Chen Shuo was lying in bed, flipped over, refusing to separate from his quilt.
Su Xiyan crossed her arms in front of her chest, standing in the doorway. She assumed an authoritative demeanor: "Chen Shuo! Get up to make breakfast!"
Chen Shuo threw his phone to Su Xiyan: "Order takeout for us! Pay with my phone. It'll be my treat. Let me sleep a little longer, okay?"
Su Xiyan caught Chen Shuo's phone with one hand, and threw it back to his bed without even glancing at it, clearly indicating her refusal: "No."
"If I order takeout, what would be your purpose for existing?"
Chen Shuo was like an ostrich burying his head in his quilt: "Here's a friendly reminder that I'm your business partner now."
Su Xiyan gave her final warning: "Get up or not?!"
Chen Shuo stubbornly said: “Not getting up!"
"I refuse to get up. What can you do to me?"
"I doubt you'd dare to rip off my quilt."
Next second, Chen Shuo suddenly felt a chill as Su Xiyan really tore off his quilt.
At the moment of snatching away the quilt, Su Xiyan immediately averted her eyes.
Underneath the quilt, Chen Shuo was only wearing a pair of boxer briefs. In the early morning, for a virile young man....well, you get the idea.
Chen Shuo scrambled for the pillow next to him to hide his private parts: "I'm a man of virtue, preserving myself for my future girlfriend. Don't take things too far!"
Su Xiyan's eyebrow twitched slightly: "Is that so?"
Compared to Su Xiyan's calm and composure, Chen Shuo's face turned red again despite himself.
He could only order her to leave: "Now you've seen everything, why are you still not leaving?"
"If you still refuse to leave, I can't guarantee I won't do something irrational in the next moment!"
"I can be very scary! Bear the consequences on your own!"
Su Xiyan had intended to exit the room initially, but Chen Shuo's words piqued her interest instead: "Oh? Let's see how scary you can get."
Chen Shuo felt that Su Xiyan at this moment was simply an overbearing bully forcibly robbing men of their innocence!
So he steeled his heart: "You want to see? I'll show you!!"
After saying so, Chen Shuo pretended to remove the pillow shielding his private area.
Unexpectedly, Su Xiyan remained perfectly composed where she stood, smiling as she enjoyed watching his awkward predicament.
Chen Shuo: "......I lose!"
"What would you like for breakfast? I'll get up and make it now."
Only then did Su Xiyan nod in satisfaction. She picked up the quilt tossed onto the floor and dexterously threw it back to Chen Shuo.
Then she strode out of Chen Shuo’s room, her long legs moving lightly.
Still hugging the quilt on his bed, Chen Shuo felt his mind going blank. Did I just get teased by a girl?
Luckily there were still ingredients purchased beforehand in the fridge. Chen Shuo made seaweed wontons and fried runny eggs. He brewed two cups of soy milk using the soymilk maker. That was finally a breakfast satisfactory to Su Xiyan.
While eating, Su Xiyan casually asked Chen Shuo, "Just now you mentioned preserving yourself for your girlfriend. Too bad you don’t have one currently. If you had a girlfriend, what would you most want to do with her?"
"Do? Is your ‘do’ meant innocently?" Chen Shuo put down his soy milk.
Su Xiyan glared at Chen Shuo. "Answer properly."
Chen Shuo thought for a while and said, "Of course it would be taking her shopping! And eating all kinds of delicious food, buying beautiful clothes. Go watch a movie when tired and so on."
"Finally...." Chen Shuo looked at Su Xiyan, "I won't elaborate on the ‘finally’ part. Telling you would be pointless since you wouldn't understand anyway."
After breakfast, Chen Shuo was about to go back to bed.
Unexpectedly, Su Xiyan didn't give him that chance at all.
"It's weekend today, which means the weekly major cleanup day."
"My closet is messy again. Help me organize it."
This was the agreement previously reached between Su Xiyan and Chen Shuo. So Chen Shuo could only go to her room to help tidy up her closet.
He operated vigorously, sorting dresses, tops, denim shorts, pajamas, sun protection clothing, all kinds of intimate pieces, stockings in various colors and materials. He categorized them properly and placed them in their appropriate locations.
After organizing, the entire closet looked much more spacious.
Tidying it weekly, Su Xiyan's closet would get messy again anyhow. Chen Shuo always felt she did that on purpose.
But he had no proof!
"Satisfied?" Chen Shuo opened all closet doors for Su Xiyan's inspection.
Su Xiyan's cold gaze swept across the closet. Suddenly she heaved a long sigh, "Alas!"
Chen Shuo grew nervous, thinking there couldn't be anything still not done to her satisfaction right?
Su Xiyan walked to the closet. Her slender, fair fingers gently brushed across the clothes. She spoke in a slightly disdainful tone, "Still nothing to wear."
Chen Shuo's eyes bulged out: "This is a four-door closet!! Filled to the brim with clothes, and you tell me you've got nothing to wear?"
Su Xiyan's fox-like eyes brimmed with cunning: "You must have heard this phrase before. A woman's closet always lacks one piece of clothing."
Chen Shuo: "......"
Su Xiyan: "Let's go, time to head out."
Chen Shuo: "Go out? Where to?"
Su Xiyan: "Shopping for clothes, of course."
Chen Shuo: "You go."
Su Xiyan ordered: "And you're coming along."
Chen Shuo flat out refused: "I'm not going."
Su Xiyan coerced him with harsh and gentle tactics: "Currently unknown how many vampires are hiding in Suzhou City. They usually take on ordinary humans' appearance, living ordinary humans' lives. Only when unattended at night would they reveal their original vampire form."
"Since it's Sunday today with many shoppers, it's highly likely we'll encounter vampires concealed among the crowds."
"The more vampires I hunt, the quicker you can reverse your bloodline and become human again."
"So come shopping with me. It benefits you."
Chen Shuo retorted: "Quite the smooth talker huh? Wasting your talent by not becoming a lawyer."
"But you do have a point. I'll take my chances and tag along then!"
At Suzhou City's central mall, Chen Shuo wore fashionable branded attire with black and red Nike shoes, looking several degrees more handsome than his school outfit.
Su Xiyan had on a bodycon mini skirt. Yet her loose, long top sufficiently covered the mini skirt. The shirt hem obscured the entire skirt, making her appear even taller and perfectly proportioned. Those long legs especially, tightly wrapped in black stockings with smooth curves.
Her black hair was simply tied in a bun. She merely filled in her eyebrows, then lightly applied some lipstick.
The light makeup and flawless complexion made her skin seem delicate as if it would rupture at the slightest touch.
Su Xiyan was already dressed quite low-key, but her imposing aura still made her the focal point no matter where she went.
Businesses are always ahead of seasons. Though it was still midsummer, several stores already showcased early autumn attire.
Seeing the autumn couple outfits modeled in a display window, Su Xiyan's eyes flashed brightly.
"This store has nice clothes. Let's go in and take a look."
Chen Shuo walked while playing on his phone, completely oblivious to the glint in Su Xiyan's eyes earlier.
Only when he entered the store did Chen Shuo realize he had stepped right into Su Xiyan's trap.
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