Chapter 509: Yan Zhusheng

After Xu Youyu's triggered event ended, he returned to the sofa with Li Luo.

After both of them each received another 【Event Card】 and 【Scene Card】, Li Luo stood up and went to the master bedroom door, calling the two girls inside to come back.

At this point, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng had already formed a friendly alliance; after getting out of bed, they walked together behind Li Luo back to the living room and sat again on the sofa.

As a result, Ying Chanxi rolled a 9, moving from 【Li Luo's Master Bedroom】 to the bottom-left corner of the map, 【Kitchen】.

Xu Youyu saw this and coughed awkwardly, giving Ying Chanxi a sympathetic look: "Xixi, the 【Kitchen】 scene, like the previous 【Master Bedroom】 and 【Desk】, also has a special effect."

Ying Chanxi: "...?"

"Unless you trigger an event and use a Scene Card to directly move to 【Kitchen】, anyone who arrives at 【Kitchen】 must wash dishes and skip a turn."

Hearing this, Ying Chanxi took a deep breath and was utterly speechless.

All three scenes on the map that require skipping a turn had been stepped on by her—truly unbelievable.

"But," Xu Youyu added after speaking, "once you finish washing the dishes, you can designate another player to be the next one to wash dishes—they must also go to 【Kitchen】 and skip a turn."

Hearing this, Ying Chanxi raised an eyebrow, a smile appearing on her face.

Xu Youyu also smiled faintly, thinking that just now Xixi had directly witnessed Yan Zhusheng pulling Li Luo into something intimate, and Yan Zhusheng had even openly admitted to kissing Li Luo; once she returned, she'd surely designate Yan Zhusheng to wash dishes.

I'm truly a master planner!

But she didn't expect that after the three remaining on the sofa completed two rounds, when Ying Chanxi returned, she pointed her finger at Xu Youyu herself—the Birthday Person.

"Huh?" Xu Youyu froze when she saw Ying Chanxi designate her to wash dishes, stunned, "Xixi, why me?"

Ying Chanxi, of course, couldn't voice her true reason.

But Yan Zhusheng had no such qualms; she leaned forward toward Xu Youyu and imitated Xu Youyu's earlier lines from the bedroom:

"You're so naughty—where are you touching?"

"Why pull back? I didn't say you couldn't touch."

Xu Youyu: "...?"

Li Luo: "?!"

"You—you two didn't eavesdrop again, did you?!" Xu Youyu, rarely blushing, lowered her head in embarrassment, muttering reproachfully, "You're breaking the rules."

"We just got thirsty and came out to use the restroom," Yan Zhusheng said seriously. "It's just that you were too loud, Senior."

"Was I?!" Xu Youyu widened her eyes and denied it outright, but since there were no cameras in the house, the matter was left unresolved.

"Senior," Ying Chanxi reminded her from the side, "you have to go wash the dishes now."

"I know, I know," Xu Youyu sighed, resigned, and stood up to walk into the kitchen, accepting her punishment—how the Birthday Person had sunk to this.

On the sofa, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng exchanged a glance, perfectly in sync.

Ying Chanxi picked up the dice; she still held one 【Character Card】 and one 【Scene Card】, missing only one 【Event Card】.

She couldn't deny she had a bit of bad luck in this regard.

From the start of this game until now, she had never once actively triggered an event!

She was either skipping a turn, or on her way to skipping one.

The only time she participated in an event was thanks to Li Luo's help.

But for some reason, Ying Chanxi simply couldn't land on any 【Event Card】 space.

While Xu Youyu was skipping one turn, everyone else had two turns.

On her first dice roll, Ying Chanxi moved from 【Kitchen】 to 【Ying Chanxi's Bedroom】—and didn't draw an 【Event Card】.

When it was Yan Zhusheng's turn, she rolled a 3—and, of all things, landed on 【Ying Chanxi's Bedroom】 too.

Next was Li Luo; he picked up the dice and casually tossed them onto the coffee table—two sixes.

He moved his character forward, counting exactly twelve spaces, and finally stopped on the 【Ying Chanxi's Bedroom】 space—Li Luo froze for a moment.

Now all three were crowded into 【Ying Chanxi's Bedroom】.

Earlier, Yan Zhusheng and Ying Chanxi, both lacking 【Event Cards】, had not triggered any event upon meeting.

But Li Luo held an 【Event Card】, and now that he met others, an event was naturally triggered!

But...

How should an event be handled when all three meet simultaneously?

That's something Xu Youyu had to answer.

"Youyu," Li Luo stood and walked to the kitchen door, calling inside.

"You're done?" Xu Youyu raised an eyebrow, eager to come out.

But Li Luo grabbed her and held her back.

"Not yet."

"If you're not done, why come over?"

"There's a small question," Li Luo said. "If all three land on the same space and trigger an event, how is it handled?"

"Huh?" Xu Youyu tiptoed at the kitchen door, peering at the coffee table, then widened her eyes, "You guys are really something—this is even possible?"

"So how do we handle it?"

"All together," Xu Youyu said matter-of-factly. "What's your 【Event Card】?"

"Let me see," Li Luo picked up his 【Event Card】 and read aloud: "【Event Card】: The weather is hot, you bought some ice cream to bring home and share with others, but no one wanted to move, so you had to feed them yourself."

"Then feed two people," Xu Youyu chuckled. "Luckily, there's some Little Pudding in the fridge."

Li Luo thought for a moment and decided it was fine; he took the Little Pudding Xu Youyu pulled from the fridge.

Then Xu Youyu asked: "So where's the scene?"

"In Xixi's bedroom."

As Li Luo spoke, he waved toward the sofa; Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng stood up and followed him toward Ying Chanxi's bedroom.

Xu Youyu stood at the kitchen door, watching the three disappear into Ying Chanxi's room; remembering the earlier eavesdropping by her two good friends, she gave a light huff, then rolled her eyes and tiptoed stealthily after them.

But she didn't expect that Yan Zhusheng, who walked last, hadn't closed the door at all—she stood quietly by the threshold and saw Xu Youyu sneaking behind them.

"Senior, what are you doing?"

"Uh… I'm just going to the bathroom."

"The bathroom's behind you."

"Cough… I walked past it." Xu Youyu turned away sullenly and headed for the restroom.

Yan Zhusheng had no intention of closing the door either, making it convenient to keep an eye on whether Xu Youyu came to peek.

Li Luo watched from the side, amused, and quickly waved to the two girls while tearing open the packaging of the little pudding: "Hurry and eat, or it'll melt."

At this moment, Li Luo stood on the floor, holding up the little pudding, ready to feed the two girls.

But Yan Zhusheng, as if thinking of something, turned her eyes and pulled Li Luo to the bedside, then looked at Ying Chanxi: "Xixi, can I go to your bed?"

"Y-yes, of course." Ying Chanxi remembered their current alliance and nodded naturally.

Then she watched Yan Zhusheng push Li Luo onto the bed, making him lie down.

"Wait… what are you doing?" Li Luo looked bewildered, lying on Ying Chanxi's bed, still holding two little puddings emitting cold air, utterly clueless about Yan Zhusheng's intentions.

The next second, Yan Zhusheng knelt and crawled onto Ying Chanxi's bed, plopping down like a puppy beside Li Luo's left side, then biting down on one corner of the little pudding.

Feeling the little pudding being bitten, the force traveling from the stick up through his fingers and arm, Li Luo stared at Yan Zhusheng's posture beside him and felt a strange sensation rise in his chest.

Especially when Yan Zhusheng extended her pink tongue to lightly lick his little pudding, then suddenly wrapped her whole mouth around it, Li Luo instinctively froze.

At this moment, Ying Chanxi, seeing Yan Zhusheng had already started, forgot her shame and hurried to catch up, climbing onto the bed as well, mimicking Yan Zhusheng's posture, clumsily reaching her lips toward the little pudding.

Compared to Yan Zhusheng, Ying Chanxi lacked allure—but because of her clumsiness, she gained an unexpected cuteness that made one want to tease her.

Li Luo shifted his gaze from Yan Zhusheng to Ying Chanxi, and while she opened her mouth, he quietly pulled the little pudding back a little, making her miss it.

When Ying Chanxi realized this, she glared at him playfully, then quickly crawled forward another step and snatched the little pudding into her mouth, licking it obediently.

The two girls, one on each side, buried their heads in earnest effort.

Such a scene was unforgettable for Li Luo; a certain thrill and fantasy took root in his heart, slowly growing and spreading.

I wonder where Yan Zhusheng learned this… could it be from reading the Literary Era?

Li Luo's face showed suspicion; he searched his memory palace and recalled that Xu Youyu had indeed written a similar scene.

It was exactly the heroine refusing to eat her ice cream properly, deliberately teasing the male lead—almost identical to Yan Zhusheng's behavior now.

In comparison, our class top student wasn't doing well at all—clearly hadn't studied properly.

Her movements eating the little pudding were clumsy, and her lying-down posture was stiff.

After Yan Zhusheng finished her little pudding, Ying Chanxi still had half left in her mouth.

Yan Zhusheng wouldn't wait idly on the bed; seeing Ying Chanxi still struggling to finish, she simply plopped onto Li Luo, pressing her lips—still fresh from the little pudding—right against his.

Ying Chanxi, still bent over eating the little pudding, hadn't noticed Yan Zhusheng's movement at all.

Only when she finally finished and looked up did she realize Yan Zhusheng had already stolen a kiss.

She didn't know what she was thinking—her first reaction was to pounce forward herself.

Yan Zhusheng was jostled by Ying Chanxi's rush, lost her balance, and slid down along Li Luo's left side, naturally breaking the kiss.

Ying Chanxi's state at this moment could be summed up in one word.

Urgent.

Without caring about anything else, she lunged straight onto Li Luo's side and kissed him forcefully, leaving Li Luo stunned—he still didn't understand what had just happened.

Both girls' lips still carried the sweet taste of the little pudding, cool and icy, but quickly melted against his warm lips.

Yan Zhusheng lay beside them, watching Li Luo and Ying Chanxi kiss, pursed her lips, turned her head away unhappily, refusing to look further.

But she didn't stop them—instead, she stayed quietly aside, as if delighted to facilitate this moment.

Until Xu Youyu's voice called from outside, Ying Chanxi snapped back to reality and quickly pulled away from Li Luo.

When she realized what she had just done, her cheeks flushed crimson, overwhelmed with shame.

Zhusheng kissed Li Luo… then I kissed Li Luo too… and all three of us were on the same bed…

Ying Chanxi's mind was a tangled mess; she felt something inside her shatter with a clear crack.

"Cough… the task is done." Li Luo raised the two sticks in his hands, sat up on the bed, and whispered, "We should go back."

"Mm." Ying Chanxi kept her head down, not daring to look at the other two, nodded lightly, then followed Li Luo off the bed.

Yan Zhusheng walked on the other side, deliberately bumping Ying Chanxi's shoulder and whispering in her ear: "Kissing Li Luo while lying on top of him—wasn't that nice too?"

"Zhusheng~ D-don't say that anymore…" Ying Chanxi couldn't bear it, grabbing Yan Zhusheng's arm, begging her not to mention it.

Now that she thought about it, her behavior had been absurd.

But it was she who pushed Yan Zhusheng away—and she who had kissed him first.

Thinking this way, Ying Chanxi had no defense left.

The three walked out of Ying Chanxi's bedroom and faced Xu Youyu standing at the kitchen doorway, poking his head out, watching them with a resentful, narrowed gaze.

"Can one little pudding really take ten minutes? You're being too much—leaving the Birthday Person waiting here so long!"

Xu Youyu had planned to let Zhusheng and Xixi balance each other during the game while he slipped in and took advantage—but instead, he'd been locked out in the kitchen like a prisoner, forced to watch helplessly as Li Luo cuddled both girls inside.

Now that he'd finally dragged them out, Xu Youyu urged quickly: "Hurry up, hurry up—each of you has one more round, get going!"

"I've already experienced five events!" Li Luo logged this event on his phone, then chuckled, "Feels like winning's coming fast."

"Don't act humble after getting the advantage," Xu Youyu rolled his eyes, "Next round, now."

"Right away, right away."

The three returned to the sofa and quickly completed another round.

Ying Chanxi still didn't draw her longed-for Event Card—only gained another Scene Card.

Yan Zhusheng landed on the 【Living Room Sofa】 and got nothing.

Li Luo rolled a 12, instantly moving to the 【Living Room Desk】, where he had to study seriously and skip a round.

Finally, Xu Youyu was freed from the kitchen and returned to the sofa, picking up his dice and rolling an eight, landing on the 【Front Hall】.

The special effect of the 【Front Hall】 triggered: he could choose any one of the remaining twelve locations and teleport directly there.

Xu Youyu glanced at the two 【Event Cards】 in his hand, then without hesitation chose the 【Living Room Desk】 where Li Luo currently was.

Character encounter.

Event triggered!

(End of Chapter)