"Sari Lang! Sari Lang!"
"Go ahead and scream! No one's coming to save you, even if you scream your throat raw!"
Li Zhi had Shen Yuan cornered in the study, whacking him over and over with a salted fish plushie.
"So you huff my cat, huh!"
"My little kitty, huh!"
"Smells good, huh!"
"Hehehe, huh!"
Just as Li Zhi was about to pull back the salted fish plushie, she found that Shen Yuan had grabbed it.
"Done hitting me yet?"
Hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's heart skipped a beat.
The pretty girl quickly let go of the plushie and yelled, "Auntie, Shen Yuan is hitting me!"
Shen Yuan: ?
"What the hell, you...!"
In a moment of panic, Shen Yuan lunged forward and clamped a hand over Li Zhi's mouth.
The sudden turn of events left them both at a loss for a moment.
In the small study, the boy and girl were pressed close together.
Shen Yuan could even smell the scent of shower gel on her, and his heart suddenly began to pound.
But Li Zhi was in no mood to be smelling anything; she quickly shoved Shen Yuan away.
"Get away from me, you pervert!"
"No, it's not..." Shen Yuan subconsciously tried to defend himself.
Li Zhi glared at him. "Not what?"
"You're the one who barged into my room first!"
As if he'd found his confidence, Shen Yuan rattled off, "You broke into my room and assaulted me! This was self-defense!"
"Pah! I assaulted you with a plush toy? If you could even score a 620, you'd be smart enough to realize how ridiculous that sounds!"
Li Zhi also launched into a tirade. "And let's say, for the sake of argument, I did break into your room to assault you. That still doesn't give you the right to be a perv! You creep, I'm gonna put you on blast online!"
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes. "I'm still gonna huff Naonao tomorrow."
"You got a death wish, mutt?"
The moment Li Zhi's words fell, Shen Yuan stepped out of the study and scooped up Naonao, who had been playing by itself.
Naonao: ?
"Believe it or not, I'm even going to sleep with her tonight!"
Li Zhi felt like her world was ending.
"You!"
Clutching her chest, Li Zhi said, "If I end up with nodules, I guarantee it'll be because you pissed me off so much."
"Hehe."
Shen Yuan put Naonao down and stopped teasing Li Zhi.
"You're overthinking it. She wouldn't want to sleep with me anyway. This little girl can't get enough of cuddling with Gengzi."
"Hmph!" Li Zhi reached out and picked up Naonao.
Watching the cat squirming in Li Zhi's arms, Shen Yuan felt a little envious.
After their squabble, Li Zhi glanced around Shen Yuan's study, her eyes landing on the test papers.
"You're actually studying hard today."
"Just you wait until I score that 620! I've already decided on my demand!"
Shen Yuan said confidently, sitting on his bed.
After he spoke, Shen Yuan saw Li Zhi cross her arms and take a step back.
"Perv!"
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes. "Dirty-minded girl, what kind of weird crap are you thinking about!"
Li Zhi swung her leg for a kick, but her slipper went flying off and, as luck would have it, landed right on Shen Yuan's leg.
Shen Yuan stared at the fair, delicate foot on his leg and asked blankly, "Is this my reward?"
Li Zhi gave a polite smile, picked up her slipper and the salted fish plushie, and quietly backed out of Shen Yuan's room.
...
At 12:00 AM, Shen Yuan stretched, closed his test papers, and glanced at the system.
[Current progress: 12/24h.]
'I'll finish you off tomorrow!'
After tidying up a bit, Shen Yuan lay down on his bed.
The image of Li Zhi storming into his study with the salted fish plushie brought a slight smile to Shen Yuan's lips.
'I'll post another one tomorrow, hehe.'
Just as Shen Yuan was thinking this, he suddenly felt a heavy weight land on him with a THUMP!
Any sleepiness he had vanished instantly.
"San Geng, you little shit, are you trying to kill me?!"
Shen Yuan got up to punish the cat.
「The next day.」
Before Shen Yuan even got up, he felt like he couldn't breathe.
He opened his eyes to see a big, white butt right in his face.
'What a vengeful little bastard of a cat.'
"Can you please get up? Your old man is getting crushed to death here."
San Geng turned to look at Shen Yuan, stood up, stretched, and then lay right back down.
"You little..."
Just as Shen Yuan was about to force himself up, San Geng suddenly kicked out with its legs.
Shen Yuan fell back onto the bed.
'I really want to smack this cat.'
After a morning war to get out of bed, Shen Yuan finally left for school.
As soon as he opened his door, he saw Li Zhi waiting for the elevator.
Li Zhi, of course, also saw Shen Yuan coming out, and just then, the elevator arrived.
Without a moment's hesitation, Li Zhi stepped into the elevator and frantically mashed the 'close door' button.
The elevator doors slowly began to close.
But just as they were about to shut completely, they suddenly paused.
The doors slowly slid open again.
Shen Yuan stood in the doorway, holding a pair of shoes in his hand.
"In such a hurry, Young Master Li?"
Li Zhi's pretty face flushed red as yesterday's embarrassing scene replayed in her mind.
"In a hurry to get to school."
"Let's go together! We're heading the same way." Shen Yuan walked into the elevator and started putting on his shoes.
He had been in such a rush that he'd only had time to grab his shoes.
As Shen Yuan put on his shoes, he subconsciously glanced at Li Zhi's feet.
'Damn, I'm tempted.'
Just then, Shen Yuan noticed her feet shuffle backward.
"Pervert!"
Daily Quest: Be reprimanded by a beautiful girl (Complete).
'Ah, that's better.'
...
「English morning reading.」
Shen Yuan was in the middle of doing math problems when his Eldest Female Cousin tapped him on the shoulder.
His Eldest Female Cousin had a serious expression and tilted her head.
Shen Yuan immediately stood up and followed her to the classroom door.
Then, they went to the office.
As soon as Shen Yuan entered the office, his Eldest Female Cousin shut the door.
"Did you fucking tell our aunt I like girls?!"
Shen Yuan held up a hand. "Only recently."
"Do you have any idea how late my mom was on the phone with me yesterday? I swear!"
His Eldest Female Cousin clapped him on the shoulder. "How did you come up with such a great idea?"
"Huh?"
Shen Yuan looked at his Eldest Female Cousin's excited expression.
'So you were just putting on that serious act so you wouldn't burst out laughing?!'
'And here I was, already planning my last will and testament.'
"You know? After my mom heard it from our aunt, she kept trying to comfort me, telling me not to do anything rash, that there's no rush to get married, and to just take my time."
"Hahahaha!! I'm seriously dying of laughter!"
Looking at his Eldest Female Cousin, Shen Yuan forced a smile. "Now that you're done laughing, can you let me go back to morning reading? I still have to study."
Yang Yishui shot Shen Yuan a disdainful look. "Bullshit. I know you don't want to go. Stay here and help me grade papers."
Shen Yuan got anxious. "Hey! Who are you slandering? I'm a good student!"
"You really want to go?" Yang Yishui sounded incredulous.
Shen Yuan nodded.
'He still had a quest to do!'
'Those 30 minutes of morning reading were crucial!'
"Alright, then. Go on."
The moment Shen Yuan's butt hit the seat, Ah Jie sidled over to ask quietly.
"Why'd Sister Shui want to see you?"
"She asked me if you've been studying English seriously lately. I told her you've been studying so hard you forget to eat or sleep."
Hearing this, Ah Jie's mouth curved into a smug Dragon King smile.
"Oh, it's not that serious, not that serious."
"Yeah, which is why she didn't believe me either."
Ah Jie got tilted.