The Senior Student (female) Is Not Human - Chapter 36

Chapter 36: The Wine Cellar

Hands on her knees.

Xie Shiwei was still confused by the inexplicable time frame Jiang Xiyao had mentioned.

The constantly enraged customer raised his voice at that moment: “I said, are you even listening?! What’s wrong with this restaurant? What’s with the restricted purchase drama? Can’t you understand? Bring me the wine I drank last time!”

Thump!

The wooden table was slammed hard again. Xie Shiwei even saw a few wood splinters fly out.

Just as she was heavily startled and instinctively recoiled, Jiang Xiyao let out a “Tsk.” Her fierce aura directly confronted the furious customer:

“Why are you shouting? Couldn’t stay in the pigpen and came here to frolic? Where’s the manager? How did he let this kind of low-grade ingredient that even dogs won’t eat mix in with the crowd?”

Jiang Xiyao decided to blacklist this loud prey.

What’s the meaning of a “loudspeaker spirit” that constantly scares her person?

Xie Shiwei sucked in a cold breath.

She shook her head slightly at Jiang Xiyao in fear, gesturing for her not to provoke this dangerous, potentially hyper-aggressive character.

However, the man noticed her small gesture. His dangerous gaze repeatedly scanned between them: “Hey. Why are your clothes the same color as Miss Jiang’s? What’s your relationship?”

Xie Shiwei was stunned by his question.

[What relationship? We used to be schoolmates, then a senior and a junior who knew each other. Now… what are we? Roommates? No, roommates wouldn’t help each other like we did last night.]

[Landlord and tenant? Wuwu, Sister hasn’t paid me rent yet. Friends with benefits? Hiss, we haven’t even had the “benefits” yet.]

[Fiancée? Ambiguous female-female relationship?]

While Xie Shiwei was struggling to define their relationship, Jiang Xiyao glared at the man unhappily. The red mole on her cheek also turned vivid from anger.

“Are you blind? Isn’t what we’re wearing obvious enough? It must be—” Matching outfits.

The sentence was suddenly interrupted as if on cue: “Sisters, right? You two are sisters, aren’t you? Although you don’t look alike at all, I heard some cousins have deep affections for each other. Your sister is not bad either.”

Xie Shiwei secretly rolled her eyes with her head down.

Jiang Xiyao, on the other hand, was furious!

Just as she was about to unleash her venomous retort, the manager arrived late:

“I apologize, everyone. I just checked the inventory. The wine you want was a sample provided by the private winery that wanted to cooperate with us. Since you like it, we’ll give you the last bottle as well. Please calm down, calm down…”

As he spoke, he gave Xie Shiwei a look, signaling her to go to the wine cellar to fetch the item.

Xie Shiwei could only walk numbly toward the wine cellar.

Perhaps due to the rich wine collection, the underground wine cellar of this restaurant was as large as a labyrinth. Each area was specifically divided with a large electronic screen displaying the temperature, humidity, and types of wine stored within.

As Xie Shiwei was searching and getting dizzy.

She suddenly heard a very distinct “Gurgle.”

It sounded like something was swallowing.

She was startled and looked back, but there was nothing.

“Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…” As the low, constantly bubbling sound became clearer, she smelled a very unique strange aroma.

The strange aroma, mixed with the wine and masked by the rich wine scent, made her feel dizzy. Whether it was her alcohol allergy or something else, she actually thought the smell was similar to the one on Jiang Xiyao’s body.

It was like…

Fermented wine yeast that had been cured by Sister Jiang.

Xie Shiwei was startled by the bizarre thought. Pinching her nose, she entered the private winery’s name, “Zhou,” provided by the manager into another screen. When she finally located the inventory in this area, she couldn’t help but wonder:

Is the Zhou family so huge that their relatives are everywhere, or do all the rich people in this city just happen to be named Zhou?

After the door opened, she tried to look for the “#21” label starting from the “G” row.

But she found her worry was unnecessary—

Because the most obvious “G21” was painted on the wall with red paint, pointing to a dilapidated rubber wood barrel, and the “gurgle, gurgle” sound was coming from inside it.

As Xie Shiwei slowly approached, the sound became more joyful. Even the round air vent on the lid was popping out clusters of wine, hissing as if it contained a bottle of fully carbonated Sprite.

“!”

Xie Shiwei didn’t dare to get closer. She even felt like she was about to faint.

What kind of wine is this? Is it some legendary Five Poisons Wine? Is there an un-dead snake inside?

She was already weak in the legs from the strange fragrance, and now she had even less strength. Her body was about to collapse backward like a soft noodle, but she was supported by a force.

“I caught you being lazy.” A slightly playful voice sounded from behind her.

An excessively beautiful face intruded into her nearly closing eyelids.

Xie Shiwei somehow regained her strength and managed to stand firmly leaning against Jiang Xiyao. Thinking of the smell she had just detected, she suddenly whispered a complaint: “Sister, why were you secretly following me without saying anything? Were you trying to scare me?”

Jiang Xiyao tilted her head in confusion.

She had actually rushed over because she heard a certain custard bun’s inner voice saying she was about to faint.

But standing here now, she quickly understood the reason for Xie Shiwei’s impending faint—

There was the smell of her fragment in the wine barrel in the corner.

The residual scent was cheering with excitement due to the proximity of the main body. Even now, wine was defying gravity inside, forcefully bumping the lid, like a naughty pet causing trouble to attract its owner’s attention.

How strange. Xie Shiwei can bump into a pile of the fragments that she herself might have trouble sensing, just by going out.

The thought had just occurred.

She realized the “bang, bang” sound was scaring Xie Shiwei quite badly.

Jiang Xiyao had no choice but to hold her tighter, smiling as she patted her lower back: “There, there, good girl~ I won’t scare you anymore. Don’t be afraid.”

At the same time, her palm, at an angle Xie Shiwei couldn’t see, pressed down—

Forcibly restoring silence to the power within the wine from a distance.

In the suddenly quiet wine cellar, the only sound was Xie Shiwei’s gradually steadying breathing. As soon as she recovered, she remembered that it was work time and hastily pushed Jiang Xiyao away.

“I, I need to hurry up and deliver the wine to the customer! Sister, you can’t play pranks on me next time! I’m very timid! I can’t take a fright!”

When Jiang Xiyao heard her say she was going to deliver the wine, she couldn’t help but think of the old woman in that private room just now, and she narrowed her eyes unhappily.

This person is always making excuses to push her away after spending a little time with her, but is always eager when dealing with others.

She suddenly grabbed the girl’s wrist and pressed her against the wall.

With her other hand, she lifted the hem of the girl’s skirt.

After a few days of interaction, she knew the characteristics of this custard cat clearly.

Others would go crazy if they smelled this wine fragrance, but the flush on this custard bun’s cheeks, which hadn’t faded, proved she was different—

Smelling too much of her own scent made her aroused.

Jiang Xiyao didn’t even need to listen to her inner voice. Her fingertip followed the cloth of the skirt hem and boldly reached inside—

Touching a thin, very cold piece of cloth.

And the heat from her body.

“It’s soaked, isn’t it?”

As she asked, a malicious smile spread across her lips:

“Your body always does this when it’s close to me every night, like it’s broken, constantly wetting up the cloth.”

Then, she let out a long sigh, saying in a self-pitying tone: “I was clearly worried about your condition, afraid you’d be uncomfortable at work, so I specially came over to help you—”

“But what about you? Cold and heartless, turning on me, only wanting to stay far away from me.”

Xie Shiwei was terrified by her actions.

Her eyes instinctively searched for nearby cameras or people passing by in the glass corridor outside.

Fortunately, she saw nothing, so she let out a sigh of relief, and with an apologetic tone, she readily lowered her head and apologized:

“I’m sorry, Sister, it’s my fault.”

[To use such a serious expression and say my body is broken, ah, Sister is definitely a pure girl who knows nothing.]

She immediately asked: “Did Sister bring any tissues? Can I borrow some?”

Although she was asking, she was 100% sure that with the other person’s obsession with cleanliness, she would definitely be carrying wet wipes.

Jiang Xiyao just tilted her chin at her: “Lean on the wall and face it. I’ll help you wipe.”

Xie Shiwei: “…?”

She stared blankly, but then heard the beauty urge her impatiently: “Hurry up. Are you going to be able to see to wipe it clean yourself? Do you want to work the whole afternoon all sticky like this?”

Xie Shiwei was about to say she could, but her lower back was unapologetically slapped: “Slap!”

“Do you want me to pose you?”

“!!!”

Xie Shiwei’s face was flushed. She unconsciously faced the wall, trying hard to stand on her rubbery legs, and bent her waist, urging tremblingly:

“S-Sister, quickly! S-Someone might walk by.”

Jiang Xiyao, of course, knew better than her whether there was anyone outside.

But she deliberately didn’t move, only crossing her arms and finding fault:

“Stick your butt out more.”

“Can’t see clearly.”

“Forget it, put your hands on your knees.”

[So mean, wuwu… This, this looks so inappropriate! It’s like I’m stretching and sticking my butt up like a cat, inviting her, aaaaah!]

[No, no, stop thinking, you blockhead! If I keep this up, I won’t be able to stop, and if I don’t wipe clean, I’m done for!]

As if to confirm her fear—

Just as she felt a slight cool breeze on her damp skin, the icy coldness of the wet wipe pressed against her perfectly.

Her waist gave a jolt.

The silent wine barrel next to her inappropriately emitted a “Gurgle” again.

Like it was blowing bubbles.

“Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…”

Xie Shiwei no longer felt fear in her mind. The more she listened to the sound of the wine bubbling out of the lid, the more she felt her own body was also like a broken valve.

Jiang Xiyao even aggravated the situation with a “Tsk”:

“Two wet wipes and it’s still not clean.”

Xie Shiwei’s head was already flushed from bending over, and hearing this, she nearly fainted on the spot.

It wasn’t until she was suddenly pulled up that she simultaneously felt a dry softness separating her skin from the damp cloth.

Sister… she actually placed folded dry tissue directly on it…

Jiang Xiyao saw the resentment on her face, raised an eyebrow, and pretended ignorance of her own maliciousness:

“What’s wrong? It’s all wiped clean. Isn’t this just in case? Or do you really want me to keep wiping for you?”

As Xie Shiwei shook her head wildly, her face red, Jiang Xiyao patted her butt again: “That’s right.”

She paused, then told her: “Don’t let it fall off.”

“If it gets dirty, come to me for a replacement.”

“If it’s not dirty, keep it, and I’ll inspect it after work.”

Xie Shiwei instinctively clamped her legs together.

Even though the strange feeling made her extremely uncomfortable, her brain seemed to have been corrupted by the alcohol nearby, and she couldn’t think of a rebuttal.

[So strange. I feel like Sister’s current way of speaking has a Queen-like dominance… Wuu! It makes it impossible to resist!]

[Al-Although, I don’t want to resist either…]

With Jiang Xiyao accompanying her, she inexplicably grew bolder. She lifted the lid and carefully scooped a few cups of the red wine, then grabbed the red wine the female customer wanted, and left the wine cellar.

Every step she took made her feel scared. She was afraid the tissue would shift, afraid it would get stuck in an unusual spot, and even more afraid it would fall out.

After delivering the few cups of ominously red wine to the male customers, Xie Shiwei quickly slipped into the female customer’s private room to pretend to be busy.

Until she heard the sound of shattering wine glasses, the crisp crackle of glass, and furious roaring from outside.

She cautiously poked her head out the private room door.

But she saw an extremely terrifying scene!

All the customers in the hall outside seemed to be drunk. Some were crawling and barking like dogs on the floor, regardless of their image. Others were laughing hysterically, aggressively chugging wine as if they weren’t drunk.

“Delicious! More! Hahahaha, why do I see a beauty flying in the air? Huh? Come closer and talk!”

“What are you saying? Are you saying you love me? Do you love me? You want to be with me? Let’s go, let’s consummate our marriage tonight, brother—”

The man was answered with a shoe sole that kicked his face without hesitation.

The heel even ground into his face.

The black-haired beauty, sitting amidst the frantic crowd with a strangely calm expression, only curled her lip lazily and sneered:

“You have a face that even a dung beetle would want to roll away? What kind of ridiculous dream are you having? Even a female cockroach would run away from you. Yet you dare to lust after me?”

The next second, she stomped the man’s face onto the ground without hesitation.

Xie Shiwei’s pupils dilated in shock.

She was still worried that Jiang Xiyao’s actions were too excessive and whether the customers would demand compensation once they sobered up. She was about to grab her phone to tell her to run when—

“Hey? What are you doing? Trying to call the police? Interrupting our fun?”

Xie Shiwei was about to scream, but she was facing a broken glass bottle, half of which had shattered, leaving terrifying jagged edges.

The tip of the bottle was pointed at her face, the sharpest point inches from her glasses lens.

She instinctively tried to step back, but the bottle tip advanced inch by inch.

She unconsciously shook her head, trying to explain in fear.

But then, the man suddenly split his lips into a smile, abruptly raised the broken wine bottle in his hand, and swung it at her face: “I love seeing little beauties like you cry the most…”

“Hiss!”

The sound of flesh being torn rang out viciously in Xie Shiwei’s stunned moment!

But the pain did not land on her, but on the shadow that had quickly appeared in front of her, completely blocking her.

Jiang Xiyao didn’t even look at the idiot waving the wine bottle behind her.

She only held Xie Shiwei in her arms, like a giant dragon completely shielding the treasure beneath its massive body. She rested her chin on the top of the girl’s head and laughed lazily:

“I knew you wouldn’t listen. I told you to call out to me. Why didn’t you?”

“Pfft!”

It was the sound of a sharp object viciously piercing flesh.

Useless piece of trash, only manages to stab once after all this time.

“Does it hurt, hehehehe? Do you like taking a hit for someone? How about I bury you two together later?”

Jiang Xiyao paused, as if she had heard a good idea finally come out of a pig’s brain, transforming the dog-like growls into human speech.

She pleasantly imagined the beautiful scene of her and Xie Shiwei, skin against skin, bone merged with bone, tightly connected together in the soil.

As her black eyes narrowed in contentment—

Jiang Xiyao slowly made her next move.

She raised her hands and covered the ears of the timid girl in her arms.