Arriving at the door of Ozbourne's house, George opened the door very considerately, and the usually calm Ozburne's house has been decorated to be lively. There are pink balloons hanging around the living room. Many children have already arrived, talking and laughing and drinking drinks. Elizabeth, on the other hand, was wearing a white tutu dress, which looked like a princess from a distance.
Manman showed an admiring expression: "Liz, you are so beautiful."
"Thank you." After being praised, Elizabeth raised her chin slightly, like a little peacock. She took the gift from Lin Yifei and Manman, and smiled after opening it, "Thank you."
As expected of a child of a big family, that smile made it hard to tell whether it was out of politeness or because she really liked her gift.
Lin Yifei looked around, but didn't see Chris. Thinking about it instead, he doesn't like excitement, maybe he just stays in his room all the time. This made Lin Yifei feel slightly lost in his heart.
Everyone raised their glasses to wish Elizabeth a happy birthday, then blow out the candles and share the cake. Among all the people present, Lin Yifei only knew Manman. Most of the students here are Griffith's students, and they also look indifferent when they see them.
"Hey, Lin." Someone patted Lin Yifei's shoulder lightly.
"Andrew!"
The other party showed a gentlemanly but absolutely not hypocritical smile, "The day after tomorrow we will have a duel with your school's saber team, but we met you today, is it to make us jealous?"
Lin Yifei laughed.
Andrew put his head next to Lin Yifei, "I don't think this place is suitable for you."
Yes, a group of haughty Griffith students were eating cake and pastries while discussing some very high-profile matters, such as whose family bought another villa, whose parents bought a fine New Zealand horse...
"It's really not suitable for us." Lin Yifei nodded.
"Then how about going to the fencing room with me?" Andrew looked at Lin Yifei, with a hint of seduction in the smile on his lips.
"Okay!" Lin Yifei paused, then looked at Elizabeth, "But we just leave the protagonist of the birthday?"
"She is surrounded by so many people, she won't mind us leaving." Andrew glanced at Manman who was sitting awkwardly drinking a drink, "You can bring your girlfriend and let her time us."
"Okay!" Lin Yifei could hardly wait.
Andrew walked over and said a few words to George, who nodded and took them to the fencing room underground. The number of protective gear here is complete, and Lin Yifei quickly found the one he wore, and Andrew also changed it.
"Do you need to warm up?" Andrew picked the tip of the sword.
"Then please help me warm up." After speaking, Lin Yifei slashed at him with a sword.
Manman shouted: "I haven't called the start yet!"
"It's already started!" Andrew raised his heart to deal with Lin Yifei. Although he already knew that this Chinese boy was of high level, he could only appreciate his superb skills when he really dealt with it.
Two people come and go, after the first round, neither of them scored.
"You are amazing!" Lin Yifei sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"I should be the one to say this." Andrew put his posture on the preparation line again, "Your level is no problem to enter the top eight in the country."
"Huh?" Lin Yifei said half-jokingly, "You look down on me too much, you are also the national champion!"
"Okay, we have a chance to bring down Chris Osborne together!"
It was another round, Lin Yifei pressed hard, and at the moment when Andrew was about to counterattack, he scored with a thrust.
Andrew froze for a moment, "You guys are adventurous, I must be careful of you when you are on the field!"
Manman also laughed. Compared to those sweet cakes and rich people's high-spirited talk, she prefers to time them now and watch them fencing.
Just when Andrew stabbed him, Lin Yifei stepped back quickly, stepped on his shoelace, and fell backwards. And Andrew withdrew his sword, subconsciously trying to pull Lin Yifei up, but he pulled him down instead, and with a snap, Andrew lay on Lin Yifei's body.
"Hahaha..." Two seconds later, Lin Yifei laughed, "You might as well not pull me..."
"You're still laughing when I'm kind enough to pull you!" Andrew put down his saber and fought with Lin Yifei. Even Manman who was beside him laughed and laughed, watching Lin Yifei lying on the ground and curled up into a ball.
"What are you doing?" The cool voice almost penetrated their nerves.
Andrew and Lin Yifei froze in place, "Chris... Reese..."
The stern young man walked over step by step, Lin Yifei tensed up inexplicably, and stood up.
"Come here." Chris grabbed Lin Yifei's arm and pulled him out of the fencing room.
Even through the glove, Lin Yifei could still feel the strength of the opponent's fingers.
"Hey! What's the matter?" Andrew wanted to follow, but George stopped him outside the door.
"Please ask the young master to have a good talk with Lin."
Chris pulled Lin Yifei all the way to the open-air balcony on the second floor, and pushed him against the carved fence, "What were you doing just now?"
"... We just had a saber match." Lin Yifei suddenly didn't understand why Chris got angry.
"Were you guys competing just now?" Chris looked at Lin Yifei, "I only saw you fighting in my fencing room."
"..." Lin Yifei opened his mouth, "Sorry, I thought you wouldn't mind us using your fencing room."
Chris was silent there, with a cold expression on his face.
Two seconds later, Lin Yifei raised his brows, with a bad-boy smile on his lips: "Hey, I said, are you jealous of me and Andrew..."
Chris frowned, and the night breeze brushed his hair, looking extremely handsome, "I don't mind you practicing fencing, what I mind is you..."
At that moment, Lin Yifei kissed Chris on the cheek like a demon.
Suddenly everything fell silent. Except for the sound from the party downstairs, the only thing left was the night breeze gently passing by his ears.
Lin Yifei leaned his arms on the fence and stopped talking, just lowered his head and pursed his lips, as if it would be a big deal if I kissed you. And Chris just stood beside him stupidly.
I don't know how long it took, and the two of them remained motionless, as if this would last forever.
"Hey! You are here!" Elizabeth dragged her skirt and stood behind them, "Come down quickly! We are going to play a game!"
Lin Yifei looked at Chris at the side: "Go down, today is Elizabeth's birthday."
Chris didn't speak, but just followed Elizabeth downstairs.
In front of him was an elated Elizabeth, and at the moment his thoughts were still on the balcony, when his fingers touched the place where Lin Yifei had kissed, Chris took a deep breath.
Lin Yifei went back to the fencing room to change his protective gear. Andrew and Manman were still there.
"Hey, are you okay?" Andrew stepped forward, "Chris' guy has that kind of temper, he's usually cold, but when he suddenly gets angry, it can make people jump."
"Forget it, he just misunderstood that we were fighting in the fencing room." Lin Yifei smiled, "He is a serious guy, and thinks that fighting in the fencing room is disrespectful to fencing."
The three of them went downstairs, only to see Elizabeth put several gift boxes on the table.
"Oh, what kind of game is this going to play?" Andrew approached Elizabeth and asked.
"Here are four boxes. In the first box is a person's name, in the second box is what, where, and what, and in the third box is another person's name."
"You don't write about places you can't get to or things you can't do?" Andrew asked amusedly.
"No, no!" Elizabeth waved her hand, "All the places written here are in Ozburn's house, and what is asked to be done will definitely be done. Alright! Whoever goes first!"
Everyone was in high spirits. Two of Elizabeth's classmates actually won the lottery to stand on their hands in the bathroom.
"Who the hell wrote such a disgusting thing!" The guy who was drawn was about to collapse.
"It's okay, I allow you to go to the bathroom and wash your feet clean before continuing!" Elizabeth, on the other hand, looked like she was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.
Finally, Manman was also drawn. This made everyone look over, and their eyes were also waiting for this Chinese girl to make a fool of herself.
Manman took a deep breath, walked to the second box, and the draw was "sliding off the banister". At that moment, she opened her eyes wide. The banister in Ozben's house is very long, although the angle is not too big. But she's a girl...
She looked helplessly at the people around her, but Elizabeth still said excitedly, "Hurry up! See who you draw to slide down with you!"
"Can you not do it, it's too dangerous..."
"What are you afraid of? Someone is with you anyway." Elizabeth showed an impatient look at Manman's cowardly appearance, "Hurry up and smoke!"
Manman was watched by everyone, so he had no choice but to pull out a note from the third box, and then he looked at Lin Yifei slowly, "Brother Yifei, it's you..."
"Huh? Is it such a coincidence?" Elizabeth reached for the note, "It really is! That's pretty good too! Lin will definitely protect you!"
In fact, Lin Yifei was relieved when he knew that Manman had drawn him.
"Let's go, Manman." Lin Yifei took her hand. If they don't skate once today, I'm afraid Elizabeth will let them go. "I'm very good at sliding handrails. I'll take you with me."
Manman nodded, although he was nervous, Lin Yifei could make him feel at ease more than everyone else.
"No." Chris whispered.
Everyone froze and looked over slowly.
"Chris? Why not?" Elizabeth asked.
"Because it's dangerous." Chris said coldly.
"Today is my birthday and I just want to be a little bit more exciting!"
"Stimulation and danger are two different things." Chris looked at Elizabeth, his voice sank.