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Chapter 876 Damn Competitive Spirit
After attending her own brother's engagement ceremony, Miss Yuan dragged her friends over the next day.

Miss Yuan suddenly realized that although she had gathered most of the members, it was still lacking something without a core member.

The very next morning, he drove from home to the university town to pick up the three of them and headed straight for Nancheng.

Anyway, the post-holiday travel rush is over now, and it's only a little over an hour's drive here. You know, it takes Lin Mo almost an hour to drive from the university town to the city.

Although Miss Yuan is fast, it still takes her more than half an hour. So, coming to the South City is practically like visiting someone's neighbor, assuming there's no traffic.

"Hey? Why are you the only two at home? Where are your aunt and uncle?"

Everyone went upstairs and put their things down. Miss Yuan sat on the sofa and couldn't help but speak.

To put it simply, this wasn't her first time visiting Lin Mo's house, so she wasn't particularly reserved.

Liu Ruyan served everyone fruit tea, and Lin Mo said, "My dad went to work, and my mom went to help a relative prepare for a wedding. It's just the two of us at home now!"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized what was happening, but they also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Speaking of which, Lao Mo, your house has actually been renovated. Sure enough, when you go home alone for the New Year, you're disliked by everyone, but bringing your girlfriend home is a great achievement. Not bad!" Miss Yuan said, giving a thumbs up.

Hearing this, Lin Mo rolled his eyes at them: "Alright, why aren't you guys staying in Jiangning? What are you doing here? I'm going back in a couple of days!"

"That's different. Without you, we're all incredibly bored. My brother got engaged yesterday, and you weren't there, otherwise it would have been even more lively."

"I came here as soon as I finished arranging my brother's engagement," Miss Yuan said.

The class monitor explained, "Actually, it's because Chuanmei hasn't come back yet, and the rest of us don't have anything to do. We don't even have any fun together, so Sister Yuan came over to see if you have any fun."

"No, there's nothing fun about it. I'm also free tomorrow. My cousin's son is getting married, so I might go back the day after tomorrow or the day after that," Lin Mo waved his hand.

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan's eyes lit up: "A wedding? Can I attend? I'll give a gift!"

"Stop! This is my cousin, not a relative from my rural hometown. Please don't cause any trouble, I'm begging you!"

Just kidding. With Miss Yuan's ability to cause trouble, who knows what might happen if she went there.

For a wedding, the most important thing is not how grand the event is, how long the motorcade is, how beautiful the decorations are, how many people come, or even how good the food is. The most important thing is that it goes smoothly.

The worst thing that can happen on your wedding day is an unexpected incident. At best, it's a false alarm; at worst, it can lead to an immediate divorce.

Although he had never seen it in real life, there were still quite a few cases online of weddings falling apart on the wedding day.

I thought the wedding wouldn't happen after the last trip to my rural hometown, but it turned out that even after things escalated to the point of physical violence, we still managed to get married. It's quite a miracle.

He dared not let Miss Yuan attend his relatives' weddings again.

Thinking about this gave him a headache. He was afraid that if he got married in the future, Miss Yuan would turn his wedding into a bikini fashion show.

After saying that, Lin Mo turned around and went to the bathroom.

Seeing this, Miss Yuan couldn't help but purse her lips and say, "Tch, stingy. By the way, Liu Ruyan, you seem to be having a lot of fun these past few days. You're dressed very casually now!"

At this moment, Liu Ruyan was wearing a light blue loungewear set, which was loose and comfortable, but not at all refined.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at her and said, "Why would I need to be so fancy when I'm staying at home?"

"Alright, we were planning to eat at home, but now that you're here, let's go out to eat later. Have some water and rest for a bit, I'll go change my clothes." Five minutes later, Liu Ruyan came out again and saw several people in the living room struggling with a pot of tea.

The squad leader sat on the sofa, drinking tea from a small teacup. He Xiaoyue was also drinking tea from a gaiwan. Director Wang was holding a water ladle filled with tea and was standing up, using the "dragon sucking" method to drink tea.

When Liu Ruyan looked again, she saw that Miss Yuan had already taken the water bucket off the water dispenser in Lin Mo's living room and was swallowing it whole.

The four of them were all unwilling to yield to each other, as if they were determined to drink each other to death.

Upon seeing this, Liu Ruyan quickly asked, "Wait, what are you doing?"

"Never mind that, I don't believe I can't outdrink them. This thing is inconvenient to carry. Do you have a big bowl?" Miss Yuan asked.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan's mind went completely blank. She had only gone back to her bedroom to change her clothes, which took no more than five minutes. How could things have turned out like this outside?

“There’s no such thing. Besides, how old are you all? You’re having a water-drinking contest to see who can drink the most? How boring is that? Where’s your brother? Where is he?” Liu Ruyan shook her head and said.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a sound came from the bathroom behind her. Liu Ruyan turned around and saw Lin Mo carrying a large red basin half-filled with water. He laughed loudly, "None of you are good enough. Mine is the biggest. After I finish drinking, you all better kneel down and wish me a Happy New Year!"

After saying that, Lin Mo picked up the red basin and was about to perform a scene of an old ox drinking water for everyone.

Upon seeing this, Liu Ruyan quickly stepped forward, snatched the red basin away, and spat, "Are you stupid? This is for washing my feet, you big idiot Chun, what are you doing? What have you all been doing?"

At this moment, only Liu Ruyan among the crowd was unaware of what had happened.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo was stunned and immediately hesitated. Drinking water from a foot bath basin was a bit perverted!

Just then, the squad leader spoke up: "It's the first month of the lunar year, so when you went back to your room to change your clothes, they started talking about New Year's greetings. We met downstairs just now, and no one greeted us."

Sister Yuan said that Lin Mo should pay her a New Year's greeting, but Lin Mo said that the visitor should be a guest and should be greeted first. In the end, they started arguing, and somehow they ended up talking about who should kowtow when paying a New Year's greeting.

When neither side could convince the other, they decided to have a contest to see who could drink more water and who was right, with the loser having to offer New Year's greetings.

Let me clarify first, I wasn't involved. I just wanted some tea, as for the rest…

As she spoke, she looked at the others, even He Xiaoyue, who seemed a little awkward holding a covered bowl.

After listening, Liu Ruyan turned to Lin Mo in disbelief and asked, "Is what she said true?"

Lin Mo retorted, "That's right, whoever loses is a coward, I will never kowtow and offer New Year's greetings!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan slapped her forehead. She realized that her boyfriend was usually quite normal, but he would become abnormal whenever he was with these certain people.

It's as if these people have some kind of magical buff; when they're alone, they all look like normal people, but when they get together, they all start acting like they're not human anymore.

But she didn't consider that Lin Mo, who could get along so well with Miss Yuan, couldn't possibly be a good person.

"Are they all so competitive?" Liu Ruyan asked the class monitor.

Upon hearing this, the class monitor pointed at Director Wang, who was holding a water ladle and about to suck water, and said, "It's normal. My boyfriend has that thing too. You're still not familiar enough with your boyfriend. It's much better now. Before, there were four of them in their dorm, that was the complete version. Now they've toned it down a lot."

"It's okay, you'll get used to it!"

Liu Ruyan:
(End of this chapter)