Chapter 28

Because it was late, only one dim light remained on in the corridor. The alpha stood before him with the light at his back, his tall frame immensely imposing. His eyes lowered slightly, his gaze falling on the snacks in Su Yu's arms. "Where did those come from?"

But Su Yu had an ice cream bar in one hand and snacks in the other, and he could not speak. There was simply no way for him to communicate with Gu Lin.

Though he had no desire to answer him and only wanted to hurry back to his room with his snacks, his body remained rooted to the spot. He turned slightly and glanced toward the refrigerator downstairs, as if telling him they had come from there.

Gu Lin rarely opened the refrigerator, so he had no idea it held so much junk food.

He had not expected Su Yu to live so comfortably when he was home alone, even buying so many snacks to stuff into the fridge.

Su Yu suddenly felt his fingers growing icy. Looking down, he realized the ice cream had begun to melt.

Why wasn't he asleep in the middle of the night? When was he leaving? My ice cream was about to melt.

Gu Lin casually said three words. "Put it back."

Although Su Yu had known this would be the outcome, he still found it hard to accept. He knew nothing good ever happened when he ran into Gu Lin.

Su Yu hugged his snacks and turned to head downstairs, only to hear Gu Lin add behind him, "Put the ice cream back too."

...I already ate some of it, and he still wanted me to put it back.

Though he was unwilling, he still had to obey Gu Lin and put all the snacks back. He thought that was the end of it, but Gu Lin was actually waiting for him by the stairs. Only after seeing him come up did he turn toward the study, saying, "Come with me."

Though Su Yu did not know what he wanted, he had a feeling it was definitely not anything good.

Just as he had expected, it was indeed nothing good. Gu Lin told him to organize documents.

Standing behind Gu Lin with a stack of documents in his arms, Su Yu's gaze was full of resentment.

He couldn't sleep himself, so he had to drag someone else into it.

This was unbearable.

Of course Gu Lin knew he was unwilling. He heard the omega's protests loud and clear. He glanced sideways and asked, "Why are you still standing there? Don't know how?"

"If you don't know how, I'll take you to the company to learn."

Crazy, crazy, crazy!

Su Yu turned around and got to work, moving with remarkable efficiency. Satisfied, Gu Lin withdrew his attention and felt somewhat more balanced.

By the time Su Yu finished organizing the documents in his hands, it was already past midnight. Gu Lin was still seated at the desk. Su Yu yawned, weariness filling his eyes as he wondered when he would finally be allowed to return and sleep.

Without turning to look at him, Gu Lin mercifully said, "You can go back and rest."

The moment he heard he could go back, Su Yu immediately left, afraid Gu Lin would change his mind the next second and pull him into more work.

Before falling asleep, Su Yu was still considering whether he could move the refrigerator into his room. Who knew whether Gu Lin would confiscate all the snacks he kept in it?

Su Yu had heard of blessed mouths, but never blessed brains. The next day, when he opened the refrigerator, everything inside had indeed disappeared. Only the ice cream bar he had already eaten from remained in the freezer.

His fair fingers tightened slightly around the refrigerator door. His emotions were complicated—heavy and grief-stricken, but mostly angry.

Seeing him stand before the refrigerator for so long, the auntie said, "When Mr. Gu got up this morning, he had someone clear everything out of it."

Su Yu closed the refrigerator door and asked: What did "clear everything out" mean?

"Mr. Gu asked you not to worry. He won't waste them. He had them all given away."

He did not seem to have provoked Gu Lin, yet Gu Lin had been making things difficult for him lately. It had to be because he was sick, right?

Su Yu opened the refrigerator again and took out the lone ice cream bar. Seeing this, the auntie said, "It's so early. You should have some breakfast to fill your stomach before eating that, or your stomach will feel uncomfortable."

Su Yu told her not to worry. Unable to persuade him, the auntie went back to preparing breakfast. Gu Lin was used to waking early, so he had gone to the company first thing in the morning. Yun Shang and Su Yu both woke up late, and by the time Yun Shang got up, it was nearly eleven. The auntie had prepared breakfast for him, but he did not eat it.

"Are you looking for Madam? He's in his room."

Yun Shang went upstairs again, but instead of looking for Su Yu, he turned and entered his own room.

In his room, Su Yu streamed while playing a few games, then leaned back in his chair and played on his phone. The comments asked whether he had been slacking off lately. He barely streamed, did not play with other streamers, and now he did not even speak.

The platform had promoted long ago that he and other streamers would be participating in an official game livestream event. The other streamers had already reposted the official event details, but Su Yu had made no move at all. His fans could not help suspecting that he was going to bail on the event.

Most of his fans were very curious about him, so they were especially looking forward to this event, because that stream would have cameras on.

[The official event seems to be happening soon. Why haven't you said anything yet?]

Su Yu glanced at the comments and frowned in confusion. "Event? What event?"

[He actually forgot.]

[Just as expected of you.]

[Don't tell me you haven't prepared anything?]

[I remember it was posted in the fan group.]

Su Yu's fan group had been created by someone else, and he had not even known he had one until a wealthy fan pulled him into it. The group owner then transferred ownership to him. But Su Yu rarely paid attention to the group messages and usually had no idea what they talked about, so he knew nothing about any news.

Su Yu opened WeChat and took a look. When he saw the link, he immediately remembered the event he had forgotten. The time was... Sunday night.

"Sunday? Isn't that tomorrow?"

He did not need to prepare anything. What he needed to prepare was time.

If he stayed here, he definitely would not be able to do this stream. Gu Lin did not work overtime on Sunday nights, and Yun Shang would be here too. The stream would last a long time, and he would need to speak. If Gu Lin so much as opened the door, he would turn mute.

What was he supposed to do?

Su Yu bit his finger, troubled. His brows furrowed slightly. "Do you think... I can bail? Wait a moment, I'll calculate the penalty fee."

[??? You're already thinking about bailing?]

[You're already calculating the penalty fee?]

[No, you need to have some respect for contracts. How could you be thinking about breaching it?]

The livestream then went quiet for quite a while. The comments kept filling with question marks as Su Yu stared at the rather staggering amount displayed on his phone, pen in hand, and fell into deep thought.

In the end, Su Yu solemnly told his fans, "I'll try not to lose money."

[You have to try not to lose money? Sure enough, your family owns a mine.]

[Of course. Young master finds spending money tiring.]

[He actually won't take business that comes to him.]

Su Yu: "..."

It was not that he did not want to take the job. He really did have to try, because he did not know whether he could return to his apartment tomorrow. If he could not, then he simply would not be able to stream. If it came down to it, he could only use the money Gu Lin gave him every month to pay the penalty.

Unfortunately, he had only received one month's worth of money since signing the agreement with Gu Lin. He had not even spent it yet, and now he might have to pay it out.

Heartbreaking.