The system asked me to chase his wife

However, they were not used to Xia Mang's rock-paper-scissors game, and Xia Mang did not know their drinking game either. Ji Tong suddenly thought and neutralized the situation.

She brought out a small flower drum used for drinking games, plucked a sprig of wintersweet from the vase, and changed the game of finger-guessing to decide the winner to one of passing the flower while beating the drum; whoever the flower was passed to lost.

After the rules were agreed upon, everyone sat down at a table, with Ji Tong responsible for playing the drums.

The wintersweet flowers were passed starting from the old lady. On her left sat Qiao Yuandong, and on her right sat Xiang Xiu'an. As the drum beats, the old lady passed the flowers to the left.

I don't know whether Ji Tong did it intentionally or unintentionally, but when the drum stopped, the flower happened to fall into Xia Mang's hands.

Looking at the smiling eyes of the crowd, Xia Mang felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

"I'm willing to accept the loss. Do you want to choose truth or..." Ji Tong asked with a smile.

Before she could finish, Xia Mang raised her hand and said, "I choose the big adventure!"

Just kidding, she was not sure whether Ji Tong would deliberately ask some difficult questions to make the old lady laugh.

In comparison, Great Adventure is much better. Compared with modern people who play to their heart's content, Xia Mang is still very confident in the conservatism of the ancients.

Sure enough, after Ji Tong heard that Xia Mang chose to take the big risk, he did not make things too difficult for her, but just asked her to drink the glass of wine.

The cups that people used to drink were not small thumb-sized cups, but lotus cups that were not much smaller than teacups. As if to satisfy the girls' heart, the glaze was light pink.

A glass of wine like this only holds two taels of wine, and the wine has a light flavor, so it's no problem for Xia Mang to finish it all. She simply filled the glass with wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Finally, he turned the cup upside down to show everyone that he didn't raise fish. Everyone applauded Xia Mang's free and easy attitude.

The drums started beating again, and this time it was Frost Whisper's turn.

Ji Tong asked her to choose truth or dare, and the girl asked Ji Tong in return with good temper: "Which one do you think I should choose?"

Ji Tong gave Shuangyu a mischievous look and chose the truth for her, and Shuangyu nodded in agreement.

Ji Tong thought about it and gave her a riddle directly, but Shuangyu was stumped. Ji Tong smiled triumphantly and made her drink a glass of wine as punishment, and Shuangyu did as he said.

Xia Mang shook his head in amusement. It was obvious that Ji Tong had not yet grasped the essence of Truth or Dare.

It’s such a simple game!

In order to make the lady happy, Ji Tong controlled the rhythm of the flower drum and made almost all the maids sitting with her drink a glass of wine.

After a few drinks, everyone became bolder, and in a new round of passing the flower, the plum blossom actually fell into Xiang Xiu'an's hands.

Everyone couldn't stop laughing when they saw Xiang Xiu'an holding the plum blossom in a daze. Before Ji Tong asked him whether he wanted to be sincere or take a chance, the lady made the choice for him.

"I'll let him choose!" Madam Tai looked at Xiang Xiu'an with a smile, a hint of cunning on her face: "Just choose the truth!"

Since his grandmother had spoken, Xiang Xiu'an naturally agreed. He smiled shyly and responded.

When Ji Tong saw that the lady had made the choice for Xiang Xiu'an, he cleverly gave the lady the opportunity to ask questions.

The lady propped up her head and looked at Xiang Xiu'an, smiling and asking, "Let me ask you, you sent a red pony to the Liu family the other day, what did they say?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room burst into laughter, and Xiang Xiu'an's face turned red instantly.

Xiang Xiu'an glanced at the lady with resentment and begged for mercy: "I, Grandma, can I choose the big dare?"

Except for Xia Mang, everyone sitting in the room had watched Xiang Xiu'an grow up. Even the senior maids deserved to be called sister by him, and they naturally had a closer relationship with him.

Hearing that Xiang Xiu'an was going to cheat, Ji Tong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Second Master, don't break the rules. You promised the Madam's choice, why are you going back on your word?"

The others also echoed it. Xiang Xiu'an saw that he couldn't deny it, and under everyone's gaze, he was so embarrassed that he almost buried his head under the table.

Finally, Xiang Xiu'an answered the lady's question in a voice as quiet as a mosquito. The lady deliberately pricked up her ears and asked, "Oh, I didn't hear it clearly."

Lian Bixin, who was sitting next to Xiang Xiu'an, said bluntly, "He said that the Liu family was very satisfied with the horse he gave them."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed again. Xiang Xiu'an wanted to bury his head in his neck. If he hadn't been staying up all night to celebrate the New Year, he would have escaped long ago.

After this incident, the lady started to enjoy the game and urged Ji Tong to continue beating the drum.

As soon as the drum stopped, Xia Mang got the flowers again. Without waiting for Ji Tong to ask, she actively chose the adventure.

Ji Tong was inspired by the lady. Seeing that Xia Mang had already filled the wine glass and was waiting for her order to start drinking, she rolled her eyes and posed a difficult question to Xia Mang.

"If you stand five steps away from the stool and turn ten times and still be able to return to your seat, you don't have to drink the wine. If you can't, you will be fined one glass."

Xia Mang raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, you've made progress!"

She didn't insist and nodded: "Okay!"

It was just that it was hard to find a ready-made blindfold. While Xia Mang was still looking around, Qiao Yuandong spoke up, "Use this."

Xia Mang saw her taking off the shawl she had received. The shawl was made of soft red gauze to make it look good. The thin layer of shawl was draped around her arms, as if embracing a pool of rosy clouds.

"Thank you, ma'am." Xia Mang took the shawl with a smile, folded it in her hands and covered her eyes with it.

Qiao Yuandong looked at Xia Mang's eyes covered by a touch of crimson, which made her cheeks look even whiter and tenderer. Coupled with her innocent smile, he inexplicably felt a little throbbing in his heart.

As he watched, Qiao Yuandong lowered his brows, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

Xia Mang was pulled away from her seat by Rong Zhu amid the laughter of the crowd. She stopped when she was five steps away. She heard Ji Tong say "start" and started turning.

After turning ten times in a row, Xia Mang tried hard to suppress the dizziness and followed his feeling to the edge of the table.

The laughter was getting louder and louder in his ears. Xia Mang didn't know whether he had found the right place or the wrong one, so he just went all the way.

Suddenly, her fingertips felt something warm. Xia Mang didn't know whose face she touched, but that person didn't make any sound, so she couldn't tell who it was.

It must be some maid who was playing a trick on her without saying anything!
Amid the laughter of the crowd, Xia Mang held the man's face with both hands and rubbed it gently with the tips of his thumbs.

Mmm, great skin!

Before she could make the next move, her hands were caught and a familiar, shallow voice rang in her ears.

"Okay, it's me."

Xia Mang realized that she had been holding Qiao Yuandong's face for so long, and she felt embarrassed for a moment. She hurriedly took off the shawl covering her eyes.

"Sorry, ma'am, I..." After taking the shawl, what came into view was Qiao Yuandong's face with a faint smile.

Her eyes were bright and clear, shining with joy. Xia Mang could even clearly see her own shadow reflected in them.

Qiao Yuandong looked at Xia Mang's flustered and shy appearance, and said with deep eyes: "It's okay." Xia Mang didn't dare to look into Qiao Yuandong's eyes. After straightening the shawl and returning it to her, she returned to her seat.

Until this moment, the others were still laughing. Ji Tong wiped away the tears from his laughter and pointed at the wine glass in front of Xia Mang.

Xia Mang knew he had lost, so he obediently picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

After a while, when everyone had stopped laughing, Ji Tong started to beat the drum. I don't know what happened, but he played Xia Mang three times in a row.

Although the dramatic incident of blindfolding and touching the lady did not happen again, no matter whether Xia Mang chose truth or dare, he could not escape the fate of drinking.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Xia Mang suddenly felt dizzy, and the sounds and movements in his ears gradually became distorted.

She knew she was drunk, but she didn't expect that the wine tasted like a drink and had such a strong aftereffect!

But Xia Mang didn't show any expression even though she was drunk. She just sat there happily, and no one could tell that she was drunk.

When everyone had enough fun, Ji Tong prepared to stop playing the drum. After all, the lady was too old to stay up all night with them, so he had to send her back quickly.

"Wait!" Xia Mang suddenly yelled, shocking everyone. Ji Tong almost dropped the drum in his hand to the ground.

"What, what happened?" Ji Tong asked.

Xia Mang stood up in a daze, walked to Ji Tong, and took away the drumstick before she could react.

"Sister let me play for a while." Xia Mang suddenly said this to Ji Tong with a smirk on her face.

Before Ji Tong could say anything, the lady began to chime in: "Then let this girl do it."

After the lady spoke, Ji Tong gave his seat to Xia Mang and sat down at the table.

The branch of wintersweet was passed back and forth several times, and nearly half of the flowers on it fell off.

As usual, they started with the lady, and when the drum sounded, they began passing the flower. Xia Mang raised two drumsticks and beat them randomly, without any pattern at all.

The reason why she wanted to play this game was to get a hold of Ji Tong. This evil-hearted sister had made her drink several glasses of wine, so she had to drink a glass in return today!
Xia Mang looked in Ji Tong's direction and counted. When she saw the branch passed to Ji Tong's hand, she put down the hammer immediately.

As a result, Ji Tong was faster. The flower stayed in her hand for only half a breath. The moment Xia Mang put away the hammer, she handed it directly to the person next to her.

Xia Mang gritted his teeth and went to see which unlucky guy it was.

Oh, it’s Madam!
Qiao Yuandong was holding flowers in his hand, and when he looked up he met Xia Mang's straight gaze.

Ji Tong was not afraid of trouble and fanned the flames: "Mang Xia is really capable. My hands were sore from beating tonight but I still couldn't catch the lady, and then Mang Xia caught her in an instant!"

This caused everyone to burst into laughter. Xia Mang looked at Qiao Yuandong with the hammer in his hand. When he was hesitating whether to cheat and continue knocking, Qiao Yuandong spoke.

"Truthfully."

"Ah?" Xia Mang was dizzy and didn't hear clearly.

Qiao Yuandong stared at Xia Mang and said, "I choose truth."

"Oh." Xia Mang scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, as if he had explicitly asked his leader to go on stage to dance the Pure Land dance during a team-building event.

Since Qiao Yuandong chose the truth, Xia Mang had no choice but to cooperate.

The lady made a request in a desperate attempt to make things worse: "Don't give Dong Niang a backdoor. This is a rare opportunity, so you must interrogate her thoroughly for me."

Xia Mang nodded randomly and felt like sweat was coming out of his forehead.

Tsk! Isn't this just asking for trouble?

Everyone was waiting for Xia Mang to ask questions, but they didn't know that Xia Mang's brain was almost a mess at the moment.

Xia Mang was already very drunk and could only barely maintain his composure on the surface.

She subconsciously looked at Qiao Yuandong, who was sitting leisurely waiting for her to ask questions.

For a moment, Xia Mang felt that she was the one who had to be punished for losing the game. She even saw Qiao Yuandong nodding slightly at her.

Hiss! What does that mean?
Xia Mang, who had completely lost her ability to think at this time, took a step forward reflexively. She felt that she was walking very steadily, but it did not seem so in the eyes of others.

Qiao Yuandong watched her staggering towards him, and when she got closer, he couldn't help but reach out to support her.

It was only a distance of ten steps, but Xia Mang felt as if she had traveled thousands of miles. Her legs became weak from walking.

Seeing Qiao Yuandong reaching out to take it, she felt like the athlete who ran a 30-kilometer marathon and finally fell into the arms of the referee.

From the moment Xia Mang threw herself into Qiao Yuandong's arms, everyone fell into a state of collective speechlessness, staring at the scene in amazement.

It was Rongzhu who reacted first and prepared to pull Xia Mang away.

"No need." This is what Qiao Yuandong said.

"Ah! No need!" This is what the lady and Xiang Xiu'an said.

The lady almost shed tears when she saw the touching scene of her "eldest grandson" and Dong Niang hugging each other.

What do you call this? This is called waiting for the clouds to clear and the moon to appear!
Rongzhu had no idea what these three people were thinking, so she just withdrew her hand awkwardly.

Xia Mang, the instigator of the incident, had her mind in a mess. She vaguely felt her face pressed against something soft, which was very comfortable.

It was so comfortable that she couldn't help but rub inside.

With a sound of gasps, her head was lifted up.

When Qiao Yuandong saw Xia Mang's misty and moist eyes, he realized that she might be drunk.

"You've drunk too much." She suppressed the tingling sensation in her chest caused by this girl and said four words with a flashing look in her eyes.

Xia Mang was in a daze for a long time before she recognized that the person in front of her was Qiao Yuandong. Her fragmented memory barely connected a little bit, and she said, "Yes, yes! Ask questions."

Qiao Yuandong felt helpless about Xia Mang's spirit of play. She looked at the completely confused little girl and asked cooperatively, "What do you want to ask me?"

Xia Mang's watery eyes stared at Qiao Yuandong like black grapes, and after a while she asked, "Madam, do you have a lover?"

"Yes, yes."

(End of this chapter)