"Does Xiaoli have a boyfriend at school?"

Shen Nansheng's sudden question startled Chu Yang, who was driving. He quickly slowed down and glanced at Shen Li in the passenger seat.

"Xiao Li has a boyfriend?" He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Where did you hear that, brother?"

“She said it herself!” Shen Nansheng’s words were astonishing.

Chu Yang looked at Shen Li and saw her swinging her legs and lifting her pretty face up.

Chu Yang smiled helplessly and said, "Big brother, it's not a big deal that Xiao Li has a boyfriend. It's normal for college students to date."

“I know, that’s normal.” Shen Nansheng didn’t seem very angry. He said, “My brother asked you to do him a favor. Aren’t you and Xiaoli from the same campus? Keep an eye out for him these next few days and find out what kind of guy he is, whether he’s good enough for my Xiaoli. And, most importantly…”

"Did you ruin her beforehand?!"

"A menace?" Chu Yang was taken aback. Well, he'd already been a menace, wasn't he your good second brother?

"Brother, this is a bit difficult," he said, feigning distress.

“Difficult? Aren’t you a photography major? You should be good at following and secretly filming, right? Take a picture of that kid first, and let your big brother see what kind of jerk he is!” Shen Nansheng said.

"...Alright, I'll give it a try. Let me ask Xiaoli what's going on first." Chu Yang could only agree.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Shen Nansheng said with relief, then changed the subject: "By the way, the Chinese medicinal herbs have been almost harvested, except for Isatis root. I did some research in Yunnan, and the Isatis root here is of good quality. It's harvested in bulk from its place of origin, and the price is cheap and affordable. I'll take you to see the warehouse in a couple of days."

"Okay, big brother, you've worked hard. Just wait to stockpile goods and make a fortune," Chu Yang said.

After hanging up the phone, he parked his car on the side of the road and gently tapped her head.

Did you tell your dad you have a boyfriend?

Little Pear stuck out her tongue: "Yeah, but I didn't say it was you."

Chu Yang had a headache.

Old Shen knew that he was dating Zhou Yang, Lou Chunyue, and Shu'er.

As a dissolute and promiscuous man, he naturally didn't care that his penis was also dissolute and promiscuous.

But when it comes to her own daughter, she'll definitely be furious if she finds out that her second brother has also messed with Xiao Li.

The current situation is that his older brother wants him to investigate Xiaoli's boyfriend.

"Now look what's happened. Your dad, my older brother, wants me to investigate myself. What do you say we do about it?" Chu Yang said helplessly.

Little Pear was unaware of the complexity of the situation and naively thought that everything would be fine once the truth was revealed.

Since the deed is done, what does it matter if we become sworn brothers? We're not blood brothers, so we can just go our separate ways.

She blinked: "You can hand your information to my dad. Don't worry, if he tries to beat you up, I'll stop him. I'll just say I'm pregnant with your child!"

Chu Yang: "...!"

It's really not her fault. She just wanted to end this underground relationship and be together openly and honestly.

Little did she know that Chu Yang's relationship wasn't a clandestine romance at all; it was more like a guerrilla romance, the kind where they would hit one target and then move on to another.

"But if you don't want to, that's fine too." Seeing that he seemed reluctant, Xiaoli said, "I'll just tell my dad that I broke up with my boyfriend, we never even held hands, is that okay?"

Chu Yang smiled slightly, took her soft hand, and said, "If you say it like this now, your dad definitely won't believe you. Besides, your dad will find out about our relationship sooner or later, but he might not be able to accept it right away, so we can't rush it, okay?"

"I understand. I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Little Pear said apologetically, "I was just being childish."

"No need to apologize, I know." Chu Yang kissed her forehead.

"So you really want to investigate yourself?" Little Pear asked again.

"Yes." Chu Yang sighed helplessly and pondered, "We can only try to deal with it for now. Leave it to me, you don't need to worry about it."

"Okay," Little Pear replied, behaving very obediently as if she had done something wrong.

She didn't even ask where they were going to play, and just let Chu Yang arrange things as he pleased.

Chu Yang thought for a moment and drove to Zhou Yang's apartment building.

It's been a long time since these two sisters have spent time together; their relationship needs to be nurtured to prepare for a future showdown.

This is called conquering them one by one.

Now that Shu'er and Zhou Yang are fine, the next step is Xiao Li and Zhou Yang.

As soon as I parked the car, I saw Zhou Yang coming downstairs, wearing pajamas and slippers, carrying a grocery basket.

Upon seeing Chu Yang and Xiao Li, she exclaimed with delight, "What brings you here? I was just about to go grocery shopping."

"Sister Zhou Yang, I haven't seen you for several days." Xiao Lizi stepped forward and took her arm.

Zhou Yang smiled gently: "Did you miss me?"

"Yes." Little Pear took the shopping basket from her hand: "Let's go grocery shopping together."

“Okay.” Zhou Yang gave Chu Yang a deep look, as if he had guessed what kind of trick this guy was up to.

"Go cook the rice first," she said.

"Okay." Chu Yang said, taking out a few bills and putting them in Xiao Li's hand: "Buy whatever you like to eat."

"Then let's buy a big lobster," Little Pear said happily.

Then Zhou Yang and I went to the vegetable market.

Chu Yang went upstairs, opened the door and went inside. He first went to the kitchen to cook rice, prepared some simple seasonings, and then cleaned the living room.

Not long after, Xiao Li and Zhou Yang returned with the groceries.

"Lobsters, hairy crabs, and geoduck clams!" Little Pear showed off the vegetables she bought.

"Can you do these things, Chu Yang?" Zhou Yang asked.

Chu Yang nodded: "Steam the lobster with garlic, make the hairy crab into spicy crab, and as for the geoduck... make it into soup, it'll be more delicious. Xiao Li, put them in a bowl to soak first."

"Leave it to me." Xiaoli carried it into the kitchen.

Zhou Yang felt embarrassed to get involved, so he sat in the living room for a while and then saw Xiao Li come out of the kitchen with her face wet.

"Geoducks squirt water, and it sprayed me all wet..."

"Ha..." Zhou Yang was amused and took a tissue to dry her off.

"You can watch TV on the computer. I'll help in the kitchen," she said, pointing to the laptop on the coffee table.

"Okay, I'm too clumsy." Little Pear looked dejected and sat on the sofa to watch anime.

Zhou Yang came to the kitchen to help wash the vegetables.

Chu Yang was processing a large lobster, inserting a chopstick into its tail.

This is pretty dirty. Zhou Yang couldn't help but ask, "You stupid monkey, what are you doing? That's so perverted."

Chu Yang laughed and said, "This is to let it pee, otherwise it will smell like urine when you eat it, can you stand it?"

Of course I can't stand it.

But this was the first time Zhou Yang had ever heard of a lobster needing to urinate.

After Chu Yang finished, he pulled out the chopsticks, glanced at the living room, and then quickly kissed her on the lips.

Zhou Yang blushed and took a step back: "Are you trying to get yourself killed? What if Xiao Li sees this? Behave yourself."