The game definitely couldn't be played in this situation. Ye Ying took off her blindfold and reached out to take the keychain that had fallen on her collarbone. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

He subconsciously glanced at the live broadcast comments.

[Thank you Kela, I can't see such good things even if I pay for live broadcast]

[I never expected that a game would make me blush and jump]

[He just now definitely kissed Yingying’s neck! Is it soft and fragrant? Hehehehehe]

[Yingmei's face is so red, fuck, this look is too tempting, if I were hxz, I wouldn't be able to resist it]

[The only regret is that these two didn’t have a chance to kiss each other, but there’s still a long way to go, I believe there will always be a chance, right?]

[I guess from today on, the word lotus leaf powder will be recorded in history and engraved into our DNA, hahahaha]

[By the way, Yingying baby, you haven’t finished your lollipop yet!]

It would be better not to look. Ye Ying's face turned redder and she couldn't hide it. She was trying to change the subject as much as possible when she heard Xu Qiongzhi mocking her mercilessly, "He Xizhou, are you craving for oranges? How can you smell hallucinations? Hahaha!"

Ye Ying: “…”

He had never wanted to cover the little curly boy's mouth and keep him quiet as much as he did at this moment.

He Xizhou also took off his blindfold, looked at Ye Ying first, then turned around and said, "You who can't even guess the ball of yarn have no right to laugh at me."

Perhaps the staff did not expect that this game could produce such exciting results, so they did not let everyone start the next round, but instead switched to another game. The barrage expressed deep regret for this.

The live broadcast lasted until nearly ten o'clock, which was quite long, but all the fans felt that they had not seen enough and said goodbye to the six boys reluctantly.

#aurora group live broadcast# and #He Xizhou and Ye Ying guess the object with their eyes blindfolded# quickly became trending searches. The segment between the two of them was so interesting that anyone who clicked on it would be addicted to it. After all, the two boys in the video were incredibly handsome, and the game process was ambiguous and romantic with a few God-given coincidences, which was more heart-pounding than those deliberate plots in idol dramas and made people feel alive.

Many fans asked in the comment section what department these two boys were from and whether they were real. Sister He Ye, who heard the news, once again skillfully controlled the situation:

[They are the first and second members of the hottest boy band Aurora. They are just ordinary teammates. One of them is a vocal genius and the other is a street dance champion. They are very talented. If you are interested, come and watch their performance!!]

[Hahahaha, this is just a game that the staff asked them to play. His teammates also play it this way!]

[In-team romance? How is that possible? ! As you can see, Xu Qiongzhi was very generous when she shared her chat history. They usually play with their teammates in the group. Hahaha, it’s just a straight man’s show! ]

[Those who understand them know that they are both very successful in their careers, so how could they possibly fall in love when they are on the rise! We hope they are serious, but it is simply impossible hahahaha]

Although the media and fans were all excited and shouted "Yi Ye Qing Zhou is real", they didn't really believe it. After all, the possibility that they were both gay was too small, and it was not surprising for boys to play around like this. There were boy bands abroad that played more boldly, but they were still straight men.

They don't dare to have too much extravagant expectations. Even if it is not love, as long as the boy's relationship can last for a long time, they will be satisfied.

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In Chunshan Xinbi's small villa, Qiu Shuang was scrolling through his phone with a sly smile: "Xiao Ye Zi, you and Xizhou are on the hot search."

Ye Ying rubbed her eyebrows and said nothing. Suddenly, she saw Uncle Mai @ him in the work group.

-Uncle Mai: @Oh@Yeah, I heard that you two kissed each other during the live broadcast at night?

Ye Ying's hands trembled and she almost threw her phone away. She quickly typed: [No!]

After a while, he typed and asked nervously: [Uncle, I saw it on the trending search, do I need to withdraw? ]

- Uncle Mai: It’s okay. Kids nowadays like to watch handsome guys fall in love. Just let them do it.

- Uncle Mai: Just consider it as a New Year benefit.

Ye Ying: “…”

Is the brokerage structure so large?

Xu Qiongzhi saw that he looked different, so she came over and hugged his arm to comfort him: "Yingying, don't be nervous. Fans like to eat this privately. Don't we have a lot of CP videos? Don't worry about it. It's not real anyway."

It's not true anyway.

Ye Ying hummed softly: "You are right."

He Xizhou had been sitting next to him, watching him quietly, and watched the boy say goodnight to everyone and go upstairs. It was getting late, and the remaining few people who had just chatted for a while went back to their rooms. Li Jingfei saw that He Xizhou did not move on the sofa, and instructed: "Turn on the living room light when you go upstairs."

He Xizhou stretched out his hand and made an OK gesture.

He sank into the sofa in the living room, his head resting on the back of the sofa, seemingly letting his mind wander. After sitting alone for an unknown amount of time, he stood up to turn off the light, and when he reached the stairs, he remembered something, turned back in the dark, and gently picked up the unfinished orange-flavored lollipop on the table.

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On the morning of New Year's Eve, Aurora packed her luggage and prepared to go home for the New Year. Ye Ying met Ming Yuechen in the coffee shop, and after a moment of hesitation, she asked, "Brother Ming, do you want to come to my place for the New Year?"

He spoke politely, but Ming Yuechen understood what he meant immediately.

"Are you afraid that I'll be lonely during the New Year?" A smile appeared in his eyes and he picked up the freshly ground coffee and took a sip.

Ye Ying scratched her face with her fingers.

"Don't worry about me. I'm really the only one at home, but that's just what I want." Ming Yuechen said, "I've been too busy these past few months, and the New Year holiday is just the right time to deal with some accumulated personal matters."

Ye Ying knew that what Ming Yuechen said was true, but perhaps he was not as free and easy as the other party, so she felt a little uncomfortable.

"I'll call you on the first day of the new year to wish you a happy new year," he said, "remember to answer the phone."

Ming Yuechen smiled and rubbed his hair: "Yeah, I know."

He Xizhou and Ming Yuechen's homes are in City B. If they are not in a hurry, they will take the train or plane. After saying goodbye to each other in the morning, they will leave with their suitcases.

After four people left, the small villa suddenly became much quieter. He Xizhou took out a bag of bread and took a bite, then asked, "What did Ye Ying say to you in the coffee room this morning?"

Ming Yuechen glanced at him and asked: "Are you keeping your eyes on him 24 hours a day?"

He Xizhou took a sip of water and said nothing.

"I told you to restrain yourself a long time ago, but you even dared to faint during the live broadcast." Ming Yuechen said sarcastically.

He Xizhou did not refute. He was indeed unconscious yesterday, but his brain was not working well in that situation, and he didn't even react before the words came out.

"Of course, I'm not in the team, so it's a bit embarrassing to say this." Ming Yuechen said, "But you'd better not do anything rash this year, otherwise not only Ye Ying, but also him in the team, Uncle Mai Fenghua and even your father may be dragged into it."

"I know." He Xizhou frowned, "I know what's going on."

Ming Yuechen felt a bit of pity for him when he saw him like this. After all, this guy had been a straight man who didn't understand romance for more than 20 years. Now that he had finally fallen in love, he had to hold it back and not talk about it. It was really not easy.

He said slowly, "If you're really feeling uncomfortable, why not take advantage of these few days of New Year's holiday to cool your mind down? If you keep your distance and make it a habit, it won't be so hard to bear."

He Xizhou took another sip of cold water, remained silent for a long time, and hummed softly.

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After Ye Ying returned home, he immediately faced the longing and enthusiasm of his father and brother. They all felt that he had lost a lot of weight in the past few months and was in great pain. They immediately asked the chef to prepare an extremely sumptuous meal to supplement his nutrition. Ye Ying felt that after eating this meal, at least a week's worth of fitness effects would be lost.

In the evening, the whole family didn't watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, but waited for the xx Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala to watch the Aurora Troupe's performance. Ye Mingyuan and Ye Yi were more nervous and excited than the performers themselves:

"Why didn't you come to my brother's show?"

"I looked at the program and it started with four."

Ye Yi took out his phone: "Record it later and watch it several times!"

"Silly boy, there must be clear videos online," Ye Mingyuan said, "Why don't we just download and save them when the time comes?"

Ye Yi: “Yes!”

Ye Ying: “…”

When Aurora finally appeared, the old and the young were almost more excited than the young fans of Aurora:

“Start, start!”

"Ahhh my brother is so handsome!!"

"Yingying is worthy of being the center, she is very imposing!"

"Wow, this live singing is so steady and beautiful!"

"You dance beautifully and are improving rapidly!"

When the performance ended, the father and son simultaneously clicked the playback function and watched it again very attentively.

Ye Ying covered her face, unable to bear the sight.

In the evening, the father and his two sons ate dumplings they had made, watched the Spring Festival Gala until midnight, said goodnight to each other and went back to sleep. The next day, firecrackers were set off outside very early. Ye Ying picked up her phone to check the time, stretched, got dressed, and got up to make breakfast.

It was supposed to be New Year's Day, but Ye Ying's uncles were all abroad, and Zhao Li had long since cut off all ties with them, so the Ye family had a very quiet day. The father and his two sons sat side by side on the sofa, leisurely watching the replay of the Spring Festival Gala.

Ye Ying also received many happy New Year's greetings on WeChat, including from former classmates, friends he met in the Dream Camp, and some staff and partners he added after his debut. In [6a Scenic Area], there were even several pages of New Year's greetings to each other. Even the little girl Li Wenlan sent him a congratulatory message, and he smiled and edited a paragraph to reply.

It took more than half an hour to reply to all the messages one by one. Ye Ying scrolled to the top of the page and her eyes fell on the frame of "He Xizhou".

Clean, no new information received.

"Brother, come here. I saw a really funny video, hahaha!" Ye Yi was waving at him while laughing on the sofa. Ye Ying put down her phone and walked over: "Come."

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He Xizhou lay on the sofa in the living room, his long legs hanging out, his arms raised to look at the screen of his mobile phone, opened the dialogue box with [Ye Ying], typed "Happy New Year", deleted it before sending it and turned off the screen. After a while, he opened it again, typed "Did you eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year", hesitated, and deleted it again, then threw the phone away and scratched his hair in annoyance.

Shi Fenglan came over and saw his frowning face, wondering, "Who provokes you on New Year's Day?"

He Xizhou was angry: "No one."

"I think he's just idle at home." He Pingqiu came out of the room, "Your Uncle Zhao will come over to play in a while, go down and meet him."

Zhao Yi is a famous gold medal director in the circle, and he and He Pingqiu have been friends for more than ten years. He Xizhou responded, got up, changed his clothes, fixed his hair, and drove out.

"It's obvious that something's wrong with him since he came back." Shi Fenglan said, "Did he run into trouble at work?"

"When have you ever seen your son upset about work?" He Pingqiu said, "He is always the one causing trouble for others."

Shi Fenglan seemed to understand something: "What you said makes sense."

"Then..." She suddenly had a guess, "Could he be having some relationship problems? For example, is there someone he likes?"

He Pingqiu: "It's not impossible. After all, with his bad behavior, it's normal for the one who likes him to look down on him."

Shi Fenglan glared at her husband with her beautiful eyes: "I am talking to you seriously."

He Pingqiu immediately corrected his attitude and analyzed the situation seriously: "I think it's unlikely. You should remember that when he was in school, he never bothered to accept the favors from little girls. After he started working, he was either dancing or writing songs every day and couldn't tell the difference between men and women around him. I think it would be difficult for fairies to flirt with him, let alone open his mind."

Shi Fenglan sighed and said again: "What you said makes sense."

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The He family is extraordinary. There are many people visiting on the first day of the new year, and they are all good friends of He's father and mother. No matter how arrogant He Xizhou is, he has to serve tea and answer all kinds of questions in front of these elders. He is tossed around a lot all day. At night, he falls on the bed after taking a bath and doesn't want to move at all.

After lying down for a while, he picked up his phone and opened WeChat again. He was wondering whether to send the New Year greeting message when WeChat suddenly rang and a small red 1 appeared behind his friend [Ye Ying].

He Xizhou sat up suddenly and immediately opened the chat box.

-Yeah: Happy New Year.

Although he had seen these four words countless times today, He Xizhou suddenly felt his whole body unblocked. The irritability and depression that had lasted for a day were swept away, and he even wished that his roots would bloom into bright red flowers immediately.

He didn't reply, but just called me via video.

The person on the other end probably didn't expect him to call, and picked up the phone after a while: "Brother He?"

The boy on the screen seemed to be getting ready for bed, too. He was wearing soft beige pajamas and leaning against the bedside with a pillow in his arms. He didn't have any makeup or beauty filters turned on, but his face was still incredibly good-looking. He Xizhou stared at the screen for a while before smiling and saying, "Happy New Year."

Ye Ying smiled and said, "Happy New Year."

"I was so busy, and there were so many guests at home, that I didn't have time to send you a message." He Xizhou said, "How are you doing over there? Are you coming over?"

"Okay." Ye Ying said, "Only three of my dad's friends will come."

He Xizhou nodded: "Have you eaten dumplings? Are you watching the Spring Festival Gala?"

"We made it together as a family." Ye Ying said with a smile, "We also watched the Spring Festival Gala. My dad and brother watched our show and praised every one of them."

He Xizhou: "My parents also watched it and praised you."

Ye Ying was a little surprised, and suspected that he was lying: "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true! They said you're smart and hardworking, and you look really well behaved. They told me to learn from you." He Xizhou repeated what his parents said, and suddenly an idea struck him, and he added, "Yes, they asked when you'd come to their house for dinner."

Ye Ying was even more surprised this time: "...Ah?"

"Did you forget? In the Dream Camp, they kept asking me to take you home." He Xizhou exaggerated, "Yesterday they complained that I hadn't brought you home for several months, and asked if they acted too serious in the VCR and scared you so you didn't dare to come."

"Of course not!" Ye Ying said immediately, sitting up straight in anxiety, "Uncle and aunt are so nice, how could they be scared!"

He Xizhou watched as they were hooked little by little, almost floating up, but he tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth: "Don't panic, I'll explain to them that we don't have time because we're too busy at work. I guess we'll be busy again after the New Year holiday, otherwise, why don't you come over during this day off? I'll pick you up."

Ye Ying was a little hesitant, but she felt that since they had agreed before, it would be rude not to visit: "Is your family busy these days? Are uncle and aunt free?"

"It'll be more the day before yesterday. We can get together with relatives on the third or fourth day of the New Year and it won't be a big deal." He Xizhou said, "If it's convenient for you, why don't you come over on the fifth day? Our holiday ends on the sixth day. Stay at my place for a day and we can go back to the company together."

This arrangement is quite reasonable. Ye Ying's family really has nothing to do, and she can stay with her father and brother for the next few days. After thinking about it, he nodded: "Okay. Then I'll go there on the fifth day of the New Year."

He Xizhou couldn't control the curl of his lips: "I'll pick you up at your house."

"Don't!" Ye Ying said quickly, "I'm old enough and I know the way. Don't bother going back and forth."

"It's not a big deal." He Xizhou said, "During the New Year, I will also go to Uncle Ye to pay New Year's greetings. There is also your brother. I met him once before and didn't say much. This time, let's get to know him better."

Since he said so, Ye Ying couldn't refute it, so the matter was settled.

After chatting for a while, they said good night to each other and hung up. He Xizhou lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling happily for a long time, then turned around a few times on the bed, suddenly jumped up and down, and went out of the bedroom humming a song and pouring water to drink.

In the master bedroom, He Pingqiu and Shi Fenglan were leaning against the head of the bed, one watching a movie. When they heard someone humming a song leisurely outside, they looked up at each other in tacit understanding.

"What's wrong with this child?" Shi Fenglan wondered, "He looked listless all day and started singing in the middle of the night."

"All adolescent boys are like this, they are very sensitive." He Pingqiu suddenly smiled, "I take it back, this kid might really be enlightened."