The students, who had just graduated and were about to go their separate ways, seemed to have completely let loose. They answered any and all questions, and were more than willing to go all-out for the dares...

Xu Su grew more and more shocked as she watched from the side. In the end, her understanding of the classmates she saw day in and day out was almost completely overturned...

’What happened to innocent school romance? Aren’t you supposed to blush just from holding hands? Why is this so different from what I thought!’

’It turns out my relationship with Xi Zirong was actually one of the innocent ones...’

Xu Su had originally thought her two relationships were a unique case in their class, but she never expected this...

Huang Feng, on the other hand, wasn’t surprised. She’d heard a whisper or two of even the most secret gossip. It was just that she had been so busy with her studies during their senior year that she didn’t have much time to gossip with her two best friends.

The spinner pointed to Xu Ran, and the wheel landed on Truth.

A rather energetic girl from Class One asked, "How many people have you kissed?"

Xu Ran: "Three."

Xu Su’s eyes widened. She couldn’t help but tug on Huang Feng beside her. "Wait, where did he get three from? Who are the three?"

"I really don’t know about this, I haven’t heard anything! You two are in the same class, you don’t know either?"

Huang Feng’s face was filled with indignation. "Don’t tell me he was three-timing? Doesn’t that mean our Jiajia was cheated on?"

Xu Ran and Qian Jia had been together, and they only broke up during their senior year. Even after they split, there was no news of him dating two other people!

’A scumbag right under our noses?’

’I really couldn’t tell. He’s such a quiet and gentle-looking guy...’

Xu Su frowned. It was as if this group of classmates had all changed overnight. She could hardly believe it.

The spinner spun again. This time it pointed to Xu Su... no, to Huang Feng next to her. This time, it was a Dare.

A boy Xu Su didn’t recognize stared at the words written on the wheel and read, "Interlock your fingers with the person of the opposite sex to your right and hold eye contact for ten seconds."

The dares were pre-printed on the wheel; only the truths required questions on the spot...

To Huang Feng’s right was Xu Su, but Xu Su wasn’t the opposite sex. The person to Xu Su’s right was also a girl. After a line of three girls, the first person of the opposite sex was...

Xi Zirong.

Ah...

Xu Su’s eyes widened again.

"No way, no way," Huang Feng refused flatly. "Let’s change it."

’A best friend’s man is off-limits.’ Even though Susu and Xi Zirong had broken up, it still wasn’t right.

"Come on, you have to follow the rules of the game. No special treatment," Zhou Dongdong shouted. "It’s just holding eye contact for ten seconds. Just a minute ago, Fu Zichen hugged Wan Youping..."

"That was then, this is now," Xu Ran chimed in, breaking up the argument. He interrupted, "If you want to change it, then change it. How about this? As a penalty, you two can each chug a bottle of beer. How does that sound?"

"Deal!" Huang Feng nodded quickly, grabbing a bottle of beer from the table. She popped the cap and started chugging it straight from the bottle.

She was afraid the others would go back on the offer...

Xi Zirong didn’t say anything. Even if the penalty was changed, it was Huang Feng’s business and had nothing to do with him. Still, without a word, he also drank the beer.

He hadn’t said much all day and had been very quiet. Now, even the way he drank seemed cold and distant.

Xu Su glanced at him for a moment before looking away.

"No exceptions next time! You play, you pay, got it? Whoever it lands on next, just do it," a classmate reminded them.

After Huang Feng and Xi Zirong finished their beers, Xu Su deliberately stood up to get a better look at the large spinner in the middle of the table. The words were a bit small and hard to make out, but the dares seemed pretty extreme. She started to hesitate, wondering if she should just stop playing.

The spinner was spun by Huang Feng.

Just as she feared, it landed right on Xu Su.

"Another dare, huh." Xu Ran stood up and looked quietly for a moment, but he didn’t say anything.

"Well, what is it? Read it out loud! Are you blind?" Zhou Dongdong, who was next to Xu Ran, pushed him aside and leaned in to look for himself. He paused for a second, then read out, word by word, "Call your ex and say, ’I miss you.’"

The private room went quiet for two seconds...

Heh heh...

Xu Su forced a stiff smile. Wasn’t her ex common knowledge throughout the whole school?

"The guy’s right here, no need to make a call." Fu Jun shoved Xi Zirong, who was next to him, and gave Xu Su a suggestive grin. "Just say it to his face."

Rao Lu, also enjoying the drama, urged her on. "You guys broke up so long ago. We won’t take it seriously. It’s just one little sentence."

Everyone thought it was just a silly little sentence that she could say as a joke and get it over with.

Even Huang Feng, who had seen that Xu Su hadn’t interacted with Xi Zirong at all for so long, thought that she was completely over him.

’Anyway, it’s just one sentence. As long as her conscience is clear, it’s fine.’

Xu Su hesitated for a few seconds. Her lips moved, but for the life of her, she couldn’t get the words out.

She didn’t look at Xi Zirong. A phrase inexplicably came to her mind: ’But what if my conscience isn’t clear...?’

Just as she was caught in this difficult situation, the door to the private room was pushed open. Amidst the twenty or thirty people, Shen Chen’s eyes immediately found an uneasy and awkward Xu Su.

He walked over in a few strides and said unhurriedly, "I called you, but you didn’t pick up a single one. Did you really need me to come in here personally?"

Xu Su had been drinking since lunch and was already a bit muddled. Plus, she was wearing a dress today, so her phone wasn’t on her; it was in her purse.

How could she be expected to check for incoming calls every second?

However, Shen Chen’s appearance was the perfect rescue. She didn’t want her classmates to say she was a sore loser, but she also felt it wasn’t right to say those words to Xi Zirong. All in all, it was just a very awkward situation.

Hearing Shen Chen’s words, Xu Su quickly pointed to her purse in the corner of the sofa and explained, "My phone’s in my bag. I didn’t see your calls. It’s not my fault."

Shen Chen reached out, picked up her purse with one hand, and pulled her up by the arm with the other. "Let’s go. Come to my room and get your bearings. Did you forget what I told you, too?"

Xu Su hadn’t forgotten what he’d said. She let him pull her to her feet, said a quick goodbye to her classmates, then turned to Huang Feng. "Fengfeng, do you want to come with? We’ll be right back."

Huang Feng’s eyes lit up. "Let’s go."

"..." Xu Su linked arms with Huang Feng as they walked out of the room. Only then did she look at Shen Chen beside her. "You didn’t happen to make that call from right outside the door, did you?"

’The classmates were all pretty loud in there after drinking. He couldn’t have heard everything, could he?’

Shen Chen glanced at her but didn’t answer.

Xu Su blinked, unable to figure out his meaning, before Shen Chen led her into another private room.

’This seems to be the same room Zhou Mochen brought me to last time...’

Noticing her confusion, Shen Chen turned his head and explained, "This room isn’t open to the public. It’s reserved specially for me."

The lighting in the room was bright, and no one was singing. Three men and two women were sitting on the sofa, and Jiang Peng, the guy who had cornered her earlier, was also there.

Seeing Xu Su come in, Jiang Peng raised a hand and waved at her. "Xu, we meet again."

"...Don’t call me Xu." Xu Su pulled Huang Feng down to sit with her. "Just call me Xu Su."

Shen Chen sat down next to Xu Su and looked down at her face. "Are you still sober?"

Xu Su looked up. "What do you think?"

Her eyes were clear, not the look of someone who was drunk.

Shen Chen smiled. "Want a drink?"

"A drink!" Xu Su’s eyes scanned the colorful array of liquor bottles on the table, and the urge to drink tickled at her. She repeated, "Let’s all have a drink!"