Neither Silver Wolf nor Firefly knew how to cook.
So naturally, breakfast fell entirely on Li Yedao.
The aroma of fried eggs and bacon slowly drifted from the kitchen into the living room.
At the dining table, all three people had their own thoughts.
Silver Wolf hadn’t lifted her head once since sitting down.
She kept stabbing at the fried egg in her bowl with her chopsticks as though the yolk owed her money.
Li Yedao brought over the last plate of toast and sat across from her.
He stared at the egg that was practically being perforated into a sieve, the corner of his mouth twitching.
“Lord Wolf, I’m very disappointed in you.”
“Lord Wolf” was a title Silver Wolf had once bestowed upon herself after absolutely crushing the enemy team in a game.
Back then, she had shouted it with complete confidence and righteous pride.
But right now, those two words stung worse than any insult.
Silver Wolf lowered her head another few centimeters until she was nearly burying her face in the bowl.
“There was nothing I could do.
I really couldn’t save you.”
Beside them, Firefly held her chopsticks in one hand.
Her other hand was under the table, fingers tightly intertwined with Li Yedao’s.
She hadn’t let go once.
She turned toward him and gave him a smile sweet enough to drip honey.
“Yedao, don’t blame Silver Wolf.
She really couldn’t do anything back then.”
Li Yedao’s eyelid twitched.
She couldn’t do anything?
And I could?!
He turned back toward Silver Wolf and spoke in the tone of a judge delivering a final sentence.
“I’m never playing games with you again.”
With that, Li Yedao stood, picked up the empty plates, and headed toward the kitchen.
He was getting ready to leave.
Silver Wolf watched his back and stubbornly snorted.
“Tch.
Like I care.”
Her voice wasn’t loud.
But everyone at the table heard it.
After saying that, she fell silent, set down her chopsticks, and glared unhappily at Firefly.
If looks could cut, Firefly probably would have already been reduced to minced Firefly.
Under that murderous stare, Firefly felt a chill crawl down her back.
She awkwardly released Li Yedao’s hand and stood.
“I’ll drive Yedao home.”
Silver Wolf said nothing.
Judging by her expression, her irritation had just gone up another level.
…
…
Ten minutes later, a green Maserati stopped outside the villa.
Firefly lowered the window and looked at Li Yedao, who was about to unfasten his seat belt.
Her gaze was unusually determined.
“I’ll walk you all the way home.”
Li Yedao’s hand paused.
She had already insisted on escorting him all the way to the car.
Now she wanted to go inside too.
This was obviously more than simple thoughtfulness.
Still, Li Yedao said nothing.
He nodded.
The car pulled over at the roadside outside his home.
Firefly turned off the engine.
But she made no move to unlock the doors.
Li Yedao already had his hand on the handle.
Seeing that she wasn’t moving, he withdrew it again.
Silence filled the car for several seconds.
Li Yedao suddenly realized he had no idea what to say to the person beside him.
Before last night, they had been friends.
They talked about games.
Gossip.
Trivial things from everyday life.
They could talk about almost anything.
But now that she was his girlfriend instead…
Somehow, finding a suitable opening line had become harder.
Firefly spoke first.
“Yedao…”
“What exactly are we now?”
She stared at the steering wheel instead of him.
Both hands gripped its edge tightly enough for her knuckles to turn faintly white.
“A couple,” Li Yedao answered.
There was no resistance in his voice.
But there wasn’t much enthusiasm either.
It sounded more like he had accepted an established fact.
“I see.”
Firefly narrowed her eyes slightly, the corner of her mouth lifting.
Then her tone shifted.
“But right now…
it feels like we’ve only done one thing that couples are supposed to do.”
As she spoke, her gaze moved away from the steering wheel and settled lightly on Li Yedao.
Precisely.
So precisely that he couldn’t avoid meeting her eyes.
Li Yedao understood immediately.
Apparently, simply getting the guy wasn’t enough for her.
She wanted to make it official.
Out in the open.
She wanted everyone to know.
Thinking that, he gave her a helpless look.
“We’ve known each other for so long, and I always thought of you as a friend.”
“I genuinely never expected you to be this kind of person.”
Firefly stuck out her tongue without the slightest trace of embarrassment.
“I can’t help it.
I just like you that much.”
Her smile was completely shameless.
Li Yedao looked at her and silently sighed.
Was the shy Firefly who used to stumble over her words really the same person as this girl who could act completely justified even when she had absolutely no justification?
He had a feeling he might spend the rest of his life trying to answer that question.
“Actually, if you think about it…”
Firefly suddenly unfastened her seat belt.
She turned toward him and cupped Li Yedao’s face in both hands.
Her eyes were so close that he could clearly see his own reflection in her pupils.
“I’m pretty good-looking, right?”
“I can give you the money I earn.”
“I can play games with you.”
“I’ll listen to whatever you say.”
“And all you have to give me is just a tiny bit…
really, only a tiny bit of your time.”
She smiled.
“How about it?”
“Sounds like a pretty good deal, doesn’t it?”
“If you miss this chance, you’re never going to find another one like me.”
Li Yedao removed her hands from his face.
He gave them a brief squeeze before letting go.
“If you’d said all this earlier, it might’ve helped.”
“But now it’s too late.”
If she had confessed honestly from the beginning, then the two of them might not have needed to go as far as they had last night just to finally tear through the last layer between them.
Firefly understood what he meant.
A trace of helplessness flashed through her eyes.
Then she took his hand.
“Come on.
I’ll walk you inside.”
“Do we really need to hold hands all the way through the door?”
“Of course.”
“You’re my boyfriend now.”
…
…
Li Yedao led Firefly along the stone path through the villa district until they reached his front door.
For some reason, even before opening it, he could already feel murderous intent leaking through the crack.
“…Firefly, maybe you should—”
Ding-dong!
Before he could send her away, Firefly had already pressed the doorbell.
The clear chime echoed through the house.
Firefly turned toward him with a slightly mischievous glint in her eyes.
“Yedao, what were you saying just now?”
Li Yedao opened his mouth.
Then closed it.
At this point, he was one hundred percent certain.
This girl was absolutely the sweet-on-the-outside, scheming-on-the-inside type.
She had way too many little schemes hidden up her sleeve.
That pitiful look she’d worn in the car earlier?
Pure acting.
Click.
The door opened.
Jingliu stood expressionlessly behind it.
Her white hair looked especially cold beneath the shadows of the entryway.
Her gaze swept over their intertwined hands.
Then paused on Li Yedao’s face for one second.
Then moved to Firefly.
Finally, she tossed out two flat words.
“Come in.”
Her tone was cold enough to freeze water.
Her expression practically screamed displeasure.
She wasn’t even bothering to hide it.
Li Yedao gave her a confused look.
Before he had time to think about it, Firefly had already pulled him across the threshold.
In the living room, Kafka sat alone on the sofa.
In her hand was a cup of black tea that had long since gone cold.
When she saw Li Yedao and Firefly enter together, the hand holding her cup paused in midair.
“You two…”
Firefly raised their intertwined hands.
The excitement in her voice was impossible to suppress.
“Mm.
We’re boyfriend and girlfriend now.”
Kafka said nothing.
Her expression stiffened for the briefest instant.
Then it returned to calm.
She lowered the cup onto the coffee table.
The base made a faint, crisp sound against the surface.
Kafka looked at Li Yedao.
Her voice was perfectly even.
“Really?”
Li Yedao took a deep breath.
Then nodded.
“Yeah.”
Silence.
It lasted only a few seconds.
But those seconds seemed to stretch endlessly.
Kafka lowered her head.
Maybe she was looking at the teacup on the table.
Or maybe her gaze had drifted somewhere much farther away.
Then she looked up.
She extended a hand toward Firefly.
A polite but distant smile appeared on her lips.
“Congratulations.”
Li Yedao couldn’t shake the feeling that something about her was off.
He couldn’t explain exactly what it was. This chapter was taken from novelping.com without permission.
Just a strange sense of dissonance.
Before he could think about it any further, Firefly had already taken Kafka’s hand.
Li Yedao could only smile along with her.
“Thank you.”
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