“.............”
In the bathroom mirror, a dark shadow squeezed past Mu Yiran, a man staring at her with a gloomy face.
"You dislike me?"
“…”
Mu Yiran, with foam in her mouth, said, "No, it's sesame oil~"
But the man was unmoved and sneered:
"What, you have the energy to call other men so early in the morning, but you can't even tolerate your husband kissing you, huh?"
"..."
Mu Yiran paused in her brushing, tilted her head back, and rinsed her mouth, saying, "I'm done brushing my teeth."
Seeing that she completely ignored him, Shi Youxi forced a long face and turned his double eyelids into single eyelids, making him look even more frightening.
Man's continuous output:
Didn't you say you liked me?
One kill.
"Didn't you want to prove your feelings for me, sister?"
Double hit.
"You reject hugging me and hate kissing me, isn't that proof of your sister?"
Triple kill.
"As expected, I was just being delusional. I really thought my sister and I were inseparable and the only ones in love!"
Quadra kill.
"I'm just doing what every loving couple does, and you won't even put on a show of a kiss morning and night for me?!"
Mu Yiran spat out the water, dried her face, then turned around, cupped the man's face, and kissed him.
"…………"
Shi Youxi's eyes widened; her double eyelids were back.
One simple basic attack can trick you into using your ultimate skill, making it easy to win.
Mu Yiran stepped back, pinched the man's chin with her fingers, and scraped the light stubble there with her fingertips.
The man's ears twitched, and a blush rose to his cheeks.
Mu Yiran chuckled softly, then leaned in and kissed him again, twice, three times…
"One good morning kiss is considered acting, two is practically a buy-one-get-one-free deal..."
"What about the other three?"
Mu Yiran pinched Shi Youxi's earlobe, which felt as good as ever, and gently pecked it.
"Is that enough proof that I like you?"
"..."
Shi Youxi blinked, his eyes stinging from the bright light. "...Not enough," he said.
"Kids are all greedy."
"So?" Mu Yiran raised an eyebrow and slowly stood on tiptoe.
Shi Youxi's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. He bent down, lowered his head, and asked:
"So we need a lot, a lot of them..."
“…”
This time, it was Mu Yiran who was grinning.
The warm morning light streamed in through the window, and the curtains, lifted by the wind, cast dappled patterns of light onto the two people embracing.
She didn't know how long they kissed, but Mu Yiran's head hit the mirror. She regained some consciousness and found herself being carried to the sink by Shi Youxi.
The man stood between her knees, head tilted back, hair flowing freely, his features fully exposed. His alluring eyes were closed, his cheeks flushed red, and he was bewitched, relentlessly and frantically seducing her.
Mu Yiran adjusted her breathing, trying to follow his rhythm, and became lost in the moment again, until something cold brushed against her arm, and she opened her teary eyes.
The man was holding a string of neon-lit necklaces.
What a coincidence.
This time it's a genuine Paraiba, and it's quite heavy.
Shi Youxi pressed his lips to hers, gently stroking her ring finger adorned with a plain ring, his voice hoarse:
“I heard them say that when husbands go on business trips, they bring back gifts for their wives.”
"The wife will also cook delicious food to welcome her husband home."
Mu Yiran took a breath and said, "What should we do? I don't know how to cook."
Shi Youxi bit the mole on the tip of her nose. "You will."
"?"
Before Mu Yiran could react, the man put her legs down and neatly unfolded the necklace.
"Do you like it? Sister, you haven't said whether you like it or not."
Mu Yiran took it. "I like it."
She glanced at it a few times and then gestured to her neck.
Shi Youxi pulled the chain from her hand, kissed her exposed neck, and said:
"That's not how you wear it."
Mu Yiran was limp and leaned against the sink, with Shi Youxi's bathrobe underneath her, looking rather lazy.
"Then how do I put it on? Help me put it on—"
"...?"
When Mu Yiran saw the long necklace with three interlocking rings properly tied around her left leg, her mind went blank for a few seconds.
Shi Youxi knelt in front of her, his index finger tracing the twenty-one Neon Blue diamonds on it, the tiny diamonds making the woman's thigh skin look like mutton fat jade.
Then he raised his head and looked up at the woman:
"Sister is so beautiful."
"........"
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Shi Youxi's eyes were bloodshot, and he gasped for breath to relieve his suffocation, as if he were dying but coming back to life.
Again and again, until the surging ocean current completely engulfed the ship, pulling it into the whirlpool, where it sank and never awoke.
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With a week to prepare, Mu Yiran avoided going to the production crew after giving her statement in order to avoid suspicion. Apart from the outfit Zhou Yuan was wearing, she directly assigned the tasks.
Her unusual behavior prompted many people to ask her questions, but as the main character, she wasn't in a hurry, and it was no use for others to be anxious.
Ji Yunli, however, showed concern for her several times, worried that she was unable to record because of her injury.
Mu Yiran didn't say much, only that she was going out to buy things and would bring her a gift when she returned.
The girl was very happy and shared the program's progress with her every day. She said that without her, Wen Qingyu stopped acting up and everyone worked honestly. Director Chen complained that the program was too formulaic and ineffective, so he had already started writing the script.
No one brought up what happened that night.
But everyone knows this matter won't end so easily.
Before the show started filming, Mu Yiran went to Gannan with Shi Youxi.
When Shi Yan took Bai Shengsheng to various places for recuperation, perhaps the scenery of the distant mountains finally brought this woman some peace. For some reason, Bai Shengsheng liked this place very much. She briefly woke up as if in a final burst of energy, and the first thing she asked Shi Yan to do was to see Shi Youxi.
Shi Yan, of course, would not refuse her.
Shi Youxi had many reasons not to go, but Mu Yiran said she wanted to go with him, so the man took her hand and the two of them came together to Labrang Monastery, the most beautiful pure land in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
That was the place Shi Yan chose to pray for Bai Shengsheng.
Over the years, Shi Yan has traveled to many places like this. Labrang Monastery has the world's longest prayer wheel, and when Mu Yiran and the others arrived, Shi Yan was performing his usual prayers.
The man led Bai Shengsheng, following the prayer wheel, prostrating every three steps.
This was the first time Mu Yiran had ever truly met Shi Yan and Bai Shengsheng. Bai Shengsheng had lost a lot of weight, and the two of them showed no interest in her whatsoever, and even their reaction to Shi Youxi was lukewarm.
Mu Yiran looked at Bai Shengsheng, whom she had never seen before, holding Shi Yan's hand with an innocent expression. The woman asked curiously:
"Ayan, why did you do this?"
"Why does everyone else walk, but you have to kneel?"
Shi Yan stood up, took Bai Shengsheng's hand and guided it to touch the prayer wheel, his eyes full of tenderness, "Because I want to pray for Shengsheng's well-being."
"I want Sheng Sheng to live a long and healthy life with me."
His selfish desires were too strong, so worship alone was not enough; he had to kneel, kowtow, and beg a thousand times over.
"Will this really work?!"
Yes, it will.
"I also want to make a wish, but I don't want to kneel."
"I'm wearing a new dress today, it'll get dirty."
“It’s alright, I’ll kneel for Sheng Sheng. Buddha will let me bless Sheng Sheng so that her wish can be fulfilled.”
"Ayan is the best!"
"So, Ah Yan, do I look good today?"
"She looks great, Sheng Sheng looks best in red."
"Ayan, it looks like someone behind us has been watching us."
"It's alright, don't worry about it, let's go."
"…………"
Mu Yiran and Shi Youxi held hands tightly, watching quietly as the man and woman slowly walked away.
The prayer wheel that had been touched was still slowly spinning, as if as long as it kept spinning, people's wishes would really come true.
Mu Yiran shook her head. "Aren't you going to follow her? Don't you want to see her?"
Shi Youxi paused for a moment, then said, "No."
He smirked nonchalantly, "Anyway, she doesn't recognize me this time."
He exhaled cold air and stopped looking at the retreating figure. "It didn't matter whether I saw him or not."
"..."
Suddenly, a warm fingertip touched the tip of her nose. Shi Youxi was startled and looked over.
Mu Yiran's eyes were red and wet from the cold wind. She cupped the man's face and rubbed her nose against his.
"If a child lies, their nose will grow longer."
"..."
Shi Youxi lowered her eyelids, feeling her cheeks getting warm from being touched. "My nose has gotten longer. Will my sister think I'm ugly?"
Mu Yiran laughed: "I'll still want you even if you're ugly."
So it's okay to lie, and it's okay to tell the truth.
Shi Youxi felt a sudden, inexplicable pain in his heart. He pursed his lips, his eyes becoming stubborn, and pressed her, "I don't believe you. You promise, swear before the gods and Buddhas."
"Oh? Just an oath? I don't have to kowtow every three steps?"
A hint of hesitation flashed across the man's face, then he shook his head, unable to tell whether he was reluctant to part with it.
"No, I kneel down. I make a vow to the gods that my sister's promise will never be broken."
Mu Yiran's eyes were sore and swollen, so she covered Shi Youxi's eyes.
"Alright, close your eyes."
The two closed their eyes and bowed and knelt before the sacred temple and the Xiahe River, and before the corridor of constantly turning prayer wheels.
Only Mu Yiran knew that she was praying. She knew that Shi Youxi wanted Bai Shengsheng to be healthy and safe, and she also knew that Shi Youxi wanted her to keep her vow forever.
So she prayed, and when she prayed, all her wishes were granted and all her desires were fulfilled.
Only Shi Youxi knew that the people around him knelt and kowtowed with him, and that she had accompanied him to Labrang Monastery.
But his selfish desires were too great, and he couldn't tolerate others.
The father's prayers were only for the mother, and he only had Mu Yiran for him.
So he prayed, and after much back and forth, he finally compromised a little: first, he prayed for Mu Yiran's health and safety; second, he prayed that Mu Yiran would never abandon him; and third, he prayed to be with Mu Yiran for eternity.
…
48 hours before the live broadcast begins.
Mu Yiran locked all the jewelry in a metal safe, but when it came time to organize her clothes, she couldn't find her bags anywhere.
"Ha..." Mu Yiran walked towards the study speechlessly. "Shi Youxi! Where did you hide my box again?"
"I'm going to the production crew! Not to Aunt Zhou's place, give me back my suitcase!"
Mu Yiran pushed open the door and went in, but didn't see Shi Youxi. She started searching on her own.
After returning from Gannan, Mu Yiran worked overtime to catch up on the work, and during that time she went to Zhou Yuan's place many times to have her clothes measured and altered.
Naturally, Shi Youxi went with her.
At first, the man was very excited, but on the surface he remained calm. In reality, he ended up carrying even more things than Mu Yiran into Zhou Yuan's house.
The supplies were all prepared, which made Mu Yiran so angry that she almost thought this person had been married before.
Before going, Mu Yiran was mentally prepared that the two of them would definitely not get along well.
But I never expected the two of them to be so incompatible.
It's fortunate that Zhou Yuan and Shi Youxi aren't of the same sex; it's a good thing they didn't fight.
After several arguments, Mu Yiran consciously stopped bringing this person along, as bringing family members to work really reduced efficiency.
After several attempts to coax him, Shi Youxi finally agreed to make some exchanges, promising to wander around the Mu residence next door.
The man thought that being separated by only a wall would be safe, but he never expected that Zhou Yuan would be waiting there with her people early in the morning.
There were still several men.
Mu Yiran was a little embarrassed and wanted to refuse, but Zhou Yuan rejected her with a retort, "So what if we're married? We can't get a divorce!"
While Zhou Yuan was introducing the third person to Mu Yiran, Shi Youxi climbed over from the adjacent balcony and took her away.
After that, the boxes and bags that Mu Yiran used to store her clothes and jewelry began to disappear.
He would only take it out if Mu Yiran went to him and agreed to take him along.
"You childish brat! I owe you something from my past life!"
Mu Yiran grumbled as she explored every corner of the study, from the bookshelves to the display cabinets. The man's study was filled with all sorts of unrelated things, a chaotic mess, and most ridiculously, there were quite a lot of books.
Mu Yiran looked over and saw books like "Gender Relationships and Psychology in Marriage" and "The Man Who Understands His Wife is the Happiest"...
"How to quickly create dependence in a person - trauma repetition, a book on trendy short hairstyles for men, the way couples get along - sex life... Damn, what is all this nonsense!"
Mu Yiran dragged the drawer around like she was on an assembly line, making a loud thud, but unexpectedly, with a "beep," she pulled out the safe embedded in the middle.
What caught my eye were some design drawings that looked somewhat familiar; I guessed they were ones Shi Youxi had drawn before...
Why?
She paused as she closed the cabinet, then pulled out the report that was visible beneath the design drawings.
The cover prominently displayed several large characters —
[Cooperation between Wens Foodstuff Group and Lingcheng Qiyun Group from 2013 to 2023]
[Details of Wens Foodstuff Group's Overseas Transactions in Recent Years]
"...."
Wen Shi and Qi Yun?
together....
Could it really be Qi Qiulin?
"What are you looking at?"
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