Xue Tao agonized over it for a while, then decided to ask Huang Ran first... and her little girlfriends.
"Wait, no—what do her little girlfriends have to do with this?" Su Bai spotted the blind spot. "So it wasn't just the two of you going alone?"
"Yeah. She said there'd be photos, venue rental, outfit rental, all that stuff. It wouldn't be worth it to go alone, so she brought two besties... So, Brother Bai, I think she probably doesn't have any ulterior motives. There'll be so many people there—she won't get involved with the photographer or anything, right?"
Xue Tao looked like he was trying to comfort himself, leaving Su Bai dumbfounded.
No, bro!
The photographer wasn't even the issue anymore. The issue was why she had to bring two besties. Wasn't she just using Xue Tao's name to let her friends enjoy the benefits too? What was the point?
Su Bai had seen similar jokes online before—someone went on a blind date, only for the other side to bring their entire dorm room along. The blind date instantly turned into a team-building event.
Just thinking about it felt ridiculous. Who gave these women the confidence to think they could bring their besties along to mooch a meal off a blind date?
It felt like they simply weren't interested in the guy at all.
And now Xue Tao's boudoir shoot was turning into a bestie hangout too, which was even more ridiculous. Su Bai couldn't help complaining, "What do her friends taking pictures have to do with you? And you agreed to that?"
"Hey, there was nothing I could do. She said they were close friends and had been together for three years in college. Graduation isn't far off, so they wanted to take boudoir pictures together as a