"You don't really consider her your own sister, do you?" Li Ziqi raised an eyebrow at her husband. After so many years together, she could guess what Cheng Li was thinking with just a few words.
Li Ziqi snorted through her nose, "You're hopeless. Do you even want this office anymore?"
Cheng Li put the brand-name item back on the table, put his hands in his pockets, and looked down at the bustling traffic outside the floor-to-ceiling window.
"I just felt there was no need to go to such extremes, otherwise I would have to clean up the mess in the end."
“You may be considerate of others, but they won’t be considerate of you. When the shareholders’ meeting comes, Shi Yan will definitely side with Cheng Ran. If she becomes the acting chairman, after the will is made public, you and I will have to grovel before a wild girl.”
Li Ziqi glared at him resentfully, "If you keep doing this, I'm going to tell Mom. We might as well handle this ourselves, so you don't drag things out—"
"Alright, since that gentleman has already made the arrangements, let's proceed according to plan, do what needs to be done," Cheng Li said angrily.
He has already given Cheng Ran many chances, so whatever happens next, he can't be blamed.
…
On the weekend, Youxi woke up in the woman's soft, fragrant bed. He stared at the woman's face, which was so close to his, for a long time before slowly getting out of bed.
Shi Youxi usually wakes up around six o'clock so he can leave before his sister wakes up. The dosage of medicine he gives his sister is very light, but enough to keep her asleep until she wakes up unless there is any external interference.
Except for that one time, when she suddenly woke up in the middle of the night.
Shi Youxi got out of bed and glanced at the small pendulum clock on the bedside table. It was almost eight o'clock. He had overslept today.
The boy tiptoed out, pressed down on the doorknob to unlock it, "click—"
At the same time, a powerful baritone voice suddenly rang out.
"At your age, at this stage of your life, are you able to sleep well?"
Shi Youxi froze, then turned her head instantly, "Who!"
"Have you no self-respect at all!"
"Arise! Arise and churn! If you don't churn others to death, you'll be churned to death! Today you'll churn out a Maserati, tomorrow eight male models! Wake up, my tornado!"
"..."
What's this?
A new type of small advertisement for luxury car companies?
Do you get a male model as a gift when you buy Marks & Spencer?
Shi Youxi didn't understand anything, but she heard the eight male models and the righteous baritone voice begin the second recitation. The woman on the bed seemed to sense something and frowned.
Without thinking, Shi Youxi went back to the bedside to find her phone.
It looked like it was coming out from under the pillow.
The boy bent down and groped under the sleeping woman's head; it wasn't at this end, but at the other end under her face.
Shi Youxi placed his hands on either side of the woman's head, and with his left hand, he touched the cold metal object and took it out from under the pillow.
Without the obstruction, the sound grew louder, and as the ringing ended, Mu Yiran, still half-asleep, heard that devilish whisper that struck straight to her heart: "Still sleeping?! Don't forget you were up at eight this morning."
"Holy crap!" Mu Yiran suddenly opened her eyes, her body under her control, and she abruptly sat up in bed.
She only felt her front teeth hit something, accompanied by a dull thud as something heavy fell to the ground.
"Bang..."
She stood up so suddenly that her vision was blurred for a moment. Then she saw Shi Youxi sitting on the floor in her pajamas. "Holy crap, little beauty, what are you doing here!"
"....."
The boy covered his mouth and lowered his head without speaking. Mu Yiran regained her senses, calmed down, got out of bed and walked towards him.
"Xiao Xi, what's wrong? Did I just bump into you?"
Her front teeth still felt numb, probably from Shi Youxi. She reached out to pull the boy's shoulder and arm, but the man on the ground stood up. He glanced at her with his phoenix eyes and said indifferently, "Sister, the doorbell is too loud... I knocked but no one answered, so I wanted to come in and turn it off."
"Did I disturb you? No, let me see if I bumped into your face first," Mu Yiran tilted her head to look, but Shi Youxi kept avoiding her. The two of them turned face to face, like they were dancing a waltz.
In the end, Mu Yiran turned Shi Youxi's face to look at her. Shi Youxi bit her lip and lowered her phoenix eyes.
"Ouch, thank goodness I didn't hit a bruise..."
"I need to go to school today, so I'm in a hurry to go back and wash up."
"Hey you—"
"Bang." The door to the room was closed, preventing Mu Yiran from seeing the boy's hasty retreat.
On the blanket, the phone alarm clock, which hadn't been turned off, started playing again after five minutes. Mu Yiran took it out and turned it off.
This is the alarm clock she used when she was preparing for exams; it would definitely wake her up. She has been sleeping very soundly since she came here, so the alarm clock is turned up very loud.
Shi Youxi probably hadn't heard of such a bizarre alarm clock before, and thought something had happened to her, which is why she came into the room.
Although Mu Yiran was genuinely startled to open her eyes and see someone else beside her bed, she didn't suspect anything else.
Instead of taking a nap, Mu Yiran took a shower and glanced at the bedroom door as she came out of the bathroom.
All the door handles in this villa are the same; you have to press them down twice to lock them. She's used to the rotary locks and often forgets to lock the doors.
Fortunately, it was Shi Youxi who came in, but thinking about it, no one would just walk into her room.
Mu Yiran walked over and pressed the doorknob down to lock it, not caring at all about getting up.
Many people came to the villa today. Shi Si and Hua Bi were both there. Uncle Lin was told yesterday that Shi Youxi had to go to school today, so he arranged for the servants to cook a lot of breakfast early in the morning, and also took out the amount of medicine that Shi Youxi needed to eat from the medicine box.
He had just set the table when someone sat down. The tattooed man was steaming with sweat. Ever since he was surrounded by onlookers after his morning run, the tattooed man had stopped coming in through the front door. He went back to his room through the back door, took a shower, and changed into a loose-fitting windbreaker before coming out.
"Is the young master going out today?" The tattooed man looked at the red glutinous rice balls in the porcelain bowl with longing, but before he could even touch the spoon, he was slapped away.
"This is for the madam and young master, there's none for you!"
"...There's so much, what's wrong with me taking a bite?" the tattooed man complained, reaching out to touch it again, only to be ruthlessly slapped away.
"Tch, you could have finished this whole pot in one bite. Do you think Uncle Lin doesn't know what you're thinking, Brother Arm?"
Shi Si, dressed in a suit and tie, also found a seat. This group of people didn't really care about eating breakfast, but every time they came to the villa early in the morning, they couldn't help but feel hungry when they saw the hot and fragrant food.
When Shi Si saw that Uncle Lin had brought out two bowls, she sensibly reached for the soup spoon. "What are you doing here today? Wasn't the master going out today?"
The tattooed man gnawed on a hard, solid wheat bread, his jaw muscles bulging, making Uncle Lin's teeth ache. He shook his head, scooped a spoonful of sweet fermented rice balls into his bowl, and said, "Tsk, dip them in this."
Tattooed arm: "......." What does this condescending tone mean?
If you give it, you can't fill it up completely. If you say you'll only give one bite, do you really mean you'll only give one bite?
Does he seem easy to please?
The man with the tattooed arm felt he really couldn't stay in this house any longer.
He insisted on paying when he wasn't given anything, but wouldn't eat it when given. After chewing the bread with his tattooed arm, he said, "Hmm, with Madam."
Shi Si nodded. No wonder there were more people being rotated around the sanatorium today.
The two ate very quickly. Lin Bodong kept stopping them and making do with other things, so the breakfast he cooked was not much, and there was no extra for the two grown men.
But, isn't the young master supposed to go to school today? He hasn't come down yet.
Uncle Lin patted the hand with the tattooed arm that was trying to steal a bite. The other person's skin was thick and he let him pat it. While Uncle Lin turned around, he and Shi Si simultaneously picked up their chopsticks and took away the hot fried oysters from the plate.
Uncle Lin was about to go upstairs to call Shi Youxi when he turned around and saw the boy appear in the restaurant.
Lin Bo pulled out the seat where Shi Youxi usually sat. "Young Master, take your medicine first." He turned his head, only to find that the person behind him was gone.
Turning my head again, I saw Shi Youxi sitting between the tattooed arm and Shi Sikong.
Uncle Lin was taken aback. Why did he sit there?
Shi Youxi was completely oblivious, lost in thought. After sitting down, she stared blankly at the glass, doing nothing, yet causing the men on either side of her to shift their positions in unison.
The chair creaked, and Shi Youxi turned her head to look at Shi Si on her left.
"........"
Shi Si, still holding the fried dough sticks and not having had time to wipe the crumbs from her mouth, said, "What are you doing? Why are you sitting here? Don't you usually look down on me? No, why are you looking at me like that?"
Shi Si leaned back slightly and, noticing Shi Youxi's gaze fixed on his mouth, awkwardly raised his hand to wipe it.
Shi Si still remembered the 18 minutes he'd given her yesterday, and he was still angry. "Stop watching, you son of a bitch! What you're doing makes me feel like we're being ambiguous, and we're not even close..."
Shi Si's words caught in her throat. Suddenly, she widened her eyes and leaned closer, saying, "Holy crap? What happened to your mouth?"
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