Seeing him deliberately dragging out his words to pique her interest, Shi Liaoliao cooperatively leaned her head closer.
Yang Qingzhou looked up, leaned in mysteriously close to her ear, and whispered softly, “He likes people who don’t wear red underwear.”
Shi Liaoliao: “…”
She straightened up numbly and, unfazed by the teasing, replied, “Like you, for example, Young Master Yang?”
Yang Qingzhou: “…”
His mind filled with his own wild imagination, he shot her a resentful glare.
Shi Liaoliao gave a slight nod. “Don’t worry, I absolutely won’t tell the young master that you’re deeply in love with him.”
“Who’s deeply in love with me?”
Before Yang Qingzhou could retort, Lu Yanzhou’s slightly hoarse voice came from the direction of the stairs.
Both of them turned to look.
Young Master Lu stood on the last step of the staircase, wearing a two-piece beige pajama set printed with little bear patterns. He exuded the laziness of someone who had just woken up from a nap, with his bangs slightly tousled.
Yang Qingzhou’s thick black eyebrows shot up to the heavens.
He looked Lu Yanzhou up and down, taking in his pajamas, then turned to Shi Liaoliao. “Did you pick these?”
Shi Liaoliao seemed quite satisfied with what Lu Yanzhou was wearing.
“Yes, they suit the young master perfectly.”
[How fitting for our Yanzhou! Boys should wear cute and adorable pajamas~]
Lu Yanzhou’s eyelids twitched.
Indeed, if Yang Qingzhou took a look at the pile of flashy cartoon pajamas in his walk-in closet, he’d realize that the set he was wearing was actually the most normal one.
Though tall and lean, with a face that still retained traces of youthful contours, the pajamas didn’t look out of place on him. Instead, they created a peculiar contrast.
[I really want others to see the usually unattainable Young Master Lu Yanzhou wearing little bear pajamas in private, hehe]
Lu Yanzhou’s expression was one of resignation: Whatever, I’ll just end myself.
Shi Liaoliao suppressed the corners of her mouth that were itching to curl up and ushered Lu Yanzhou to the dining table.
Seeing the lavish spread of food before him, Lu Yanzhou was somewhat surprised.
It wasn’t takeout.
Yang Qingzhou leaned in. “Xiao Shi, go pour your young master a cup of Old Man Wang Tea too.”
Lu Yanzhou glanced at his gleeful expression.
Shi Liaoliao actually went and did it.
After taking a sip, Lu Yanzhou set down the teacup and wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin.
“When did you buy Wang Laoji?”
Yang Qingzhou looked as if he’d seen a ghost. “You’ve actually tried it before!?”
Who would’ve thought he’d only heard of this stuff in advertisements.
Lu Yanzhou calmly finished the liquid in his cup, determined not to waste a drop, and spared Yang Qingzhou a glance.
“Only you are uncool.”
Yang Qingzhou was utterly defeated.
Shi Liaoliao laughed inwardly.
[Brother Pants, you take things too seriously. You’re not suited to dating Yanzhou; you should be sitting on the roadside applying screen protectors.]
Lu Yanzhou paused, knife and fork in hand.
Who’s dating?
Dating whom?
He looked up, puzzled, at Shi Liaoliao, who noticed his gaze and returned an innocent look.
Lu Yanzhou simply assumed she was talking nonsense again and didn’t dwell on it.
Only after Shi Liaoliao had left did he look up and casually ask Yang Qingzhou across from him, “What were you two talking about earlier?”
How could Shi Liaoliao chat with any guy she met? Today, it was Yang Qingcheng too…
He added expressionlessly: He was just concerned about his personal valet’s conduct, that’s all.
After all, the little manservant looked like that and was in such a school. As his superior, he had a responsibility to know everything.
Yang Qingzhou was hungry and eating heartily. Hearing his words, he replied without thinking, “Just chatting casually.”
“Oh right, he also asked me about your preferred type.”
Lu Yanzhou’s knife scraped across the porcelain plate, making a sharp, grating sound.
…
At three in the morning, Shi Liaoliao got up with a look of utter despair and pulled a box from under the bed.
Taking out a sanitary towel, she quickly walked into the bathroom.
Then she came out with a grim expression.
Wanwan’s nest was on her bedside table. Just woken by the noise, it was rubbing its eyes with one paw.
[Host, what’s wrong?]
Shi Liaoliao sighed, “My period came.”
Wanwan was stunned for a moment.
Shi Liaoliao always dressed in male attire, and sometimes it almost forgot the host’s true gender, let alone remembered she would still get her period.
[Oh no, what should we do? I read online that girls really suffer when this happens. Host, does your tummy hurt? Should old Wan go get you some painkillers?]
Shi Liaoliao shook her head, “It’s fine, I don’t hurt.”
In her original world, every time it came, she would be in so much pain she’d vomit and have diarrhea, relying on painkillers to survive each month. After coming here, she was nervous the first month. Fortunately, although this body looked frail, it didn’t have menstrual cramps. As long as she avoided cold things, she basically didn’t feel much.
The downside was the heavy flow, requiring more trips to the bathroom than in her previous life.
“But the problem is…”
Shi Liaoliao slowly exhaled, looking somewhat hopeless.
“There’s a swimming class tomorrow.”
…
The next morning when she got up, Shi Liaoliao keenly noticed that Lu Yanzhou actually had faint dark circles under his eyes.
It seemed she wasn’t the only one who had insomnia last night.
But why did Lu Yanzhou have insomnia?
Placing the coffee cup by his hand, Shi Liaoliao took the opportunity to examine him carefully.
[Watched some videos last night?]
Lu Yanzhou: “…”
When would Shi Liaoliao’s mind ever contain something healthy?
If she could hear his thoughts, Shi Liaoliao would certainly scoff disdainfully.
Young and unable to make money—what’s wrong with being a little vulgar?
After breakfast, Lu Yanzhou habitually glanced in the mirror, then frowned slightly, clearly dissatisfied with his face bearing dark circles.
Knowing he was vain, Shi Liaoliao turned and went upstairs to fetch something.
“Young Master, this is very effective for removing dark circles. Would you like to try it?”
Lu Yanzhou nodded.
Just as Shi Liaoliao stepped forward to help him apply it, Lu Yanzhou abruptly turned his head away.
Realizing his reaction was excessive, he said softly, “I’ll do it myself.”
Then he took the item from Shi Liaoliao’s hand.
Shi Liaoliao didn’t think much of it.
Looking at her slightly lowered, fan-like eyelashes, Lu Yanzhou thought of what he had dreamed about last night, his fingers trembling slightly.
Shi Liaoliao, if only she were a girl…
Aware of what he was thinking, he felt somewhat disgusted with himself.
Then he applied the little manservant’s product under his eyes.
After applying it, Lu Yanzhou finally thought to check the brand—
‘Hu Dayu Brand Hemorrhoid Ointment’
The glaring words came into view.