Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

Although according to Miss and Yuzu, Xiaoge's designer clothes must be expensive, so he must be a rich kid, Linjiang really didn't expect that this kid would drink wine worth more than a thousand yuan when he got drunk.

"Yes, I like its taste."

Is she or it?

The white-haired girl blinked.

That's the downside of Chinese; personal pronouns are all homophones, so the same sentence can have completely different meanings depending on which homophone is used.

"How about I finish drinking with you?"

Xu Lin offered a suggestion.

"Senior, you're not here to freeload, are you?"

Xiaoge slightly raised her eyes; she was clearly not quite clear-headed due to being drunk.

"Tonight's dinner is on me, consider it a welcome to the ESC club."

Xu Lin gently tapped the table.

"This bottle costs almost two thousand..."

Xiaoge blinked, pointed to the empty bottle beside her, and spoke hesitantly.

In her mind, a VUP's salary shouldn't be enough to cover their reckless spending here.

"This one cup cost me three hundred. This place is really ripping me off."

The white-haired girl simply shrugged, swirled the clear wine glass in her hand, and joked.

"Pfft ww Senior, you're so funny."

Xiaoge smiled.

So they wouldn't leave until they were drunk.

Neither of them mentioned the origin of today's drinking session. Lin Jiang didn't say why she came to find her, and Xiao Ge didn't say why she was drinking alone.

Everyone knows the truth about these things.

Xiaoge must have known that she still had a chance, but they just had an argument because of their emotions.

Linjiang also knew that the source of their argument was just that Yunyun jokingly said that she would definitely go and cuckold other VUPs to Xiaoge.

So, just drink to your heart's content and let your emotions run free.

So Lin Jiang put down the tea cigarette she hadn't taken a sip of for a long time, frowned, and drank cup after cup with Xiao Ge.

The two women weren't close, but that's precisely why things were easier to do.

Otherwise, if Xiaoge comes crying and rushes to Xu Lin to complain, do you think Lin-chan should push her away or not?

After a few rounds of drinks, Lin Jiang's face turned a little red.

"Xiaoge, you can really drink!"

“I grew up here.”

Xiaoge simply smiled, pointed to the table, tilted her head, and looked dazed.

"Then the bartender was just pretending and having her assistant search for ages. It was all an act."

Xu Lin chuckled and retorted.

"Otherwise, why do you think you were able to find me? The rule here is that you can't help guests find people. Sister Xiao Lan must have gotten my mom's permission."

Xiaoge just rolled her eyes and joined in the吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for complaining/criticizing

"Alright, we've had enough to drink, we should head back now."

Before Xiaoge could continue ordering drinks, Linjiang quickly interrupted her.

She now even regrets not bringing the young lady home with her. That way, Xiaoge could drink as much as she wanted, and even if she drank herself to death, she could never outdrink that monster, the young lady.

"Sure, senior, if there's a chance to drink together again next time, I'll be your drinking companion ww."

Xiaoge stood up unsteadily, but her words were anything but ambiguous.

"Don't tell me this is a trap to sell you out of your bar www"

Xu Lin rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Chapter 61, Section 440: All Kinds of Sweetness

"I knew you were rich, but I didn't know you were this rich. This car must have cost over three million in full, right?"

Xiaoge, as expected of the bar owner's daughter, had a thorough understanding of the prices of various luxury cars and could tell the approximate value of Linjiang's car at a glance.

"Really? Then the boss is quite kind."

The white-haired girl smiled and replied, unlocking the door and glancing at Xiaoge.

"Please."

"You're just asking me to get into the passenger seat like this? Are you really not some scumbag from somewhere, Senior Wakaba?"

Xiaoge rolled her eyes, but without any politeness, she plopped down on the chair.

"Don't tell the young lady, or I'll be sleeping on the floor tonight www."

Xu Lin shook his head helplessly, giving him a look that said, "Please spare me."

"Is it really this cruel that we can't even sleep on a sofa?"

Xiaoge's eyes widened immediately, and she asked in surprise.

"The sofa is my cat's special little bed, there's no place for me to stand."

The two joked around casually all the way until they arrived at the school gate.

"Senior, do you think I should pretend to be drunk? It's all your fault, you said so many funny things that made me sober up."

Just before getting off the bus, Xiaoge jokingly said with a smile.

"I think you're in great shape right now, you don't need to act at all."

Xu Lin glanced at her slightly furrowed brows, which were a result of drinking too much, and gave her a thumbs up.

"They really show no mercy."

Do you need me to take you home?

"No, I can manage on my own."

By the time they had come and gone, plus the time spent drinking, it was already very late. At one o'clock in the morning, the campus was quiet and deserted, and the dormitory lights had long been turned off. Only one or two late-returning students were sparsely walking into the campus.

"Let me give you a ride; it's not safe this late."

Xu Lin was still worried about letting a girl walk alone at night, so he got off the bus with Xiao Ge and walked into the campus.

"Senior, are you this warm to everyone? Being a 'central air conditioner' doesn't end well, you know?"

Xiaoge insisted on walking alone, like a stubborn little girl, swaying along the deserted street. A cool evening breeze blew in her face, lifting her hair. Her voice still had a bit of a drunken naiveté, but she had also regained her usual dashing charm.

This girl is quite strong-willed.

"This is just necessary care for the younger generation; it's what I should do as a senior."

Xu Lin followed behind Xiao Ge, sighing silently as he calmly explained.

"Thank you so much!"

With a playful sticking out of her tongue, Xiaoge, half-drunk and half-awake tonight, finally abandoned the persona she had always maintained, becoming energetic, mischievous, and adorable.

"You're welcome."

But the white-haired girl remained the same, and the two of them kept a comfortable social distance, neither too far nor too close.

Although he helps his juniors resolve their inner conflicts and assists them to the best of his ability, Izanagi already has someone he loves and has a clear red line when it comes to contacting girls.

Xiaoge also has someone she likes, so even though they both like girls, there's no ambiguity between them. They're just colleagues, not even friends.

"This is getting a bit boring. It's all the senior's fault. Why did he have to drive here? I could have just had my mom take us."

Xiaoge, who wasn't satisfied with her drink, started complaining again.

"Then next time I'll have Miss drink with you, she can drink more than me."

Xu Lin smiled and shook her head, feeling a little emotional after unexpectedly witnessing Xiao Ge's adorable side.

Indeed, human relationships are full of coincidences. If it weren't for tonight's unexpected situation, Xu Lin would probably have ended up just being ordinary colleagues with Xiao Ge.

"I've arrived, bye-bye senior~"

Xiaoge waved goodbye to Xu Lin. Inside the dormitory building, Yunyun could be clearly seen peeking out from behind the corridor, trying to eavesdrop.

"Okay ww Bye-bye, I'm going back to sleep now."

Lin Jiang wondered what Xiao Ge would think if she knew that Yun Yun had seen this girlish side of her. She smiled and said goodbye with a delighted smile.

Thank you so much this time!!!

"Go back quickly, someone is waiting for you."

........

What happened next is unknown to Lin Jiang, and she will never know.

That was a night that belonged only to the two girls; it was their memory. Lin Jiang, an outsider, neither wanted to know nor wished to know.

If she ever finds out, she hopes it will be many years later at their wedding, when they are drinking together, and she can hear them tell her the story of tonight in detail.

Xu Lin has witnessed too many tearful stories; he's old now and can no longer bear to look at knives.

I just hope that every couple in ESC can have a sweet life.

It was too late, even the subway had stopped running, and the boss wasn't going home in his car today, so Lin Jiang simply drove home.

As soon as I entered the house, a little girl wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Let me smell if Rin-chan went out to cheat today!"