713 “AV Shooting Guide” 677: Hide and Seek (Part 1)

“What’s wrong? You’re distracted.”

Mei Tang knocked on the chessboard unhappily, reminding Qiao Qiao that it was her turn: “Have you taken two days off and left your soul?”

Qiao Qiao came to his senses as if waking up from a dream, and quickly jumped a step: “Something happened at home recently…”

“What’s the matter?” He snorted, “Want to help?”

Qiao Qiao shook his head thoughtfully: “It’s no big deal.”

“Forget it.” Mei Tang pushed away the chessboard, “You lost again. If you do this every day, stop playing chess in the future. It’s boring.”

Qiao Qiao looked at the chessboard blankly and said awkwardly: “It was an accident just now. Let’s play another game. I will play well this time.”

“I don’t want to stop anymore.” Mei Tang stood up and stretched. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned around and said, “How about I take you out to play for two days?”

“Huh?”

“What are you making all the fuss about? Weren’t you very happy when you went to the island last time?”

“But…”

“Yes, I went to the grassland to ride horses this time! I just took advantage of the last leisure time to relax -” Mei Tang remembered something, “Speaking of which, I have to thank you. The company’s projects have been progressing smoothly these days, and all the people who were in the way have disappeared. It seems that there is really a Mercury retrograde period?”

Qiao Qiao twitched his lips.

“I have to work hard in a few days, how about it? Let’s go out for fun? You pack your bags tonight and we’ll leave early tomorrow morning.”

“But I, I have been in my period for the past two days…” Qiao Qiao said, “Uh, my period.”

Mei Tang raised her eyebrows and said ‘oh’.

“I’m sorry, I might not be able to travel far.” She held her stomach in time, “Maybe it’s because of this that I’m not in a good mood. You know…women always have those days.”

“Well, that’s really a pity.” Mei Tang shrugged.

Qiao Qiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She was very anxious now. She just wanted to copy the information quickly and run away. Once she went to the grassland, she would have to waste countless days. She couldn’t afford to wait.

“Master Mei.”

The maid stood at the door, lowered her eyebrows and said: “There is a courier delivered at the door, it belongs to Miss Qiao.”

“Express delivery?” Mei Tang looked at Qiao Qiao, “What did you buy?”

“I didn’t buy it—” Qiao Qiao choked suddenly, and she took a deep breath, “I’ll go take a look.”

She walked downstairs in vain. Although she had a premonition in her heart, when this happened, she still felt extremely suffocated.

There was a large cardboard box in the living room on the first floor, almost as tall as half a person. When opened, there were small cardboard boxes inside. Song Qiyan put all the items in categories for her and put labels on the outside of the small cardboard boxes.

Qiao Qiao looked over one by one: daily necessities, clothes, cosmetics, sundries…

She is a person who has relatively low requirements for living conditions, so she doesn’t have many things at Song Qiyan’s place, but he packed them all and sent them over.

Even the two packs of snacks that Qiao Qiao left in an unknown corner were carefully sorted and packaged, and finally delivered to her, the owner.

Qiao Qiao looked at these things, and his sluggish nerves finally realized that Song Qiyan might really not want to see her again.

“What?” Mei Tang came over and took a look, “You bought so many things?”

Qiao Qiao quickly suppressed his almost out-of-control emotions: “No… I left this with a friend before.”

“Oh -” he smiled, “it seems like you are going to stay here for a long time.”

Qiao Qiao said nothing, and Mei Tang automatically interpreted this silence as acquiescence.

He whistled in a good mood: “But this box of clothes can be thrown away directly. You are wearing junk. I will buy you a new one.”

Qiao Qiao immediately hugged the box tightly: “No, I like these.”

“Oh?” Mei Tang bent down with interest, “Then open it and let me take a look.”

Qiao Qiao didn’t want to show it to Mei Tang, she didn’t want Mei Tang to get close to these things, but as long as she showed nervousness, Mei Tang’s character would definitely be more curious, so Qiao Qiao could only reluctantly open the carton with the clothes label on it.

“Huh?”

Qiao Qiao was also stunned for a moment. The top layer was a light-colored satin dress that Song Qiyan had given her before.

Did he even send this?

“I didn’t expect you still have some nice clothes.”

Without waiting for Qiao Qiao’s reaction, Mei Tang pulled out the dress: “It’s still a high-end style, but the style is old. Did someone else give it to you?”

Qiao Qiao stared at Mei Tang’s hands nervously, fearing that he might accidentally scratch or damage his clothes.

“Just right, let me put it on and take a look.” Mei Tang threw the skirt to her.

Qiao Qiao immediately hugged the skirt tightly, fearing that it would be taken away again.She shook her head: “I can’t put it on, this skirt is too thin.”

Mei Tang looked at her critically.

Qiao Qiao tried his best to look convincing.

“Okay.” He smiled suddenly, “Then you clean up first and come to me when you’re done. There’s a new game I want you to play with me.”

Qiao Qiao nodded, and several servants worked with her to move the big cardboard box into her room.

As soon as the door closed, Qiao Qiao fell into the mattress.

After a while, she said her stomachache was gone. Song Qiyan sent her these things, and she couldn’t stay in a normal state, let alone play games with Mei Tang. She almost felt like vomiting when she saw his face.

I can’t stay any longer, computer, computer…

Qiao Qiao thought of something and suddenly turned over and pulled out a small box from under the mattress. She opened it carefully and found the USB flash drive that Zhou Yuanchuan had given her lying quietly inside.

From now on, you must carry it with you at all times.

We can’t just wait any longer.

…

The opportunity came quickly.

“You’re in much better condition.” Mei Tang manipulated the villain on the screen to avoid Qiao Qiao’s attack, “This is more interesting.”

Qiao Qiao smiled and thought to himself, I hate you now. If I can beat you up in the game, of course I will try my best.

“Tsk, I lost.” Mei Tang threw the controller away, “I won’t play any more. I never win as long as I play video games.”

When he said he didn’t want to play anymore, Qiao Qiao naturally put down the controller and waited obediently for Mei Tang’s next order.

“What else can two people do besides playing chess?” he asked, holding his chin.

“…Hopscotch? Hide and seek? Throwing sandbags? That’s all I can think of for the moment. You don’t want to play, right?”

Mei Tang: “Why?”

Qiao Qiao: “Uh… weren’t you tired of playing when you were a kid?”

“I haven’t played any of them.” He glanced at Qiao Qiao.

Oh my god.

Qiao Qiao couldn’t help but feel a deep sympathy for him. This guy really had no childhood at all.

“Then you pick one.” Qiao Qiao accepted his fate, “I’ll play with you.”

Mei Tang: “How can I choose if I haven’t played before? You choose.”

Qiao Qiao thought: “Then let’s hide and seek.”

“Okay, how to play?”

“Since we’re playing, we’ll play the old-fashioned way. The kind where ghosts catch people.” Qiao Qiao requested. “The first rule is to hide in the house and not leave the front door. The second rule is to drive all the servants outside to avoid getting in the way and prevent them from tipping you off.”

Mei Tang sneered: “Just let none of them speak.”

Qiao Qiao shook his head: “There are other risks. For example, if you hide in a certain room, they will definitely avoid it intentionally or unintentionally. Isn’t it still indirectly exposing your location?”

Mei Tang thought for a while: “That’s fine, these people are really in the way when they stay in the house.”

Seeing that he took the bait, Qiao Qiao almost laughed and coughed twice to hide his expression.

“What else?” he asked.

“The third thing is to choose a place and not move until the ghost finds you.”

“Then if we don’t find it, don’t we have to wait forever?”

“Yes, that’s what this game is.” Qiao Qiao followed suit. “Actually, it’s very interesting to be a human. Being a ghost is boring. You have to keep looking for it when you can’t find it. It’s anxious and boring. When I was a kid, I loved being a human the most. I hid in the corner and watched the ghosts go back and forth but couldn’t find me. It was so fun.”

Mei Tang was moved by her words: “Then who is the ghost?”

Qiao Qiao pretended to be generous: “You haven’t played it before, so of course I want you to get the best experience, so I’ll be the ghost first. If you still want to play in the second round, I’ll let you be the ghost.”

Mei Tang nodded in agreement.

After agreeing on the rules and clearing the place, it’s almost time to start.

Qiao Qiao put a piece of cloth around his eyes: “The house is big, so I’ll count slowly, and I’ll find you when I reach a hundred.”

Seeing Mei Tang standing still, she asked strangely: “What’s wrong? Is there anything else you don’t understand?”

Mei Tang tilted her head: “There’s no punishment for losing. I can’t get enough energy.”

Qiao Qiao had no choice but to be patient: “Then tell me, what should I do if I lose?”

Mei Tang thought for a while: “Let’s do this. If you lose, you can wear that skirt and show me.”

“What’s so good about a skirt?” Qiao Qiao forced a smile, “How about I dance for you? I’m very funny.”

Mei Tang smiled half-heartedly and said, “But I just want to see you wearing that skirt. If you don’t wear it, I won’t play with it.”

“…” Qiao Qiao was silent for a while, “Okay, if you win, I will wear it for you. But if you lose, you will have to be a human in the next round.”

“Okay, it’s a deal.” Mei Tang shrugged nonchalantly. In his opinion, being beaten for two consecutive games was hardly a punishment.

Now that everything is explained clearly, the game officially begins.

Qiao Qiao covered the cloth and began to count patiently. At first, he could still hear Mei Tang’s footsteps fading away, but after counting to ten, he could hear nothing.

The room became very quiet, so quiet that he could even hear the echo of his own reading. Qiao Qiao unconsciously touched the USB flash drive in his pocket and calmly counted to 100 before removing the strip.

There was no one around, so Mei Tang should have hidden herself.

She can move too.