Chapter 1968: Pouring Drinks

Nan Jiaojiao only moved her index finger and thumb around her mouth briefly, pursing her lips and said, “Don’t ask me, my lips are sealed.”

“So there is something going on.”

Chu Yao immediately made a judgment, rubbing her eyes and going straight to her nails, “No way, I’ve been really well-behaved lately, I haven’t provoked her. Or did she suddenly have time to remember those sneaky tricks I used to play on her?”

Nan Jiaojiao quickly turned her head.

Play what tricks?

She wanted to ask, but then thought better of it. Chu Yao even managed to quietly trick Lu Zhenzhen, let alone herself. She could never outsmart these two sly foxes, so it was better not to ask and risk finding out something.

She and Chu Yao were different; she was always pampered by Lu Zhenzhen, while Chu Yao was overseen by Lu Zhenzhen. Just one year older, but in front of Lu Zhenzhen, that year seemed useless.

She kept pondering over Lu Zhenzhen’s odd behavior, not even in the mood to drink a glass of water. Mo Tingshen came to comfort her, but with Nan Jiaojiao, this oblivious third wheel around, many sweet things he wanted to say couldn’t come out, so he sheepishly went to find Bo Yanching.

Until Lu Zhenzhen arrived, bringing along Gao Zhe.

Chu Yao’s gaze moved from Lu Zhenzhen’s face to the man beside her, glanced up and down, suddenly let out a sigh of relief, then showed an expression of realization. She smirked with a mischievous look in her eyes, and gave Nan Jiaojiao a “settling scores later” smile, “Baby, your lips are really sealed tight. Look, you had me on edge the entire afternoon without giving me a hint. Well done.”

Nan Jiaojiao secretly backed away, trying to change the subject, “It’s her own business, how could I have the nerve to speak about it? What if I don’t describe it well and you misunderstand?”

Chu Yao chuckled with a sly grin, quickly catching the fleeing Nan Jiaojiao back, keeping her by her side the whole night, coaxing and tricking her into drinking several fruit wines and two colorful cocktails. Nan Jiaojiao didn’t usually drink. At first, she treated the fruit wine like a beverage, drinking it down in big gulps, but the strong aftereffects hit her, and she passed out drunk on the table.

Chu Yao took off her coat and draped it over her, moving her chair closer to block the air conditioning vent.

In the tea room, only a few cups of tea were on the table, surrounded by alcohol. Just the three girls, with Bo Yanching and Mo Tingshen, plus Gao Zhe and Xu Shu, all in the living room.

The screen covered them, and no one would peek through the carved designs. Anyway, they didn’t lack a little sticky time.

“Why’d you get her drunk?” Lu Zhenzhen wasn’t pleased.

“I was just teasing her, only meant for her to have one drink. Who knew this kid would get hooked? While I wasn’t looking, she sneaked two more. I noticed she was drunk early on and thought I’d give her a cocktail to recognize the colors, but she thought it was for drinking and I couldn’t stop her.”

Lu Zhenzhen didn’t buy her excuse, “Come on, I saw you with my own two eyes making her drink.”

Chu Yao spread her hands, not bothering with excuses anymore, “This kid is good at everything except for her drinking capacity, she goes down with just one drink. I’ve been unable to tolerate it. You, Brother Pei, now Bo Yanching, all pamper and protect her. What if, one day, none of us happen to be around and someone with ill intentions uses alcohol to exploit her? Without some tolerance, how will she fend it off?”

Chu Yao took a bite of pastry and thought of another twisted reason, “Isn’t she about to get married? What about drinking a toast then, wouldn’t she slip up?”