The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

Potatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, beef...

In the market, Xu Xi, carrying a shopping basket, skipped and hopped from stall to stall.

Her twin ponytails bounced up and down with each jump.

"Everything should be there by now."

Xu Xi murmured, looking down at the ingredients in the shopping basket.

I recently learned a new dish from Zhao Lin: Tomato and Beef Brisket Stew.

According to Zhao Lin, when she was making this soup for Qi Yu, it was so delicious that it almost made his teeth fall out.

This is so delicious, my brother must try it soon!

After confirming that all the ingredients were ready, Xu Xi hummed a little tune and skipped home.

"Your goodnight is an unconscious expression of compassion."

"I stayed up late into the night to treat my insomnia and sleep talking..."

As Xu Xi passed by a vegetable stall, she was drawn to the vegetables being sold there.

pawpaw?

Xu Xi's cheeks flushed slightly as she recalled an amusing incident from two days ago.

......

"Xi Bao! Lin Lin! Come help me! Quickly!"

Wen Yao, holding her phone, excitedly ran upstairs and sat between Xu Xi and Zhao Lin.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhao Lin asked, puzzled, and paused the anime playing on the TV.

"Scan the QR code to join this group. Do any of you have alternate accounts? If so, please add them as well."

As she spoke, Wen Yao opened a QQ group QR code and placed it in front of them.

"What kind of group is this?"

Xu Xi scanned the QR code and joined the group, only to find that everyone was muted and there were constant notifications that a new person had joined the group.

"I don't know. I found it on Bowen's phone. The group admin said that once a certain number of people were added, we would receive a reward, so I quickly added myself to the group."

"What benefits?"

Wen Yao tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"I'm not sure, it's probably a red envelope or something. They say it's a perk, so it must be something good."

"Then I'll bring A-Yu in too."

Zhao Lin shared the group link with Qi Yu and even called him to remind him to join the group as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, Xu Xi also planned to add her brother to the group chat, but suddenly remembered that her brother didn't seem to have a QQ account, so she had to give up.

"Yes, yes, yes, get everyone you know involved. I just called my parents who are traveling on Qiongzhou Island and told them to hurry up and get in, or they might miss out on the perks."

Wen Yao rubbed her hands excitedly, laid her phone flat on the coffee table, and looked forward to the group reaching the number of members required by the group owner.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour...

The three girls were filled with anticipation, quietly watching the number of people in the group increase little by little.

Finally, when the number of group members exceeded 500, the group owner popped up.

Group admin: "The group has reached its membership target. We're now distributing benefits, so please save your accounts quickly. This group may be disbanded at any time!"

Group owner: File

Group owner: File

Group owner: File

......

"Domestic, Western, Japanese/Korean, anime? What is this?"

Looking at this file name, Xu Xi's tuft of hair curled into a question mark shape.

"Why isn't it a red envelope?"

Wen Yao was somewhat disappointed.

"Let's download it and take a look. They say it's a perk, so the group admin probably won't lie to us."

Zhao Lin tossed her hair, clicked on a file named "Europe and America," and started downloading.

Group member Zhao Lin has received the file: Europe and America

"It's probably a movie that just came out in theaters. They're afraid of being reported by the copyright holders, so they're secretly sharing it in the group so everyone can watch it for free."

Wen Yao said thoughtfully.

"Garlic Bird, Garlic Bird, it's a movie, just wait for me, I'll go downstairs and get some snacks, then we'll watch it together!"

"Okay!"

Wen Yao clapped her hands and dashed downstairs to the small supermarket, grabbed potato chips, chili peppers, cola, biscuits, shrimp chips... then quickly ran back up, afraid of missing the exciting movie.

"OK~ Start playing!"

Xu Xi excitedly clicked the play button on the screen.

A burst of energetic music started playing.

Immediately afterwards, a large FBI Warning appeared on the screen.

"What movie is this? It's kind of scary."

"Is this going to be a horror movie?"

"No way, what kind of horror movie plays rock music?"

Wen Yao murmured, using her phone to identify the song by its music recognition feature. The song was called Tokyo Hot.

At the beginning of the movie, a blonde, big-eyed beauty sits quietly on the sofa watching TV.

After a while, there was a knock on her door.

"Thumbs up that they didn't include a long list of production company information!"

Wen Yao grabbed a handful of potato chips and put them in her mouth, starting to look forward to the next part of the story.

The beautiful woman on the screen opened the door, peeked out, but there was no one outside.

She scratched her head in confusion, and just as she was about to close the door, a burly black man suddenly covered her mouth.

"Hey, ma'am, you don't want your husband to lose his job, do you?"

"This pirated movie even has Chinese subtitles! The group admin is so kind!"

Wen Yao exclaimed in admiration.

"This dialogue... feels a bit off..."

Xu Xi muttered to herself.

...

Not long after, three girls screamed in the living room.

"Turn it off! Turn it off now!"

Xu Xi buried her head in the sofa, Zhao Lin frantically searched for the power button, while Wen Yao closed her eyes and covered Zhao Lin's eyes.

Zhao Lin's vision went black, and her finger touched a button on the phone. Without thinking twice, she immediately pressed it.

As a result, she accidentally pressed the volume up button.

Spring has arrived, and it's mating season for animals again.

......

A few minutes later, one of the three girls buried herself in the sofa, another hid in the corner, and the third ran into the bathroom. She looked at the phone lying on the floor, now turned off, from a distance, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uh...that..."

Wen Yao cleared her throat, just as she was about to break the silence, when her phone started beeping incessantly.

Seeing the 99+ messages from her parents displayed on the screen, Wen Yao immediately let out a groundhog scream.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Zhao Lin's phone rang, and the caller ID showed "Baby Ayu".

"Feeding, eh, eh...."

She answered the phone with trembling hands, her voice shaking as she spoke.

After a long silence, Qi Yu spoke awkwardly.

"Um... Lin, I feel... it's a bit early, isn't it? We've only just started dating, these things should be done after marriage..."

"Aaaaaaah, you should talk about the tonic first!!!"

Zhao Lin blushed instantly, her head practically steaming, and hurriedly explained what had happened.

Xu Xi silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, I didn't invite my brother into the group.

After an unknown amount of time, the lingering smoke gradually dissipated.

"Phew...finally finished explaining."

Zhao Lin put down the phone wearily and collapsed onto the sofa.

"Yaoyao, have you finished talking to your uncle and aunt?"

"It's no use, they don't believe me, so I just blocked them. I need to calm down for a day."

Wen Yao lay on the ground, speaking weakly.

"Let's leave the group."

Xu Xi rubbed her flushed face and said softly.

"Retreat! We must retreat!"

Wen Yao stuffed her phone into her pocket and went downstairs looking furious.

"I'll go and cripple that old lecher Xu Bowen first!"

"I'm going to the restroom."

Zhao Lin coughed lightly and went into the bathroom with a flushed face.

Five minutes later.

Group member Wen Yao has received the file: Europe and America

Group member Zhao Lin has received the file: Domestic

Group member Xu Xi has received the files: Japan and South Korea