"I need to go to the bathroom... number two."
Ye Cheng spoke decisively.
"Ten minutes?" Shen Qinghan asked tentatively.
Ye Cheng: "..."
"I might also have a bit of diarrhea," Ye Cheng added, hoping to buy himself more time.
"Five minutes," Shen Qinghan nodded, speaking once again.
Ye Cheng: "???"
That's not right, Miss. How come the time is getting even shorter?
"Just kidding, Miss. Actually, it's a mix of wet and dry," Ye Cheng spoke up again.
Shen Qinghan: "..."
Just like that, through Ye Cheng's rather "disgusting" tactic, he successfully made the young miss give up arguing with him about the bathroom issue, ultimately earning himself twenty minutes of solo outing time.
If he didn't return in twenty minutes, he'd have to face the consequences.
Because she was too sleepy, Shen Qinghan gave Ye Cheng a final warning not to run around, or else he'd face the consequences, before falling asleep once again. This time, Ye Cheng didn't dare to provoke the young miss anymore.
He quickly slipped away, pretending to head in the direction of the bathroom, and then... hurried downstairs, finally circling around to the flowerbed behind the hospital.
"Cuz, I'm here~~~"
Ye Cheng's voice was so cheesy that hearing it made one feel the urge to slap him twice or punch him to death.
The head maid, who had been waiting at the flowerbed for a long time, was petting a cat not far away. It was a huge orange cat, the kind that ate until it was fat and chubby. There was also a lot of food and milk around. This was the very same Big Orange that had been beaten into a meme by the young miss during the day.
After waking up, Big Orange had very happily accepted the young miss's "medical expenses" and was joyfully eating there until the evening when the head maid appeared.
Being very attentive, coupled with the head maid's long-term experience in taking care of people, Big Orange was already so comfortable it looked like it was high on catnip, its facial expression even becoming a bit languid.
It allowed the head maid to pet it freely.
It had a lot of meat on its body, very solid. Other little kittens are made of liquid, but it was obvious that the Big Orange in front of her was made of solid meat!
The head maid was holding the cat and petting it. She looked up at Ye Cheng, who had just run out of the hospital, and said, "You're late."
"Relax, it was only about 84 seconds. Xia Xia, you wouldn't be mad, right?" Ye Cheng blinked.
Head Maid: "..."
The head maid had been waiting here according to her previous agreement with Ye Cheng, but when the agreed time arrived, Ye Cheng still hadn't come out.
She would have waited at most another half hour before leaving, planning to continue tomorrow or find another time later, just as they had agreed.
Ye Cheng's so-called 84 seconds was actually less than two minutes, about a minute and a half. It couldn't really be considered late, and the head maid didn't mind, but she just couldn't help pointing it out to see Ye Cheng's attitude toward being "late."
Still... a shameless rascal.
However, looking at Ye Cheng's appearance, the head maid roughly guessed that he must have encountered some unexpected situations.
"Your young miss woke up?" the head maid's tone was enigmatic.
"Yeah. Huh? How did you know? Xia Xia, could it be that you also have mind-reading powers!" Ye Cheng looked incredulous.
Head Maid: "..."
What did he mean by "also"?
She had guessed it. She was a scholar in the field of psychology, so deducing these things wasn't difficult for her.
She rarely missed the mark. It was only with Ye Cheng that she had failed repeatedly. Just when she thought she had seen through him, he would always pull some new trick on her.
Just like before, exceeding her expectations and even her comprehension, Ye Cheng's leap at the mountain behind the hospital was still vivid in her mind.
Obviously, Ye Cheng was not like anyone she had ever encountered before. At the very least... he definitely didn't fall into any of the categories she studied. People like him were the rarest of the rare exceptions.
This kind of person was either a madman or a genius.
Ye Cheng was clearly stuck between genius and madman... repeatedly jumping back and forth.
This kind of "anomaly" that broke common sense was something she didn't possess... and it deeply attracted her.
She also admitted that she was interested in this incomprehensible guy, but it was purely just interest. There wouldn't be any further relationship.
Absolutely!
Absolutely!!
Absolutely!!!
"Let's go, Xia Xia. We don't have much time left. I told the young miss twenty minutes, but judging by how sleepy she was just now, this time can be extended to twenty-five or even thirty minutes."
Ye Cheng's voice instantly pulled the head maid back to reality, fixing her attention firmly on him.
Ye Cheng's voice continued, and his calculations continued. Everything was being tightly processed in his brain. Only someone with a high IQ like the head maid could keep up with his train of thought at this moment.
If the little secretary or some pink-brained, small-fry young miss were here, their combined CPU could barely keep up for a second before crashing.
Duh-duh-duh... it felt like if they spoke two more sentences, they would start drooling.
"So we have about 966 seconds to complete the operation and finally return to the hospital ward to lie in bed before the young miss wakes up. Let's go, Xia Xia. Time is tight and the task is heavy. Let's set off without delay. Don't worry, Xia Xia, I'll hold onto you tightly!"
After Ye Cheng finished speaking, he hugged the head maid's waist without hesitation!
Head Maid: "..."
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the head maid's face flushed red. Even her brain experienced a brief short-circuit after Ye Cheng hugged her so decisively.
The extremely embarrassed and indignant head maid ultimately didn't hit Ye Cheng; she just gave his thumb a bite.
In the end, the two rode on a pre-prepared electric scooter, heading toward the Xia family villa at top speed. Actually, Ye Cheng running there himself would have been about the same speed, or even a bit faster. However, considering that he was still a "patient" right now, he eventually gave up on that idea.
After all, he had just undergone surgery. He had to show some respect for that...
Just as Ye Cheng had said earlier, he held onto the head maid tightly. As for the expression on the head maid's face... it couldn't be seen clearly.
Under the night sky, her ears were burning hot...
...
In the hospital.
At a corner of the corridor, a mother and daughter looked at each other, the surrounding atmosphere seeming somewhat oppressive.
"Zhixia, Mom admits that what I did before was a bit excessive and done without your consent, but Mom truly did it for your own good. There's something off about that boy. He's too dangerous."
Su Su broke the slight silence.
Even though she knew part of the hidden truth and realized she might have been deceived by Du Wanyi, Su Su still stuck to her original view, and even agreed with it more strongly now.
Ye Cheng was too dangerous.
Especially after seeing Shen Qinghan's reaction, Su Su realized that Ye Cheng was definitely not a simple person. Otherwise, how could he handle the daughter of that Demoness?
It wasn't like she hadn't seen that child before. She was naturally withdrawn and not a normal person at all. How could anyone who could hang out with Shen Qinghan be a normal person?
And the facts had proven her deduction right. Ye Cheng was indeed abnormal... even somewhat aberrant.
"Are you done? If you're done, I'm heading back." Dongfang Zhixia's tone was incredibly calm, showing no signs of emotional fluctuation.
Su Su's heart skipped a beat. This was obviously the worst-case scenario. Their daughter was no longer listening to reason; she was completely spellbound!
"What's the next step? Are you going to offer him money to leave?" Dongfang Zhixia sneered.
Su Su: "???"
"If you do that, or if you keep acting like this, I will never go back home for the rest of my life!" Dongfang Zhixia declared, turning to leave.
Su Su: "???"
Daughter, could you please say this a bit earlier next time? We've already done it. Saying it now is a bit...
Su Su's heart raced and her expression turned grim. She knew they had hit the absolute bottom line. Their recent move of handing Ye Cheng a check to make him leave had crossed the limit of what their daughter could tolerate.
"You've already done it?" Dongfang Zhixia suddenly stopped in her tracks, narrowing her eyes at her mother.
Su Su: "!!!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
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.”
