“Are you participating, Ye Shuang?” Bai Yuyou asked as well. The school did hold some fairly interesting little events from time to time, and according to what the counselor had said, there would even be special guests among the people hiding—celebrities and the like.
“Me?” Ye Shuang smiled at that. He had originally been planning to refuse; after all, he still intended to discuss Tang Hao’s situation with Fugui. But the day after tomorrow, he would indeed be at school, and taking an hour out of his schedule to participate in a game of hide-and-seek was hardly a problem.
Seeing the anticipation in Bai Yuyou’s eyes, he could only say, “Hmm… then I’ll participate too.”
“Okay.” Bai Yuyou immediately nodded lightly when she heard Ye Shuang agree.
“If they’re choosing participants by class, are you two signing up?” Ye Shuang asked Peach and Ducky.
“I’ll be in charge of finding people,” Peach said.
“I’m very good at invisibility techniques. After all, I’m a member of the An Shi family,” Ducky said. “I’ll dig a hole and crawl inside when the time comes. Earth Release!”
Ye Shuang: “…”
What if you get buried alive by your own ninjutsu?
Although they were all talking about the same sort of thing, compared with the two fish, Ducky somehow seemed particularly unreliable.
A while later, Tang Keke returned as well.
“Hehe.”
Seeing her grinning from ear to ear, Ye Shuang glanced at her tray and noticed that she had added two fried chicken drumsticks. There was also considerably more rice.
Ye Shuang: “…”
“Keke, isn’t that a bit too much?”
“Didn’t you say I should eat until I’m full, Big Brother?” Keke retorted.
“…”
Ye Shuang silently picked up one of the drumsticks and placed it on Bai Yuyou’s tray. He then tore the crispy coating off Keke’s fried chicken, exposing the tender white meat underneath, and smiled.
“Go ahead.”
“Big Brother, are you a demon?!”
The crispy coating was the best part!
Keke immediately began to whine tearfully as she shoveled rice into her mouth.
While they were eating, Ye Shuang’s phone rang again. He glanced at it, then silently set it back down.
“I won’t be eating at home tonight,” Ye Shuang said.
“Oh?” Keke and Bai Yuyou didn’t ask any further. Ye Shuang occasionally had things of his own to take care of, after all.
Bai Yuyou did ask, “Ye Shuang, should we save you some dinner?”
“No need. Auntie Li invited me to have barbecue over at Chen Hai’s place. You two go ahead and eat,” Ye Shuang explained.
“Mm.”
…
By nightfall, around eight o’clock, Ye Shuang arrived at Chen Hai’s barbecue stall. Perhaps because it was still before the dinner rush, there were only one or two tables of customers.
“Oh, you’re here?” Chen Hai was still skewering meat when he saw Ye Shuang and greeted him.
“You’ve lost quite a bit of weight.” Ye Shuang looked Chen Hai up and down. Just judging by his appearance, Chen Hai had lost at least twenty pounds and had gotten noticeably darker. Ye Shuang wasn’t sure whether it was because running a stall was so exhausting, or because his previous office job had involved nothing but sitting around and never exercising.
“Right? Just wait until I work my way up to an eight-pack.” Chen Hai gave himself a boastful grin.
Ye Shuang then glanced at An Yao. After all, she had been staying by Chen Hai’s side for so long that he wasn’t sure what exactly their relationship was.
Feelings could develop over time, especially when a single man and woman were constantly living under the same roof.
Given Chen Hai’s personality, Ye Shuang found it hard to believe that nothing had happened between him and An Yao.
But this wasn’t the time to worry about that. Ye Shuang looked around and didn’t see Fugui anywhere. Clearly, he had arrived early.
“Can I sit here?” Ye Shuang pointed casually at a seat.
“You can sit anywhere. Hell, if you pay, you can even sit on my lap,” Chen Hai said cheerfully.
Ye Shuang casually acknowledged him and sat down on the chair.
Since Fugui had yet to arrive, Chen Hai brought over his supplies and sat down beside Ye Shuang to skewer meat. He didn’t forget to chat with him as he worked. “Your memory really came back?”
“Some of it. Enough to get by.”
“Damn, that sounds kind of terrifying. What do you mean, ‘enough to get by’?” Chen Hai pursed his lips. “I heard from that doctor that you had something called… A-Hai Lolita syndrome?”
“…”
Ye Shuang was rendered speechless. He almost didn’t feel like explaining Alzheimer’s disease anymore.
Why not just call it Chen Hai Lolita syndrome while you’re at it?
“Anyway, it’s senile dementia, right? He said you might have Alzheimer’s. Fortunately, you seem perfectly normal now,” Chen Hai said with a grin.
“I am fine.” Ye Shuang knew that Chen Hai was expressing concern for him. After a few seconds of silence, he returned the man’s smile.
Just then, An Yao stood up to help a customer get some drinks. Seeing that Fugui still hadn’t arrived, Ye Shuang asked Chen Hai, “There’s nothing going on between you and An Yao, is there?”
“No. We just have a normal boss-and-subordinate relationship.”
“Really?”
“Would I lie about it? Look at me. Do you really think I’d fall for a bean sprout like her?”
“…”
After hearing Chen Hai say that, Ye Shuang didn’t ask anything else. An Yao seemed to have heard him because his voice had been a little too loud, and she turned around to look at them.
Chen Hai simply smiled and gestured for An Yao to continue working.
Just then, Ye Shuang’s phone rang. At the same time, he noticed a shockingly hot-pink figure swaying down the street under everyone’s gaze. One of the person’s hands was raised slightly, and the pink Hermès Birkin bag in it swung back and forth.
“Mm-hmm~”
Naturally, it was Fugui. Ye Shuang waved when he saw her.
“Little Shuangshuang~ Where’s my Little Yuyou?”
“It’s just me. I wouldn’t bring her along when we’re discussing business,” Ye Shuang said. Seeing that Fugui seemed to be in a pretty good mood today, he smiled and asked, “Something good happen?”
“Oh, stop it. Did you notice?”
“You’ve got that smug look all over your face. Did you win the lottery?” Chen Hai asked from the side.
“Ugh, you’re so annoying! Go grill your skewers!”
“Damn, why are you being so fierce?”
Muttering under his breath, Chen Hai went to get more skewers. Fugui then sent Ye Shuang an electronic document. Her manicured nails tapped rapidly against the screen of his phone.
“Look.”
“Is this about Tang Hao?” Ye Shuang opened the document and began reading.
“Yep. One of my little brothers found a trace of him. He’s gone into hiding, but apparently he went back to his hometown to look up some relatives,” Fugui said with a beaming smile.
“You didn’t catch him?” Ye Shuang asked.
“Nope. But we invited all those relatives from his hometown to the company for a little chat. I think we’ll have a lead on Tang Hao very soon.”
“That works.” Ye Shuang was disappointed that they hadn’t caught Tang Hao himself, but it wasn’t a major issue. Now that they had found his trail, things would be much easier.
It was still far better than having him vanish without a trace.
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