Chapter 63: What Do You Want to Eat?
“Finished comforting him so soon?”
Fan Fangfang had returned in less than two minutes. Su Rui felt a bit surprised and asked casually.
Fan Fangfang picked up the mouse and flashed a smile at Su Rui. “He seems to be on the phone. Someone else is comforting him, so I won’t go over there to be a nuisance. Let’s hurry up and finish the task.”
Su Rui didn’t suspect anything. He nodded and made space for Fan Fangfang. “Then let’s do this.”
Su Rui was very intelligent.
Before, Zhou Mi had been bossily demanding this and that, and Su Rui hadn’t wanted to argue. Now that Zhou Mi was gone, Su Rui led Fan Fangfang through a few practice runs. Then, relying on tactics and the tacit understanding developed through multiple training sessions, they quickly completed the boss challenge.
Mainly, Su Rui handled the character’s basic movements, while Fan Fangfang only needed to focus on attacking. Even if her attacks didn’t hit the boss, as long as she didn’t get hit herself, it was a win.
When Zhou Mi entered, what he saw was exactly the scene of Su Rui and Fan Fangfang completing the challenge.
“Ahhh!!”
“We passed! We actually passed! Su Rui, you’re amazing!!”
Fan Fangfang was incredibly excited, her hand subconsciously punching Su Rui’s arm twice. Su Rui smiled, not stingy with his praise: “It wasn’t all my credit; you were great too.”
The two naturally looked at each other.
One was a rational academic genius with superior intelligence, and the other was a kind and charming kindergarten teacher. In that single glance, both of them suddenly blushed.
Fan Fangfang even took two steps back directly.
It has to be said that playing games can bring two people closer, especially when one is a highly skilled player; they can always easily capture a girl’s heart.
Of course, before seeing the face, girls often fantasize based on the other person’s voice, automatically matching them with a face so handsome it’s tragic.
So, a man’s charm often comes from a woman’s imagination.
However, Su Rui wasn’t ugly. He had a somewhat cold, ascetic look. Because he always wore a pair of thick black-rimmed glasses that covered most of his face, his looks were naturally sealed away.
Fan Fangfang didn’t care about looks.
She only cared about money.
She had to get more money.
Glancing at Lin Huaizhi, who had perfect tacit understanding with Huo Chen, Fan Fangfang gritted her teeth. Just as she was about to say something, Zhou Mi’s sneer drifted over: “It seems my existence was hindering your performance.”
The guests were all in one room.
Most people chose to ignore him. Xu Qiao’s lips itched to retort, but Hu Xiaoxu covered her mouth. Lin Huaizhi was having a good time playing with Huo Chen; why would he pay attention to him?
El, needless to say, was solely focused on Dai Keqing after finishing the boss challenge.
Only Fang Mo revealed a concerned expression: “Zhou Mi, are you okay?”
Zhou Mi didn’t want to pay attention to Fang Mo at all. When he asked Fang Mo to team up earlier, Fang Mo had been full of reluctance. Now he was shedding crocodile tears and feigning kindness.
He stared at Su Rui and Fan Fangfang, his whole body exuding a sense of ‘you betrayed me’: “I’m asking you two. What’s the meaning of this? Could it be that you’ve taken a fancy to each other, so you used that method to drive me away just to be alone?”
Fan Fangfang: “…”
He really was the second letter of the alphabet (B/Sha Bi – Stupid C*nt).
Fan Fangfang had felt he was pretentious before, and now that she had overheard some gossip, her impression of him was naturally even worse.
Actually, a hollow person like Zhou Mi was easier to manipulate than Lin Huaizhi. Fan Fangfang had thought about fishing for him before; after all, in the first episode, he looked like the richest person besides the boss.
But she wasn’t someone who could stomach just anything.
Compared to Lin Huaizhi, Zhou Mi was not only several tiers lower in wealth but also far inferior in character and appearance.
Of course, she still wanted to maintain her image and didn’t want to tear off her face with Zhou Mi, so she just smiled and said, “You’ve misunderstood. I believe that if you hadn’t left, you would have definitely finished the task quickly with Su Rui too. Su Rui is really amazing, and of course, you are very amazing too.”
These words looked like a compliment.
But aside from praising Zhou Mi, she praised Su Rui even more.
Sure enough, even after being praised, Zhou Mi didn’t feel much joy. His face was terribly dark: “Heh, of course he’s amazing playing with you. But seeing me, he probably doesn’t want to play, otherwise why was his coordination so poor?”
This wasn’t even a question.
He was absolutely certain Su Rui was working against him.
Thinking of the scene he just witnessed, and looking at Fan Fangfang again, Zhou Mi suddenly had a particularly good idea that could disgust Su Rui.
…………
Finally, the tasks were completed, and Dai Keqing began to announce the rankings.
“Since every group of guests has completed the task, we will rank them based on the completion time—”
“First place: Xu Qiao and Hu Xiaoxu’s group.”
“Second place: El’s group.”
“Third place: Chu Xiaoran and Fang Mo’s group.”
“Fourth place: Lin Huaizhi and Huo Chen’s group.”
“Last place: Su Rui, Fan Fangfang, and Zhou Mi’s group.”
Lin Huaizhi wasn’t surprised hearing this ranking. After all, he and Huo Chen had been busy being affectionate earlier and basically hadn’t played seriously. Plus, because he wanted to play with Huo Chen in that posture for a while longer, he deliberately extended the time.
It was just that Dai Keqing was quite interesting.
When announcing the last place, he insisted on putting Su Rui and Fan Fangfang together, and when he got to Zhou Mi, he added an “and” in the middle. It was hard to say he wasn’t doing it on purpose.
One look at Zhou Mi’s expression confirmed it; he looked like he wanted to eat him alive.
Dai Keqing naturally didn’t care: “The program team will distribute romance funds according to the ranking, from high to low: 1500, 1000, 500, 200, and 100.”
“Additionally, regarding the meal issue, guests need to solve it themselves using the romance funds. The landlord has indicated that the kitchen can be used freely, and of course, takeout is also fine. Everyone can choose for themselves.”
“Today’s game ends here. Next is free activity time. Tomorrow, guests please arrange your dates by yourselves.”
The time was four in the afternoon.
It was already past lunch time, but the guests, busy completing tasks, hadn’t eaten yet. At this moment, they were all preparing to order takeout.
Takeout, for Lin Huaizhi, used to be a luxury item. Later, when starting his business, it became his companion.
With the romance fund he and Huo Chen had, ordering a takeout meal would probably leave them penniless. It was better to cook themselves—money-saving and hygienic.
“What do you want to eat?”
Huo Chen looked at Lin Huaizhi and asked back instead of answering, “What do you want to eat?”
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