556: 483 This Feeling, This Night (Thank You for the Tip!)_2 556: 483 This Feeling, This Night (Thank You for the Tip!)_2 “I’m going to get so water.”
“What do you need water for?”
“To mix with the drink,” Jiang Chen replied subconsciously.
How could one drink brandy without mixing it with water?
Wouldn’t that be like drinking pure alcohol?
“Mix water with the drink?”
Pei Yunxi’s simple retort left Jiang Chen at a loss for words.
Without bothering him further, Pei Yunxi took the bottle from the ice bucket, opened it, and poured the liquor into two tall glasses.
Soon, both glasses were filled with crystal-clear liquid.
“Are you sure you won’t add water?
You can get drunk easily if you drink it like that.”
Jiang Chen cautioned.
The potency of brandy is certainly not sothing that champagne or wine can match.
“The room is right next door, what’s there to be afraid of?”
Pei Yunxi stated nonchalantly.
Jiang Chen was once again left speechless.
“Cheers,”
Pei Yunxi held up her glass.
Jiang Chen could only raise his glass and clink it against hers.
“Clink.”
The sound was crisp.
After taking a sip, the harsh strength of the liquor made Jiang Chen inhale sharply, while Pei Yunxi, on the other hand, didn’t show any sign of discomfort.
Calmly, she picked up her fork and knife and started eating,
This woman.
Can she hold her liquor that well?
Jiang Chen was quite surprised.
“Do you think being a celebrity is easy?
Aside from acting, there’s a lot more to learn.
Drinking is one of those things.
After all, sotis, there are so drinks you can’t refuse,”
Pei Yunxi said without lifting her head, as if she knew what he was thinking.
Her words.
They went deep.
“Save so for .”
Jiang Chen no longer bothered being gentlemanly, directly reaching out and picking up a delicate, paper-thin roe flower.
Although there was plenty of food, thinking it would be wasteful to not finish it was an overestimation.
Each dish, beyond its exquisite presentation, contained pitifully small portions; one plate featured a little tree bearing four hoops of Huairou chestnuts and black truffles, and another plate had apple slices pickled in beetroot juice, each one nearly the size of a cherry.
Not only would adults find them inadequate, but children probably wouldn’t be satisfied either; these dishes were rely a teaser for the taste buds.
“Didn’t you say you weren’t hungry?”
“When did I say I wasn’t hungry?
I just said I needed to rest,”
Jiang Chen replied, repeating her manner.
Continuing, he reached for another “flower” and only after putting it in his mouth did he realize it was chicken liver with blueberry jam.
It had to be said, this way of eating, if done in a high-end restaurant, might lead to complaints from patrons, just like his previous experience with Fang Qing at the Bvlgari Hotel in East Sea.
However, Pei Yunxi didn’t seem to find anything wrong with it.
It was similar to rich people snacking at a street stall: what seed uncouth to others was simply being natural.
“Take a drink,”
Pei Yunxi raised her glass again.
“You drink first, I’ll eat sothing first to line my stomach,”
Jiang Chen said, without any refinent, and Pei Yunxi didn’t seem the least bit upset.
Instead, she smiled softly and took a sip from her glass.
“I have a question for you.”
“One shouldn’t speak while eating or talk in bed,” Jiang Chen replied quickly, without thinking.
“…”
Jiang Chen looked up, still holding a little flower in his hand, “Fine, just one question.”
“Why did you run off just now?”
“…”
This ti it was Jiang Chen’s turn to fall silent.
Pei Yunxi held her glass, quietly observing him.
“What do you an ‘run’?
I was walking,”
That was a really la joke.
Pei Yunxi gave no reaction but continued to watch him.
Jiang Chen forced a smile.
After looking at her a few tis and seeing she wasn’t willing to let him off the hook, he finally couldn’t take it anymore.
“Are you really going crazy or what?”
He laughed and scolded, “Would you be satisfied if I hadn’t left?”
“I wasn’t joking with you,”
Pei Yunxi said calmly.
“I know you weren’t joking, but…
I wasn’t ready,”
“…”
Pei Yunxi was silent for a mont, then with a questioning intonation, she said, “You weren’t ready?”
That expression made sense if a woman said it.
But.
What preparation did a man need?
Playing hard to get?
After Jiang Chen had run, or rather walked away, the first thing that ca to Pei Yunxi’s mind was this term.
But she had already offered herself openly, so what was there left to play hard to get for…
nonsense!
The so-called stratagems, tactics, and thods of n ultimately aim to charm a woman into bed, right?
Jiang Chen wanted to say sothing but stopped, instead grabbing the bottle and gulping down a large swig.
Drinking pure brandy, the taste is indeed strong.
“I know what you’re thinking.
You want to repay in this way, right?”
He exhaled a breath heavy with alcohol.
Pei Yunxi didn’t speak.
“But have you ever considered whether I need your repaynt.”
Pei Yunxi slightly furrowed her brows.
“Do you think my words sound hypocritical?”
Jiang Chen couldn’t care less about being cautious at this point, staring directly at that flawless face, “If I really wanted to sleep with you, would I need to go to so much trouble?
I can take down a global luxury empire; if I really wanted to sleep with you, would I have waited until today?”
Under normal circumstances, hearing such words would probably set off any self-respecting woman, not just Pei Yunxi, but at this mont, in this situation, Pei Yunxi didn’t find it rude.
On the contrary, she felt that he was speaking the truth.
Indeed, it made sense.
She was a celebrity, true, but no matter how valuable a celebrity was, they weren’t worth tens or hundreds of billions, right?
Let alone her level of stardom; even those A-list Hollywood celebrities would climb into bed obediently if offered investnt in one or two big productions.
Absurd?
Wasn’t the entertainnt industry, or, more accurately, the whole society, just like this?
“Then why did you…”
“Sss…” Jiang Chen took another sip of alcohol.
“Actually, I don’t know.
Yes, I have a girlfriend, but since the day I first saw you, I’ve found myself…
You should understand, so things…
are beyond one’s control.”
Pei Yunxi lowered her eyes slightly.
“Later, when I learned about you and Director Shi, I wanted to help you.
So I entrusted Shi Qianxi to establish CX Entertainnt with .
We got to know each other better because of this.”
Pei Yunxi remained silent, sipping her drink.
“I won’t deny it.
What first attracted to you was your beauty.
But as I got to know you better, I realized you’re different from other stars.
You are sincere inside out, strong and self-loving.
Your goal of becoming a star is also very pure, seeking to improve your family’s situation and to beco a world-renowned actress.”
“So, I wanted to help you.”
Jiang Chen took another drink.
These words, he couldn’t have said them without the courage from the alcohol.
“So I got in touch with Thomas Felton to custom-make a world-class movie for you.
It’s also true that when a man goes through so much trouble for a woman, he’s probably after sothing, right?
But no matter what you think, when I was doing all this, I really never thought about you owing anything.
I was just thinking…”
Pei Yunxi looked up, eting his eyes.
Jiang Chen took a breath, “I was just simply thinking…
to do everything within my power to help you overco the obstacles on your path, to help you reach the place you want to stand.”
The room fell silent.
Only the bright light illuminated the exquisite dishes and the translucent liquid.
“Okay, I’ve said my piece.”
Jiang Chen grinned, “You can scold now.
Just don’t scold for being lewd, for using flowery language or being shalessly thick-skinned; I’ll accept anything else.”
“Are you…
confessing to ?”
Pei Yunxi said abruptly.
Jiang Chen was montarily stumped, not sure how to respond.
“This is the first ti soone has confessed to .”
“That can’t be true.” Jiang Chen chuckled.
“Do I need to lie to you?”
Pei Yunxi shook her wine glass, watching the liquid ripple, “I’m talking about after becoming an adult, in school everyone is just kids, it doesn’t really count.”
Jiang Chen was silent.
“Cheers.”
Pei Yunxi raised her glass.
“Clink.”
Their wine glasses touched again.
The strong flavor stimulated his taste buds as Jiang Chen slowly drew breath, while at the sa ti, silently marveling at his exceptional performance just monts before.
It was not out of insincerity; he had simply spoken the truth in a different form.
Not to ntion Pei Yunxi, even he was almost moved by his own eloquence.
Really, were it not for this bottle of brandy, such an impressive impromptu performance would likely have been difficult.
Just as Jiang Chen was silently giving himself a thumbs-up, he heard Pei Yunxi call out, “Jiang Chen.”
“Hmm?”
Jiang Chen lifted his head instinctively.
“Co here.”
Jiang Chen was confused, thinking she had sothing to say, and shifted himself closer.
Pei Yunxi looked at him, a complex glint briefly shimring in her captivating eyes.
Then.
She leaned in of her own accord.
Their lips touched.
Jiang Chen’s eyes widened.
But this ti, he didn’t pull back.
The mood had escalated to this point.
He couldn’t worry about so much anymore!
Jiang Chen let go and hugged the woman countless n dreamt of tightly, eagerly kissing her, while trying to press her down onto the couch.
But she struggled futilely.
Jiang Chen stopped his actions, bewildered.
Pei Yunxi pushed him away, revealing a barely visible silver thread between them, her delicate lips even redder.
She spoke as if nothing significant had occurred, “It was you who turned down before.”
Jiang Chen was dumbfounded.
“Let’s eat.”
Watching the woman resu her al, Jiang Chen was completely taken aback.
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