Chapter 55

"I know one: musical chairs, where when the music stops, whoever is holding the item has to perform an act," Chen Yunqing suggested first. Musical chairs—or passing the parcel—was truly a classic party game, practically a staple of any gathering. In later years, there was also the number bomb, which operated on a similar principle. A number bomb was even better at hyping up the party atmosphere and could serve as a backup. However, Fu Ying thought of a different game: one word per person. She couldn't quite remember if that was the actual name of the game, but the gameplay involved each person saying a single word to form a complete sentence, seeing just how absurd the resulting sentence would turn out. Sometimes it was played with two words instead.