What's Wrong With Rear-Ending Your Arranged Marriage Partner? He Totally Loves It - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: I choose… dare

At that moment, Lin Wan was at his friend Shen Xiangyu’s birthday party.

The private villa was bustling with young men and women.

Coincidentally, the Shen brothers, Shen Xiangqing and Shen Xiangyu, were three years apart, but their birthdays were on the same day.

The two brothers celebrated together, and their respective friends came to join, making it especially lively.

However, most of the commotion was caused by Shen Xiangyu’s friends, a group of privileged heirs gathered on the first floor, including Lin Wan.

On the second floor were Shen Xiangqing’s friends, mostly influential elites in their circle, such as Lin Baiqing.

Since the morning, Lin Baiqing had felt that something was off with Lin Wan.

When he went to his bedroom to wake him up, the butler said Lin Wan was already having breakfast downstairs.

When Lin Baiqing went downstairs, Lin Wan was already at the door, about to leave for the company. He called out to him, asking him to wait and go together, but Lin Wan stammered that he had some important matters to handle and needed to go early.

Lin Baiqing looked at the morning sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, confirming that the sun had not risen from the west today.

At the company, as soon as Lin Wan saw Lin Baiqing, he would say he was going to the restroom.

He used the same excuse three times. On one occasion, he almost bumped into an assistant who had just come to report something, and on another, he knocked a cup of coffee off an employee’s desk.

Lin Baiqing thought Lin Wan was feeling tense and unaccustomed to the workplace. Since it was the Shen brothers’ birthday and they were friends with both, he brought Lin Wan along to relax.

After they arrived, Lin Baiqing went upstairs.

Lin Wan stayed on the first floor, and a group of his close friends, having not seen him much lately, crowded around him to tease him about his new role at the company and got him to drink a lot of alcohol.

After a round of being harassed, Lin Wan finally got a moment to himself, slumping onto the sofa to play on his phone.

As soon as he opened his phone, the trending topics about the Song Corporation popped up one after another.

Lin Wan quickly glanced at them and almost slapped his thigh in delight.

It was truly satisfying; karma was a beautiful thing!

When he saw the keyword “Qi family’s withdrawal,” Lin Wan silently apologized to Qi Yan in his heart.

Due to some outside rumors and a near-forced arranged marriage, he hadn’t had a good impression of Qi Yan, and had even complained to Song Cun, wondering which unlucky person was being forced into a marriage with Qi Yan.

Tsk, tsk, tsk!

If the Lin family ever had the opportunity to collaborate with the Qi family, he would definitely bow at a ninety-degree angle and shake Qi Yan’s hand, praising him as “brilliant and powerful,” and “acting on behalf of heaven!”

Thinking that Song Cun hadn’t messaged him all day, Lin Wan planned to call him and ask if he had seen the trending news.

Just as he was about to dial, a message from Song Cun popped up.

He looked at the chat interface and saw the message:”If you’re so curious, go find a partner and kiss them yourself.”

Lin Wan’s eyes moved up to the previous message, the one he had sent to Song Cun last night: “Song Xiaocun, what does it feel like to kiss your partner?”

Lin Wan’s flighty attention was immediately diverted again.

He remembered the feeling of his heart pounding after that unexpected incident last night, and the strange feeling of wanting to instinctively hide whenever he saw Lin Baiqing during the day.

Lin Wan narrowed his hazy, intoxicated eyes and looked around the room at the familiar and unfamiliar young people.

A bold idea arose in his mind—how about I find someone to kiss and see?

He wanted to know if kissing someone else would give him the same feeling.

He felt that he was acting a little strangely when he was around Lin Baiqing now.

Very strangely.

If this weird feeling could be transferred, could it be transferred to someone else? After all, he and Lin Baiqing saw each other all day long, and he couldn’t just keep hiding from him in the restroom.

What if he got the wrong idea and thought his kidneys were weak? Lin Baiqing might even personally make an appointment for him…

Thinking of that scene, Lin Wan instinctively shook his head.

Although Lin Wan’s thought process was always a little more unconventional than others, Song Cun never expected that his clearly perfunctory message would make Lin Wan seriously consider it, and even come up with the idea of a comparative experiment to transfer the strange feeling…

But just as the thought of finding someone to kiss arose, someone at the party suggested playing a game of Truth or Dare.

As the saying goes, when there’s a dare, someone will inevitably suggest kissing.

Immediately, the first round of the game began.

Lin Wan felt as if today’s birthday party was held just for him; his wish was coming true.

The bottle spun and landed on him.

“Oh, Lin Shao is lucky tonight!”

“Hehe, Truth or Dare?”

“What’s the fun in Truth? Of course, it’s Dare!”

Everyone was excited, their eyes all on Lin Wan.

Alcohol gives courage. Lin Wan had already been given a lot to drink.

Now that he was being egged on, he swallowed. “I choose… Dare.”

…

Second floor.

Compared to the noise on the first floor, the second floor was quiet.

It was like a table for adults and a table for children, with a clear separation.

A few men in suits leaned back on the sofas, drinking tea and wine. It didn’t look like a birthday celebration but a rare gathering to relax from their busy work schedules.

Shen Xiangqing didn’t like doing business, but as someone from this circle, everyone knew he, Lin Baiqing, and Qi Yan were classmates.

Someone saw the trending news and said in surprise, “Hey, how did the Song Corporation manage to offend the Qi family?”

“First, the withdrawal of funds, then the tax audit. It’s clear they’re not leaving any way out. Qi Yan has never been this ruthless.”

Only Lin Baiqing and Shen Xiangqing knew why Qi Yan was being so ruthless.

It was, of course, because someone had messed with the person he held dear.

However, the topic was quickly glossed over since the person in question wasn’t there.

Another friend, seeing the birthday boy, Shen Xiangqing, who had a faint air of listlessness, changed the topic to a sensitive one:

“What’s wrong? Are you still thinking about that omega you played Truth or Dare with last year?”

At these words, Shen Xiangqing’s face grew even colder. A chilly breeze swept through the already subdued birthday atmosphere on the second floor.

The friend who spoke was about to slap himself.

Suddenly, the noise from downstairs erupted.

They heard a wave of shouts of “Kiss! Kiss!” getting louder and louder.

The friend thought, This is some kind of curse, isn’t it? Please don’t let another pair of grudging lovers be created this year!

Lin Baiqing’s expression was calm.

Until he heard someone shout, “Lin Shao, don’t be a wuss!”

—

First floor, the Dare game was in full swing.

“So who’s the dare with? Is it random?!”

Someone who knew Shen Xiangyu had a crush on Lin Wan immediately chimed in. “Tsk, how can it be random? It’s the birthday boy!”

“Yeah, yeah, this is Lin Shao’s precious kiss, maybe even his first! It has to go to our birthday boy!”

Amid the cheers, the subject of the dare, Lin Wan, and the birthday boy, Shen Xiangyu, were pushed together in the middle of the crowd.

The sofas were surrounded by a circle of onlookers, their eyes sparkling with anticipation, afraid to miss anything.

“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”

The whole room was filled with shouts.

Just moments ago, Lin Wan had been eager to try it, but now that he was actually pushed forward to kiss someone, his entire body went rigid.

The ears of Shen Xiangyu opposite him were slightly red. Seeing that Lin Wan wasn’t moving, he took the initiative to approach him.

“Ahhh!!!”

The screams from the crowd grew louder as Shen Xiangyu got closer.

Lin Wan’s body was tense. As he watched Shen Xiangyu slowly approach, he instinctively wanted to back away.

He suddenly regretted his impulsive decision.

But now, he was in a situation he couldn’t get out of…

Just as the two were ten centimeters apart, a cool, indifferent voice cut in at the perfect moment: