through the strait gates(过门/Guomen)//work by priest(CN)//BL

Chapter 16: Iced Red Tea (vol. scallions)

The guy that got the smaller king shut his eyes, and then randomly picked two cards without knowing which direction he was facing, "*Two of spades and five of spades."

*T/N: I have no experience with playing cards in English whatsoever. Feel free to correct me.

Xu Xilin rolled his eyes, having a bad feeling about this. "I'm two of spades."

In these situations, he was always the focus of attack since everyone thought they were pretty familiar with him. People always let loose more when they were with familiar acquaintances.

"Where's five of spades? Who's five of spades, stand up, come on!"

Between everyone's whistling, Luo Bing stood up in the corner. She quickly glanced at Xu Xilin, and walked out of the corner with her head bowed.

Lao Cheng, unafraid of causing even more chaos, immediately slapped the smaller king's shoulder and started howling. Wu Tao grabbed the microphone, stood on a couch, and fake coughed, "Mhmm, quiet, all of you. *I'm going to start issuing orders."

*here Wu Tao uses the "I" emperors used in ancient China.

Xu Xilin kicked him.

Wu Tao turned sideways and took the kick. "A gorgeous pair! What do you all say we do about this!"

Lao Cheng took the lead in cheering, "Make 'em kiss!"

"Where?" Wu Tao asked.

The troublemakers cheered collectively, "On the mouth!"

"Go to hell, Lao Cheng!" Xu Xilin exclaimed.

Luo Bing's face was so boiling red it was ripe as a tomato. Tears were almost pushed out by the heat.

Wu Tao lifted the microphone. "Can you not be such a pussy, Tuanzuo? We've agreed that whoever sits here with a card but backs out is a bastard."

Xu Xilin looked at Luo Bing with uncertainty. He was nonchalant about them trying to mess with him, but it wasn't cool to involve Luo Bing.

Lao Cheng, always looking to mess up things further, came up with an idea immediately. He egged on a group of girls to start making a ruckus with him, "Are you shying, class president?"

"Is the head of our class so afraid because she's overwhelmed with Tuanzuo's hotness?"

Wu Tao looked at Xu Xilin with a grin on his face, like a procurer trying to get a client. "If you don't kiss her, Tuanzuo, you can get someone else to kiss her."

Xu Xilin: "......"

He was robbed of all ways to get out of this by these people. He originally relied on Luo Bing to stand up and deliberately refuse this, but he didn't know that Luo Bing would be checkmated by the phrase "overwhelmed with hotness." She neither would, nor could she, outright refuse this. As the girl didn't express her opinion, if he didn't cooperate with their little game, Luo Bing would be stuck in a bad position.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Xu Xilin walked over to her silently.

Luo Bing stared straight ahead, afraid to look up. Her gaze rested on the buttons on Xu Xilin's dress shirt above his chest. Her eyelashes trembled greatly, but he didn't know if it was nerves or excitement.

"Can you two get on with it?" Wu Tao asked. "What feelings are you trying to conjure that's taking so long?"

Xu Xilin flipped him. Then he lightly put his hand forward like he was circling Luo Bing's shoulders, when he was actually very careful not to touch her. With this tiny bit of coverage, he lowered his head and faked a kiss, pulling back after a brief pose. In the room's dim lights, the people standing far away had no way to notice the difference.