Large group chats often have a peculiar phenomenon: the larger the group, with thousands of members, the fewer people actually talk. Most of them just lurk.
But small groups are the opposite, they’re active. Even if there are only a few dozen people, or even just a few, every last one of them is incredibly lively!
All sorts of wild banter flew around endlessly.
After Jiangg Yao posted the photo, the group chat’s messages started scrolling so fast she couldn’t even read them. Within ten-odd seconds, it hit "99+" notifications, and the number was still growing at a terrifying rate. Filled with either astonishment or jealousy, the entire "harem group" instantly burst into an uproar.
Quite a few people were @’ing Yaoyao.
...
Ye Zhiqiu:
"@Yaoyao He looks so young."
Tu Miao:
"Is that a college student? Ah... don’t tell me he’s a high schooler! Yaoyao, you’re a real predator, going for someone that young."
"We look down on cradle robbers."
Miss Kawashima Fumie:
"I don’t believe it. It must be a random picture from the internet. Yaoyao told me she’s a 150cm by 150jin squat tank, how could she find a boyfriend like that?"
Agile Dog in the Mountains:
"She’s fantasizing again, lmao."
Jiangg Yao looked at the messages in the group, a cold sneer appearing on her face.
’Ooh, ooh, so aggressive. Did someone get triggered? Usually, it’s all "Sis, you should find a boyfriend," "Don’t be single," and "It’s so pitiful seeing you all alone, you can only manage online relationships and voice calls." Or even, "If it’s really that bad, I’ll give you my husband. Bought him for 1,000 yuan, never even used him."’
’That bitch Kawashima Fumie even told me to come to Xin’an before. She said she was a super VVVIP at some mysterious shop there and that the male models were high-quality.’
’Not even having a boyfriend, how pitiful.’
’Even if you have to spend a little money! It’s not shameful!’
Jiangg Yao had understood immediately back then. ’Not shameful? It’s totally shameful, okay? She was clearly doing it on purpose to disgust me.’
The conversation topics in this group chat were always difficult to speak of publicly. Because they were all best friends, they held nothing back. Plus, none of them were young anymore—apart from Se-jiang, Asa, and Scheming Frog who were college students, the rest were all "old women" around Jiangg Yao’s age. On a normal day, they’d just drop risqué pictures into the chat, show off their figures, and casually say things like, "Gonna go take care of myself," or "Sorry, just passed out from the rush. What’s everyone talking about?"
For example, Miss Kawashima Fumie was the famous 36D contender. Everyone had seen her pictures.
The flood of messages scrolling across the screen all highlighted one key point: Yaoyao, trying to hide the fact that she was lonely, had just found a random picture online.
...
Yaoyao:
"Who are you calling a squat tank? You actually believe that? My persona is a noble lady who fled her aristocratic family out of discontent! Not a big tank who fled her aristocratic family out of discontent!"
"Oh my~ Why is this chat... SO! FULL! OF! SOUR! GRAPES!"
"A random pic? A fantasy? LMAO. What if I told you that my little boyfriend isn’t just a fresh-faced college student, but he also just turned eighteen? And he has abs, too."
"And what’s more, at home, what I say goes. If I tell him to go east, he wouldn’t dare go west. Do you understand what ’status’ means?"
Jiangg Yao, unwilling to show weakness, fought back, holding her own against the crowd.
...
Agile Dog in the Mountains:
"Talk is cheap. Prove it if you’ve got the guts."
Yiye Feng:
"Triggered, triggered. Such a fast comeback, you’re so defensive."
Miss Kawashima Fumie:
"’Status’? You’re pulling that card now? Yeah, I’m not buying it."
Yaoyao:
"I’m not triggered. Aren’t I just talking normally? I think *you’re* the ones who are triggered."
Miss Kawashima Fumie:
"Cut the crap. If you can’t produce any real evidence, then it’s a random pic from the internet."
Yaoyao:
"And if I prove it, what will you do?"
Miss Kawashima Fumie:
"I’ll start barking like a dog on the spot."
Yaoyao:
"Aren’t you already barking?"
Miss Kawashima Fumie:
"?"
With just a few words, Jiangg Yao made Miss Kawashima Fumie, who was already on her period, dizzy with anger.
’She thought hatefully, if Yaoyao couldn’t prove it, she would not let that woman off. She would nail her to the pillar of shame, never to recover.’
The other people in the group who noticed the messages immediately came over to watch the drama unfold.
In an instant, more than half the group’s members popped up.
’Jiangg Yao was secretly delighted. Usually, these bitches were always showing off their relationships, constantly posting about going out with their boyfriends, going to amusement parks, holding hands, making out. Now, it was finally her turn!’
’If not now, when would be a better time to show off her imperial status in the household?’
Jiangg Yao put down her phone, lifted her chin, and looked at the diligently studying Chen Yuan with an enigmatic smile.
’Besides, her little boyfriend was so handsome. Taking him out would bring her so much prestige.’
"AHEM—" Jiangg Yao cleared her throat solemnly. "Chen Yuan."
"What’s wrong?" Chen Yuan didn’t even turn his head, his expression still focused.
"Can I ask you for a favor, please?"
The moment the words left her mouth, her tone immediately softened. Jiangg Yao realized she didn’t actually have any status in the household...
’I could just die.’
"Go on."
"Can I, um, write a few words... on you."
Chen Yuan froze, glancing at her warily. "What kind of request is that? So weird."
"I’ll just write a name, nothing else, okay?"
"Not okay."
Chen Yuan recalled the events of the afternoon and instantly felt that this request was extremely suspicious. He had no idea what new trick Jiangg Yao had come up with to torment him now.
"Aiya, please, I’m begging you~" Jiangg Yao whined, grabbing his hand and putting on her best pout. "I’ll just take a picture after I’m done. It won’t delay your homework. It’ll only take a few seconds."
"You want to take a picture???"
Chen Yuan’s nerves twitched. A headline flashed through his mind: "Innocent Youth Swindled by Rich Woman, Forced to Have the Two Words ’Star’s Wrath’ Written on Body, Photo Goes Viral Online." He shook his head frantically.
"I promise I won’t post it randomly."
"Then what exactly do you want to write?"
"Just my screen name! My girlfriends don’t believe I’m in a relationship. And since you’re so, so handsome, they believe it even less. It’s so unfair to me."
"That’s so lame. No," he refused again.
"Young Master... my little Young Master~ Just this once! If you grant me this one request, I’ll grant you anything! We can make a trade, please?"
"Well..." Chen Yuan hesitated for a moment, looking at the pitiful-looking Jiangg Yao. "After you write it, you go to the living room. That’s my only condition. Let me finish my homework."
"No problem!" Seeing that he had agreed, Jiangg Yao was indescribably happy. Her eyes turned into sparkling stars.
Chen Yuan handed her a pen, then went back to typing on his keyboard.
Unexpectedly, Jiangg Yao stealthily crept over to his desk, half-knelt on the floor, and, pinching his shirt with both hands, carefully lifted it up.
"Hey, what are you doing!?"
"Writing."
"Where are you going to write?"
"Um... on your abs?"
Chen Yuan was dumbfounded when he heard this. This wasn’t just weird, it was outrageous!
’Aren’t your games a little too wild, Jiangg?’
Jiangg Yao gave an embarrassed smile, biting her lip. While soothingly telling him not to be angry, her hands moved with lightning speed, SCRIBBLING the word "Yaoyao"!
Mission accomplished!
Jiangg Yao quickly made a "V" sign with her hand and, at the same time, took a picture of the word on his body.
Chen Yuan snapped back to reality and angrily reached for her neck, wanting to grab Jiangg Yao and teach her a lesson. But Jiangg Yao was even more agile than the Agile Dog in the Mountains. She ducked her head, dove under the chair, and slipped away like a cicada shedding its shell, circling around behind him.
She tossed out a "You get back to your homework! I’m outta here!"