Upon hearing his mistress’s sudden request to spend the night, Song Jianchu hesitated for a moment.
He lowered his eyes and calmly played his game, thinking for a few seconds.
Suddenly, the words of Yin Chi came back to his mind.
Song Jianchu didn’t know the typical speed of the “keeping a mistress” process, and he didn’t learn much from the last “deal” either.
If he refused again this time, Mu Ye might start having ideas…
Song Jianchu was not an indecisive person. They had already been living together in the dormitory for three days, so it wouldn’t hurt to let Mu Ye sleep at his place for one night. He wouldn’t bother Mu Ye either.
“It’s okay,” Song Jianchu said calmly. “It’s too late today, so just stay for the night.”
“Okay,” Mu Ye’s smile deepened, and he lowered his head contentedly on Song Jianchu’s shoulder.
He looked at his phone and said, “After finishing this round, I’ll accompany you to sleep.”
“…,” Song Jianchu controlled his game character to land safely and added calmly, “You sleep in the guest room.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Jianchu felt the person on his shoulder slowly lift their head, giving him a deep, mysterious look.
Song Jianchu kept his eyes straight ahead and searched for resources in the room, deftly blocking someone’s signal.
The recording of the show had just ended, and everyone needed to rest early. The chicken-eating team’s game broadcast had ended at 11 o’clock.
The barrage was full of pleas and requests.
Pei Shinian comforted them, “As long as we have time to get together in the future, we will still broadcast for you guys. Don’t waste your money on gifts. Get some rest, and see you next time.”
[“Waaaah, you lied to us like a puppy.”]
[“Manager and the brothers, get some rest too! You guys have worked hard these past few days!”]
[“When will you start recording the next episode?”]
Pei Shinian replied, “For the next episode, we don’t know yet. It depends on how the director arranges it. We haven’t received any notice yet.”
[“Hahaha, this director is really something. He might even kidnap you guys on the day of recording.”]
Pei Shinian was reminded by the barrage and said, “Yes, there is that possibility too. I guess I’ll have to hide a few more phones on me these days. Only the manager was allowed to use the phone during the last recording, and I couldn’t even check Weibo before going to bed. I almost died from boredom.”
[“You idiot! You just told the production team about it!”]
Pei Shinian suddenly realized again and immediately retracted: “I didn’t say anything just now, and you didn’t hear anything. Alright, go to bed early, good night.”
After ending his livestream, Pei Shinian was playing games and feeling a bit hungry. He was cooking instant noodles while browsing through short videos when he received a message from his brother.
[MY: Gu Jiaming will call you later, just tell him I’m staying at your place tonight.]
Pei Shinian raised an eyebrow and replied, “Brother, you’re not going home tonight? Are you out drinking again?”
[MY: No, I’m staying at a friend’s place.]
[Pei Shinian: Well, that’s fine. Just tell Jiaming brother directly.]
[MY: It’s not very convenient.]
Pei Shinian immediately understood and typed with a mischievous grin, “Brother, have you got a girlfriend? Is she pretty? How old is she? Is she in the entertainment industry?”
Since his debut, Mu Ye has been intentionally linked with many celebrities to increase the buzz around him. He also has a seductive appearance that has earned him the title of “National Devil”. Although his romantic relationships have never been confirmed, netizens don’t believe that the king of music has never dated and only believe that his love life is not as messy as it seems.
Pei Shinian himself didn’t believe it either when he first met the music veteran.
His brother was widely recognized in the industry for his good looks, musical talents, and friendly personality. He never put on any airs as the king of music and at least nine out of ten female celebrities had a crush on him.
Many female celebrities knew that Pei Shinian and Mu Ye were close, and often asked him in private if Mu Ye had a girlfriend.
Pei Shinian was too embarrassed to tell the truth.
Mu Ye, the national devil, was still in his first love. Pei Shinian was afraid that his brother’s reputation would be ruined if this were to be revealed.
Mu Ye replied quickly.
[MY: I’ll tell you later. Thanks for tonight.]
It was true!
Pei Shinian was more excited than he was for his own love life. He suddenly felt a sense of responsibility.
[Pei Shinian: Don’t worry, bro! Go on a date with your girlfriend and leave Jiaming brother to me! Say hello to your girlfriend for me!]
[MY: Alright, thanks.]
After exiting the chat with Mu Ye, Pei Shinian created a three-person chat group with two other big brothers and excitedly announced the news.
[Pei Shinian: Mu Ye has a girlfriend!!!]
“Pei Shinian: He’s staying at her place tonight!! Let me help cover for him!!]
[Pei Shinian: Oh my god, this is so exciting! Who is this goddess that could capture Mu Ye?? I’m so curious!”
Bai Xingyu responded with a voice message in a calm tone, “It’s normal for a 25-year-old man to date. If I wasn’t so foolish when I was young and didn’t get tricked into getting a marriage certificate, I would have had more than ten ex-girlfriends before I was 25.”
As he spoke, Bai Xingyu’s voice drifted away from his phone as he said to the people around him, “Get lost, don’t touch me tonight.”
[Pei Shinian: But this is Brother Mu’s first love! A man’s first love is something he must remember for a lifetime. We must protect his love!]
Bai Xingyu lazily replied, “Then you go ahead and be little Cupid, I’m going to sleep. Hmm, I’ll count to three and if you don’t take your hand away… Damn, Dog Lu, are you asking for a beating again…?”
Pei Shinian listened awkwardly to the voice message and thought to himself that he hoped Brother Mu’s relationship would last longer, but he must not step too early into the grave of marriage.
As a single dog who was lonely and hungry at night, he sat at the dining table with a cup of noodles when Gu Jiaming’s call came in.
Pei Shinian immediately answered.
Gu Jiaming kindly said, “Good evening, Xiao Pei, sorry to bother you again. Is your brother with you? I saw you guys playing games together on the live stream earlier.”
Pei Shinian replied casually, “Yes, my brother is with me. He’s staying over tonight and we’re playing games together. He’s not drinking, so don’t worry, Brother Gu.”
“Okay, then I can rest assured.” Gu Jiaming breathed a sigh of relief. “My wife made dumplings at home and asked me to bring some to Mu Ye. I left for less than ten minutes to get them, and when I came back, he had disappeared, as if he was training for the Olympics.”
Pei Shinian said, “Maybe my brother was anxious to play games.”
“This guy, forget about drinking, now he’s addicted to games.” Gu Jiaming sighed with concern. “Just now on the live stream, I saw him sticking to his demon king fanboy, without any seriousness. And some netizens said he was with that demon king fanboy, it almost scared me bald.”
Pei Shinian laughed and said, “How is that possible? My brother was just trying to promote the show on the live stream. You can rest assured, Brother Gu, with me in the middle, they won’t get too close even after the variety show ends.”
“Well, thank you. When you have time, I will treat you to a good meal.” Gu Jiaming smiled with relief. “You guys have fun playing games, but don’t play too late. I’ll order takeout for you later. You worked hard recording the show, so have some good food tonight.”
He hung up the phone.
Xiao Pei immediately sent a completion report to his brother: “Brother, it’s all done! You can relax and go on a date with your girlfriend!”
Upon receiving Pei Shinian’s reply, Mu Ye immediately turned off his phone.
Song Jianchu arranged a guest room for Mu Ye and went to take a shower. He didn’t notice that a potato chip had fallen onto his housecoat, and he had forgotten to bring in his changed pajamas.
After hesitating for a moment, Song Jianchu pushed open a small door in the bathroom and asked, “Teacher Mu, can you help me get a set of pajamas from the closet? It’s on the side next to the door.”
Mu Ye put down his phone and got up from the couch. “Sure, right away.”
Walking into the spacious and tidy closet, Mu Ye saw a neatly stacked pile of pajamas on the shelf next to the door.
He paused when he saw the one on top, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Song Jianchu had waited in the bathroom for a while and suddenly
A set of pajamas was handed in through the door crack.
Seeing the gray-eyed Q version character on the clothes, Song Jianchu froze in place, his eyes lifeless and his face instantly burning up: “…”
The person inside didn’t respond for a while, and the hand that reached in pushed the pajamas further inside: “Here, can you use this set?”
Song Jianchu closed his eyes, grabbed the pajamas with a burning face, and spoke calmly and peacefully: “Yes.”
Another twenty minutes passed.
Mu Ye began to suspect if the person in the bathroom had fainted from the heat. The bathroom door clicked open.
Watching the boy walk out calmly and slowly, Mu Ye’s lips tightened for a moment before quickly returning to normal. He asked worriedly, “Are you okay? Why did you take so long to shower?”
The boy wore his concert merchandise pajamas and walked past him, his slightly covering pink forehead wet and messy, blocking his gaze and making his expression even calmer.
Song Jianchu poured a glass of ice water in the kitchen, tilted his head back and drank it all: “The water heater had some problems, it’s fixed now, you can go shower.”
Mu Ye stared at the boy’s back without blinking, his eyes holding back laughter, “Okay.”
Song Jianchu found a loose-fitting pajama for Mu Ye, handed it over, and looked him over, regretfully saying, “It doesn’t look as good on you.”
Song Jianchu’s gaze flickered slightly, “…”
Mu Ye laughed and asked, “Do you usually wear this at home too?”
Song Jianchu didn’t answer, calmly saying, “Go wash up, I’m going to bed first.”
Mu Ye couldn’t help but look at the person in front of him a few more times, and his lips tightened again, “Sleep well, good night.”
Song Jianchu replied, “Good night.”
With that, the boy with red ears, wearing pajamas with Mu Ye’s cartoon character on the chest, calmly turned around, went into the master bedroom, closed the door calmly, and cut off the lingering gaze outside the door.
Song Jianchu stiffly let go of the door handle. He stood facing the door for a while, slowly squatted down, and raised his hand to hold his head.
The boy buried his face on his knees, calm and expressionless, his ears so red they could drip blood.
Song Jianchu knocked his head on his knees, closed his eyes, and bit his lip in shame.
“F*ck…”