While Xiang Kun was trying to find a way to suppress postprandial vomiting, Yang Zhen'er had already driven Tang Baona and Xia Libing away from the community parking lot.
"Don't you think Xiang Kun's personality is a bit too awkward? He's clearly someone who can cook and share with his neighbors, but he just wouldn't eat with us no matter what. If we hadn't met his neighbor this time, we don't know how long we would have had to wait to eat this meal," Yang Zhen'er said indignantly.
In the past, whether at school, at work, or elsewhere, all sorts of boys wanted to invite them to dinner but couldn't. But with Xiang Kun, whether it was Tang Baona or her, they were repeatedly invited but were rejected. They were completely unmoved, as if having dinner with them was some kind of troublesome thing.
It wasn't that they particularly wanted to eat with Xiang Kun, but rather that the more Xiang Kun refused, the more curious they became, and the more they wanted to see what would happen if they ate with him, and why he was so resistant.
Even before they came here today, the three of them had agreed that whoever won at Xiang Kun to treat them to a meal.
However, to their surprise, none of them could beat him for the entire afternoon.
"I guess they weren't very familiar with us before," Tang Baona said, recalling her phone call with Xiang Kun.
Yang Zhen'er snorted twice and said, "Bullshit! He hasn't been here long, how familiar could he be with that neighbor? I think he's just putting on airs! Being arrogant!"
Tang Baona couldn't help but laugh and said, "Awesome my foot! You've used the wrong adjective!"
Yang Zhen'er continued, "When I saw the rabbits he kept at his house, I thought that this bald, rough-looking guy actually liked keeping such cute pets as rabbits, so maybe there was a gentle heart hidden beneath his rugged exterior... Who would have thought that he kept rabbits just to eat them!!"
Seeing her friend's angry expression, Tang Baona laughed until her stomach hurt in the passenger seat.
Xia Libing, sitting in the back seat, interjected, "Those three were originally meat rabbits."
"How about we Xiang Kun try making spicy rabbit next time?" Tang Baona said. "I overheard his neighbor in the elevator saying it tasted really good, and I don't think he was just Xiang Kun."
"Absolutely not!" Yang Zhen'er said through gritted teeth. "I'd rather die than eat it!"
"You see... this might be why Xiang Kun doesn't want to eat with us."
"Is it my fault? Could it be that the quirk he mentioned before was only eating rabbit meat?"
Tang Baona laughed and said, "Last time I went to the countryside with you to visit your sixth great-uncle, your great-aunt caught one of her own guinea fowl, killed it, and gave it to us to eat. Didn't you enjoy it quite a bit?"
"That... that's a chicken."
Tang Baona laughed and said, "What's the difference? Is it because rabbits are cuter than chickens? Are you discriminating against chickens or rabbit meat?"
"I can't argue with you, so I'm not eating!" Yang Zhen'er said, then asked Xia Libing in the back seat, "Lao Xia, from your perspective as a 'psychologist,' why doesn't Xiang Kun like eating with us?"
"I'm not a psychologist," Xia Libing replied, then thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "I can't analyze it."
"Lao Xia, weren't you pretty good at Texas Hold'em before? How come you can't win a single game today?" Tang Baona asked curiously. They used to play Texas Hold'em with a lot of people, and Xia Libing always dominated and won the most. That's why they brought Texas Hold'em instead of playing Dou Dizhu. But today, he couldn't beat Xiang Kun even once, which really puzzled her.
Xia Libing was also somewhat puzzled. "I don't know why, but he always seems to guess my plans." She paused slightly, then added, "Next time, let me try a one-on-one match with him."
Upon hearing this, Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona were both speechless.
Isn't this blatantly saying that the two of them are dragging the team down?
But thinking about it, it seems to be true. When the four of them played, in the first few rounds, the two of them would always lose all their chips first, and Xiang Kun would always win more, giving him an advantage to go one-on-one with Xia Libing.
Yang Zhen'er muttered, "Playing cards with Xiang Kun is so unpleasant. I always feel like he knows what cards I have in my hand!"
Tang Baona nodded in agreement. "Yes, every time I try to bluff him, he sees through me. Every time I actually get a good hand, he doesn't call. It's really infuriating, like he can see my cards..."
Yang Zhen'er couldn't help but wonder, "Could he have installed a camera at home to secretly film our cards?" She initially wanted to suggest that he might have marked the cards, but then she remembered that they were the ones who brought the cards with them.
"You're overthinking it... His living room is so empty, where would he hide a camera? Even if there really is surveillance, we always cover our hands when we see the cards, unless the camera is attached to us..." Tang Baona said thoughtfully, "Maybe he's really good at Texas Hold'em? Aren't people said that people who are good at math are good at Texas Hold'em? Didn't Lao Xia say last time that he was good at remembering cards?"
Yang Zhen'er said excitedly, "You mean like in the movies, he can figure out which card is which number just by watching us shuffle the cards?"
Tang Baona was a little unsure. "Uh, it shouldn't be that exaggerated..."
Xia Libing shook her head. "It's not just about remembering the cards."
During dinner, the three girls continued to talk about Xiang Kun, discussing whether he had any special cheating methods, what games they should play next to win, and whether the dishes Xiang Kun cooked were actually delicious.
Yang Zhen'er even suggested that next time she play Ludo with Xiang Kun...
After dinner, Xia Libing did not go to Tang Baona's house to stay overnight, but instead asked her cousin to take her home.
Xia Libing is also a local resident. She lives in a high-rise duplex apartment of over 400 square meters, and the interior decoration exudes a luxurious atmosphere.
Although she lived with her parents, they were always busy with their careers and traveling around, spending very little time at home.
When she was little, she had someone to take care of her, but starting from middle school, she was basically on her own, at most sometimes being forced to play with her cousin Yang Zhen'er.
After unlocking the fingerprint lock, the automatic light turned on, and the huge house was empty.
However, Xia Libing felt more comfortable being alone.
After closing the door and changing into slippers, she began to undress.
After taking off my T-shirt and athletic pants, I also took off my underwear and bra, leaving me completely naked. I went into the room, opened the closet, grabbed a pair of athletic shorts and an oversized T-shirt, put them on, and then sat down in the computer chair.
Wake up the computer, enter the password, and log in to the system.
Simply type the folder name and press Enter to open a hidden folder. Enter the password to access the folder.
This is a folder containing hundreds of doc documents, each folder name consisting of a string of letters and numbers.
Xia Libing opened the first file, and what came into view was a personal profile page with a headshot in the upper left corner, but it was obvious that it was taken from another photo.
He was a bald man wearing glasses.