"It's getting late, time to rest." Tang Xue put the showerhead down and stood up to stretch.
"Going to bed so early?" Lin Xiaoxiao was taken aback and glanced at the watch on her wrist.
"Didn't you say we were going hiking tomorrow morning?" Tang Xue still remembered what Lin Xiaoxiao had told her that afternoon.
If Lin Xiaoxiao really has to get up before the staff starts working, she should get up no later than five or six o'clock at night, so she should naturally rest earlier at night.
"Yes, you should go to bed early." Lin Xiaoxiao took Tang Xue's hand. "I'll wake you up tomorrow."
"Shouldn't I be the one calling you?" Tang Xue squeezed Lin Xiaoxiao's palm. "What do you think, you little lazybones?"
Lin Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes, a fleeting tenderness in them. She shook Tang Xue's hand, "Sleeping in is a common human failing."
"That's why I call you Little Lazy Pig," Tang Xue chuckled.
When the two returned to the living room, Shen Mo and Xiao Yu had already come out of the kitchen, and the group was playing cards together.
"President Lin, Xiao Tang, come join us!" Chen Xingyu greeted them upon seeing them.
Lin Xiaoxiao pulled Tang Xue over and said, "You can call me Xiao Lin, or just Xiao Xiao."
"Then we won't stand on ceremony. Xiaoxiao, Xiaotang, come sit next to me." Lin Xin patted the empty seat next to her.
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at Tang Xue, "Want to play for a while?"
"Okay." For Tang Xue, Lin Xiaoxiao was her nemesis. When facing Lin Xiaoxiao, she always found it difficult to say any words of refusal.
She finds it even harder to refuse things that won't affect her at all.
The game is quite simple; it involves guessing the size of a number. The person with the highest number can ask the person with the lowest number to do something, provided that the task is within reasonable limits.
After receiving your cards, if you feel your hand is too weak, you can fold. Folding means you are out of the game and will not be penalized.
"I fold." After glancing at the cards she had just received, Lin Xiaoxiao immediately chose to fold. Her hand was too weak; there was simply no chance of winning.
Lin Xiaoxiao threw her cards onto the center of the table, rested her chin on Tang Xue's shoulder, and eagerly wanted to see Tang Xue's cards.
However, Tang Xue did not let Lin Xiaoxiao see her cards, but instead placed them face down on the table.
"You won't even let me see it." Lin Xiaoxiao stared longingly at the card Tang Xue had placed face down on the table.
"No." Tang Xue smiled, and finally placed her hand on the card, as if afraid that Lin Xiaoxiao would flip it over.
Lin Xiaoxiao pouted, "I'm not going to lift it up to look."
"You dare say you didn't have the urge to secretly peek inside?" Tang Xue tilted her head to look at her, and seeing the guilty look on the girl's face, she knew she was right.
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes darted around. "I don't have that kind of thought at all!"
"Hmm?" Tang Xue raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, I do have a tiny bit of an idea." Lin Xiaoxiao gestured with her hand. "But it's just a tiny bit. Besides, I'm already out of the game, what's wrong with taking a look?"
"Because your expression will be the best clue for everyone." Tang Xue reached out and poked Lin Xiaoxiao's puffed-up cheek.
"How could that be?" Lin Xiaoxiao was a little unconvinced. She felt that her expression management was pretty good, otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to be so natural when facing Tang Xue.
Tang Xue said helplessly, "Alright, I'll just show you once."
"Hehe, I knew you were the best." Lin Xiaoxiao hugged Tang Xue's arm tightly, reached out and lifted a small corner of the cards Tang Xue had placed face down on the table.
"Xiao Yu, what are you daydreaming about? It's your turn to speak." Chen Mo, who was sitting next to Xiao Yu, gave Xiao Yu a push.
"Ah! Okay." Xiao Yu subconsciously reached out and wiped the corner of her mouth. She didn't know why she did that.
But she always had a feeling that she was already full, but this feeling was not uncomfortable; on the contrary, it made Xiao Yu feel very happy.
[The way Xiao Yu wiped her mouth was absolutely hilarious!]
[Hahaha, does this mean, "Thank you for the meal, but I'm already full?"]
[I also wanted to say thank you for the treat; I'm already stuffed from today's dose of dog food.]
Our Miss Tang Xue is truly completely under Mr. Lin's control.
[Of course! Who can resist our CEO Lin's charm? Miss Tang Xue says, no, she can't resist!]
[When President Lin acts cute, she's so adorable! Seeing her puffed-up cheeks, I just want to reach out and poke them.]
[Hey upstairs, why do you have such a terrible idea? Are you planning to challenge our Miss Tang Xue to a one-on-one fight?]
[No, no, I'd probably be frozen solid by Tang Xue's icy aura before I even got within a meter of her.]
Xiao Yu glanced at the cards in her hand. "I'll stay."
“Me too,” Chen Mo added.
"Looks like everyone has a strong hand." After one round, apart from Lin Xiaoxiao who chose to be eliminated the moment she received her cards, everyone else seemed very confident in their hands.
"I'll also choose to exit." When it was Chen Xingyu's turn, he thought for a moment and made the same choice as Lin Xiaoxiao, "I don't dare to go head-to-head with you young people."
"Then I'll stay and have a go with you young people," Lin Xin said with a smile, looking at the group. "Isn't it my turn to speak now?"
"Yes, Teacher Lin." Lin Xiaoxiao handed the cup of water she had just poured to Tang Xue, then added water to Lin Xin's cup, and finally stood up and added hot water to everyone's cups.
"Thank you, President Lin." As Lin Xiaoxiao passed by, Shen Mo gave her a sweet smile.
"You're welcome." Lin Xiaoxiao gave a slight smile, which was her response.
Although Shen Mo has not done anything wrong since the start of the show's recording.
Relatively speaking, Shen Mo's performance was quite good, but Lin Xiaoxiao could never bring herself to like people she didn't like.
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Author's Note:
Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 14:02:52 and 22:05:03 on March 13, 2022!
Thank you to the little angel who watered my nutrient solution: My Little Greenie, 10 bottles;
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 82
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Perhaps because she was quite confident in the cards she held, Lin Xin did not choose to be eliminated like Chen Xingyu.
Instead, she decided to meet up with the remaining few people, and in the end, she chose one of the twin boys sitting opposite her.
“I’m a ten.” The boy flipped over the card that was face down on the table.
"Looks like I won." Lin Xin tapped the table with a smile.
"Then I'll also choose to be eliminated. My hand isn't even as good as my brother's." The boy said, throwing his cards onto the center of the table.
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at the twins opposite her. To be honest, in Lin Xiaoxiao's opinion, the two looked exactly alike, and it was difficult to tell who was the older brother and who was the younger brother.
After observing for a while, Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but say, "I remember you said before that the older brother's name is Shen Wei and the younger brother's name is Shen Yang."
“Yes.” The boy pointed to himself. “I’m the younger brother.”
"If you two don't tell me who's who, I really can't tell them apart." Lin Xiaoxiao gave up.
I don't know if these two people have some kind of weird sense of humor, but knowing they are twins, they still got the exact same haircut and wore the exact same clothes.
Lin Xiaoxiao admitted that she didn't have superpowers, and before these two people said who they were, she really couldn't tell the difference between them.
Shen Wei slapped his younger brother, "Sorry, sorry. Starting tomorrow, I will wear a necklace around my neck."
"You weren't planning on making us play a spot-the-difference game from the start, were you?" This thought suddenly popped into Lin Xiaoxiao's mind.
“We’ve played this game before,” Lin Xin said, her voice tinged with laughter, “but we all lost; none of us guessed correctly.”
"You actually did it?" Lin Xiaoxiao blinked, unsure of what to say.
"Do you want to play? We can play a little later." Tang Xue leaned closer to Lin Xiaoxiao and whispered in her ear, "We can ask them for help later."
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes widened instantly. She turned her head and looked at Tang Xue with a shocked expression. Did Tang Xue show any interest in this spot-the-difference game?
"I'll turn to Xiao Yu," Tang Xue said slowly, squeezing Lin Xiaoxiao's fingers with her hand at her side.
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at the twin brothers sitting opposite her, hooked her little finger around Tang Xue's, and whispered in her ear, "Let's forget it. There's a punishment for losing, and I can't tell who's who."
What is this? A whisper? Should I pretend I didn't hear it at all?
[Help! These two are so cute! Did President Lin and Miss Tang Xue forget that she had a microphone on her? How can they be so adorable?]
[Miss Tang Xue's attention is always on our CEO Lin! Knowing he missed the spot-the-difference game, she immediately wanted to arrange it again. She's so doting! Love it!]
[President Lin seems to have absolutely no confidence in himself.]
To be honest, I really can't tell the difference between them at all; they're even the same height.
“I can tell.” Tang Xue leaned closer to Lin Xiaoxiao and whispered, before turning her gaze to Xiao Yu.
"Looks like I won." Tang Xue smiled as she saw the card Xiao Yu had turned over.
"You can really tell the difference?" Lin Xiaoxiao was somewhat surprised and curious.
Tang Xue shook Lin Xiaoxiao's finger that was hooked around hers, a smile appearing in her eyes, and her whole demeanor softened considerably. "Of course."
"Let's play for a bit later." Trusting Tang Xue, Lin Xiaoxiao quickly changed her mind. She also wanted to see how Tang Xue could identify the twins.
[Help! This is such an adorable little cutie! Even whispering to each other is so sweet!]
I'm really curious whether Miss Tang Xue will be able to easily distinguish the twins, just like she says.
[It's just a publicity stunt, and you guys actually took it seriously?]
[Exactly, this is just her trying to create a persona for herself.]
I just logged out and logged back in, because for a moment I thought I had gone to the wrong place.
I haven't seen any comments from haters for a while now, and I almost forgot they even existed.
[You haters really don't get tired, do you? Did you take a break for a while?]
Ignore these haters. The more you pay attention to them, the more enthusiastic they become. Let's look at the pretty lady and have some fun instead.
"I'll go after Teacher Tang." Shen Mo looked at Tang Xue, her face smiling, but Tang Xue still saw the jealousy and dissatisfaction hidden in her eyes.
Tang Xue was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting to see such a scene. Her hand holding the cards paused for a second, and she tilted her head to glance at Lin Xiaoxiao.