Guess the fate of a picture of joy to manipulate the opportunity to bring two people together
"Cough cough..." Two clear coughs, like a breeze blowing by, wrinkling the green waves.
Xue Jiuyue was still absorbed in her needlework. Seeing that there was no further progress, she raised her eyes and looked at Ke Yike.
"Sister Yue, it's been a while since we've had fun together. Do you want to finish work early tonight and find a place to get together?"
"What's the content?"
"Qiu Nian suggested going to 'Sahuaner' for a drink, and everyone is waiting for your approval."
Xue Jiuyue realized from Ke Yike's words that Qiu Nian had instigated Ke Yike to take the lead. Recalling the hint about drinking left by Lin Yiyi after Qixi Festival, Xue Jiuyue made a quick decision.
Ke Yike took advantage of his home field and booked a relatively quiet booth. Everyone had arrived early, so he suggested playing cards, drinking, and playing games first.
The gameplay is simple, similar to the Truth or Dare game we played before. Each player is dealt a card, and no one can look at their own cards. In each round, the Ace of Hearts makes a request, and the King and Queen of Hearts fulfill it.
When Xue Jiuyue saw that they were playing poker, happy memories came to her mind.
"Lazy dad, today is the weekend, please play with me for a while."
"Okay, what do you want to play, Xiao Shi?" Dad responded.
"Let's play poker!"
"How are we supposed to play? Your mom is still working on her project!"
Xiao Shi thought for a moment and said in a childish voice, "Let's compete. Whoever loses will bark like a dog."
"No, no, let's put it this way. If Dad loses, he'll bark like a dog. If you lose, you'll say Dad is the best and you love him the most!"
"OK!"
Xiao Shi's small hands seemed to be unable to handle the task of sorting the playing cards. At this time, his father took the playing cards kindly and said, "How can you let Xiao Shi do this tiring job? Let Dad do it!"
I saw my dad shuffling the cards skillfully, looking as cool as a star on TV.
"Wow, Dad is so cool!"
"Hehe..." Dad smiled cunningly, "The coolest thing is yet to come..."
Soon Xiao Shi understood what his father meant.
Over a dozen times in a row, Dad won every time, and Xiao Shi was forced to keep saying, "Dad is the best, I love Dad the most!"
My dad was so happy that he couldn't stop laughing.
"Again!" Xiao Shi felt that something was wrong, but even after opening his eyes wide, he couldn't see anything strange.
Sure enough, I lost another game.
My mother, who had been busy at work, couldn't stand it any longer. "Old Xue, can you be a little more serious? You used this trick to deceive me back then, and now you're so stupid as to deceive your daughter."
"I never lied to you back then. I was just trying to make you happy. Can't I tease my daughter now? When she grows up, I won't even have the chance to tease her."
Xiao Shi didn't care about his father's explanation, "Big liar dad, you dare to lie to me, I won't pay attention to you!"
Dad panicked, "Come on, Xiao Shi! I was just demonstrating my technique to you, just like buying food at the supermarket and letting you try it! Now I'm going to teach you our family's unique skills!"
"Teach me?"
"Yes, you are my only treasure. If I don't teach you this family secret skill, who else should I teach it to?"
The mother standing by couldn't sit still any longer, "Lao Xue, you've grown up! You dare to teach your daughter to gamble! Believe it or not, I'll chop off your hand!"
Dad looked at Mom and said earnestly, "Why don't you understand? Guns don't hurt people, it's people holding guns who hurt people! I can play cards, but I've never been to a card table! Besides, why are there so many people who don't need money addicted to gambling?"
Xue's mother naturally replied, "Aren't you just looking for excitement?"
"It's not just about the thrill. Think deeper: why are so many gambling-related games so popular? Even ordinary people in the Song Dynasty loved gambling when selling anything. Was it really just about the thrill?"
"What kind of heresy do you have?"
"It's not heresy. I think that many times, people who just start gambling don't care about how much they win, but use it to get a glimpse of luck, or even fate. The ultimate pleasure is to wander between belief and disbelief in fate, which is engraved in our bones. What often makes people obsessed is not winning or losing itself but the speculation about fate! In the vast time, we live in fear; in the vast universe, we live in loneliness. So humans always want to find some clues to prove that life is not the result of a series of coincidences, and the future is not completely random and irregular. That's why those anti-gambling propagandists on TV openly show cheating, just to unveil the veil of luck and fate covered by gambling. But I want Xiao Shi to know from a young age that these are all man-made and scams, she won't be interested! And don't you have confidence in our education?" Unlike his usual joking and careless behavior, Father Xue spoke very seriously.
Mother Xue thought for a moment and said slowly, "I hope you are right!"
Dad looked at Xiao Shi seriously at this time, "Xiao Shi, you have to promise Dad that you will never gamble again!"
"I promise!"
…
Because she knew from a young age that poker could be cheated, Xue Jiuyue not only stopped gambling but also had no interest in it at all. Instead, the many truths her father taught her at the time left a deeper impression on her.
But today! Dad was right, "Guns don't hurt people, it's the people holding guns who hurt people." Xue Jiuyue planned to use her father's "family heirloom" to help two people succeed. If possible, she also hoped to achieve more.
Xue Jiuyue volunteered to shuffle and deal the cards, and everyone agreed, so the game began.
In the first round, Xue Jiyue was a rookie. Zhou Ying got the Ace of Hearts, and she asked for the King and Queen of Hearts, and drank three cups in a row.
"Cheers!" Qiu Nian happily raised his glass to Lin Yiyi.
…
Perhaps to liven things up, everyone initially requested more drinks. To avoid suspicion, Xue Jiuyue even let herself be tricked a few times. After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere heated up, just like the background music. Especially when a rock band took the stage, the youthful passion and cheers swept over Xue Jiuyue and the others. The powerful drumbeats stirred their blood, and a simple "cheers" became as dull as a blank sheet of paper.
"Don't just drink, let's play games!" Ke Yike suggested first.
"Okay! Let's keep it this way. You can ask for something..." The time had come, and Xue Jiuyue was ready to put her plan into action. So, under her control, Qiu Nian and Lin Yiyi were repeatedly tricked, from staring at each other for 10 seconds to hitting each other's brains out, and this time, they were even asked to go to the dance floor together for a ballroom dance.
In all the time they'd known each other, Qiu Nian had never dared to touch Lin Yiyi, fearing he would offend the goddess. Just now, when he tried to shoot Naobeng'er, he only dared to feint. Now, ballroom dancing was bound to involve physical contact.
Qiu Nian looked at Lin Yiyi hesitantly. At this moment, the frost in her bones had been melted by the alcohol flowing in her blood. She looked like a fairy with jade bones and icy skin who had experienced the worldly affairs and looked as beautiful as a peach or a plum.
Qiu Nian was watching intently when he heard Lin Yiyi ask, "What are you daydreaming about?"
It was still brief, but the tone was more gentle, and he had already extended his left hand, waiting to be invited.
Qiu Nian was trembling with fear, and touched the soft hand lightly, just like a wisp of breeze, holding Lin Yiyi's hand and leading her to the dance floor.
The band began playing, a brisk tempo. While Qiu Nian was still lost in thought, Lin Yiyi had already begun her Latin dance. Lin Yiyi's deft movements matched her steps, displaying a captivating, alluring presence, a completely different version of herself. Her fiery passion, mingling with the music, quickly rubbed off on Qiu Nian, who joined in the dance. Their coordination was seamless, their movements flowing like mercury, their performance delicate and full of affection. During the dance, Qiu Nian not only held Lin Yiyi's hand but, for the first time, put his arm around her waist, all of it effortlessly natural...
The joy of success was more stimulating than alcohol for Xue Jiuyue—breaking boundaries in dance was both a result and an expectation. Every step of Qiu Nian and the others' dance tugged at Xue Jiuyue's heartstrings, making her eager to try it herself.
"Ahem, Sister Yue, your technique is pretty good, it's always those two." Ke Yike's words broke Xue Jiuyue's intoxication.
"Really? It's just a coincidence..."
The explanation was so confused and totally unconvincing.
Ke Yike's narrow eyes shone with a cunning light, "How about I deal the cards next time?"
"Okay!" Xue Jiuyue agreed hastily, and then suggested to Zhou Ying: "Let's go dancing too?"
After watching for a long time, I was already itching to do it, and now it’s even more of an escape.
Although the dance floor was not crowded at this time, Zhou Ying alone could not protect Xue Jiuyue completely, and contact with others was inevitable.
But Xue Jiuyue was completely mesmerized at this moment. Before, she had only swayed to the music in the booths or VIP stands, feeling like scratching an itch through a shoe, like seeing flowers in the fog. Now, she was truly immersed in the scene, like a fish in water. The shaking arms, the swaying waist, and more than just the body were twisting. The powerful music, every drumbeat seemed to strike at her heart, shattering those visible and invisible shackles. In a trance, she remembered that she was once the queen of the campus dance, and she was the focus of everyone's attention. Now everything is back! After going through countless hardships and suffering from mental pain, now there is finally a glimmer of hope.
The exhilaration of her soul carried Xue Jiuyue to a state of ecstasy. The crowd gradually thickened around her, the scent of sweat and perfume mingling with the tang of hormones, bringing desire to the surface. It was a release, a vent, an indulgence. Moral traditions, historical rationality aside, she twisted in her own world, loving whoever she wanted, the present moment the most complete freedom. Amidst the decadent music, amidst the psychedelic dance, she used the wine of her false self to quench the burdens of her true self. This was life in its most authentic form, intoxicated by the illusion of aesthetics and the unbridled abandon of her individual desires, a drunkenness like a ghost, a drunkenness like the abyss...
Seeing that Xue Jiuyue was not interrupted by the pain as usual, Ke Yike and the others were secretly happy.
"Don't remind me, Sister Yue."
With the experience of previous failure, this time everyone quickly reached a consensus through word of mouth. And until they sat down again, no one mentioned it.
"This time, you can ask them to kiss!" Lin Yiyi, who was in high spirits, suggested with a blushing face. She already knew Xue Jiuyue's methods and hoped to give some of the stubborn ones a final push.
"This round starts with the cards being dealt..." Zhou Ying reminded in a low voice.
The words were out, and it was too late to take them back. Was he going to admit now that he knew the cards before? Lin Yiyi was in a dilemma and thought quickly, "We can kiss under the cards..."
At this moment, everyone's eyes at the table were focused on Xue Jiuyue.
"You can try it!" Xue Jiuyue, who was still very excited, didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, "I ask that you can..." But the second half of her request was drowned out by everyone's booing.
The game continued. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. The two pairs Xue Jiuyue had been hoping for were never drawn. Instead, the three girls and the two boys kept fighting each other.
The erotic kisses between the beauties and the kisses between the boys through the cards attracted the attention of the crowd. Onlookers and cheerleaders were everywhere, making the scene very lively.
Finally, the first kiss between a man and a woman took place amidst the "high anticipation" of everyone, with Ke Yike being asked to kiss Xue Jiuyue.
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