Ye Minjia confirmed again, “Really nothing wrong?”

Bai Jiangxin found it a little funny. “Do you hope something is wrong with me?”

The certainty in Ye Minjia’s heart immediately grew even stronger.

The others weren’t very familiar with Bai Jiangxin. They hadn’t eaten together with him many times, so they didn’t really know how resistant Bai Jiangxin was to using things other people had used. But Ye Minjia had seen it clearly over the past three years.

If it weren’t for the fact that Bai Jiangxin had a handsome face, good grades, and fit today’s admiration-for-the-strong-and-realistic social aesthetics—so that teachers and classmates were all willing to dote on him—he would have long since been labeled a freak.

He must have privately kissed Xiang Di countless times already for his reaction to be this calm.

Ye Minjia glanced at Xiang Di. Now he didn’t just admire Bai Jiangxin—he also admired her.

This girl… not bad. She’s got some real ability.

On the outside she looked so quiet and introverted—so how exactly did she manage to take down Bai Jiangxin?

So who actually pursued whom? It felt unbelievable no matter which way it was.

These two hid it so well. He and Liang Qianqian were with them every day and still hadn’t noticed anything. If he asked them to their faces, he definitely wouldn’t get anything out of them, and it would only alert the enemy. Last time he couldn’t resist testing Bai Jiangxin a bit, and Bai Jiangxin noticed. After that, he never managed to get anything out of him again.

He had to think of a way to probe them.

While Ye Minjia was running his strongest-brain mode, the familiar inner voice once again filled Bai Jiangxin’s mind. Thanks to Ye Minjia this time, the sense of guilt from eavesdropping on thoughts lessened quite a bit. After all, this misunderstanding wasn’t caused by him.

Someone else had delivered her right to his door. He couldn’t be blamed.

The atmosphere fell a bit silent. Ye Minjia spoke up, “Well, um, friends, I found another good game. How about we switch to a different one?”

Wang Sichen: “What game?”

“Answering irrelevantly. Ever played it?”

Liang Qianqian raised her hand. “I’ve played. If you play this with people who have good jokes, it’s especially fun.”

The rules of Answering Irrelevantly were easy to understand. Everyone went in order, asking a question in turn, and the next person had to answer—but they had to answer irrelevantly to pass. If they answered the question directly, they lost and had to accept a punishment.

It was also a small game that tested reaction speed and broke habitual thinking. Same old rule: play a few rounds first to get familiar with the flow.

“Hey, people who’re close can’t sit together, okay? Otherwise the questions will be too boring and it won’t be fun.” Ye Minjia pointed at the two girls. “Especially you two, you must sit apart. Otherwise you girls will definitely cover for each other.”

Xiang Di let out an “ah,” thinking the class monitor really did understand girls well, then said, “Then I’ll sit next to Zhou Linxiao? He can ask me?”

“No. Zhou Linxiao would definitely cover for you too. I’ll do it. Um—Qianqian, you switch seats with me.”

Ye Minjia saw through her little scheme, thinking: with me here, I’ll definitely question you until your face turns red.

Liang Qianqian froze and bit her lip. “Bro, do I not have a surname?”

Ye Minjia didn’t understand. “Calling a good friend by just their given name—will that kill you?”

Liang Qianqian: “Then would you be happy if I start calling you Little Maodan?”

Ye Minjia spread his hands. “Sure, why not? What’s the big deal?”

Liang Qianqian ground her teeth. She really couldn’t reason with this thick-skinned idiot of a class monitor. All day long he worried about other people’s love lives, yet when it came to himself, he had no idea how to write the two characters for ‘keeping distance.’

Sitting down beside Bai Jiangxin, Liang Qianqian steadied her breathing and gave him a polite smile. “If I end up asking something a bit offensive later, please bear with me, okay?”

Bai Jiangxin raised an eyebrow.

Giving a heads-up in advance meant she was definitely going to ask something offensive later.

Liang Qianqian was Xiang Di’s best friend in class. Although Xiang Di was always clinging to her, considering that Liang Qianqian was a girl, Bai Jiangxin’s attitude toward her was still fairly friendly. He hummed in response. “It’s fine. It’s just a game.”

The game started, with Wang Sichen going first. He asked Liang Qianqian.

“Am I handsome?”

Liang Qianqian: “I heard a narcissistic monkey escaped from the nearby zoo recently.”

Wang Sichen froze. The others instantly got the meaning and burst out laughing.

It was Liang Qianqian’s turn to ask Bai Jiangxin. She asked, “Have you ever been in a relationship?”

Everyone suddenly got excited. The very first question was already this explosive?

The question itself wasn’t anything special, but if Bai Jiangxin was the one answering it, then it became very relevant.

However, Bai Jiangxin said, “The fruit wine tastes pretty good.”

Liang Qianqian sighed. If they were playing Truth or Dare instead of Answering Irrelevantly, that would be so much better. She really shouldn’t have said earlier that Truth or Dare was lame—this game was simply too perfect for digging up gossip.

Now it was Bai Jiangxin’s turn to ask Zhou Linxiao. He said bluntly, “How’s the weather today?”

Zhou Linxiao got inspiration from Bai Jiangxin’s earlier answer and copied the method. “Spaghetti mixed with concrete tastes pretty good.”

Then it was Zhou Linxiao’s turn to ask Ye Minjia. He put on a surprised look. “Huh, has the game already started?”

“It started a while ago…” Ye Minjia answered instinctively, and when he realized it, he wanted nothing more than to bite his own tongue.

With no other choice, Ye Minjia had to accept the punishment. He chose to down a glass of alcohol.

Ye Minjia tugged at the corner of his mouth toward Zhou Linxiao. “Bro, you’re pretty good at this.”

Zhou Linxiao smiled. “Thanks for the compliment.”

Everyone present had basically figured out a pattern. In this game, the simpler the question, the harder it was to answer. Once a question was asked, driven by habitual thinking, the brain would automatically try to answer it, and the response easily slipped out. On top of that, the rules said you had to answer within three seconds, otherwise it counted as a loss.

If you didn’t want to get trapped, the best approach was to think of an answer in advance. That way, no matter what the other person asked, you could just give that answer.

Xiang Di grasped this pattern and had already prepared an answer in her mind, just waiting for Ye Minjia to ask.

The new round of questioning started with Ye Minjia. He asked, “Who do you think is more handsome, Bai Jiangxin or Zhou Linxiao?”

Xiang Di didn’t even think. “I like eating cream puffs the most.”

Ye Minjia: “Yo, nice reaction.”

Only after answering did she realize what Ye Minjia had actually asked.

She didn’t dare look at Bai Jiangxin, but instead subconsciously glanced at Zhou Linxiao. Zhou Linxiao was also looking at her and sighed. “If only we were playing Truth.”

Xiang Di gave an awkward smile.

Zhou Linxiao suddenly became interested and asked her, “Xiang Di, in your aesthetic, who do you think is more handsome, me or Bai Jiangxin?”

Xiang Di: “Both are handsome, both are handsome.”

It was obvious at a glance that she was balancing things, not wanting to offend anyone. Zhou Linxiao slightly curled his lips.

Zhou Linxiao didn’t get to know Xiang Di’s real answer, but Bai Jiangxin did.

【Although you two each have your own strengths, in my heart, it has to be my husband who’s the most handsome.】

Beside her, Bai Jiangxin lifted his glass and lightly took a small sip of fruit wine.

【No choice, after all, in a lover’s eyes, Xi Shi emerges.】

Bai Jiangxin put down the glass.

What did that mean? Did it mean that without the lover’s filter, he wasn’t as handsome as Zhou Linxiao?

【Sorry, Xiao Zhou, next time I’ll definitely choose you~】

Bai Jiangxin frowned.

What did “choose Zhou Linxiao next time” mean? Still thinking about spreading the love evenly?

The game continued, and it was once again Liang Qianqian’s turn to ask Bai Jiangxin.

Bai Jiangxin’s mind worked too fast, and he answered too tactfully. There was no way to probe any useful information, so Liang Qianqian decided to go straight in with a heavy hit.

“Among the girls in our class, who do you think looks the most in line with your aesthetic?”

Even though she knew this game was Answering Irrelevantly, Xiang Di still subconsciously widened her eyes nervously.

In his heart, Ye Minjia kept giving Liang Qianqian a thumbs-up. This teammate, way too reliable.

Zhou Linxiao wore a look of watching the excitement unfold. Wang Sichen directly let out a “wow.” That was a bold question.

Liang Qianqian asked this with calculation. She knew Bai Jiangxin reacted fast, so she hadn’t expected him to blurt out anyone’s name.

But under habitual thinking, this question would inevitably pass through Bai Jiangxin’s mind. The human brain always reacts faster than any body part. If Bai Jiangxin really had a girl in class he cared about, then in that instant, a certain person’s face would definitely flash through his mind—so fast that even he himself wouldn’t be able to react in time, nor stop it.

Which girl in the class best fit his aesthetic—he naturally had an answer in his heart. Only he himself knew it.

Then Liang Qianqian’s purpose would already be achieved.

After hesitating for two seconds, Bai Jiangxin said, “The fruit wine tastes pretty good.”

Ye Minjia immediately said, “That answer’s the same as the last round. Doesn’t count.”

Willing to accept the loss, Bai Jiangxin didn’t argue. He picked up the bottle, poured himself a full glass of fruit wine, and downed it in one go.

At this moment, Xiang Di finally experienced the same feeling Zhou Linxiao had in the previous round.

But she wasn’t Zhou Linxiao, and she couldn’t possibly have the courage to directly ask Bai Jiangxin what the real answer to that question was.

【What a pity, this is Answering Irrelevantly, not a truth round……】

【I really want to know who it is ahhh, if it were me, that would be great; if it’s not me… that’s fine too! Maybe I can work toward his aesthetic direction?】

【No, wait, what if he likes the type with big breasts, long legs, and a full figure? I’m lacking in that from birth—no matter how hard I try, it won’t be of much use……】

Xiang Di felt extremely conflicted in her heart, worried that she didn’t match the type Bai Jiangxin liked.

Not only her—everyone else was also dying of curiosity about Liang Qianqian’s question. If this were a truth round, who would Bai Jiangxin say?

When it was Ye Minjia’s turn to ask Xiang Di, he tweaked Liang Qianqian’s question and asked her, “Among the boys in our class, is there anyone you want to date?”

Luckily, Xiang Di had prepared in advance. She answered, “I like drinking cheese foam Four Seasons Spring the most.”

After passing smoothly, she fiercely let out a sigh of relief in her heart.

So dangerous. Good thing she was prepared. Bai Jiangxin was still here, she had to hide it well.

As for who she thought of at the instant she heard that question, did it even need to be said?

【bjxbjxbjx, it has to be bjx, okay? I want to date bjx, I want it so badly, I think about it like crazy, I even dream about it every day.】

Heh, sounded nice, but Bai Jiangxin really couldn’t tell.

He thought she looked quite unhurried.

And since it was already inner voice, Bai Jiangxin didn’t really understand—there were no rare characters in his name, nor was it hard to write, so why did Xiang Di sometimes still replace his full name with pinyin initials.