125: Start - 1

Thanks to 'Spring breeze for ten miles, not as good as you' for the showy gift~!

Thanks to everyone for the capsules, update reminders, blades, flowers, likes, and all kinds of power generation feeding~

These three chapters are a bit short, the extra chapter for today's gifts will be made up tomorrow~

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After checking in, the two of them took their room cards and rode the elevator to their floor.

Finding the room, they swiped the card and opened the door.

"Click."

The moment the door closed behind them, it felt as if the entire world had been shut out.

Jiang Ye watched as Ye Cheng casually tossed her backpack onto the sofa, and his gaze involuntarily fell upon the large bed, covered in snow-white sheets, which looked incredibly soft and springy.

"Um... Cheng Cheng..."

He cleared his throat, trying his best to make his voice sound natural: "My Christmas Eve gift..."

Ye Cheng plopped down on the sofa, unscrewed the mineral water provided by the hotel, took a small sip, and then glanced at him. She pointed expressionlessly at the LV belt around his waist:

"Haven't I already given it to you?"

Jiang Ye followed her finger to look down at the belt buckle, then looked up and insisted on finishing his sentence: "...Aren't you going to help me unbuckle it?"

Ye Cheng: "..."

She was choked up by this seamless, shameless remark. The water she had just swallowed almost made her cough, and she glared at him irritably:

"Why unbuckle it? You won't be using it anyway!"

"Tsk..."

Jiang Ye watched her cheeks gradually redden and forced back the string of dirty talk that had rushed to his lips.

He had a strong premonition that if he dared to say things like "Do you want to tie a ponytail?", "I specifically trimmed my fingernails," or "My little brother wants to get to know you," what awaited him would certainly not be a sultry scene, but rather a solid beating from her fists.

But... what exactly was this woman's "gift"?

Judging by the setup, large-scale benefits were definitely in store, but knowing her personality, the most likely scenario was probably just allowing him to "inspect" her or watch her change into some "special outfits" in person.

Well... if there could be some barrier-free hugging and cuddling, that would be considered exceeding the mission goals!

As for going a step further... tsk, don't even think about it. He hadn't saved up enough money yet, and this woman was very principled.

"Cheng Cheng, we..."

Jiang Ye leaned in and sat beside her, softening his voice in an attempt to start a friendly negotiation.

Before he could finish, Ye Cheng suddenly gave a "hmpf," took off her down jacket, stood up, and walked toward the bathroom, leaving behind only a blunt sentence:

"Wait for me here! I'm going to take a shower! No peeking!"

"A shower?"

Jiang Ye's eyes lit up, and countless erotic images instantly flashed through his mind.

Taking a shower!

Keyword triggered!

"Um... I've also been running around all day... water resources are so tight right now... cough, how about we... together?"

Ye Cheng looked at the corners of his mouth, which were almost stretching to his ears, and her forced expression nearly cracked.

She tried to keep a straight face as she walked to the bathroom door, turned around, held up her index finger, and shook it. Her eyes were filled with the message "Behave yourself."

Although Jiang Ye's heart was already pounding like drums and firecrackers, he knew that a "shared bath" was pure wishful thinking at this stage.

He raised both hands in a gesture of surrender and said sincerely, "Alright, go ahead then. I promise! No peeking! I swear on my character!"

Hearing this guy start swearing oaths the moment he opened his mouth, Ye Cheng gave him an annoyed look, slammed the bathroom door shut, and even a "click" sound of locking could be heard from inside.

Jiang Ye listened to the clear sound of the door locking and rubbed his nose sheepishly: "...Who are you guarding against? Where's the basic trust between people?"

However, hearing the pitter-patter of water from the bathroom soon after, his mood instantly soared again.

Even if they couldn't bathe together, there was still plenty of room for operation!

One should know that the key step of showering could lead to countless branches. Besides bathing together, there were others like "handing things over mid-shower," "helping apply body lotion," "tripping over a towel when coming out," and so on. Every side branch could be said to be incredibly sultry.

And knowing that the final step was definitely out of the question, perhaps... he could work toward the goal of "getting covered in saliva"?

Tsk... why does this ultimate goal sound so weird... Just as his mind was wandering and he was waiting anxiously, the alarm he had set on his phone suddenly went off.

Jiang Ye froze for a moment, picked up his phone, and realized it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

"Damn, I almost forgot about this..."

He quickly put his phone on silent, opened TikTok, went to his following list, and tapped into Yao Yao's livestream room.

In the livestream room, the screen was split in half.

On the left was Yao Yao's solo radio interface, with only a lonely avatar hanging there; on the right was a Girl Group livestream room called 'Xingmeng 109', where several Girls were performing a hot dance, and the atmosphere was fiery.

According to what Yao Yao had said before, tonight from 8 to 10 PM, she was going to have PKs against three Girl Groups in a row, each lasting half an hour.

A normal strategy would be to distribute votes evenly or adjust flexibly according to the battle situation to strive for a win in every match.

But right now, Jiang Ye's mind was completely hooked by the tempting sound of water in the bathroom. How could he have the patience for tactics?

His fingers quickly opened the gift menu, found the Carnival, and started tapping repeatedly.

[Brother Ye sent Carnival *33 to Yao Yao, Brother Ye's Good Baby]

[Brother Ye sent douyin number one *1 to Yao Yao, Brother Ye's Good Baby]

In just one minute, gifts worth 1 million sound waves poured out, directly crushing the Girl Group's health bar to the bottom. The outcome was without suspense.

After finishing the gifting, Jiang Ye didn't even look at the exploding comments on the public screen. He swiped away TikTok, locked the screen, threw his phone aside, and continued to wait with itchy anticipation for his "Christmas Eve gift."

A few minutes later, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped.

After another while, the bathroom door was pushed open a crack. Ye Cheng poked her head out, first warily glancing at Jiang Ye, who was sitting by the window pretending to look at the scenery, and then she cautiously walked out.

Seeing her look, Jiang Ye immediately curled his lip, and his expectations dropped by half.

This... she was wrapped up way too tightly, right?

It was completely different from the "hibiscus rising from the water" or the "seductive entrance" he had imagined!

Ye Cheng had her hair wrapped in a towel, and she was tightly bundled in the hotel's bathrobe. The belt was tied firmly around her waist, and she was covered from top to bottom, with only a section of smooth, fair calves and her feet in slippers exposed.

Jiang Ye had originally been wondering if she would hold the bathrobe belt, walk out, suddenly smile sweetly, pull it open, and say to him with open arms, "Merry Christmas Eve, baby~"... Now it seemed he had purely overthought it.

He rubbed his nose and was about to complain that "the Girls on TikTok are all more generous than you," when he saw Ye Cheng suddenly point a finger behind her:

"You! Go wash up too!"

"???"

Jiang Ye was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, and then his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Holy crap? I'm washing too?

Could it be... could it be that it's not just a look and then it's over? There really is barrier-free hugging and cuddling?

Or... getting covered in saliva?!