Xie Junyi slowly stood up. “Mm, do you want a late-night snack?”
Chi Anyu waved his hand lazily. “No, I don’t.”
Xie Junyi went downstairs and headed to the kitchen again.
From the moment Xie Junyi came downstairs, Bai Jin’s gaze had been fixed on him. Seeing him go into the kitchen, he followed after him.
Xie Junyi had already tied on an apron, and his tall, straight figure only gave off a more mature and steady aura.
Bai Jin leaned against the counter, his eyes falling on Xie Junyi’s busy figure. “He treats you so badly! He hits people whenever he feels like it and makes you live in the storage room. Why are you still so obedient to him!”
Xie Junyi simply ignored him.
“He’s clearly a frivolous, arrogant, and overbearing person. If he hadn’t been born into the Chi Family, he’d be the kind of person everyone hates.”
Xie Junyi suddenly froze. He turned around and violently clamped a hand around Bai Jin’s throat, his voice cold and vicious. “Who do you think you are? Now that you’ve come to the Chi Family, behave yourself. What you should say and what you shouldn’t say, do I need to remind you?”
The strength of his grip was immense. Bai Jin quickly rolled his eyes back, struggling desperately, but he couldn’t match Xie Junyi’s strength.
It was only after he heard movement on the first floor that Xie Junyi let go expressionlessly.
Bai Jin coughed violently, his face flushed red. In that moment when he had almost suffocated, he seriously suspected the other man had really meant to choke him to death.
Xie Junyi came out of the kitchen carrying the truffle pasta he had made, and ran straight into Butler Ling, who was coming in.
Butler Ling leaned in close to Xie Junyi’s ear and lowered his voice. “Young master, everything has been handled.”
Xie Junyi nodded, then gave Butler Ling a look. Butler Ling instantly understood and revealed a dark smile.
When Xie Junyi carried the truffle pasta to the second floor, Chi Anyu had already taken off his shirt and was preparing to shower. He widened his eyes and snapped at him, “Who said you could just come into my room!”
“I made you a late-night snack.” His voice was low.
Chi Anyu looked irritated. “I already said I don’t want any. Fine, get out. I’m going to shower.”
Xie Junyi’s eyes stayed glued to Chi Anyu without moving even slightly. He set the pasta down, still staring straight at him.
Feeling that burning gaze, Chi Anyu glared back. “What are you looking at! We’re both men! Don’t you have one too!”
He didn’t even feel embarrassed or anything. In some public bathhouses, men even shower together in groups anyway. Besides, Xie Junyi was a man too.
Xie Junyi said in a hoarse voice, “Tonight… do you still need me to wash your underwear?”
Chi Anyu: ???
Was this guy getting addicted to washing other people’s underwear or what?
Yesterday was for the plot. He didn’t have some weird fetish for letting other people wash his underwear.
“No need. Hurry up and go back to your room and sleep!” Chi Anyu gave Xie Junyi a baffled look, then turned and went into the bathroom.
Xie Junyi’s gaze landed on Chi Anyu’s bed, where a pure white pair of underwear was lying there. His eyes darkened, and he walked straight over, casually taking it and stuffing it into his pocket.
Only then did he curve his lips in satisfaction and go downstairs.
Chi Anyu came out of the bathroom after showering and stared at the bed in confusion. ??? Where was his underwear? It had clearly still been on the bed just a moment ago.
“Why do I feel like my underwear keeps disappearing more and more?”
The shielded System 07 came online and said gloomily, 『You remembered wrong, didn’t you? Who would take your underwear for no reason? It’s not like they’re a pervert!』
Chi Anyu didn’t keep dwelling on it. At the current pace, he just needed to steadily follow the plot. As long as he got through one day’s plot, he could slack off and enjoy the life of a young master. Thinking like that, life still seemed to have something to look forward to.
In the middle of the night.
Chi Anyu woke up hungry. He hadn’t eaten much at night, and the bowl of truffle pasta Xie Junyi had made for him had already gone cold. He took a bite, frowned, and was about to go downstairs to find something to eat.
System 07 complained, 『Why aren’t you sleeping in the middle of the night?』
Chi Anyu opened the fridge and took out an apple. “I’m hungry. Looking for something to eat.”
System 07 detected something, and with a twitch at the corner of its mouth, it blurted out, 『Serves you right for not sleeping! Now look, the plot is starting again. The host is cordially invited to go bother the villain in the middle of the night and wake him up.』
Chi Anyu, who had just taken a bite of the apple, “…”
He slumped hopelessly on the sofa, gnawing at the apple.
“Does it have to be now?”
He seriously suspected this was specifically targeting him! It was afraid he wouldn’t offend the villain boss to death!
System 07 gave him a look that said, “Good luck.” 『Give it your all, or you can choose to be electrocuted.』
Chi Anyu rubbed his temples and had no choice but to head toward Xie Junyi’s room. When he reached the door, he took a deep breath, then lifted his foot and kicked the door hard.
The noise was huge. The entire villa could hear it.
System 07 even felt secondhand embarrassment for its own host.
After a few kicks, there was finally movement inside the room, followed by heavy footsteps approaching.
Xie Junyi yanked the door open, his face dark and his brows full of hostility. Only when he looked up and recognized the person did his expression stiffen, then shift into helpless confusion.
Chi Anyu rubbed his nose, feeling a little guilty, but he still turned his head away and ordered without any politeness, “I’m hungry. Go make me a late-night snack!”
Just as he finished speaking, Father Chi’s voice came from the stairway corner.
“You little brat! What are you doing up in the middle of the night!”
Chi Anyu turned his head toward the stairs. For some reason, the moment he saw Father Chi, that lazy, roguish air naturally surfaced.
He even said it with complete confidence. “I’m hungry. I want a late-night snack!”
Father Chi glared at him fiercely. “If you’re hungry, then just eat something random. Why make such a big fuss? Are you afraid nobody can sleep?”
“I want Xie Junyi to make me a late-night snack!”
Father Chi picked up the slipper from his foot as if he were about to throw it at Chi Anyu and shouted angrily, “What do you take Little Xie for! You keep bossing him around like this every few days!”
Chi Anyu immediately sidestepped and dodged the slipper.
Seeing that he had missed, Father Chi prepared to switch to the other slipper.
Xie Junyi frowned and quickly stood in front of Chi Anyu. “Uncle Chi, I actually want to eat too. Please go back to sleep first. Leave it to me.”
Chi Anyu hid behind Xie Junyi and poked out his head to provoke Father Chi, making Father Chi so angry that he huffed and glared.
“Little Xie, don’t spoil him like this. This brat needs a proper beating.”
“Uncle Chi, I really do want to eat.”
Seeing Xie Junyi insist so firmly, Father Chi had no choice but to let it go. He glared at Chi Anyu once more and went upstairs.
Xie Junyi turned around and said coldly to Chi Anyu, “Do you want soup or pasta?”
Chi Anyu yawned, looking drowsy. “Either is fine.”
He had only done all this for that damn plot anyway, and now he was getting sleepy again.