Chapter 41: I'll bet, Yujie really knows how!

Do you have time? Can you team up with me to play a game? Su Manyao's matte red lips curled slightly as she looked at Jiang Cheng and asked.

Jiang Cheng's heart went soft, he silently thought "Holy shit!"

Yujie really knows how!

Actually, both parties know the score: one sits in the pavilion waiting, the other has just received a timely invitation.

But after Jiang Cheng came over.

Yet Yujie gave him face, politely asking again!

This instantly maxed out Jiang Cheng's pretentiousness in the crowd!

Yujie really knows how!

This is ten or more levels above women who only act cute and flirt! Indeed, as soon as Su Manyao said that.

The expressions of the people around froze, their smiles and envy locked on their faces, turning into dazed stares at Jiang Cheng!

In their subconscious, being able to play a game with Professor Su is already a stroke of incredible luck! If Professor Su personally calls them over to play, that's definitely ancestral graves smoking!

They thought Jiang Cheng was ancestral graves smoking, but now they think not—Jiang Cheng's ancestral graves are doing more than just smoking!

Did his family's ancestral graves catch fire? A roaring blaze!

Those around looking at Jiang Cheng had only one thought.

This kid, he's got some pretentious aura! On the contrary, Jiang Cheng himself, besides feeling numb, also felt a bit ashamed; Yujie gave him face, didn't care about others' opinions, publicly lifted him up—he didn't know how to repay Yujie.

Or find a chance to give her a leg rub, a foot rub?

Reward her? "Of course I have time; being invited by Yujie, Professor Su, is my honor." Jiang Cheng eagerly offered flattering words.

Everyone lifted the bridal sedan.

Su Manyao glanced at him, her gaze very plain.

But that little glance, Jiang Cheng could read.

It was saying he was showing off.

Tacit understanding?

As it turned out, when the two class monitors announced the game rules, what they compared was indeed tacit understanding.

The game consists of three rounds, and the winning team can obtain a prize.

The first round is called "I act out, you guess the word".

The game rules are just as its name suggests.

Each team consists of two people, one male and one female; within the set time, one person can see the word given by the referee and then act it out using body movements, without making any sound.

The other person must guess the word based on the teammate's strokes; a correct guess earns one point, an incorrect guess incurs no penalty.

However, the two class monitors, based on the current situation, made a slight modification to the game.

They replaced the part where the referee gives the word with the stroke-drawer writing the word themselves and then acting it out for the partner to guess.

However, at the start of the game, all team members must separate—males with males, females with females—and hand over all phones, thus preventing any pre-game cheating communication between teammates.

This new change was very popular, raising the atmosphere to a higher level! Because the referee gives the word, playing it is just pure fun.

But when teammates write the word themselves, it's different—it's about tacit understanding and memories of their interaction from yesterday to today.

Upon hearing the game rules, Jiang Cheng's mind immediately sprang an idea.

"If I were to act it out, I'd rub my hands over my legs, then point to something in my palm—could Yujie instantly guess 'perfume water'?"

"If I then point to my mouth."

…

Jiang Cheng was just thinking that wildly.

Then he heard the nearby guys and girls start cheering: "Jiajia, we're sure to win—we walked together yesterday, chatted a lot, we definitely have tacit understanding!"

The girl called Jiajia said, "Sorry for the New Year!" "Rongrong, you don't need to worry—I'll definitely bring you the prize; with our tacit understanding, we can't lose!"

"Xiaoxue, we'll just watch them show off first, then later we'll crush them—this morning on the boat, when we were together, that period is key; you must remember!"

…

They each shouted out the girls' names and mentioned how long they'd been together, clearly announcing their claim to everyone.

Jiang Cheng looked left and right, then curled his lip.

He thought, "What's there to announce? If I had to announce something, I couldn't possibly say, 'Professor, you must remember our mouths from yesterday's nibbling.'"

Isn't that just rubbing salt in the wound? Thinking that, he casually glanced and saw Su Manyao standing among the girls, also looking at him.

Seeing his gaze sweep over, Su Manyao rolled her eyes and turned away.

"No talking, no talking! This is cheating!"

"Nobody is allowed to leak information!"

"Before the game starts, no hints may be given, otherwise scores are void!"

Jiang Cheng's class monitor Zhouzixin interrupted everyone's noise and announced the rules.

"Alright, now I'll hand out the serial numbers; then we'll proceed in order, three teams per round, each team 160 seconds."

Jiang Cheng glanced at the headcount—about forty people were present participating in the game.

Many had gone off to play elsewhere—for example, Su Peng took people fishing.

Just as the serial numbers were being handed out and the game was about to start, a parent heard an unfamiliar student shout from the side: "Quick, look—Teacher Chen is here!"

Those around turned to look, and those who knew him warmly greeted him.

"Teacher Chen, you've come at just the right time—we're in the middle of playing a game!"

"Teacher Chen, do you want to join?"

Obviously this Teacher Chen is from the Music Department; Jiang Cheng and the others don't know him.

Teacher Chen walked over in a suit, smiling, first approaching Su Manyao and greeting: "Hello, Professor Su."

Su Manyao merely gave a bland nod, a polite smile.

Chen Hongwei is a lecturer in the Music Department; he went home yesterday after the day off.

But today he saw the students' Moments, saying they were participating in a team-building activity, the point being that Su Manyao actually went too!

At that moment Chen Hongwei became excited, only regretting that he found out the news too late!

But it doesn't matter!

He alone hurriedly drove from his home and arrived at the mountain villa!

For no other reason, Ziwei could have a chance to interact with Su Manyao outside school! Since they've worked together, he has long harbored designs on Su Manyao, but at school Su Manyao never talks to him about anything besides work, and as for work-related matters, there's nothing to say either—handing over tasks amounts to just three sentences.

Therefore, in Chen Hongwei's view, this is an opportunity! He just hit a wall in front of Su Manyao, but he's not discouraged.

He turned his head and asked the nearby student what game they were playing.

Because in his subconscious, Su Manyao is unattainable to him; the fact that he could harbor designs makes her a challenge to him! So it's normal for her to be cold toward him.

After learning the game rules, he found out that Jiang Cheng was on the same team as Su Manyao.

His gaze fell on Jiang Cheng, who was somewhat handsome, but just a student, probably randomly assigned.

"Classmate, you're probably not from the Music Department, I guess you don't have much rapport with Professor Su either; why don't you switch teams? I happen to be on the same team as Professor Su."

(End of chapter)