Cupid's Assistant

Chapter 39

"What?" Feng Yichen said with an eyebrow raised.

"Come on. Today is our last night before we head back. Let's have some beers," Zhu Haoran said, shrugging his shoulders.

Wu Mingze had finished putting Wu Ming Feng into bed and came back to the living room. "What's going on?" he asked.

"I said that we should have some beers tonight," Zhu Haoran said. Instantly, Wu Mingze's eyebrows frowned.

"I think that's a great idea. Like Zhu Haoran said, 'It's our last night'," Xiaodan said immediately. "What's your thought, Chyou?" she added, looking at Li Chyou.

Xiaodan thought this might help loosen them up or be able to express their feelings better. She could see that something was there. Lately, she's been noticing that every time they accidentally brush against each other or bump into each other, they would blush or awkwardly stand there, not knowing what to say, but they still stuck close to each other. Every time she looked over, they were always by each other's sides or not far from each other. She also noticed that Feng Yichen would constantly look out for Li Chyou, making sure she didn't trip on rocks or roots when they were on hikes or blocking the sunlight for her and giving her some shade. Even when eating, he would help her reach the food she wanted or slip food onto her plate. However, every time he did his actions, he would call her stupid or idiot but still watch over her with care, while she sweetly tried to get him involved with the group whenever he stood there, not caring about anything.

"I... umm. I don't know... Whatever you guys think," Li Chyou said.

Wu Mingze slowly walked up to Xiaodan and lightly tapped her forehead as the others were too busy looking at Li Chyou to notice Wu Mingze's small gesture.

"What are you trying to do? Don't make someone regret what they will do, or don't even think of trying to do something criminal. I will report you, so don't come crying to me," Wu Mingze whispered to her.

Xiaodan gave him a side glance and smirked, "Go ahead. If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me. I'll say you were my accomplice since you had acknowledgment of what I did," she teased. Wu Mingze frowned his eyebrows more.

Xiaodan slightly chuckled before saying, "I'm joking. Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything that will make someone regret something. Just help loosen everyone up, that's all."

"Sure..," he said, not buying it.

Xiaodan just smiled before Zhu Haoran said, "It's settled. I will go get some beers for us."

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Soon, Zhu Haoran came back with a bag full of beer cans. He then tossed a can to everyone as they sat close to a bonfire on the patio at the back of the house. They all popped open the beer and cheered before taking a drink.

"Ah.." Zhu Haroan said after taking a big gulp of beer. He then looked over to Li Chyou, "Chyou, take it easy. If you can't handle your alcohol, don't drink too much," he said.

"Mmm," Li Chyou nodded her head after taking a small sip of beer.

"You too, Xiaodan." Zhu Haoran added, looking at Xiaodan.

Xiaodan took a drink of the beer like it was nothing. For some reason, Cupid's assistants couldn't get drunk.

"Don't worry about me. I don't get drunk," she casually said while drinking away.

"That can't be! There's no way. I am the top person who has a high tolerance for alcohol. No one can beat me," Zhu Haoran proclaimed.

"Oh, really. Nice," Xiaodan said, nodding along and continuing to drink.

"Let's have a match," Zhu Haoran said, playfully and enthusiastically.

"Ahh.. sure. Why not," she said.

Soon, beer cans started piling up as Zhu Haoran's face was flushed, and he started to sway while Xiaodan was completely fine. It looked like she was drinking water as the others just watched their match.

"Wow, Xiaodan," Li Chyou said, amazed. "You sure can hold your alcohol," Li Chyou added.

"Yeah. It doesn't affect me," Xiaodan said, setting the beer can down.

"Let's call it a night. We still have plans tomorrow before heading back, so let's get a good night's rest," Wu Mingze said and looked at Xiaodan, who was about to take another can of beer. He frowned his eyebrows at her as she set it back down and sheepishly smiled at him.

"Yeah, I agree." Feng Yichen said, setting his beer down and staring at Li Chyou, who subconsciously set her down as well. He then reached over and took her beer can away.

"Y-yeah. You win, Xiaodan," Zhu Haoran said in defeat, leaning against the couch with his eyes closed and a red face. "Can either of you guys help me to the room," Zhu Haoran said, waving his hand before plopping it back down.

"Let's clean up first," Wu Mingze said.

"Ah, yeah! Let me help too," Zhu Haoran said, opening his eyes and quickly getting up onto his feet.

"Whoa," he said, trying to stop himself from swaying.

"Ran ge, you should sit down while we clean. You drank too much," Li Chyou said, grabbing empty beer cans.

"No, no. I'm fine," Zhu Haoran said, waving his hand as if he were perfectly fine and trying to help.

Once they finished cleaning up and putting out the fire. They headed inside with a bag full of empty beer cans. Since Zhu Haoran had helped clean up, he soon sobered up. They entered the house in a single file line in the order of Zhu Haoran, Feng Yichen, Li Chyou, Wu Mingze, and lastly Xiaodan.

Once Xiaodan had one foot inside the house, she slightly bit her lips and thought to herself, "I do apologize for anyone who might get hurt. I hope it won't be serious, but I need those two to get closer together."

Before anyone could turn on the light, Xiaodan purposely tripped over the sliding door frame and fell over.

"Whoa," she said, pushing everyone over.

"Ah," Li Chyou also let out a small cry as she was falling. Both Feng Yichen and Wu Mingze quickly turned their bodies around, trying to catch the two girls.

Surprisingly, Xiaodan fell into a soft embrace and felt her lips touching a warm surface as an arm was tightly around her waist. Soon, the lights were turned on.

"Is everyone alright-," Zhu Haoran said, stumbling to turn on the lights and stopping mid-sentence as his eyes widened in shock. On the floor, Li Chyou landed on top of Feng Yichen with her lips firmly kissing his.