aesthetics and taste don't have to be expressed with these things. If they must be expressed with these things, it means that these are all they have."
“…”
Vivienne's words left Ji Hanxi somewhat at a loss for words. She looked at Jingchen, wanting him to fight back himself.
But Jingchen was the type of person who kept his face expressionless and his emotions introverted. The last thing he did was argue or debate. He simply frowned, expressing his displeasure, and then didn't do anything else.
At this point, Vivienne added, "Now you can use a tobacco lighter to taste it, but soon, it will just smell like a dead person."
"You..." Such straightforward words made even someone as calm as Jing Chen feel angry.
He understood the other person's intention: it was a mockery of smokers' shorter lives than the average person. After all, every cigarette shortens one's life by 13.8 minutes. He wasn't actually a smoker, usually just using a lighter and some niche Japanese cigarettes to maintain his style. He hadn't expected to be mocked as a chain smoker today.
After Jing Chen said the word "you", Ji Hanxi sat up straight and cheered up. She thought he would say something sharp to refute the other party, but in fact, after this word, there was no further follow-up. Jing Chen just silently suppressed his anger.
His silence didn't make Ji Hanxi feel the steady charm of a mature man. Instead, it made her roll her eyes in her heart and think he was a coward!
She agreed to this dinner because she wanted to see a bloody battle, to see men pulling hair out of each other. She wanted the four of them to fight, to see the flashing of swords and the roar of artillery fire, not just a one-on-three fight where the three were beaten back step by step!
She even tried to fight back on two of them, but it was no use! They were all useless, not a single one of them could fight! A bunch of losers! To deal with Vivienne, she had to do it herself!
The three suitors on the field also sensed something unusual about the current atmosphere. It felt strange, very strange. They'd expected the three of them to fight back and forth like lions, not one after another.
At this moment, the mixed-race handsome guy's phone rang, and he went out to answer it. When he came back, he said to Ji Hanxi with some embarrassment: "Miss Ji, my friend held a surprise party for me, and I just found out..."
"Then go ahead, you should be able to catch up."
"You can come to the party with me."
"No, I'm a little tired after filming today and don't want to go to a crowded place."
"All right."
After the mixed-race handsome guy left, Ding Shuai's phone rang again. He took a look and turned it off. After a while, it rang again, and he turned it off again.
When the phone rang for the third time, Ji Hanxi finally couldn't help but say, "Why don't you answer it?"
"It's the counselor. It shouldn't be anything important."
"You've been called several times in a row, so it must be something important. You should go back to school first." Ji Hanxi's words actually seemed to have the intention of driving him away.
Since you can't help her fight Vivienne, then just leave quickly and don't get in the way. If she gets too angry with Vivienne later, it will affect everyone else.
Ding Shuai went out to answer a call from the counselor, apologized to Ji Hanxi, and left in a hurry.
Of the three people, only Jingchen was still there. Ji Hanxi said to him directly: "Brother Jingchen, you should go back too."
"...I'll wait for you." Jing Chen's eyes lingered between her and Vivienne.
Compared to the two strong but simple-minded guys, Jing Chen has already realized that something is wrong.
Vivienne is most likely not the so-called gay friend, but a hidden and powerful rival.
The funny thing was, even though his behavior was so obvious, I was still fooled by his appearance and stereotyped him as gay. It was only until his instigation, his open and covert attacks, which disrupted the entire Shura field and eliminated everyone, that I suddenly realized and discovered his conspiracy.
"It's okay, Brother Jingchen, you go back first. I will go back to school by myself later." Ji Hanxi said again.
Jing Chen frowned slightly and looked at her. He was a little puzzled by Ji Hanxi's decision. Was it because they performed so poorly in the Shura Field that she chose Vivienne? But this man's appearance was completely contrary to her aesthetic taste. Why would she choose him?
Seeing Jing Chen was deadlocked, Ji Hanxi had to take a step back and said, "Then...you go to the parking lot and wait for me. I'll be there later."
"Okay." Jing Chen finally responded.
Although he didn't know why Ji Hanxi asked to be alone with Vivienne, but since she asked him to wait for her in the parking lot, he guessed that the time would be very short.
After Jing Chen left, they were the only two left in the private room.
Vivienne turned to look at her, her face expressionless, but her eyes half-smiled and meaningful, as if she wanted to see what she would do next.
Ji Hanxi wanted to scold Vivienne, but when he looked at him, he was speechless for a moment.
She took the juice from the porcelain bottle, poured it into a large glass, and drank it. She had already drunk a lot of this juice. With each suitor Vivienne confronted, her anger grew a little, and she took a big gulp of the drink on the table. The juice was icy and sweet, and it helped calm her manic mood.
This time, he drank it hard and fast, just like drinking alcohol, using it to cheer himself up and build up his courage.
"Oh..." Vivienne watched her drink a large glass of juice, her beautiful eyes slightly widened, and she was very surprised.
He seemed to want to stop something, but as the orange juice disappeared, his words also disappeared, and in the end he stopped nothing.
"What? Can't I drink it?" Ji Hanxi put the glass back on the table, making a crisp "pop" sound.
"No, I can drink it."
"Vivienne, you were so arrogant just now! Tsk tsk!" Ji Hanxi leaned forward, approached him, and looked at him.
She felt that when people quarreled, the first thing to do was to overwhelm the other person with momentum, so she had to stare into the other person's eyes, kill him with her eyes, and never be timid.
Sure enough, her trick was effective. Vivienne could look her in the eye at first, but she looked away after a while, obviously because she was scared.
He reached out, picked up the bottle of juice, weighed it, and said, "I drank so much..."
"Don't change the subject! Let me ask you, are you very proud now? Do you think none of those men can fight? I'm telling you, don't be so proud. You can only pretend in front of them. I..."
"Dizzy?"
"...A little bit." Ji Hanxi finally felt something was wrong, "This is not juice."
"Yes, this is wine."
"Then why doesn't it smell like alcohol?"
“The specialty of this store.”
"mean!"
"mean?"
"You're so despicable pretending to be juice and lying to me. But that doesn't stop me from scolding you, you..."
"So this is what you look like when you're drunk..." Vivienne looked at her and said softly.
During the previous winter vacation, they had had two drunken conversations, but those were always over the Internet. At most, they could hear each other's voices, but they couldn't see, touch, or smell the fruity scent mixed with her body. But now, she was right next to him, so close that it seemed as if he could reach out and touch her...
When Ji Hanxi heard what he said, she quickly took out her phone and turned on the camera. Her mind was now filled with his words, "This is what being drunk looks like." She wanted to see what it really looked like and not make a fool of herself in front of him.
The girl in the phone camera is extremely beautiful, both her makeup and hairstyle are impeccable. Moreover, the lighting here is particularly good, not the kind of dead ceiling light, which creates a very atmospheric feeling and maximizes the beauty of a person.
She looked at herself in the camera and thought: This child is hopelessly beautiful!
Drunk people are most likely to have divergent thoughts. Furthermore, the alcohol here was stronger than anything she had ever tasted, and after guzzling so much at once, she was quite drunk.
She had been thinking of scolding him, confronting him, and mocking him harshly, but she was attracted by his words and her thoughts wandered, and she forgot the original idea of scolding him.
I just think that my current state is really good. I have to shoot Douyin and some good-looking videos to keep as materials, which will definitely be useful later.
"Why are these special effects so ugly? Are there any better looking ones? And what the hell is this BGM..." She muttered as she chose, busying herself with her own career.
"Use this."
A beautiful hand reached out from behind her and tapped her screen a few times. The special effects on the screen switched to a fresh and natural one, and next to it, a pixelated figure based on her appearance moved in accordance with her movements.
This is the style that idols have been shooting in recently.
"Huh? How did you know I was looking for this..." Ji Hanxi looked at the beautiful hand, and his voice suddenly lowered as if he thought of something.
Her eyes followed the hand, slowly moving up to see Vivienne. Although there was some distance between them and he was very polite not to touch her, the fragrance of his body was so clearly transmitted to her.
She looked at him, puzzled. Why did he seem even more beautiful than before? His skin was white, his lips were red, his eyes sparkled, his long, soft hair shimmered like satin under the light. Was it an illusion? Or was it just the alcohol?
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