Chapter 181 - 119: How Am I Supposed to Get Married When You’re Like This?

Chapter 181: Chapter 119: How Am I Supposed to Get Married When You’re Like This?

Su Ran followed the address to the auditorium and saw a female student clutching her stomach, sanitary pad in hand, as she dashed out.

"Wait... Excuse me, are Aina and Xie Yiren inside? I’m here with a delivery."

"They’re inside playing a time-stop game. I’m in a rush to use the restroom. Here, take the remote. Go press pause for them."

"???"

Su Ran pushed the door open and walked into the auditorium. The few remaining eliminated female students were also coming down from the stage and leaving. Only the two cuties, Aina and Xie Yiren, were still on stage.

Today, the two cuties were dressed in JK uniforms, one with white and one with black over-the-knee socks. The ten-plus centimeters of thigh revealed between the tops of their socks and the hems of their pleated skirts is known as the Holy Domain, a space signifying the divine and inviolable.

On the stage.

The two of them were frozen, holding their poses. There was a gift box at the finish line. This was probably some silly game the girls played in their free time.

A sign stood nearby with the rules for the "Time-Stop Game":

1. During a time-stop, anyone who moves is eliminated. No talking is allowed either.

2. During a time-stop, you must remain completely still. Whatever your pose, you must hold it without moving.

3. The remote controls time. Press "Start" to end the time-stop and dash forward. Press "Pause" to freeze in place.

4. The first person to reach the finish line is the champion of this game and will receive Dior perfume and lipstick.

Su Ran more or less understood. He picked up the remote... ’This scene feels familiar, like something I’ve seen in a certain kind of movie, though they didn’t play it like this.’

Su Ran tentatively pressed the start button. The BGM for the "Crocodile Game" immediately started playing, and Aina and Xie Yiren unfroze, dashing forward.

Su Ran pressed the pause button, and the two of them slammed to a halt.

He vaulted onto the stage and looked at the two cuties in front of him. Aina and Xie Yiren also saw this fully-equipped guy holding the remote.

Aina shot Xie Yiren a look, as if to say: ’Damn it! What the hell is that little bitch Wang Xiaoping thinking, giving the remote to a guy? Yiren, just let me win.’

Xie Yiren returned the look: ’Why should I always let you win? I’m not your mom. If you want to win, earn it yourself.’

Aina: ’Fine! I’ll earn it myself! Don’t you move. Whoever moves is a loser!’

They were getting serious now, both holding perfectly still, like two mannequins.

Su Ran found this game rather interesting. ’College kids these days really know how to have fun. And guys just love time-stop games... I’ll mess with them a little and see who breaks first.’

Su Ran decided to drop the act.

This...

Xie Yiren’s long legs trembled slightly. ’What is he going to do?’

Aina shot her a provocative look: ’Heh, it’s your own fault for being so stacked. The delivery guy likes big boobs, so he’s got his eye on you. Just give up.’

Xie Yiren: ’Fuck...’

Su Ran took off his mask and smiled at the two of them. "Nana, Yiren, it’s me."

"S—"

Then she clamped her mouth shut.

They were thrilled, but they couldn’t move or speak. If they moved, they would lose.

Aina frantically gave Su Ran looks, signaling him to press the start button on the remote. If he pressed it, they could kiss.

Su Ran glanced at the remote but didn’t press it. ’It’s a time-stop game. Naturally, the "stopped" part is the most fun.’ So he just smiled at them, leaving the two girls speechless.

Aina shot Su Ran a look: ’You’re a good student, an honors student. You can’t do anything beastly, you hear?’

Su Ran smiled, walked over to Aina, and reached out to pinch her cheek. Then he walked over to Xie Yiren and raised his hand...

Xie Yiren’s eyes flashed a warning: ’What are you doing?’

Aina: ’Go on, mess with her! She’ll lose if you make her move.’

"Your shoelace is untied."

With that, Su Ran squatted down in front of Xie Yiren’s pleated skirt and began to untie her shoelace. Xie Yiren didn’t dare to move. She glanced down, her eyes darting, and managed to force out a few words without moving her lips: "Su Ran, don’t you dare look around, or you’re dead."

"Huh?" Su Ran looked up.

"Don’t look up," Xie Yiren said, still not moving her lips.

Su Ran smiled, stood up, and said, "Don’t worry, I didn’t look. You two want to see who wins, right? How about this, I’ll be the referee. I’ll control the pause and start buttons, okay? If you don’t say anything, I’ll take it as a yes."

Su Ran took a few steps back, held up the remote, and pressed the start button. "Go."

Time resumed. The BGM started playing again, and the two girls sprang into motion. Aina was especially excited. With an emotional cry of "Su Ran~," she charged forward and leaped onto him, hugging him tightly. MWAH~

Pause.

Time stopped again.

SCREECH~

...

Aina jumped off Su Ran and made a break for it. Seeing her dash for the finish line, Xie Yiren lunged forward, tackling both Su Ran and Aina.

Su Ran had just broken free from Aina’s red lips when he saw Xie Yiren’s impressive charge. He sucked in a sharp breath. ’Am I going to die in Demon Dance today?’

With a yogurt cube in his mouth, his hand scrambled for the pause button. At the exact moment he pressed it, Xie Yiren was frozen mid-air, the wind billowing her pleated skirt up. Her hand had clamped onto Aina’s thigh and she was yanking her backward with all her might. Aina yelped as she was violently dragged back.

At the same time, Su Ran pressed the pause button.

Time was paused.

SPLAT.

The entire auditorium was frozen. The remote had been knocked from his hand, landing somewhere off to the side.

Su Ran, who had been courting death, felt like he was really going to die now. He tried to move his arms and legs, but he was pinned down tightly by the two women. He couldn’t even move his head.

Su Ran went numb. He gave up the struggle and just lay flat, accepting his fate. He let out a long, deep sigh.