Nine plus pairs of eyes followed the woman as she disappeared into her room. Leaving the rest of the guests and the staff speechless… And for some reason, I was a bit embarrassed. Especially Tucker.
"So…." Le Yang broke the awkward atmosphere. "Are we still going to play the game?"
"There's seven of us. It's uneven to divide the team." Daniel voiced out.
"Well… Let's do it like this. Ruo Xuan can join the weaker team." Derrick suggested.
"Yeah! She should join the team you're in." Bryson remarked.
Derrick: "!!!"
"Are you saying that I'm weak?" The comedian was already pulling up his sleeves to teach the mindless kid a lesson.
Hearing this, Bryson realized that he had bunted out mindlessly again. But he did not fear the elder man at all. Instead, he gave the man a cheeky smirk as he said,
"No… I never said you're weak. I'm just worried that your old bone will give up soon."
Derrick: "!!!"
"Old? You're calling me old? Hey!!! I'm only thirty-three. How am I old?"
But before he could finish giving Bryson a piece of his mind, he heard someone exclaim.
"Wow!!"
The comedian turned to his side to see both Le Yang and Na Yun looking at him in shock.
"You're already thirty three." Even Ming Ruo Xua joined in the fun.
"You!" Derrick was speechless. "You guys are such bullies. Thirty-three is not old, okay. Player Tucker is over thirty-five. Will you call him ancient now?"
"Hey! Don't pull me into your game!" Warned Tucker.
"No way!" Bryson denied. "You're not in the same category as Mr. Lee."
Derrick: "…"
The comedian could only give up in argument as he was ganged up by these bullies. The rest of the group laughed gleefully at his weepy expression.
Bang
Then the sound of a door closing caught their attention. The camera caught the sight of a woman who was standing in front of the closed door. Viviana had changed her outfit to a more loose and comfortable one. She was now wearing a T-shirt and track pants.
'She went to change her clothes?' was in everyone's mind. 'Couldn't she have said it clearly before she went in?'
Viviana: "…"
Noticing the unmoving stares of the crowd, Viviana simply stated.
"Let's go."
Then she walked out of the villa to the playing area. And as though they were her underlings, the rest of the guests went out.
"Amm… Guys… Why are we following her like this?"
It was only when Bryson pointed out their weird reaction that they noticed how much of a commanding aura Viviana carried.
The team was divided. It was 4 vs 4. Daniel, Derrick, Le Yang and Viviana in one team. And Tucker, Bryson, Na Yun and Ming Ruo Xuan in the other team.
"The team that scores twenty points first is the winner." Tucker declared.
"Alright"
"Yeah!"
"Okay!"
"Let's get it."
"…"
Viviana just nodded.
Daniel and Le Yang were competitive individuals. They could not say that they did not have doubt regarding Viviana. And thinking of her previous performance the day before, they had every reason to doubt her capability.
But since this was just a fun play and not a competition, they threw away their concern and focused on the fun and controlled their desire to win.
It was the total opposite for the other team. They knew that Viviana was not an active person and thought that they had an advantage over the other team.
'We're gonna win this!' They were sure about it.
But things didn't turn out to be quite what they were expecting.
Ten minutes into the play, the two teams had gained some points. Team A led by Tucker gained 5 points and Team B, Daniel's team was behind by one point from Team A.
After a few rounds of passing the ball, the two teams realized one thing. It was definitely not the first time for Viviana to play the game. She was very aware of the position she stood and the presence of the ball in the field.
No matter how close the ball was about to touch the ground, if it was near her position, she was able to save it and passed it to her teammates. Not to mention the fact that she knew the trajectory angle of the ball and intentionally let it go twice. Making the ball fall out of the line and gain two points for the team.
"You know how to play the game."
It was a statement that came out from Daniel. Not a question.
"Yeah"
Viviana responded as she wiped away her sweat with the corner of the T-shirt she was wearing, exposing the white and thin porcelain waist of hers.
"Wow!!" Chun Hua was feeling giddy as she saw this.
She was experiencing what seemed to be falling for a girl for the first time. The actress looked in her direction when she heard her exclamation. But quickly turned away as she focused on the game.
"Sister Vivi is so cool!!!" she fangirled.
But the person who was sitting beside her was not sharing the same feeling as her. Lyra hated the amount of attention Viviana was receiving at this moment. She hated that the girl shone everywhere she went. But she could not show her dissatisfaction in front of the camera and could only agree with Chun Hua.
"Sister Vivi has always been cool. She's just a bit… inactive most of the time. If she had played well like this yesterday, we could've won yesterday's game."
Pretending to be a supportive sister from the same company. But the scheming girl did not forget to throw in a thorn as she complemented the actress.
Chun Hua was not a senseless idiot. She knew exactly what Lyra was doing. The scheming woman was trying to indicate that Viviana was a lazy person. But she did not show any reaction and simply commented.
"At least she's better than both of us"
Her eyes were fixed on Lyra's, reminding her of her terrible performance the day before. But something in her eyes seemed to be telling Lyra that this was not what Chun Hua really meant. It was as though the chess player was commenting that Viviana was better than her as a whole. As a person.
"…"