24: Chapter 24 A Girl's Sixth Sense

"Can you eat spicy food?" Luo Yao thought for a long time, and it wasn't until she saw a plate of Mapo Tofu on the table that she got an idea.

Hearing this question, Jiang Che felt a sense of foreboding. Sure enough, the next second, after seeing Jiang Ning shake her head slightly and then nod, Luo Yao said, "Then I punish you to eat two bites of this!"

"Luo Yao, does this even count as a Dare?" Jiang Che said, looking exasperated.

"She said she couldn't eat spicy food, so eating Mapo Tofu naturally counts..."

Before Jiang Che could say anything more, Jiang Ning had already acted with lightning speed, using a spoon to scoop up two pieces and eat them in one mouthful.

"Okay! Done!"

After eating, seeing everyone looking at her, she deliberately took two sharp breaths. "Hiss, it's so spicy..."

"..." Jiang Che looked exasperated. *You girl, isn't your acting a bit too exaggerated?*

"Alright, next. Jiang Ning, it's still your turn," An Ran reminded her.

This time, Jiang Ning held the bottle seriously, glancing at Jiang Che intentionally or unintentionally, and even blew into her palm.

Jiang Che felt a chill down his back. Jiang Ning hadn't said anything, but... he felt like this girl was aiming specifically for him.

Soon, the second round began. This time, Jiang Ning's wish failed again, and it pointed to Yang Fei.

"I choose Truth."

Looking at her brother's colleague, who was decent-looking, Jiang Ning hesitated. They weren't close, and she had no idea what to ask. However, she soon saw Luo Yao, who was sitting to the side, looking eager to try.

"I'll give my turn to Sister Luo Yao. You ask!"

"Okay!" Luo Yao immediately got excited.

"You can do that? Isn't that cheating?"

"Of course not. There was no rule saying you couldn't transfer the right to someone else," Luo Yao quickly defended herself.

"Fine. Regardless, I'm thick-skinned, so it's the same no matter who asks. Bring it on."

Hearing Yang Fei's words, Luo Yao looked full of gossip. She leaned forward, resting slightly against the table: "They say that last week, at the entrance to the company restroom, you lifted the skirt of Lan Lan from the neighboring department? Is that true?"

As soon as those words came out, Jiang Ning's expression changed, and she looked at him with a hint of disgust.

Jiang Che didn't react, as if he had known for a long time, while An Ran, who clearly heard it for the first time, couldn't help but say, "You... have you really done something like that?"

"No! Don't misunderstand!" Yang Fei immediately explained with a serious face: "That really didn't happen."

Seeing that the women didn't seem to believe him, he immediately pointed to Jiang Che, "He was there at the time and can testify for me."

Seeing all eyes on him, Jiang Che nodded, "It is indeed different from the rumors. He didn't lift her skirt."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, her brother's colleague wasn't some weirdo...

However, immediately after, Jiang Che continued: "To be precise, he was flirting with the young lady at the door, pulled out her skirt that had gotten stuck, and then covered it back up for her."

The three women were dumbfounded. Then, Yang Fei shrugged and said righteously, "See, I told you. How could I do something as lewd as lifting someone's skirt?"

Hearing his words, Luo Yao wanted to say something but hesitated. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "But... covering someone's skirt seems just like lifting it; both are a bit..."

By the end, Luo Yao held back and didn't say the word 'creepy'.

Jiang Che and Yang Fei exchanged a glance. In Truth, this guy and that Lan Lan were simply flirting at the restroom entrance during their lunch break. The skirt-covering incident was a case of one willing to do it and the other willing to receive it; no one cared at all. It was just unfortunate that, besides Jiang Che, another girl from a different department had seen it, misunderstood, and spread the rumor.

Soon, in the third round, Yang Fei spun the bottle. This time, as luck would have it, it pointed to Jiang Che, whom Jiang Ning had been thinking about for two rounds.

Seeing the bottle opening facing Jiang Che, Jiang Ning's face flushed slightly, as if she wanted to ask the question herself.

Who knew that Yang Fei hadn't noticed her reaction at all, but instead looked at the other two women first. "Brother, tell me, which one do you pick?"

Jiang Che knew this guy wasn't up to any good, so he said, "Truth."

Yang Fei frowned. "You're not choosing a Dare?"

"Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do. You want to embarrass me, but that's not going to happen."

Yang Fei looked slightly disappointed, then thought for a moment and asked, "How old were you for your first love? How far have you progressed with your girlfriend?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the women at the table went quiet.

This question... they liked it very much. After all, girls are very gossipy, and most are very interested in the secrets of those around them.

Not only An Ran and Luo Yao, but what made Jiang Che somewhat speechless was that Jiang Ning, beside him, was also staring straight at him without blinking.

"Come on, hurry up, hurry up." Seeing that Jiang Che kept silent, Yang Fei urged him.

Jiang Che subconsciously glanced at Jiang Ning, then said softly, "Sophomore year..."

"And then? How far did you progress?" Yang Fei winked suggestively.

"Holding hands," Jiang Che said calmly.

After he finished speaking, Yang Fei was stunned, and the others beside him also widened their eyes slightly, looking at him.

"That's too much, you aren't allowed to lie."

"I'm not lying."

"Dating, and you only hold hands?" Yang Fei asked again.

"Is it illegal?"

"That's not it, but..." Yang Fei paused. "According to what you're saying, you wouldn't happen to still be... a virgin, would you?"

Hearing this, An Ran and Luo Yao were both surprised and a little embarrassed, while Jiang Ning, looking at Jiang Che's slightly awkward profile, had unreadable eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Alright, my turn." Jiang Che quickly changed the subject, then took the bottle and gave it a strong spin.

Finally, it stopped on An Ran.

"Truth," An Ran said calmly.

Jiang Che nodded, then thought for a moment and asked, "When was the last time you kissed someone?"

After he finished speaking, Luo Yao and Yang Fei immediately perked up. They hadn't expected Jiang Che to come out with something so explosive right away.

An Ran's cheeks flushed slightly. She gave Jiang Che a slightly reproachful look, remained silent for a few seconds, and then slowly said, "Over two months ago."

Compared to the question Jiang Che had just asked, this answer from An Ran was what left the three of them, including Jiang Che, stunned.

Because... they had never heard that An Ran had a boyfriend.

"Over two months ago?!" Jiang Che repeated uncertainly.

A rosy flush appeared on An Ran's face, but she still nodded gently.

"Wait, An Ran, do you really have a boyfriend? How come we've never seen him?" Yang Fei couldn't help but ask, and Luo Yao, who was to the side, also nodded repeatedly.

An Ran's reaction was very strange. She glanced at Jiang Che's face intentionally or unintentionally, and then her expression became slightly uncomfortable. "You asked about kissing; what does that have to do with having a boyfriend?"

Jiang Che just felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it for a moment.

As for Jiang Ning... she frowned slightly.

Just a moment ago, when they asked the second time, she clearly saw that this beautiful Sister An Ran had glanced at Jiang Che, and that expression... it was a feeling she couldn't quite describe.

It was as if a woman's... no, a girl's sixth sense was telling her that this Sister An Ran was a bit suspicious.