Where Are You Looking

Outside the window, torrential rain poured down. Inside, “sparks were flying.”

After two minutes of frenzied passion, Yoshie stood up and, with a sultry look in her eyes, grabbed Su Yang’s right hand.

“Let’s go.”

“Go? Where?” Su Yang asked blankly.

“To my room.”

“Maybe a little later? After they finish showering…”

Before Su Yang could finish, Yoshie immediately cut him off. “It’s fine. I know Qingxia very well. Her showers take at least forty minutes—an hour if she takes her time.”

“She takes that long? And there’s still someone upstairs.”

“Girls always take a long time to shower!” Yoshie said, grabbing Su Yang’s arm and pulling him toward the bedroom.

“Fine, whatever!” Su Yang couldn’t be bothered to argue anymore, so he followed Yoshie into the room and locked the door behind them.

As soon as they entered, Yoshie transformed into a woman possessed.

They didn’t even have time to turn on the lights before getting straight to business.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

The rain outside was deafening. Every so often, lightning tore across the night sky, its white light flashing into the room and illuminating the bedroom for half a second.

Boom!

The thunder grew even more explosive.

The wind, rain, and thunder outside drowned out every other sound.

…

More than forty minutes later, Yoshie opened the bedroom door and walked out first.

Su Yang waited another two minutes before leaving the room as well.

He had just reached the bathroom when he heard a click. At that moment, the bathroom door opened.

Qingxia stepped out with her damp hair wrapped in a white towel, a hair dryer in her hand, and walked straight into Su Yang.

“Ow.” Qingxia rubbed her head. “What are you doing here, Su-san?”

“Oh, nothing. Sis Mie asked me to help close the windows in her room. It’s raining, after all.”

“Oh, okay.”

Without giving it another thought, Qingxia hurried toward the living room.

Two minutes later, Li Yuanying finished showering upstairs and came bounding happily down the stairs.

Qingxia sat beside the sofa, drying her hair, while Li Yuanying had already finished drying hers and walked over to Yoshie.

“Huh? Sis Mie, why is your face so red?”

“Ah? Red… Is my face really red?” Yoshie asked nervously, reaching up to touch her cheek.

“It’s really red. If you don’t believe me, ask Su Yang.” As she spoke, Li Yuanying turned toward Su Yang, who was preparing coffee behind the bar.

“What?” Su Yang pretended not to hear her.

“Oh, it’s nothing,” Yoshie said with a smile. “I just exercised a little earlier, so I’m feeling warm.”

“Oh? Sis Mie, you like exercising too?”

Yoshie nodded. “Yes. When I have nothing else to do, I like doing some simple yoga.”

“Really? Then we already have something in common! I like exercising too, but I don’t really know yoga. Could you teach me?”

Yoshie smiled and nodded. “Sure, but I only know a few simple poses.”

“That’s fine. I wouldn’t be able to learn anything too difficult anyway.”

“All right. Let’s exercise on the rug.”

“Okay~” Li Yuanying said happily.

Fortunately, Yoshie really did know a few simple yoga poses. Otherwise, things would have been awkward.

After Qingxia finished drying her hair, she joined them as well. Su Yang went over to the sofa and sat down, watching the three of them exercise.

“Su Yang, don’t just sit there. Come exercise with us! Life is all about movement,” Li Yuanying said. She was kneeling on the floor with her right arm and left leg raised.

Su Yang thought to himself, I just exercised.

“Uh, you girls go ahead. I don’t like doing yoga.”

“Then what do you like?”

“I like… Uh, strength training.”

“Such as?”

“Lifting weights, deadlifts, things like that.”

“Oh, come on. This isn’t a gym. Can’t you work out without equipment? Do some push-ups or sit-ups. Come exercise with us.”

Su Yang gave an helpless smile. “All right, all right. I’m coming.”

He finished the last sip of his coffee and stood up, walking over to the edge of the rug. At that moment, Yoshie also stood up with a smile.

“You girls go ahead. I’ve already taught you all the poses I know. I’m going to take a shower.”

“Okay, go ahead,” Li Yuanying said with a smile.

Yoshie turned and headed toward the bathroom on the first floor. Su Yang walked over and crouched in front of Li Yuanying, preparing to say something.

However, his eyes unconsciously locked onto her for a second too long.

Li Yuanying glared at him. “What are you looking at?”

“Oh, I was just checking whether your form was correct.”

“Why do you care whether my form is correct? Go do your own exercises.”

“All right, all right.”

Su Yang lay down on the floor and halfheartedly did thirty push-ups before returning to the sofa and stretching out.

“You’re done already?” Li Yuanying asked, changing positions.

“Yeah, I’m done. You girls keep going.”

“Seriously? You were so halfhearted that I have no idea how you built all those muscles.” As she spoke, she continued holding her pose.

Su Yang smiled and couldn’t be bothered to explain. After sitting there for a few minutes, he got up again and headed toward the staircase.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going upstairs to take a shower. You girls keep exercising.”

More than ten minutes later, Su Yang finished showering, changed into his pajamas, and came downstairs.

By then, Li Yuanying and Qingxia were still exercising on the rug. Qingxia was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, “meditating,” while Li Yuanying was doing a plank on the floor.

“Seriously? You’re still exercising? Why didn’t you do this before showering? Now you’re all sweaty again, and you’ll have to shower afterward.”

“It’s fine. We’ll just rinse off again later.”

“You really don’t mind making things difficult for yourselves.”

Su Yang ignored them. He walked over to the sofa, picked up the remote, and changed the channel.

The rain outside had eased somewhat, but it still hadn’t stopped. Judging by the look of things, it would probably continue all night.

He curled up on the sofa, switched the television to a soccer match, then set down the remote and began watching.

[Ding! The system has detected that the host is relaxed and thoroughly enjoying the moment. Reward: five million.]

This scene was indeed incredibly relaxing. At some point, the lights in the living room had been dimmed. Two beautiful women were quietly exercising, Su Yang was lying on the sofa watching a soccer match, and another beautiful woman was taking a shower.

With the rain continuing outside, there was hardly anything more comfortable than this.

A few minutes later, Yoshie also finished showering and walked out. Li Yuanying and Qingxia finally stopped exercising, then went into the bathroom once more to rinse off.

This time, however, Su Yang and Yoshie managed to keep their impulses under control.

Their emotions had been stirred up too perfectly before, making it impossible not to act on them. Now that they were both calm, and Li Yuanying and Qingxia were only taking quick rinses, there simply wasn’t enough time.

Yoshie sat beside Su Yang and watched the soccer match with him.

On the television, a midfielder from the red team received the ball, dribbled past two players, and surged forward. He spotted the opening and sent a perfectly weighted through ball to the winger racing up the left flank.

The winger collected the pass, shook off the last defender, and charged into the penalty area, facing the goalkeeper one-on-one.

Just as he was about to take his shot—

Whoosh!

The television flickered without warning and instantly went black. At the exact same moment, the entire living room plunged into darkness.

“For crying out loud! You’ve got to be kidding me! The power goes out at the most crucial moment?!” Su Yang shouted angrily as he stood up.