Chapter 56: New Characters Appear and Haunted

As the night deepened, the outlines of the houses could still be seen, gradually descending and staining the deep black sky.

The air was filled with the fragrance of earth after rain, floating around.

Inside the villa, two people and a cat were sitting at the dining table, staring at each other.

"Where's the meal?"

Zhu Yanshi blinked and his stomach growled.

Keeping people here was indeed a subconscious reaction.

But, after Fu Qi'an finished painting, he remembered that his aunt had asked for leave this morning...

There was no one to help cook in the evening, so it was almost nine o'clock before Zhu Yanshi carefully knocked on the studio door while holding the cat.

"What shall we eat?"

She stuck her head out, with messy hair hanging in front of her forehead, and her eyes, bright as a puppy's, blinked.

Fu Qi'an put down his paintbrush and turned to look at the dark sky outside the window. The sky had changed from light blue to ink black.

He came back to his senses, stood up and walked out of the studio.

Facing the empty restaurant, Fu Qi'an's mind slowly emerged with the phone call from his aunt in the morning.

“…”

There was a can of cat food opened on the table, and the only sound was the kitten licking the cat food.

Zhu Yanshi indeed swallowed his saliva in frustration.

Dry laugh.

"Just a little bit...hungry."

"Let's go out and eat."

Fu Qi'an stood up and went to get the car keys on the bar next to him.

"Forget it, it's so late now."

Zhu Yanshi walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took a quick look at the remaining ingredients inside.

I picked up the apron hanging on the hanger next to the refrigerator.

A pink plaid apron that is very girly.

Zhu Yanshi could imagine himself putting on this dress and instantly transforming into a little girl holding a spatula.

Sexy little chef cooking online.

Fu Qi'an probably guessed that Zhu Yanshi wanted to cook by himself, so he put the car keys back on the bar and stared at Zhu Yanshi who was standing in front of the refrigerator, holding his apron and grinning foolishly.

"Haunted?"

"Prepare two bow hairpins for me."

Zhu Yanshi put on the apron calmly, unable to imagine how such a plain and simple aunt could have such a delicate thing.

He turned his head, but his hands couldn't reach behind him, so he could only clumsily grab the two ropes and tie them randomly.

"What?"

Fu Qi'an walked over, stretched out his hand, and brushed his fingertips against the boy's fingertips behind his back, bringing a tingling electric sensation.

Zhu Yanshi's fingers contracted and his hands dropped. The other party considerately tied the two strings on the back of the apron into a beautiful bow.

"alright."

Fu Qi'an took a step back.

“Why are you issuing cards?”

Zhu Yanshi just spoke subconsciously abstractly, so it makes no sense to continue talking about it now.

But the other party was staring at him very seriously, determined to get the truth of what he had just said from him.

He curled his lips, took a step forward helplessly, turned around, and with a wooden face, made a gesture of lifting the hem of his skirt, with his fingers raised and pinching the two sides of the apron.

"Because I'm a little girl."

“…”

The effect is greatly reduced.

Fu Qi'an was stunned for a moment, and when the air around him was so dry that it seemed to suffocate him, the other party raised the end of his eyebrows.

“Wow.”

Such a pale and powerless support.

“…”

Zhu Yanshi has always been shameless. It's rare for him to behave like this after such an awkward moment. I wish I could go back a few seconds and slap myself in the face for saying this.

I told you to be mean.

It's okay now.

It's embarrassing...

The boy turned his head and took out the ingredients from the kitchen. His movements seemed casual and natural, but his slightly red earlobes revealed his inner feelings at the moment.

Fu Qianan turned around with a smile on his face, holding the ball of fur that ran over, and walked towards the sofa while stroking the kitten's fur.

So he can be shy too?

The kitchen was filled with constant clanging sounds, which was completely different from the noises my aunt made in the kitchen before.

One was afraid of disturbing her, and the other was afraid that she wouldn't notice he was cooking.

He looked so confident when wearing the apron that people would mistake him for a Michelin restaurant chef, but at this moment, people were looking inside through the glass door.

The boy was tall, wearing a pink apron, with fair skin and neat and tidy hair.

Holding the spatula in one hand and the pot lid in the other, he slowly moved forward, occasionally attacking the dish with the spatula as fast as a ball of wool grabbing a ball of thread.

“…”

Fu Qi'an was somewhat doubtful about his decision just now.

…maybe eating out is much safer and quicker than cooking a meal at home.

When Zhu Yanshi came out of the kitchen covered in cooking fumes, Fu Qian was sitting on the carpet playing with a ball of fur.

The man held a cat toy in his hand and kept waving it in the air. The kitten jumping on the carpet would stand up and keep fiddling with the cat toy with its front paws.

Sometimes he would be so embarrassed that he would thump his body and hit his round chin on the ground, making himself angry. When he stood up, his back would arch upwards.

The man let out a low laugh, the slightly hoarse ending lingering in the suddenly quiet living room, and was clearly caught by Zhu Yanshi.

He stared at the man's smiling profile, and the thought that he was the gentle second male lead came into his mind.

The other party stretched out its devil claws, grabbed the tail of the cat toy, and then lifted the cat toy. The kitten tried hard to hold its beloved toy with its claws until the thing was completely pulled out.

He could only lie on the side and watch his father start to carefully study and play with the cat stick that originally belonged to him.

Stinky servant, steal the cat's toy!

"want to?"

Fu Qi'an would occasionally tease the fur ball with a small feather hanging from a cat toy, and when it pounced on him angrily, he would raise the cat toy again.

"This is mine. You can only play with it if I don't want to."

The big cat tries to PUA the little kitten.

“Ahem…”

Zhu Yanshi put down his bowl and chopsticks, interrupting this bullying behavior.

Fu Qian turned his head, still gently shaking the cat toy in his hand. He didn't care when being seen like this. He stood up and put the cat toy on the carpet.

He left with a proud look on his face.

"A reward for you."

Maoqiu: ...

Master Cat won't bother with a stinky servant who gets away with it when he's given a little punishment!

Fu Qi'an sat on a chair, looking at the boy sitting opposite him who was wearing a pink apron.

The other person's skin was very fair, and the slightly red cheeks due to the heat became particularly obvious.

His eyes were bright, and the light deep in his pupils kept flickering.

Fu Qi'an's hand, which was originally holding the chopsticks, paused for a moment.

Suddenly I don’t dare to eat…

This is to use him to test poison!

"You are lucky today. There are very few people who can enjoy the food I cook."

Zhu Yanshi refused to move his chopsticks, but raised his hand and supported his chin.

Looking at the man opposite, holding up his chopsticks, in a dilemma.

"Don't worry, the poison won't kill you."

"These ingredients won't cause poisoning even if they're not cooked."

Fu Qian'an has been put under house arrest. The other party kindly prepared a table full of dishes. It is already ten o'clock now. If he suggests going out to eat at this moment.

He was afraid of completely disappointing people's sincerity.

I simply closed my eyes. A cat at my feet called out in a gloating voice. It was the voice of the evil little fur ball.

I don't know what the chopsticks caught, but I just stuffed it into my mouth.

After chewing for a few times and realizing that the taste wasn't too bad, he slowly opened his eyes.

Fu Qi'an was ready to die bravely.

The taste of the food was right in between delicious and unpalatable. Fu Qian just stared blankly at the boy sitting opposite him.

silence.

"Is it edible?"

Zhu Yanshi picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He chewed it for a few times and looked at each other again.

The two of them lowered their heads in tacit understanding and ate in silence.

After eating, Zhu Yanshi leaned back in his chair in a daze. He didn't know if he was affected by the atmosphere, but he stared at the light above his head with his eyes open.

Carbon halo.

I don’t know who laughed first, but the two of them just kept laughing at each other like idiots.

Zhu Yanshi laughed so hard that tears came out. She took the paper handed to her by the man opposite her and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"why are you laughing?"

Zhu Yanshi asked.

"why are you laughing?"

Fu Qi'an returned.

It was quiet again.

Then he looked at Le again.

A furry cat ran around the house with the cat toy he had finally gotten, full of energy.

Mixed in with the occasional giggles of two men who seemed to have food poisoning.

A bit scary.

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Last night, Zhu Yanshi finally had a good night's sleep after riding a shared electric bike back to school just before the dormitory closed.

After the contract was negotiated, everything was moving in a good direction. He simply slept until noon and went to Song's again with the contract in hand.

After coming out of the office, Zhu Yanshi sent a message to Fu Qian'an urging him to submit his manuscript. When he walked out of the company gate, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated violently.

The sun above burned the ground, shrinking people's shadows into a very small ball.

Zhu Yanshi took out his cell phone and found it was an unfamiliar call. He hesitated for a moment before answering the call.

A clear young voice floated over there.

"Brother! I debuted!!"

"You have no idea how long I've been looking forward to this day! This is the result of our joint efforts! I promised you before, as long as I have a bite of rice to eat, you will definitely have a bite of soup..."

There was a lot of chirping from the other side.

Zhu Yanshi suddenly interrupted the other person.

"Who are you?"

“…”

Quiet.

The noise over there suddenly turned into dead silence.

There were mixed breathing sounds, and there was no one on the other end of the phone, so Zhu Yanshi simply hung up.

Just as I was about to ride my electric bike, the phone in my pocket started vibrating again.

Zhu Yanshi parked the car under a tree, braving the heat all around.

"explain."

"I'm Chen Shiyi! We grew up together, how long has it been since we last met? You're so ungrateful!"

The boy's voice came again.

Both sides were quiet for a moment, and Zhu Yanshi clearly saw a photo of an idol group on the billboard next to the bus stop not far in front of the tree.

The boy in the center position has his name printed next to his delicate and three-dimensional face - Chen Shiyi.

"Remember."

Zhu Yanshi didn't even blink.

"You are my baby."

“…”

There was silence again, and then some chaotic male voices were heard.

“…Shiyi, who is it?”

“Is this person reliable?”

"You don't sound very old..."

"What did he say?"

“It doesn’t seem very reliable…”

"Little baby, are you in the sheep pen?"

Zhu Yanshi had a fake smile on his face.

“…”

It was completely quiet over there.

When Zhu Yanshi was about to say something, a busy tone came from the other end of the phone.

The ending was a very unruly curse from the self-disciplined, positive and energetic little idol.

"Fuck...did I see a ghost?"