Chapter 144

Shen Li had never drunk alcohol and wasn't very good at it, so Xie Qin ordered her a warm drink.

Xu Zhouyuan and Zhang Zixin, sitting opposite them, were kissing passionately, without the slightest intention of avoiding anyone in front of everyone in the bar.

There were people nearby who saw it, and a boy whistled in their direction.

The singer on stage happened to reach the climax, and the people below sang along.

The environment suddenly became noisy; actually, she was still a bit unaccustomed to such an atmosphere.

This was the first time she had come out to play with them since she started dating Xie Qin, and she didn't want to spoil the fun, so she just sat there quietly.

The four of them held cards in their hands; Xu Zhouyuan and Qiao Lang were teammates, and Xie Qin and Zhou Mingyu were the other team. The losing side had to choose a form of punishment, either losing money or a truth-or-dare.

Xie Qin's cards were handed to Shen Li. After three rounds, Xu Zhouyuan and the others lost, so the truth-or-dare they chose was to kiss passionately in public.

The first one who couldn't stand it was Zhou Mingyu, "Damn, if you keep kissing, I'm going to go blind, that's enough."

They were kissing probably too intently, completely forgetting that there were still people watching, and the atmosphere was just right.

Shen Li watched them indifferently.

Xie Qin didn't have much interest in such scenes, just letting his dark, meaningful gaze fall on Shen Li. He straightened up from the sofa he was leaning on, leaned toward her, and whispered in her ear: "Watching so intently, next time, shall we try it too? Mm?"

Shen Li turned her head and saw him inches away. Looking at Xie Qin, who was leaning so close, she stared at his eyes for a few seconds, going over his words in her mind.

If he did that, she probably wouldn't dislike it, she just wasn't used to doing such intimate things in such an occasion.

She thought for a while: "Doing that isn't very good."

With his breathing lingering in her ear, she heard him laugh lowly, his voice pressed very low, and Shen Li didn't understand what he was laughing at.

Was this something worth being happy about?

Shen Li saw him sit back, and seeing that she was still looking at him, Xie Qin raised his hand and rubbed her head gently; this gesture carried a hint of doting.

Zhou Mingyu: "No, Shen Li, how do you manage to win every round."

For a moment, several gazes were cast over.

Shen Li told him: "I memorized the cards."

She didn't know if others played like this; she rarely played cards, and the rules for playing cards were different in every place. Here in Wuchuan, you couldn't play three-of-a-kind, you could only play pairs, and there was no such thing as a "rocket" (two jokers).

By memorizing a little bit, she could basically guess what cards they might have in their hands.

"Holy crap, you can even remember that, that's too perverted."

Xie Qin kicked him with his foot, "How are you talking to my partner? You're an adult, speak more civilly."

Zhou Mingyu: "No, Brother Qin, I'm praising her."

Xie Qin: "Still can't say that."

Shen Li pursed her lips: "It's okay."

With messy cards scattered on the table, she asked another question: "Still playing?"

Xie Qin refused for her, looked at the time on his phone, counting the time for her second by second, "Still playing? Don't you plan on going back?"

Zhang Zixin had just wiped her mouth with a tissue and finished reapplying her lipstick, "Leaving already?"

Xu Zhouyuan propped up his legs, looking very satisfied and in a good mood, "It's not easy to get together and play, sit for a while longer before leaving."

Xie Qin picked up Shen Li's jacket, took her hand with his other hand, and stood up, "It's getting late, go back and rest."

"It's really hell, that these words can come out of your mouth."

Walking out of the small bar, Xie Qin helped her put on her jacket, zipped it up, opened the door, walked out, and took her hand again, "Do you want to go eat some late-night snacks?"

Shen Li thought about it, lowered her head, and pinched that thin layer of fat on her stomach; it hadn't been this much before, "Not eating, I seem to have gained weight recently."

Xie Qin looked at her amusedly, "Nonsense, where did you gain weight."

"Look here." Shen Li showed him the fat she pinched on her stomach; like other girls, she was quite conscious of her figure. Although she didn't deliberately diet usually, she did seem to have gained a few pounds recently.

"Let me see." Xie Qin stopped his footsteps.

The two stood face to face, and Shen Li let him touch her stomach, "Isn't this quite flat."

Forget it, he was unreasonable.

"Xie Qin!"

Calling his name, she deliberately emphasized her tone, and Shen Li's expression was also very serious.

Xie Qin responded: "Mm?"

He stood there tilting his head lazily, wanting to hear how she was going to say it.

Shen Li: "Next time, don't always buy me food."

Xie Qin raised an eyebrow: "Don't want to drink milk tea either?"

"Not the others, I want that."

Xie Qin couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Fine, I've noted it."

Very good, he listened.

Another very good boyfriend.

This time Shen Li took the initiative to take his hand and walked toward the dormitory.

Xie Qin lowered his eyes to look, suddenly remembering one thing, "Partner, let's discuss something."

Shen Li: "Mm, go ahead."

It was only eight-thirty in the evening, and there were quite a few people rushing back to the dormitory; in school, the most common thing was students dating, and holding hands together wasn't considered strange.

It was just that because both of them were too handsome and too pretty, they were always looked at a few extra times.

A breeze brushed through the treetops, and the leaves rustled.

Xie Qin: "After next month ends, it will be three months."

Shen Li: "..."

Xie Qin's gaze fell on her, and he tightened his grip on her hand, the temperature scorching: "Let's date seriously, okay?"

The arrogant Young Master Xie, for the first time, lowered his posture to someone, his tone carrying a serious sense of caution.

"I'm not that fickle, I'm quite a long-term person."

A three-month dating period, if it felt right, then date for another year, it seemed that was how it went.

But Shen Li didn't think too much, just feeling that she should agree first.

But since he had said so.

Shen Li couldn't not be responsible to him, so she said to him very responsibly: "Mm, I won't be irresponsible and break up with you."

She also wanted to spend more time with him.

Xie Qin: "Then it's settled, you can't lie to me."

"And don't want to be called a 'scumbag girl', right."

Shen Li nodded: "Mm."

Getting a positive answer, Xie Qin said to her again: "Don't you want to take the exam to Di Du? After you finish the English Level 4 exam, I'll accompany you to study for it. In two more years, the old man will be retiring soon, and then we'll go back together. But my family has a little brat who is quite clingy, just don't pay attention to him."

Shen Li: "Little brat?"

Xie Qin laughed, "My younger brother, five years old."

This was the first time she had actively heard Xie Qin mention family matters.

Usually, Shen Li wouldn't ask what his family members did, just feeling it wasn't necessary; asking about these things involved too much privacy and wasn't very good.

Shen Li: "I don't seem to have heard Xu Zhouyuan and the others mention it."

Xie Qin: "I didn't tell them, they don't need to know."

Shen Li blinked her eyes and turned to look at him: "Then... why did you tell me."

Xie Qin met her gaze, looking at her amusedly: "Are you really not understanding, or pretending not to understand?"