Zhou Yang's expression immediately darkened.
Bringing up something related to Chi Li already meant he was taking the initiative to make peace, but this guy hadn't appreciated it at all.
Then he would have to give it some serious thought. He couldn't get back together with Chi Li so easily.
"All right, junior." Xie Weishui patted his arm soothingly. "Having your confession rejected is actually a valuable experience too. It's okay."
"Fine, whatever." Zhou Yang couldn't be bothered to argue anymore. "Senior Fang got rejected too, didn't he?"
Before Shen Xunye and Chi Li arrived, Fang Jin had firmly held the position of best-looking person in the Raising House.
His rejection did console Zhou Yang to some extent.
"Oh, right, why did Fang Jin get rejected?" Jiang Lele asked curiously.
Fang Jin said calmly, "When I played games in elementary school, I confessed to someone I played with. She rejected me after finding out my age."
Zhou Yang: "?"
How did that count as getting rejected? Was something wrong with Fang Jin?
"Pfft-" Gao Yuan nearly sprayed out the water in his mouth. "You're way too honest... And you've remembered something from elementary school all this time?"
Chi Li teased with a smile, "Don't dismiss an elementary schooler's sincere feelings."
Fang Jin silently nodded.
[Who would dare accept an elementary schooler's sincere feelings, Chi Li? I'm asking you!]
[I'm dying, Fang Jin even nodded. Looks like he really was heartbroken back then.]
[Elementary schoolers are fragile creatures. Please treat them with care!]
[Why is this Fang Jin guy so cute?]
Jiang Lele said, "Haha, what a cute experience."
Wei Xuan was amused too. "If you wanted all three glasses of alcohol to yourself, just say so."
Fang Jin's revelation lightened the atmosphere around the table considerably.
Next came Jiang Lele, who only had two fingers left.
He looked around the table and, after thinking seriously for a while, said, "I... I've cross-dressed."
"No way, dude." Wei Xuan's eyes widened. "You're going that far? You're making that up, right?"
"I'm not!" Jiang Lele declared confidently. "I cosplayed a female character from a game before. You can still find it online."
After saying that, he added, "If you don't put a finger down, you'll need proof too."
Everyone looked around, and sure enough, one person hadn't.
"Chi... Chi Li?" Gao Yuan started stammering. "You... you've cross-dressed too?"
"Is that strange?" Chi Li picked up his phone from the table, quickly found a photo of himself cross-dressing, and held it up toward Jiang Lele. "At the company gala, a few of us trainees performed a girl group dance. Every one of us cross-dressed."
Jiang Lele nodded in acknowledgment. "I think I remember that performance, but I was sitting too far away to see the faces onstage."
Gao Yuan said, "You guys really went all out."
Having provided his proof, Chi Li turned off his phone screen, only to receive an unexpected poke on his right forearm.
"Hm?" Chi Li turned to look at Shen Xunye.
Shen Xunye pointed at his phone. "I didn't see."
Chi Li understood the hint, but refused. "That's not important."
"I really want to see," Shen Xunye insisted.
Wei Xuan, on his right, joined in for fun. "I want to see too."
The corners of Shen Xunye's mouth subtly turned down.
"I've already provided proof," Chi Li said innocently. "Taking it out to show everyone again feels a little weird."
"What's weird about it?" Wei Xuan, who was only joining in for fun, was even more enthusiastic than Shen Xunye. "With the direction you held it up, those of us sitting on this side couldn't see it at all! If we haven't seen it, we can't accept it!"
Before Chi Li could speak, he turned and tugged at Fang Jin on his right. "Hey, hurry up and say you want to see too. If three people want to see it, it'll be harder for him to refuse."
Fang Jin: "..."
Wei Xuan shook his arm vigorously. "Hurry up!"
Fang Jin said slowly, "...I want to see too."
Xie Weishui abruptly grabbed the glass in front of him, his fingers clenching around it. It took a great deal of effort to keep his expression calm.
At that moment, everyone's eyes were on Chi Li, anticipating his next move.
...As if Chi Li were the only main character at this table.
Why?
Why had the Raising House started hurtling out of control the moment he arrived?
Those idiots had clearly been humiliated and disgusted by his gifts, yet they still flocked to him. Did they have no brains?
"Fine."
Chi Li couldn't be bothered to argue with the two of them. It wasn't anything that couldn't see the light of day anyway, so he unlocked his phone again and handed it straight to Shen Xunye.
In the photo, Chi Li wore a black leather skirt and leaned against a wall.
The little strip of skin exposed between the hem of his skirt and his thigh-high stockings was dazzlingly white.
A rhinestone choker hugged his slender neck. His head was tilted slightly back as he looked straight into the camera, his lip lacquer gleaming wetly.
The main livestream hurriedly switched between several cameras before finding an angle that let the audience admire the photo too.
[Oh no, my dick is going to explode.]
[[Lust][Drool][Heart][Whistle] Hi, hottie.]
[His fingertip is resting on his lower lip. If that isn't an invitation, what is?!]
[It is an invitation... [Smitten]]
After examining it closely for over ten seconds, Shen Xunye suddenly placed the phone facedown on the table, his Adam's apple bobbing uncontrollably twice.
A suspicious flush appeared on Wei Xuan's face too. "Uh... Fang Jin hasn't seen it yet."
"He doesn't want to." Shen Xunye pushed the phone back in front of Chi Li and thoughtfully reminded him, "Put it away."
Fang Jin: "..."
"Oh." Wei Xuan laughed awkwardly twice. "You... that photo of yours is really... really something."
"All right." Chi Li didn't want to keep this topic going. "Let's hurry up and move on to the next round. Whose turn is it?"
Zhou Yang immediately answered, "Mine."
Chi Li nodded perfunctorily. "Mm, go ahead."
Zhou Yang secretly glared at Wei Xuan and Shen Xunye before squeezing out, "I like eating cilantro and fish mint, and stinky tofu."
"So we're doing this sort of thing now?" Gao Yuan complained, slowly lowering a finger.
Wei Xuan, who only had one finger left, relaxed. "I finally survived a round."
Everyone except him put down a finger.
Xie Weishui had even run out of fingers entirely.
"Senior!" Zhou Yang had completely forgotten he was supposed to help Xie Weishui survive a round. "Sorry, I didn't notice..."
"It's fine." Xie Weishui quietly looked at every person at the table. "Pour me a drink."
Zhou Yang eagerly filled his glasses. "How about I drink for you?"
"No need." Xie Weishui couldn't even be bothered with pleasantries anymore.
He downed all three glasses in one go, then motioned for Fang Jin to continue the game.
Fang Jin said casually, "I have original songs of my own."
"NO-" Wei Xuan dejectedly lowered his last finger. "Damn it... I couldn't hold out after all?"
Jiang Lele had also put down all his fingers, just like him.
Zhou Yang lowered another one too, leaving only a single finger still standing.
To everyone's surprise, Shen Xunye didn't put down a finger.
"You have original songs? Aren't you... in the film and television department?" Gao Yuan was dumbfounded.