Chapter 34

Yin Mu returned upstairs and found Zhong Mengyuan still waiting for her in the living room. She asked curiously, "Why did you disappear when I turned around? What were you doing?"

"Ah, I saw Chen Qinglin. He asked me for my coat, so I chatted with him for a few words."

"Oh?" Zhong Mengyuan raised an eyebrow. "Is the coat his? Did he cover you with it?"

"Yes, he said he saw I fell asleep and was worried I would be cold, so he covered me up."

"I see," Zhong Mengyuan nodded, looked at her thoughtfully for a moment, and asked, "Rabbit, are you tempted?"

Yin Mu was startled and instinctively retorted: "No, please stop talking nonsense."

"Really?" Zhong Mengyuan said, half-smiled, "It doesn't look like that to me."

"Just watch, just watch, you'll see that there are times when you make mistakes." Yin Mu retorted randomly, but it was obvious that he was trying to argue out of guilt.

Zhong Mengyuan knew this very well, so he suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Rabbit, I know you have a small social circle and don't know many people of the opposite sex. It's normal for you to be attracted to a boy who seems to be quite good, but you know that Chen Qinglin is not suitable."

Yin Mu was silent for a moment and said, "I know."

"That's good. I was just worried that you'd get carried away and forget about anything else."

Yin Mu laughed dryly: "You think too much, I'm not that irrational."

Although she said so, Zhong Mengyuan also knew that she was not as rational as she said. It was normal for her to be dominated by her emotions. However, in the current situation, she did not want to blame her too much. She shook her head and said, "You drank a lot of wine. Go to bed."

Yin Mu smiled and said, "Okay, you should go to bed early too."

"Well, good night."

"good evening."

Yin Mu returned to the room. The smile on his face disappeared when he closed the door. He leaned against the door and sighed deeply.

It's not that she doesn't understand what Zhong Mengyuan said, but...

She thought of what Chen Qinglin told her, that he liked the feeling of being with her, that it was very relaxing and comfortable, and she hoped that she could choose him next time.

The fact that I have chosen him time and again, does it mean that this is also my inner wish?

Yin Mu had a lot of thoughts in his mind. He scratched his hair irritably and simply gave up thinking for the time being. He went to wash up and go to bed.

Before going to sleep, she counted on her fingers. This program lasted ten days. Was today the fourth or fifth day? But with Zhong Mengyuan around, the day wasn't important. The rest of the time wasn't a problem either. By the time she left, the rest... who cares? It had nothing to do with her anymore.

Yin Mu tried hard to convince himself, turned over, and closed his eyes uncomfortably.

The next day, Yin Mu woke up very early. She couldn't fall asleep herself, so she forced Zhong Mengyuan to wake up and go downstairs for breakfast. Chen Qinglin was the only one in the restaurant. He smiled at her and said, "I just made some omelets. Would you like to try some?"

"Ah." Yin Mu was stunned and subconsciously looked at Zhong Mengyuan, as if wanting to get some answer from her.

Zhong Mengyuan was unhappy about being woken up. Without even looking at her, she said to Chen Qinglin in a half-serious tone, "Oh, you only invited Yin Mu and not me. Am I not worthy of your egg pancakes?"

Chen Qinglin was in no hurry to explain himself, and said gently, "How could that be? I'm just afraid it won't suit your taste."

"It doesn't matter. I'm not picky about food, so I'm easy to feed." Zhong Mengyuan said with a smile, "But the one next to me is very picky. He says he's not picky about food, but in fact, he won't eat anything. He's so hard to please."

Yin Mu pushed her away embarrassedly: "Meng Yuan, stop talking." Then he said to Chen Qinglin, "Don't listen to her nonsense."

Chen Qinglin then asked, "Then is there anything you don't want to eat?"

Zhong Mengyuan answered for her: "She doesn't like carrots or celery, she doesn't eat chrysanthemum or ginger, and she won't touch animal offal or anything like that."

Chen Qinglin's expression froze: "The omelet has shredded carrots in it."

Zhong Mengyuan burst out laughing.

Chen Qinglin went to the kitchen without saying anything: "I'll make something without carrots."

Yin Mu quickly stopped him: "Don't bother, it's okay to have carrots, I eat them occasionally."

"It's not a hassle, it's very simple to make and only takes a few minutes."

"No, I don't want that either." Yin Mu insisted, emphasizing, "I don't like others adding extra work for me."

Chen Qinglin was silent for two seconds: "Okay, then you try it first. If you don't like it, don't eat it."

Seeing Yin Mu like this, Zhong Mengyuan knew that she must still be thinking about what they had said last night and had not yet completely come to terms with it, so she tried to smooth things over and changed the subject, asking Yin Mu: "Would you like some milk? I'll go get it."

Yin Mu pursed his lips and replied sullenly, "Yeah."

[Ah, what's wrong with Yin Mu today? He seems weird.]

【What happened? Why are you suddenly so distant?】

[Well, I understand Yin Mu's thoughts. He's simply afraid of bothering others.]

[Yin Mu, please don't be like this. I feel so bad for Chen Qinglin.]

[Yin Mu didn't do anything wrong. He was just expressing his true thoughts.]

…

Fortunately, the awkwardness did not last long. More people came down to have breakfast, and with more people around, the little unpleasantness between them was naturally covered up.

According to Meng Meng, today is the last time for unified arrangements for dates. Other methods will be used to arrange dates in the next few days, and the specific plan will be announced at that time.

"Therefore, today's grouping method will also be different." Meng Meng said a bunch of irrelevant things before returning to the topic. "In order to ensure that everyone can have equal access to all guests, the grouping method we use today is absolutely random."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone started talking in low voices.

Yin Mu said nothing, feeling a little complicated.

How can I put it? Yesterday, Chen Qinglin asked if he could still choose him, but today the production team cut off this possibility at the very beginning.

Now that's good, no one has to worry about it.

Meng Meng brought out a prop wooden box. The box had no lid and four small grooves on each of the two opposite sides, from which extended a colorful rope woven with colorful threads.

Meng Meng instructed them to stand on either side, the male guest on one side and the female guest on the other, and said, "There are four colored ropes in this wooden box. Please each choose one and pull it out. Those who pull the same rope will automatically form a group. Now you can start choosing."

No one acted rashly. Everyone was looking down, but the colorful ropes were tangled in the wooden box and nothing could be seen.

Seeing that no one had taken action yet, Meng Meng joked, "Are you all so cautious? Don't worry, we've created enough chaos and placed a lot of interference, so you can't tell by observation alone."

[Want to open a blind box? Nervous.]

[Meng Meng, why do you say that so proudly?]

[As expected, people don't mind the trouble when doing bad things.]

[Heartbroken, isn't this completely messed up? ]

[This is too much! The production team doesn't care about the life and death of our CP fans.]

…

There was no point in hesitating any further, so Yin Mu gritted his teeth and became the first person to try. "Since none of you are choosing, I won't be polite." He casually grabbed the one closest to him and said, "I'll choose this one, you guys can do whatever you want."

Following her lead, others also chose colored ropes.

Seeing that everyone already had a colored rope in their hands, Meng Meng smiled and said, "Okay, everyone, please start pulling the colored ropes in your hands until they are straight."

Yin Mu nervously pulled at the colored rope, not knowing how long it was. She pulled it out at least two meters, but still didn't feel any tug from the other side. She paused, frowned, and patiently continued pulling.

After pulling out a little more, Yin Mu finally felt the colored rope was stretched straight, and she immediately looked up.

However, everyone else seemed to have straightened their colored ropes at this point, and it was impossible to tell from their expressions who was in sync with her. The colored ropes in the wooden box were intertwined with each other, and there were so-called interference items covering them, so nothing could be seen.

Seeing that they had all stopped moving, Meng Meng said, "It looks like the results are out. Let's take a look at them together. Who should we start with?" She tilted her head and looked at Yin Mu, who was at the edge, and suggested, "Why not start with Yin Mu and look at them in order?"

Yin Mu had no words to say about his luck: "Okay, I'll follow your instructions."

"Hmm? You don't seem too happy about it." Meng Meng readily agreed, "Okay, then let's start with Zhang Yang across the way."

Zhang Yang, caught off guard by his name, was filled with questions: "Huh?"

【Hahahaha, Zhang Yang was completely bewildered.】

[Zhang Yang: Watch me show you a lightning-fast face-changing.]

[Meng Meng changed his mind so quickly, hahhh.]

[Very good, don't always let Yin Mu take the lead! ]

[This is a blind gamble.]

…

Now that he had been called, it would be bad to refuse, so Zhang Yang had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll do it."

Meng Meng smiled and gestured for invitation: "Come on."

Zhang Yang slowly lifted the colored rope upwards while observing the four girls across from him. He asked, "Who is it? At least give me some reaction."

As Yin Mu was watching the fire from the other side of the river, he suddenly felt the colorful rope in his hand being pulled tighter and tighter.

She swallowed and tried to raise her hands.

Gradually, her and Zhang Yang's hands were raised to the same height, and they both drew the two ends of the same colored rope.

Meng Meng laughed: "Isn't this a coincidence? I successfully bet on the first pair."

Yin Mu twitched the corners of his mouth, unable to smile at all. Then he looked at Zhang Yang's face, which was indescribable. It was obvious that he didn't want to be assigned to the same group with her.

She was furious when she saw Zhang Yang like this. She suppressed her dissatisfaction and turned her head away, but she met Chen Qinglin's face again.

Although there was no obvious change in Chen Qinglin's expression, Yin Mu was inexplicably certain that he was in a terrible mood.

[Hmm? Is that how it's divided?]

[Well, the first couple is so exciting.]

[They both dislike each other, how can they go on a date?]

[Great, I'm looking forward to the next couple. (Indifferent)]

[It's over. Chen Qinglin is really going to be broken this time.]

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