Say That Again If You Dare

"You're back too?" An Ruzhi spoke first. She had just fetched a glass of water from the kitchen and stopped when she saw them.

Chen Sinian nodded slightly, his gaze settling on Qi Zhaoyi, who was playing on his phone on the living room sofa. "When did you get back?"

"Just now," Qi Zhaoyi said.

He put his phone away. "We went to the Horse-Riding Park. Xuliang and Ruyin were there too. We split up around noon, had lunch, and came back. What about you?"

"We went to the Ski Resort." As they talked, Chen Sinian went to the kitchen to wash his hands, while Su Tangtang headed to the bathroom.

The two returned almost at the same time. An Ruzhi took a sip of water. "I saw. Tangtang, your memes were so funny."

"They were all right," Su Tangtang replied.

She returned the compliment. "Your photos together looked great."

An Ruzhi immediately grew bashful and rubbed her ear, but a few seconds later, she started recounting the funny things that had happened while they were riding.

As Su Tangtang listened, she wondered, [Xue Ruyin and Liao Xuliang rode the same horse?]

[Those two didn't have, you know... a horseback bang, did they?]

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The other three were instantly startled. "?!!"

Surely not?

They had been right in front of the cameras!

An Ruzhi and Qi Zhaoyi, in particular, thought, Please don't! We don't want to be part of their kink!

Su Tangtang hurriedly checked. [Oh, so they didn't.]

Everyone instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Good. They still knew where to draw the line.

[But...]

Everyone immediately raised their heads. Could you finish your thought in one go?

The production crew, especially, had just wiped away their cold sweat, only to start sweating again.

[They didn't do it on horseback, but they did it in the changing room! Those two are seriously wild. The cameraman was right outside, and they still went through with it!]

[The cameraman: Am I part of your kink? Hahahahahahaha!]

An Ruzhi: "..."

Qi Zhaoyi: "..."

The two exchanged a glance. No wonder they had waited so long by the entrance without seeing them come out. So that was why...

Qi Zhaoyi coughed and changed the subject.

When the pair returned after six that evening, everyone discreetly glanced at them.

Seemingly oblivious, Xue Ruyin put her bag down and asked, "Have you had dinner?"

An Ruzhi nodded.

"We ate too. A fitness meal," Xue Ruyin replied with a gentle smile.

They began discussing dinner.

Su Tangtang was bored out of her mind and wanted to go back to her room, but a moment later, she saw the director, He Pijiu, come in from the entrance carrying two little girls around five years old.

She was startled. [What's going on?]

[Did I miss something? Does He Pijiu have another illegitimate daughter out there? That can't be right.]

He Pijiu: "..."

If you know it can't be right, why ask?

Am I the sort of scumbag who cheats?

With a kindly expression, he took the two children over to the production crew.

Su Tangtang hurriedly checked again.

[Huh? He found his biological daughter? It happened just last night! Let me see, let me see. Last night, he got a tip from somewhere and rushed to Apricot Blossom Village overnight. He brought his biological daughter back for a paternity test, then slapped the report in his wife's face this morning and confronted her. Now his wife and her younger sister have both been sent to the police station!]

[Beer, well done! I knew I was right about you! That couple who abused your daughter need to be locked up too. They took money. Your wife had her younger sister transfer it-five hundred thousand, and it was all your money! Just check the bank records, and you'll find it!]

He Pijiu: "!!!"

Okay, okay!

He silently answered Su Tangtang. The reason he had brought the two children over today was to see if he could hear any useful information from her.

Now that he had concrete evidence of a bank transfer, they wouldn't be able to deny it!

He was about to leave with the two children when Su Tangtang's voice rang out again. [Oh, so that's what happened.]

[He Pijiu's father used to work in real estate. An accident happened during that time, and his wife's father and uncle died on the construction site. Although they received compensation according to the contract, losing two breadwinners at once still made them resent the He family. That led to this whole series of revenge plots.]

Su Tangtang offered no judgment on the matter, nor could she, but... [That's so heartless. Sure, she's He Pijiu's biological daughter, but half her blood comes from her mother too. How could she send her away right after birth and let that couple abuse her like that? What did the child ever do wrong?]

He Pijiu thought, Exactly, exactly!

When he had rushed over last night, he had found her sleeping on a little table in the kitchen without even a blanket. It had broken his heart!

His eyes slowly reddened, and he gently stroked his biological daughter's head.

I have to make sure every one of them spends some time behind bars!!!

He knew about the construction-site accident too, but it wasn't as though they had wanted it to happen. The manager in charge of the site had been negligent and had already been sent to prison.

His family had been the client. They had only provided the money; the construction company had handled all the work. They had paid all the required compensation, several times more than the contract stipulated. His father had felt so guilty that he had even visited each household to apologize. What more did they want?

Fine, he could understand their resentment, but what did it have to do with a child?

Didn't they know to leave family out of it?

He quickly left with the two children to keep gathering evidence.

Qiao Yufan and Xu Yuntong didn't return until nearly eight.

Everyone greeted one another and chatted about their dates that day. Before long, the assistant director spoke up. "Everyone's back, right?"

"Do you want to know who took the top two spots for likes on our Weibo?"

Everyone played along. "Yes!"

Su Tangtang thought, [So much bullshit. Get on with it, get on with it!]

The assistant director: "..."

Still smiling, he continued, "Then let's announce the results now."

"As of eight o'clock tonight, the two people with the most likes on our Weibo..."

[Time for a sip of Ganten, right?]

The assistant director: "?"

What was that reference?

He glanced at Su Tangtang. Seeing no expression on her face and hearing no further thoughts, he swallowed and continued, "The two people with the most likes on our Weibo are Chen Sinian and Su Tangtang!"

Su Tangtang sighed inwardly. [How boring. If you've got the guts, make it an eating contest...]

[Huh? Wait, which Su-something-tang did he just say?]

Her head snapped up, and she looked at the assistant director. [Lu Youqi, say that again if you dare. I didn't hear you!]

Lu Youqi: "..."

You didn't hear me, and you're still acting so self-righteous?

He spoke again. "According to the rules, Chen Sinian and Su Tangtang have the right to arrange the guest pairings for the next date. Let's look forward to it."

Su Tangtang: "?!!"