Shu Bai and Li Yuheng closed the door and left, and the room remained silent for a while.
He sat on the edge of the bed, his arms resting on his knees, then suddenly looked down, covered his face with one hand, and burst out laughing, muttering under his breath, "Damn, like an idiot."
…
Li Yuheng woke up just as dawn was breaking.
He tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, so he simply sat up with a jolt, scratched his messy hair, and muttered, "Tsk, this lousy variety show won't even let people sleep in."
0090 said softly, "Your Highness, you clearly woke up on your own."
Li Yuheng: "Shut up, what do you know? This is called biological clock self-regulation."
He rolled out of bed, slipped on his slippers, and walked out.
The villa was quiet; the other guests were still asleep, only the kitchen light was on, and there was a faint rustling sound coming from inside.
Li Yuheng peeked out and saw Shu Bai standing in front of the refrigerator, holding a carton of milk. After hearing the noise, Shu Bai glanced back at him, then turned back without expression.
Li Yuheng raised an eyebrow: "Oh, Teacher Shubai, you're up so early?"
Shu Bai didn't even turn her head: "Mm."
Li Yuheng leaned closer and caught a glimpse of the milk in his hand: "Drinking milk on an empty stomach? Aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache?"
Shu Bai frowned: "What's it to you?"
Li Yuheng shrugged, casually pulled a carton of yogurt from the refrigerator, tore open the lid, and licked it: "Just showing concern for my colleague."
Shu Bai watched his childish act of licking the yogurt lid and her lips twitched: "...Is this the image of a top star?"
Li Yuheng raised an eyebrow: "Frugality is a virtue."
Shu Bai ignored him and turned to get a cup, but Li Yuheng was quick and snatched the milk carton away: "Don't drink it cold, I'll heat it up for you."
This guy can't drink iced milk.
I remember once he used a clever trick and managed to get a carton of iced milk, but he lost a fight with Shu Bai and Shu Bai took the milk and drank it.
Who knew that after drinking it, that guy got a terrible bout of diarrhea, almost to the point of collapse.
What a pity about that carton of milk...
Shu Bai: "?"
Before he could react, Li Yuheng had already skillfully poured the milk into a small pot, turned on the heat, and completed the task in one smooth motion.
Shu Bai leaned against the counter with her arms crossed, watching him busily work with a cold eye: "Teacher Li can even heat up milk?"
Li Yuheng didn't even look up: "Of course, my great-grandfather specially heated milk for the King of Hell."
Shu Bai: "..."
Does this person ever tell the truth?
The milk was heated up quickly. Li Yuheng poured it into a cup and handed it to Shu Bai: "Here, drink it while it's hot."
Shu Bai stared at the steaming glass of milk but didn't take it.
Li Yuheng: "Don't worry, Teacher Shubai, my hot milk is definitely reliable."
Shu Bai sneered, took the cup, and took a sip. The temperature was just right, neither too hot nor too cold.
He lowered his eyelashes and whispered, "...Thank you."
Li Yuheng waved his hand and turned to rummage through the refrigerator: "What's for breakfast? I'm hungry."
Shu Bai: "...Are you a pig?"
Li Yuheng took out a few eggs and bacon from the refrigerator, grinned, and said, "Wrong, I'm a starving ghost."
Shu Bai ignored him and was about to leave the kitchen with the milk when Li Yuheng suddenly called out to him, "Hey, don't go, help me out."
Shu Bai turned around, his face showing a "you're dreaming" expression.
Li Yuheng waved the egg in his hand: "Fried egg, want some?"
Shu Bai: "...I won't eat."
Li Yuheng sighed, feigning sadness: "Alas, some people won't even accept a colleague's lovingly prepared breakfast. The world is going to the dogs, and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be..."
Shu Bai, unable to bear it any longer, walked back and snatched the egg away: "Shut up, I'll fry it."
If you let this thing fry, who knows what kind of monstrosity it will turn into? It'll just be a waste of food.
Li Yuheng smiled triumphantly and handed over the bacon as well: "Fry a couple more slices, I have a big appetite."
Shu Bai: "...Are you a complete idiot?"
Li Yuheng: "No, I'm a top influencer."
Shu Bai: "..."
The two busied themselves in the kitchen for a while, and the aroma of fried eggs and bacon soon filled the air.
Li Yuheng leaned against the kitchen counter, watching Shu Bai skillfully flip the fried eggs, and suddenly asked, "Teacher Shu Bai, do you often cook?"
Shu Bai didn't even look up: "Mm."
"Why? Isn't ordering takeout a better option?"
"Takeout food is not clean."
"Wow, Professor Shu Bai is quite health-conscious."
Shu Bai ignored him, plated the fried eggs and bacon, and pushed them in front of him: "Eat up, you glutton."
Li Yuheng took the plate with a grin, and without any hesitation, grabbed a piece of bacon with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth.
Shu Bai frowned: "...Are you a savage?"
Li Yuheng's mouth was stuffed full. He wiped his hands with a piece of paper and mumbled, "I'm very hungry."
Shu Bai watched him wolf down his food and found it inexplicably funny, but her face remained cold.
He turned around and fried an egg for himself, then ate it slowly and deliberately.
Li Yuheng finished breakfast in a flash, patted his belly contentedly, stood up and stretched.
He was bursting with energy and had nowhere to vent it. After pacing around the kitchen twice, he suddenly said, "Teacher Shubai, I'm going to do my morning exercise."
Shu Bai grunted "Mmm" without looking up, thinking to himself that this scourge was finally leaving.
Li Yuheng hummed a little tune, put his hands in his pockets, and sauntered out of the villa.
He strolled leisurely to the director's RV, narrowed his eyes, suddenly sneered, raised his hand and pounded on the window, yelling at the top of his lungs, "Director! The car is leaking oil! It's going to explode!"
Chaos erupted inside the RV as the director scrambled out, his belt undone: "Where?! Where?!"
Li Yuheng pointed to a puddle of water under the car: "Look, it's leaking like this."
The director took a closer look and turned green with anger: "Teacher Li! This is air conditioner water!"
“Oh. I must have misread it—” Li Yuheng drawled, then suddenly leaned closer to the director and lowered his voice, “But the questions you set up yesterday were pretty ‘leaky,’ weren’t they? You were deliberately rubbing salt into people’s wounds?”
A mere director dares to scheme against his brother?!
The director's expression froze, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "Mr. Li, this is all for the sake of the show..."
"Effect?" Li Yuheng sneered, lightly tapping the director's chest with his finger. "If you do this kind of 'effect' again, I'll show the whole country how you 'leak oil'."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving the director wiping his sweat on the spot.
0090: [Young Master, are you threatening the director?]
Li Yuheng: "This was just a friendly reminder."
He looked up at the sky; the sun had already risen, and the other guests should be getting up soon.
Li Yuheng was about to return to the villa when he suddenly heard a sneer from ahead.
"childish."
Li Yuheng turned around and saw that Shu Bai was standing at the villa entrance at some point, holding the half-finished glass of milk in her hand, looking at him with a slightly disgusted expression.
Li Yuheng curled the corners of his lips, mimicking Shu Bai's cold tone, and drawled, "Childish—"
He even deliberately imitated Shu Bai's usual crossed arms posture: "Some people say others are childish, but aren't they secretly following along to watch the fun?"
Li Yuheng knew exactly what was going on.
When it comes to being childish, they're equally naive.
When we played together as kids, we were all incredibly mischievous.
Usually, Shu Bai would come up with the ideas, and he would carry them out. This cat and dog worked together seamlessly and did a lot of bad things together.
Back then, Shubai was a skinny cow cat, and Liyuheng was a beagle with droopy ears who was always complained about for being too noisy.
Together, they became the most troublesome "criminal duo" in the neighborhood.
The most famous case was the "serial theft of breakfast stalls" that shocked the neighborhood that year.
Shu Bai was in charge of scouting locations, squatting on the roof of the pancake stall in the early morning, waiting for the moment when the owner turned around to knead the dough to flick his tail as a signal.
Li Yuheng immediately darted out and snatched the hottest meat-filled sesame seed cake. After getting it, the two kids hid in the alley and tore it in half. The cat complained that the dog's saliva got on the crust, while the dog scolded the cat for licking even the sesame seeds clean.
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