Being a Bodyguard Is Hard

“You were the one who said you wanted to repay me and wouldn’t mind being bullied by me. Sigh… It hasn’t even been that long.” Anshi Yi put her hands on her hips and sighed. “I knew it. People’s hearts always change. Women’s words can’t be trusted—especially when they’ve got big backpacks.”

As she spoke, Anshi Yi even began putting on an act.

“Little Yu, I’ll never scold you again. Waaah, waaah, waaah!”

“Really?”

“Really. I’ll buy you mochi for three yuan.”

……

“Okay, okay, I know. I was already planning to treat everyone to dinner. You’re making me sound so stingy.” After seeing Anshi Yi start acting right there on the spot, Tang Keke’s face flushed as she spoke. “Honestly…”

Still, Tang Keke remembered that it seemed to have been An Shiyu who saved her back then.

Yet she somehow felt that it had been Xiaoyi who saved her.

Even though they were twins separated for many years, their personalities were still different in certain ways.

“Lend me a little more money?” Anshi Yi pinched Keke’s baby-fat cheek.

“Wow, so that was your plan all along!” Tang Keke immediately caught on. She darted behind Ye Shuang. “No way! Don’t even think about it! You make way more than I do, yet you’re still after my little bit of pocket money.”

“Come on, give me some.” Anshi Yi also stood in front of Ye Shuang, then leaned to one side and grinned mischievously at Keke.

“No!”

“Ow—”

The two girls began circling around Ye Shuang, who stood between them. The sight left him feeling both amused and helpless.

“All right, Xiaoyi. Stop eyeing Keke’s tiny savings all the time. It isn’t easy for her to earn money.” Ye Shuang reached out and lightly chopped Anshi Yi on the head.

Anshi Yi flashed her pearly white teeth.

Now that Keke had decided to treat them, Ye Shuang had her look for a restaurant serving whatever she wanted. It didn’t need to be expensive. There were quite a few of them, and Ye Shuang didn’t want Keke to receive her ten-thousand-yuan paycheck only to spend over a thousand on one meal.

Still, if they went to a farm-style restaurant, paying a little more would be fine. The food there was fresh and delicious. As for commercial restaurants, they could forget it.

“Okay.”

After hearing what Ye Shuang said, Tang Keke began discussing what they should have for dinner with Bai Yuyou and the others.

The problem was that they had already grown tired of most restaurants. After searching for a while, they still couldn’t find anywhere suitable.

“Keke, we could just throw a party and make whatever we want ourselves.” Seeing the troubled look on Keke’s face, Bai Yuyou spoke up.

Compared with eating out, Bai Yuyou preferred the warm, homey atmosphere of a homemade meal. It gave her a comforting feeling.

“Oh, right! Let’s buy ingredients and cook!” Tang Keke clenched her fist and tapped it against her palm. “We’ll save money and get to eat something delicious!”

“Hm? Weren’t we going out to eat?” Ye Shuang asked. If they were making a home-cooked meal, wouldn’t that be more or less the same as usual?

“Making it ourselves will let us prepare a bigger spread. We can also invite Taozi and the others over. We’ll have a party!” Tang Keke said. “But, Big Brother, you don’t need to do anything. We’ll handle it ourselves.”

Ye Shuang felt that there was something strange about the way Tang Keke had phrased those few sentences, but he didn’t think much of it. Since the two girls had already made up their minds, he smiled. “All right, then. I’ll just wait to eat.”

After hearing that they weren’t going out, the two fishes turned to Keke and said, “If we’re not going out, then get us some milk tea.”

“It’s just milk tea. No problem.” Tang Keke took out her phone and placed an order.

As for the ingredients, there was a large supermarket downstairs. However, since Keke and Bai Yuyou wanted to invite more people, it would be more affordable to have Sam’s deliver larger quantities directly.

Even though she had just been paid, it was always good to save where she could.

When Ye Shuang saw Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke busying themselves with preparations for dinner, he sat down on the sofa and messaged Chen Qin. Chen Qin wasn’t off work today, but when she heard that they were having a party that evening, she replied almost immediately—

Chen Qin: Sure! I’ll come back for dinner too. What time?

Chen Qin: With so many people, shouldn’t we organize some entertainment?

Chen Qin: Mahjong~ Mahjong~

After seeing Chen Qin’s messages, Ye Shuang glanced at the girls in the room. Keke and Bai Yuyou obviously didn’t know how to play mahjong, and Yezi was an elementary school student, so she was out of the question.

As for An Shiyu and Anshi Yi, Ye Shuang wasn’t sure. But without a doubt, the two fishes knew how to play everything.

The only problem was that they might cheat by secretly turning into extra tiles or something. They were repeat offenders, after all—and mahjong was a game of luck to begin with.

Ye Shuang replied to Chen Qin: We’ll see about mahjong later.

Chen Qin: Okay!

A little while later, the Sam’s delivery and the Meituan delivery arrived. One brought the ingredients, and the other brought the milk tea. Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke carried everything inside together. Ye Shuang had originally wanted to help, but the two girls flatly refused.

“So I just sit here and wait to eat?”

“Yep!”

After receiving that answer, Ye Shuang simply sat back down on the sofa and left them to it.

Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke took the ingredients into the kitchen and began preparing dinner. Seeing this, Ye Shuang looked toward An Shiyu and Anshi Yi, who were lounging on the sofa, idly playing with the cat.

“You two aren’t going to help in the kitchen?”

“Huh—”

“I have to protect your safety. I can’t leave my post, sir.” Anshi Yi pushed one hand forward and spoke with righteous conviction.

An Shiyu nodded as well, folding her arms and scooting her bottom a little closer to Ye Shuang. “Exactly.”

“I can’t believe you managed to make slacking off sound so noble,” Ye Shuang said.

“Huh? Huh?” At that moment, a noise came from the kitchen. Ye Shuang glanced over.

Tang Keke seemed to have opened one of the upper cabinets to retrieve something, and a metal tin filled with seasonings began wobbling precariously, about to fall!

Frightened, Keke shut her eyes and covered her head. But the next second, the tin hit the floor with a clang.

Along with the tin, a little ball rolled to the side.

“Huh? Are you all right? Ball?” Tang Keke opened her eyes. Bai Yuyou picked up the ball from the floor and looked toward the living room.

Anshi Yi was still frozen in the pose of having thrown something. There was no doubt that, in that split second, she had thrown the ball and knocked the tin away.

“That’s…” Ye Shuang also noticed Yi Wan, who was lying stiffly on the sofa with a dazed expression.

Just a moment ago, it had been playing with the little ball while lying on its side. Then, in the next instant, Anshi Yi had snatched it away.

“See? Being a bodyguard all these years isn’t easy. Don’t talk nonsense if you don’t understand.” Anshi Yi sat back down—right on top of Yi Wan.

“Meow?” Yi Wan licked its nose.

The ball’s gone, and now you’re sitting on me too?

“All right, fine.” With the evidence right in front of him, Ye Shuang had nothing more to say. But when he saw the two fishes pressing up against him, he asked, “This is how bodyguards work?”

“Close-protection bodyguards.”