"Fourth... Fourth... Fourth Uncle." He was so frightened that he scrambled off the stool.
Xi Yan's indifferent gaze swept across the room, finally landing precisely on Bai Le. As he walked towards him, he said coldly, "You can continue."
As soon as Bai Le saw him coming, he obediently sat down and waited for him to come over. He even excitedly reached out and patted the seat next to him, signaling him to sit down.
Seeing his obedient appearance, Xi Yan patted his head with obvious pleasure and said in a deep voice, "Have you been drinking?"
Hearing his first words question him, Bai Le pouted and said, "Of course not, I was drinking juice."
"Hot or cold?"
Bai Le asked in surprise, "Of course it's cold."
Xi Yan didn't speak, but instead glanced at Wu Hua, startling him so much that he quickly said, "There's hot food, hot food, coming right away."
With this large Buddha statue present, the younger members of the group in the private room were noticeably more uncomfortable, and they dared not joke around so freely anymore.
Xiaozhouzi was desperately trying to communicate with Wu Hua through his eyes: My fourth uncle is coming too, isn't he being a bit too strict?
Wu Hua: Probably because you're here.
Xiaozhouzi:...
Xi Yan seemed to sense the unusual atmosphere and nodded to everyone in a cool tone, saying, "Please continue, there's no need to be so tense."
Bai Le tugged at his sleeve and whispered in his ear, "They'll be even more nervous if you keep doing this."
Xi Yan frowned.
Bai Le continued to coax him gently, "You need to be more amiable. Look at you, always with a stern face and cold demeanor, who would dare to talk to you?"
Xi Yan chuckled softly, "You too?"
"What?"
Are you also afraid to talk to me?
Bai Le choked, glared at him irritably, and said bluntly, "Am I talking to thin air right now?"
Xi Yan's smile widened, as if he found his agitated state quite amusing.
Bai Le continued, "You need to interact with others more. For example, right now, you can sing with them."
Xi Yan watched him lecturing her endlessly, and for some reason felt a sense of pleasure, so she let him continue his rambling.
"How about we play Truth or Dare?"
Wu Hua also felt the atmosphere was rather awkward, so he made a suggestion.
This idea was quickly agreed upon by the others, after all, singing in front of the Fourth Master did indeed require a lot of courage.
Bai Le, however, seemed somewhat disgusted. "This one again? Can we get another one?"
While asking the waiter for paper and pen to write a small note, Wu Hua asked without looking up, "So what did you say?"
After thinking for a moment, Bai Le realized there really wasn't much to do, but he still couldn't help muttering a few words.
I always lose at this game.
He turned to Xi Yan and asked, "Are you in or not?"
Xi Yan, however, wore a thoughtful expression. "Last time you said you liked someone else because of this game?"
Bai Le didn't expect him to bring this up, and chuckled dryly a few times.
Xi Yan nodded. "In that case, I'm also curious about how it works."
Bai Le coughed a few times, feeling a little guilty, signaling Wu Hua, who was eavesdropping nearby, to quickly come to his rescue.
"Haha, Fourth Master, we were just saying that casually. We'll say whatever we draw, it's not serious."
Xi Yan an "oh" and raised an eyebrow, asking in return, "So casual." Although his expression remained indifferent, showing no sign of anger, it still made Bai Le and Wu Hua swallow hard.
With Xi Yan joining the game, no one dared to be too explicit when writing down the punishments. They absolutely dared not write things like "What color are your underwear?" for fear that when it was Xi Yan's turn to answer that question, everyone here would wish they had gone deaf instantly.
Xi Yan frowned and stared at the note for a long time, but in the end, he wrote something on it.
As the game began, Bai Le kept praying in his heart that it wouldn't be his turn; he never had good luck playing this game.
"Brother Bai, you lost." Xiaozhouzi couldn't hide his schadenfreude.
Bai Le silently gave God the middle finger in his heart, then reached out and randomly pulled out a piece of paper. It read "Truth or Dare," and the question was, "What's your partner's WeChat nickname?"
He breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, it wasn't anything serious.
If we're talking about another way, wouldn't that be called Xi Yan)?
The others also noticed his problem, but no one dared to make a fuss; they could only silently fuel their gossip.
Xi Yan shifted her position, her long legs naturally crossed, her fingers tapping casually on her knees, as if waiting for his answer.
Bai Le took out his phone and showed everyone the notes on Xi Yan's phone.
"Goldfish? What does that mean?"
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, except for Xi Yan, who was taken aback.
The WeChat contact information had no text, only a small blue fish emoji.
Bai Le met Xi Yan's dark eyes, then smiled at him. The smile was so bright that it seemed to remind Xi Yan of something, causing him to momentarily lose his composure.
When the slips of paper were drawn again, Wu Hua was also drawn. He was punished by drinking several glasses of wine and even had to do fifty push-ups. Xiaozhouzi's joy didn't last long either. The slip he drew made him kiss one of his buddies. The two of them vomited the moment they separated.
Bai Le, listening from the side, felt so nauseous that he wanted to vomit.
When the wheel finally spun again and slowly pointed at Bai Le, his vision went black, and he almost fainted.
"Stop dawdling, hurry up and draw it in." Xiaozhouzi had just finished vomiting, and now, caught up in the fun and drunk, he had forgotten about Xi Yan's presence, urging him on with a sinister grin.
Resigned, Bai Le randomly picked a card, opened it, and was stunned. He felt as if everything before his eyes had gone dark.
Seeing this, Xiaozhouzi snatched it away and loudly read aloud, "When was your first love?"