The landlord has multiple personalities and wants everyone to pay him.

"Dear viewers, the first Xia Qing Cup Truth or Dare Competition is officially starting! *Knock knock knock knock*"

"Xia Qing, who are you talking to?"

Ye Shu watched Xia Qing's self-indulgent, self-congratulatory manner, complete with her own sound effects, and couldn't help but make a comment.

"Let's create some atmosphere."

Xia Qing smiled, then instantly switched to a host's expression, looking at Ye Shu with a serious expression:

"So, Ye Shu, are you ready? The competition is about to begin."

Seeing how engrossed she was in playing, Ye Shu nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I'm ready."

"Okay then!"

Xia Qing's eyes lit up, and she immediately got into the zone:

"Contestant Ye Shu, please listen to the question! Please answer..."

"Wait a minute."

Ye Shu didn't ask her to ask; he simply raised his hand to interrupt her:

"Xia Qing, are you taking advantage of me because I've never played this before? Truth or Dare doesn't start with 'hear the question' right away! Do you think you're Wang Xiaoya? Isn't it just rock-paper-scissors, and the loser chooses truth or dare? Besides, how did it become 'hear the question'? You didn't even let me choose!"

Seeing that she couldn't fool him, Xia Qing pouted. She had originally thought she could just force herself on him, but she was willing to ask a question first to gain an advantage:

"Boring, you know quite a lot... Fine, fine, let's follow the rules."

Xia Qing stretched out her hand:

"Rock...paper...scissors!"

Ye Shu drew the cloth, and Xia Qing drew the scissors.

Xia Qing suddenly became happy again, and proudly waved her peace sign:

"I still won?! Choose, Ye Shu, truth or dare?"

Ye Shu quickly went through the options in his mind. Given Xia Qing's obvious intentions, if he chose dare, who knows what kind of dangerous things she might ask him to do? He couldn't bear the embarrassment.

"Tell me the truth."

"good!"

Xia Qing immediately moved closer, as if afraid Ye Shu was lying, staring intently into Ye Shu's eyes and asking in a low voice:

"So, Ye Shu, tell me honestly, how many girlfriends did you have before you met us?!"

"Not a single one."

Ye Shu didn't hesitate and answered immediately.

"Really?"

Xia Qing was somewhat surprised by this overly smooth answer:

"Don't hide anything!"

Ye Shu shrugged and said very frankly:

"Why would I lie to you? Only you guys treat me like a treasure. This society is so materialistic these days. Someone like me, with no money and looks... just average, who would want me?"

This may have been said casually, but it is true.

He does indeed have a hidden inferiority complex deep down, which he usually keeps hidden and is very well concealed by his clear self-awareness, but it will still quietly surface at certain times.

It wasn't so obvious when I was studying in my hometown, a small county town. Back then, everyone's circumstances were similar; we wore school uniforms and compared grades.

But when I went to university in the south of the city, people from all over the country gathered together, and the differences in family background, knowledge, and consumption level immediately became apparent.

To give a very common example, when he first entered university, all the other students were wearing shoes with big swooshes on them, but the pair he was wearing, although they also had big swooshes, had the tail of the swoosh inexplicably turned a corner. He had bought these shoes when he went to the market in his hometown.

Fortunately, Ye Shu doesn't pursue these things. He knows the principle of "wearing the right amount of underwear for his size" and there's no need to pretend to be rich. He would feel bad wearing shoes that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. He always wears whatever he has and as long as it fits, he's fine with it. He doesn't care much about brands.

As a result, her wardrobe was basically full of creative items, such as leopards with their heads down or rabbits with one eye blind.

Hearing him casually utter such self-deprecating words, Xia Qing's eyebrows furrowed.

She didn't like hearing Ye Shu talk about her like that, and her protective instincts as a big sister were ignited. She reached out and pinched Ye Shu's chin, making him look at her, and then said very seriously, with a hint of disappointment:

"What nonsense are you talking about? They just don't know what's good for them."

She stared at Ye Shu's face, scrutinized it carefully for a while, and then said:

"What's wrong with you? You're the kind of person who grows on you, the more you look at you, the more attractive you become! Don't you understand?"

Actually, Ye Shu didn't feel particularly wronged when he said those words, since it was indeed the truth, but he didn't expect Xia Qing to react so strongly.

He felt a little embarrassed after being praised by Xia Qing.

Looking at Ye Shu's expression, Xia Qing realized she might have been a bit too cheesy just now. She released her grip on his chin and added softly:

"But... thank goodness they don't know its value, otherwise, would I have even gotten a chance?"

These words were spoken lightly, but Ye Shu felt a strange heaviness in her heart... Yes, what would have happened if she hadn't met them?

Both of them realized this, and the atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense.

"Come on, let's keep playing!"

Xia Qing sat up straight, trying to break the somewhat oppressive atmosphere.

Ye Shu nodded and extended his hand as well.

Perhaps due to his unsettled state of mind, Ye Shu lost again this time.

"Hey! I won again!"

"Honestly,"

Without even thinking, Ye Shu answered immediately; he couldn't possibly choose the perilous adventure.

"No!"

Xia Qing vetoed it outright and started drafting unfair terms on the spot:

"We can't choose the same thing twice in a row, that's no fun. Truth or Dare is more fun when you alternate between them, this round we have to choose Dare!"

"What kind of rule is that?"

"When you play with me, I'm the rule!"

Xia Qing glared at Ye Shu, completely unreasonable, and waved her little fist in front of him:

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me, it's a dare, right?"

This was clearly a "if you don't comply, I'll force you" stance. Knowing there was no way to avoid it, Ye Shu could only sigh.

"Okay... a dare."

"That's right."

Xia Qing was satisfied, and her eyes began to scan the surroundings, thinking about what she should get Ye Shu to do.

It needs to be challenging enough, but not too easy, and it shouldn't disturb other passengers, as that would be too rude.

Xia Qing's eyes swept around the room, finally landing on her father, who was sitting on the sofa diagonally opposite her, engrossed in scrolling through his phone.

Suddenly, Xia Qing's eyes lit up. A brilliant idea had come to her, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She leaned close to Ye Shu's ear and whispered:

"Your dare is... now, go over there and kiss my dad on the cheek."

"What?!"

Ye Shu suddenly turned her head and stared at Xia Qing, her expression saying, "Are you crazy?"

"Dear...Dear Uncle An?! Sister Xia Qing, what kind of dare is this?!"

"Yes."

Xia Qing's eyes narrowed with laughter; just imagining that scene made her want to burst out laughing.

"Go over to my dad and kiss him on the cheek, really hard, really loudly, and then don't tell him it's a game."

Ye Shu turned her head and looked at An Jianxing, who was facing diagonally across from her and was completely unaware of what was happening.

Kiss him? On the cheek?