The fans’ curiosity was fully piqued.
【Did anyone catch what Gu Zhan said?!】
【He did that on purpose! He definitely did it on purpose!】
【Ahhh, he just wants to kiss his ex-girlfriend!】
【How shameless!!】
【And he’s still acting so calm!!】
【I can’t take it anymore, my blood sugar is spiking, someone call an ambulance for me!】
【Hurry it up, please!!】
Teacher Chen shuffled the cards and placed them in the deck. “Who wants to go first?”
The guests exchanged glances before Fang Yanhang took the initiative. “I will.”
“Alright.”
Auntie Chen glanced at her wristwatch and pressed the timer button. “Begin.”
Fang Yanhang sat up straight and cleared his throat, drawing the attention of both the guests and the viewers online.
“I’ll tell a story. Legend has it that three thousand years ago, there was a family named Liu. The eldest son of this family was extraordinarily handsome, so…”
He was telling a ghost story.
Shi Yi was pretty scared of ghosts, but Fang Yanhang’s delivery was so dry that she couldn’t bring herself to feel frightened.
Seeing that the one-minute mark was approaching, the guests began to relax, only for Fang Yanhang to suddenly let out a loud shout.
“A ghost!!”
The sudden yell caused Shi Yi’s heart to skip a beat, and her body involuntarily leaned toward Gu Zhan’s side. However, she quickly reacted, and her slightly elevated heart rate settled back down.
Gu Zhan immediately looked over at Shi Yi, only averting his eyes once he made sure she was fine.
Beep, beep.
Wen Xin’s watch face turned red.
Teacher Chen announced, “The results are in. Wen Xin needs to draw a penalty card.”
Wen Xin: “…”
She opened her eyes, which had closed reflexively, her face turning slightly dark. She lost just like that??
How on earth was she scared?!
Fang Yanhang burst out laughing and raised an eyebrow. “Draw a card, Teacher Wen?”
Fine, she had to accept defeat.
Wen Xin reached out to draw a card. “Wait, let me pray to Buddha first.”
She pressed her palms together and prayed to every deity in the heavens, from Sakyamuni Buddha to the Queen Mother of the West. Please protect me and let me draw a green card.
As the beneficiary of her penalty, Fang Yanhang poured cold water on her enthusiasm. “Turning to Buddha at the last minute? Buddha doesn’t have time to bless you.”
“Buddha is kind and forgiving; he will pardon his busy follower.”
Besides, with thirty Truth cards and thirty Dare cards, and only five Red Dare cards in total, the probability of drawing one was less than 10%. She couldn’t possibly be that unlucky, right?
Wen Xin reached out and drew a card.
Green Card: Select a guest and tell them, “You are so fat.”
Wen Xin burst into laughter. “Isn’t this simple?! Fang Yanhang, you are so fat!”
Fang Yanhang let out a disappointed sigh; green cards were only worth one point.
“Who’s telling a story next?”
Xie Yixing said, “Me.”
After thinking for a moment, inspired by Fang Yanhang, he also told a story. Halfway through the narrative, he looked at the feet of Shi Yi and the other two women, then suddenly jumped three steps back. “A snake!”
Wen Xin let out a shriek and snapped her legs up instantly, her watch face turning red with a beep, beep.
Ming Qiuqiu shrank back into the sofa.
After pulling her legs up in shock, Wen Xin realized that Xie Yixing had likely scared them on purpose.
However, she was genuinely terrified of snakes. That moment of fright had set her heart racing, and it still hadn’t calmed down.
Wen Xin: “…”
Her eyes landed on Shi Yi’s watch face, filled with disbelief. “Never mind Gu Zhan and Fang Yanhang, but neither of you two was scared?”
She was the only one who got frightened, which made her look so delicate and weak.
Ming Qiuqiu said, “I was scared!”
“My heart rate is 96.”
Shi Yi thought about it and raised her feet, giving her some face. “Terrifying, right?”
Wen Xin: “…”
Wen Xin: “I don’t feel comforted by you at all.”
This was worse than not giving her face at all.
A burst of laughter erupted in the living room. Gu Zhan looked at Shi Yi’s raised feet, suppressing a smile.
Wen Xin reached out her hand. “Fine, draw, draw, draw.”
“Another green card!”
“My luck isn’t bad today! This one is a Truth: Have you ever been in a relationship?”
Wen Xin displayed the card and answered the question, “No, never.”
Ming Qiuqiu asked, “Really?”
Wen Xin replied, “Really.”
“I debuted very early when I was still young. As I grew older, my schedule became busier and busier. For a while, I could only sleep three or four hours a day. Forget dating—I barely had enough time to eat.”
“Does dating take a lot of time?”
“I’d imagine so. Don’t chatting, eating, and going on dates all take time?”
Wen Xin gestured toward Fang Yanhang with her chin. “For details, you can ask someone with experience.”
The experienced Fang Yanhang: “…”
The experienced Gu Zhan: “…”
The experienced Shi Yi: “…”
Gu Zhan looked at Shi Yi with a deep, meaningful gaze.
Shi Yi felt slightly unnatural.
Fang Yanhang clicked his tongue. “Is this a question from Truth or Dare?”
“We’re playing a game, don’t overthink it.”
【Hahaha, it’s Wen Xin again!】
【What’s with praying to Buddha at the last second?】
【Gu Zhan looked at Shi Yi! Awoooo!】
【What does that look mean?】
【Shi Xixi must be quite demanding in a relationship.】
【Doesn’t look like it; she seems very ladylike.】
【Hurry it up, hurry it up, my time is precious!】
Wen Xin poked fun at Fang Yanhang with a couple of sentences before letting him off the hook. “Next up is Qiuqiu’s turn to tell a story. Go for it, Qiuqiu.”
Ming Qiuqiu was put in a difficult position. Fright and fear were the easiest ways to raise someone’s heart rate, but she couldn’t think of a ghost story on the spot.
…Sorry, Sister Wen.
Ming Qiuqiu told a story about a nest of snakes. Her family lived in the countryside, and once, her older brother wanted to plant a fruit tree at home. He dug a hole in the yard, and not long after, she heard her brother’s bloodcurdling scream.
Ming Qiuqiu vividly described the appearance of that nest of snakes and how they slithered into her brother’s clothes, forcing people to picture the scene along with her description.
Wen Xin warned herself not to think about it.
However, being an actress was a profession that required imagination; visualizing scenes from words was her basic skill.
She couldn’t control herself.
The goosebumps on Wen Xin’s arms slowly rose.
Ming Qiuqiu said, “We all thought the snakes had slithered away.”
“After dinner that afternoon, my brother sat on the sofa and suddenly felt a lump moving inside the cushion he was holding.”
Ming Qiuqiu looked at the cushion in Wen Xin’s arms. “A snake slithered out right from inside the cushion.”
Wen Xin uncontrollably threw the cushion away, her watch face turning red with a beep, beep.
“…Me again?”
Wen Xin called out Ming Qiuqiu, “Did you target me specifically when you told that story?”
Ming Qiuqiu smiled apologetically.
Wen Xin rubbed away her goosebumps. “It’s over, I don’t even dare to sit on the sofa now.”
Everyone burst into laughter.
Shi Yi picked up the cushion that had fallen to the floor and patted it clean. “Do you still want the cushion?”
Wen Xin: “…Little Yi, why do I feel like you’re a bit wicked?”
The laughter in the living room grew even louder.
Fortunately, Wen Xin didn’t draw a red card.
The dare was very simple: Choose any guest and give them a hug for a few seconds.
Wen Xin hugged Shi Yi. “You’ll do.”
Not just Wen Xin, but the next two guests who got caught didn’t draw red cards either.
One yellow and one green.
Yellow Card: Choose a male guest, beat his chest with your fists, and say coquettishly, “You’re so bad.”
Green Card: Say seriously and solemnly, “I am a dog, woof woof.”
The more exciting part was that the person who drew the second yellow card was Fang Yanhang. The moment his task was read aloud, both the viewers online and the guests almost couldn’t hold back their laughter.
Fang Yanhang glanced at Gu Zhan, who raised an eyebrow. Fang Yanhang consciously passed over him, shifting his gaze to Xie Yixing.
“Little Xie, do me a favor?”
“Ah…”
Fang Yanhang didn’t stand on ceremony; he threw himself into Xie Yixing’s arms and beat his chest with his fists. “You’re so bad.”
Wen Xin added, “No, you have to say it in a coquettish tone.”
Fang Yanhang pinched his voice and tried again, “You’re so bad~”
After saying it, Fang Yanhang couldn’t hold back his own laughter. “Fuck.”
“Little Xie, don’t be so stiff. It’s just a game, why are your ears turning red?”
Shi Yi watched with delight.
After the task was completed, it was Shi Yi’s turn to tell a story.
Everyone’s eyes fell on Shi Yi, with Gu Zhan looking over openly.
What are you going to tell?
Shi Yi also decided to tell a ghost story.
As a writer, making up a ghost story that was as terrifying as possible wasn’t difficult for her.
As her story began, Wen Xin and the others—who hadn’t reacted much initially—were drawn into the scenario, goosebumps rising all over their arms.
Only one person sat completely unfazed, his eyes filled with suppressed laughter.
Shi Yi: “…”
She made eye contact with Gu Zhan, and her story almost ground to a halt.
Isn’t he giving her way too little face?
She averted her gaze. “Wrapped in her blanket, Norman lay under the bed, trembling violently.”
“The sound of footsteps echoed once more, coming to a stop right beside her bed.”
“She was here.”
“Listen, what is that sound?”
The guests had been dragged deep into the eerie, uncanny atmosphere, and the living room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.
Thump!
A teacup fell onto the ground with a loud bang.
The sudden shattering sound caused the guests’ hearts to leap into their throats, prompting a chorus of screams.
Fang Yanhang reflexively stood up, while Wen Xin and Ming Qiuqiu hugged each other tightly. Beep, beep, beep echoed through the living room as all four of them were caught without exception.
Gu Zhan picked up the broken pieces, looking apologetic. “I’m so sorry, the teacup slipped.”
Fang Yanhang: “…You scared the living daylights out of me.”
Damn it.