Li Yuheng brushed away Shu Bai's hand and stroked his chin with feigned profundity: "Alright, since you've asked so sincerely."
He sat up cross-legged and said, "When I first met you, I thought you were pretty arrogant, even more arrogant than me."
Whether it was when Li Yuheng first met Shu Bai as a child when he was a dog, or in the first world of the quick transmigration, Li Yuheng felt this way.
Shu Bai narrowed his eyes: "Arrogant?"
“That’s right. But your kind of swagger is… special, rather orthodox. It’s not pretentious, it’s a steadiness that comes from within. Like an old pine tree growing on the edge of a cliff, it’s too lazy to sway even in the strongest winds and rain.”
Shu Bai listened to the metaphor without even raising an eyebrow.
“Old pine?” he said in a flat tone. “Your description sounds like the medicinal herbs that Shu Huaijin used for foot baths.”
Li Yuheng was momentarily speechless, but then continued defiantly, "Later I found out that you're quite an interesting person. You seem very serious on the surface, but you're actually quite cunning inside."
"for example?"
"For example, pretending to have a second personality to scare me, or wrapping me in a blanket, or... saying 'hygiene first,' but being less hygienic than anyone else."
Shu Bai slapped his hand away: "That's called analyzing each situation specifically."
"Yes, yes, you always have a point." Li Yuheng leaned back, supporting himself on the bed with his hands. "Anyway, I think you're really great."
He looked at Shu Bai with undisguised affection and possessiveness in his eyes.
"So," Shu Bai asked, "you've finished summarizing?"
“In summary,” Li Yuheng suddenly pounced on Shu Bai, pressing him into the soft bedding, his chin rubbing against the top of his head, his voice muffled with laughter, “you are mine, unique, and my favorite.”
Shu Bai was suffocating under his weight. She struggled for a couple of seconds but couldn't break free, so she gave up.
"It's so heavy," he complained, but his hand instinctively wrapped around Li Yuheng's waist. "Get up and go to sleep."
"Let me hug you a little longer." Li Yuheng whined, taking a deep breath into the crook of his neck, "You smell so good."
"The shower gel smells like it, I bought it at the supermarket, it cost 89.9 yuan a bottle."
"...I don't care, it just smells good."
…
In the middle of the night, Shu Bai suddenly felt the ring on his finger getting hot.
As soon as he opened his eyes, Li Yuheng's half-face was hanging directly above him, his eyes shooting out laser beams.
Like a ghost.
"Xiao Shubai, I need to discuss something with you."
“…Speak.” Shu Bai lowered his fist, which was about to strike.
"Let's go catch a mouse."
Shu Bai remained silent for three seconds.
Oh dear, Li Yuheng has finally gone mad.
Then Shu Bai sat up, took out his glasses from the bedside table and put them on, and then took out his phone to check the Chinese almanac.
"Avoid traveling, avoid moving earth, and avoid catching rats."
Li Yuheng: "..."
He reached out and snatched the phone away: "We're going to catch people, not really rats! And why are you wearing glasses? You're not nearsighted."
Shu Bai took off his glasses and put them on the bedside table: "You don't even know this? It's very popular recently. It seems that some people are really out of touch with the times."
The sarcasm in his voice was almost overflowing, blatantly slapping Li Yuheng in the face.
Li Yuheng: "..."
Oh dear, Shu Bai seems to have gone mad.
If you listen to the clock ticking in the opposite direction ten thousand times, will you be able to get your original wife back?
I was just kidding.
He loves them all.
Shu Bai had already stood up and was putting on her shoes. She turned to Li Yuheng and gestured, "Let's go."
Li Yuheng smirked smugly. He knew it! He knew it! He knew it! Shu Bai also loved gossip!
"Pretending quite well, even checking the almanac? You've been itching to try it yourself, haven't you?"
"What's itchy? I'm just worried you'll go crazy in the middle of the night and disturb Shu Huaijin and the others' sleep. I'll help you catch the 'mice' as soon as possible so you can come back to sleep."
Li Yuheng nudged Shu Bai with his elbow and said, "Come on, you're just a repressed pervert."
The two quietly left the room and disappeared into the deep night of the old house.
A wisp of extremely faint black energy swirled around Li Yuheng's fingertips, like a compass, pointing towards the west wing guest room.
“Look, the ‘rat’ is scratching at the base of the wall over there,” Li Yuheng sneered. “It’s got some nerve, actually daring to sneak in.”
Shu Bai looked in that direction and saw a blurry black shadow pressed against the outside of the guest room window under the moonlight, its figure blending into the shadows and almost becoming one with the night.
Without Li Yuheng's guidance, it would be extremely difficult to notice.
"How should we do it?" Li Yuheng rubbed his hands together, eager to try. "Should we just tie her up and throw her out? Or beat her up first and then interrogate her?"
Shu Bai held him down: "Don't be impulsive. See what he's up to."
The two hid in the shadows of the pillars, observing quietly.
The dark figure lingered outside the window for a moment, then began to rustle and fumble around... taking something out.
In the moonlight, one could vaguely see him take out a small cloth bag, weigh it in his hand, and hear a faint metallic clinking sound, like gold.
Then, he carefully slipped the cloth bag through the crack in the window.
After doing all this, he didn't leave. Instead, he took two steps back, straightened his collar, took a deep breath, and spoke to the window in a deliberately low, slightly trembling yet barely concealed voice:
"Ms. He Ying, I apologize for disturbing you; my visit so late at night is truly abrupt. I... I simply wish to get to know you. There is absolutely no ill intent! This small token of my appreciation is nothing but a humble offering; I hope you will accept it with a smile..."
The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet night.
Li Yuheng & Shu Bai: "..."
Li Yuheng's illusory figure twisted in the air. He covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking violently, clearly struggling to suppress his laughter.
Shu Bai stared blankly for a long time before finally uttering, "...This 'rat' is quite polite."
There was no sound from inside the house.
The person outside the window waited for a while, but received no response, and seemed to be getting a little anxious.
He leaned forward, his voice lower, tinged with a desperate earnestness: "Ms. He? Are you asleep? I know you're not. I know this is presumptuous, but... but since that day we parted, I've truly... couldn't forget you, longed for you day and night..."
Li Yuheng finally couldn't help but burst out laughing, then quickly covered his mouth, inwardly laughing wildly at Shu Bai: "Hahahaha! 'Waking up and thinking of you?!' Where did this clown come from? Chasing a girl all the way to someone else's house reciting the Book of Songs?!"
Shu Bai's lips twitched almost imperceptibly: "...It seems it's not a pursuit to kill, but a pursuit of love."
Just then, the guest room window was suddenly pushed open from the inside.
He Ying stood at the window, her face icy cold. A small, gleaming dagger had appeared in her hand, pointing directly at the person outside.
"roll."
The person outside the window was startled and staggered back two steps, but did not run away. Instead, he revealed his full appearance in the moonlight.
He was a young man, dressed in a neat dark combat uniform, with a baby face and a resilient, unruly look in his eyes. At that moment, he wore a fawning yet nervous smile.
"No, no, no! Ms. He, swords have no eyes!" He raised his hands in surrender. "I'm a good person! You see, I came here with sincerity."
He pointed to the small cloth bag that had been stuffed inside.
He Ying's eyes grew even colder: "No need. Take it and disappear immediately."
"How can that be?" The man rubbed his hands together, forcing a smile. "Look at our fate, it... it's so unreasonable! That day you pointed a gun at me, and 'sexual assault' appeared out of nowhere. My heart was pounding, and I almost performed a chest-breaking stunt on the spot..."
He Ying tightened her grip on the dagger, her knuckles turning white.
Li Yuheng floated beside Shu Bai, watching with great interest, and couldn't help but comment: "It's quite rare that their targets for seduction are each other. But to be so glib and smooth-talking even when faced with seduction at gunpoint? They're quite something."
Shu Bai nodded slightly in affirmation: "Yes, your thick skin is on par with mine."
Li Yuheng: "...You're provoking me again."
At this moment, seeing that He Ying remained unmoved, the man actually sat down on the ground and began to sigh.
“Ms. He, you have no idea how I’ve been these past few days… I can’t eat, I can’t sleep, and every time I close my eyes I see your beautiful eyes looking at me through the scope… My heart is both ice-cold and burning.”
He Ying's forehead veins throbbed.
The man continued, "I know the way I'm showing up is a bit unusual, and the occasion is a bit awkward... but when fate comes, you can't stop it, right? Just give me a chance to get to know you, okay? I guarantee I have a clean background, no bad habits, I can cook, I can carry a gun, and I can even tell jokes!"
He Ying finally lost her temper and hissed, "I'll count to three. One!"
The man immediately sprang to his feet: "Don't count! I'm leaving, I'm leaving right now!"
As he backed away, he stubbornly called out, "Ms. He! Keep the gold and exchange it for money! I'll come see you again tomorrow! My name is Zhou Che! Che as in clear! Remember that!"
Before the words were even finished, the person had already leaped over the courtyard wall with a few quick bounds and disappeared into the night.
He Ying slammed the window shut.
The courtyard returned to silence.
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I'm taking a day off on October 10th.
Yesterday, I was in a minor accident while riding a shared bike to get some late-night snacks. I injured my hand, so I'll only be updating once a week for a while.
Also, since I couldn't find any food, the next world will be an ancient version of the story of a canary top and a sugar daddy bottom.
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