"Morning. Want something to eat, 'Dad'?"
"Why do you have dark circles under your eyes? Didn't sleep well last night, 'Dad'?"
Early that morning, Xu Shi had barely stepped out of his room when he heard those greetings from both ahead and behind him.
Looking up, he saw Jiang Chengcheng and Gu Yi standing there like door guardians, grinning mischievously with mocking expressions.
"...You were eavesdropping?"
Boss Xu, who had still been a little groggy, instantly woke up and pieced together the whole story. He snapped irritably.
Their rooms weren't far from his... but was the soundproofing in this house really that terrible?
"Hey, what do you mean, eavesdropping? You can't say that, 'Dad.'"
Xie Qingyan had somehow wandered over and joined the feast of sarcastic mockery. "The wind simply carried it into our ears. Calling it eavesdropping sounds so awful."
Honestly, it would have been a waste of talent if the three of them didn't form a group and debut as crosstalk performers.
At least, Xu Shi found it hard to deal with for a moment. Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought this was some huge family-reunion scene.
When he looked back, the culprit behind all this still hadn't woken up. She lay limply on the bed, looking adorable in her sleep.
But Xu Shi noticed that the upward curve of the old auntie's lips was suspiciously pronounced, and they even twitched slightly.
...You're pretending to sleep, aren't you? You have to be pretending, right?!
Having seen through everything, Boss Xu froze for a moment, then stopped feeling embarrassed.
What did I have to be embarrassed about? I wasn't the one calling someone Dad all night!
And it wasn't my fault they overheard it. Why was Li Hou shouting so loudly?
"Hm? What are you all doing?"