Chapter 629 — A Thorough Loss of Face
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But seeing that Su Taizao was drunk as well, and mindful of the face they owed each other, Chen Yuxuan did not explode.
Wei Zhao, however, was taken aback. Chen Yuxuan—a suitor of Qiu Lingshan? From the look of it, Qiu Lingshan was not too keen on him. Wei Zhao wondered: if he went and kissed Qiu Lingshan himself, how would she react? Most likely, she would swallow her anger and say nothing.
"What is this Truth or Dare thing?" Wei Zhao had never heard of the game, nor played it.
"Heh heh, seems Brother Wei Zhao has never played. Taizao, you explain the rules!" An Liwen said to Su Taizao.
"Sure, the game is very simple!" Su Taizao said. "What we call Truth or Dare is a game for several people. You can use rock-paper-scissors, or spin a bottle, to decide who gets asked. Of course, you can also just go around in order—there are a lot of us, so let's skip rock-paper-scissors, it's too much trouble! Then, say I'm the questioner—I can put a question, and the person asked must answer, and must tell the truth, no nonsense. If the nonsense gets caught out, he drinks a whole bottle as forfeit! Of course, if the question is rather sensitive and touches on personal privacy, he can decline to answer, but then he must choose a dare instead! And a dare means I name something and the person asked has to do it, no objections, whatever it is, he has to do it! And once he's chosen the dare, he can't take it back—unless he drinks a bottle as forfeit beforehand!"
"Oh. Then you go ahead and play a round first, I'll watch." Wei Zhao felt this was a game better left alone; it had little to do with him.
"Fine, we'll play first, you just watch!" Su Taizao nodded and readily agreed. As far as he was concerned, whether Wei Zhao joined or not made no difference at all—so long as Gu Mengyao joined. "Then I'll start, I'll begin by questioning Brother An!"
"All right, ask away!" An Liwen nodded, composed and unhurried. In his view, Su Taizao would never ask him anything too tricky or weird, and this first round could hardly be the moment to make him confess his feelings to Gu Mengyao—that would be too abrupt. At the very least, he would have to wait until they had gone a full circle.
"Then I'll make a start, and I won't make the first question too tricky—wait for the next round, heh heh!" Su Taizao said this on purpose. "My question is: what is the bravest thing you've ever done?"
"The bravest..." An Liwen thought it over. If you asked what the bravest thing he had ever done was, it would have to be cutting out other people's kidneys—though of course he could not say that! He still had to maintain a positive image in front of Gu Mengyao, so naturally he could hardly talk about those brawls and fights from his past either. He thought for a long while: among the bad and nasty things he had done, quite a few were impressive, but when it came to anything positive, there was simply nothing.
At this thought, An Liwen could not help but feel irritated at Su Taizao's question. What the hell kind of damn-fool question was this?
But he could not leave it unanswered—not answering would not be Truth or Dare at all. Whether it was the truth, though, only An Liwen himself would know!
Sorting out his words, An Liwen thought of some adventure films he had seen before, and said, "If you want the bravest thing I've ever done, it would have to be fighting a shark!"
"Ooh, ooh, ooh, fighting sharks is my favorite, and Sister Yaoyao likes brave people too!" Shen Yushu clapped her hands and cried out.
Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a look, but said nothing.