TopAppnovel Chapter 22 Tea connoisseur Lin Zhou appears: Big sister, do you have bad breath?
Chapter 22 Tea connoisseur Lin Zhou appears: Big sister, do you have bad breath?
There was a deathly silence for three seconds on the other end of the phone.
It was as if the signal had been cut off; even breathing could not be heard.
Immediately following was a scream filled with disbelief, even a slightly distorted voice:
"Wh...what?!"
Chu Yuwei was clearly taken aback by this unexpected and cheesy joke. She had anticipated that Lin Zhou would be moved to tears, that he would seize the opportunity to pour out his heart, and even that he would put on a brave face for the sake of saving face.
But she never expected that Lin Zhou would ask her if she had eaten garlic!
This is simply the greatest insult to a delicate fairy!
"Lin Zhou! What...what nonsense are you talking about?"
Chu Yuwei's voice was no longer soft and sweet, but trembled with a hint of exasperation, "How could I possibly eat garlic! I haven't even had dinner yet because I was waiting for your call... How could you humiliate me like this?"
"Didn't you eat garlic?"
Lin Zhou held the phone a little further away, exaggeratedly fanned his nose with his other hand, and said to the screen with a look of disgust:
"That shouldn't be the case. If you didn't eat garlic, how come I can smell a strong...tea aroma even through the 5G network?"
"And it was that kind of aged green tea that had been fermented for eighteen years, the smell of which gave me a headache."
As Lin Zhou spoke, he coughed twice in a serious manner, as if he had really choked.
Su Qingge, who had been tense and ready to snatch the phone and hang up at any moment, widened her icy eyes upon hearing this, staring at Lin Zhou in astonishment as if she were seeing him for the first time.
It tastes like tea?
green tea?
Is this guy... insulting Chu Yuwei?
The white moonlight he cherished for seven years, the goddess who even fought a cold war with him for her sake, is now called "Big Sister" by him, and he even says she has bad breath and is a green tea.
Su Qingge felt that her worldview was being restructured.
Chu Yuwei on the other end of the phone clearly realized what was happening.
For a woman of her caliber, the term "green tea" is practically a declaration of war, a complete betrayal of her dignity.
"Lin Zhou! Are you crazy? It's me, Yuwei! Your beloved Yuwei!"
Chu Yuwei's voice turned shrill and piercing, no longer able to feign a pitiful appearance. "Did Su Qingge force you to say that? She must have been there, right? Lin Zhou, you're a man, how can you be so spineless? You can't even tell the truth?"
"The truth?"
Lin Zhou chuckled, the playfulness in his eyes fading, replaced by a chilling indifference.
He brought the phone back to his mouth, his voice not loud, but clear and distinct, each word striking the receiver like a heavy hammer:
"Alright, since you want to hear the truth, I'll chat with you for a bit."
"First of all, don't call me brother. My mother only gave birth to me, she never gave me any half-sisters. Besides, you're twenty-five this year, right? You call me brother without feeling guilty, but I'm afraid it will shorten my lifespan, eldest sister."
"Secondly, what my wife does is our business. Whether she makes me wash her feet or kneel on a washboard, that's called marital fun. What? Do you live in the Pacific Ocean? Why are you meddling so much?"
"Third, and most importantly."
Lin Zhou paused, his tone becoming extremely impatient, as if shooing away flies:
"My wife and I are recording a TV show right now, and hundreds of millions of people across the country are watching us show off our love. Are you calling in the middle of the night to ask for a wedding gift?"
"If you want to give a gift, WeChat transfer or Alipay are fine, I'm not picky. If you don't want to give a gift, then please... get lost."
"Don't keep me from putting my wife to sleep, understand?"
These words were like a burst of machine gun fire, blasting Chu Yuwei into a sieve.
All that could be heard on the other end of the phone was rapid breathing; the person was clearly furious and couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"beep."
Lin Zhou didn't give her a chance to retaliate at all, and simply pressed the hang-up button.
The world is quiet now.
It was not only quiet, but almost too quiet.
Under the grape trellis, all you can hear is the rustling of the wind through the leaves and the chirping of unknown insects in the distance.
Lin Zhou casually tossed his phone onto the small bamboo table beside him, as if throwing away a rag stained with excrement. Then, he took a deep breath, turned around, and looked at Su Qingge, who had been leaning against the pillar without saying a word.
Su Qingge remained in the same position as before.
Arms crossed over chest, chin slightly raised.
But those eyes, which were originally as cold as ice, were now churning with complex emotions: shock, confusion, bewilderment... and a hint of faint joy that she herself was unaware of.
She looked at Lin Zhou as if he were a strange monster.
"you……"
Su Qingge opened her mouth, her voice surprisingly dry, "You were... acting just now?"
This was the only explanation she could think of.
After all, Lin Zhou's "deep affection" for Chu Yuwei was known throughout the school. How could he suddenly turn on her and hurl such... such vulgar insults?
It was definitely an act for her, to keep her calm, for the contract, or... for the money.
Thinking of this, the little light that had just appeared in Su Qingge's eyes dimmed again.
"acting?"
Lin Zhou raised an eyebrow and took a step forward.
Looking at Su Qingge's anxious and hesitant expression, wanting to believe yet afraid to, he felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart.
How deeply did the original owner hurt this woman over these seven years?
It made her so afraid to believe even a single truthful word.
"Honey, if I said I was just playing myself, would you believe me?"
Lin Zhou stopped his joking and looked into her eyes very seriously. "Before, I was out of my mind and couldn't tell the difference between good and bad people. But now, the water's out, and my mind is clear."
"That kind of green tea b*tch who talks a lot of nonsense isn't even worthy of carrying your shoes. I was blind before, but now..."
He pointed to his eyes, a gentle smile curving his lips:
"Now my eyesight is 5.2, I can see very clearly who is the person I should treat well."
Su Qingge's heart skipped a beat.
The tenderness in those peach blossom eyes was so intense and real, like a bottomless pool of water, making her want to drown in it.
She instinctively wanted to avoid the unsettling eye contact, turning her head away and muttering softly:
"You're so glib...who knows if you're just trying to make me happy."
Although she said that, her tense shoulders visibly relaxed, and the corners of her originally cold and hard mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly in a small arc.
That feeling was like the sudden breaking of solid ice and the first signs of spring.
Lin Zhou saw this and chuckled to himself.
This woman is really easy to please.
Now that the atmosphere has been built up to this point, it would be a disservice to the system's nurturing if we didn't strike while the iron was hot and ask for some benefits!
"It's my responsibility to make you happy."
Lin Zhou leaned forward again, almost touching Su Qingge, and his tone instantly switched back to that irritating one:
"Honey, look how well I behaved just now, serving tea and expressing my loyalty. Even if I didn't do anything special, I certainly put in the effort, right?"
Su Qingge leaned back warily: "What do you want to do?"
"hey-hey."
Lin Zhou rubbed his hands together, pointed to the incredibly narrow four-poster bed in the room, and blinked expectantly:
"Well... you see, our bed is already small. Last night, to keep you from falling off, half of my body was hanging outside, and my back almost broke."
"Tonight...could you do me the honor of moving in a little further?"
Su Qingge was stunned for a moment.
She thought this guy was going to make some unreasonable demands, like getting his bank card back or having his debts forgiven.
And that's it?
Seeing Lin Zhou's pitiful look as he begged for shelter, and recalling his domineering protection of Chu Yuwei when he confronted her earlier, Su Qingge's last line of defense completely collapsed.
"Give an inch and you'll want a mile."
She gave a soft hum, turned around and walked into the house. Although her back view remained aloof, her light steps betrayed her good mood at the moment.
As she reached the door, she paused slightly, but without turning around, she simply uttered a single sentence:
"Since you did reasonably well today... I'll grant your request."