"You guys can read it yourselves."
Aiyire tossed the card onto the table.
[Truth Card: Have you ever thought about sleeping with your girlfriend's best friend? If yes, say her name.]
Holy crap!
The upgraded cards are this insane?
Kicking off with such a wild question?
Chu Qingning: "You little brat, what kind of trashy card pack did you buy?!"
"I told you not to get mad. Can't handle the game? Sit your butt down, Chu Qingning!" Aiyire turned to the side with a sly smile. "Canchan, I know your thoughts have wandered before. Was it Qiao Meina with the long legs and black stockings?"
Qiao Meina: "Aiyire, stop talking nonsense."
Aiyire: "Tch, why are you so flustered?"
Of course Qiao Meina was flustered. Back in Shanghai, there were close-up photos, the Ningguang cosplay… She knew full well that Lin Can had a bit of a thing for her.
"This game is called Truth or Dare, and since I picked truth, I'll speak the truth." With Qiao Meina staring at him nervously, Lin Can smiled and said with certainty, "I've thought about having a threesome—with Aiyire and Miao Youxi!"
"Ah!!!"
Miao Youxi suddenly stood up. "Me and Aiyire? Shouldn't it be Qiao Meina?"
Aiyire: "Lin Can, you jerk. I didn't do anything to you, and you still thought about sleeping with me?"
Lin Can: "Because you talk the most. So dramatic. You never stop yapping. It's noise pollution."
Countering noise with noise? That's a new one.
"Qingning, your bratty little brother is being a perv. We treat him like a brother, and he has the nerve to think dirty. He only sees Meina as a real sister."
"Beat him."
Chu Qingning, Aiyire, and Miao Youxi all lunged across the table and pinned Lin Can down, giving him a good, chaotic beating.
Over on the couch—
Qiao Meina should have been happy… but she wasn't.
That confident tone of Lin Can's just now—he clearly had no such thoughts about her. The only people he mentioned were Aiyire and Miao Youxi. So all this time, it was just her overthinking.
So, back in Shanghai, that dreamlike day, the happiest day in her nineteen years, when she felt like a pampered princess—he really just saw her as an older sister?
Qiao Meina let out a bitter laugh. While the others kept roughhousing on the couch, she popped open a beer with a pshh, and downed over half in one go.
Lin Can had done it on purpose. He knew how to play mind games.
…
On the other side—
"Hey hey hey, if you guys keep hitting me, I'm gonna start grabbing randomly!"
That startled Aiyire and Miao Youxi into retreating back to their seats, leaving Chu Qingning sitting next to Lin Can.
Lin Can: "Meina-jie, why're you drinking by yourself? Not calling us?"
Qiao Meina didn't even look at him, her tone frosty. "You want one? Get it yourself." She opened another beer and kept chugging.
Aiyire: "C'mon, let's keep playing!"
"Nope." Qiao Meina shot it down instantly.
Aiyire: "Aw, why not?"
Qiao Meina didn't answer—just sulked and drank in silence.
Chu Qingning: "Let's stop. No more games. This really isn't for us. Come on, cheers everyone. A toast to Boss Lin for taking us on this RV trip."
Miao Youxi: "You guys can't just toast without doing a couple's drink."
"True." Lin Can lifted his glass and shared a cross-arm drink with Chu Qingning.
After that, it was all drinks and chatter. No one knew how many bottles they'd gone through, but in the end, all four girls were drunk—passed out, sprawled over the table.
To drink that much in front of a guy—especially after he'd just confessed to having certain thoughts about them—it only showed one thing:
They really trusted Lin Can.
As for what he said in the game? Sure, they knew he was being honest. But they also trusted his character. If they didn't, there's no way they'd have agreed to an RV trip together in the first place.
Besides, thoughts are one thing—everyone has them. Acting on them is something else.
…
The RV layout: one big bed in the back for the four girls, and a small fold-out bed in the front made by rearranging the couch—for Lin Can.
"Alright, time to get to work!"
First up: Chu Qingning.
She was out cold, her head on his shoulder.
Lin Can gently patted her head.
"You're annoying~"
Still half-conscious, Chu Qingning slapped his hand away.
Chuckling, Lin Can picked her up and carried her to the bed in the back.
Next: Aiyire.
As he picked her up, she reflexively clamped her legs shut.
"It's me."
Aiyire blearily opened her eyes. Seeing it was Lin Can, she relaxed and let go.
"You really trust me that much? Not afraid I'll take the truth and turn it into a dare?"
"You're a good guy."
The classic "good guy" card—let's see him try something now.
"Alright then, let's go."
Lin Can gave her a little pat on the butt and carried her to the big bed.
Next: Miao Youxi.
As Lin Can tried to lift her, she pushed him away, wobbling to her feet.
Thud!
"Owwww…"
"Waaaah…"
She bumped her head and sat on the floor, drunk and crying like a baby.
"Stop making noise, you'll wake the others."
"I drank too much beer… I need to pee."
She squatted down and started lifting her skirt.
Whoa!
"No no no, don't ruin the hardwood floors—go to the bathroom!"
"Where's the bathroom~?"
She was totally smashed. Miao Youxi rarely drank, and today was just another sign of trust.
Stumbling around, she couldn't find the bathroom at all.
"I'll help you."
"You're… oh~ you're Canchan. You helped me pee last time too, right?"
She plopped onto the toilet, holding his hand.
Lin Can lifted her again, glancing down at her face.
After helping her back to the big bed, his arms were sore—but in a happy kind of way.
One last girl to go. Victory was in sight.
Just then, from behind—
"So hot…"
He turned.
Miao Youxi, lying there, had pulled off her sleep dress and tossed it in his face, now sleeping in nothing but white underwear.
As Lin Can turned to go admire the view…
Thud!
Qiao Meina fell off the couch.
He rushed over to help her up. "You okay?"
She opened her eyes drowsily and saw Lin Can. Annoyed, she tried to push him away—she didn't want him to touch her.
Still mad…
"You're mad because I said I never thought about being with you, huh? Jealous?"
"You shameless perv. You think I'd get jealous over you? You think I'm that pathetic? I don't want your disgusting body!"
"Good to know."
That just made her angrier.
He carried her to the bed. To her left was Miao Youxi in her underwear hugging Aiyire. On her right, his girlfriend Chu Qingning.
As Lin Can turned to clean up the beer bottles—
"Stop right there!"
"What?"
Qiao Meina struggled to sit up, her spaghetti strap slipping off her shoulder. She pulled it back up.
"That dress you bought me—I'll pay you back! I have money now."
"I told you, there's no need. We're like siblings."
"Nope. I'm me, you're you. I will pay you back."
"If you insist… fine. It's been months since I paid for that dress. Eight thousand yuan. I want interest."
"I… I don't have any money now."
"Then find another way to repay me."
"Another way…" Qiao Meina scratched her head, brain fuzzy from the alcohol. An idea popped up. She beckoned with her finger. "Come here."
"What?"
"Just come here."
She yanked his collar and pulled him close.
"Mmm… mmph…"
And kissed him, hard.
Right then—
Chu Qingning turned over and flung a leg across Qiao Meina.
Lin Can quickly lifted the blanket and covered her head.
Muah~
Qiao Meina pulled back, lips pressed together. "Can my first kiss count as interest?"
"That's it? I was expecting…"
His eyes drifted to her thighs.
"You—you—you! I…!" Qiao Meina squeezed her legs shut, flung off the blanket, and shook Chu Qingning awake. "Qingning, Qingning, wake up! Your brother, he tried to c—mmph!"
Lin Can clamped a hand over her mouth. Chu Qingning, barely awake, blinked.
"What's going on?"
"N-nothing! Just go back to sleep, Qingning-jie."
"Canchan, jie wants to cuddle you~"
She pulled him down between her and Qiao Meina, wrapping around him.
Lin Can let go of Qiao Meina's mouth—who promptly started punching and kicking him.
"You beast! You tricked me into giving you my first kiss! Die!"
"No no no, Meina-jie, don't go crazy—"
Crack!
Before he could finish the word, Chu Qingning, the drunk maniac, grabbed his head and twisted it.
"Little brother, jie loves you soooo much~ Mwah mwah mwah~"
From the right, Chu Qingning was planting kisses all over his neck.
From the left, Qiao Meina kept punching. "Still kissing her? Turn over! Explain! Why did you trick me?! Turn around!"
As she kept hitting—
She overheard Chu Qingning slurring:
"Canchan, jie wants you~"
That!!!
"You slut! Shameless! We're all right here and you still want that?! I'll kill you!"
Qiao Meina climbed over Lin Can and straddled Chu Qingning, launching into a brawl.
But Chu Qingning wasn't one to back down. She twisted her body, flipped Qiao Meina over, and fought back.
"What the hell is going on?"
The noise finally woke Aiyire, who looked over and saw them wrestling.
"Qingning, I got your back!"
She pushed Lin Can aside and jumped into the fray.
Lin Can stood by the bed, watching Miao Youxi, still peacefully snoring in the corner.
Pat pat pat~
He tapped her butt.
"Youxi-jie, they're fighting. Aren't you gonna help?"
"Don't bother me… I wanna sleep…"