No Need

At midnight, after the four members of the He Household briefly discussed the Xu Household's situation, they returned to their rooms to sleep.

He Qing checked the time. It was already twelve. He had assumed Xu Yanche was asleep, but apparently not.

Only a single warm yellow lamp was on in the room, its light dim.

Xu Yanche wore nothing but a shirt—He Qing's shirt—and lay sprawled on the bed, playing a four-man shooting match with others.

His fair legs swung back and forth.

The sight left He Qing's mouth dry and his whole body burning.

Xu Yanche's hands moved quickly. "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Ahhh, I'm down! Throw a smoke grenade and save me! Feng Su, you're seriously my god! Hurry, Wo Chunzhu! At 285, there's someone in a ghillie suit lying in the grass! Kill him!"

He Qing did not disturb him. He went into the walk-in closet, took out a set of pajamas, and headed into the bathroom for a shower.

Feng Su curled up on his couch at home, completely focused on the game. "Yanyan, you have no idea. The radio drama I've been recording lately has lines so filthy they burn my tongue. I feel like I'm going to get arrested."

Xu Yanche said, "It's fine. Once you get in there, you'll find the place full of familiar faces."

Feng Su said, "All right, all right, makes sense. I heard your crappy little company went bankrupt. Are you unemployed now? Want to consider joining my studio?"

Wo Chunzhu howled, "No, no, no! If you're going anywhere, you're coming to my studio!" This guy had gone too far. He actually dared poach someone right in front of her.

Jing Yuan, who had been completely inconspicuous in the team, spoke up. "You can come to my studio."

His voice was low and sexy.

Wo Chunzhu bristled. "Old Jing, that's not fair! Put that voice away. We need to compete fairly."

When Xu Yanche heard the water in the bathroom stop, he immediately said, "Goodnight, children. Your daddy is going to bed. Thanks for caring about your father. Your daddy is working at his own company now. I'll play with you guys another day."

The three of them stared silently at Xu Yanche's AFK character.

Once the match ended, they tacitly reported Xu Yanche in retaliation.

Xu Yanche lay on his stomach and looked toward the bathroom door.

The moment He Qing stepped out of the bathroom, he saw his little wife sprawled on the bed, his eyes sparkling as he looked this way.

Especially when he saw He Qing emerge from the bathroom.

Like a stray dog spotting meat, he looked as though he wanted nothing more than to pounce on him.

Dog of a man. We've already done it, yet he still wraps himself up so tightly after a shower. He really has no self-awareness. No, I should be interrogating him right now.

Xu Yanche put away the somewhat pathetic expression on his face, struck a cool pose, crooked a finger at He Qing, and said coldly, "Come here."

Hmph, hmph. That expression and tone just now were definitely cool as hell.

He Qing said, "..." Fine. Whatever his little wife said went.

He walked over, sat beside the bed, and leaned close to his little wife. "What is it?"

Xu Yanche deliberately put on a stern face, lifted He Qing's chin, and asked seriously, "What is your relationship with Xu Ziyuan?"

Ooh, ooh, his skin is pretty nice. He looks good from this angle too. Hehehe. I'll take advantage of the chance to cop a feel later. Hehehe, I'm eating well.

His tone was interrogative, but his inner thoughts were downright lecherous.

He Qing went along with Xu Yanche's act. "Nothing. I don't know him."

Xu Yanche was somewhat surprised. "Really?"

Following Xu Yanche's wishes, He Qing leaned forward and kissed those endlessly chattering lips. "Really."

Xu Yanche still had questions to ask, but they were quickly thrown to the back of his mind.

With such beauty before him, everything else had to move aside.

The consequence of indulging himself was that Xu Yanche's waist ached all the next day.

When he woke in the morning, Xu Yanche looked gloomily at He Qing, who was dressing him.

"Your stamina is incredible. You're like a rabid dog that's been starving for decades."

He Qing replied modestly, "You flatter me, madam."

Xu Yanche said, "..."

"Oh, Qingqing darling, can you send me the contact info for that good friend of yours from last time?"

The moment He Qing heard this, he knew his plan had succeeded.

But he still deliberately adopted a wounded tone.

"Yanyan wants to find a man behind my back."

Xu Yanche did not hold back. He slapped He Qing directly on the shoulder. "Do I look like that kind of person?"

He Qing took out his phone and sent Xu Yanche the contact card. At the same time, he gave Ling Xu a heads-up so he could prepare in advance.

"No."

Xu Yanche added Ling Xu's contact details. He thought he would have to wait a while for the request to be accepted, but to his surprise, it was approved only two minutes after he sent it.

Ling Xu: Good morning, sister-in-law. Is something the matter?

A Pool of Clear Water: Hahaha, good morning. Does your police station recruit people with special abilities?

Ling Xu, who was holding Zhou Jinsu and preparing to go back to sleep, said, "..." How was he supposed to reply to that message?

Zhou Jinsu had just returned after wrapping up an appearance. Since Ling Xu was on leave these past few days, he had come directly to Ling Xu's home to catch up on sleep.

"What's wrong?"

Ling Xu kissed the corner of Zhou Jinsu's lips. "Nothing. I'm putting you to sleep."

He pulled Zhou Jinsu closer into his arms.

Gently patting Zhou Jinsu's back, he soothed him to sleep.

Ling Xu: Explain in detail.

Xu Yanche scratched his head anxiously.

Damn it, how am I supposed to bring this up? Forget it, I'll just do it. If I say it out loud, people will definitely think I'm crazy and have me locked up. Forget it, forget it.

Zero Zero disagreed. No, Host, we can't give up halfway. As successors of socialism, we must contribute to the construction of our motherland. Look, not only can we help the police solve cases, we can also use this ability to obtain other countries' secrets. We can get them as long as we meet the person.

Zero Zero had not slept well at all yesterday.

It had been thinking about this matter the entire time, until its perspective suddenly broadened.

Its Host could make good use of this ability—not only to help the police solve cases, but also to obtain other countries' secrets.

They could even make the rounds among internal personnel and see whether there were spies and agents from other countries lurking within the country.

Listening to Zero Zero, Xu Yanche felt that it made a lot of sense.

The rest of the He Household: "!!!" All right, all right. They had been narrow-minded. They had never expected this ability could be used that way. It seemed their political awareness was still not high enough.

Xu Yanche's confidence was instantly given a tremendous boost.

He stopped eating and drinking juice, then began negotiating with Ling Xu.

Five minutes later, Ling Xu said he would take him to the station that afternoon to verify whether it was real.

Xu Yanche happily agreed, of course.

He gleefully resumed stuffing his face.

Seeing the solemn expressions on the He Household's faces, he felt somewhat puzzled.

Could it be that today's food doesn't suit their tastes? Why does everyone look so constipated? Maybe I should buy them a few bottles of laxative later.

The He Household: "..." Really no need. Absolutely no need.