Chapter 22: King’s Game
Xu Lingyue?
Could she be Xu Lingfeng’s family member?
Speak of the devil. Just as Shen Zhouyue thought of Xu Lingfeng, he saw him walking in from the entrance.
“Lingyue, you’ve arrived!”
“You and Zhouyue seem to get along well?”
Hearing Xu Lingfeng use such an intimate address, Xu Lingyue immediately frowned, “You aren’t having your old problem again, are you?”
“This is Brother Tingzhou’s partner. You better be careful. If you annoy Brother Tingzhou, I won’t plead for you.”
Xu Lingfeng rolled his eyes at Xu Lingyue, ignored her, and said to Shen Zhouyue, “I asked someone to bring back the paint you mentioned before from abroad. I’ll bring it to you next time we meet.”
Shen Zhouyue nodded.
This matter was brought up during their chat.
At that time, Shen Zhouyue’s paint was splashed into the lake by a fish Xu Lingfeng caught.
Although people were arranged to salvage it immediately, it wasn’t found.
Out of guilt, Xu Lingfeng immediately stated he would buy an identical set for Shen Zhouyue.
But others didn’t know the inside story.
Hearing their words, they immediately misunderstood.
“Lingfeng, I will buy the paint Zhouyue wants for him.”
Xu Lingfeng smiled and said with a surprised expression, “Speaking of this matter, it’s my fault after all. How can I let Brother Tingzhou help? That would be too much.”
“Brother Tingzhou, don’t be polite with me. That paint is already at my house. If I don’t send it out, it will be wasted.”
As a girl, Xu Lingyue was naturally a bit more sensitive than Xu Lingfeng and immediately guessed why Yu Tingzhou was acting strange.
She tugged at Xu Lingfeng and said, “Really don’t know where you got so many girlfriends from; it’s really puzzling!”
Xu Lingfeng looked blankly at his sister, his eyes confused, “No, why are you mocking me again for no reason?”
Xu Lingyue couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to Xu Lingfeng and said directly to Yu Tingzhou, “Brother Tingzhou, my brother and I won’t disturb you guys.”
“That was what he owed me; it has nothing to do with you. Why did you suddenly speak up?”
Yu Tingzhou didn’t explain but changed the subject, “Everyone has pretty much arrived. Mom was just looking for you.”
Fang Hanyun was very good to Shen Zhouyue, so Shen Zhouyue naturally returned the favor.
Hearing that Fang Hanyun was looking for him, he didn’t dwell on the question just now and followed behind Yu Tingzhou, heading toward where Fang Hanyun was.
Fang Hanyun was chatting with friends at this time. Seeing Shen Zhouyue, she smiled immediately, but there was still some confusion on her face, obviously different from what Yu Tingzhou had said.
Shen Zhouyue felt it was strange and immediately looked at Yu Tingzhou.
Yu Tingzhou looked calm and reminded Fang Hanyun, “Mom, did you forget? You just said you wanted to introduce Zhouyue to your friends!”
Fang Hanyun noticed Yu Tingzhou’s look. Although she didn’t know what was going on, she still covered for her son.
“That’s right, I just forgot. I did mention this to Tingzhou. Look at my memory; it’s really bad!”
Shen Zhouyue felt something was weird but didn’t think much of it. Following Fang Hanyun, he met many of her friends and elders. Some of them were also interested in painting, and they agreed to go to an art exhibition together when they had time.
When Shen Zhouyue talked about things related to painting, he looked radiant. Not far away, while chatting with friends, Yu Tingzhou’s gaze drifted over from time to time, feeling his heart skipping a beat!
“Tingzhou, you don’t want to be separated from your partner for even a minute. While talking to us, your eyes have been on your partner the whole time!”
Yu Tingzhou rolled his eyes at the speaker, “What nonsense are you talking about?”
He was just worried that Shen Zhouyue would flirt around again and build a grassland on his head, not what they thought at all.
“Don’t be shy!”
“Go bring your partner over. Let us get to know him. I haven’t seen your partner yet!”
Others also echoed, all very curious about Yu Tingzhou’s partner.
“When there’s a chance next time, I’ll invite you home as guests.”
After agreeing to meet next time, Yu Tingzhou found an excuse to get rid of these gossipy friends.
At this moment, the birthday banquet officially began.
As the hosts, Wang Yueyue and her eldest son Cheng Feng walked onto the stage, said a few simple words, and things started to get lively.
A group of people of the same age gathered together and started playing games.
Yu Tingzhou took Shen Zhouyue to gather with a group of peers.
Someone suggested playing the King’s Game. Many people present were curious about Yu Tingzhou and Shen Zhouyue, so they wanted to take this opportunity to gossip.
Yu Tingzhou knew this group of people too well and naturally knew their purpose for proposing this game.
He rolled his eyes at them grumpily, “If your employees or partners knew you were so gossipy, wouldn’t you feel ashamed?”
The people present all came from very good family backgrounds.
Everyone had several companies under their names. They usually appeared decent in the company and never showed a gossipy side.
In front of acquaintances, there was no need to hide their nature.
“Oh, only us are here; others won’t know. Are you afraid, can’t afford to play?”
Shen Zhouyue was also a man and had some competitive spirit in his heart.
Originally, he wasn’t interested in this game and even slightly resisted it. But hearing this, he couldn’t stand the provocation, so he tugged at Yu Tingzhou’s clothes and whispered, “Let’s not spoil the fun!”
Looking at Shen Zhouyue’s silly appearance, Yu Tingzhou couldn’t help sighing, “If you want to participate, then let’s participate!”
Shen Zhouyue vaguely felt that Yu Tingzhou’s tone was wrong. He looked at him blankly but received no response.
“Okay, since everyone agrees, let’s start!”
“There happens to be a deck of cards here. Everyone knows the rules, right!”
Xu Lingfeng had a carefree personality and loved to play. He was the first to respond to such activities.
While everyone was discussing, he had already found the cards and even laid them out.
Afraid someone didn’t know the rules, Xu Lingfeng briefly explained, “Here are eight cards. There are nine of us in total. I’ll be the referee. Whoever gets the Joker is the King…”
The rules were very simple, basically relying on luck.
Shen Zhouyue’s luck was good; he drew the Joker in the first round.
He wasn’t very familiar with the people on the field, so when stating the requirement, he was very restrained, “Number 2 princess carries number 5.”
Number 2 was a girl with delicate looks. Number 5 was a lean man, but his muscles were real.
This was unrealistic for the girl, so she didn’t struggle and directly picked up the wine glass, “I accept the penalty.”
Before the girl’s wine glass touched her lips, it was snatched away by the number 5 man.
“I’ll do it!”
“Oh, Old Three, your heart is fluttering!”
The girl blushed at these words and glared shyly at the person who just spoke.
The atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.
Xu Lingfeng smiled and said, “This is only the first round; it will be more exciting next!”
Just as his voice fell, several people gave him a look.
Meeting their eyes, they guessed each other’s meaning.
Xu Lingfeng nodded quietly after receiving the signal, indicating he understood.
He quietly made some small movements with his hands.
Shen Zhouyue saw his card was number 5. Thinking he had mentioned number 5 just now, this round shouldn’t mention his number, so he didn’t care much.
“Oh my, I’m the King this round.”
“Number 3 and number 5 French kiss for three minutes.”
Yu Tingzhou turned over his card; number 3 was impressively written on it.
Shen Zhouyue was stunned.
This is too coincidental!
“Where is number 5? Where is number 5?”
Others revealed their number cards one after another. In the end, only Shen Zhouyue hadn’t turned over his card.
Everyone’s eyes fell on Shen Zhouyue. Xu Lingfeng beside him quickly turned over Shen Zhouyue’s card; number 5 was impressively written on it.
“Do you choose to accept the punishment or drink?”
Shen Zhouyue’s first reaction was to drink.
He had so much intimate contact with Yu Tingzhou, but they had never kissed.
For him, kissing was only meaningful when done with someone he loved.
“You are married; why be so shy? Just kiss!”
“Old Yu, you are a grown man, don’t tell me you are shy. Just go for it; don’t let me look down on you.”
The situation now was forcing a duck onto a perch. Yu Tingzhou glanced at Shen Zhouyue and found his nose was sweating from nervousness.
He bent down and whispered in Shen Zhouyue’s ear, “If you are unwilling, just drink directly. I won’t force you.”
Shen Zhouyue looked at everyone’s excited appearance and felt it was better not to spoil the fun.
He took a deep breath, calmed his nervous heartbeat, suddenly moved closer to Yu Tingzhou, grabbed Yu Tingzhou’s collar directly, leaned in, and kissed Yu Tingzhou’s lips.
His movements were somewhat clumsy. As he leaned in, he heard the sound of people cheering around him.
The redness behind Shen Zhouyue’s ears began to spread toward his face.
He simply pressed his lips against Yu Tingzhou’s lips, but heard someone around say, “We asked for a French kiss; this isn’t it. Start over.”
A trace of confusion flashed in Yu Tingzhou’s eyes.
He took the initiative, cupped the back of Shen Zhouyue’s head with one hand, and began to attack.
Shen Zhouyue’s eyes, which were originally closed tightly, opened wide and round, seemingly not expecting Yu Tingzhou to do this.
When the time was up, Shen Zhouyue was released. His lips were rosy, his eyes moist, and his breathing was somewhat rapid.
Sitting in his seat, it took him a good while to recover.
Yu Tingzhou’s ears were also a bit red. He coughed awkwardly, “Is that enough?”
Xu Lingfeng and the others smiled somewhat lecherously, like little mice stealing lamp oil.
Hearing Yu Tingzhou’s question, they immediately straightened up and started the next game.
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