"Qingqing, good job! Gu Tingting, Young Master Tang, and the rest of you, stop dithering like old ladies! Let’s do this right, we’re not going home until we’re drunk!" Ruan Xue slapped the table, her leg propped on a chair, and casually grabbed a bottle of beer to blow into!
Forget about red wine, whisky, and XO, nothing beats the thrill of beer and baijiu! Burp! Her brother doesn’t let her drink baijiu, so beer it is!
Under Ruan Xue’s influence, the private room was filled with laughter and merry voices, punctuated occasionally by howling singing that sounded like wolves.
After finishing their meal, An Yiqing and the others moved to the outer hall with a pile of beer bottles and snacks to sing and play games. They were having a great time when suddenly, "Bang!" The door to the private room flew open!
"Who? Who dares to invade my boudoir with such audacity!" Ruan Xue, slightly slurred from drinking, stuttered and shouted.
"Sorry! So sorry! We got the wrong room!" Two people were standing at the door, one of the girls checking the room number and then continuously apologizing.
"Shen Feng?" An Yiqing had sharp eyes and recognized the girl apologizing at once. Indeed, this girl was Shen Feng, the straightforward and fiery one of the Shen Family twins who had stood up for An Yiqing at Gu Tingting’s birthday party.
"Hm?" At the sound of her name, Shen Feng turned, surprised, and when she took a good look, she was overjoyed, "Xiao Qing, Tingting, Xiao Xue, what are you all doing here?"
"It’s Xiao Xue’s birthday today, so we’re here to celebrate. What about you?" An Yiqing walked over slowly, looking at the girl who had collapsed on Shen Feng’s shoulder, raising her eyebrows.
"This is my friend. Today my brother and a few other friends came out for a gathering, and this girl got drunk. I’ve just accompanied her to the restroom to throw up. Then we accidentally stumbled into your room without looking. I’m just in the next room, my brother would be thrilled to see you all!" Shen Feng was very happy to see An Yiqing, as she really liked this clear-eyed girl, "Xiao Qing, why don’t we all play together? It’s more fun with more people! What do you say?"
"Great! Let’s play together! More people, more, more fun!" Before An Yiqing could answer, the drunken birthday girl Ruan Xue nodded in agreement. Burp! More people make drinking more lively!
"Awesome! Wait up, I’ll go call everyone over!" Shen Feng pushed the girl in her arms onto An Yiqing, excitedly opened the private room door, and dashed out.
An Yiqing, caught between laughter and tears, looked at the girl unconscious from drunkenness in her arms and then at the blurry-eyed, drunken Ruan Xue, her head covered in metaphorical black lines.
It wasn’t long before Shen Feng returned with a large group of people in tow, Shen Long among them.
"Xiao Qing, Tingting, long time no see." Shen Long greeted An Yiqing and Gu Tingting, not very familiar with Ruan Xue.
"Shen Long, long time no see, you’ve gotten even more handsome." An Yiqing saw the somewhat shy Shen Long and teased him with a smile. She really liked the Shen Family siblings, the astute and clear-minded brother Shen Long and the frank and straightforward sister Shen Feng.
"Ah..." Sure enough, Shen Long’s face turned redder when An Yiqing teased him, "Xiao Qing, stop making fun of me." Shen Long looked at the girl rather helplessly, relaxing a bit as a result. He understood An Yiqing’s intention, that despite their different backgrounds, their friendship remained. No matter who Shen Long was or how fearsome An Yiqing’s reputation might be, at least their relationship could still be that of friends.
With the addition of Shen Feng, Shen Long, and others, the gathering became even livelier. Both Shen Feng and Ruan Xue, with their straightforward and fiery personalities, chugged from their bottles, competing with each other. Gu Tingting, ever the wild one, joined in the fun. As for the proud and aloof Tang Lin, and the mature and steady Shen Long, they sat with An Yiqing on the sofa, drinking tea and chatting.