Chapter 144: Photos of Secretly Wearing a Skirt

Zhou Yinhe stood outside the bathroom, worriedly asking: "Lingling, what's wrong?"

Wen Ling adjusted her mood, answered with a sound, then opened the bathroom door and walked out.

"Nothing, I just wanted to use the toilet, why did you come?"

Zhou Yinhe lowered his head and seriously examined her expression; seeing no other bad emotion on her face, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Seeing you suddenly come back, I thought something had happened."

Wen Ling shook her head, took his hand and walked outside, speaking gently: "Nothing, if anything happens I will definitely tell you right away."

Zhou Yinhe hummed in agreement, followed behind her, his gaze deepening.

Returning to the backyard, Wen Ling let go of Zhou Yinhe's hand to go find Zhou Zhaoning and the others.

Zhou Yinhe stood beside Jiang Jibai and a few others, leaning against the table silently, his thoughtful expression obvious.

Qi Zhan walked over to his side, seeing him like that, asked: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Zhou Yinhe shook his head, looked up at Qi Zhan, and asked: "Are you and Zhao Xingtang together?"

Qi Zhan answered: "Yeah, we've only been together a short while."

Zhou Yinhe gave an "oh", stood up, left Qi Zhan behind, walked to the grill, picked a few skewers of crispy bone that looked decent from the cooked ones, and brought them to Wen Ling and the others.

"Just grilled, a bit hot, be careful when eating."

Wen Ling smiled and took them, distributing to the other three; Zhou Zhaoning said to Wen Ling: "Without you, I couldn't enjoy this treatment."

"Did you hear that? Be nice to the sisters." Wen Ling raised her chin, sending Zhou Yinhe a glance with flowing eyes.

Zhou Yinhe cooperatively nodded; Zhou Zhaoning gave a humored laugh, shooed him away, saying don't be an eyesore here.

Seeing Zhou Yinhe return, Zhao Ningyan crossed her arms and smiled: "You've been disliked, right? Do you feel my feelings now?"

"No," Zhou Yinhe curled his lips: "Lingling would never drive me away; just now it was my sister who drove me off, so I can't feel what you feel."

Zhao Ningyan: "..." Fine!

While eating together at the long table, Zhao Ningyan drank alcohol while shifting her gaze to Wen Ling; when Wen Ling looked over puzzled, Zhao Ningyan asked with a mischievous smile: "Wen Ling, did you ever find Xiao Wu annoying before?"

Wen Ling was a bit puzzled, just opening her mouth to ask what she meant, when Zhou Yinhe had already stood up, bent over, and filled Zhao Ningyan's glass.

It was really full, full to the point of overflowing.

Zhao Ningyan hissed; Zhou Yinhe gritted his teeth and said: "Brother-in-law, drink more alcohol, eat more vegetables."

"Ah, what did you just call me?" Zhao Ningyan tilted her ear, acting as if she couldn't hear what you said.

"I said, brother-in-law." Zhou Yinhe forced a smile, repeating it, narrowing his eyes, his tone hiding a threat: "If you don't eat, the dishes will get cold."

The others didn't quite understand the meaning, but could see Zhao Ningyan teasing Zhou Yinhe.

At that moment, the others became interested.

"Xiao Wu, when you were little we always took you to school; why don't you say let us eat more vegetables?"

"Yeah, Xiao Wu, we're also your brothers, don't play favorites."

"You haven't even proactively poured us drinks, and now you're only thinking about your brother-in-law."

Zhou Yinhe was made to laugh angrily by the four, licked the corner of his lips, picked up the wine bottle and poured each of them a drink, then said word by word: "Is that enough?"

Zhou Zhaoning wouldn't miss such a good opportunity; she lifted her cup, which basically hadn't been drunk and still had half a cup of wine, tapped it on the table, and reminded Zhou Yinhe: "Don't forget your older sister."

Seeing Zhou Yinhe finish pouring wine for Zhou Zhaoning, Wen Ling got a little angry, stood up, pulled Zhou Yinhe to her side, and said seriously: "Don't bully him!"

Chu Yao and Fu Huahua were about to split their lips laughing from ear to ear, but seeing Wen Ling like that, they quickly covered their mouths and stayed silent.

Although the others didn't restrain their laughter because of Wen Ling's words, their behavior also became much more restrained.

"Don't be angry, be good, eat this." Wen Ling softly coaxed the unhappy Zhou Yinhe, who was pursing his lips, placing the freshly peeled seafood on his plate.

Zhou Yinhe lifted his gaze, his eyes shimmering with watery light, looking pitiful; whether he was genuinely pitiful or deliberately acting for Wen Ling's sake, observers saw clearly while those involved were confused; Wen Ling's heart softened at his gaze, while the others sitting opposite them held back laughter and changed the topic.

After finishing the meal, the butler brought people to pull out a curtain, placed it directly opposite the garden sofa, turned on the projector, and casually played a comedy film.

It was purely to liven the atmosphere; no one watched it because they gathered together to play cards.

In this round, Wen Ling and Zhou Yinhe were partners, needing to play cards against each other; Ke Chengyu, Chu Yao, and Fu Huahua stood aside, watching the fun without minding the fuss, constantly urging Wen Ling to play cards to suppress Zhou Yinhe.

As Wen Ling's teammates, Jiang Jibai and Zhao Ningyan also kept urging her.

Zhou Yinhe pursed his lips, intently staring at Wen Ling's hand of cards; he really wanted to go easy on her, but his teammates Qi Zhan and Zhou Zhaoning said if he dared to go easy, they would show Wen Ling the photo of him as a child secretly wearing his sister's skirt.

Of course, this was said secretly.

Wen Ling gazed at Zhou Yinhe with curved brows and eyes, confident in her card skills, she pulled out several cards and threw them onto the table.

Seeing Zhou Yinhe hesitate before playing a card to suppress her, Wen Ling's smile vanished instantly.

"Isn't there a newbie protection period?!" Wen Ling gritted her teeth and glared at Zhou Yinhe, while Qi Zhan at the side said: "No threatening tactics allowed."

Wen Ling gave a cold snort: "Fine, no threats." She forced a smile and told Zhou Yinhe: "It's okay, just play normally."

Zhou Yinhe blinked: "Really?"

Wen Ling raised an eyebrow: "Of course."

Then Zhou Yinhe played out all his cards, while Wen Ling still had a big handful of scattered cards.

Zhou Yinhe looked at Wen Ling carefully, whispering: "Don't be angry."

"How could I get angry over just one round of cards?" Wen Ling chuckled, threw down her cards, and said word by word: "Again! Come!"

Zhao Ningyan and Jiang Jibai exchanged a glance, barely suppressing laughter as they also threw down their cards; Qi Zhan leisurely gathered his cards, shuffled them flamboyantly, and while dealing said: "How about this: the loser agrees to one condition from the winner, no matter how big, even if it's murder and arson, they must agree—what do you think?"

He looked at Wen Ling, who smiled and said: "Sure."

She wasn't unable to afford losing.

But Zhou Yinhe truly didn't dare to really compete with Wen Ling; he kept going easy the whole time, so obvious that Zhou Zhaoning and Qi Zhan couldn't stand it.

Zhou Zhaoning gritted her teeth and shouted: "Zhou Xiao Wu! The photo of you secretly wearing your second sister's skirt as a child—are you preparing to let me show it to Wen Ling?"

Wen Ling widened her eyes, looking at Zhou Zhaoning in surprise.

"Sister!"

Zhou Zhaoning suddenly came to her senses, giving an embarrassed hehe laugh.

She had just been angered, and instinctively shouted out.