Under the candlelight, the eyes of the educated youth in the entire educated youth institution looked at Ning Xiyue with particularly bright eyes.
Let her feel unprecedented passion.
When she saw her second brother running around the house like a silly roe deer, her heart warmed, but she still wanted to laugh.
"Brother, stop running. Stop now."
Then she clasped her fists to express her gratitude to the others, smiling with a playful expression on her face:
"Thank you, everyone. Thank you. I won't give your candies back. These are my spoils. See? They're all the candies you lost to me. There are thirteen extra candies, and now they're all mine!"
Wu Guifang nodded repeatedly: "It's yours, all yours. We accept defeat wholeheartedly."
Chen Yechu clapped his hands with a smile and said, "I'm convinced. I'm not jealous of you winning that candy at all. You earned it based on your own strength. It's what you deserve. It's what you deserve."
Tang Xiaohu held Ning Xiyue's arm and humbly asked for advice: "Xiyue, is there any way for me to be as powerful as you and be unbeatable in the Youth Academy?"
"Da Hu, are you missing Xiyue's method? You're missing something as effective as hers."
Li Dabing nodded his head, deliberately teasing Tang Xiaohu.
Tang Xiaohu retorted without hesitation: "Xiaodan, I lack this, and you don't have this either."
"I'm saying you two never stop talking once you meet. It's really interesting."
Wang Mengmeng's rather amused gaze lingered on the two of them, making them feel embarrassed. The momentum that they had originally intended to fight to see who was superior disappeared in an instant. They turned their heads to the side and stood back to back.
A hint of red quietly appeared on Li Dabing's ears.
Tang Xiaohu muttered quietly, "I don't want to argue with him. Who cares? It's strange. Every time I meet him, he can't control his mouth."
Unfortunately, Ning Xiyue, who had sharp ears, heard it. The girl finally realized that something was wrong, so she decided to just watch silently.
He smiled and said to Tang Xiaohu, "I don't have any secrets to playing chess. It just comes naturally with practice."
Liu Yao sipped a cup of tea and said, "Xiaohu, if you play a game of Gobang every day like me, you'll definitely get better at it. I've heard that playing against someone good at Go can improve your reflexes. Why don't you give it a try?"
"Sure, come on, play chess with me, let's have fun." Tang Xiaohu turned around and took Liu Yao's hand and asked her to play Gobang with him.
Li Dabing also came over.
There were other people who wanted to play Gobang who came over to watch.
Liu Yao, who was not moved to tears by Ning Xiyue, even waved to Ning Xiyue: "Xiyue, come quickly, play with me, I have plenty of candy."
Ning Xiyue walked around with her neck twisted and her waist supported. Upon hearing this, she massaged the back of her neck with one hand and waved her hand to refuse.
"No, you guys play by yourselves. I've played thirteen games by myself, and my neck is tired. I'm going to stretch it out first and then try another game. You guys continue and leave me alone."
After winning thirteen games, she no longer had the interest to continue playing Gobang, so she had to leave some candy for herself.
"Okay, let's play by ourselves." Liu Yao nodded and continued playing their Gobang.
The hosts were still her second brother and Wang Jiandong. They were addicted to the commentary and never stopped talking. They drank cup after cup of water. They were really addicted.
Ning Xiyue looked at the time and took a walk in the yard. When she entered the house, she saw that the people playing games were divided into three groups.
Apart from those who continued to play Gobang, there were two groups left. One group consisted of Wu Guifang, Sun Meimei, Gao Yang, and Zhao Jianshe, who were playing catching stones.
On the other hand, Wang Mengmeng was playing cat's tuck with Chen Yechu.
On a whim, she walked over to watch the cat's tuck.
Adhering to the principle of a good audience not to interrupt or give reminders when watching something, Ning Xiyue kept her mouth shut.
When Wang Mengmeng flipped to the end, the rope turned into a thread, and she even laughed at the result.
This left Chen Yechu at a loss as to where to start. He pulled the rope helplessly, and finally gave up, covering his face with his hands and laughing: "I lost."
She handed a piece of candy in her hand to Wang Mengmeng.
He handed the rope to Ning Xiyue and pushed her to sit down: "Xiyue, come and play a game too."
"Okay, my hands are itching, let's play a game."
Ning Xiyue rubbed her hands and sat across from Wang Mengmeng, teasing her, "I haven't played for a long time. Don't laugh at me if I don't do it well."
"Ha, then I'm going to play seriously. I lost a candy to you in Gobang, but today I'm going to win it back in catapult. Let's avenge our previous loss."
Wang Mengmeng's spirit was at an all-time high. With a flushed face, she rolled up her sleeves, placed her hands on her knees, and, breathing deeply, stared straight ahead, ready to go. "Come on, start flipping."
"Okay, let's start." Ning Xiyue looked at her with a smile, and started flipping with the rope.
Wang Mengmeng was a little anxious when she saw that the steps were not what she was familiar with at the beginning, so she quickly stopped him and said, "Wait, why don't you turn it according to the routine?"
Ning Xiyue didn't stop and continued to flip the rope: "It's not fun to flip it the usual way. We are all familiar with the steps of the rope flip. There is nothing new. If we want to play, let's try something different. I will flip it randomly and disrupt the steps at the beginning. No one knows how to flip it later. Let's try something new."
"That sounds interesting. Okay." Wang Mengmeng was convinced and started flipping the rope.
"I want to see who wins."
Chen Yetu stood there with his arms folded, watching the two of them interact with great interest.
All the steps for flipping the rope were new, and it was very difficult from the beginning. Everyone had to think about it when it was their turn.
Before the winner was decided, Wu Guifang stood up and shouted, "There are still ten minutes until twelve o'clock. Everyone, pack up and take your bowls to the kitchen to get some sweet eggs. Two per person. We'll eat them as soon as twelve o'clock hits."
"Here I come."
No matter how far along the game was, everyone stopped playing and happily put down their own bowls and ran to the kitchen to scoop up the sweetened eggs.
After Ning Xiyue finished flipping, she put down the rope in her hand and stood up: "Let's go, let's stop playing, eating sweet water eggs is more important."
"Okay, I don't want to play anymore."
Wang Mengmeng let out a breath, followed Ning Xiyue, and secretly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. It was finally over. She was very grateful that Sister Guifang spoke up in time. If she had been a step slower, she really would not have been able to get out. All the talk of avenging the previous shame was bullshit.
Ning Qingyuan ran over with the washed bowl and spoon, "Sister, your bowl."
"Thank you, second brother."
Ning Xiyue took the bowl and spoon in her hands and followed everyone to the kitchen next door.
Zhao Jianshe and Wu Guifang were already standing by the stove, each holding a large soup spoon.
Seeing everyone arriving, Wu Guifang suddenly raised her voice and shouted, "Everyone, line up in two rows. Men, go to Zhao Jianshe's side, and women, go to my side. Those of you who have finished packing the sweet eggs, please don't linger here. Leave the kitchen immediately and go sit in the living room next door. Now, everyone, bring your bowls over here. Don't waste time."
After the people entered the kitchen and listened to Wu Guifang's words, the somewhat scattered scene suddenly became orderly. The male and female educated youth lined up separately, each holding a bowl and waiting excitedly for the sweet water eggs.
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