Duan Wenzheng's action of leaning closer and whispering made Xue Lan's breathing pause.
Help
In this kind of situation...how can I help
Besides, Duan Wenzheng likes men and has already confessed this to his father, so how could he easily give in and go back for a blind date
But... Xue Lan couldn't help but frown when he thought of this.
In the original text, Duan Wenzheng himself knew that his father's so-called old illness was just an excuse to get him to go back, so he did not go home. Unfortunately, there was a power outage at home that night when he did not go home, and Duan Wenzheng's father Duan Ke accidentally fell down the stairs.
Although Duan Wenzheng did not mention it to his teammates afterwards, he still felt guilty about it. Even with Wen Yan's comfort, it still became a thorn in his heart.
Xue Lan frowned and fell into deep thought. Duan Wenzheng's teasing expression faded slightly: "What's wrong?"
Xue Lan then realized that he had been in a daze for a long time without answering Duan Wenzheng's question, but how did Duan Wenzheng's question come about
Oh yeah, it is...
Duan Wenzheng seemed to be sizing her up, and the distance between them became closer. Xue Lan's face flushed again, and she quickly moved to the other side.
"How can I help...?"
Before Duan Wenzheng could answer, Xue Lan suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. The hand applied a little force and she leaned back on the chair.
The person holding this hand is Wen Yan, who is sitting on the right side of the body.
Wen Yan's eyes were cold at the moment, but they were not directed at Xue Lan, but at Duan Wenzheng who was on the other side of Xue Lan. This gaze made Xue Lan feel a chill, but Duan Wenzheng seemed not to notice it, and casually put his arm over Xue Lan's shoulder.
Wen Yan seemed to finally be unable to bear it anymore and grabbed 's wrist.
Xue Lan's pupils trembled, and his eyes were fixed on the pair of clasped hands. Only then did he suddenly realize that he had accidentally sat between Duan Wenzheng and Wen Yan.
And at this moment, the two people's "intimate hand-holding behavior" was also close to his right shoulder.
"What does Captain Wen mean?" Duan Wenzheng lowered his eyes to the wrist that was clenched by Wen Yan, and raised his eyebrows.
Wen Yan's eyes darkened: "In public places, there are differences between men and women."
Xue Lan was choked by this sentence. She waved her hands awkwardly and wanted to explain, but she heard Duan Wenzheng retort: "Oh? Captain Wen means... we don't need to distinguish between men and women when we are not in public?"
"Wen Zheng, please say less." Zhou Kanqing, who was standing by, pressed his forehead awkwardly. "Ayan, this is also for your own good. There are many people watching the game. You may not care about what you did, but people who see it may not say what you said."
But before he could finish his words of persuasion, Wen Yan said coldly again: "Since you don't like girls, you should not do it, otherwise people will misunderstand you."
Xue Lan, who was sandwiched between the two, tried to downplay his presence, but his eyes were unconsciously fixed on the hands of the two, and his eyes couldn't help but flash with a bright light -
Wind and reset shook hands!
In front of so many fans behind me!
In the original article, the two were "arm in arm" off the stage after the game. Wen Yan said in a serious tone that they should be careful about their impact in public. Fans who were good at finding problems noticed that something was "wrong" between the two and took a photo of them. Thus, the first batch of CP fans of the two were born!
It's just that at such a crucial moment of CP interaction, how could I be so unlucky to sit between the two of them! Although it's very comfortable to watch the CP interaction from such a close distance... Xue Lan thought so, and glanced at the eyes behind him that had begun to fall on them. He quickly came to his senses and carefully moved forward while the two people's attention was not on him...
Duan Wenzheng heard what she said, but the smile on his lips deepened: "I like men... Then shouldn't you be the one who should keep a distance from me?"
His words were as frivolous as usual, but Wen Yan had never seen such a "frank" person before. The hand that was holding his hand became stiff instantly, and even his expression that had remained unchanged for thousands of years gradually began to show a crack.
Duan Wenzhen withdrew his hand without changing his expression, and without moving his eyes a bit, he grabbed the collar of someone who was trying to sneak under the seat and escape.
Xue Lan felt that it was really inappropriate for her to be between these two people at this moment. Not to mention anything else, the fans behind her had a hard time photoshopping out this passerby... But Duan Wenzheng grabbed her by the collar and threw her back onto the seat beside him without giving him any explanation.
His awkward gaze wandered between the two of them, but their eyes simultaneously dropped to something in his arms—
Xue Lan was puzzled, and he looked in the direction of his sight. What he was holding in his arms at the moment was... the light board with the word "wind" written on it that the fan who had just sat next to him stuffed into his arms.
Xue Lan was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground to crawl into, but several rows behind her were filled with Wen Yan's fans who were still staring at them. If she just put the light board aside at this moment, it would probably arouse public anger. In a hurry, she simply stuffed the hot light board in her arms into Wen Yan's arms.
I don’t know if it’s because this is the first time I’ve received a light stick as a “fan gift” in all these years, but I didn’t react for a long time.
Xue Lan obviously didn't expect such a result, but since he had thrown this hot potato away, there was no reason for him to take it back. He simply turned around and looked at the giant screen in the center of the stadium as if nothing had happened, without looking at the people around him.
But when he looked up, he found that the camera had just cut to the audience seats, and as if to maintain the ratings of the live broadcast, it was fixed on Wen Yan with incredible precision.
Xue Lan's eyebrows jumped, and he lowered his head quickly, feeling something was wrong.
Fortunately, this shot was not long, and the team performance competition on the stage was coming to an end. The most popular newcomer voted by all the audience in this room was about to be announced... and the most anticipated "Newcomer King" award in this competition was the combined score of the individual competition points and the audience vote.
Duan Wenzhen's individual points ranked first, and his popularity vote was undoubtedly far ahead of others, so he was successfully invited to the stage for the award ceremony.
The guest presenting the Rookie of the Year award is Wen Yan, the undisputed popular king and the top attacker of the doomsday in "Dawn of Doom".
The important footage of Duan Wenzheng's individual competition was played in a loop on the stage, while the audience below was ignited by the atmosphere and screamed and shouted enthusiastically!
Xue Lan's heart was pounding, as if it was himself standing on the stage.
This is Duan Wenzhen’s first award, and it is also the moment when Reset’s name enters everyone’s sight!
Wen Yan walked towards Duan Wen Zheng, took the trophy and handed it to Duan Wen Zheng amid the cheers.
This epic scene recorded in the e-sports world was clearly engraved in front of his eyes. Xue Lan was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time.
I remember that this picture of the trophy handover was replayed by fans again and again. At this moment, the two of them had not returned to their seats yet. Xue Lan took the opportunity to open Weibo to see the latest CP fan photos online...
But when I just opened Weibo, I was shocked by the red dots all over the screen.
Xue Lan was distracted for a moment, and only then did he remember for the first time those words he had said before going to bed yesterday that could easily arouse public anger. He reluctantly dared to read the comments and private messages, and quietly opened Wen Yan's super topic.
What he never expected was that what appeared before his eyes were not the pictures or videos of Duan Wenzhen and Wen Yan, nor the comments and scoldings from fans, but Wen Yan reposting his Weibo!
“-wind: The solo happened after training, it’s not something that can’t be broadcast live, and I was the one who owned the room, and I was the one who didn’t close the spectator rights for others. //Repost Weibo: st: The leaked video…”
Xue Lan stared at the Weibo post in front of him for a long time before coming back to his senses.
Wen Yan's last Weibo post was a quick repost of the official news of the tournament a month ago, and the one before that was also... This Weibo post itself aroused the fanaticism of fans. Those who had originally left comments and private messages to Xue Lan to curse her changed direction and returned to defending lgw-wind's Weibo.
At this moment, this Weibo post has been dominated by fans' comments, and the top page is full of gentle expressions from fans: since the youth training has ended, there is no situation where you cannot watch the game; it is not closed for the fans' viewing benefits; they finally waited until the Weibo post was posted, and so on.
Xue Lan casually flipped through the replies and saw that the person who said there was no situation where he couldn't watch the game was the one who listed the rules of the youth training camp that prohibited live streaming, and the female fan who gently expressed understanding was obviously the one who rushed to the front line yesterday and cursed the most fiercely and crazily...
But Xue Lan never expected that Wen Yan, a person who ignored public opinion and never paid attention to Weibo, would actually respond to this incident and help explain the whole story.
After all, I am the person that everyone avoids.
Xue Lan helplessly flipped through the Weibo post and was about to check out the topic about Duan Wenzheng and Wen Yan in today's semi-professional invitational tournament, but suddenly he was stunned.
In the super topic, under the popularity ranking of Wen Yan himself, the next one was not the picture of the two people handing over the trophy or the hand-holding picture photoshopped into something ambiguous by fans as imagined by Xue Lan, but—
Lan Yan is right: WTF did I see that! I was wondering why Wind suddenly posted a Weibo to explain, a miracle in the history of star chasing!! Babycandy’s successful star chasing scene!! Lan Yan is right!!! [Picture][Picture][Picture]
"… "
Xue Lan couldn't bear to look at it and clicked on the photo.
The first photo was of being called by Wen Yan to the professional players’ viewing area, the second photo was of stuffing the “Wind” light board into Wen Yan’s arms, and the third photo was of sitting between Wen Yan and Duan Wen Zheng—and the two were facing each other.
The first two pictures - no, the third picture is wrong, it is clearly a love-hate relationship between gods, how could the background figure be picked out by fans as a "story protagonist"!
Fortunately, the reason why this Weibo post was so popular was that besides a group of people with obviously poor eyesight taking sides, there were also voices of dispute and reporting from the vast majority of Wen Yan's fans.
Xue Lan couldn't bear to look straight at it again and continued to scroll down, thinking that the following must be the "resetwind" CP fans who were gradually showing signs of emerging. But who knew that the following popular Weibo posts were all -
d的风: Babycandy chasing stars and fulfilling dreams is so sweet, isn’t it? ? ? ? ?
I want to raise a catmiao: Oh my god, this guy is so handsome!
I am good at shipping couples: Yesterday I thought Babycandy was acting... Today I suddenly felt like this was the script of "The Little Drama Queen of the Cool Idol". It's actually... So sweet
The End of the Year: So the light board can also be used as a token of love? I actually feel that I can extend this topic to write a fan fiction of at least 30,000 words... I am not a fan of Wen Yan, but I have decided to stand with Lan Yan!!!
…
Xue Lan's head was in a mess after reading this, but he continued to scroll down without giving up. At this moment, someone suddenly snatched his phone away.
***
"What do you think? Let me see!"
The person who snatched the phone away was Zhou Kanqing, who had a bad look on his face and obviously thought that all the photos were sent by Xue Lan.
"Give it back to me!"
Xue Lan hurriedly took back the phone, but Zhou Kanqing had obviously seen the photo and was now looking at Xue Lan with an indescribable expression on his face.
“Deleted!”
Xue Lan knew that Zhou Kanqing must have misunderstood him, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't ask someone to secretly take this photo, and I didn't post it..."
Xue Lan also felt that his explanation was pale and powerless. After all, his body had done similar things before. He was about to explain a little, but at this moment, Duan Wenzheng and Wen Yan had returned and were preparing to go back to the youth training camp together.
Xue Lan thought that Zhou Kanqing would definitely tell Wen Yan that he had done something in the super topic again, but he didn't expect that although Zhou Kanqing's face turned dark, he didn't mention this to Wen Yan.
Xue Lan's face was flushed. He didn't know if Wen Yan was following his super topic. If Wen Yan knew, he would probably draw a clear line between him and him again in a serious manner.
But what Xue Lan couldn't understand was why Wen Yan didn't help him explain in the morning? If he knew that because of his well-intentioned explanation, fans had already arranged the two of them together, would he be even more disgusted or even think that all of this was deliberately made up by him
Wen Yan still looked indifferent, while Duan Wenzheng looked down at his phone as he walked.
Xue Lan thought of Duan Wenzheng's words and quickly put aside what he had just said in the super chat. He nervously looked at Duan Wenzheng's expression.
Duan Wenzheng looked up at me at this moment, and happened to meet my gaze. I didn't put my phone away, and it seemed that I didn't care about the content on my phone at all. Instead, I said:
"You said I should go back?"
Xue Lan raised her eyes in surprise, and when she met Duan Wenzheng's gaze, she confirmed that he was talking to her. She scratched her hair hesitantly and said, "Go back. If you are worried, you should go back and take a look."
"oh."
Duan Wenzheng raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her with a smile.
Xue Lan suddenly remembered that he knew the content of this information because he had read the novel, but at this moment, Duan Wenzheng seemed to have discovered the secret that he was secretly peeking at the screen.
Xue Lan waved his hands hurriedly: "It's not what you think. What I meant was that I didn't peek. I was just... forget it."
After a long awkward moment, I realized that there was no way I could explain this matter, so I just gave up.
Duan Wenzheng said nonchalantly, "The old man is in good health, but I haven't been home for a long time. It's not good to let my family worry about me, don't you think?"
Xue Lan nodded as if he understood what was said.
"But the old man always wants to straighten me out, and he arranges blind dates for me all day long." Duan Wenzheng sneered in a low voice, "It seems that if I don't bring a girlfriend home, even if he breaks off the father-son relationship with me, he will arrange these blind dates clearly. How do you think I dare to go home like this?"
Xue Lan blinked without saying anything, thinking that Duan Wenzheng was actually thinking about whether to go home or not. For the first time, she remembered the incident in the original text where Duan Wenzheng's father fell down the stairs due to a power outage.
If Duan Wenzheng returns home, maybe...
"But if I bring a girl back with me, I wonder if you can stop arranging boring blind dates for me?"
Take one back
Yes, if Duan Wenzheng brought back a girlfriend, maybe your father wouldn't arrange blind dates for you out of concern for your preferences...
Xue Lan nodded subconsciously when she thought of this, but she felt that it was wrong to nod just now, so she shook her head quickly: "This is not good for the reputation of girls."
"Yeah." Duan Wenzheng agreed, but the smile on his lips deepened: "Can you help me?"
This voice sounded a little familiar, which made Xue Lan startled. He then dodged to the other side and whispered, "This... How can I help..."
Duan Wenzheng responded very quickly: "Come home with me."
Xue Lan was stunned.
Before he could come to his senses, the person sitting on the right said in a cold voice of disapproval: "Duan Wenzheng."
"What's wrong, Captain Wen?" Duan Wenzheng didn't care about being interrupted: "I'm inviting exist to visit my home."
"If you don't like it, don't lie..."
"Captain Wen." Duan Wenzheng still had a calm smile on his face: "This is really unfair. How could I have deceived you? I just asked you to do a favor."
"How can you help me?" Wen Yan's voice was unclear: "Help me deceive your father?"
Xue Lan was awkwardly sandwiched between the two of them, feeling torn: "No, this..."
"You can't say that... I'm just going to go on a blind date to get by. After a while, when the tension is over, we can say we broke up peacefully. How can this be called a lie? It's just a white lie to avoid worrying my family."
Zhou Kanqing, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and rolled his eyes: "If you knew what a white lie was, you probably wouldn't have said you liked men and ran away..."
Duan Wenzhen raised his eyelids, and the half-smile on his face made Zhou Kanqing shut up awkwardly.
"Aren't I asking for my own opinion?" Duan Wenzheng withdrew his gaze without leaving a trace and smiled at Xue Lan.
The two of them had a night off because of the game. Xue Lan was still worried about the power outage, so he pulled Duan Wenzheng aside despite Wen Yan's gloomy face.
"I can help you prove that you have a girl you like... but you just haven't gotten her yet?"
"How is that possible? How can there be a girl I like but can't get?"
"… "
If the person sitting next to me was Zhou Kanqing, he would have rolled his eyes when he saw me like this, but Xue Lan seemed to believe what I said and nodded seriously: "So, why don't you consider these for the time being?"
"If that's the case, why would I run away from home?"
Duan Wenzheng lowered his head again with a sad face and whispered, "Would you like to have a simple meal?"
In fact, Xue Lan didn't quite understand why Duan Wenzheng, who was only nineteen years old, was preparing for these strange blind dates so early... But she was also afraid that Duan Wenzheng's father would fall down the stairs as in the original text, and she once again fell into deep thought about how to solve this difficult problem.
After all, Xue Lan had hardly interacted with others since he was a child, so such a difficult problem was very troubling.
"But..." Xue Lan's face flushed red: "I'm not a girl, it's not good to lie like this."
Duan Wenzheng seemed to be thinking seriously about Xue Lan's question, and proposed a middle way: "I won't tell you that you are my girlfriend, but I will tell you that I brought a girl home for dinner. This is not considered a lie, right?"
Xue Lan was startled. Although this was the case... she felt that there was something wrong with Duan Wenzheng's words.
But before Xue Lan could figure out what was wrong, Duan Wenzheng looked at the awkward expression on Xue Lan's face and continued casually, "Didn't you say you were going to thank me?"
"Yes, but..." Haven't I thanked you once already
Duan Wenzheng walked to the roadside calmly and stopped a car. He stuffed Xue Lan into the car and squeezed into the back seat. Xue Lan was dazed and listened to Duan Wenzheng's instructions to the driver: "Go to the nearest shopping mall."
"What are we going to do in the mall?" Xue Lan murmured subconsciously.
Duan Wenzheng said calmly, "Take my father's future daughter-in-law to buy clothes."
“… … ”
…
When Xue Lan stood in front of the Duan family's door with disheveled hair facing the wind, Duan Wenzheng, on the other hand, looked calm and composed, and pushed his way through the door calmly.
Xue Lan awkwardly pulled off the skirt that she had put on under Duan Wenzheng's coercion and inducement, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Oh, oh, no, we..."
But Duan Wenzheng would never give up the chance to regret. He looked closely at the person beside him who wished he could find a hole to crawl into. His eyes lingered on her simple and elegant dress. The smile on his lips, whether it was a smile of pleasure or mockery, never faded.
"The old man said he missed you so much that he sent away all the people he had scheduled for the blind date. Now that I can't find anyone, I'm afraid he'll rush to the youth training camp and break my legs."
Xue Lan seemed to have gone through a fierce struggle, and then hesitantly said: "Then don't talk nonsense later, after a while, after a while, I will say that it is inappropriate..."
"Got it." Duan Wenzheng pushed Xiaoxiao into the door: "Don't worry, our family is very easy-going."
“…” Do you believe what you said
Duan Wenzheng's father was sitting on the sofa in the hallway, reading a book. He seemed not to notice anyone coming and did not even lift his eyelids.
Xue Lan stood still nervously, and was about to say hello neatly, but was interrupted by Duan Wenzheng's voice.
"Please sit wherever you like. You're welcome."
"… "
The person who had been sitting aside and pretending not to see us now twitched his mouth and whispered through gritted teeth: "You think I don't exist?!"
"Oh, you're here?" Duan Wenzheng seemed to have just discovered that there was someone here, and smiled politely, "Would you like to have dinner with us?"
“…” Duan Ke stood up, ignored the two of them, threw down the book and walked towards the restaurant.
Xue Lan was so awkward watching the way these two people were getting along that he didn't know where to put his hands. For a moment, the awkward feeling of watching others overshadowed his own awkwardness of wearing this strange outfit.
Although Duan Wenzheng's father's features were similar to his, his fierce aura was different from Duan Wenzheng's casual and decisive demeanor. He just sat there quietly, making the people around him unconsciously tense.
The three of them sat down at the dining table to eat. Xue Lan and Duan's father both looked tense at the same time, leaving Duan Wenzheng alone, looking at Xue Lan with a satisfied expression, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
He was clearly not nervous at all when he was shouting and picking all the candidates in the youth training camp. But now, he was just having a meal, but he made the kid eat it with a heroic and righteous look.
Thinking of this, Duan Wenzheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This inappropriate laughter successfully made Mr. Duan's gloomy expression even more intense, and Xue Lan was so nervous that he straightened his back again.
And Mr. Duan's gaze also fell sharply on .
"What's your name?"
What’s your name
This was the first time Xue Lan didn't know how to answer this simplest question - if her identity as Duan Wenzheng's girlfriend was exposed, wouldn't Duan's father remember her...
But if this can both delay Duan Wenzheng's time and avoid Duan's father getting hurt...
Xue Lan paused, then answered with gritted teeth: "Xue, Xue Lan."
"What are you doing?"
"…" Xue Lan was choked for the first time. What did "Xue Lan" do? Did he take a leave of absence from school to do live streaming? In order to chase a boy, he dressed up as a woman for years and finally chased him to an e-sports club
He felt his head grow bigger and answered dryly, "I want to be a professional e-sports player and I'm working hard on it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Duan's father, who had a sullen expression on his face, frowned.
Xue Lan's heart skipped a beat.
Although she was wearing women's clothes at the moment, Duan Wenzheng's father certainly didn't know about the nonsense about "the voice is defective". The sentence just now was quite long. Did Duan's father find out...
Duan Wenzheng seemed to notice Xue Lan's nervousness, and he gently patted the back of Xue Lan's hand with his hand under the table as if to comfort her.
Duan Wenzheng was about to speak, but he heard his father Duan say disapprovingly: "Is it the kind of game that this kid played today? Xiao Xue is such a gentle girl, you should not lead her astray!"
"… "
Not only Xue Lan, but Duan Wenzheng, who originally wanted to help change the topic, also stood there in a daze.
Before the two of them could come to their senses, Father Duan asked again, "Did you go to that game company because of her?"
Xue Lan roughly understood that the "game company" that Duan Wenzheng's father mentioned was the youth training camp, but for a moment she didn't know how to answer. It seemed that neither the right answer was to say that Duan Wenzheng went to the youth training camp because of her or that he didn't go there because of her.
Xue Lan was hesitating about how to answer, but Duan Wenzheng was still eating and responded casually, "Yeah."
I don't know what Mr. Duan thought of this answer, but he didn't continue asking this question. Instead, he asked, "How did you two know each other? How long have you known each other?"
Xue Lan glanced at Duan Wenzheng beside him. If he had barely passed the first test, didn't Duan Wenzheng tell his father that he was his "girlfriend"? Why did it sound a little intriguing
Xue Lan didn't want to leave the elder's question alone for too long, so he calmed down and answered politely:
"One month."
"Half a year."
Xue Lan and Duan Wenzheng spoke at the same time, and both of them stood there in a daze after they finished speaking.
Xue Lan had no idea that Duan Wenzheng, who was like this, would also make up stories and was choked by the obvious car accident scene. But as soon as the two of them spoke, Duan's father sneered, "I know."
"I know it's not easy for you to take one home!" Father Duan stood up and shouted angrily, "I felt strange when I saw her!"
Xue Lan's breathing stagnated when he heard this.
If Father Duan had seen from the beginning that he was a man dressed as a woman and was just watching us act...
You shouldn't do such a thing to deceive others. Now that your cross-dressing has been exposed in public by Duan's father, you can forget about walking with your head held high from now on.
When I was feeling very uncomfortable, Father Duan walked behind me and looked down at me.
Under such a gaze, Xue Lan felt his back suddenly soaked with cold sweat.
The casual smile on Duan Wenzheng's lips gradually disappeared, and he stood up and put his hand on the side of Xue Lan's chair back. He was about to speak when he heard Duan's father say sternly -
"I wonder how such a good girl could fall for this stinky boy! You're talking to me, were you tricked by this boy?"
"… "
Xue Lan was so shocked by what Duan Wenzheng's father said that he froze in place. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be thankful that his clothes hadn't been discovered... or should he sigh that Duan Wenzheng's father could see through his son's intentions and tricks to "get away with it" at a glance
But what can I say? Is it that if I say no, the person I am talking about is Duan Wenzheng's girlfriend? Isn't that a complete lie
I just sat there blankly, not thinking of how to answer, so I just waved my hand: "No, I..."
"Okay, you are so shy, don't scare people away." Duan Wenzheng's hand, which was originally on the back of the chair, fell on Xue Lan's shoulder. His voice was casual with a hint of a low smile: "I haven't caught up with her yet."
's voice was very light, and her casual words as usual made Xue Lan's heart beat wildly.
Haven’t…caught him yet
Didn’t you just say that there’s no such thing as someone you like but can’t pursue
Xue Lan lowered his head and sighed in his heart that he shouldn't have agreed to help Duan Wenzheng so easily, but instead of doing the job well, he ended up...
Duan Ke, who was ready to lose his temper, stood there in a daze. It took him a while to come back to his senses and glared at Duan Wenzhen with a bad look.
"You little..." He stopped cursing halfway through, and after turning his gaze to Xue Lan, he slowed down his tone and said, "This good-for-nothing, if I dare to bully you, just tell me and I will help you deal with me!"
"… "
Xue Lan saw that the attitude of Duan's father, who was still cold and tentative a second ago, suddenly changed in the next second... He became as if Duan Wenzheng would not dare to do anything out of the ordinary and would not sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice.
Xue Lan had never seen such a quick change of expression before. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to answer. However, Duan Wenzheng didn't care at all about being sold out. He smiled and said:
"I told you I'm thin-skinned, stop teasing me."
"…" Who is the person making fun of me?
Father Duan was ready to roll up his sleeves and teach this brat a lesson. Xue Lan felt even more embarrassed. It was obviously his father who teased him the most, right? Now he seemed to be speaking for him righteously.
Xue Lan's face was burning hot, and he quickly stood up and wanted to say that he had finished eating, but the lights in the room suddenly went out, and the three of them were plunged into darkness.
Xue Lan was startled, as if he realized something, and his steps to leave froze in place.
Listen to Duan Wenzheng’s father’s deep voice ringing out in the darkness—
"Why is there a sudden power outage... I'll go check it out."