In the big private room, Qiao Muyi casually cast a sound-blocking barrier and said with a smile, "Since they are not here, we don't need to give them face, right?"

Miss Fan took out a wet tissue and wiped her mouth gently, saying with a smile: "Even if we gave them face just now, they would still fight. If we don't give them face..."

Xiao Jiu fed the black cat a small piece of salmon belly dipped in mustard and soy sauce, and said crisply: "Then Xiao Jiu will have no place to eat!"

The black cat's pupils suddenly shrank, and it meowed twice after chewing the food. Xiaojiu looked at her puzzledly, then picked up the small mustard jar, scooped out a small spoonful and fed it directly to her.

The black cat stuck out its tongue and rolled it around as if it was smacking its lips, and made a few coquettish noises in Xiaojiu's arms.

Xiaojiu sighed and had to take out another soy sauce dish and fill it with mustard. Luna’s taste was too strong, so she wanted to separate the soy sauce dishes from Luna.

Everyone smiled at each other when they heard Xiao Jiu's words. Gu Yueyan snorted, "You are already grown up, but you are still so ignorant. If you sisters hadn't said nice things on purpose, the dinner table would have been overturned by them just now."

"In front of the person he likes, a man is always a boy." Xiao Meng said with a smile.

Sun Shu still found it hard to believe: "Are you all really...?"

“I’m not!” Lin Xianyu, who was eating fried shrimp tempura, shook her head repeatedly: “Neither Xiaojiu nor I are!”

Xiaojiu is just a child. If she were the case, Miss Fan and the others would really call the police.

But Lin Xianyu was not like that, which was beyond their expectations.

They had the same view as Zhao Huo. Compared with other people, Lin Xianyu's temperament was too compatible with Ren Suo. It's not that they were a natural match for marriage, but they always gave people the feeling that they would have fun while eating and playing...

But even if Lin Xianyu wasn't, it was enough to shock these three well-informed girls. Xiao Meng was a little surprised: "Except for Xiao Jiu and Lin Xianyu, you all like... Ren Suo?"

"Xiaojiu also likes big brother!" Xiaojiu was not convinced.

"Meow~" The black cat who was eating shrimp sashimi responded, not caring whether others could understand it or not.

The black cat felt that letting Xiaojiu feed her was too slow, so when no one was paying attention, she stretched out her claws and hooked the sea urchin sashimi into her super mustard soy sauce dish with a flash of light, and then she licked it happily.

Dong Chengling nodded calmly and said with a smile: "I do like him, the kind of love that a lover has."

Gu Yueyan was a little shy and embarrassed. She pursed her lips and lowered her head, saying in a mosquito-like voice: "Me too... yes."

Ren Xingmei blushed, but pretended not to care and laughed, "Yes, I like my brother!"

Qiao Muyi turned her head and asked Xiaojiu: "Xiaojiu, do you like Sister Ling more, or do you like Big Brother more?"

"Ah?" Xiao Jiu was dumbfounded. She looked at Dong Chengling and stammered, "I, I..."

"Xiao Jiu, your sister Qiao will teach you a life experience today." Qiao Muyi said, "For example, if I ask you this, and only your sister Ling is present, then you should loudly say that you like Ling more. If only your big brother is present, then you should say that you like your big brother more. If both of them are present, then you should say that you like both of them."

She paused and said, "Of course, if you think you can offend the person who asked you the question, then just say loudly, 'I hate you the most.'"

"I like you the most..." Xiao Jiu said subconsciously, then she looked at Qiao Muyi and said timidly, "I like Sister Qiao the most..."

"Okay, be good." Qiao Muyi raised the corners of her mouth, her foxy eyes full of smiles.

She looked around and smiled, "Actually, I don't know what love is. I only know what hate is...but I think he's cute."

"He's cute when he's eating, cute when he's sleeping, cute when he's being silly, cute when he's protecting me, cute when he's scared of me. I want to see how cute he'll be when he gets married. He'll definitely be cute when he's old."

Miss Fan, Xiao Meng and Sun Shu looked at each other, still feeling incredible.

Before Zhao Huo and Ren Suo came, they had arrived in the private room in advance and had some exchanges, so they naturally knew each other's identities. Deputy Director of the Countermeasures Bureau, Fourth Rank Monk, Extraordinary Student... Why do these women with unlimited prospects all love one person?

And Ren Xingmei, you seem to be his sister! Is she his biological sister or his adopted sister? She should be his adopted sister. If she is his biological sister, isn't he afraid that his parents will beat him to death?

But they dared not speak or ask.

However, when they thought about themselves, they felt relieved that fate is so unreasonable, and so is love.

If everything is to be reasonable, then it should be allocated by the state.

In fact, it's not that they can't find someone better than Zhao Huo Ren Suo, or they can easily find one. With their abilities, they can definitely find a man who is obedient and loyal to them.

But just as Zhao Huo and Ren Suo were unwilling to give up on them, they were also unwilling to give up. Their feelings were not simply based on sexual impulse or appearance, but because part of their past lives were beautiful memories created with each other, and they were transformed and reborn because of these memories, so they are who they are now.

If you deny this relationship, you are denying yourself.

Sunk costs and rational choices are simple to say, but the last person who was absolutely rational has now lost a lot of his rationality.

Men are boys in front of the person they like, and women are always girls in front of the person they like.

Gu Yueyan directly exposed Zhao Huo's past: "Mr. Suo said that the reason why Mr. Zhao invited us to dinner was that he hoped we could ease the atmosphere and create an opportunity for him to reconcile with you."

"Reconciliation..." Miss Fan smiled: "He thought we were angry with him?"

"Are you no longer angry?" Qiao Muyi asked, "He... Xiao Suo told me that Zhao Huo gave you a set of underwear?"

Xiao Meng tucked her hair behind her ears, revealing a charming demeanor that made women admire her: "If he only gives it to me...even if he only gives it to me in private, I won't be unhappy."

Dong Chengling asked: "Then why don't you reconcile with him privately?"

Sun Shu took out a pair of glasses from her glasses case and put them on, smiling, "It's been so many days, and he's already vented all his anger. We don't want to reconcile with him privately in order to force him to make a good choice."

Dong Chengling and the others said "oh" and looked at each other. The next second, they could hardly hold back and smiled.

Miss Fan asked, "Have you tried this method as well?"

"I have tried it," Dong Chengling nodded and said, "and I have tried it more than once. As for the result..."

Gu Yueyan snorted: "This method of dealing with upright people is useless against that kind of playboy! Someone must restrain him!"

Ren Xingmei was also somewhat helpless: "My brother is unexpectedly greedy in this regard. He doesn't care about first come first served at all. It's obvious that I was the first one to know him..."

Qiao Muyi rested her hands on the table, supported her chin and smiled: "But this can't be blamed on Xiao Suo, it's our fault."

"It's our fault?" The others looked at Qiao Muyi with some hostility in their eyes. Even Dong Chengling raised his eyebrows slightly. Isn't Qiao Muyi doting on Ren Suo too much?

"Yes, if we are willing to issue an ultimatum to Xiao Suo, saying something like 'If you don't give up other people and be with me, then we will break up', and if we find that Xiao Suo is dragging his feet and is still attached, then we will cut off the relationship without hesitation, then Xiao Suo will definitely choose to be with one person forever." Qiao Muyi gently uttered an absolutely effective suggestion.

She looked at Miss Fan and the other two and said, "If you really want to force Zhao Huo, you might as well give him an ultimatum. If you find out that he is in contact with other people, break up with him, block him, and cut off contact with him. With Zhao Huo's warrior character, he should be loyal to any one of you after choosing him, and he will cut off all ties with you even if he has many attachments in his heart. How do you say that?"

Miss Fan and the other two fell silent. Xiao Meng asked, "Then why don't you do this?"

"Because I can't bear to do it!"

Qiao Muyi answered almost instantly, glanced at her rivals, and said with a smile: "I actually hope they are willing to say so. It's good to have one less person to share with me. If Xiao Suo is tired, I can comfort him well, and maybe I can have her all to myself forever."

Sun Shu said seriously: "But you can only encourage his arrogance, let him take advantage, and let yourself be wronged. The reason why we united is that we don't want Brother Huo to have the best of both worlds."

"He has suffered more grievances and dangers because of me, and I have also taken more advantage of him and gained more benefits." Dong Chengling said softly: "Although all this cannot be repaid in equal value, and I am not just repaying a favor, but... as long as I see him, I will no longer feel wronged, and all kinds of tenderness will gather in my heart."

Gu Yueyan also said awkwardly: "Although Mr. Suo is bad, he is not hopeless. If we teach him slowly, maybe he will turn over a new leaf one day..."

Ren Xingmei spread her hands: "You can break up, but I can't. I'm his sister. My brother and I are already tied together. We were childhood sweethearts in the first half of our lives, and we'll be together in the second half."

"Meow~" The black cat scratched Xiaojiu, and Xiaojiu had to add another large spoonful of mustard to her soy sauce dish.

Qiao Muyi couldn't help but chuckle: "This is what happened to us. We can take it but can't let it go, so our lovers keep taking advantage of us. Our bottom line is constantly lowered, and we can only share it. But it's not entirely true when it comes to how aggrieved we are... What about you?"

Miss Fan and the other two looked at each other, hesitant and embarrassed.

The method provided by Qiao Muyi is certainly extremely effective. Although there will inevitably be two losers, there will be at least one winner. The problem is that the loser will really lose irreversibly.

They are willing to give Zhao Huo the right to choose. If Zhao Huo is really determined to choose true love, the losers will accept it even if they have no choice. But if Zhao Huo is unwilling to make a choice, then are they determined to get rid of this scumbag first?

Taking the initiative is not always a good thing, because they are not trying to win, but they don't want to lose.

Dong Chengling asked: "You can't let it go either? Do you believe that Zhao Huo will treat you well no matter what?"

Miss Fan asked back, "What about you guys?"

"We believe it." Dong Chengling answered directly on behalf of everyone: "Suo has proven this through many experiences."

Xiao Meng said: "We also believe in Brother Huo."

Qiao Muyi said, "Then you should take advantage of this meal time to think about it. Based on my experience, your weak and powerless coercion will sooner or later be defeated by Zhao Huo one by one and then fall. It is completely useless."

Sun Shu frowned and said, "Brother Huo doesn't know that kind of trick."

Gu Yueyan pursed her lips and said, "I used to think Mr. Suo wouldn't use that kind of trick."

Ren Xingmei smiled and said, "If Mr. Zhao really loves you, then sooner or later he will be unable to resist and find you to reconcile alone... This is not a routine, it's just that his ears and heart are urging him to find you to express his love. Only when he doesn't love you anymore will his passion die out."

Sun Shu and the other two fell silent, and Qiao Muyi finally came to the conclusion:

"You either stay or you leave, there is no third way."

Miss Fan suddenly asked, "So you guys have really given up? Are you planning to have five women... four women share one man?"

Qiao Muyi glanced at her and confirmed that she was not mocking him, then he dispersed the fear spell in his hand and said, "Of course not!"

Dong Chengling said lightly: "I can't leave Suo, but I can let Suo give up other people."

Gu Yueyan said seriously: "Mr. Suo's wrong view of love must be corrected!"

Ren Xingmei smiled sweetly: "Teaming up as a pair is the happiest and most efficient way of life in Earth Online."

Xiao Meng asked curiously: "So what are you going to do?"

"Speaking of this," Qiao Muyi looked at Dong Chengling, "Chengling, next time I go on a date with Xiao Suo, you can't just teleport him away."

Dong Chengling shook his head: "What does it matter? Anyway, I teleported him over to take a look, and then I'll return him to you, okay? You both have my spatial coordinates."

"No, what if I'm doing something more important with him?"

"That's perfect. I just want to interrupt these important activities." Dong Chengling said openly.

Qiao Muyi hugged Dong Chengling's neck, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Chengling, you have space magic, but don't forget that I am an almighty magician. Believe it or not, I will engrave a chastity mark on Xiao Suo. Once he touches a woman other than me, this mark will burn him painfully."

"I don't believe it. How can there be such magic?" Dong Chengling was very calm.

"It will be available in the future. If it isn't, I'll invent it. If you must interrupt us like this."

"Then I will interrupt you even more. If you invented this kind of magic, you will definitely use it on Xiao Suo no matter how I gave in before. So why should I give in?"

Dong Chengling is becoming increasingly difficult to deceive.

Qiao Muyi secretly sighed, looked at Miss Fan and the others, and said, "You also understand, right? Although we are all cultivators, because of Cheng Ling, our relationship with our lovers cannot go any further. Women's jealousy is really terrible."

"So we discussed a solution," Qiao Muyi paused and said, "First, we need to make sure that in this kind of polyamorous relationship, there are always only three roles: 'I', 'lover', and 'third party'."

"We let lovers choose, or we unilaterally issue an ultimatum, all in the hope that 'I' and 'lover' can break the deadlock of polyamory. Now that everyone has discovered that these two methods don't work, we can only think of a solution from the 'third party.'" Qiao Muyi glanced at the others.

Gu Yueyan said: "It's different from you, because we have Teacher Dong here, so all private dates will be blocked."

Dong Chengling wasn't embarrassed at all and picked up a piece of grilled shrimp and ate it directly.

"So we decided to prepare for a long, large-scale date." Ren Xingmei clapped her hands and said, "But it's not a date together. There will always be only one girl dating my brother, and others are not allowed to get involved. They can only watch and take turns to have exclusive time."

Qiao Muyi said, "Then we'll see whose jealousy will be like the glaciers on the permafrost, piling higher and higher in the snow and wind day after day, never melting, getting higher and higher, and sharper and sharper, until one day, the weight of jealousy exceeds the limit, and it will collapse. The avalanche will swallow up the whole world, wash away all love, and then naturally withdraw and give up."

"The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred."

Is there such a way?!

Miss Fan and the other two were stunned for a moment. Xiao Meng sorted out her thoughts and said in surprise, "Then your boyfriends are very... cool?"

"Someone will always get hurt, and someone will always benefit." Dong Chengling said calmly, "And that's only a temporary joy."

Miss Fan: "But won't you be sad?"

Gu Yueyan pursed her lips and nodded gently: "It will be sad, so this is a test for the 'third party' to see who will be too sad to bear it first, whose love cannot overcome hatred, and who will take the initiative to withdraw. The one who stays is naturally the true love that everyone is convinced of."

Sun Shu: "But this method is too... too absurd, isn't it?"

Ren Xingmei smiled and said, "It's absurd for so many people to like one person. Since no one wants to get hurt, we can only suffer together."

Miss Fan and the other two looked at each other, as if considering the feasibility of this method.

Dong Chengling suddenly said: "Our method is actually not very useful for reference. You can refer to it at your discretion, but don't copy it."

Qiao Muyi also said: "Zhao Huo and Xiao Suo's situations are very different. For example, we have both met Xiao Suo's parents and have been recognized by them. Xiao Suo is unwilling to give up on us no matter what, but is it the same for Zhao Huo? Can he withstand the pressure from his parents?"

The eyes of my fiancée, Miss Fan, sparkled.

Gu Yueyan said, "Mr. Suo is a very lazy person. If you live with him, you will probably have to take care of him. Teacher Zhao seems to be similar. Have you ever lived with Teacher Zhao for a long time? Have you ever gotten along with Teacher Zhao? Would Teacher Zhao prefer someone who can match his pace of life?"

Childhood sweetheart Xiao Meng blinked.

Ren Xingmei said: "Mr. Zhao's hobby is ACG. Do you have any common topics with Mr. Zhao? Can you understand his hobbies? He probably can't live with someone who doesn't understand his hobbies at all, right?"

Junior schoolmate Sun Shu adjusted her glasses.

The three women were lost in thought, and Dong Chengling and the others did not continue to speak. They were just giving the best possible advice to the victims of the scumbags based on their own experience. As for how to solve the problem, it was up to them to decide.

After having a good meal and drinking, when they were about to leave, Miss Fan was surprised at the monks' strong appetite. Suddenly, she remembered something and asked them, "No, there is a loophole in your plan."

Dong Chengling and others blinked and said nothing.

"What if after a long group date, no one is willing to quit, and everyone's jealousy can't overcome love, what are you going to do?"

"No big deal." Dong Chengling responded indifferently.

"Ah?" Miss Fan, Xiao Meng, and Sun Shu were all stunned.

Gu Yueyan didn't go over, snatched the black cat back from Xiaojiu's arms and held it, her face blushing.

Ren Xingmei lowered her head to play with her phone, as if she heard nothing.

Even Qiao Muyi didn't answer frankly. She squatted down, took out a tissue and wiped Xiaojiu's mouth.

Only Lin Xianyu, who had eaten and drunk his fill, relaxed his guard, burped softly, licked the corner of his mouth happily, and blurted out subconsciously: "That's more than just a momentary pleasure."