The game continued. Some “irrelevant” matters could only be set aside for the time being. Although Shu Yuxin felt helpless, there was nothing she could do about this group of people.

The next round of cards was dealt quickly. Everyone first glanced at their own cards in hand, then, with nervous excitement, spread them out.

Old Mei was the first to look around at everyone’s cards. After that, he frowned, thought for two seconds, then suddenly clapped his hands. “Ah, looks like I lost this round. Hehe, fine, fine—so who won again?”

“Me.” Shu Yuxin raised the card in her hand.

Old Mei froze.

Fu Bai immediately started gloating. “Oh my, Old Mei! Karma, huh?! Look at you, wasn’t this just asking for it?!”

Old Mei scratched his head and flung his cards aside. “Come on, I’m not scared.”

“True enough, Old Mei’s skin is thick as hell,” Old Guan joked from the side.

Old Mei grinned back at him. “Old Guan, say that one more time?”

Old Guan lowered his head and started playing with his phone.

“Ah, I get to ask a question?” Shu Yuxin tossed her card into the pile, eager to try.

“Ask away, ask away.” Old Mei waved his hand grandly, looking completely unconcerned.

Shu Yuxin cleared her throat and slowly asked, “Question! What’s the most intimate thing you’ve ever done with Fu Bai?”

Her thinking was simple. Earlier, she’d somehow been slapped with a “gay” label by this guy, so now she was slapping it right back on him.

Although Old Mei and Fu Bai looked like they never got along and were always sniping at each other, anyone with eyes could tell they were actually very close buddies. And judging by her experience with Jiang Zixuan, close buddies like that had absolutely, definitely, definitely done plenty of things that would look gay as hell to outsiders.

Hmm… did she just expose something?

Hearing Shu Yuxin’s question, both Old Mei and Fu Bai were stunned.

Old Guan, Yan Zhikai, and the others, after a brief moment of recollection, all burst into laughter and started egging them on. Old Guan yelled the loudest. “Old Mei! ‘The most intimate thing’! Don’t try to brush us off! I can’t take it anymore, hahahahahaha!”

Shu Yuxin, Peng Xiaoxiao, and Jiang Zixuan all looked completely confused.

Old Mei hummed unwillingly, then slung an arm around Fu Bai’s neck. “Uh… just this, I guess. We’re good brothers, hugging shoulders and all, that’s normal, right? There’s nothing more intimate than that.”

“Keep lying,” Yan Zhikai raised an eyebrow.

Old Mei gritted his teeth. “Fine, okay. I’ve slept in the same bed with him a few times. Is that intimate enough? That’s normal between bros too, right?”

“Keep lying,” Yan Zhikai lifted his chin.

Zhang Houlin laughed. “That’s enough, Old Mei. We all remember.”

Old Guan was even more direct. “Sigh, Old Mei, you haven’t forgotten that time we played last year, right? Do it again.”

Shu Yuxin noticed that not only did Old Mei look terrible, even Fu Bai had a pained expression on his face.

Although she was curious, she didn’t plan to force Old Mei to say something he didn’t want to. “Old Mei, if you don’t want to answer, you can choose dare.”

She was pretty easygoing. After all, she’d only wanted to put a label on Old Mei, not hurt anyone’s feelings. Besides, Old Guan and the others all seemed to know about it anyway. Worst case, she could ask them privately later.

Old Mei actually thought it over seriously for a moment, then looked up at Shu Yuxin.

And saw that her face was full of a mischievous grin.

“Damn it, truth it is then!” Old Mei shouted, going all in. “Fu-dog!”

“Huh? Huh—! Huh—! What are you doing?! Old Mei, what the hell—” Fu Bai hadn’t even reacted when Old Mei suddenly grabbed his face with both hands, fixing his head in place. Old Mei lunged forward, and in an instant, their lips were at zero distance.

Even Shu Yuxin was shocked.

Holy crap, this is that intense?!

Peng Xiaoxiao froze for half a second, then her first reaction was to look down for her phone.

The others all started cheering at just the right moment, with Old Guan yelling the loudest again.

Unfortunately, Peng Xiaoxiao’s hand speed couldn’t beat Old Mei’s kissing speed. The two separated as soon as they touched, and Old Mei released Fu Bai.

Fu Bai hurriedly wiped his mouth in disgust, then lifted his leg and kicked Old Mei before jumping off the bed and rushing to the bathroom. “Old Mei!! I’ll kill you!!”

Now that he’d gone all out, Old Mei actually looked quite relaxed. “That’s it. Got nothing to say now, huh?!”

“Oh shit! You guys are this passionate?!” Peng Xiaoxiao held her phone, eyes shining with excitement. “So… so this is the kind of relationship you have?! Wow, then all that bickering you usually do, is that just an act for outsiders?! Hey, hey, then which one of you is the top and which is the bottom?! Oh, oh, I get it now, Old Mei, you’re—”

“Stop! Stop!” Old Mei hurriedly cut her off. “That dog will always just be my dog, got it? I’m a straight-as-steel man. The only thing I like in this life is girls.” Only then did he explain, “We played truth or dare last year too, and back then that bastard Li Gunzi made me do it once—oh, you don’t know Li Gunzi yet. Just think of him as a dog.”

Shu Yuxin frowned and thought for a long time, then couldn’t help saying, “…We’re playing truth. You actually didn’t need to act it out.”

Old Mei’s expression froze instantly. “Holy shit.”

Fu Bai, who had just finished washing his mouth and come back from the bathroom, also wanted to curse. “Holy shit.”

Everyone immediately started gloating. As usual, Old Guan laughed the hardest.

“What the hell are you laughing at?!” Old Mei snapped in embarrassment and rage, roaring at Old Guan. “You were the one egging me on just now, weren’t you? It was you, right?”

Old Guan frowned. “Huh? What does that have to do with me?”

“You damn—if you hadn’t been egging me on, would I have done it?!”

“Damn it, I didn’t tell you to do it! You volunteered yourself!”

“Fuck you, I don’t care, just you wait!”

“…”

Old Guan cursed internally.

How could this guy be so unreasonable?

From his point of view, this blame was completely out of nowhere. Logically speaking, Old Mei should have taken responsibility himself. But first, Old Mei didn’t have the awareness to take the blame, and second, there was no way he’d dump it on Shu Yuxin—a girl who knew nothing about it. So after thinking it over, Old Mei dumped the blame squarely on Old Guan’s head.

As for why he didn’t choose dare earlier… it was because he remembered last year’s incident. Combined with Shu Yuxin’s use of the word “intimate,” he was afraid she’d come up with something even more painful, so he just went all in.

Would Shu Yuxin have proposed something like that?

Of course not. Even if she had forced them to do something intimate, she’d have referenced the most intimate thing she’d done with Jiang Zixuan. And between her and Jiang Zixuan… they hadn’t even kissed.

So this just proved that a world without mind-reading powers was damn exciting.

Fu Bai sat back down next to Old Mei, waving a card in his hand. “Alright, next round. Old Mei doing stupid shit like this isn’t exactly a one-time thing. Haven’t you all gotten used to it?”

“Oh? My dog, what did you say?” Old Mei was about to instinctively fire back at his buddy, but when he saw the card in Fu Bai’s hand, he paused. “What’s that?”

He snatched the card away without hesitation and squinted at it carefully. “‘Sexy housewife,’ ‘pure schoolgirl’… tsk tsk, you planning to go hire a hooker?”

“Bullshit! I picked it up at the door just now! Someone shoved it in!” Fu Bai hurriedly explained.

Old Mei didn’t respond. He stared at the small card for a while, then a lewd expression slowly appeared on his face.

“Alright, alright, next round.” Yan Zhikai had already reshuffled the cards. After letting everyone check them once, he began dealing again.

This round ended quickly. The winner was Fu Bai, and the loser was Shu Yuxin.

Fu Bai wasn’t as long-winded. He looked at Shu Yuxin and spoke directly. “Truth, right? I’ll ask then, you—”

“Wait!” Old Mei suddenly tugged him, leaned close, and whispered something in his ear.

Fu Bai thought for a second, then nodded. “Shu Yuxin, what’s your relationship with Jiang Zixuan?”

“Best friends.” Shu Yuxin answered without hesitation.

“Really?” Old Mei raised his eyebrows lewdly. “Nothing more intimate?”

“No. You’re overthinking it.” Shu Yuxin looked completely calm.

“And you guys? What do you think?” Old Mei looked at the others.

This time, no one stirred up trouble. They chose to believe Shu Yuxin.

There was no helping it. From her expression and demeanor, she really didn’t look like she was lying.

Seeing this, Old Mei could only shrug helplessly. “Alright.”

“Then, next round.” Yan Zhikai picked up the cards again and dealt another round.

The loser was Jiang Zixuan, and the winner was Old Mei.

“…Why do I feel like Old Mei’s won a lot of rounds?” Old Guan muttered quietly as he looked at the result.

Old Mei immediately got annoyed. “What, you got a problem? This is skill.”

“Yeah right. You probably used up next year’s luck here,” Wei Zhanpeng snorted.

Old Mei shot him a sideways glance. “Luck is part of skill too. Not convinced?”

“Convinced, convinced. You guys go on. It’s not me losing anyway.” Wei Zhanpeng raised his hand in a gesture of invitation.

On the other side, Shu Yuxin lightly poked Jiang Zixuan’s arm. “Tsk, you lost again.”

Jiang Zixuan sighed.

Old Mei brewed his truth question, rubbed his hands together, then said with a wicked grin, “Listen up, here’s my question: Old Jiang, do you have feelings for Shu Yuxin?”

As soon as he finished, he suddenly leaned forward, closing in on Jiang Zixuan, his tone urgent. “Answer! Answer now! No hesitation! Hurry!”

Jiang Zixuan paused, seemingly startled. After two seconds, he pursed his lips and replied, “No.”