Dogs Aren't as Nice as You

Shen Yan was slightly shorter than Pei Heng. Pei Heng lowered his gaze a little to look at him, the corners of his lips curling into a smile.

He couldn't hold back.

He reached out and ruffled Shen Yan's hair.

He was pretty cute.

And pretty nice to touch.

So he ruffled it again.

Shen Yan abruptly tipped his head back, his eyelids tense as he glared at Pei Heng irritably. "Are you petting a dog?"

So close to him, Pei Heng met his eyes and smiled gently. "A dog isn't as nice to pet as you."

[Ahhh! Something is wrong with my brain, and my whole face is yellow!]

[What kind of nice to touch? Can you touch somewhere else instead!]

[He obviously only touched his head, so why did President Pei make it sound so suggestive, like he touched somewhere else?]

[Touch him more, I love watching!]

[Please just DO it already.]

"Get lost!" Shen Yan rolled his eyes.

Pei Heng smiled and withdrew his hand. "Okay."

Shen Yan looked at him suspiciously. "Did we know each other before?"

Pei Heng still wore that same smile. "You guess?"

Shen Yan: ...

Guess my ass.

I'm not guessing!

Up ahead, Lu Xingchuan said to Bai Jing with absolute certainty, "Qianshan."

The staff removed Lu Xingchuan's blindfold and headphones. The moment he saw Bai Jing in front of him, he gave a wry smile. "I actually hesitated for a moment. I didn't expect to guess wrong anyway."

After saying that, he turned around.

He saw Pei Heng and Shen Yan standing so close together.

Lu Xingchuan immediately felt somewhat displeased.

He couldn't explain what this displeasure was, but he still walked over to Shen Yan.

He first glanced at Pei Heng, then said to Shen Yan, "I want to say something to you."

Without even looking at him, Shen Yan watched Bai Jing touch Xie Li. "It's not like I've gagged you."

Lu Xingchuan smiled awkwardly. "Can we talk somewhere else?"

"Xie Li."

Bai Jing accurately called out Xie Li's name.

Shen Yan turned to Lu Xingchuan and bared his teeth in a grin. "No."

Lu Xingchuan frowned. "Just a few words."

Just as he said that, Xie Li accurately guessed Song Qianshan. After taking off his blindfold and headphones, he beamed at Lu Xingchuan. "Brother Xingchuan, I got it right!"

Lu Xingchuan had no choice but to look over.

When Xie Li saw Lu Xingchuan standing beside Shen Yan, the smile on his face froze for an instant before quickly returning to normal.

He hurried toward them with an innocent expression. "What are you talking about?"

Neither Xie Li nor Pei Heng spoke. Lu Xingchuan cleared his throat and smiled. "Nothing."

[Oh my god, why do I smell a hint of a love triangle?]

[What love triangle? Is Shen Yan even worthy? Delusional male fans, stop fantasizing.]

[??? Did Lu Xingchuan not get beaten by Shen Yan badly enough for you, clown, to say something so arrogant?]

[Want me to replay the Lu Xingchuan getting beaten compilation for you?]

[There's something that good?]

[Collector's edition, with BGM! I can send it to Lu Xingchuan's fans anytime! As much as you want!]

The ghost-picking game wasn't quite over yet.

The staff led Song Qianshan before everyone.

"Please have Teacher Song pick someone at random, then feel their face and guess their identity."

Song Qianshan was blindfolded, wearing an exceedingly calm and casual smile as she pointed at random. "I'll feel someone over here."

The person standing there happened to be Bai Jing.

Bai Jing immediately stepped forward obediently.

Song Qianshan only had to raise a hand and touch her before she laughed. "This is so easy. It's Jingjing."

Bai Jing immediately removed Song Qianshan's blindfold, her smiling eyes curving into crescents. "You got it right! It's me!"

As she spoke, she gave Song Qianshan a hug.

Song Qianshan smiled and patted her on the back.

The director appeared again, wearing his tiny microphone.

"Alright, after the first round of games, we have selected the first ghost: Teacher Lu.

"Now, please have Teacher Lu put on his blindfold and headphones and wait where he is for five minutes.

"The other guests should find places to hide. In five minutes, Teacher Lu will begin catching people!"

Bai Jing raised her hand again. "After we're discovered, can we run away?"

The director nodded. "You can, but once you're kissed by the ghost, you can't keep running."

With the rules clarified, the game began.

Five minutes later, Lu Xingchuan removed his headphones and blindfold. Standing on the first floor of the villa, he looked around.

Then—

He stared in shock at the LED screen that had appeared on the first floor of the villa at some point.

Five red dots glowed on it.

Each red dot was labeled with a name.

[Fuck!]

[The production team is so damn evil!]

[They actually gave the guests trackers! This is so exciting!]

The red dot labeled Xie Li was on the first floor.

The red dot labeled Bai Jing was on the second floor.

The red dot labeled Song Qianshan was outside.

The red dots labeled Shen Yan and Pei Heng were on the third floor.

And the two red dots were practically overlapping?

[Ahhh! Are they DOing it?]

[I don't care, if the red dots overlap, then they're overlapping too! One on top, one underneath!]

[We're all premium VIPs, so why won't you let us see it live?!]

[Can Jury CP fans stop losing their minds? The overlapping dots just mean the two guests are close to each other.]

[Who asked you to stick your nose in? Get lost!]

Lu Xingchuan stared darkly at the two overlapping red dots on the screen, then took off running toward the third floor.

Xie Li was hiding behind a sofa on the first floor.

The reason he chose this spot was, of course, because it was the easiest place to be found.

As long as Lu Xingchuan wandered around the first floor for a bit, he would find him.

Then he could move together with Lu Xingchuan to catch people. The buzz would definitely be huge.

The CP fans would produce plenty of content too, and their fan community would surely become popular.

But he never expected Lu Xingchuan not to search the first floor and head upstairs directly?

Xie Li incredulously stuck his head out to look.

At a glance, he spotted the LED screen ahead.

There was actually one of those here?

After being stunned for a moment, Xie Li's expression darkened.

Lu Xingchuan had gone straight to the third floor.

The third floor.

Inside a wardrobe.

Shen Yan looked speechlessly at Pei Heng, who was hiding opposite him. "Couldn't you have picked somewhere else? This wardrobe is so small, it only has room for me!"

Pei Heng was squeezed miserably across from Shen Yan. "The five minutes of prep time were too short. I didn't have time to find another spot. Just bear with it."

Thud, thud, thud.

Footsteps came from outside, climbing the stairs.

"Damn, he found the third floor that fast?"

Pei Heng stood opposite Shen Yan. "The wardrobe is too obvious. He'll definitely come search it. If we stand like this, we'll be found immediately. I have an idea."

In the darkness, Shen Yan looked at Pei Heng.

Pei Heng wore a grave and earnest expression. "How about I lie down, and you lie on top of me? We can use the clothes in the wardrobe to cover you."

[President Pei, something is wrong with you!]

[He lies underneath you? How exactly are you going to lie down?]

[Then hurry up and lie down already! Lu Xingchuan is upstairs, and he's about to open the door!]

[Please, I absolutely need to see you two piled together when the wardrobe door opens. I'm begging you!]

That was right.

Exactly right.

Although there was no camera inside the wardrobe, and it was pitch-black.

There was a camera outside the wardrobe.

And their microphones were still on.

The livestream viewers could hear every word clearly.