Help! My Fanservice Partner is Looking at Me Differently Lately - Chapter 31

“Are there any things you have done in the past that you still regret?” Chi Li did not sense any malice in the question; he simply answered in a matter-of-fact tone, “I once loved a piece of trash.”

Zhou Yang immediately straightened his back, his tone unnatural as he spoke, “Can’t you use more civilized language?”

Perhaps he had already built up a certain immunity to Chi Li’s insults; he found himself too lazy to even get angry at the word “trash.” After all, there was a modifier before the word: loved. Chi Li was young, and he was Chi Li’s first love; it was understandable that he would be a bit hot-tempered.

“I have no obligation to be civilized toward trash.” Chi Li reached out and pushed the mahjong tiles. “Let’s start the next round quickly.”

【Oh my, wifey, you actually loved someone before… [Frantic]】

【The person he loved before wouldn’t happen to be Zhou Yang, right? Being this targeted, is it hate born from love?】

【Anyone with eyes can see that Zhou Yang is the one always leaning in; my wifey is just casually slapping him down.】

Zhou Yang scanned the table and said quite confidently while picking up his tiles, “You have all won a round, this one must be my win.”

Once he won, he would definitely punish Chi Li properly. Perhaps he would make him take off his own mask and shout, “Brother Zhou Yang is the coolest.” He also had to remember not to ignore Xie Weishui, so he would make him serve him desserts, as some small cakes were placed right here. As for Fang Jin, he could not be bothered; he would just make him run around the table a few times.

Pleasantly planning the punishments for the other three in his mind, Zhou Yang even accidentally let out a chuckle while drawing his tiles.

【He hasn’t even declared his hand yet, what is he so giddy about?】

【He is probably daydreaming.】

【Stop laughing, you are scaring me.】

“I win.” Chi Li raised his voice, shattering Zhou Yang’s illusions.

“Eh? You won?” Zhou Yang stared wide-eyed in disbelief. “Going by the order, shouldn’t it be my turn?”

Chi Li sneered, “This is not a game of taking turns.”

Xie Weishui leaned over to look at Zhou Yang’s tiles and frowned slightly. “Your hand is quite messy. You are still very far from winning.”

“Haha…” Zhou Yang let out a dry laugh. “I thought luck was finally going to shine on me.”

Fang Jin looked at the mahjong tiles Chi Li had pushed over, confirmed there was no foul play, and said, “Decide on the punishment.”

Chi Li looked at Fang Jin with a radiant smile. “Are you still able to take off any more clothes?”

He was only wearing a T-shirt under his thin jacket; if he took off anything else, he would be shirtless.

“Cough, that would be unsightly.” Fang Jin tried to decline. “It is better not to.”

“Fine.” Chi Li did not make things difficult for him. “Then you can draw a little turtle on your face.”

Fang Jin nodded and immediately set off to return to his room for a pen.

“And you.” Chi Li shifted his gaze to Zhou Yang. “You add a piece of clothing to your body.”

Zhou Yang: “…”

He asked others to take off clothes, so why was he asking him to add more? Did he want to hide his ex-boyfriend’s good physique and enjoy it all to himself? Or was it…

“Afraid I might catch a cold?” Zhou Yang’s mouth curled up high. “The weather is indeed a bit chilly…” He tilted his head to look at the jacket Chi Li had hanging on the back of his chair. “I will just wear yours; I am too lazy to go back and get one.”

As he spoke, he reached out toward Chi Li with a sense of entitlement, his expression saying, “As if I can’t see through your little schemes.”

“Let me correct you.” Chi Li raised his hand to swat away the hand reaching toward him. “You are to add a down jacket to your body.”

Zhou Yang’s smile stiffened. “…What does that mean? Are you trying to roast me to death?”

“Otherwise, what would you call it a punishment?” Chi Li said with a half-smile.

“You!” Zhou Yang began to grit his teeth.

Xie Weishui offered consolation. “It is okay. Once I win later, I will let you take it off.” Taking off the mask did not count as a punishment, but taking off clothes should count.

“Fine! Thank you, Senior Brother.” Zhou Yang replied in a muffled voice, left his seat, and headed back to his room to fetch the clothes.

The mahjong room was suddenly left with only Xie Weishui and Chi Li.

“What punishment do you want me to perform?” Past the time of the previous punishments, Xie Weishui’s face returned to a smile.

“My head cannot think of any fresh punishments.” Chi Li said modestly. “Why don’t you also do a round of Truth.”

Xie Weishui had no objections. No matter what Chi Li asked, his truth would not contain any sincerity.

“Hmm…” Chi Li rested his chin on his hand, appearing troubled, before finally speaking hesitatingly, “…What is your sexual orientation?”

Xie Weishui had already prepared himself to face tricky questions; he never expected the question to be this simple and direct. Among various CP pairings, due to his height and looks, he was often placed in the bottom position. However, in reality, he preferred girls. It would have been fine to tell the truth, as fans did not necessarily hope he was genuinely dating men. But as soon as he thought about the possibility of receiving malicious comments like “a sissy dares to say he likes girls” after answering, he could not bring himself to say it. But if he answered that he liked men, the various hints of ambiguity he had intentionally created with Fang Jin and Zhou Yang would likely be brought out for judgment. After all, straight men did not need to worry about boundaries, but gay men did.

“What is wrong? Is that hard to answer?” Chi Li was rotating two mahjong tiles in his hand. “Nowadays policies have opened up; people of the same sex can get married… there is no need to hide your sexual orientation, right?”

In order to respond to government policies, various video platforms had even produced all-male dating variety shows.

“I did not intend to hide it.” Xie Weishui made a decision. “It is that I am not even sure of my own orientation, which is why I could not answer immediately.”

【Why does Xie Weishui look like he is covered in sweat? Is a sexual orientation question that mind-boggling?】

【He is afraid that if he answers poorly, he will lose fans!】

【Always worrying about whether this or that will make fans leave, in the end, they will all leave anyway.】

【There are more and more fake things piled up on him; one day it will all collapse because he cannot control it.】

【My god, you guys are overthinking it; it is just asking about sexual orientation!】

【Exactly! Plus, Shushu is willing to take the time to think about what we like, proving he cares about us, much better than that person who yells about being real but is actually just rude.】

【Wow, the high-quality people are here? High-quality people also engage in passive-aggressive snarkiness? That is truly high-quality!】

【I do not understand what you are arguing about, but for the sake of peace, I am jumping to a personal channel.】

“Not sure?” Chi Li really did not understand. “When you were in puberty, did you never have sexual fantasies about any boys or girls?”

Xie Weishui refused to answer. “That is already a new question.”

“Fine then…” Chi Li said with regret. “We will have to save it for the next round.”

“Two people are gone, is there even going to be a next round?” Shen Xunye’s voice sounded from the doorway.