Xia Xiaoxiao also opened a can of Budweiser, and after taking a sip, she still couldn’t taste anything special about it, but it wasn’t difficult to drink either. She said indifferently, "I think it’s okay."
Xu Qingfan couldn’t be bothered to argue with the girl whose mouth was the only hard thing about her. After sitting down, he asked them, "How do you guys want to play?"
"We’ll play with poker cards, and whoever draws the jokers has to do Truth or Dare!" The girls had obviously discussed this while bathing earlier, as Xiao Ruawen immediately said.
"As long as you guys like it." Xu Qingfan cross-legged on the tatami, shrugged his shoulders.
"Let’s start, let’s start!" Lin Wanning, holding the beer she’d just opened, hurriedly sat next to Xu Qingfan.
Once Wu Lingyu found four threes and two jokers and sat down, the game officially began.
"Just to be clear, whoever draws the jokers has to take a sip of beer!" Xiao Ruawen, in charge of shuffling, said before dealing the cards.
"I’m not afraid anyway. Let’s see who’s so weak that they get drunk off beer!" Xu Qingfan clearly wasn’t worried; embarrassingly, the last time Xia Xiaoxiao went abroad, he tried to drink himself into a stupor, only to find that after a dozen beers, he was fine, though he did visit the bathroom five times.
Fortunately, since they all studied chemistry, the senior who came to keep him company knew it was because the alcohol dehydrogenase was breaking down the alcohol quickly into water and carbon dioxide, not because of any kidney issues!
In the end, the senior could only purse her lips and helplessly let Xu Qingfan walk her back to the dorm.
"Mine’s a three, Brother Fan, what’s yours?" Lin Wanning turned over her card immediately after getting it and couldn’t wait to lean over and look at Xu Qingfan’s.
"In the world of hustlers, you’ve got to have clout and a solid background," he said confidently as he slapped his card on the ground, then said, "Turns out it’s a worthless three!"
The girls were amused by his antics, and ultimately, Xia Xiaoxiao and Zhang Yiyi were the first ones to draw the jokers.
After taking a sip of beer, Xia Xiaoxiao said first, "I choose Truth."
"Let me ask!" As these two were known for giving each other a hard time, Xu Qingfan immediately asked, "Why were you always avoiding me during the New Year’s days?"
This was also a question he had always wanted to know, and he took advantage of the opportunity to ask it.
"I... I..." Xia Xiaoxiao couldn’t believe Xu Qingfan would come out with such a big move straight away and started to stammer.
Seeing her expression, all four girls knew there was gossip brewing and cast curious glances at her.
Reminded by Xu Qingfan, Xia Xiaoxiao once again thought back to the scene where he had touched her belly, and her cute toes unconsciously curled up.
"I... I definitely wasn’t avoiding you!" She argued weakly and unconvincingly.
"Hmm? This is supposed to be the Truth!" Xu Qingfan wouldn’t let her off so easily.
[I absolutely can’t tell anyone about the sexy dream or him touching my belly. My period? No, that won’t work, he remembers everything clearly. What should I say...]
Xia Xiaoxiao’s clever brain was spinning rapidly, but this time it seemed to malfunction, and she couldn’t think of a good lie no matter how hard she tried.
The other people, seeing Xia Xiaoxiao’s worried and frowning small expression, also became anxious. Xiao Ruawen urged, "Xiaoxiao, hurry up and say it. Why were you avoiding Brother Fan? We felt you were acting weird those days!"
"I... I choose Dare!" Xia Xiaoxiao simply gave up and declared with raised chin.
After Xia Xiaoxiao finished frog jumping around the living room, it was Zhang Yiyi’s turn to choose.
"Yiyi, do you have someone you like?" Xiao Ruawen couldn’t wait to ask, but the question didn’t pack much of a punch.
"Yes!" Zhang Yiyi glanced at Xu Qingfan, nodded, and said.
"Ah? That’s it?" Only getting a one-word answer, the girl was clearly dissatisfied, but then she realized that, true to Truth or Dare, perhaps a single answer to a question was indeed enough.
"If you don’t know how to ask questions, then keep quiet next time." Xu Qingfan smacked her smooth thigh without amusement.
"Hehe~ My bad, got a bit too excited. Let’s keep going!"
"Not me, please not me..." Xu Qingfan murmured a prayer as he flipped over his card, but Murphy’s Law prevailed, and it was indeed him.
"How is it me again!" Xia Xiaoxiao spread her hands in exasperation, revealing the joker in her hand.
"I’ll ask Brother Qing Fan!" Before Xu Qingfan could even make his choice, Lin Wanning assumed he’d choose Truth.
Xu Qingfan took a sip of his beer, thinking that Lin Wanning’s questions wouldn’t be too scary, and nodded, "Alright, Wanning, ask away!"
"Right now, in this room, Brother Qing Fan, who do you like the most?" Having learned from her previous mistake, Lin Wanning was certainly smarter this time.
[There’s no way I’ll let Brother Qing Fan get away with saying he likes every one of us this time!] The girl raised her eyebrows triumphantly.
"Hiss~" Xu Qingfan gasped, not expecting that the first stab in the back of the new year would not come from Xia Xiaoxiao, but from his most trusted Lin Wanning.
Xia Xiaoxiao crossed her arms, ready to enjoy the show, while the other four girls also looked at him earnestly and curiously, waiting for Xu Qingfan’s answer.
[Saying I like any one of them will offend the other four. How do I break out of this situation? The old masters didn’t teach this!] Now it was Xu Qingfan’s turn to be troubled, internally screaming: Ito Sei, say something, Ito Sei!
[Children make choices; I, of course, like all of them? That would probably get me butchered!]
"Cough cough~ Liking is actually a very broad term." The five girls were startled, not knowing what Xu Qingfan was about to say.