Chapter 87 Turning the Tables
Zhao Xiaomei spoke again, "Why don’t you come in and sit, we’ve got a table set up here as well, and who knows, people from the captain’s family might come over any minute. I’m just here enjoying a drink, which we don’t have over there."
After speaking, she intentionally flaunted the drink in her hand.
Luo Qiao glanced at her, pretended to leave, and Zhao Xiaomei said, "How about I share a bottle with you? You can’t tell anyone I’m sneaking drinks here."
Luo Qiao said indifferently, "No need, you drink it. Auntie Gao isn’t here, so I’ll go back to the front yard to look for her."
Zhao Xiaomei became a bit anxious and quickly said, "Luo Qiao, I was wrong about last time. I’ve been wanting to apologize to you but couldn’t bring myself to do it. Now that we’re alone here today, I’d like to make amends with a drink. You won’t refuse me, will you?"
With a look of disbelief on her face, Luo Qiao still said, "No need, I’ve forgiven you already."
Zhao Xiaomei scoffed inwardly but said with a smile, "How can that be enough? This drink is my way of apologizing to you. If you don’t drink it, you’re looking down on Zhao Xiaomei."
Luo Qiao snickered to herself, thinking how generous Zhao Xiaomei was willing to be, and with some reluctance, she said, "Alright then."
Zhao Xiaomei’s face beamed with a smile as she placed the bottle in her hand onto the table and carelessly opened another. It seemed as if she had picked it up afresh, but Luo Qiao had already noticed that the bottle had been opened beforehand.
As Zhao Xiaomei handed the drink to Luo Qiao, intending to grab the one she had set down, Luo Qiao suddenly said, "Is that a snake on the basket behind you?"
Shocked by Luo Qiao’s words, Zhao Xiaomei turned quickly to look where Luo Qiao was pointing. In that brief moment, Luo Qiao swiftly exchanged the bottle in her hand with the one on the table.
