Who Knows

Bai Yuyou really wasn’t good at drinking. In fact, she could practically pass out after a single drink. Before long, she was leaning against Ye Shuang’s arms with her eyes closed, resting.

Seeing this, Ye Shuang put an arm around her waist and asked Keke, who was standing nearby, “How did you let Yu You sneak a drink from my glass?”

“I don’t know either! By the time I realized what was happening, Yu You had already drunk some. Two sips, actually.” Tang Keke scratched her head. It wasn’t as if she had encouraged her—Yu You had downed half a glass of wine in just two gulps.

“This kind of sweet wine does go down pretty easily…” Ye Shuang picked Bai Yuyou up in his arms. Perhaps because the girl was wearing only a swimsuit, her snow-white skin had taken on a faint pink hue. Seeing her like that, Ye Shuang carried her over to a bed nearby.

“Looks like you’ll have to rest here for a while.” After drying the water from his body, Ye Shuang covered Bai Yuyou with a blanket.

However, just as he was about to stand up, his arm was suddenly caught.

“Ye Shuang, sleep with me.” Bai Yuyou’s delicate face was flushed, and her usually cool eyes seemed to shimmer with moisture. “Hugs… kisses…”

Ye Shuang coughed lightly and instinctively glanced to the side.

Tang Keke, who had followed them over, immediately turned her head away. “Oh my, I didn’t see anything. I don’t know anything… Oh, right, I forgot my ball over by the pool.”

With that, Tang Keke turned and ran off.

Ye Shuang: “…”

You didn’t have to hurry quite that much. The pool was right nearby, after all. Ye Shuang certainly wasn’t going to do anything with Bai Yuyou—otherwise, how would that be any different from putting on a public show? He gently pinched Bai Yuyou’s hand, and after the girl mumbled a few incoherent words, she closed her eyes as though she had fallen asleep.

“She’s drunk after just that much. I guess I really shouldn’t let Yu You touch alcohol again.” Ye Shuang reached out and pinched Bai Yuyou’s cheek.

“Ye Shuang…”

At that moment, Ye Shuang heard Bai Yuyou call his name. He lowered his head, only to find that the girl’s eyes were still closed.

“I want a baby…”

Ye Shuang froze for a moment. “You will.”

“Okay.”

Bai Yuyou’s expression was half-smiling, the corners of her lips curved into a faintly mischievous arc. Ye Shuang could only look at her helplessly.

But as for having a baby…

Yu You was about to graduate, after all. No matter how one looked at it, she shouldn’t be attending class with a swollen belly, even if she was already an adult.

“Using protection should be enough, right?” Ye Shuang thought to himself. Since things had come this far, he might as well let nature take its course. As he had always believed, plans could never keep up with change.

Ye Shuang brushed aside the hair falling across Bai Yuyou’s forehead and placed a light kiss there.

After staying with her a little longer, he returned to the pool.

“Is she all right? I heard she got drunk.” Anshi Yi happened to walk over wearing sunglasses, a kickboard tucked under one arm.

The girl was dressed in a purple swimsuit, and her legs looked firm and smooth—clearly the result of frequent exercise.

“Yu You’s fine. She just secretly drank some alcohol and got drunk.” Ye Shuang looked somewhat helpless. Anshi Yi, standing in front of him, asked, “Aren’t you getting in the water?”

“The water?” Ye Shuang looked at Tang Keke and the others playing in the pool, then smiled. “All right, then.”

The pool had already been heated to a comfortable temperature. Ye Shuang took off his jacket and got into the water.

The temperature was very pleasant. Any warmer, and it would have felt almost like soaking in a hot spring. In fact, many resorts advertised as having “natural hot springs” simply used heated tap water.

“Not bad,” Ye Shuang said, his gaze falling on the screen nearby. A movie happened to be playing.

“Right?” a voice came from beside him.

Ye Shuang glanced over and realized that, without noticing, he had been sandwiched between the two fishes.

Hm?

“Uncle.”

“What?”

“Can you promise me something?” An Shiyu suddenly asked.

Seeing the two fishes’ serious expressions, Ye Shuang paused. “What is it?”

“Don’t cry so easily,” An Shiyu said.

Don’t cry so easily?

A few seconds later, Ye Shuang came back to himself and tugged at the corner of his mouth. “I told you, that was just a misunderstanding.”

“Really?”

“It was… Also, you two, stop touching my thighs!” Ye Shuang grabbed their wandering hands. “Ow?!”

“You’re obviously just a tsundere,” An Shiyu whispered, moving her face closer to Ye Shuang. She tilted her chin up, droplets of water clinging to her hair, while her eyes held an inexplicably alluring look.

“Exactly. You’re so wild behind closed doors, Uncle,” Anshi Yi added, leaning in from the other side. “You’re not nearly as innocent as you pretend to be.”

“You two…” Although Ye Shuang had managed to restrain both of their hands, two hands were no match for four. He could only say, “Keke and the others are right in front of us.”

“What’s wrong with that?” An Shiyu seemed rather pleased.

“Exactly.”

“Guess what I saw last night?”

Ye Shuang: “…”

“You two didn’t install surveillance cameras somewhere again, did you?” Ye Shuang seemed to understand what was going on.

“Daddy! Come play with us over here!”

Just as An Shiyu was about to say something, Yezi called out from nearby, waving her little hand.

“Who knows?” Seeing this, An Shiyu withdrew her hand, stretched, and climbed out of the pool with a splash, leaving Ye Shuang with nothing but a certain curve in view.

“Hm?” Anshi Yi followed suit, pulling back her hands and climbing out as well.

Ye Shuang watched them for a few seconds before finally turning his attention to Yezi.

“Daddy!”

“Coming.” Ye Shuang swam over.

…

By the time Bai Yuyou woke up, it was already past four in the afternoon. She had slept for about two hours—not particularly long.

She sat up in bed and noticed that Ye Shuang and the others were playing cards at a table nearby. When they saw her wake up, they waved her over.

“Over here, Yu You. Are you feeling all right?”

“I’m fine.” Bai Yuyou touched her cheek. It felt cool now, unlike the heat she had felt earlier.

“Here, put on your jacket.”

After putting on the jacket, Bai Yuyou sat down beside Ye Shuang.

“Hmm… You should be okay now, right?” Ye Shuang reached out and felt her forehead, then her cheek. It seemed there was nothing seriously wrong.

“Don’t secretly drink alcohol next time, okay?” Ye Shuang smiled.

“Alcohol is a wonderful thing.” Bai Yuyou’s sudden remark made Ye Shuang pause.

“Why?”

“I had a wonderful dream. I gave birth to a baby,” Bai Yuyou said softly.

Thunk.

The next second, she covered her head. Ye Shuang had withdrawn his hand after lightly knocking her on the head—he rarely did that to Bai Yuyou.

“That has nothing to do with the alcohol.”

“Oh.”

“All right, come play cards with us. We finally have some time off, so don’t waste it sleeping, okay?”

“Okay…”