Checking What's Real and What's Fake

[Why was this guy so energetic?]

Xu Yanche had originally planned to find a set of pajamas in the walk-in closet, then take a shower.

But the moment he opened the closet door, a nimble figure pounced at him.

He raised a hand and caught it.

Gripping Zero Zero by the throat of fate.

"Why are you in here?"

The mention of that made Zero Zero furious.

[Isn't it all that He Qing's fault? I was sleeping perfectly well on the bed, but the second he came back, he locked me in the closet. He's a bad guy. He doesn't want me to spend time with the host.]

Xu Yanche nodded at that. "Makes sense."

He Qing leaned forward, clearly displeased. He grabbed Zero Zero, opened the bedroom door, and tossed it outside.

Then he walked up to Xu Yanche and took his hand.

Under Xu Yanche's puzzled gaze, he lowered his head slightly and placed Xu Yanche's hand atop his own head.

"Pet me." Don't pet that damn fat cat.

Xu Yanche's eyes lit up.

"Really?"

[Oh my, you came to me yourself. It's not like I'm shamelessly taking advantage of you.]

Just to be safe.

Xu Yanche took out his phone and started recording.

Then he had He Qing repeat what he had just said.

Drunk He Qing was very obedient. He repeated it, then looked at Xu Yanche expectantly. "Can I?"

It was as though he would burst into tears the very next second if Xu Yanche refused.

The smile on Xu Yanche's face was a little deranged.

"Hehehe. Then let's take a shower first. You can wash yourself, right?"

He Qing nodded firmly. "Mm."

He Qing talked a good game, but he could not even stand steadily.

Xu Yanche did not really know how to use a bathtub.

His family had been poor before, so they had always used showers.

Besides, this bathtub was far too advanced. It was nothing like the ones he had seen on TV.

He took out his phone, scanned the code, and began watching a tutorial.

By the time he had finally figured it out, he turned around to discover that He Qing had already fallen asleep, sitting on the floor with his back against the wall.

Xu Yanche thought, Fine, fine, fine. I was originally planning to take proper advantage of him today, but it looks like that plan will have to be shelved.

Xu Yanche had initially wanted to leave He Qing here and ignore him.

But then he considered that this man would be giving him five million a month in the future, tax-free.

He decided he should still take good care of his god of wealth.

Xu Yanche stood up and filled the bathtub with water.

He tested the temperature and made sure it was suitable.

Then, in just a few movements, he stripped He Qing naked.

He carried the bare He Qing into the bathtub and gave him a quick wash.

After the shower, Xu Yanche carried He Qing to the bed.

He rolled into He Qing's arms and covered them both with the blanket.

Just as he closed his eyes, an absolutely brilliant idea suddenly occurred to him.

He pulled off his GG Bond pajamas.

The two of them were both completely naked.

Xu Yanche placed He Qing's hand around his waist.

Only then did he rest easy, wrapping his arms around He Qing's waist and going to sleep.

The next afternoon.

When He Qing woke up, his head felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He only remembered drinking too much the night before. After that, he had blacked out and could not remember anything that happened later.

Then he felt the warm touch against his body and saw someone clinging to him like an octopus.

"!" Wait, neither of them seemed to be wearing clothes.

In his shock, he sat upright at once.

Xu Yanche groggily opened his eyes. "???" Hm? Where was his body pillow?

He Qing looked at Xu Yanche, who had turned over and was preparing to go back to sleep.

He pressed his lips together.

Then reached out and shook him awake.

"What happened last night?"

Xu Yanche only wanted to sleep. He was exhausted.

He did not want to be woken up at all.

Irritated, he said, "It's exactly what you see. I want to sleep, so stop bothering me."

After saying that, Xu Yanche pulled the blanket over his head and went back to sleep.

To He Qing, this looked like—

He had been too rough last night and taken Xu Yanche.

Xu Yanche was exhausted and wronged now.

After thinking it over, he reached out and pulled back a corner of the blanket covering Xu Yanche's head.

He lowered his head slightly and kissed Xu Yanche on the forehead. "You worked hard. I'll go make you something to eat."

Half-asleep, Xu Yanche had no idea what He Qing was saying.

Until an hour later, several loud crashes came from downstairs.

They startled the still-sleeping Xu Yanche awake.

Xu Yanche thought it was an earthquake.

Terrified, he hurriedly grabbed some clothes and pulled them on haphazardly, then ran downstairs barefoot.

Uncle Li had just stepped out of his room after hearing the explosions when he saw Xu Yanche, barefoot, leap straight down from the second-floor stairs.

The sight gave the elderly Uncle Li quite a scare. "Young master, why are you jumping off the building when everything was fine? What a disaster!"

The moment he finished speaking, he saw Xu Yanche land steadily.

Uncle Li thought, That landing was pretty cool. It had the air of a martial arts master. It would have been even better if he were not wearing GG Bond pajamas, and they also seemed to be on backwards.

The moment he finished marveling, his body was suddenly lifted into the air.

Xu Yanche had slung him over his shoulder.

And was charging toward the door.

Xu Yanche spotted Zero Zero sleeping on the sofa.

He scooped it up with one hand.

With Uncle Li over one shoulder and Zero Zero in one hand, he strode toward the door.

[Ahhh, it's an earthquake! There's no time! If I'd known, I wouldn't have slept so deeply.]

As he was about to open the door, he caught sight of someone from the corner of his eye. The person was covered in soot and rotten vegetable leaves, wore an apron, and held a spatula, looking utterly bedraggled.

He stopped. "Uncle Li, who is this? Do we have someone like this in our house?"

Uncle Li finally got the chance to speak and hurriedly said, "Young master, put me down quickly. That noise just now was the eldest young master blowing up the kitchen."

Xu Yanche said, "Oh, so that's what it was. Wait, what did you say? The kitchen exploded!"

Xu Yanche's voice nearly cracked.

He put Uncle Li and Zero Zero down.

Then he walked over to He Qing and circled him once.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "The vast horizon is my love. Say the next line."

He Qing said, "..."

He Qing cast Xu Yanche an icy glance, then tossed the spatula in his hand into the trash.

He went upstairs to take a shower.

Xu Yanche went into the kitchen to take a look.

In his mind, cooking was a very simple thing. No matter how badly one cooked, surely it would not result in blowing up the kitchen.

But when he saw the devastation in the kitchen, he fell silent.

[How did He Qing manage to turn the kitchen into a murder scene? What a master. What's with the chili sauce splattered all over the ceiling? And why does it look like eggs exploded inside the microwave?]

[Does He Qing have any common sense at all? You can't put eggs in the microwave! Did a donkey kick him in the head? If you can't cook, then don't cook. Now look what happened—you wrecked the kitchen.]

[No, why did he go into the kitchen to cook? There's a conspiracy here.]

Xu Yanche remembered that, while he had been half-asleep, He Qing seemed to have said something.

He had said he was going to make food for him.

[Fine, fine, fine. So I was the fuse that set off this kitchen explosion.]

Uncle Li hurriedly called for the servants to clean the kitchen. He also sent someone out to buy new pots, bowls, utensils, seasonings, and ingredients.

[Forget it. I should go comfort He Qing. After all, not everyone knows how to cook, and having a CEO personally cook for me is quite an honor.]

Still wearing his GG Bond pajamas backwards, Xu Yanche hummed a tune and headed upstairs with cheerful steps to comfort a certain emotionally wounded CEO.