The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 531 A Night of Passion (Part 7) The Night Is Long: Nightclub Partners
How would I know you were coming back?

"..."

In the study of room 3601, when Zeng Xiaoxian heard Hu Yifei's words, his pupils contracted, and he suddenly realized something:

He had been tricked by Chen Meijia!

Hu Yifei was actually a little uneasy when she saw Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly return.

Logically speaking, what happened a few months ago when Zeng Xiaoxian was drunk shouldn't be a big deal to her, since he had forcibly kissed her before, and she could act like nothing had happened.

But the problem is that her own mindset was already different when these two events occurred.

When the forced kiss happened, she didn't have any feelings for Zeng Xiaoxian, and she later realized that he had suddenly kissed her to get rid of Laura.

At that time, we were at most considered to be close friends or relatives.

But her state of mind had already changed when Zeng Xiaoxian said those words a few months ago.

Zeng Xiaoxian had called her for help before, and when she got that CD, she had asked herself what she really felt. Deep down, she realized that she had also fallen for Zeng Xiaoxian.

So when Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly asked her if she liked him at the celebration party a few hours later, her mind went blank.

Even though Zeng Xiaoxian got drunk and ran away the next day, what happened that night continued to affect her.

Now that the other party has reappeared after disappearing for several months, Hu Yifei inevitably recalls what happened back then.

Suddenly, the air in the study became quiet and awkward.

When Zeng Xiaoxian saw that Hu Yifei didn't speak, his already uneasy heart became even more flustered. For a moment, he didn't know if she wanted to settle scores with him or shove his head into the washing machine and give it a good thrashing.
"Um, I just got back. Meijia said the washing machine broke down and asked me to come help..."

Zeng Xiaoxian, unable to withstand the pressure, spoke first, accompanied by his signature sly smile.

Upon seeing Zeng Xiaoxian's familiar lewd smile, Hu Yifei immediately felt relieved, and her initial nervousness disappeared.

"Need your help? Are you really that good at this kind of technical work?" Hu Yifei rolled her eyes at him and said, "Go cool off somewhere else!"

"..."

Zeng Xiaoxian also breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste.

"Got it!"

Zeng Xiaoxian, whose masochistic tendencies kicked in, immediately responded and turned to go out to settle scores with Chen Meijia.

"and many more!"

At this moment, Hu Yifei called out to him again: "Go to the storage room and get me a big wrench."

"Oh."

Zeng Xiaoxian responded, but just as he was about to open the door—click!

The door handle was pulled off.

"..."

"Buzz..."

Just as Zeng Xiaoxian stared wide-eyed at the doorknob in his hand in disbelief, his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.

He took out the phone and answered it, and heard a deep, static voice coming from the microphone: "Hello, I want to play a game!"

"..."

Zeng Xiaoxian paused for less than half a second, then looked at the caller ID again and said directly, "Chen Meijia!"

Outside the door, Chen Meijia, having removed the screws from the door handle, wore a smug smile.

"Hey, Teacher Zeng, today is the perfect opportunity for you to confess your feelings to Sister Yifei, and it's also your only way out!"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Xiaoxian's face twitched. He lowered his voice and said irritably, "Yifei has no idea I'm back. I haven't even settled the score with you for fooling me yet!"

"So now she knows, doesn't she?"

"..."

"Teacher Zeng, I admire what you did a few months ago. It's a pity you ran away too fast back then. If you hadn't run away, things might not be at this point between you and Yifei. Tonight is your best new opportunity!"

"Damn it, you want me to die even faster than I can!"

"Don't worry, I'm a woman too, I can feel the changes in Yifei."

"You're a woman, are you sure Hu Yifei is?"

Chen Meijia, standing outside the door, rolled her eyes and snorted, "Teacher Zeng, there's no point in saying more. You don't want to waste your time with Sister Yifei like this, do you?"

"..." Zeng Xiaoxian hesitated for less than half a second before he immediately came to his senses and said, "Stop messing with me, she asked me to go out and get her a wrench."

"The wrench is under the bookcase. There are also other tools you might need in the cabinet, you know what I mean~"

"..."

"After tonight, you'll thank me. Don't try anything funny. If you don't do as I say, I'll tell Sister Yifei that you broke the door to force her to comply. Remember what you did last time? You won't be able to explain yourself then either. Go, we're with you!"

Behind the door, Zeng Xiaoxian listened to Chen Meijia's words on the phone, feeling completely numb, but he still managed to glean some information.

"you?"

"Don't thank me, buddy, it was my idea," Lu Ziqiao's voice rang out on the phone. "This is also a big gift for your return."

"..."

A sense of absurdity, both unexpected and logical, welled up in Zeng Xiaoxian's heart. Then he heard Lu Ziqiao say, "By the way, the suit you brought back was really nice."

……

In the living room, Chen Meijia was carrying in the gifts that Zeng Xiaoxian had brought back, one by one.

Turning around, she saw Lu Ziqiao wearing that suit, eavesdropping at the study door. She couldn't help but say, "Hey, what are you doing? Hurry up and help move your things!"

"I need to keep an eye on things, lest Teacher Zeng back out at the last minute."

"Don't worry, the things I prepared for Teacher Zeng will definitely inspire him!"

Seeing Chen Meijia's winking and gesturing, Lu Ziqiao, who had been through similar experiences, immediately understood.

He also uses these things when he goes out to pick up girls and book hotel rooms.

"You're really something, Mika! You've surpassed your teacher!"

"Don't get me wrong, I put in alcohol!" Chen Meijia quickly explained, realizing the other person had misunderstood. "The two times Teacher Zeng did something so amazing to Yifei before, it was because he had been drinking. This time, I'm just doing the same thing!"

However, upon hearing that it was from alcohol, Lü Ziqiao was greatly disappointed and said, "Use your brain! Why would he get himself drunk for no reason today? Do you think he's a rat that would eat rat poison?"

"Of course I knew! That's why I did something a little trick."

Chen Meijia, displaying her remarkable intellect and wisdom, said smugly, "I knew Teacher Zeng wouldn't dare drink alcohol, so that bottle of Bacardi wasn't alcohol at all. On the contrary, I mixed eight kinds of mixed alcoholic beverages into the bottle of black tea next to it. You won't feel anything at first sip, but after five minutes, it'll start to hit you..."

……

In the study, Zeng Xiaoxian stood by the door in silence for a long time.

He never expected that he would be tricked by Meijia as soon as he returned, and now he was suddenly trapped in her pocket, no, in her study.

Now it's all over, I have to face the ultimate truth!
Catching a glimpse of Hu Yifei still fiddling with the washing machine in the corner, Zeng Xiaoxian cautiously walked to the bookshelf to check what Chen Meijia had prepared...

No, he just came to get a wrench!
However, when Zeng Xiaoxian opened the bookcase and saw that besides a wrench, there was only a bottle of wine and a bottle of black tea, he was instantly disappointed.

I thought... it was something else entirely!

But at that moment, Zeng Xiaoxian was torn between his own thoughts and his inner voice.

His second personality instantly activated!

Should she choose black tea to back down and confess to Hu Yifei that Chen Meijia was behind it all, or should she choose alcohol to unleash her full power?

Choosing the former option would not only invite ridicule from Chen Meijia and the others, but would also cause the relationship between Hu Yifei to continue indefinitely.

Chen Meijia once said something that touched his heart: if he hadn't gotten drunk and run away last time, would his relationship with Yifei still be the same?
And then there's Laura... What if Laura reappears next time if we don't get to a conclusion with Yifei now?
Is he going to continue this cycle of being provoked, doing something to Yifei, and then running away?

Besides, even if he confessed now, what if Meijia turned the tables and accused him? There would be no way to clear his name anyway. And if he chose the alcohol, the only downside was—he'd be easily killed by Hu Yifei!
But would Hu Yifei be willing to rip me off?

They didn't kill me the first two times, did they? Doesn't not killing me prove anything?

At worst... if I fail, I'll just pretend I was drunk and act crazy, and tomorrow I'll simply deny everything. After all, I already acted crazy while drunk!

And once it succeeds...

At this moment, Zeng Xiaoxian felt as if he had returned to the scene of "Who Can Become a Millionaire," and this time he was about to face a question that was even more important than five million.

"Zeng Xiaoxian, you can either leave now with the friendship and feelings you've built up in Hu Yifei's heart, and continue to be friends, good friends who have nothing to do with each other. Or you can choose to go all in. If you succeed, you'll win the grand prize and the beauty. If you fail... at most you'll lose a few life points. So, will you choose black tea or Bacardi?"

Is there any need to think about this question?
If even a loser like Huang Baoqiang can win ten million, how can I, a first-generation millionaire, not dare to continue?

Two and a half seconds later, the first-ever millionaire to complete the game chose to continue and picked up the bottle of Bacardi!

"Gulu gulu..."

After taking a big bite, Zeng Xiaoxian was prepared for anything to come, except...

"This wine...why does it have no flavor?" Zeng Xiaoxian asked, somewhat puzzled, after taking a look.

"Why haven't you brought the wrench I asked you to?"

From the corner, Hu Yifei poked her head out of the washing machine again and said, "What do you want to drink? Give me something, I'm dying of thirst!"

"Okay, here's the wrench."

Startled, Zeng Xiaoxian quickly replied and then tossed the bottle of black tea to Hu Yifei.

……

"Cheers!"

On the balcony of apartment 3602, Chen Meijia, who had accomplished her mission and kept her achievements hidden, clinked glasses with Lu Ziqiao.

"How about it? Aren't you impressed? My plan was absolutely brilliant!" Lu Ziqiao said proudly, now dressed in a suit.

"The idea for the study was my idea, okay?" Chen Meijia said defiantly, holding a large doll she had found in the pile of gifts.

"If it weren't for me, would you have thought of locking them up together?"

Lu Ziqiao pursed his lips, but at this moment he still had one regret in his heart, which was the couple Wen Sheng and Xin Ling.

Alas, it's a pity that Sister Ling wouldn't let me help.

I don't know if the message I sent to Wensheng will be able to bring him back.

"Why are you sighing? Everything is going according to plan, isn't it?" Chen Meijia's voice rang out, instantly bringing Lu Ziqiao back to his senses.

"Um... I was just thinking, what if Wen Sheng comes back later? Will it ruin our plans?"

"Huh?" Chen Meijia was taken aback, then hesitated and said, "It shouldn't be, right? Didn't he go to see his ex-wife? And even if he comes back..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mika stopped.

Lu Ziqiao asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Quick, look down at the apartment building! Isn't that Wen Sheng?" Mei Jia pointed downstairs with wide eyes, and said excitedly, "There seems to be a beautiful woman next to him. Is that Nuolan?"

"Where? Where?"

Lu Ziqiao was startled and quickly grabbed a section of water pipe from the French windows behind him to use as a telescope for his search.

If Nuolan comes, wouldn't my sister Ling have no chance?

However, when he saw the person coming through the water pipe, he immediately felt relieved.

"That's not Nolan... Bang!"

A loud slam of a door slamming shut sounded behind them.

When Chen Meijia turned around, she was completely stunned.

"Where did the water pipe I used to block the door go?"

……

Ten minutes ago.

"Handsome Wen, when are you free to come with me to the 2:30 Club again?"

On his way back from his ex-wife's house, Wen Sheng received a call from Laura.

Glancing at the reddening streetlights in the distance, Wen Sheng gradually slowed down and said, "Didn't we already go there? It's nothing special inside."

“That’s different. I asked the friend who sent me the invitation today, and he said that last night was just the opening day, and the most fun things in the club are only for a limited number of guests. They will increase the number of invitations later.”

After a pause, Laura added with a smile, "Moreover, the club is constantly being upgraded, and in a while it will be transformed into a place that everyone who goes in will want to stay forever."

"Really? I'm really looking forward to it."

Wen Sheng smiled, stopped the car, and patiently waited for the traffic light to turn green. He said, "But you can go by yourself. Why did you have to take me with you?"

"You're not happy that I'm taking you to fun places?" Laura snorted. "Although I can go by myself or with other men, you know, going to a nightclub alone is boring, and if other men see me flirting with other handsome guys at the nightclub, they're bound to act a bit childish."

Seeing the streetlights turn green, Wen Sheng stepped on the gas and drove off, then laughed and said, "Don't you really like seeing men get jealous for you?"

"That's normal. I already take him to nightclubs, why would he want to see this?"

Laura on the other end of the phone said calmly, "But you're different, handsome Wen. Although I get a little jealous when I see other women chasing you, what can I do when I'm chasing other men too?"

"What's this? Nightclub partners?"

"Hmm~ Don't you like it?"

"I do like you, but I always feel like you're using me as a cover."

After laughing, Wen Sheng's tone gradually became calm: "Reporter Lao, I'm curious, what did you see in the corridor after entering last night that made you so uneasy?"

"..."

The phone call suddenly fell silent. Wen Sheng didn't urge him. Looking at the receding night view by the roadside, his mood relaxed.

"Handsome Wen, you've been naughty. We got along so well before, how did you cross the line this time?" After a long while, Laura's voice rang out again, but it was much less joking than before.

"Didn't you cross the line by touching me inappropriately before?"

"Please, you're the one who's getting the better deal, aren't you? You've pinched me twice already!"

"Everyone knows who's comfortable and who's benefiting." Wen Sheng had already mastered the art of thick-skinnedness long ago, and besides, it wasn't his own choice to mold it.

After a pause, Wen Sheng continued, "Although I'm quite interested in having a nightclub partner, I get a little worried if my partner is carrying some strange secret and goes clubbing with me. What if they sell me out? Wouldn't I have nowhere to turn then?"

"..."

Laura fell silent again on the phone. Wen Sheng knew she was weighing some things, so he didn't disturb her.

After a while, Laura's voice rang out again.

"Let me think about it some more."

"Okay, no rush."

After hanging up the phone, Wen Sheng let out a soft breath.

He was indeed somewhat interested in the secret of the 2:30 club last night, and even if Laura hadn't invited him, he would have found an opportunity to go and see it again.

But it was clear that Laura knew something, so he naturally wanted to get information from her.

"Dingling bell~"

After the car had been driving for a while, just as Wen Sheng was deep in thought, his phone rang again.

Wen Sheng thought Laura had already prepared an answer for him, but when he saw the caller ID, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Hello? Xinling."

"Brother Wensheng, are you at your apartment? I'm downstairs, could you come down for a moment?"

(End of this chapter)