NOVPUBAt that time, the information everyone had was incomplete. Yun Jin had guessed that the captain and Xiao Lian were having an affair, Ruoxi saw the captain and Yun Jin having an affair, and although Ningning neither saw nor guessed, she suspected that the captain might be involved with one or more among Yun Jin, Ruoxi, and Xiao Lian.
As for Zhao Yuanzhen and Chen Lingyun, better left unsaid.
If you were to get to the bottom of this, of course, Yan Yu was mainly to blame. After all, it’s very difficult to treat everyone equally; kissing a woman from another team made him feel guilty toward the women in his own team; and kissing one of these women made him feel guilty toward another… It just confirmed a saying: water in a bucket will always flow out from the shortest board unless you repair and align all the boards.
But Yan Yu is the team captain, right! Can the captain be wrong? No, the captain can never be wrong; otherwise, what authority would he have to continue leading the team?
Therefore, he swept a heavy gaze over the people around him as if to say, "Who’s going to confess first? Hurry up!"
After much contemplation, Su Yunjin finally stepped forward and said,
"Alright, it’s my fault. I secretly kissed the captain, and Ruoxi saw us... that’s why all this drama ensued."
The girls around her paled and quickly looked toward Sister Zhao, ready to stop the Demonic Sect Enchantress from going berserk.
Zhao Yuanzhen also felt irked upon hearing this and was about to explode, but then she realized that everyone was on guard against her erupting, especially Yan Yu—his gaze was as sharp as two Flying Swords, ready to strike at any moment.
If I went over to beat up Yun Jin, I probably wouldn’t have touched her before everyone pinned me down on a table, maybe even hitting me with a few retaliatory punches and kicks, all under the pretense of "I fear you’d do something foolish"... Do they think I’d be that stupid? Knowing I’m no match, yet still looking for a beating, am I a pig!
Retreating ten thousand steps, it’s just a kiss, it doesn’t threaten my rightful status. Yun Jin cleans my room, does the laundry and makes the bed every day, and tonight’s girls’ party is even held in her room; I even ate the snacks she served!
From the perspective of a personal maid, Yun Jin is undoubtedly very diligent and responsible. What’s so strange if the husband kisses his wife’s personal maid? If I fuss over this, the younger sisters might think I’m petty and succumb to envy!
Zhao Yuanzhen racked her brains and finally found a reason to forgive Su Yunjin—it was also thanks to Yun Jin’s diligence in housework, accumulated over time, which made everyone indebted to her; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so easy to let it slide.
"So, it was just a kiss," she had made up her mind and showed an extremely broad-minded attitude, waving her hand dismissively, "It’s not a crime. Nowadays, relationships are so open; not to mention kissing, a lot of people who are not even in a romantic relationship end up sleeping together!"
The girls hurriedly waved their hands and shook their heads, each claiming they would never do such a thing.
"So…" Lin Ning asked with difficulty, "Have you confirmed your relationship?"
Su Yunjin really wanted to say "yes," but she knew this wasn’t the time to lie, so she shook her head and said,
"Not yet, but I will continue to work toward that."
Lin Ning immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was good the captain hadn’t found a girlfriend.
With the Overton window phenomenon, compared to the captain already establishing a relationship with Yun Jin, a kiss seemed to be not such a big deal.
The scene quieted down for a moment, as everyone was unsure what to say.
Chen Lingyun’s eyes moved subtly, clearly not willing to let Yan Yu off the hook so easily, and suddenly said with a smile,
"So? How did the two of you suddenly end up kissing? Did something good happen?"
Everyone instantly perked up, their ears pricked, ready to seize any discrepancy in the captain’s response, and then interrogate him severely!
