You'll Find Out Later (Grand Finale)

After Zhuang Mengli finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

“Um... I guess there’s nothing really wrong with what you said,” Jiang Xiaotang admitted.

“See? There are fifteen of us, and seven rooms over there. If two people share each room, only one person will be left over. We can put three of the thinner girls in one room, and then everyone can stay together and have more fun.” Zhuang Mengli looked at the others as she continued.

“I agree!” Meng Qianyu raised her hand in support.

“Me too~” Su Qingci chimed in.

Su Yang also felt that there was nothing wrong with the idea, but then he suddenly remembered something and spoke up. “Wait a second. I just thought of something. I’ve been inside that house before. It does have seven rooms, but it’s different from this one.”

“How is it different?” Zhuang Mengli asked, startled.

“Only the five rooms on the first and second floors have double beds. The two rooms on the third floor both have narrow single beds, so I’m afraid your plan won’t work.”

“Ah? It’s like that?”

Su Yang smiled. “Let’s just split into two groups. The two houses are only fifty meters apart, not five hundred. We can all come over here to eat and hang out during the day, then go back to sleep at night. I think that would be better. Old Meng, what do you think?”

Meng Wenzhou nodded. “I agree with you. Sharing a single bed between two people would be too cramped. There’s no need for that when we have extra rooms. It’ll be more comfortable to split up.”

Liu Bo also smiled. “Exactly. If none of you want to go over there, I can go.”

Su Yang immediately added, “How about this? I’ll give up the room I’m staying in now. Old Meng, Fatty, and I will go over there.”

.....

After half an hour of discussion, they finally decided to divide into two groups.

Su Yang, Pan Ning, Meng Wenzhou, Jiang Xiaotang, Liu Bo, and Jin Xiangmei would move into the house next door.

The remaining nine would stay in their current house.

Qingxia also gave up her room and went to share one with Yoshie. Li Yuanying specifically requested to room with Han So-yeon, her “sister who shared neither blood nor parents.”

They had been born in the same year and were both twenty-one, but Han So-yeon was two months older.

Ren Lingxi and Su Qingci shared a room, Lu Yun shared one with Meng Qianyu, and Zhuang Mengli had a room to herself.

After the rooms were assigned, Su Yang returned to his room, quickly packed some clothes, and then led Meng Wenzhou and the others toward the three-story wooden house a few dozen meters away.

The décor of this house was completely different from that of the one next door. Its interior had a purely medieval, vintage style. The furniture, floors, and walls all had an old-fashioned feel.

The other house had a more ordinary modern style, but none of that really mattered. They weren’t picky, as long as the house was clean and comfortable. After all, being together was what mattered most.

Meng Wenzhou and Jiang Xiaotang, along with Liu Bo and Jin Xiangmei, took the rooms on the first floor. Su Yang and Pan Ning stayed on the second floor. Spreading everyone out this way would help avoid the awkwardness of hearing one another at night.

“Old Su, we’re heading over first!” Meng Wenzhou called from downstairs.

Su Yang pushed open the door and walked to the top of the stairs, looking down at the three of them. “All right, go ahead. Pan Pan is taking a shower, so I’ll wait for her.”

Liu Bo looked up at Su Yang and gave him a playful wink. “Brother Yang, why don’t you take one too?”

“What do you mean?”

Liu Bo kept winking. “I said you should take a shower too!”

“You little brat. Whether I shower or not is none of your business.”

“Hehe, we’ll go ahead, then. You and Sis-in-law can enjoy your shower. Bye-bye~” Liu Bo finished with a mischievous grin and pulled Jin Xiangmei toward the door.

“Sis-in-law?” Su Yang’s eyelid twitched in surprise.

Meng Wenzhou shook his head with a smile. “You two take your time. We’ll see you later.”

He then pulled the giggling Jiang Xiaotang away with him. Bang! The door closed, and in that instant, only Su Yang and Pan Ning remained in the wooden house.

“Sis-in-law? That kid...” Su Yang muttered.

Just then, Pan Ning called out from inside the room, “Su Yang!”

“Coming, coming!” Su Yang hurried into the room and looked toward the bathroom attached to it. “What’s wrong?”

“Did you just go outside?”

“Mm-hmm. Old Meng and the others went over first and came to tell me.”

“All right. Could you get my facial cleanser from my suitcase and bring it in here?”

Hearing that, Su Yang grinned and immediately pulled off his clothes. “Sure thing. I’m coming.”

He rushed into the bathroom, where the air was already thick with steam. Pan Ning stared at him. “Why are you taking your clothes off?”

“To take a shower.”

Pan Ning was speechless. “I asked you to bring me my facial cleanser. I didn’t ask you to come in and shower.”

Su Yang gave her a wicked smile and stepped closer. “Don’t I already have facial cleanser?”

Pan Ning: ???

“Get out! I don’t like using the kind you have.”

“Hehe, mine works much better than the one you bought.” With that, Su Yang pulled Pan Ning into his arms and kissed her.

...

An hour later, Su Yang was the first to leave the bathroom. He grabbed a towel, dried himself off, and lay down on the bed.

More than ten minutes later, Pan Ning finally came out as well.

The moment she stepped out, she rolled her eyes at Su Yang. “I hope you can still keep up this kind of energy when you’re forty.”

“Forty?” Su Yang laughed. “I’ll still be going strong at eighty.”

Pan Ning rolled her eyes again as she dried her hair. Naturally, she didn’t believe him—but Su Yang truly wasn’t joking.

Looking at Pan Ning’s nearly perfect figure, which seemed as though it had been drawn by a comic artist, Su Yang called out in his mind:

—System.

【Here.】

—What is Pan Pan’s constitution score?

【69.】

—How many stat-increase cards do I have now?

【Eight.】

—Use four stat-increase cards on Pan Pan’s constitution.

【Does the host confirm using four stat-increase cards on Pan Ning’s constitution?】

—Confirm.

【Ding! Usage successful. Pan Ning’s current constitution: 73. Remaining cards: four.】

The sudden increase of four points to her constitution made Pan Ning’s vision go black while she was drying her hair. Her legs gave way, and she nearly collapsed.

Su Yang sprang up and caught her in his arms.

“What’s wrong?”

Pan Ning said nothing. After taking a few seconds to recover, she shook her head and opened her eyes. “I don’t know. I suddenly felt weak all over, and my vision went dark for a moment.”

“It’s all right, it’s all right. You were probably in the bathroom too long. Come sit down for a while.”

Su Yang carried Pan Ning to the edge of the bed and sat her down.

Two minutes later, he asked again, “Feeling better?”

“I don’t feel anything unusual anymore, but something still seems strange.”

“What feels strange?”

“I suddenly feel much more energetic. I was a little tired after... what we just did, but now I’m not tired at all. I feel full of strength.”

“Really?” Su Yang asked with a smile.

“Mm-hmm.”

“That’s a good thing. It means you’re in excellent shape. Since you’re feeling so energetic, let’s do it one more time.”

Before Pan Ning could respond, Su Yang flipped her onto the middle of the bed.

...

Another forty or fifty minutes passed. Under Pan Ning’s resentful gaze, the two of them finally changed clothes and went downstairs.

It was already one o’clock in the afternoon.

The two hurried back to the house next door, where a group of people were sitting on the sofas, laughing and chatting while playing games and singing.

When Liu Bo saw Su Yang and Pan Ning return, his eyes widened.

‘My Brother Yang is incredible. Two whole hours!’

He hurried over to Su Yang and whispered, “Brother Yang, you’re seriously impressive. That took so long?”

Su Yang rolled his eyes at him. “Keep it low-key, keep it low-key.”

“Holy crap, were you born with that, or are you on drugs?”

“Screw you. I was born with it.”

“Damn, I’m jealous. I can only last half an hour at most.”

“That’s already pretty good. No need to feel inferior.”

...

By noon, nobody had much of an appetite, so they skipped lunch.

After resting during their lunch break, the group gathered around the sofas in the living room and on the balcony, chatting leisurely in the afternoon sunlight.

Su Yang, Meng Wenzhou, and Liu Bo sat on the wooden floor beside the balcony, smoking and enjoying the moment.

“This is so comfortable!” Liu Bo said with a grin as he lay on the floor, a cigarette between his lips.

Su Yang and Meng Wenzhou lay down as well.

Several of the girls sitting on the sofa pulled out their phones and began snapping pictures of the three men.

Just then, Zhuang Mengli suddenly thought of something. She stood up and called out, “Hey! This place is so beautiful, and the sunlight is perfect right now. Why don’t we take a group photo? We’re just sitting around anyway—might as well do something.”

“Sure, come on, everyone, let’s take a picture!” Meng Qianyu said, getting up and waving to the people in the living room.

“A group photo?” Han So-yeon asked.

“Yeah, the sunlight isn’t too harsh right now. It’s perfect for pictures.”

“Sounds good! Come on, where should we take it?”

“Let’s go outside the door.”

“Okay.”

Laughing and joking, everyone moved into the small courtyard in front of the house. Zhuang Mengli and Meng Qianyu took charge of directing everyone and arranging their positions.

Meng Wenzhou and Liu Bo pushed Su Yang into the very center of the group.

To his left stood Pan Ning, Lu Yun, Meng Qianyu, and Ren Lingxi. To his right were Zhuang Mengli, Su Qingci, Li Yuanying, and Han So-yeon.

Directly behind them stood Yoshie, Jiang Xiaotang, Meng Wenzhou, Liu Bo, Jin Xiangmei, and Qingxia, in that order.

The people in the front row sat on the grass, while those in the back stood. Once everyone was in position, they suddenly realized there was one problem: nobody was left to take the picture.

Su Yang shook his head with a smile and walked to the front. “Does anyone have a tripod?”

Meng Qianyu jumped up and raised her hand. “I do!”

“Then hurry and go get it.”

“Oh, right. Sure, give me a second.” After saying that, Meng Qianyu turned and ran into the house. Two minutes later, she came back carrying the same tripod she and Su Yang had used when they watched the meteor shower.

Su Yang took out his phone, mounted it on the tripod, and then stepped forward to adjust its position. Once everything was set, he activated the ten-second timer and quickly ran back to sit in the middle of the group.

“Okay, okay! Everyone, make finger hearts!”

“Got it. Ready!”

Three seconds later, the phone several meters in front of them clicked.

A perfect group photo of all fifteen people was captured.

As soon as the picture was taken, the girls rushed forward to check it.

“Wow, it turned out so great! I’m posting this to my feed!” Ren Lingxi shouted, jumping up on the spot with a laugh.

“I’m posting it too! We look amazing!”

“You can all post it later. It’s about time we went inside to make dinner! Tonight’s going to be a major undertaking. I’ll need three beautiful assistants to help me.” Su Yang stood up and shouted toward the girls before walking into the house.

“Okay, we’re coming!” the girls called back, hurrying inside with their phones and the tripod.

Su Yang stood by the door and waited until everyone had gone in. He looked out at the yard as a gentle breeze ruffled the loose hair on his forehead. He smiled toward the outside, then slowly closed the door.

Laughter filled the house.

...

“Qianyu, Yuanying, come give me a hand!”

“Oh, we’re playing a game right now. Give us a minute.”

“Little Lu, peel these potatoes. I’ll need them later.”

“Fatty, put the liquor in the freezer.”

“What are we having tonight?”

“A feast—a mix of different cuisines!”

“What do you mean, a mix?”

“You’ll find out soon enough.”

......

(The End)