After everyone had almost finished their selections, Ye Shuang noticed that An Shiyu and Anshi Yi were nowhere to be seen, so he casually asked, "Where are Little Yu and the others? Where did they run off to?"
"Oh, I just saw them a moment ago. It seemed that when Little Yu was picking out a swimsuit, Xiaoyi said something, and the two of them started fighting."
They started fighting?
Ye Shuang pictured that scene for a second, then quickly figured out what was going on. Most likely, Xiaoyi had said something that stepped all over Little Yu's sore spot, but this sort of thing was hardly unusual between the two.
It was probably something along the lines of "They're so tiny," or "Not like me at all." In reality, Little Yu wasn't actually that small — when she clung to his arm, he could feel she was nearly a B-cup after all. It was just that compared to all the other girls around Ye Shuang... there was no comparison, no hurt, that was all.
Just as Ye Shuang and the others were chatting, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi came back.
From the way the two of them walked one after the other, it looked like Little Yu had won. After all, Xiaoyi really was a little worse than Little Yu when it came to fighting, and Xiaoyi had ended up with a black eye.
"I'm picking this one," An Shiyu said then, holding out a swimsuit to Ye Shuang.
"And mine too, pay up, pay up," Anshi Yi also handed a similar swimsuit to Ye Shuang.
"Didn't I already give you both an advance on your salaries?"
"Wow — you said you'd give us a subsidy, remember?"
"Fine then." Ye Shuang didn't bother to haggle over it much. He was already used to the two of them taking advantage of him, and even so, he didn't really mind their behavior at all. Maybe it was because the two of them were genuinely talented, so much so that he didn't even care if they turned his office into an esports gaming room. The higher one's ability, the more leeway the world gives you.
After they finished picking out swimsuits, Ye Shuang took the whole group out for a meal before heading home. Since they were already out, they might as well eat outside.
……
Night fell.
The house at night was no different from usual. It was just a little livelier with the two new girls around, though Yi Wan wasn't having the most comfortable time. Every now and then, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi would pick the twenty-pound cat up and mess with it.
Pinching its chonky belly, dancing while holding it — none of that was fun for a little cat like Yi Wan.
"Meow!" Even Yi Wan, who was usually the most good-tempered, chose to hide on top of the cat tree and refuse to come down. But Anshi Yi was even better at climbing than the cat, and she immediately dragged Yi Wan down to keep playing with it.
In the end, Yi Wan curled up in a corner facing the wall, looking just like a big golden fried chicken drumstick. It wouldn't make a peep, sulking all by itself.
"Alright, stop messing with Yi Wan all the time," Ye Shuang said, seeing An Shiyu and Anshi Yi who just wouldn't stop. "You two have so much energy, take Liuqianwu out for a walk instead."
"Sounds good?" Anshi Yi said. "I'm a pro at walking dogs."
"Woof?" Liuqianwu, who had been lying comfortably squinting on the balcony, perked up its ears the second it heard that.
It seemed to think of something terrifying, flailing its little short legs a few times, then grabbed its leash and hid it away.
"..." Ye Shuang fell silent watching that scene. "What did you do to Liuqianwu?"
"Nothing much. I just took it on a twenty-kilometer hike a few days ago."
"Have you considered how much it weighs?"
"This way it can lose weight, right?"
"..."
Seeing how full of energy An Shiyu and Anshi Yi were, Ye Shuang rubbed his temples. Bai Yuyou, sitting off to the side, was comparatively calm. She already knew the two of them well enough — it was just the novelty of moving in, and they would get tired of messing with Yi Wan and Liuqianwu in a few days.
"Drinking coffee so late at night?" An Shiyu noticed Ye Shuang pulling a shot of espresso for himself.
"I still have to go over some documents and write my novel later, so a cup of this will help me stay awake," Ye Shuang said. This was more of a habit for him anyway; getting addicted to caffeine wasn't exactly something strange.
"Chen Qin isn't coming back tonight, right?" Anshi Yi suddenly asked.
"She's not. What's up?" Ye Shuang replied. If she came back, she'd be able to join the party tomorrow.
"Oh." An Shiyu and Anshi Yi responded, then headed upstairs.
Ye Shuang gave them a strange look, but didn't think much of it. He never could tell what was going on inside those two girls' heads.
"Ye Shuang..." Bai Yuyou, who was sitting beside him, suddenly spoke up. "I want to sleep with you."
Ye Shuang paused, his coffee cup held mid-air.
Maybe because he was thinking about things that happened earlier that day, he glanced over at the girl instinctively. "Uh, that..."
"Okay," Ye Shuang agreed in the end.
"I want to take a bath with you too."
"..."
"Is that not okay?" Bai Yuyou tilted her head, her hands folded in front of her.
"It's fine, it's okay." Ye Shuang looked a little flustered, awkwardly shifting his gaze away so he wouldn't make eye contact with her. The air between them turned soft and intimate.
He coughed lightly, then said, "I'll head upstairs to work first."
"Okay." Bai Yuyou watched Ye Shuang hurrying to escape, and a faint, knowing smile tugged at her lips.
Later that night, Ye Shuang did take a bath with Bai Yuyou. They didn't do anything that crossed the final line, though — in the end, they just found relief in an intimate, soft way, and Ye Shuang didn't go all the way.
After all, to Ye Shuang, the bathroom just felt a little too unceremonious for that.
"..."
After the bath, Ye Shuang carried Bai Yuyou in his arms over to the bed. The two of them had calmed down quite a bit by then, but Bai Yuyou's cheeks were still flushed pink, and she just gazed at Ye Shuang adoringly.
"I..." Ye Shuang looked back at Bai Yuyou. He knew that even without taking that final step, all the little intimate things they had been doing were already pretty far. He wasn't going to act all high and mighty and tell her they shouldn't do that stuff anymore.
He leaned down and kissed her on the lips.
"Kiss more~" Bai Yuyou wrapped her arms around Ye Shuang's neck.
Maybe because they had just gotten out of the bath, their kiss was gentle and short. After that, Bai Yuyou put on her pajamas, and reached out to stroke Ye Shuang's face. "Ye Shuang..."
"Hm?" Ye Shuang blinked, feeling there was something more.
"Do you like that? Can we do that every day?" Bai Yuyou asked softly, squeezing his hand.
"Well..." Ye Shuang was just about to say something when Bai Yuyou's pretty eyes glinted, and she whispered, "We can sneak around and do that when Sister Chen Qin isn't here."
He froze for a second, and he could even catch a little mischief glimmering in her eyes.
Ye Shuang reached out and pinched her cheek.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
