His mom happened to be out too, so secretly playing for a bit should... should be fine.
An hour and a half later...
"It's getting late. Go to sleep already. Good night."
Seeing that it was almost eleven, Su Qiao stopped playing and sent him a message.
"Mm. Good night."
After replying, Jiang Yihan hesitated, but in the end, he still couldn't resist the temptation. He burrowed under the covers, preparing to continue playing.
Then his phone chimed again.
He opened it with a guilty conscience.
"Don't hide under the covers and play."
Jiang Yihan, who had been preparing to sneak in another round: "..."
He suspected she had installed a surveillance camera in his bedroom.
In the end, he meekly put away his phone and obediently went to sleep.
"Host, you're going to scare him like this. What if you frighten him into becoming neurotic?"
"It's only two rounds of a game. What's the big deal?"
"He's never played before. Consider this compensation for him."
"Don't worry. He isn't that fragile."
Su Qiao tossed aside her phone and slipped beneath the covers as well.
Tomorrow was Sunday. She had to visit her brother, Su Yunhai, so she needed to get up early.
*
The next day at noon, Su Qiao arrived at the prison in the suburbs of the neighboring city and met the original host's older brother, Su Yunhai.
Su Yunhai was only a year and a half older than Su Qiao. He was not yet twenty, and he was quite handsome.
Because he had lost his father at a young age, he had matured early.
As the only man in the family, he had always worked hard, taking care of his mother and younger sister in every possible way.
Yet this somewhat taciturn but ambitious young man