Chapter 1151 — Is It or Isn't It?

"Ha ha ha ha, Su Taizao, you really are one colossal idiot!" Shen Yushu pointed at him through her laughter. "Boo hoo hoo, here comes the ghost ... scared you half to death!"

An Jianwen had never expected Gu Mengyao and the others to come along as well. A glance at the getup of Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu and Tang Yun, and it suddenly dawned on him: had that fool Su Taizao actually taken the three of them for ghosts?

Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu and Tang Yun were all in white nightgowns with facial masks pasted over their faces; at a sudden glance in the dark they did look remarkably like ghosts. An Jianwen only knew them by Shen Yushu's voice — if he hadn't recognized it, he would probably have jumped out of his skin too!

But a fright was a fright — there was no call to be frightened into such a spineless wretch!

At the thought of it, An Jianwen burned with shame and fury. This underling of his had made a perfect fool of him, actually taking the three of them for ghosts!

"Open those eyes wide and look — where are there any ghosts here? These are Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu and Tang Yun! Where's the ghost? Point him out!" An Jianwen roared.

Su Taizao froze for an instant, raised his head and saw Gu Mengyao, Tang Yun and Shen Yushu; a shudder ran through his whole body. How come there were three ghosts?

"Brother An, aren't they ghosts? They've turned into three ghosts!" Su Taizao cried.

"What three ghosts? I told you already — this is Gu Mengyao, Tang Yun and Shen Yushu!" An Jianwen explained through a frown.

"That ..." Su Taizao blinked, looked properly, and sure enough, it was just as An Jianwen said: they were not ghosts but Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu and Tang Yun! It was only that the three wore white nightrobes and still had facial masks plastered on their faces, which made it easy to mistake them for ghosts!

"Boo hoo hoo, I'm a ghost!" Shen Yushu stuck out her tongue and slipped back into her usual manner.

"Phew ..." Su Taizao finally let out his breath, released An Jianwen and climbed off him, patting his chest. "Ha, so it's you, Sister Yaoyao and Sister Xiaoshu! Haha, I was only having a joke with you — otherwise, with this long night and no sleep in me, there'd be nothing to pass the time, right?"

"Oh, I get it, oh!" Shen Yushu said, smiling sweetly at Su Taizao — yet that "I get it" was brimming with contempt.

"Su Taizao, what did you get all over me? It's soaking wet! What's that smell? What the — how can it reek so badly? Don't tell me you've wet your pants!" An Jianwen let out a sudden shriek and began hopping about on the spot, shaking the wet streaks off his clothes ...

"Wow, Brother Taizao, you really do still wet the bed at your age!" Reminded of their earlier game of Truth or Dare, Shen Yushu shot back caustically.

"I — I never wet the bed! That was just wetting my pants — ah, no! Not wetting my pants! I didn't pee!" Su Taizao, his face scarlet, flapped his arms and legs as he stammered out his defense.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Shen Yushu laughed and said no more.

"All right, Xiaoshu, let's go back and rest. It's getting late — don't we have to get up tomorrow to watch the sunrise?" Gu Mengyao had caught the strange smell as well and had no wish to stay a moment longer.

"Ha ha, okay!" Shen Yushu pulled a face at Su Taizao. "Ooh ooh ooh — whatever you do, don't dream of me tonight, or I'll scare you to death and you'll wet the bed again!"

Su Taizao shuddered on the spot, thinking: that was right, whatever happened he must not have a nightmare, or he'd wet the bed again — and wouldn't that be mortifying! He said awkwardly, "How could I? I stopped wetting the bed ages ago — ah, no! I never wet the bed in the first place!"

"Ha ha, let's go!" Shen Yushu said no more, but turned around with Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun, ready to leave.

"Xiaoshu, why didn't you call me when you played a trick on him?" Feng Xiaoxiao was somewhat regretful at having missed the sight of Su Taizao being pranked! From his own account alone it had already been hilarious — never mind witnessing the whole thing!

"You were flirting with Brother Arrow — how could I disturb you?" Shen Yushu grinned at Feng Xiaoxiao. "How far have you two gotten? Tell me all about it?"

"That I can't just tell you — it's a personal secret." Feng Xiaoxiao shook her head and spoke mysteriously.

"Don't tell me you're still a virgin?" Shen Yushu looked Feng Xiaoxiao up and down and spoke with her usual brazenness.

"That — how could that be? Who says I still am? I'm not anymore! What about you, still are you? What, jealous of me?" Feng Xiaoxiao protested, thinking to herself: I say I'm not, so I'm not — what are you going to do, tell by looking?

"Me? What would I be jealous of? I stopped being one ages ago — even earlier than you!" Shen Yushu said. "I'm Brother Arrow's first woman!"

"Anyone can brag!" Feng Xiaoxiao snorted.

"You must still be one — otherwise why do you walk so steadily? They say on television that after the first time, a girl's legs are always stiff." Shen Yushu shook her head.

"They say on television? So you admit it's what television says! In other words, you have no experience yourself at all! Weren't you supposed to have stopped being one long ago? If you'd lived through it yourself, why would you need to watch television?" Feng Xiaoxiao retorted.

"I — I fell asleep the moment I was done, and was all recovered by the next day. My situation's different from yours!" Shen Yushu's eyes darted as she spoke.

Gu Mengyao and Tang Yun exchanged another wry smile and a helpless shake of the head. These two really were something — arguing about everything, and about something no less glorious than this, no less! And taking it so seriously!

"Enough, the pair of you are both still virgins! Xiaoshu, Xiaoxiao, hurry back to bed — are we watching the sunrise tomorrow or not?" Wei Zhao, wearing a wry smile of his own, hastily vouched for his own innocence! You can't pin this on me! I never laid a finger on either of them — how could they not be virgins?

Shen Yushu and Feng Xiaoxiao were both exposed at the same instant; involuntarily their cheeks flushed red and they exchanged an awkward little laugh, before Feng Xiaoxiao said: "I won't be one much longer!"

"I won't be one for much longer either!" Shen Yushu said.

Wei Zhao was rendered speechless; he seized Feng Xiaoxiao and beat a hasty retreat.

The eldest young lady likewise took Xiaoshu by the hand and went back with Tang Yun to rest, until only An Jianwen and Su Taizao were left behind.

"How come this Wei Zhao is so popular — both girls are sweet on him?" Su Taizao said with a measure of envy.

"Both? Would you dare take the two of them if I handed them to you? A facial mask alone scared the daylights out of you — marry them and you'd be scared straight into your coffin!" An Jianwen snorted. "That Feng Xiaoxiao is eight parts cut from the same cloth as Shen Yushu — from now on I'll have to keep my wits about me and watch I don't fall into their trap!"

It had to be said that An Jianwen had a keen eye for people: one glance and he saw that Feng Xiaoxiao too belonged to the prank-loving crowd. Such people must never be offended, or life in the days to come would be anything but good.

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