Du Keyi opened the door, his face flushed, his eyes darting from side to side, feeling guilty and not daring to look at Tan Xizhi.
"Hey, why does your room smell like alcohol?" Tan Xizhi held back her smile, straightened her face, looked at Du Keyi with a serious look, and asked, "Have you been drinking secretly?"
"No...no." Du Keyi hurriedly waved her hands to deny, but her hot cheeks and guilty eyes had already betrayed her.
Tan Xizhi smiled, knowing that she could be shy, so he stopped teasing her, walked to the table, took out a jar of old wine from the void space, put it on the table, and asked: "Are you interested in having a drink with senior sister?
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Du Keyi's eyes lit up and he asked cautiously: "Is it okay?"
Tan Xizhi sat down at the table, took out two large bowls, unsealed the wine jar, got a bowl for herself first, then picked up the bowl and drank it all in one go, put down the wine bowl and said: "Drink if you like.
If you don’t like drinking, don’t drink. You have grown up and can make your own decisions.”
Everyone's heart trembled when they heard this.
Tan Xizhi's simple words seemed to have unlocked a shackles on her body, making her suddenly feel an indescribable sense of relief.
"Or..." Tan Xizhi gave Du Keyi a sideways glance, "You only like to drink with handsome young men, not with a bad old woman like me."
"Senior sister... what did you say?" Du Keyi's face, which had just calmed down, suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
Thinking that my senior sister saw me and Zhou Jianlai hiding in the woods to drink secretly that night, I felt even more embarrassed.
"Huh!" She was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but feel a little angry. She stomped to the table, picked up the wine jar and filled it for Tan Xizhi, then filled another bowl, and said coquettishly: "Just drink, don't you see if I don't
Let me drink you up, senior sister, and get down."
"Haha... you yellow-haired girl, you have such a bad tone!" Tan Xizhi raised her hand and smacked the table, suddenly becoming very excited, "First of all, let me tell you that you can't drink and try your best to hangover at the same time, otherwise you will lose the wine and it will be a waste of good wine."
"Of course!" Du Keyi raised her chin slightly, with an expression as if someone was afraid of whom. She put the wine bowl in front of her nose and smelled it. The mellow smell of the wine made her eyes light up.
Seeing that Tan Xizhi had already picked up the wine bowl and started drinking heavily, she couldn't wait to bring it to her mouth and took a big gulp.
"Cough... cough cough..."
This sip of wine went in and came out so fast that Keyi choked and felt as if her whole chest was on fire. Until now, she had been drinking the century-old Jianmei wine given to her by Zhou Jianlai. Although it had great stamina, she still drank it.
It's soft and sweet, very comfortable.
But Tan Xizhi's wine smells mellow and refreshing, but the taste is extremely spicy.
After smelling the aroma of the wine, Du Keyi thought it was the same as Jianmei wine, so she was not mentally prepared. In addition, she still took a big sip in competition with Tan Xizhi, and the consequences could be imagined.
"Haha..." Tan Xizhi laughed loudly looking at Du Keyi's embarrassed appearance.
Du Keyi coughed and wheezed for a while before he could breathe evenly, and said with an embarrassed look: "Senior sister, your wine..."
"how?"
"Why is it so spicy? Swallowing it is like swallowing a knife with fire!"
"What do you call wine if it's not spicy? It's sweet water that children drink at home."
Du Keyi looked embarrassed, looking at the remaining wine in the bowl, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, feeling that it was hard to swallow.
"This wine..." Tan Xizhi sighed complacently: "If it suits your appetite, no matter how spicy it is, it will still taste sweet. If it doesn't suit your appetite, no matter how sweet it is, it will taste bitter. This is the same as us women looking for a partner.
The truth is, if you choose the right person, you will be a good person; if you choose the wrong person, you will be an enemy."
Du Keyi felt a sadness in Tan Xizhi's words and was curious, but did not dare to ask rashly.
She picked up the wine bowl and took a sip gently.
She didn’t know whether it was because of the careful tasting or Tan Xizhi’s emotional words that she felt the wine was spicier.
But when the fire enters the throat, it seems to have a different taste.
So she took another sip.
"You don't like this competition to recruit a bride?" Tan Xizhi suddenly raised his head and looked into Du Keyi's eyes and asked.
"..." Conditionally, he wanted to say something like "Master and senior sister make the decision", but the words stopped when he reached his mouth.
She picked up the wine bowl and took a long sip, as if to use the wine to strengthen her courage. She looked into Tan Xizhi's eyes and said, "I can't say that I like it, and I can't say that I hate it. I just think it's inappropriate to leave myself to a strange man like this."
"It's inappropriate." Tan Xizhi nodded, "I wonder why the master agreed to the sect leader? Maybe he simply thought that you were old enough to get married, and coupled with Junior Brother Dongguo who is the most suitable match for you..."
When she mentioned Dong Guo Qi, she suddenly stopped talking, shook her head, smiled bitterly, and said, "You must be dissatisfied with Dong Guo Qi, otherwise you wouldn't have deliberately placed the birthday stickers at Zhou Jianlai's place."
They can all remain silent.
Although she had lost that memory, the thought of becoming a partner with Dong Guo Qi still felt strange.
She didn't hate Dong Guo Qi, but she didn't like him enough to want to become a partner with him. She and Dong Guo Qi were a good match because her teachers, brothers and sisters felt they were a good match.
If there was no such thing as a birthday card, she might have really married Dong Guoqi amidst the praise of everyone.
"I have never beaten Zhou Jianlai, so..." Du Keyi defended himself.
The lack of memory made her forget whether she deliberately left the birthday sticker at Zhou Jianlai's place and did not get it back.
Tan Xizhi did not argue with her about this matter, but instead said: "I asked Bing Liangchen and Deng Ziyu, and they spoke very highly of Zhou Jianlai. It's a good idea for you to ask him to help you resolve this contest. It's just that it's a good idea.
…”
"Just what?"
"It's just that I think Zhou Jianlai really likes you."
"Senior sister..." Du Keyi changed the subject and said, "Hurry up and have a drink, it's already cold."
"Wine is always cold, are you drunk?" Tan Xizhi asked with a smile.
Du Keyi held his forehead and replied: "It seems that I am really a little drunk."
She had already drank a lot of Jianmei wine before Tan Xizhi came. The Jianmei wine had a strong stamina, and was washed away by Tan Xizhi's strong wine. She was indeed slightly dizzy at the moment.
"Come on, you're drunk before you even finish a bowl of wine. How dare you brazenly say that you want to drink me down?" Tan Xizhi curled her lips and said.
"Hehe, there are so many senior sisters, it's hard for me to catch up with them."
"It's boring if I don't drink with you." Tan Xizhi suddenly stood up, picked up the wine jar and left, "I'm going to find Zhou Jianlai to drink. The taste of wine reflects one's character. Senior sister will help you test him."
"Senior sister, he has a martial arts competition tomorrow, so we can't delay it." Du Keyi stood up and took a step forward to catch up, reaching out to stop him. However, it was not Tan Xizhi who stopped him, but the wine jar in her hand was snatched away.
"If you want a drink, just ask. No excuses." Tan Xizhi turned around and gave her a sideways glance.
Du Keyi argued coyly: "I don't want the food on the table to go to waste."
"Senior sister, do you want me to go to the kitchen and bring you a bowl of white rice?" Tan Xizhi asked funnyly.
"I don't dare bother senior sister, wine is enough." Du Keyi smiled and waved his hand.
