Moonlight shone on the fourth-floor terrace.
On the terrace stood a swing chair entwined with vines, a tea table surrounded by flowers, a candleholder with flickering flames on the tabletop, and a soft white rug on the floor.
The atmosphere was perfect.
"Nice place."
Xie Mi rocked back and forth on the swing chair, gazing out at the brilliant starry sky, the endless sea, and the lively crowd dancing on the deck.
Shen Yeqing was fiddling with something in the room behind her. After a while, he came over carrying a pile of little odds and ends.
"Want to play a few games?"
"What's all this?"
Xie Mi looked over curiously as Shen Yeqing arranged the little objects on the tea table one by one.
A crocodile dentist toy, a toy lie detector, The Book of Answers... There were all sorts of strange and curious things.
"Whoa, you even prepared all these."
Eager to get started, Xie Mi rolled up her nonexistent sleeves. "Then we absolutely have to face off."
They started with the crocodile dentist toy, taking turns pressing its teeth. Whoever was unlucky enough to get bitten had to take a punishment.
Xie Mi's bad luck struck again. She got bitten three times in a row and was forced to massage Shen Yeqing's shoulders and back, even throwing in a cry of "Long live Shen Yeqing!"
Next came the toy lie detector. They took turns putting their hands on it and asking each other questions. With their unflappable nerves, they quickly discovered its flaw: they could spout utter nonsense while answering, but keep their heart rates steady so it couldn't tell.
In the end, they successfully broke the lie detector.
Then came The Book of Answers, gomoku, miniature candy-making kits... They played with every toy available, filling the