As night falls, a cold wind blows.
A group of young people gathered on the open space on the balcony, sitting on the ground in a circle.
Two large tablecloths were filled with the supplies they bought during the day, mostly food and drinks, but the most eye-catching were the three bottles of beer and two bottles of white wine in the middle.
Zhou Yunwan saw with her own eyes how the wine was taken out of the boys' coats. She didn't know how long they had been kept there, but they seemed to have warm body temperature when touched.
Looking around at the slightly excited and immature faces, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, realizing that they were trying to cross the boundary between minors and adults and wanted to experience what it was like to be an "adult" by drinking.
Everyone has had this kind of impulse. For example, on the first day of her adulthood, she secretly went to a bar with her girlfriends to dance, under the pretext of seeing the world, and even threatened to order 20 male models to liven up the fun.
But in reality, they were so timid that they didn't dare to stay in there for too long. They didn't even have a few sips of wine before the piercing music made their scalps numb and they left the bar in shame.
Later, after she went abroad, she truly experienced the charm of bar culture. However, her carefree life did not last long. In order to maintain her figure and face, she quit drinking and only had a few drinks at dinner parties and gatherings.
In her opinion, alcohol is neither good nor bad. If these young people are curious, they can certainly try it.
...
...
So she said nothing and just watched them work.
"Is the door locked?"
"It's locked, it's locked. Don't worry, my parents will never come up here."
"Oh, how do I open this? I've never used it before."
"I stole this from my dad's wine cabinet with great difficulty. Don't spill it."
"Let me do it, let me do it. Look at you useless people. It's so hard for you to open a bottle."
A boy cursed and leaned over to grab the beer and bottle opener from another boy, wanting to show off his masculinity in front of the girls, but he tried several times and couldn't open it completely.
"Can you guys do this?" Zhao Wanwan lost her patience and rolled her eyes.
Liang Shuqin beside her also said: "That's right, what a waste of time, I might as well go play with firecrackers."
"This... I see my dad and the others seem so relaxed when they open a bottle of wine, how could this happen?" The boy scratched his forehead, a hint of embarrassment on his face.
Zhou Yunwan couldn't bear to watch it anymore and reminded them calmly, "You used the bottle opener the wrong way around."
Upon hearing this, the boy immediately turned the bottle opener in a different direction and tried again. The lid opened immediately and some bubbles in the bottle overflowed.
Seeing this, the boy smiled: "It really is."
Liang Shuqin glanced at her and said meaningfully, "So many boys don't know that the bottle opener is used upside down. How can you, a girl, know that? Could it be that you have drunk alcohol before?"
Hearing these obviously hostile words, Zhou Yunwan raised her eyebrows and looked at the girl who spoke opposite her. She had a delicate and weak appearance and didn't seem like someone who would say such words, but one cannot judge a person by their appearance.
Zhou Yunwan stared at her and nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, I have drunk it."
Her eyes were sharp, and Liang Shuqin couldn't help feeling guilty. But after hearing her admit it, she said with disdain, "Tsk, you're really not a good girl."
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the people around changed. They had been restrained by their parents since childhood, and they gathered here to rebel for once. Liang Shuqin herself knew this and followed along, but she didn't expect that she actually thought this way in her heart.
Those who drink alcohol are not good people? What do you regard them as then?
Zhou Yunwan propped her chin with her hand, blinked innocently, and asked back in a flat tone: "Oh, so now you are sitting here, do you also want to become a bad girl?"
"Of course not, do you think I..." It's you.
Before Liang Shuqin finished her words, Zhao Wanwan quietly pinched her waist. She felt the pain suddenly and blurted out: "Sister Wanwan, why are you pinching me?"
Before she finished speaking, she saw the strange looks from her friends around her. Only then did she realize that she had said the wrong thing. A look of panic flashed across her face. She quickly said, "That's not what I meant. I..."
As she spoke, her eyes turned red with anxiety and tears hung on her eyelashes, which made people feel soft-hearted.
As her younger sister, Zhao Wanwan scolded her for being as stupid as a pig in her heart, but on the surface she still had to speak up for her: "I believe Qinqin didn't mean that either, don't take it personally."
At the same time, she also realized that Zhou Yunwan was not someone who would be easily bullied. After some consideration, she nudged Liang Shuqin with her elbow and said, "Why don't you apologize to her quickly?"
Even though Liang Shuqin was extremely reluctant, she still followed Zhao Wanwan's instructions and apologized to Zhou Yunwan on the other side: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, and I didn't do it on purpose."
"That's what I said. I just drank a few sips at the village banquet. How did I become a bad girl?" Zhou Yunwan explained slowly with curved eyes, and then added with a smile: "Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's all continue."
She is not a soft persimmon that can be bullied by others. If someone bullies her, she will fight back immediately.
Because of this little episode, the atmosphere was far from as good as it was at the beginning and became a little solemn.
The boy holding the wine tried to liven up the atmosphere: "Who wants to drink the first glass?"
“…”
After hearing what Liang Shuqin said earlier, who would dare to take the glass of wine? Everyone was more or less hesitant.
Liang Shuqin accepted the occasional stares from the people around her, bit her lower lip, and raised her hand tremblingly: "I, I drink."
She received traditional education since childhood. Her mother had said before that girls who drank and smoked were bad students, and if she was caught with one of these bad habits, she would skin her alive.
But if she didn't drink now, people would definitely gossip about her. The most important thing was that she was afraid that they would not play with her anymore.
She took the wine and the strong smell of alcohol hit her nose. She frowned, but in order not to lose these friends, she still took a sip. The hot taste passed through her throat and choked her and made her cough repeatedly.
"Qinqin, how does it taste?"
"Hahahahaha, I'm dying of laughter, why do you have that expression?"
"Give me a cup too, I want to try it too."
With someone taking the lead, the others couldn't wait any longer and wanted to try it.
After a while, one by one, they put on the same mask of pain as Liang Shuqin.
"Pah, it's really unpalatable."
"Why would anyone like to drink this stuff?"
There are also those who try to show off their strength.
"I think it's OK."
“I think it tastes good.”
The final result was that most people just took a few sips and then went to drink other beverages. After they had almost finished eating, some people couldn't help but play with the fireworks and firecrackers.
Zhou Yunwan sat there without moving. She hadn't drunk alcohol for a long time, so she couldn't help but drink a glass. However, because she didn't know how much the original owner could drink, she stopped drinking after noticing her cheeks getting a little hot.
Bang bang bang.
Under the silent night sky, the fireworks are like blooming flowers, complementing each other, blooming with the most brilliant colors, and bringing a touch of brightness to the dark world.
"It's so beautiful." Zhou Yunwan couldn't help but sigh, but a sense of emptiness inexplicably emerged in her heart.
If only he could accompany her at this time...
I don’t know if God heard her wish, someone suddenly said: “Hey, isn’t that Second Brother Shen downstairs?”
Zhou Yunwan was stunned at first, then quickly got up from the ground, rushed to the edge of the railing and looked down.
After searching for a while, I finally found the man under a tree.
He was wearing a well-cut dark windbreaker with his hands in his pockets. The hem of his coat swayed gently in the wind, highlighting his tall and thin figure. Just standing there casually, people felt an indescribable sense of oppression.
Shen Yanli seemed to notice something, moved slightly, and suddenly looked up in her direction.
The two people's eyes intertwined in mid-air, and ambiguity seeped into the air, fermenting uncontrollably.
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