Sonata: Fleeing to Avoid an Arranged Marriage - Chapter 22

Chapter 22

The dishes at the hot spring villa are pretty tasty. Although Mi Qing believes that Xiao Gu's dishes are much better, they are quite unique. And Xiao Gu, the boss, is really generous. Not only did he order a bunch of vegetarian dishes, he also called for a lot of meat without saying anything.

Mi Qing was quite satisf ied. Xiao Gu advised everyone to have a rest right after eating, and then go to the hot springs at one o'clock in the afternoon.

However, few people were willing to stay in their room to waste time while traveling. It was rare to have pleasant weather so everyone held onto their mobile phones and strolled around the villa taking pictures.

Mi Qing on the other hand really wanted to take a break. So, she went back to the room alone. She was a little excited preparing for the trip these past two days and had no time to surf Weibo. At this moment, she took out her mobile phone and connected to the villa's wifi, and brushed over Mr. Rabbit's Weibo.

Mr. Rabbit's latest update was 8:19 last night, with only one emoji and one video.

He rarely posted videos, so Mi Qing clicked on it with interest.

The video shows Zhou Yiran sitting next to a Christmas tree and playing the piano. The background was similar to a department store. He was playing Merry Christmas. Although the piano was just an ordinary piano, it did not affect the melodious notes flowing from his fingertips.

Mi Qing froze, not because of his superb skills, but because of ... Wasn't this the star piano at Starlight Department Store, she also played a tune on it a few days ago!

It took a long time for the video to finish before she slowly put down her phone.

Brother Rabbit ... has come to City A?

She bit the corner of her mouth slightly, feeling a thin layer of sweat on her palms. He came to city A, but she left. She really can't tell whether to regret their missed encounter or to be grateful for the miss.

Even if she didn't come to the city to travel, City A was so huge, the probability of them not meeting was much greater than the probability of their encounter.

Mi Qing exhaled and lay down on the bed.

Outside, Chen Shishi took a number of landscape photos, picked a few that she was most satisfied with, and also used her mobile phone to connect to the villa’s wifi, and went to play with Gu Xin's public account.

Chen Shishi: [Picture]
Chen Shishi: [Picture]
Chen Shishi: I'm on a trip, hahaha, hot spring villas are beautiful.
Gu Xin: You're on a trip? That's cool
Chen Shishi: Yes yes yes, the boss invited us to have a soak in hot springs.
Gu Xin: Hot spring? Send photos when you are in the hot
spring :)
Shen Shishi: Hello, you are lascivious.
Gu Xin: :)

Gu Xin opened the big picture she has sent and looked at it, and frowned a bit skeptical.

Hot spring? He seemed to have heard from Xiao Gu a few days ago that they would also be going on a trip to the hot spring for the Chuan Chuan Store ... This is too coincidental, isn't it?

He thought for a while, and sent a private message to Xiao Gu: "Do you have a girl called Chen Shishi in your shop?"

After a while, Xiao Gu sent back a reply: "There is one, what's wrong?"

Gu Xin froze for a moment, with his mouth twitching: "Nothing. I'll come to your store to eat a bunch of skewers :)

After sending the line, he suddenly thought of something else.

Xiao Gu's shop went on a tour today. Wouldn't Zhou Yiran, who has made a special trip to eat there find the store empty?

Zhou Yiran did throw himself at an empty store. After Gu Xin recommended this chain store to him, he thought about trying it out. Today, he was able to take time out to eat, but didn't expect: "On a year-end trip, we'll be close for two business days."

The sign hanging on the door greeted him.

Just then, his cell phone rang and it was Gu Xin's call.

Zhou Yiran picked up: "What's the matter?"

Gu Xin's voice came through the earpiece: "I just heard that my cousin's shop has gone on travel for two days for the end of the year."

Zhou Yiran laughed: "Well, I'm standing in front of their closed door."

Gu Xin:"..."

"Sorry." He raised his head slightly while shoving his hand in his hair. "It will open the day after tomorrow. I'll invite you to a meal then."

"That's okay." Zhou Yiran hung up the phone, glanced at the doors of the store, and turned to leave. After a little while, Mi Qing followed everyone's lead and headed for the hot spring. There are separate male and female springs and mixed gender springs. Along the way, many young colleagues whispered excitedly: "Why don't we go to the mixed spring, maybe we can see Boss Xiao."

Of course, soaking in a hot spring means wearing less, which means a lot of exposure. Several female colleagues smiled wickedly together, and by the looks on their faces expressions, each can tell what they're fantasizing about. However, regrettably , Xiao Gu neither soaked in the mixed spring nor in the men's and women's springs. When they arrived at the gate of the mixed spring and found that only Xiao Dezi was soaking in it, they left without hesitation.

Xiao Dezi: "..."

Mi Qing and Chen Shishi wore bathing suits soaking in the hot springs, while leaning on the wall to rejuvenate. After a while, all the female colleagues who went to the Mixed Spring came back. Chen Shishi smiled at Mi Qing and said, "Boss Xiao must not be there. You see, they all resemble wilting eggplants."

"Right, um..." Mi Qing squinted slightly, and hummed a vague response. She hasn't taken a bath in a long time and hopes to enjoy it this time, but wearing a bathing suit while soaking in the hot springs is really restrictive. If only they could just wrap a towel around, it would be simply bold, but relaxing.

Ugh, Mi Qing lamented.

When they came earlier, they were told by the person who led them that there is also an open-air hot spring, which is a natural hot spring. Not many usually go soaking there. So why not wait when everyone's asleep and the night has gone dark, she'll go to the bubble alone?

Dipping in the hot springs lasted until four in the afternoon. Everyone imbibed in all the facilities there before leaving.

After having dinner in the evening, it was natural to have some leisure activities.

Some people wanted to scare, others by telling various ghost stories.

Some wanted to play killing games or truth or dare adventures. Some people wanted to sing ... Xiao Gu integrated various suggestions and directly ordered a KTV package.

Whatever they wanted to do was up to them.

Mi Qing actually wanted to hear ghost stories. Although she will be scared after listening, the process of listening is simply thrilling. Besides, they are at a hot spring villa, she believes that there are few haunted rumors. Stories of the like would certainly be unworthy of the place.

But inside the KTV room, the right atmosphere for the scary stories was nonexistent. A few people who wanted to listen stayed for a while, sang, drank, and played dice.

Xiao Wang prepared the truth or dare adventure props in the private room for a while, and called on everyone to play the game.

This prop was designed by the owner of the villa himself, and was composed of question cards and bamboo sticks. The question cards will be drawn by one person first, and everyone will draw lots together. There are two red tags in the lottery.

Those who draw red tags must perform the tasks on the question card.

Except for the two people who were singing a romantic duet, the others were pulled over by Xiao Wang to play the game.

Xiao Wang acted as the referee. She drew one from a large stack of question cards and smirked after taking a peek at the content.

The crowd urged impatiently, "What? Don't be so mysterious, just read it quickly."

Xiao Wang coughed and cleared her throat twice, before reading the contents perfectly: "The two people who got the red tags for the first draw must kiss, otherwise one will drink a bottle of beer and f inish it within 30 seconds."
...
Silence spread for a while, then stirred up with excitement.
Xiao Wang pretended to shake the lottery, and first handed it to Xiao Gu: "Boss Xiao, take the lead."

Xiao Gu glanced at the tube and drew one out. After the whole root was taken out, everyone blew up the pot: "Red tag! The boss is a real hit!"

Xiao Gu:"..."
The female employees were actually looking forward to Xiao Gu picking the red tag.
Kissing Boss Xiao was a blessing!
Xiao Wang coughed again and turned to Lin Jingrong: "The second to pick should be Rong Rong jie." She winked at Lin Jingrong furtively, suggesting which one to draw.

This subtle cue was not only captured by Lin Jingrong, but also Chen Shishi, who was sitting next to Xiao Wang. She blinked twice, before accidentally bumping into Xiao Wang's hand, causing the tube to almost fly out.

"Sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Chen Shishi apologized profusely, stuffing a few sticks that were about to fall out, and jumbled a few together.

Xiao Wang was distressed. She got muddled from Chen Shishi's mess and couldn't figure out where the red tag was.

Lin Jingrong ended up picking a random one, but it was a normal sign.

Xiao Wang glanced at her with regret, hints of apology glittering in her eyes.

The other female employees saw that Lin Jingrong missed drawing the red tag, and their expectations rose by one point.

In this fashion, the red sign remained in the tube. Chen Shishi asked curiously, "What if the other red sign was drawn by a man?"

After a weird silence for a second, no one answered the question.

What can they do? The boss has the final say.

A bamboo stick suddenly slipped into Mi Qing's hand, then Chen Shishi gave her a cheering wink across from her.
Mi Qing:"..."
What was she cheering her for?
But not sure if Chen Shishi's brain power was too strong, or if she was just lucky, the only red sign that escaped the hands of others was won by her.
Seeing the thin red tag on the end of the lottery, the private room suddenly livened up, and even the two who had been singing a romantic duet somehow followed suit.
Both reds were drawn, and the rest needn't continue.
Surrounded by everyone's expectant eyes, Mi Qing felt as if sitting on a needle.
Xiao Wang frowned and glanced at Lin Jingrong. Lin Jingrong remained calm, but looking closely, she was not at all unruffled.
Mi Qing and Xiao Gu have been pushed into the middle by everyone, one was embarrassed, while the other was calm.

"Okay, don't make any more noise. Mi Qing's face is as red as a monkey butt" Chen Shishi called for everyone to settle down, but her snickers were the loudest.

The corners of Mi Qing's mouth twitched as she passed her a glance.

Xiao Wang stayed silent, so Chen Shishi consciously assumed the role of the referee: "Now, you two will either kiss or drink a beer in thirty seconds."

She said that, she picked up two bottles of beer from under the table and placed them down deliberately, producing a "chink".

Mi Qing was so depressed knowing that it was impossible for her to drink a full bottle of beer within thirty seconds; but kissing Xiao Gu was even worse! She hasn't given her f irst kiss yet!

The two evils are lighter, Mi Qing decided to fight, drink and drink. Anyway, she can sleep in the room for the whole day tomorrow.

She was about to step forward to pick up the bottle, but felt her shoulders clasped.

Xiao Gu stepped close and leaned over her. His face was still handsome under the dim light zoomed sharply in front of her.

Then a light kiss, a feathery kiss fell on her lips.