Chapter 60: Qin Dog, You Owe Me a Puppy’s Bark
“Ding ding…” The phone suddenly rang, startling Wen Xia. She picked up the phone and saw it was Qin Mo calling. She felt inexplicably guilty. “Hello, Qin Mo.”
Hearing her voice, Qin Mo raised an eyebrow. “What trouble has my wife gotten into?” His tone was lazy.
Wen Xia, caught off guard: “…”
“I didn’t do anything wrong! I’ve just been practicing square dancing with An’an and Yan Yan.”
Qin Mo raised his eyebrow again but didn’t press her further. “Want to come out and relax for an hour?”
Wen Xia remembered he had mentioned inviting Pan Sen and the others for an all-nighter gaming session. Excitedly, she asked, “Are we playing games?”
When they heard the mention of games, Liu An’an and Jiang Yan shared the same expression as Wen Xia. In the past, the three of them would secretly go to an internet café to play together. After Wen Xia stopped going, they never brought it up again.
“Yeah, just for an hour. I’ll wait for you guys at the entrance of the community,” Qin Mo emphasized the one-hour limit.
Wen Xia hung up the phone and, with Liu An’an and Jiang Yan, headed to the entrance of the community, where they found Qin Mo, Zhao Zichuan, Pan Sen, and a guy she didn’t recognize.
The five of them couldn’t team up together, so they had to create a room for 4v3.
Pan Sen, thinking that Wen Xia was the only one good at gaming, kindly suggested Qin Mo team up with the three girls.
Just as “Sen Sen” emerged in the game, “Liu Family’s Young Miss” sniped him with a headshot.
Pan Sen: “???”
“Can I curse now?”
Zhao Zichuan gave him a look of disbelief, “Useless.” He then turned his attention back to the game.
Less than a minute later, “Liu Family’s Young Miss” killed “I’m Your Brother Zhao.”
Zhao Zichuan: “…”
Liu An’an smugly whistled at them, “Sister’s rank is third in this server. Little brothers, don’t mess with me.”
Pan Sen: “…”
Zhao Zichuan: “…”
It was hard to believe that such words came from a girl who looked so cute.
Wen Xia couldn’t help but laugh. Zhao Zichuan and Liu An’an had only met because of gaming.
Fate was truly ironic.
Her attention soon returned to the game. She saw an enemy crouching behind a crate, aiming at her with a scope. She quickly hit the keys on her keyboard.
“Sister Xia Xia is Amazing” killed “Qiu Qiu.”
Another player, Huo Qiu, blinked in disbelief.
Wen Xia’s flashy move made him want to curse, “F…” He hadn’t even finished the word “F*ck” before Pan Sen covered his mouth.
“Don’t do it.”
That was Qin Mo’s girlfriend.
To keep things quiet, he calmed Huo Qiu down. “Be gentle, she’s just a girl.”
Huo Qiu: “…”
A match ended in just three minutes. Liu An’an sighed, “Boring. Xia Xia, how about we do an online match?”
Jiang Yan nodded, “I haven’t even gotten a kill yet.”
Pan Sen: “…”
Zhao Zichuan: “…”
Huo Qiu: “…”
The three of them, feeling neglected, sensed the “insult.”
Wen Xia also found it boring. She thought of something and looked at Qin Mo. “Qin Mo, team up with them, and don’t hold back.”
As soon as he heard this, Qin Mo had a bad feeling. He looked at Wen Xia’s little face for a few seconds, then nodded. The group started another match.
Wen Xia knew Qin Mo was good at this, so she told Liu An’an and Jiang Yan to hold their ground and not move.
Liu An’an aimed her scope at “I’m Your Brother Zhao,” but he wouldn’t come out. She nudged Jiang Yan with her foot, signaling her to go out and bait the enemy.
Jiang Yan gave her an “OK” gesture.
Wen Xia’s eyes were on the area below their building. She knew Qin Mo too well. He loved sneaking up on people and killing them in their own home.
Hidden in the shadows, Qin Mo saw Jiang Yan come out and instantly suspected a trap. Just as he was about to tell the others to hold back, he saw “I’m Your Brother Zhao” die.
Zhao Zichuan ground his back teeth together, glancing at Liu An’an, and cursed inwardly.
Damn it.
At that moment, Liu An’an gave Wen Xia a “three” sign. Wen Xia understood immediately, quickly pulling out a grenade and throwing it at the three o’clock position. “Qiu Qiu” was killed.
Huo Qiu: “…”
Jiang Yan gestured to Liu An’an, and Liu An’an immediately aimed. After a few seconds, “Sen Sen” was dead.
Pan Sen: “…”
Only Qin Mo was left. Wen Xia signaled to Liu An’an and Jiang Yan to stay alert and keep an eye on the area below.
The next second, “Yan Jiang” was killed.
Wen Xia and Liu An’an hadn’t even seen Qin Mo yet. In the next moment, Liu An’an was dead.
Wen Xia quickly changed direction. Sure enough, Qin Mo had come into their area.
Sneaky!
She quickly typed a message: “Try shooting.”
Qin Mo: “…”
His wife always did this—first, she’d refuse to let him go easy on her, but when he was really about to win, she’d challenge him with, “Try shooting.”
He could guarantee that if he shot and killed her, they’d be in a cold war for the next month.
“Sister Xia Xia is Amazing” killed “Qm.”
Wen Xia stuck her tongue out at Qin Mo and smugly said, “Yay, Qin Dog, you lost. You owe me a puppy’s bark.”
It was a rule between them: whoever lost the game had to bark like a puppy.
The others: “…”
The nickname “Qin Dog” was truly unique.
Qin Mo: “…”
He had only agreed to this game punishment when he was driven by lust.
He had never won.
After playing three more rounds, all of them were won by Wen Xia and her team.
Even though Qin Mo always went easy on them, Pan Sen and the others were really bad at the game.
After about an hour, Qin Mo said goodbye to Pan Sen and the others and took Wen Xia and the others home.
…
Wen Residence
As soon as Wen Xia sat down on the sofa, she heard Qin Mo’s voice. “Xia Xia, show me the math formulas you copied.”
Wen Xia: “…”
She didn’t want this husband anymore.
She opened her bag, took out her math notebook, and handed it to him. Qin Mo sat up straight and began reviewing it seriously.
Liu An’an and Jiang Yan exchanged a glance, feeling an inexplicable sense of pressure, like being in a classroom with a teacher lecturing.
Suddenly, Qin Mo pointed at the math notebook, his tone slightly stern. “Xia Xia, you copied this wrong. It should be A + B, not A – B. Recopy the angle-sum formula five times.”
Wen Xia took a look and, sure enough, she had missed a stroke. She must have been in a rush. She obediently nodded, “Okay.”
A few minutes later, after Qin Mo finished checking, he turned to Wen Xia. “Xia Xia, recite the half-angle formula.”
Liu An’an and Jiang Yan: “…”
What was the half-angle formula again?
sin? cos?
Wen Xia began, “sin(A/2) = √(1 – cosA) / 2…”
The back-and-forth of one person reading and the other reciting continued for more than ten minutes, and in the end, Qin Mo was satisfied and finally let Wen Xia off the hook.
He glanced at Liu An’an and Jiang Yan, then raised an eyebrow at Wen Xia. “I’ll reward you tomorrow. Since Xia Xia is so serious, the reward will be tripled.”
As soon as Wen Xia heard that, she knew what the “reward” was. “…”
Couldn’t he have some shame? Tripled, seriously?
…
Under the relentless torment of Qin Mo, the school’s annual celebration event arrived. After dinner, all the students gathered on the sports field to sit down.
During the self-study period in the afternoon, Wen Xia and the others had taken leave to go get their hair and makeup done.
Liu An’an saw Wen Xia emerge in her outfit and couldn’t help but gasp, “Wow, Xia Xia, you look so beautiful.” She glanced at her chest while speaking.
Wen Xia reached out and poked her. “Look at you, Rogue An’an.”
The dance costume wasn’t revealing at all; it was just slightly tight, accentuating her figure.
Liu An’an chuckled, “Hehe, Xia Xia, you’ve really developed well.”
Jiang Yan followed suit, “Yeah, you’re definitely bigger than before.”
Wen Xia: “…”
What kind of wolfish words were these?