New House

"Alright, I'll handle this matter. You should rest up for now." Chen Qin slowly let out a breath, finally feeling settled in her heart. After all, she was quite familiar with Bai Yuyou.

What decent guy goes around attracting girls everywhere? Chen Qin sometimes really worried that Ye Shuang would just be out and about and a new girl would appear by his side—though she understood perfectly well it was entirely due to his overly gentle nature.

"President Chen..." Xu Yitian observed Chen Qin's expression at that moment. Seeing her take a deep breath, he thought she was suppressing her emotions. Instantly, he felt his goal was achieved. Chuckling inwardly, he didn't forget to add fuel to the fire,

"Even though you are so outstanding, President Chen, President Ye still does such things..."

Hearing this, Chen Qin suddenly felt an indescribable awkwardness. If Ye Shuang praised her, she would definitely be very happy, but being complimented like this by a colleague, she could only nod politely. "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I have work to attend to."

"Of course, you're busy."

After hanging up, Xu Yitian began pondering his next move. There must be a rift between Chen Qin and Ye Shuang now. He just needed to add a little more fuel to achieve his objective.

Actually, Xu Yitian's hospital visit was deliberate. On one hand, Ye Shuang's words were indeed somewhat infuriating, but not enough to cause a fainting spell. He was merely putting on an act so that Chen Qin would personally question him.

"Hah, everything is under control." Xu Yitian gave a faint smile, pushing up his gold-rimmed glasses. His greater aim was for Old Master Chen to witness this little drama. If he learned that the son-in-law he had his eye on was actually keeping a girl on the side, he naturally wouldn't sit idly by.

"Kid, just watch how I ruin you."

...

Weekend.

On his day off, Ye Shuang took the opportunity to move with Bai Yuyou into their new home.

Since it was just in the neighboring residential complex, the moving process only took half a day. Apart from the piano being rather troublesome—everything else was simple. Even Tang Keke came bustling over to help move things.

Perhaps due to Chen Qin's thoughtfulness, she had already had the house renovated in advance. The decoration style was identical to their apartment—the same rustic wood theme. Moreover, by the floor-to-ceiling window near the staircase, there was a dedicated spot for the piano.

The house was a duplex penthouse, roughly two to three hundred square meters combined over two floors, much larger than the original fifty square meters.

The kitchen now had its own dedicated space and partition. The second floor had separate rooms, and there were bathrooms on both levels—practical and aesthetically pleasing.

Chen Qin had even prepared a separate activity area for Yi Wan, complete with a three-meter-tall cat tree.

There were three independent balconies, plus a rooftop terrace. They could even air-dry clothes without needing the dryer.

"Such a luxurious house. How much must this cost?" Ye Shuang couldn't help but wonder after moving everything in. With the property prices in this area being thirty to forty thousand per square meter, it must be close to ten million.

"Looks like I need to work harder." Holding the property deed with his name on it, Ye Shuang scratched his head.

Maybe I should tell Chen Qin to stop my salary and use it to pay off the house first.

Meanwhile, Bai Yuyou was curiously walking around holding Yi Wan. But Yi Wan, feeling a bit scared in the unfamiliar environment, huddled in Bai Yuyou's arms with airplane ears.

"Brother, your house is so big." Tang Keke walked over, feeling rather impressed.

When she first met Bai Yuyou, the girl was living in one of those old, dilapidated residential buildings. Now she was living in such a beautiful house. In a little while, wouldn't they be buying a standalone villa?

"Come on, let's go check out the rooms." Once things were mostly settled, Ye Shuang didn't forget to take Bai Yuyou upstairs to tour the rooms.

Ye Shuang's room was relatively ordinary, with a simple, minimalist rustic wood style. Bai Yuyou's room was on the second floor. Though also furnished in the rustic wood style, Chen Qin had decorated it very warmly. On the soft, snow-white bed—next to the pillows—were two Pikachu plushies.

On the wall nearby was a dedicated guitar rack. The guitar Ye Shuang had bought for Bai Yuyou hung quietly on the wall like a decoration.

On the independent desk sat a computer. Inside the "sea view" style PC case, besides a Pikachu figurine placed in an empty spot, the latest top-of-the-line graphics card's fans were slowly spinning, with the liquid cooling tubes emitting a dazzling white glow.

"Wow, a 90-series graphics card! And what's this? The new I9 processor?" Tang Keke practically pressed her face against the glass of the PC case. "This setup must have cost tens of thousands."

Ye Shuang wasn't very knowledgeable about computers; he had just searched for a configuration online and bought it.

Bai Yuyou also hardly used computers and just asked, "Watching videos shouldn't lag, right?"

Tang Keke felt a bit helpless dealing with these two computer novices, Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou. "With a computer this good, of course it won't lag. Just don't download random stuff."

Ye Shuang suddenly thought this might be a good opportunity to have Bai Yuyou learn how to use a computer.

Although phones can replace many computer functions these days, they ultimately can't completely substitute for one.

Then there was the rooftop area. Since it was open-air, Ye Shuang had prepared a sun umbrella and a few lounge chairs. A circle of flowers and plants was planted around the perimeter, and there was space nearby for occasional barbecues.

"The wind feels nice," Bai Yuyou said softly.

Then, as if remembering something, she asked, "Ye Shuang, where's the wind chime?"

"The wind chime?" Ye Shuang smiled upon hearing this. "It's in my room."

"Oh."

"Do you like it? The new house." Ye Shuang ruffled her hair.

"I like it. I like houses filled with sunlight." The girl nodded. Perhaps because she had lived in a dimly lit attic for so long, Bai Yuyou especially loved places with sunlight. The room Chen Qin prepared for her also had the best natural light in the entire house.

"But..."

"But?"

"I want to sleep with Ye Shuang," Bai Yuyou said.

"You have your own independent space now." Ye Shuang smiled, pinching the girl's soft cheek.

"Mmm..." Bai Yuyou's ahoge visibly drooped.

They used to be able to sleep together before, but then Ye Shuang gradually reduced the frequency, until now they even had separate rooms.

"Occasionally is fine," Ye Shuang then said.

Bai Yuyou seemed to perk up a bit.

"It's okay, Yuyou. 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder,' you know? Do you know what a 'night raid' is?" Tang Keke, however, stood on her tiptoes and whispered into Bai Yuyou's ear, "I think this is a good opportunity."

"Oh, oh."

"Listen to me. It's a sure win." Tang Keke said with full confidence.

"Sure win." Although Bai Yuyou didn't really understand what a 'night raid' was, she still nodded along.

Right at that moment, the doorbell rang—

Noticing it, Ye Shuang seemed to remember something and asked Bai Yuyou to answer the door.

"Yuyou, could you go get the door?"

"Okay."

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