Chapter 125
Chapter 125
[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Ning Xi, you really don’t have creative blocks, do you?]
[Shen Yibai is probably going to be totally baffled when he sees that message. When did he confess to anyone? And why is he being informed that they can only be friends?]
[Our girl has guts. Out of the four male guests, Shen Yibai is the only one who feels distant to me. He doesn’t seem like the type who can take a joke.]
[Right now, all I care about is Shen Yibai’s reaction. Will he not reply? Or just send a question mark? He seems like the kind of guy who’d do that. After all, when Jiang Sheshe, Ning Mingyue, and Qin Se talked to him before, the conversation basically died after one or two lines.]
[Suddenly thinking… as long as Shen Yibai replies to Ning Xi, with our girl’s master-level nonsense skills, maybe she really can end up chatting with Shen Yibai the longest?]
Ning Xi was thinking the same thing.
But part of that low-fat, zero-calorie nonsense she had just sent was also what she truly wanted to say to Shen Yibai.
For example, from now on, the two of them could only be friends.
Since they were friends, they should terminate that engagement that existed in name only as soon as possible.
Otherwise, her moral bottom line might have to lower itself again.
As she was thinking, a new message from Shen Yibai appeared on her phone screen.
Shen Yibai: “This WeChat belongs to the Program Team. I don’t know the payment password.”
In other words, he couldn’t transfer her any money.
[Good grief. Does that mean if Shen Yibai knew the payment password, he really was planning to send Ning Xi money?]
[Does Shen Yibai not know the V me 50 meme? Or is he being abstract?]
[I don’t know. [scratches head] Isn’t he only twenty-three?]
Ning Xi paused for a second, then asked sincerely:
“Are you being abstract right now?”
What a distinctive way to reject someone.
Shen Yibai: “What is abstract? Abstract art?”
Ning Xi: “…………”
Ning Xi wore the expression of an old man on the subway looking at a phone. Shen Yibai wasn’t disconnected from the internet, so how had a generation gap suddenly appeared in the way he talked?
Thinking about how she still needed to rack up chat time, Ning Xi kindly explained the meaning of “abstract” to Shen Yibai.
Shen Yibai seemed to spend a short while digesting it, then slowly replied:
“Oh.”
“Then what is a meme?”
Ning Xi: …
Shen Yibai had successfully killed the competition.
Ning Xi: “Get online more often, bro.”
Shen Yibai: “Do I have to go to an internet cafe?”
Ning Xi: “………… Do whatever you want.”
Shen Yibai: “Oh.”
[I’m dying, hahahaha! Is Shen Yibai a caveman? Watching him chat with Ning Xi really gives me such a powerless feeling.]
[I think it’s more like he’s a living person with a hint of death. His texting tone is always so half-dead, and somehow it gives off this deadpan humor.]
[Am I the only one who noticed that, without anyone realizing it, Ning Xi has become the opposite-sex guest Shen Yibai has chatted with the longest?]
[Queen. My one and only queen. Ning Xi actually got all three cards.]
“Xiao Xie, how are things on your end?”
During a lull in the chat, Ning Xi looked over at Xie Lanchen beside her.
Based on her understanding of Xie Lanchen, it would already be impressive if he managed to win one card…
“I’ve already gotten…”
Hearing her, Xie Lanchen lifted the corner of his lips in a lazy smile and looked up from his phone toward Ning Xi.
His gaze unexpectedly crashed into Ning Xi’s clear, bright eyes.
Xie Lanchen’s heartbeat stumbled for an instant, and the tips of his ears reddened without him realizing it.
“Why did you suddenly stop talking?” Ning Xi asked in confusion, tilting her head as if to look at Xie Lanchen’s phone.
The next second-
Xie Lanchen suddenly leaned a little closer. His eyes met hers, his aura cold and forceful, yet still gentle.
In the quiet space, their eyes met.
Ning Xi’s heart skipped half a beat. It was as if an electric current had shot through her brain, leaving her with a faint shiver.
What a strange feeling…
“Yes, madam. I’ve already won three cards,” Xie Lanchen said, his dark eyes fixed on Ning Xi. The corners of his eyes were soft and lingering, his voice low, husky, and magnetic.
Especially when he said “madam,” the ending note seemed to curl around itself, somehow carrying an ambiguous, teasing intimacy.
Ning Xi blinked rapidly, her lashes fluttering. “Huh? You’re that good?”
Then, as if trying to cover something up, she quickly looked away and pretended to be natural.
But then she heard a soft chuckle slip from Xie Lanchen’s throat. It was deep and pleasant, tapping against her eardrums.
Ning Xi let out a quiet breath and didn’t dare look at Xie Lanchen again.
[Oh my god, why does this eye contact feel even more intimate than a kiss?]
[OMG, when Xie Lanchen suddenly leaned in just now, my heart skipped a beat right along with Ning Xi’s. That face is seriously top-tier.]
[The best part is that Xie Lanchen’s ears were already red, but he still insisted on looking Ning Xi in the eyes. It was like he was testing how she felt, wanting to know if she’d get as embarrassed as he did!!!]
[If Ning Xi had looked away even one second later, she would’ve seen Xie Lanchen’s neck turning red too.]
[Xie Lanchen, how are you doing pure love with such a scandalously sexy face?]
[Looks like we’ve fallen for a pure-love couple too.]
Only after who knew how long did Ning Xi’s heartbeat finally return to normal.
She rubbed her cheeks, which had finally cooled down. “This room is too small. It gets so hot if we stay in here too long. Let’s go out.”
Xie Lanchen’s expression had also returned to normal. He answered softly, “Okay.”
And so, the two of them left the room.
The cameraman following behind them filmed the air conditioner display showing “26°C,” then filmed the thin jacket he was wearing, as if asking: Where exactly is it hot in here?
The Danmaku instantly filled with hahahaha.
Outside the room.
Once Ning Xi had calmed down, she thought back to Xie Lanchen saying he had “won three cards” and found it a little hard to believe. “You’re not lying to me, are you?”
The reason she could win three cards was because she had known Shen Yibai and Fu Zhi since they were young, so she knew what to say to get those two to reply to her.
As for Wei Xuan, that was because Jiang Sheshe had often come to her for relationship advice before, so Ning Xi knew a lot of the details about how Jiang Sheshe and Wei Xuan got along.
Xie Lanchen had only just met all the female guests, and he didn’t usually have much contact with them either. Could he really have chatted with them for that long?
“Mm.” Xie Lanchen lazily raised a brow. “If you don’t believe me, you can check my phone.”
As he spoke, he handed his phone over.
He looked completely ready to let Ning Xi inspect it however she wanted.
[Hahahahahahaha, is this him letting his wife check up on him? Is he worried his wife will misunderstand because he chatted too much with the other female guests?]
[Xiao Xie, you should’ve lost the game. That way Ning Xi wouldn’t think you’re such a bad, chatty little boy!]
[…Enough. Ning Xi isn’t that petty. She’s competition-brained. She likes winning more.]
[Please, this competition is tied to their activity funds later. If Ning Xi is racking her brains chatting to earn money while Xie Lanchen deliberately slacks off because he doesn’t want Ning Xi to overthink things, I wouldn’t be able to ship this CP anymore.]
[Exactly, exactly. Isn’t the whole point of shipping Xi-Lan Flower that the two of them work hard together toward the same goal, and neither one drags the other down? It’s that sense of security we’re shipping!]
[Previous commenter, agreed.]