Chapter 45: Come Seduce Me — Just Reminded Wifey, Yet You’re Acting Up Again…
The gathering place was chosen at “Heaven on Earth.” Jiang Yunian was indeed somewhat surprised. Although he knew Lu Yuanbai came from a wealthy family, booking a venue and treating everyone so casually still made him click his tongue in secret.
Most of those who came were ordinary students. Entering such a high-end venue for the first time, they were unable to hide their excitement amidst their nervousness, one after another flattering, “President is awesome.”
There were a dozen or so people in their group, and they booked a multi-functional large private room. Jiang Yunian fell to the back. When he entered, the sofas were almost full. Seeing him standing there like a post, Lu Yuanbai tapped the empty seat beside him with two knuckles, his voice gentle: “Come here.”
“Wow, I want to sit next to the President too.”
A girl teased with starry eyes. The boy sitting next to her deliberately pulled at her, asking sourly, “Is sitting with me mistreating you?”
Everyone roared with laughter, and the atmosphere instantly relaxed. Before long, drinks and fruit platters were served successively. Lu Yuanbai greeted them, telling them to make themselves at home.
They were all acquaintances, so no one was shy. A few who loved singing had already grabbed the microphones and started belting out songs, singing and dancing energetically. The rest who didn’t sing curled up on the sofas, eating, chatting, and drinking a little wine.
Jiang Yunian didn’t forget Jiang Yan’s warning and quietly drank juice with two girls who didn’t drink alcohol.
Someone noticed and leaned over to tease him. How could such a big guy not even know how to drink? With bad intentions, he poured him a full glass, saying he wanted to train his tolerance.
Jiang Yunian looked at the heavy glass with the raw, pungent liquid swirling inside. His scalp tingled. Accepting it wasn’t right, but refusing wasn’t right either.
“What are you spacing out for? Drink up!”
Unable to dodge, Jiang Yunian helplessly reached out. Before he touched the glass wall, he was blocked by a hand with distinct knuckles. Turning his head, he saw the Senior.
“We still have to send the female comrades home later. Take it easy; keep a few people sober.” Lu Yuanbai skillfully extricated him from the situation. Just when Jiang Yunian thought the Senior would take it himself, he saw him push the wine glass back in front of that boy, blinking. “I have to drive too. This glass will be handled by someone with good tolerance.”
Since the President had spoken, how could they persuade further? The boy downed it in one gulp, considering it a toast to his generosity.
Sitting there just drinking without singing was quite boring. Two of the girls proposed playing Truth or Dare.
“How about it?” They exchanged glances and invariably aimed at Lu Yuanbai and Jiang Yunian. “You can’t refuse this time.”
Hao Meng heard this and also got interested. She knew all of Jiang Yunian’s old stale news, so naturally, there was nothing to ask. But who wasn’t curious about Lu Yuanbai’s romantic gossip? Not just her, everyone else thought the same. In an instant, the jeering rose from all sides. The two handsome guys, besieged, knew there were tigers on the mountain but had to sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentlemen.
The game rules were simple. A circle of people sat around a table and spun a wine bottle. Whoever the bottleneck pointed to had to choose Truth or Dare.
The first few rounds were relatively relaxed. It spun to a girl who looked particularly innocent and clearly couldn’t hold her liquor. Everyone took care of her and just asked her to say how many times she had been in love.
The girl said softly, “Twice.”
Twice was normal; who hadn’t dated a few times these days? Later, it spun to several other people. Those who didn’t want to answer chose Dare, either doing push-ups or posting socially devastating captions on their WeChat Moments. Until the wine bottle leisurely stopped in front of Lu Yuanbai. Everyone’s eyes lit up as if injected with chicken blood, coming up with explosive topics immediately.
“When was your first time?”
“Woah, playing so big! So exciting, hehe…”
“Quick, say it, say it! If you don’t say it, it’s a Dare, you have to chug a whole bottle!”
“Hahaha, you’re so bad, knowing the Senior has to drive.”
Facing the expectation overflowing on everyone’s faces, Lu Yuanbai laughed involuntarily.
Everyone looked at each other, issuing doubts. “No way, no way? Could the President still be a virgin?”
It was rare for Lu Yuanbai to be unable to handle a situation. He made a fist and coughed against his lips, revealing a slight embarrassment.
“Ah… I thought a man as excellent as the President would definitely have many people chasing him.”
“Me too. I thought we could dig up some big scoop.”
“Then does the Senior have someone he likes?”
This question whetted everyone’s appetite again. Everyone pricked up their ears. Jiang Yunian, sitting aside trying to lower his presence, secretly rejoiced it wasn’t him. Being asked such tricky questions would be awkward for anyone. He wasn’t worried about the Senior being unable to step down, it was just that after interacting for two semesters, the Senior held multiple posts and was as busy as a mayor, let alone having time to contact girls.
Lu Yuanbai smiled helplessly: “This is the second question.”
“President, just tell us. Satisfy our curiosity.”
The others nodded one after another, all wanting to know.
Jiang Yunian lifted his cup to take a small sip of juice, feeling a gaze land on the top of his head. He followed it but found nothing, so he continued to lower his head and bite the straw.
“I do.”
Jiang Yunian froze while biting the straw and looked up.
“Ahhh, there really is someone!”
“Who is it? Who is it?”
“Exactly what kind of sacred being actually took down our President?”
Lu Yuanbai shrugged. He didn’t say who it was, joking half-heartedly, “I’m relatively timid; I haven’t dared to tell him.”
“So the Senior is in unrequited love?”
“My god! Even the President engages in secret crushes these days. Wuwu, so pure. I believe the President is a virgin now.”
Lu Yuanbai smiled modestly, not wishing to say more, and let them continue.
Then it was the next person’s turn, a boy. They asked the same question as usual. That guy was usually a “love brain” (lovesick), so he spoke openly, and everyone was used to it. Watching the wine bottle spin toward his direction, Jiang Yunian was nervous, chanting internally please don’t be me. Then, the bottle mouth stopped impartially right in front of him.
Jiang Yunian’s heart went cold halfway. He scratched the sofa, awaiting judgment.
Before they could replay their old tricks, Lu Yuanbai spoke first, saying Yunian was thin-skinned, so they should take it easy.
Hao Meng glanced at the two of them, a trace of scrutiny flashing in her eyes.
“Then tell us, how many girls have you kissed? What did it feel like?”
Hao Meng burst out laughing. “He’s an emotional idiot who hasn’t even dated; how could he have kissed anyone?”
“Real or fake?”
There’s someone even purer?
Could the “pure big straight man” mentioned on the forum actually be real? There’s really a big handsome guy who has been single from the womb for 20 years?
All gazes were cast over in unison. Even Lu Yuanbai, who was never curious about others’ private matters, focused his attention. Stared at by so many pairs of eyes, Jiang Yunian felt continuously guilty. His brain uncontrollably flashed back to the feeling of being kissed by Jiang Yan that night—himself all soft and limp, almost unable to breathe. He was an honest person; his lies could be seen through at a glance. Knowing he couldn’t hide it, he honestly shook his head, then lowered it.
This action caused the seated crowd to explode instantly.
“I said we could definitely get it out of him. How could he not have even kissed?”
Hao Meng and Lu Yuanbai turned their heads at the same time, their expressions differing.
“When did this happen? How come I didn’t know?!” Hao Meng asked.
Jiang Yunian didn’t dare look at her, vaguely saying it was an accident.
But no one believed this rhetoric. It was normal for a twenty-something to kiss. Everyone pressed for details on whether anything further had happened. Since a kiss happened, he couldn’t possibly still be a virgin, right?
As Lu Yuanbai said, he was indeed thin-skinned. This was tantamount to a public execution for Jiang Yunian. The tips of his ears red, he opened his mouth. This answer was much more definite than the last one. Seeing it was true, everyone’s gossip desire dropped eight dimensions.
“Normal, normal. Doesn’t the President not have any either?”
Jiang Yunian was just a blank sheet of paper; asking more wouldn’t yield anything. They finally let him off. Jiang Yunian breathed a sigh of relief and drank some juice to calm his nerves.
Who knew the next round would spin to him again? Having had one experience, he chose Dare.
“Alright, then we have to think carefully.”
Everyone was gearing up, thinking about how to use this opportunity to torment him. Hao Meng suddenly smiled maliciously, making Jiang Yunian’s back go cold with a foreboding feeling.
“Got it,” Hao Meng’s brain spun and she came up with a rotten idea. “Post a selfie online.”
“This is good. Yunian is so handsome; posting it will blind the dog eyes (dazzle everyone).”
Saying this, they urged Jiang Yunian to pick a photo. He helplessly took out his phone. Just as he opened the album, a girl next to him suddenly screamed, “Wow! What is this? A little skirt??!”
“What skirt? Let me see.”
It was too late for Jiang Yunian to block it. Everyone leaned in close. Upon seeing that cross-dressing photo, they all had expressions like they had discovered a new continent.
“What is this?!”
“Tsk tsk, these legs are too hot!”
“Yunian, when did you become a cross-dressing big shot? You’ve been hiding your light!”
Curious gazes focused on him once again. Jiang Yunian was so embarrassed he wanted to cover his face. Being all acquaintances, Hao Meng quickly smoothed things over: “It was for the class cultural performance, just fooling around. Don’t make a fuss.”
“You guys really know how to play. Pity I didn’t see it with my own eyes. It looks truly pretty.”
“Then use this one.”
“Right, this one is good, hehe.”
Thus, amidst everyone’s jeering, with a knife to his neck, Jiang Yunian had to bite the bullet and choose this photo where only half his face was shown, wearing an off-shoulder waist-cinching dress.
Everyone urged him to post it in the group chat or on Moments. Jiang Yunian couldn’t afford to play that game. Thinking it over, he posted it on Weibo instead; no one knew him there, and those who did had long been blocked. He would secretly delete it in a few minutes when they weren’t paying attention.
To prove he really posted it, he covered the ID and showed it to everyone.
In the dim private room, the phone light was especially bright, inevitably illuminating the person beside him.
Lu Yuanbai pursed his lips and watched, saying nothing.
Jiang Yunian retracted his phone and tactically picked up his water glass to take a sip. Out of the corner of his eye, he swept over Lu Yuanbai’s face. For some reason, he felt the other person seemed to be staring at his lips.
His throat rolled, and the juice flowed down his esophagus.
“The Senior seems to have something on his mind,” Hao Meng said faintly, mixing into the noisy music.
Later, they played a few more rounds, and the wine bottle didn’t favor Jiang Yunian again. Taking advantage of a gap in the questioning, he found an excuse to slip away to the restroom.
Leaving the private room, the cool air hit his face. He washed his face, which had been heated by the room’s AC, dried his hands, and took out his phone.
Although he felt a bit apologetic, his sense of shame gained the upper hand. He pulled up Weibo. Only a few minutes had passed since posting the cross-dressing photo, and the comment section was empty, which saved trouble.
Just now, they shouldn’t have seen the ID, so they wouldn’t notice if he deleted it.
While he hesitated, his phone popped up a text message without warning, freezing him in place.
[Just reminded Wifey, yet you’re acting up again. Do you want to be punished?]
[Delete it.]
[If you want to post something slutty, come seduce me.]
Jiang Yunian’s legs went weak, and he nearly lost his footing.
Hadn’t he blocked him on Weibo? How did he manage to discover it so quickly?
He didn’t dare think too deeply about whether the other party was monitoring his phone twenty-four hours a day. Just these few sentences made his heart jump out of his chest.
His hands shaking with fright, he deleted the photo at lightning speed.
Just as he finished deleting, an incoming call appeared. Jiang Yunian glanced at “Senior Lu” on the screen, steadied his breathing, and picked up.
“Where are you?”
“I…” Jiang Yunian pinched off the text message and tried to sound calm. “I’m in the restroom, coming over immediately.”
“No rush,” Lu Yuanbai said. “Wait until the game is over.”
Jiang Yunian: “Okay.”
The call hung up. He covered the phone and looked at his pale self in the mirror. He splashed some cold water and took a deep breath. Before he could recover, he turned around, and a black shadow suddenly appeared on the floor at the doorway, slowly approaching.
Jiang Yunian’s heart skipped a beat, sensing something bad. His lower back pressed against the cold glazed sink, triggering a small shiver. He pressed his chest, thinking to find a stall to hide in first, but his feet seemed rooted to the ground, unable to lift.
The shadow got closer and closer. First a long leg, then the corner of black clothes, and then… Jiang Yunian’s pupils constricted slightly.
“…Ah Yan?”
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