Working in Perfect Harmony

In the bathroom, shrouded in misty steam, Bai Yuyou held her clothes in her arms. A faint blush colored her fair, pretty face. “Then... will you soak with me for a while?”

And they could do some intimate things, too. Bai Yuyou liked that very much.

The next second, she saw Ye Shuang suddenly move in the bathtub as if startled. “Huh?!”

“What’s wrong?” Bai Yuyou tilted her head. “Is there something in the bathtub?”

Why did it look like Ye Shuang had been bitten by something?

“There’s a fish...” Ye Shuang thought to himself, though of course he couldn’t say that out loud. After swallowing nervously, his mind began racing. Maybe he could ask Yuyou to fetch some clothes from the balcony... but the clothes rack beside them was already piled with clothes. That excuse wouldn’t work at all, would it?

Should he confess? Honestly, confessing was probably better.

Just then, seeing that Ye Shuang wasn’t saying anything, Bai Yuyou took it as tacit agreement and cracked the bathroom door open, preparing to come in.

Tap, tap, tap.

Her slippers stepped across the wet floor.

“Yuyou—” A voice suddenly came from behind Bai Yuyou. “Yuyou~ Where are you?”

Bai Yuyou paused. Recognizing Tang Keke’s voice, she glanced back, then looked toward Ye Shuang again, visibly hesitating. She really wanted to take a bath, but she was also wondering whether something had happened to Keke.

“Keke’s calling you. Go see what’s going on first,” Ye Shuang immediately said with a smile.

“Okay.” After thinking it over, Bai Yuyou could only close the bathroom door again. Her footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Ye Shuang finally breathed a small sigh of relief. At that moment, bubbles began rising from the water in front of him. With a splash, Anshi Yi sat upright.

Her hair was drenched, and she shook her head from side to side, trying to fling off the water. But with hair that long, it clearly didn’t do much.

“That was close. Wasn’t my underwater escape technique impressive?” Anshi Yi glanced at the bathroom door in the distance.

Thunk.

Ye Shuang asked expressionlessly, “What were you doing just now?”

“What was I doing?” Anshi Yi put on an innocent expression.

“...”

“Oh, I think I might have controlled the little Kun-kun joystick for a bit.” Anshi Yi waved her hand.

Thunk.

A few seconds later, Ye Shuang grabbed Anshi Yi and threw her out. “Get out and reflect on what you’ve done!”

“Ow, what are you doing? You cheapskate! They can touch it, so why can’t I?”

...

Late at night, the house was quiet. Only the hallway and the drinks counter were lit by dim night-lights.

Ye Shuang and the others were all fast asleep, but one room still had its lights on.

“Tap tap tap.” The two fishes were playing games away into the night. Their schedules were far from normal—they didn’t make up for it by sleeping during the day, but because they could easily enter deep sleep to restore their energy, they rarely felt tired the next day.

“Yawn...” Anshi Yi stretched lazily, then picked up the laptop beside her.

An Shiyu glanced over. “What are you doing? Your character’s already dead.”

“I’m putting together a presentation PPT. Uncle needs it tomorrow, doesn’t he?” Anshi Yi put on a pair of black, blue-light-blocking glasses, then took out a little fish-shaped hair clip and pinned back the bangs over her forehead. Sitting cross-legged on the chair, she looked especially obedient and studious.

At that, An Shiyu reached over to touch the mini-fridge beside her, intending to grab a bottle of soda. Perhaps sensing something, she suddenly raised her head. On one of the other monitors, a shadow was moving in one of the split-screen feeds.

It seemed to be a person.

The cameras weren’t limited to Ye Shuang’s room. Most of the feeds showed the balcony, the area outside the door, and the first floor. Although the two fishes were as lazy and unreliable-looking as ever, they always completed every task Ye Shuang assigned to them—and then some.

That was why Ye Shuang always said the two fishes were truly talented. Sometimes, what one accomplished with their mouth could never compare to what they accomplished through their actions.

Take protecting Bai Yuyou’s safety, for example. An Shiyu and Anshi Yi had installed surveillance cameras outside the door. Since this was the top floor and there were no other residents nearby, the inexplicable shadow quickly caught An Shiyu’s attention.

“Coming here at two in the morning…” An Shiyu tilted her head slightly, then turned to Anshi Yi. “Oi, we’ve got work to do.”

Anshi Yi had already looked up from her laptop. She was watching the swaying shadow as well. It seemed to be skulking around in front of the building’s entrance, and Anshi Yi looked faintly intrigued.

“A thief? Or something else…?”

The shadow seemed to be checking for surveillance cameras. After finding nothing, he began feeling around the security door with his hands. His movements were extremely light, and with his head lowered, it was impossible to tell what he was doing.

“He probably came up through the fire escape, right? There aren’t any cameras there.” Anshi Yi took another look. After all, he couldn’t possibly be foolish enough to take the elevator.

“Mm. There are cameras in the elevator.” An Shiyu sipped her soda, remaining remarkably calm.

The shadow’s seemingly cautious behavior had, in reality, exposed everything to the two fishes.

Still, the two of them didn’t alert him. They simply watched while eating potato chips. If they rushed out now, the moment they opened the door, the man might run away.

After more than ten minutes, the man finally seemed to have finished whatever he had come to do. He turned around and disappeared toward the fire escape.

At the same time, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi rose and left the apartment. After opening the security door, they went straight into the elevator.

Taking the fire escape downstairs was much slower than taking the elevator. Besides, in the middle of the night, the man wouldn’t be running for his life and risk making suspicious noises.

“Ding.”

With a chime, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi arrived on the first floor.

They walked outside and sat down on a bench not far away. There weren’t even any lights over there, and dressed in black, the two fishes seemed to blend into the darkness.

Before long, they saw someone hurry out of the building.

“That’s him, right?” Anshi Yi asked.

“Mm, about the same height. And the clothes match too.” An Shiyu nodded. Her eyesight was considerably better than Chao Yiyu’s, especially when it came to seeing in the dark.

The lights around the residential complex were rather dim, making it impossible to see the other person’s face clearly. Once they saw the figure leave in a certain direction, the two of them got up and followed.

As if she had realized something, An Shiyu said to Anshi Yi beside her, “Go get the car ready first.”

“Okay.”

One went ahead while the other followed, the two working together with perfect coordination.