I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

Fu Wanqing's breath hitched, and her amber eyes widened.

She tried to look away but couldn't; her eyes felt nailed to the spot.

Gu Yan didn't look at Shen Youwei; his eyes were fixed on the coins on the coffee table.

But out of the corner of his eye, he caught something he shouldn't have seen, and his heart skipped a beat.

When the coin reached Gu Yan's hand, he picked it up, his fingers trembling.

He tossed it up, caught it, and clasped it on the back of his hand—all in one fluid motion.

"Head or tail?"

He looked at Shen Youwei, his voice a little hoarse.

Shen Youwei looked at his hand holding the coin, her completely red eyes narrowing slightly.

"front."

Gu Yan raised her hand, revealing the coin; it was tails.

Shen Youwei lost, and she looked down at herself.

My coat is gone, my blouse is gone, my skirt is gone, my tulle skirt is gone, my socks are gone, my shoes are gone.

She was wearing only a black tank top on her upper body and black safety shorts on her lower body.

Her fair shoulders and collarbones were exposed, and her long legs were completely exposed to the air.

Under the lights, her body resembled a work of art carved from white jade, every inch of it breathtakingly beautiful.

She looked at Gu Yan, her completely red eyes filled with a smile.

"Brother, I only have two pieces left. Which one do you want me to take off?"

Gu Yan's throat tightened, and her voice became as dry as sandpaper.

"I'm not taking my clothes off anymore. Game over. That's it."

Shen Youwei shook her head, her completely red eyes fixed on him without blinking.

"We agreed that whoever wins ten games first wins, and we've only won eight games so far."

"And you only have one left, while I only have two left."

"The new sister only has two pieces left, everyone's about the same."

She paused, then her smile deepened.

"Next round, no matter who loses, we'll have to take off our last piece of clothing."

Gu Yan's pupils contracted, and her heartbeat accelerated several times.

The last thing is to take off your shorts, right?

He was only wearing shorts and a thin vest.

After taking off his shorts, he was left with only his underwear.

Shen Youwei was the same; she either took off her suspenders or her safety shorts.

That would leave only underwear; he couldn't even bear to imagine what that would look like.

Fu Wanqing sat next to her, her whole body as red as a boiled shrimp.

She was left wearing only a tank top and a pair of safety shorts.

If she takes off another piece of clothing, she'll be left with only her underwear.

All three of them had only one last fig leaf left to cover their shame.

Regardless of who wins or loses, this situation is beyond repair.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but her throat felt blocked and she couldn't make a sound.

Shen Youwei picked up the coin, her eyes completely red as she looked at Gu Yan.

"In the final round, it's best of three; whoever wins two games wins."

"The loser takes off their last piece of clothing. Is that fair?"

Her voice was soft and gentle, but every word struck Gu Yan's chest like a hammer blow.

The coin flew up, tumbling in the air, the lights flashing.

Gu Yan's pupils shone with a dazzling seven-colored light as she fully activated the Mirror Flower Imperial Seal.

But he knew it was useless, useless to Shen Youwei, completely useless.

Sure enough, the coin fell, and he guessed wrong again.

Shen Youwei won. She looked at Gu Yan, her completely red eyes filled with laughter.

"Brother, take it off."

Gu Yan's hand rested on the edge of her shorts, her fingers trembling.

He can't take it off, he really can't take it off; it's not something he can do.

But Shen Youwei's gaze burned on him like fire, leaving him nowhere to hide.

He took a deep breath and removed his hands from his shorts.

"I won't take it off anymore, I admit defeat, you win."

His voice was calm, but his fingers were still trembling.

Shen Youwei looked at him, a glint of something flashing in her completely red eyes.

"Fine, I'll admit defeat. Then you'll come and stay with me tomorrow, and stay with me until next year."

Gu Yan nodded. At this moment, anything was fine, as long as he wasn't allowed to take his clothes off.

Anyway, he just nodded, but didn't agree.

Shen Youwei smiled with satisfaction, picked up the coin and tossed it again.

This time it was Fu Wanqing's turn to guess, and she guessed wrong again; Shen Youwei won once more.

Shen Youwei looked at Fu Wanqing, her completely red eyes filled with a hint of amusement.

"New lady, it's your turn."

Fu Wanqing's hand rested on the straps of her suspenders, her fingers trembling.

She couldn't take it off; her body was rejecting it, and her heart was rejecting it too.

Shen Youwei smiled at her expression and didn't press her any further.

"Fine, I won't take them off anymore. You two both admit defeat."

"Then I win. You two will both come and keep me company tomorrow."

She stood up, barefoot on the wooden floor, and walked up to Gu Yan.

She bent down, her completely red eyes staring into his eyes, so close that their noses almost touched.

"Brother, you can't escape. I'll be waiting for you tomorrow."

Her voice was very soft and gentle, like a breeze blowing past Gu Yan's ear.

Gu Yan's heart was pounding like a drum, but he neither flinched nor retreated.

He looked into Shen Youwei's completely red eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Then he spoke, his voice very soft.

"Youwei, it's not that I didn't want to come, but have you thought about it?"

"This isn't just your body. If you take it off, what will happen to Youyao?"

"What she's wearing, what she's taken off, whether she's willing, whether she agrees."

"You won, you're happy, but what about her? Won't she be sad?"

Shen Youwei's smile froze on her face, and a glint flashed in her completely red eyes.

Her body stiffened slightly, as if she had been struck by something.

Gu Yan continued, her voice still very soft.

"You said she likes me, you said she misses me so much she can't sleep."

"Have you ever considered that she wouldn't want to see you like this?"

"She doesn't want to see you take your clothes off for me, she doesn't want to see you become like this."

"What she wants is for me to visit her every week, not for me to be here watching you take your clothes off."

Do you understand?

Shen Youwei stood there, her completely red eyes fixed on Gu Yan.

Shen Youwei stared at Gu Yan, her completely red eyes unblinking, like two red lights that would never go out.

That gaze was so direct, like a knife piercing through Gu Yan's eyes and into his brain.

Gu Yan felt a little uneasy under her gaze, and the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

He had seen Shen Youwei angry, seen her laugh, seen her cold, but he had never seen her with this look in her eyes.

That look in his eyes wasn't hate, it wasn't love, it wasn't anger; it was something indescribable.

It's like wanting to see right through a person, or like wanting to remember them, to remember them so deeply they're etched into their bones.

Shen Youwei's lips moved slightly, her voice very soft, as if she were talking to herself.

"Is it possible that Youyao tacitly approved of it? Is it possible that I...?"

Before she could finish speaking, her voice suddenly stopped, as if someone had choked her.

The light in those completely red eyes began to flicker, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, like a faulty light bulb.

Half of the red faded, and half of the blue surged up; the two colors were fighting in her eyes.

Then the red faded completely, like the receding tide, swallowed up cleanly by the blue.

Those eyes turned one red and one blue, the left one ice blue and the right one blood red.

Then the situation changed again, with blue gaining the upper hand and red being pushed into a corner.

The final image was a blue and a red, but the blue was brighter and the red was darker.

Shen Youyao is back.