The Green Tea Supporting Girl Is Still Playing Her Role Today (GL) - Chapter 50

Chapter 50

“Ah Fei, why are you hiding here? So many people are looking for you, the birthday girl.” Zhao Xiaojing came to her side, completely oblivious to the strange atmosphere among the three of them. She lowered her head to look at the tennis racket in her hand. “Where did you get this racket from? Are you already itching to play?”

“Yes, I’m itching to play a lot.” Xie Zhifei twirled the handle and looked at Gu Zhizhang in a challenging way. “Brother Gu, let’s play a match.”

“Now?” Gu Zhizhang found it amusing. “This occasion right now is not very suitable, and you didn’t bring any sportswear anyway. Not to mention there’s no court here at all.”

“Oh, that’s right.” Xie Zhifei slapped her forehead, walked in, and sat down next to Wen Pinghan. She immediately showed a brilliant smile. “Thank you, sister. I love your gift so much!”

“I’m glad you like it.” Wen Pinghan smiled.

“What? What did Wen Pinghan give you?” Zhao Xiaojing walked in eagerly. “I gave you such an expensive bag, and you didn’t even smile this happily!”

“Can a gift be measured by its price?” Xie Zhifei replied.

“Hmph, you like whatever she does. You clearly just got tired of me. I don’t want to be your number one anymore!” Zhao Xiaojing put her hands on her hips in anger and cursed her as a scumbag. “Who walked through your youthful years with you? Who chatted with you about girly heart matters? And who stayed up half the night with you to watch movies!?”

At this moment, Wen Pinghan suddenly asked in a low voice, “Didn’t you say you hadn’t watched any movies?”

“Animated movies.” Xie Zhifei’s mouth twitched as she explained to her.

Wen Pinghan laughed out loud.

Zhao Xiaojing started chattering again. Xie Zhifei was really afraid of her. She stood up, covered her mouth, and dragged her outside. “Alright, alright, you’re my best friend. No one can compare to you, okay? Go dance with your man now.”

As soon as they went out the door, Li Feng hurried over and took Zhao Xiaojing from her hand.

“Come on, Ah Fei, dance with us!” Zhao Xiaojing pulled Xie Zhifei down along with her.

“I’ll wait a bit—”

“Wait for what? Everyone is just waiting for you, the birthday girl, to kick off the dance!” Zhao Xiaojing urged.

The others were all waiting downstairs. When they saw Xie Zhifei appear, they immediately cheered and shouted for her to dance, telling her to quickly pick a dance partner to start.

Xie Zhifei had no choice; she had to take the lead. So she found the most pleasing Li Hongyan on the spot and danced with him.

When the two of them walked to the center of the dance floor, cheers erupted all around, startling Wen Pinghan so that she heard it.

“What’s going on outside?”

“It should be time to dance.” Gu Zhizhang walked to the door and took a look, then came back and said, “It’s Ah Fei dancing the opening with Li Hongyan.”

Wen Pinghan paused, quickly finished the food in her mouth, then got up and went to the corridor. She lowered her head to look at the two people in the dance floor.

The surrounding audience kept cheering, as if they were all praising them as a golden boy and jade girl. Plus, Li Hongyan had never had any scandals, which made everyone’s gossip enthusiasm even stronger.

After finishing one dance, Xie Zhifei let out a sigh of relief. The others all joined in one after another, dancing along with the music.

Wen Pinghan and Gu Zhizhang went downstairs one after the other. She saw him extend his hand and invite her. “Miss Wen, may I have this dance with you?”

“I just ate too much, so it’s not convenient for me to move right now.” Wen Pinghan refused politely.

Gu Zhizhang’s face showed some embarrassment. Fortunately, at this moment, a pretty woman blushed and actively invited him. He then had a way out and deliberately wanted to let Wen Pinghan see how popular he was, so he went to dance with that woman.

While dancing, he did not forget to pay attention to Wen Pinghan’s movements. He saw her standing on the outer side watching, her gaze constantly shuttling through the dance floor, as if she were looking for someone. He secretly adjusted his posture, striving to show the most perfect stance.

Wen Pinghan’s gaze paused slightly. Then she watched that person come out from the corner of the crowd and head straight for her.

“Sister, want to dance?” Xie Zhifei extended one hand to her.

Wen Pinghan gazed at her radiant smile and was stunned for a moment.

“Come on, let’s go test the results of your last lesson.” Xie Zhifei smiled, took her hand, and pulled her into the dance floor.

Wen Pinghan slowly placed her hand on her shoulder and said, “What if I step wrong…”

“Then step wrong.” Xie Zhifei said, “At worst, we’ll start over. Don’t worry, I’ll always walk with you.”

“Okay.” Wen Pinghan smiled softly.

The music was gentle, the steps light. At first, Wen Pinghan kept lowering her head to count the steps. But after a while, she no longer needed to force herself to remember. She lifted her head, looked into Xie Zhifei’s eyes, her footwork completely keeping up, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously lifted.

Both of them were immersed in the dance, not saying a word. Their pupils reflected each other’s smiling faces. When they spun, the noisy crowd seemed to disappear entirely, leaving only the sound of each other’s footsteps, now far and now near. The beating heart in her chest also rose and fell unpredictably.

At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and pushed Wen Pinghan, not too lightly or too heavily.

Wen Pinghan was caught off guard, her steps staggered, and her whole body pitched forward. She tightly hugged Xie Zhifei, her lips accidentally brushing her shoulder, her chest pressing against the other’s soft part. Her ears instantly turned red.

“Sister, does it hurt from the bump?” Xie Zhifei held her and asked with concern.

“It’s fine.” Wen Pinghan’s ears burned. When she lifted her head, she suddenly noticed a faint lip mark accidentally left on her shoulder. Now even her face felt a bit hot.

“Wang Wan!” Xie Zhifei looked up at the culprit and said through gritted teeth, “Don’t go too far.”

Wang Wan giggled, stuck out her tongue at them, and turned to spin away with her dance partner.

The people around cast curious, onlooker gazes. Wen Pinghan quickly adjusted her state. Just as she took her hand, she heard her say, “We’re about to switch partners soon.”

Wen Pinghan then remembered this part. Everyone danced and randomly changed partners along the way, emphasizing friendly socializing. So she let go of her hand. “You go ahead. I’ll rest for a bit.”

“I’m tired too.” Xie Zhifei smiled, took her hand, and led her out of the dance floor. They ran into Fang Ningshu, so she instructed, “Wang Wan just pushed someone. Go teach her a lesson.”

“I’m not her guardian. Shouldn’t you tell this to her cousin?” Fang Ningshu looked puzzled.

“She seems more afraid of you.”

“She’s afraid of a hammer.”

Xie Zhifei and Wen Pinghan both laughed and lowered their heads to smile at the same time.

Fang Ningshu looked at their tacit understanding, but her gaze paused on her shoulder for half a second. She gave Wen Pinghan’s lips a meaningful glance. “Impressive, impressive.”

Xie Zhifei: “? What’s impressive?”

“Nothing.” Fang Ningshu faked a smile, then turned to mingle with others.

“What was she babbling on about for no reason?” Xie Zhifei turned to ask Wen Pinghan.

Wen Pinghan had also noticed the lip mark in her peripheral vision and smiled lightly. “Who knows.”

Zhao Xiaojing squeezed out of the dance floor, looked around, and when she saw Xie Zhifei, she ran over and pulled her to the other side. “What are you standing there like a fool for? Come on, everyone over there is waiting for you to drink.”

Over there sat some old classmates. When they saw her come, they all raised their glasses one after another and kept drinking with her.

Wen Pinghan sat to one side. A girl nearby poked her head over and asked, “You look a bit unfamiliar. Are you Xie Zhifei’s friend?”

Wen Pinghan nodded and added, “I’m also her employee.”

“She even brought her employees?” The girl said in surprise. “Are there other employees here?”

“There’s Secretary Fang too.”

“Then you must be a very outstanding employee. Out of so many people, she only brought you and the secretary.” The girl smiled and clinked glasses with her. “Come on, drink.”

Wen Pinghan smiled and chatted idly with her. That’s when she learned the other was Xie Zhifei’s high school classmate.

Perhaps because their only common topic was Xie Zhifei, the classmate took a few sips and started talking about Xie Zhifei, saying how arrogant she used to be and only played with people in her little clique.

“Her?” Wen Pinghan looked at Xie Zhifei in disbelief. The other was skillfully handling the whole scene with ease. Where did she look like an arrogant young lady?

“So I came this time and felt she changed so much.” The female classmate laughed heartily and poured her more wine. “Come on, drink.”

Wen Pinghan drank with her for a while. When she turned back, she found Xie Zhifei was drinking even more heavily over there. She didn’t know what they were chatting about, but the group laughed nonstop, full of high spirits. Xie Zhifei leaned sideways on the sofa, and the lip mark on her shoulder had already rubbed off on the sofa.

The party broke up late at night. The guests left one after another. Fang Ningshu busied herself seeing these people off to their cars, especially a few guests with prominent backgrounds.

“Shu Jie, ugh…” A dry retching sound came from behind as Wang Wan spoke.

She turned back speechlessly and saw Gu Zhizhang supporting Wang Wan. So she stopped in place and did not go to help.

“Open the car door.” Gu Zhizhang habitually instructed. After saying it, he himself was stunned.

Fang Ningshu looked at the half-dead Wang Wan but still stepped forward to open the car door and helped him put Wang Wan into the car together.

“Shu Jie, Shu Jie.” Wang Wan drunkenly grabbed her hand. “Come back to work, okay? I’ll be good from now on, Shu Jie, ugh… Did my brother deduct your salary? Don’t worry, I’ll make him give you a raise… Sis, listen to me finish before you go, Shu Jie, how can we live without you—”

After the car door closed, Wang Wan pressed against the window and kept shouting. Fortunately, the outside could not hear the noise. Gu Zhizhang took this embarrassing family member back.

Fang Ningshu turned and went to see off the others.

Almost everyone else had left. Zhao Xiaojing had been carried back by Li Feng. Only then did Fang Ningshu go to find tonight’s birthday girl. The birthday girl had already collapsed on the sofa and fallen asleep, with someone sitting beside her keeping watch.

“How long has she been asleep?” Fang Ningshu walked up and asked.

Wen Pinghan blinked slowly, thought for a long time, and then answered, “Ten minutes? Or twelve minutes?”

It seemed she had drunk quite a bit too.

Fang Ningshu lifted Xie Zhifei up, shouldered one of her sides, and had just taken two steps when suddenly Wen Pinghan shouldered Xie Zhifei’s other side. She even glared at her displeased. “Don’t touch her.”

Fang Ningshu: “……”

“Fine, you do it.” Fang Ningshu let go of her hand, then watched her carry the person with schadenfreude, stumbling and staggering toward the door. In the end, when the two were about to fall, she supported them.

“Mmm…” Xie Zhifei regained a bit of awareness, opened her eyes, and looked at Fang Ningshu. Then she turned to look at Wen Pinghan, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously hooked up. “Sister, do you want to drink, drink more?”

“Mm… Mm, drink!” Wen Pinghan nodded more than a dozen times.

“Drink when you get back.” Fang Ningshu said fiercely, then stuffed the person into the car and casually shoved Wen Pinghan in too. “Get in, you.”

After sending them to the Xie house, Fang Ningshu and Wen Pinghan worked together to drag Xie Zhifei onto the bed. Then she said, “I’m going back. It’s too late now, and you’ve been drinking, so rest here tonight.”

“Mm… Oh.” Wen Pinghan nodded in a daze, closed her eyes, and directly fell down beside Xie Zhifei. “Close the door, thank you.”

Fang Ningshu laughed once and muttered as she walked out, “Drinking sure makes her proactive.”

The room was very quiet. Wen Pinghan squinted for a while, then suddenly turned over and woke herself up. Her head throbbed as she sat up and found Xie Zhifei lying beside her. She was first startled, then vaguely remembered that she had climbed onto the bed herself.

She glanced at the time: 2:30 a.m.

The lights in the room were still on, and Xie Zhifei was still sleeping soundly.

She quietly gazed at the other’s sleeping face. After a long time, she reached out and brushed a stray lock of Xie Zhifei’s hair from her forehead. Her fingers landed on her brow bone, slowly moved to the space between her eyebrows, slid down along the bridge of her nose, stopped at the nostril, and her gaze followed downward to linger on that pair of rosy lips.

The emotions that had been suppressed and restrained for too long finally broke through the soil at this moment, growing into a towering tree that made her heart sway. Her eyes also took on the color of desire.

A sudden alarm bell rang in her mind—no, no, this is taking advantage of her!

But another wicked voice emerged from the bottom of her heart—what’s there to fear? She won’t know anyway. At worst, I’ll never tell her.

After a fierce internal battle, she still surrendered to her own desire and slowly approached those lips.

Who knew that at this moment, Xie Zhifei’s eyelashes fluttered, and she suddenly opened her eyes.

Wen Pinghan froze abruptly, meeting her gaze. They were only one centimeter apart from touching.

“Sister…” Xie Zhifei called out almost in a murmur, her eyes hazy, hiding complex emotions in her gaze that she could not understand.

“Mm…” Wen Pinghan was probably muddled by the alcohol too. Even now, she had not pulled back. She stared straight at her, thinking that even if she slapped her away, it would be fine—she could then fully sober up.

But Xie Zhifei did not.

Xie Zhifei just slightly lifted her head, whether intentionally or not, and pressed against her lips.