Chapter 511: The Ultimate Freedom of Xi Xi

【SCENE】: Living room desk.

【CHARACTERS】: Xu Youyu, Li Luo.

At this point, both key elements were already in place. Xu Youyu picked up the 【Event Card】 in her hand, smiled warmly at the two sisters beside her, then stood up.

"So you're also pausing here for a round?" Li Luo asked as Xu Youyu walked over.

"Exactly," Xu Youyu raised an eyebrow. "But it doesn't interfere with triggering the event."

"So what does the 【Event Card】 in your hand say?"

"Let me see." Xu Youyu sat down in the empty seat beside Li Luo and spread out the 【Event Card】.

"【Event Card】: You hosted a party at home. As the loser of the game, you must complete a punishment with another person: someone else randomly selects a snack, and both of you bite one end each, eating it entirely to finish the punishment."

Li Luo: "... No wonder you wrote this yourself."

"What's wrong with that?" Xu Youyu frowned at his tone. "Lots of games have similar scenes and setups."

"So what snack are we eating?" Li Luo asked.

In his view, with Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng present, Xu Youyu wouldn't go too far—probably just both of them biting the snack and chewing it apart with their mouths.

At most, a quick stolen kiss under cover of vision.

So he just wanted to get it over with quickly.

But Xu Youyu wasn't in a hurry. She set the 【Event Card】 aside and waved to Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng: "You two pick—it's your turn. See if any of today's snacks are suitable?"

"I'll do it." Ying Chanxi sprang up from the sofa in one motion and walked straight to the plastic bag beside the single sofa, reaching inside to feel around.

She remembered there was something that would be perfect—and hard to accidentally kiss over.

Thinking this, she pulled out a small snack pack and walked to the desk to hand it over.

"Gummy candy?" Xu Youyu raised an eyebrow, eyeing the small pack—and her eyes lit up. "This is perfect."

This gummy candy was long and strip-shaped, molded like noodles.

There were only two inside. Xu Youyu opened the package, pulled out one strip, bit one end herself, then shoved the other end into Li Luo's mouth.

"There's only two anyway—let's just finish them both," she said, already beginning to slowly suck forward.

At this point, Ying Chanxi had returned to the sofa and, like Yan Zhusheng on the other side, was staring intently at the scene before them.

Li Luo and Xu Youyu were separated by nearly half a meter. The gummy candy itself was very long—roughly forty centimeters or more.

When she saw both of them chewing on the gummy candy, Ying Chanxi suddenly felt a twinge of regret.

If she'd known, she wouldn't have picked something this long—she should've chosen potato chips, so they could finish fast.

Choosing such a long snack made watching them inch closer one slow step at a time unbearable—her Doraemon plush was nearly crushed in her arms.

In contrast, Yan Zhusheng remained calm, even taking a sip from her cup.

Previous events, except the one at the entrance, had all occurred in private spaces where no one could see—only eavesdropping from behind walls.

But this intimate act was unfolding right before Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng's eyes.

As Li Luo and Xu Youyu's lips drew closer, the gummy candy grew shorter, until their mouths were nearly touching.

Ying Chanxi gripped Doraemon's forehead tightly, biting her lip as she watched.

She wanted to look away, but didn't want to avoid it.

After all, she'd already seen Zhusheng kiss Li Luo—what difference did it make to watch her senior kiss him too?

Though Xu Youyu had never mentioned it, Ying Chanxi could guess easily: Xu Youyu must have kissed Li Luo privately before.

Especially during last year's year-end party, when Xu Youyu flew alone with Li Luo to Qiongzhou City—Ying Chanxi didn't believe nothing happened.

She'd just been fooling herself into not thinking about it.

But just then, Li Luo bit through the gummy candy. The final segment hung from Xu Youyu's lips, which she then finished.

"Scared?" Xu Youyu whispered with a light laugh, so the two sisters on the sofa couldn't hear. "You bit it so fast—afraid you'd accidentally kiss?"

"Cough… The rules didn't say you couldn't break it," Li Luo coughed. "As long as we finish eating it."

"But there's still one left," Xu Youyu pulled out another gummy candy and shoved it into Li Luo's mouth. "Might as well finish them all."

Then she bit down on the other end.

Ying Chanxi had just sighed in relief—until she saw them eating another one, and her heart rose again.

Xu Youyu's peripheral vision flicked toward the two sisters on the sofa. She remembered being left alone in the kitchen while the three of them played flirtatiously in Ying Chanxi's bedroom—and she snorted inwardly.

So when this time came, and their lips drew close again,

before Li Luo could bite through, Xu Youyu grinned mischievously, then lunged onto him, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck and pressing her lips fully against his.

In an instant.

Li Luo felt the sweetness in his mouth spike several levels higher than before.

As they tangled together, Li Luo worried she'd fall, so he quickly clasped her slender waist to steady her.

Ying Chanxi on the sofa widened her eyes. Yan Zhusheng stared without blinking.

Only when Ying Chanxi snapped back to reality did she clear her dry throat and say: "T-that… haven't you finished yet?"

Doraemon in her arms looked like he was crying—she felt she'd suffered more torment today than in the entire past year.

Finally.

The two at the desk pulled apart.

Xu Youyu sat back down, cheeks flushed, picked up the book 【Literary Era】 on the table, flipped open a random page, held it upright to hide her face—only her eyes visible—and mumbled to the two on the sofa: "Alright, alright, you two carry on."

Honestly, this was the first time she'd dared to kiss Li Luo so boldly in front of Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng.

But once she actually kissed him, it felt incredibly thrilling.

Still, after separating and remembering how the whole thing had been watched by Xi Xi and Zhusheng, even Xu Youyu couldn't help feeling a little shy.

At this point, Li Luo had finished savoring the taste, turned back toward the coffee table, noticed Ying Chanxi's jealous gaze, and quickly said: "Event completed. Xi Xi, it's your turn to roll the dice."

"Fine, fine," Ying Chanxi huffed, pouting as she grabbed the dice and threw them—still landing on the 【Skill Card】 space, not the 【Event Card】.

She drew a skill card, and it was again the 【Steal Card】 she had obtained before.

After glancing at the cards in the other three people's hands, Ying Chanxi activated it!

As expected.

Li Luo rolled the lowest number again.

Unable to take Xu Youyu's 【Event Card】, Ying Chanxi settled for the next best option: she took from Li Luo the 【Replace Card】 he had drawn earlier.

To be fair.

Ying Chanxi was truly unlucky.

By now in this game, Xu Youyu had triggered four events already; Li Luo had triggered two.

Yan Zhusheng had at least triggered one.

But Ying Chanxi, up until now, had either been paused or on the way to being paused—every card she drew failed to trigger even a single complete event.

She held a 【Character Card】 and a 【Scene Card】, yet never drew the 【Event Card】 she wanted, forced to passively join others' events.

Drawing this 【Replace Card】 was at least some good news.

Ying Chanxi had already decided: as soon as anyone triggered an event, she would immediately use this card to replace them!

The game continued.

Yan Zhusheng rolled the dice.

Since Li Luo and Xu Youyu were paused for this round, they each had a second round after this one.

After completing these two rounds, Yan Zhusheng gained a 【Caught in the Act Card】.

So when she drew another 【Event Card】 and triggered an event, Ying Chanxi dared not use her 【Replace Card】 directly.

After careful consideration,

After all, even if she used it, Yan Zhusheng could destroy it with her 【Caught in the Act Card】.

Not to mention they had previously agreed to an alliance.

After much thought, Ying Chanxi temporarily gave up, deciding to wait until Xu Youyu returned before targeting her senior.

Thus, Yan Zhusheng successfully led Li Luo to the piano room; no one knew what they were up to, but piano music did indeed drift out.

But when the two emerged from the piano room, Yan Zhusheng's plump, reddened lips could not be hidden—anyone could guess what had happened inside.

After this, Li Luo triggered another event, set in the 【Balcony】; since the 【Character Card】 specified her school desk partner, only Yan Zhusheng could be chosen.

So Li Luo took Yan Zhusheng to the balcony and completed another event.

This made Ying Chanxi even more frustrated—hadn't they agreed to help each other as allies? Why was Yan Zhusheng always getting the best deals?

Wasn't it just because her own luck was terrible?

Thinking of this, Ying Chanxi felt gloomy.

But after Yan Zhusheng and Li Luo returned from completing their event,

Finally!

Ying Chanxi rolled the dice and finally landed on an 【Event Card】 space!

She pulled out a 【Event Card】 with great delight; it was a small task about hugging and comforting someone.

Paired with the 【Character Card】 she had drawn earlier, she selected Li Luo, and the 【Scene Card】 was set in 【Li Luo's Bedroom】—perfectly matching her expectations.

So she happily dragged Li Luo into the bedroom for a hug.

When she emerged from the bedroom, she looked utterly refreshed.

"I've already collected nine scene events," Li Luo said, returning to the sofa and waving his phone. "One more unlocked scene, and I win."

Although only one more new scene remained before the game ended,

It wasn't that simple.

After all, there were only thirteen scenes on the map; the four remaining ones Li Luo had never triggered were the 【Living Room Sofa】, 【Dining Table】, 【Yan Zhusheng's Bedroom】, and 【Corridor Bathroom】.

But landing exactly on those four spots was not easy.

For the next hour or more, Li Luo failed to unlock any new scene.

Instead, the other three kept unlocking new scenes.

By ten o'clock at night, Li Luo felt his lips were swollen.

Fortunately, hard work pays off.

Xu Youyu and Li Luo happened to meet on the 【Living Room Sofa】 space.

Xu Youyu held a 【Event Card】 and triggered the event immediately.

【Event Card】: Your friend is thirsty; ask them to fetch a drink, then feed it to them by hand.

Xu Youyu was quite pleased with this event.

But at that moment, Ying Chanxi quietly pulled out the 【Replace Card】 she had been saving and slapped it onto the coffee table.

"Senior, you don't have any other skill cards, do you?" Ying Chanxi said softly.

Xu Youyu: "... This is the last event. How can you be so cruel, Xixi?"

"If you have a skill card, not using it is a waste," Ying Chanxi said, blinking.

"What about Zhusheng?" Xu Youyu glanced at Yan Zhusheng beside her and immediately urged, "Aren't you holding a 【Caught in the Act Card】? Use it to ruin them—then the game can continue."

Reminded, Yan Zhusheng picked up her 【Caught in the Act Card】 and looked toward Ying Chanxi.

After much thought, she put the card down.

Seeing this, Xu Youyu sighed: "Fine, fine, you win."

"Then I won't be polite."

Whether because she was caught up in the game or not, Ying Chanxi suddenly had a brain fart: she picked up the cola Li Luo had just drunk, not feeding it to him, but pouring it straight into her own mouth.

The next second, she stood up, straddled Li Luo's lap, wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, ignored the glances of the two other girls beside her, and pressed her lips firmly onto his.

……

The three-hour Monopoly game ended.

Li Luo had today experienced a luxurious feast, snacking only on imported foods and drinks.

Although Ying Chanxi had snatched the win at the last moment, leaving Xu Youyu slightly displeased, she was still quite happy to have gathered together for a game of Monopoly—something she had longed for.

Moreover, the outcome matched her original expectations perfectly.

Seeing Ying Chanxi boldly kiss Li Luo right in front of them both, Xu Youyu felt a tinge of jealousy, yet also a sense of relief.

"How are you going to compensate me?"

That night, after Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng had finished bathing and returned to their rooms to sleep.

Xu Youyu pinned Li Luo against the door of her bedroom, smiling sweetly, "You got to enjoy yourself today."

"I did enjoy it," Li Luo said, pointing to his slightly swollen lips, "but can this be claimed as a work injury?"

Xu Youyu couldn't help laughing at him, then rose on her toes and gently kissed him again: "To reduce the swelling."

"I really ought to thank you."

"You truly should," Xu Youyu smiled with implication, "who else but me is so generous and forgiving?"

"Tomorrow, I'll be with you alone," Li Luo hugged her tightly and whispered in her ear, "Whatever you want to play, we'll play."

"It's not just tomorrow," Xu Youyu hooked her arms around his neck and pulled him backward, soon laying him down on the bed, "tonight too."

(End of Chapter)