Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady-Chapter 383 - 185. Winter Camping (7)_2

Kiyono Lin was pulled near the kotatsu, before she hurried off to the restroom.

"Yo, we meet again," Dubian Che stuffed a slice of tangerine into his mouth.

Kiyono Lin looked down at him from an overlooking angle, "Why are you here?"

"If there hadn’t been any accidents, we would have met in the café."

Kiyono Lin noticed the "Chasing Water Years" on the kotatsu table, remembered what Akiko had said, and probably understood what had happened.

"It seems you’re quite unlucky."

"The feeling is mutual."

"Why are you still standing!" Akiko emerged from the restroom, "Sit down quickly!"

Kiyono Lin, hardly more in control than a mannequin, was once again forcefully crammed into the kotatsu.

"Akiko," she called out with a touch of dissatisfaction.

"Here, eat a tangerine." Akiko shoved a round, yellow-orange tangerine into her hand.

Kiyono Lin glanced at the tangerine and sighed softly, "Thank you."

She began peeling the tangerine with graceful movements.

Her hands, slender and exquisite like glassware, gave off the feeling that they would break with one fold.

It also made one wonder if they were as cold as glass to the touch.

Xiaoquan Aonai poured her a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you," Kiyono Lin said in a soft voice.

"Ms. Kiyono," Akiko leaned forward, "When did you and Mr. Dubian start dating?"

Kiyono Lin looked at Dubian Che, "Spouting nonsense again?"

"No, have you already determined that I’m spouting nonsense?" Dubian Che had nowhere to justify himself.

"Isn’t it only natural for Dubian Che to spout nonsense?"

"That makes sense...although it makes sense!" Dubian Che’s voice, emphasized, became gentle again, "But this time I really didn’t."

Kiyono Lin nodded and looked at Akiko, "Teacher, what do you want to ask?"

Akiko was already flushed with excitement from listening to their conversation:

"When did you two start dating? Does Jiutiao Meijie know? What are your plans for the future? Will you drive Jiutiao away, or live in harmony? Are there any political considerations regarding a great family involved?"

Kiyono Lin calmly ate another slice of tangerine, her eyes like the springtime galaxy, and once again turned towards Dubian Che.

"She’s crazy," Dubian Che concluded languidly.

"Dubian, how could you speak of the teacher like that!" Akiko scolded.

"I think I understand the situation now," Kiyono Lin inserted another slice of tangerine, "Akiko, you’re mistaken; Mr. Dubian and I are just friends."

"Understood, the teacher understands. I won’t tell Jiutiao Meijie, go on."

Akiko had definitely misunderstood something.

Kiyono Lin sighed in resignation, "I’m really not dating him."

"You’re so stubborn," Akiko collapsed weakly on the table.

"Akiko, that’s enough," Xiaoquan Aonai said.

She had heard that Kiyono Lin was straightforward and did not lie, but it seemed that was not the case.

The room fell into silence, with the buzz of the heater audible, and snow continued to fall outside the window.

"Right!" Akiko suddenly sat up, "Let’s play a game!"

"Akiko, I came to read," Kiyono Lin flatly objected.

"Three votes in favor, one against. What about you two?" Akiko looked towards Xiaoquan Aonai and Dubian Che.

"Where did those three votes in favor come from?" Dubian Che asked curiously.

"I’m the teacher, I’m an adult, and the initiator—just happens to be three votes," Akiko reasoned.

"...I’m going to read as well." Dubian Che decided to ignore her.

There was one more person left.

Before Xiaoquan Aonai could speak, Akiko pleaded, "Aonai, if you don’t agree, I’ll spill the beans about the Capital City incident."

"I told you, it was a misunderstanding!" Xiaoquan Aonai argued, her face reddening.

"I don’t care, cast your vote."

"...Let’s play the game."

Watching the subdued Xiaoquan Aonai, Dubian Che suddenly became curious about the Capital City incident.

A plea from Xiaoquan Aonai should tell him, but considering personal privacy, Dubian Che decided to stifle his own curiosity.

"Five votes in favor, two against. The next activity is definitely playing a game!"

After making her announcement, Akiko shuffled her bottom, stood up from kotatsu, ran to the table, and started drawing something from her bag.

After a while, she dashed back and efficiently crawled into the kotatsu. freewёbnoνel.com

"Self-made Drawing Double Six," Akiko said proudly.

Drawing Double Six, move forward based on the dice roll, and the player who first moves their piece into the opponent’s territory wins.

The rules were straightforward, but for playability’s sake, there were penalties written on the squares.

For instance, honestly answer a question from the other players, talk about a high school romance—Dubian Che felt like you could add ’student only’.

There were also fill-in-the-blank penalties:

Tell a joke; refer to everyone by name before the game’s end; play rock-paper-scissors with the next player, with the loser peeling and feeding tangerines to the winner...

"How will we play without pieces?" Xiaoquan Aonai asked.

"Use tangerines instead; these squares are big enough," Dubian Che suggested.

"Typical Dubian, alright, the first to win gets to eat everyone’s tangerines!" Akiko loudly declared the winner’s prize.

In the basket, six more tangerines remained untouched.

And really, eating four tangerines at once, isn’t that a punishment?

"Let’s start the game, Kiyono, you be the first player."

Kiyono Lin, who had been reading, closed the elaborately decorated hardcover book and reluctantly took the rubber dice.

After rolling the dice, her tangerine landed on a square marked "Do ten sit-ups."

In that moment, Dubian Che caught a glimpse of what looked like regret on Kiyono Lin’s face.

Was she thinking ’If only I had insisted on not playing from the start’?

Kiyono Lin obediently laid down, her waterfall-like black hair spread out, and Xiaoquan Aonai helped hold down her feet.

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