Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

Half an hour had passed, and the game was still ongoing.

Following Zhang Chunxue's turn as the King, Xu Qingfan, Wu Lingyu, and Zhang Yiyi also became the King in the subsequent rounds.

The current situation was that Zhang Chunxue had massaged Xu Qingfan, Xiao Ruawen and Wu Lingyu were squatting in the horse stance while playing the game, and most hilarious of all, Lin Wanning sat on Xia Xiaoxiao's lap.

"Brother Fan, are we done yet? My legs are about to give out!" Xiao Ruawen squatted in the standard horse stance, and if not for her thighs trembling continuously, she would have looked very much like a grandmaster.

Xu Qingfan picked up his phone and glanced at it. There were still three to four minutes left until the fifteen minutes were up, but poor Wu Lingyu was already gritting her teeth, with large beads of sweat dripping from her forehead.

Feeling sorry for Lingyu, Xu Qingfan quietly moved the time forward by just over three minutes, "Alright, alright, sit down, time's up."

As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, the countdown timer sounded off.

"Phew~" Wu Lingyu sat down, relieved, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand.

Because Xu Qingfan had given the order, even when she could no longer endure, she had kept her horse stance impeccable.

"Always picking on girls," Zhang Chunxue couldn't stand it, and chided him while knocking on his head.

"Hmph~ Brother Fan, just you wait till I draw the King card!" Xiao Ruawen rubbed her legs and scrunched up her nose in a pissed-off expression.

[When the time comes, I'll make you kiss Xiao Xiao, and let's see what you'll do, Brother Fan!]

"I'm so scared~" Xu Qingfan shrugged, putting away the cards nonchalantly, shuffling them, and then redistributing them to everyone.

"Hahaha!"

"It's me, it's me, I'm the King!"

Xiao Ruawen excitedly slapped the floor, drawing everyone's attention to her.

"It's finally my turn!" She smacked her card on the ground, and after revealing her hand, indeed, it was the King Card.

Xia Xiaoxiao secretly clenched her fists, giving Lin Wanning—who was sitting on her lap—a disdainful side-eye.

[You want to cheat and sit on Xu Qingfan's lap? Watch me kiss the stinky dog and piss you all off!]

Xia Xiaoxiao inwardly rejoiced, restraining her impulse while frantically signaling to Xiao Ruawen with her eyes.

"Look at you, getting all smug. Just be careful not to order yourself," Xu Qingfan hid his own card and started sneakily peeking at Aunt Zhang's cards.

"Hmph~ just you wait!" Xiao Ruawen was not panicked. After all, she could definitely draw Xiao Xiao's card, and if by chance she drew her own, what's the big deal? It wouldn't be the first time kissing Xiao Xiao!

At that thought, she subconsciously glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao, who had been watching her all along, establishing a successful connection between the Xiao Xia Alliance members.

Xia Xiaoxiao blinked three times in a row, meaning you finally decided to pick up the phone.

She had a two as her bottom card, so after pondering, she stretched out two fingers and scratched her forehead.

[Such an obvious signal, Ruan Wen surely must understand it, right?]

Xiao Ruawen's pupils dilated momentarily, and a smug smile crept onto her face.

[Sure enough, it's Xiao Xiao. Blinking three times means the bottom card is a three, worried about being caught cheating, she even cleverly extended two fingers as a cover. Truly worthy of being Xiao Xiao!]

Feeling like a genius for being in sync with Xiao Xiao, how could she not be?

Concerned there might be a miscount, Xiao Ruawen quickly blinked three times to confirm.

[It's three, right, Xiao Xiao? Respond quickly!]

Xia Xiaoxiao thought Ruan Wen had got her signal and nodded subtly before also blinking three times.

[It's two fingers for two. It seems Ruan Wen has understood.] She contentedly retracted her hand.

[Definitely a three. I am a little genius!] Xiao Ruawen felt she had paid full attention to details and confidently shifted her gaze away.

"Cough cough~ everybody listen up!" She moistened her throat, drawing everyone's gaze toward her.

Xia Xiaoxiao was expectant, Zhang Chunxue curious, Wan Ningyi and Lingyu patiently listened, while Xu Qingfan appeared indifferent.

"The King hereby declares that number three and number one... haha, kiss mouth-to-mouth for one minute!" The more Xiao Ruawen thought about the possible scene, the more she couldn't help but laugh as she spoke.

Xia Xiaoxiao's face originally sported a confident smile, but when she heard it was 'number three and number one', her smile visibly froze.

[No, wait, I'm number two! What is Xiao Ruawen playing at!?]

[I knew Xiao Ruawen was unreliable!!!]

She desperately looked at her, but at that moment the girl was smugly holding her head high, too busy to attend to her.

[I hope Brother Fan is number one, that he'd kiss Xiao Xiao, hehehe...]

As if they were thinking alike, the moment after she gave the order, Xu Qingfan blurted out excitedly, "Holy shit!"

"What's happening, Brother Fan, you're number one, right?" Xiao Ruawen's pupils sparkled frighteningly as she eagerly pressed him for an answer.

"Brother Qing Fan, are you number one?"

"Is it Brother Fan?"

Everyone looked at him in surprise, waiting for Xu Qingfan's response.

Xia Xiaoxiao felt as if her heart had skipped a beat. If number one was the stinky dog, didn't that mean the person supposed to kiss would have been her!

[Ahhhh~ Xiao Ruawen, you're really killing me!]

"Yes, I'm number one." Xu Qingfan frustratedly flipped over his card, looking like he was about to be done in by Xiao Ruawen.

[If number three is Aunt Zhang... that would be terrible!]

"Ahahaha I just knew it!" Xiao Ruawen laughed heartily, while glancing at Xia Xiaoxiao from the corner of her eye, noting the girl raising her eyebrows in anger.

[As expected of Xiao Xiao, she must be pretending to be angry so that no one suspects our cheating. What convincing acting!]

Total admiration for Xia Xiaoxiao's acting skills overcame Xiao Ruawen. Pretending to be clueless, she asked, "So who is number three after all, who has to kiss Brother Fan, hahahaha!"