Jiang Ranran immediately hid her phone behind her back.
“No need, no need…”
There was really no way to explain this.
“Um, I’ll go use the bathroom first.”
Jiang Ranran clutched her phone and slipped into the bathroom.
Jiang Ye’s messages kept pouring in.
Jiang Ye: 【Even if you’re trying to get back at Yi Sichen, you absolutely cannot harm your own health!】
Jiang Ye: 【Did you hear me? You’d better not have already taken any pills!】
Jiang Ye: 【Jiang Ranran, say something! Why aren’t you saying anything?】
Jiang Ye: 【Are you too busy to reply?】
Jiang Ranran quickly sent a reply.
【Bro, stop overthinking. Nothing happened here at all.】
Jiang Ye fell silent for a while, seemingly shocked.
After a long pause, he sent another message.
【If nothing happened, then what did you go there for?!】
Jiang Ranran: ??
Why did that sound almost accusatory?
Jiang Ranran awkwardly dodged the question: 【I don’t even know why I came here. It doesn’t seem like he has any intention of crossing the line.】
Jiang Ye: 【Oh, so you found a man with issues. That’s a relief.】
Jiang Ranran: “…”
Jiang Ye: 【I’m going to sleep. Goodnight.】
Jiang Ranran replied with a goodnight sticker and finally let out a sigh of relief.
Feeling conflicted, she sat down on the toilet.
The smart toilet was round and plump, with an AI logo on it. It looked very high-end and was quite comfortable to sit on.
After Jiang Ranran finished her business, the toilet automatically emitted a pleasant startup sound, and a powerful swirling stream of water flushed down, clean and efficient.
At the same time, a gentle electronic voice chimed in: “Flushing completed. Detected first-time user.”
Jiang Ranran: “??”
Toilet: “This toilet supports full voice control. You can say commands like ‘rinse,’ ‘dry,’ ‘massage,’ and more. Would you like to use the rinse function now?”
Jiang Ranran quickly waved her hand. “No rinse needed.”
Toilet: “Command ‘rinse’ received. Water temperature set to 37.5°C, fragrance set to ‘Hot Wave Rose.’”
A warm stream of water sprayed onto her bottom. Jiang Ranran let out an “ow!” and nearly jumped off the toilet.
But if she jumped up now, the water would splash all over her legs, so she had no choice but to endure it, sitting there and bearing the discomfort.
“I said no! Stop!!”
“Command ‘don’t stop’ received. Continuing rinse service. You may experience different modes.”
The water flow began to vary in intensity, pulsing intermittently.
Jiang Ranran couldn’t take it anymore. “Stop right now! I said stop!”
“Acknowledged. Turning off rinse function.”
The water finally stopped.
“Warm air drying will now commence.”
“No, I don’t need drying!”
“Detected damp condition. Drying is recommended to avoid health risks.”
“…”
A gentle, warm breeze blew from below.
Jiang Ranran: “…”
“Drying completed. Service concluded. Thank you for using.”
Jiang Ranran stood up from the toilet, utterly defeated, and pulled up her pants.
What a nightmare.
First, that man bullied her, and now his toilet bullied her too…
Wait!
His toilet?
Jiang Ranran’s eyes lit up.
—That’s right, this is his toilet!
When she first sat down, the toilet said it detected a new user, which meant it stored data for all its users.
This toilet knows too much!
Jiang Ranran suddenly discovered an exceptionally useful source of information.
She turned around and crouched down beside the toilet:
“Hello, toilet, can you chat with me?”
The smart light on the toilet lit up. “Chat command received from user. Initiating chat mode. What would you like to talk about?”
Jiang Ranran lowered her voice, like an underground operative making contact. “You just said I’m a new user. Did you detect that?”
Toilet: “Yes. User detected as first-time user.”
Jiang Ranran asked, “Then how many users were there before me?”
The toilet honestly told her, “One.”
One?
That would, of course, be Mr. Yi.
Jiang Ranran was inwardly shocked.
She never expected that apart from Mr. Yi, she was the only one who had ever lived in this house.
So, Jiang Ranran inquired with the toilet:
“Then the fragrance you just used, ‘Heatwave Rose,’ was it set by the previous user?”
The toilet replied, “Yes.”
Jiang Ranran chuckled coldly.
Who would have thought that beneath Mr. Yi’s cold and stern exterior, he used such a suggestive fragrance… Heatwave Rose, indeed…
Jiang Ranran said, “So, how many times does he go to the bathroom every night? I’ve heard that men who frequently get up at night have kidney problems.”
Toilet: “…”
Jiang Ranran was already getting excited. “Hey, what other information do you know about him? Tell me everything!”
“For example, you’ve seen that part of him, right? How… substantial is it?”
“…………….”
The toilet remained silent for quite a while.
Suddenly, it emitted a completely emotionless voice: “User attempting to access illegal information. Alarm activated—”
The next second, alarms blared throughout the entire villa.
“Alert! Illegal information access attempt detected via toilet!”
“Alert! Illegal information access attempt detected via toilet!”
“Alert! Illegal information access attempt detected via toilet!”
Jiang Ranran was horrified.
—Oh no, the toilet actually betrayed her!
Panicked, Jiang Ranran pushed open the bathroom door and immediately collided with Yi Jingnian’s deep, icy gaze.
“What did you do to the toilet?” he asked darkly.
Jiang Ranran: “…”
She wanted to die.
“N-nothing,” Jiang Ranran stammered, her lips twitching. “I just used the toilet and chatted with it a bit. I have no idea why it suddenly reacted so strongly…”
The man’s heavy gaze settled on her.
He had already suspected she was a spy from the other side, but she had been covering her tracks well.
And now, she was trying to extract information from a toilet?
This method was certainly… unconventional.
Jiang Ranran was too embarrassed to explain further. She quickly sidestepped the man, rushed straight to the large bed, and in a fit of self-abandonment, buried her face in the duvet.
Just pretend I don’t exist, okay? Thank you!
After a while, she felt the other side of the mattress dip slightly. Mr. Yi had arrived.
Jiang Ranran lay with her back to him, not daring to turn around, but she heard the sound of him opening his laptop.
Suddenly, it occurred to her that he might be checking her chat history with the toilet.
It was quite possible the toilet had told him everything.
Sure enough.
A moment later, the man snapped his laptop shut with a sharp “clack.”
“You’re very interested in the details of my life?”
Jiang Ranran: “…”
It’s over!
That damn toilet really spilled everything!
Jiang Ranran closed her eyes and remained silent, choosing to continue playing dead.
In the darkness, the man’s body leaned over, carrying the dangerous, crisp scent of a recent shower. His shadow completely enveloped her.
“So…”
He lowered his head, the back of his fingers landing on her cheek and slowly trailing downward.
“What do you want to know?”
Jiang Ranran’s heart felt like it was about to leap out of her throat.
Yi Jingnian’s fingers moved inch by inch from her cheek to her neck.
By now, touching her felt as natural and unrestrained as touching his own possession.
Jiang Ranran didn’t dare look back, only staring wide-eyed at the curtains before her.
A night light shone from behind, casting the silhouettes of the two onto the curtains.
The man half-propped himself up, while the girl was completely engulfed in his shadow. The projected silhouettes appeared exceptionally intimate.
It resembled both a hunt and a caress.
“I…” Jiang Ranran’s throat tightened.
“You’re very curious about my habits—what scents I like, how often I get up at night…”
Yi Jingnian’s tone was playful. “Even…”
He suddenly pinched her chin, forcing her to look at him.
“You want to know something even more personal?”
“I don’t!”
Jiang Ranran hurriedly denied it.
“It was the toilet—it started talking to me on its own! And then I wondered, how could it recognize different users? Unless…”
Staring at the man’s dark, looming silhouette so close to her, a chilling yet plausible guess burst from her lips:
“Unless there’s a camera in your toilet?!”