Bella immediately let out a wolf whistle, glancing sideways at Shen Wenjing with a roguish air, her tone full of teasing:
"I couldn't tell, so you're into this kind of thing?"
"Oh, what's the big deal?" Shen Wenjing wasn't shy at all; she put away her phone self-righteously,
"I'm not committing crimes, I'm not wrecking homes, and I certainly don't touch porn, gambling, or drugs.
I have money and free time, and I'm simply appreciating the diversity of high-quality human males from an artistic perspective. Is that a crime?"
"Not at all, not at all," Bella played along.
Seeing this, Shen Wenjing shoved her phone screen back in front of Bella's face, winking wildly, her eyes full of eagerness:
"Don't just nod. As a professional, help me check them out?"
Bella pointed to herself with a bewildered look:
"...Me? Check out what for you?"
"Your taste! See which one has the most tension."
Shen Wenjing raised her eyebrows, smiling happily.
Bella gave a dry laugh. Where did she get the confidence to think she could see what they were packing just by looking at the surface?
It wasn't like she had x-ray vision.
But unable to resist the other girl's expectant puppy-dog eyes, she didn't look too closely, they were all about the same anyway, and just skimmed over the pecs and abs of the seven male models.
Finally, her fingertips stopped casually on one of them, pointing at random:
"There, let's go with this pink one. Soft and pink, very pleasing to the eye."
After looking, Shen Wenjing grabbed Bella's hand and dragged her outward:
"Let's go, let's go tonight. We just finished our exams, we should relax a bit."
As Bella was being dragged along, she struggled weakly:
"Big sis, going to a bar on the second night of the semester, is this really a good idea?"
"What's bad about it?"
Shen Wenjing raised an eyebrow and smiled, a wicked glint in her eyes,
"We're just changing locations to drink some beverages.
It's just that the place happens to have a nice vibe, and happens to provide some handsome guys as bar snacks, that's all."
Bella was instantly convinced by this twisted logic. She flipped her hand to grab Shen Wenjing's wrist:
"Alright, then what are we waiting for? Let's go, baby!"
The two of them quickly hurried back to their respective rooms.
Forty minutes later, the two originally innocent-looking girls had both coincidentally changed into hot crop tops.
It wasn't until the last stroke of eyeshadow was applied that Bella stared at herself in the mirror, sporting an early-2000s smoky eye look, and suddenly gasped.
"Wenjing, at our age... will the bouncers even let us in?"
"What do you mean Wenjing? Call me Sister Jing!"
Shen Wenjing was applying red lipstick in front of the mirror, and upon hearing this, she raised an eyebrow without even turning her head.
"Don't worry, that club is owned by a friend of mine. I've already given them a heads-up. Today, Sister Jing will let you walk in there like you own the place."
The two walked downstairs in stilettos and waited by the road for a ride-hailing car.
"Hey, wait a second, I'm going to buy something."
Bella, sharp-eyed, spotted a 24-hour convenience store nearby and dashed inside with her small bag.
A short while later, she popped back out clutching a small plastic bag in her arms, just as their ride arrived.
The two got into the backseat. As Shen Wenjing fastened her seatbelt, she said to the driver, "Sir, to Lumos Nightclub."
Just as Shen Wenjing had said, the two bouncers at the door, dressed in suits and wearing earpieces, didn't even look at their IDs.
Instead, with exaggerated casualness, they both lowered their heads at the same time: "Oh my, how did my shoelaces come undone?"
Heh, as if she didn't see that they were wearing slip-on leather shoes.
Seeing a gap open up, they slipped right inside.
Pushing the door open, a mixture of perfume and alcohol hit her in the face, causing Bella to frown instinctively.
The bar looked much larger inside than she had imagined. The main color scheme was dark purple, with occasional flashes of cold blue-green light sweeping quickly across the bobbing heads on the dance floor.
"Follow me, don't get lost."
Shen Wenjing leaned in and shouted into Bella's ear. Even so, her voice was almost swallowed by the deafening bass.
On the massive curved console in the center, the DJ, wearing black headphones, slid his fingers rapidly across the mixer.
As he forcefully pushed a slider up, the electronic drumbeats smashed into Bella's eardrums like a heavy hammer.
"BOOM—!"
The entire crowd screamed as colorful confetti erupted along with a cold mist of dry ice.
Bella took a quick look around. Whether sitting in the booths or standing by the bar, well-dressed men were everywhere. Under the flickering lights, everyone seemed to be covered in a hazy filter.
Shen Wenjing, however, knew her way around perfectly. Stepping to the beat, she skillfully parted the crowd, leading Bella straight toward the VIP area on the second floor.
As they passed the central dance floor, the atmosphere on stage was brought to a climax.
Waves of heavy bass exploded one after another, and everyone was shaking wildly in the interplay of light and shadow.
Ignited by the vibe, Shen Wenjing stopped, turned her head, and shouted to Bella:
"Babe, this beat is sick. Shall we go up and dance?"
Infected by the atmosphere, Bella threw whatever reservations she had left to the wind and gave a firm nod in reply.
At that moment, the DJ transitioned into a heavy, metallic Tech House track, and the tempo instantly skyrocketed.
The moment Shen Wenjing stepped onto the raised platform, it was as if a switch had been flipped, and her aura was fully unleashed.
Strikingly beautiful to begin with, she now moved with the music, running her fingers through her long hair and tossing it back. She dropped her waist sharply to the drumbeat, executing a silky-smooth squat and hip roll. The intersecting blue and purple lasers outlined her undulating curves.
Her body grooved naturally like a wave to the melody, every movement hitting the downbeat with perfect precision, drawing cheers from the crowd below.
As soon as Bella got up there, she got into the zone as well.
Her 172cm height already made her stand out in the crowd, and now her voluminous black waves of hair tossed wildly with her movements.
Under the dim lights, her smoky makeup masked her usual aloofness, exuding instead a world-weary sense of languor.
With eyes half-closed, her gaze was unfocused yet held a seductive, effortless charm.
Her slender legs swayed, hands resting near her chest, fingertips lightly tracing her curves as her lower back naturally arched downward.
On the very next beat, she suddenly snapped upright using the explosive strength of her waist. Her black wavy hair whipped back with the toss of her head, slicing through the air before falling in a messy yet perfect cascade over her pale shoulders.
That sense of effortless relaxation acted like a hook, a hundred times more captivating than any deliberately contrived dance moves. Instantly, everything around her faded into the background as she completely captured the undivided attention of the young men watching.
Seeing this, Shen Wenjing smiled and pressed closer.
Sharing a single look, Shen Wenjing knowingly turned her back to Bella, their bodies pressing together in a teasing, near-touching embrace.
Bella naturally raised her hands, her fingertips resting lightly on the sides of Shen Wenjing's waist, both of them moving in perfect sync with the rhythm of the music.
At that moment, the surrounding crowd seemed to blur into a mere backdrop, and everyone's gaze was locked onto this stunning pair of girls.
They weren't trying to please anyone; they were simply reveling in the noisy night, fully indulging in the golden, radiant years of their youth.
"Phew... It's been a while since I let loose like this. I can barely keep up."
Shen Wenjing casually brushed a stray lock of hair from her forehead and turned to look at Bella.
Raising her glass, she playfully lifted Bella's chin with her fingertips and teased half-jokingly,
"Hey gorgeous, you had some great moves out there. The way you move that waist... who wouldn't be completely mesmerized?"
"Coming home with me tonight?"
