My Wife Is Going To Great Lengths/Putting In A Lot Of Effort To Turn Me Gay - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Yaoyao

The sound was quite loud, and several customers waiting for drinks nearby looked over.

Qi Yaoyao, however, was completely unruffled. She pushed the large sunglasses up on her beautiful, straight nose bridge, her arrogant demeanor undiminished.

Xu Zhi looked up and said to her, “One moment.”

A female customer sitting closer to Qi Yaoyao also said, “Little sister, there’s a first-come, first-served rule for everything. We’re all waiting, so you should slowly queue up.”

Qi Yaoyao frowned unhappily and looked over. She didn’t know why, but she glanced at the person who continued mixing drinks, and then jutted out her chest defiantly.

Qi Yaoyao said aggressively, “Who are you calling little sister?”

She was wearing a black, tight small camisole. With that defiant posture, her delicate collarbones, fair arms like solidified cream, and the proudly undulating chest that was impossible to ignore…

Xu Zhi accidentally caught this sight in her peripheral vision: “…”

Xu Zhi concealed a faint smile. She pursed her lips, quickly recovered her composure, finished garnishing with the lemon slice, pulled out a napkin, placed the finished cocktail on it, politely pushed it towards the customer, and then started mixing the second drink.

The female customer next to her was speechless at Qi Yaoyao’s childish act of “proof.”

She wanted to say, Little sister, no matter how big your chest is or how good your figure is, at your age, you look like a just-adult little sister. But after a second thought, she gave up and let her be.

Xu Zhi’s speed in mixing drinks was not slow.

Although she had only been bartending for two months, she had memorized most of the cocktail recipes on the menu. Also, avoiding flashy movements helped save time.

Several customers took their drinks and left.

Some people were originally drinking at the bar, but seeing Qi Yaoyao’s troublesome, hard-to-deal-with demeanor, they also quickly stood up and left.

Five or six people left consecutively.

Only Qi Yaoyao remained.

Qi Yaoyao was eager for everyone to leave. She had seen the other person mix so many drinks, and she had already planned how to pick a fight and create trouble.

Qi Yaoyao said, “Can you make my drink now?”

“Mm.” Xu Zhi picked up the menu on the bar, walked up to Qi Yaoyao, and pushed the menu in front of her. “What would the guest like to drink?”

Qi Yaoyao flipped through the menu, then pointed to a gradient cocktail called “Sun Never Sets,” and said, “I want this one.”

Xu Zhi saw that it was a cocktail using vodka as the base liquor.

Vodka is pungent and potent, almost like black pepper. Someone with a low alcohol tolerance would get drunk quickly.

Xu Zhi didn’t know why, but she looked up at her again. From any perspective, this person did not seem like someone who frequented these entertainment venues or understood cocktails.

She only thought for half a second before she, for the first time, took it upon herself to change a cocktail recipe.

She used cranberry liqueur and Sprite to mix the “Sun Never Sets.”

Qi Yaoyao genuinely didn’t understand, secretly pulling down her sunglasses to watch.

Seeing that the finished product had a similar color, she pushed her sunglasses back up, took the drink, and then continued to feign seriousness. “I want a blue ‘Sun Never Sets’ now~”

“The ‘Sun Never Sets’ only comes in red.”

“Who says so? I insist on blue!”

Xu Zhi saw her proudly lift her chin, paused for a moment, and said she would try.

She could use blue curaçao liqueur and Sprite to mix it.

Qi Yaoyao was secretly delighted that she had managed to stump her. She moved closer with the finished cocktail in hand, but upon getting closer, she noticed something was off.

Qi Yaoyao: “Did you mix this randomly?”

Xu Zhi seemed slightly confused and looked up at her.

Qi Yaoyao pointed to the English and French labels on the liquor bottle in her hand: “Isn’t this Liqueur? The menu clearly states ‘Sun Never Sets’ is made with vodka.”

She pronounced both words very accurately.

Xu Zhi hadn’t expected to be found out and could only put down the blue curaçao liqueur, switch to vodka, and deliberately showed her the liquor label.

Qi Yaoyao was again triumphant for exposing her little trick and said, “Still trying to cut corners, hmph!”

Xu Zhi lowered her eyes. When adding the base liquor, she halved the quantity and then used other beverages to mix it.

Soon, the blue “Sun Never Sets” was ready too.

Qi Yaoyao took one in each hand, first tasted the red “Sun Never Sets,” and then immediately took a sip of the blue one.

Xu Zhi immediately wanted to tell her not to drink like that. Although the amount of base liquor added was minimal, if she had no tolerance for alcohol, mixing them like this would be too much.

But it was already too late.

Because the pace at which she was drinking was simply too fast…

Qi Yaoyao, of course, had to be fast, because she was here to cause trouble!

The cocktail was very sweet, with a large amount of fruity aroma covering the original strong, spicy liquor flavor. After Qi Yaoyao had tasted both, she immediately said, “Why do these two ‘Sun Never Sets’ taste different?!”

“The added beverages are different,” Xu Zhi explained. “Because I had to meet your requirement for the color.”

Qi Yaoyao, who was not here to reason, took the opportunity to make trouble: “No way! Make them again! I want two ‘Sun Never Sets’ that taste the same but have different colors!”

Xu Zhi: “I can’t do that.”

“You can’t do it?” Qi Yaoyao feigned shock, raising her voice so those nearby could hear. “You can’t even fulfill such a small request from a customer, and you have the nerve to call yourself a bartender? Hurry up and make them! Or I’ll complain to your boss!”

“…” Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi watched Qi Yaoyao sitting on the high stool, a drink in each hand, the large sunglasses covering half of her beautiful, delicate face, revealing only her bright red cherry lips, which were hooked up in a challenging smile.

Xu Zhi glanced behind her. None of the little sisters from last night were with this birthday girl.

She was alone.

With no other new customers for the moment, Xu Zhi looked back at Qi Yaoyao.

Qi Yaoyao curled her lip, contentedly sipping the sweet drinks, while secretly watching Xu Zhi through her sunglasses, delighted that her plan had been so easily achieved.

Just then, she noticed a few girls walking towards the bar, chatting and laughing together.

They looked like they were going to order drinks.

Qi Yaoyao put down the nearly finished cocktail and said to them, “Are you coming for cocktails? Don’t bother, don’t bother. This bartender is new, she’s an amateur, the cocktails she mixes don’t taste authentic at all, and she’s just ripping people off! Anyone who buys them loses out. I’m just kindly warning you!”

The few people happened to be new customers to the bar. Hearing Qi Yaoyao say this, they believed her, lost interest, and walked toward the booths instead.

Qi Yaoyao was happy and turned back triumphantly.

However, just as she turned back, the large, black sunglasses sitting perfectly on her nose bridge were snatched away.

Qi Yaoyao’s smile instantly froze on her face!

Xu Zhi took the sunglasses off, meeting those deep, captivating beautiful eyes. She distinctly raised an eyebrow, the meaning in her eyes obvious: Stop pretending, I recognized you.

Silence spoke volumes at this moment.

Qi Yaoyao was initially only frozen because her sunglasses were taken. When she saw the female bartender’s face up close, meeting those handsome, heroic eyes and the half-smiling expression,

Qi Yaoyao slightly held her breath, hearing her own heartbeat accelerate from slow to fast in her chest.

She felt like…

She could kind of understand why Lili wanted her WeChat now.

“Didn’t I apologize to you already?” Xu Zhi neatly folded the sunglasses and placed them beside her hand, then looked back at her and asked, “Or did you not see that note? Hmm?”

Qi Yaoyao looked at her. She didn’t know why, but hearing the same voice now suddenly sounded especially pleasing.

Sexy, magnetic, and a little husky.

Especially the upward inflection of “hmm?” at the end.

Qi Yaoyao swallowed lightly, looking at the bartender in front of her, feeling that her heartbeat was almost louder than the massive, pulsating background music in the bar.

Qi Yaoyao looked at her, and moved her cherry lips: “I…”

Xu Zhi patiently waited for her to continue.

Seeing this, Qi Yaoyao suddenly woke up, snapped back to reality, and remembered her outfit for the night. She coughed, frowned, and deliberately lowered her voice, saying, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

“Wasn’t that you last night, Yaoyao.”

“…!!!” Qi Yaoyao’s heart skipped a beat. She widened her eyes, looking at her in disbelief. “How do you know my name!?”

Xu Zhi saw her eyes widen in surprise. Her lips curved slightly. She thought this girl, though she looked arrogant and spoiled, was actually a bit foolishly cute.

Perhaps low-IQ creatures have a kind of clumsy beauty.

Especially when they are also very pretty, this bonus is even more noticeable.

Xu Zhi said, “It was written on the birthday cake.”

Qi Yaoyao thought back carefully. Oh, yes, her name was written on the cake last night!

But then, Qi Yaoyao felt annoyed. Didn’t that reaction just amount to admitting it?

Then what was the point of pretending…

Xu Zhi saw that the glass in her hand was empty and said, “Go home early, little sister. You’re so pretty; it’s dangerous to linger in this kind of place alone.”

Qi Yaoyao looked at her, no longer denying it, only asking, “What about you?”

Xu Zhi: “What?”

Qi Yaoyao put down the glass, deliberately using the action to avoid looking at her, and rubbed the cold highball glass, quietly muttering, “What’s your name…”

After asking, she waited nervously, her heart pounding.

Xu Zhi: “Know.”

When Qi Yaoyao heard her say “no,” the movement of spinning the glass paused. She immediately snapped out of her strange “enchantment.” She looked up, embarrassed and angry, and said, “If you don’t want to tell me, then don’t! I don’t care to know!”

After saying that, she put down the glass, turned, and walked away!

But she didn’t head towards the bar exit; she walked toward the restroom.

Xu Zhi was momentarily stunned, then realized the other person had misunderstood. She moved her lips in a helpless smile, shook her head, and then took the two empty glasses from the bar to wash them.

There was a clear red lipstick mark on the rim of the glass.

Xu Zhi couldn’t help but think of Qi Yaoyao’s outfit tonight.

A tight camisole, revealing a fiery, perfect figure, large hoop earrings hanging from her earlobes, and her hairstyle—long, voluminous curls hanging down. Her lips, colored with lipstick, were bright red and luscious, making her look sexy and mature, like a city woman.

But just like the previous customer said, she was a little sister.

A pampered little sister who was used to a life of privilege.

Didn’t the cake say, “Happy 18th Birthday to Princess Yaoyao”?

Qi Yaoyao was so infuriated by the rejection of “no” that her self-esteem took over, and she suddenly found fault with the female bartender everywhere.

She wasn’t good-looking, and her drinks weren’t tasty.

And her words were irritating.

Qi Yaoyao stomped her feet, frustrated and angry. After a long period of temper, she pushed open the cubicle door and walked out.

However, she somehow bumped her shoulder on the cubicle door.

“Even you are bullying me!” Qi Yaoyao was hurt by the collision and became even angrier. She angrily cursed the cubicle door, venting her displaced frustration. When she walked outside after cursing, her vision swam, and the step beneath her feet suddenly moved, throwing her off balance.

Qi Yaoyao couldn’t stand steadily, feeling dizzy, and she fell headlong.

Someone was bumped into and immediately swore, “Damn, are you blind!” But when he saw it was a pretty girl, his attitude immediately changed. He reached out to help her and grope her at the same time. “Beautiful. Are you drunk?”

Qi Yaoyao felt a terrible stench assault her nose—smoke, alcohol, and bad breath—making her nauseous. She pushed the man away, trying to vomit, and retched twice.

The man with dyed yellow hair backed away slightly. Seeing that Qi Yaoyao hadn’t thrown up, he eagerly reached out to grope her again.

Qi Yaoyao angrily said, “Don’t touch me, disgusting…”

The yellow-haired man didn’t listen to her. He furtively looked left and right, confirming that there was no one else around, or her companions, and directly grabbed her, attempting to drag her into the men’s restroom.

Xu Zhi was mixing a drink for a customer, shaking the cocktail shaker. She looked towards the restroom direction for the third time.

She still hadn’t come out…

She glanced again at the very expensive-looking small handbag on the bar counter.

She hadn’t brought the bag with her either.