Wager, Rock Paper Scissors

This should be about enough. The rest will depend on adapting to the situation.

Nan Fusheng finished outlining the general plan for what came next, repeatedly running through every detail in his mind. All that remained was to wait for Ye Xinglan to naturally fall into the carefully arranged "trap."

Suddenly, a lively, eager voice rang out beside his ear. "Are you going to a party tomorrow?"

Nan Fusheng froze slightly and instinctively turned around.

Kiana stood not far away, her eyes sparkling with excitement as she stared at him without blinking, her gaze full of curiosity.

"Yeah. What's up?" Nan Fusheng answered honestly.

Upon hearing that, Kiana's already bright eyes lit up even more. Her hands twisted together in front of her, and she leaned forward slightly, her face overflowing with barely restrained anticipation. "Can you take me with you?"

"No." Nan Fusheng refused without hesitation.

He had already asked Xu Xiaoyan about this party invitation beforehand, but she had shown little interest and told him to attend alone. As for herself, she wanted to inspect Bai Xiuxiu a little longer.

Under those circumstances, he truly could not think of any reason to bring another person along. Wouldn't that just add an extra "third wheel" for no reason and make things difficult for himself?

"Please, please, just take me with you~"

Seeing Nan Fusheng refuse, Kiana immediately switched into coquettish mode. Her voice turned sweet and soft enough to make people defenseless, and she gently shook Nan Fusheng's arm, trying to move him that way.

"No. What would you even go for? There's nothing at this party that you can use."

"But there'll definitely be lots of delicious food at the party. I want to eat it."

"If you want food, just have the servants make it for you.