He complained:
"If I hadn't wanted to earn some household money, I never would've considered renting out the extra rooms and letting all sorts of random people move in and mess up my home."
"Haha—"
After hearing Mo Yi's background, which seemed even more miserable than her own, Kiana had wanted to offer a few words of comfort. Unfortunately, she had no idea how to comfort people. Before she could figure out what to say, Mo Yi mentioned renting out rooms, and she patted her chest with a proud grin. "Then you can relax now, Mo Yi. You don't need to worry about renting to strange people anymore. I'm very dependable."
Mo Yi: (⊙o⊙)...
Well, straightforward girls often had no clue about their own limits. That was understandable.
After explaining everything, Mo Yi had Kiana choose a room.
Perhaps Mo Yi's parents had envisioned four generations living under one roof, because this house had a full five floors. Aside from the first floor, which served as the living room, shared kitchen, dining room, and so on, each floor was self-contained.
Mo Yi usually stayed on the first and second floors. The third and fourth floors had all the essential furniture, such as beds and cabinets, but since no one had lived there or maintained them for a long time, getting them ready for someone to live in would take quite a bit of work.
After thinking it over for a while, Kiana quickly decided to live on the second floor, right next door to Mo Yi.
Her reason was simple and blunt: she would not need to put effort into a major cleanup. Since Mo Yi lived on the second floor, all the miscellaneous necessities of daily life were already there. If she lived alone on the third floor, she would have to spend a large sum on daily essentials.
Kiana's living expenses clearly could not handle that.
Mo Yi was not a neat freak, so he did not mind her living in the room next door. Rather, having someone in the neighboring room made the house feel more lived-in. Perhaps Mo Yi secretly longed for that as well.
Someone who could endure loneliness did not necessarily enjoy it.
"There's no problem with you living in that room, but there are a few things I need to make clear—"
Seeing Kiana choose the neighboring room, which his parents had once intended for Mo Yi's unborn younger brother or sister, Mo Yi looked unusually serious. He even gave Kiana the illusion that she was facing a stern father who had gotten serious.
"First, my work requires quiet. I hope you won't make noises that can penetrate the soundproof walls. Second, you may use my things, but clean up after yourself when you're done. If you deliberately damage something, you'll have to buy me a new one."
"Lastly, and most importantly, I know you're a girl raised on Western culture. With an outstanding guy like me around, it'd be easy for you to get captivated by me. If you behave well, then after an observation period, I might give you a trial opportunity. But under no circumstances may you enter my room without my permission and launch a nighttime sneak attack on me!"
"Otherwise, bear the consequences yourself. Whether male or female, you'll have to take the surname Mo. That's our Eastern custom."
"That's about it."
Kiana found the first two points perfectly normal. But when Mo Yi solemnly emphasized the third point, she could not help straightening her chest and standing upright, listening intently to see what his demand was.
Her mouth hung open in shock, and Kiana could only roar inwardly: I never imagined there could be someone in this world so narcissistic and shameless!
"I told you, I like girls, you bastard Mo Yi—"
Kiana shouted with a flushed face:
"I, Kiana, would rather starve to death or jump from here and fall to my death than set one foot in your room. Please rest assured, narcissistic Mr. Mo Yi!"
Hearing Kiana say that, Mo Yi was relieved.
His room contained many things unsuitable for outsiders to see.
Although items obtained from Little World Game could be stored in the inventory provided by Little World Game, Mo Yi had studied countless kinds of knowledge from other worlds over the years, especially knowledge concerning Runes. Naturally, he had put it into practice.
After several years, he had made quite a few fairly successful pieces of Rune Weaponry with his own hands.
Because the knowledge he studied was so varied, and because DIY was one of Mo Yi's few hobbies, he had all kinds of things: greatswords, katanas, modified firearms, rune bows, enchanted cloaks, armor, and more. Some of them were too dangerous. If curious little Kiana took them out to play with them, she could very well cause unnecessary trouble.
It seemed he needed to find some time to properly sort through all this miscellaneous junk.
Of course, Mo Yi, who had secrets of his own, also needed an absolutely safe and private room.
Even though he knew Kiana was not a bad person—indeed, she could be called one of the rare good people in society—that did not mean Mo Yi had accepted her in his heart and acknowledged her as a true friend worthy of trust.
Delivery Girl Kiana
After getting Kiana's room arrangements all sorted out, Mo Yi had her tidy up the room while he went to cook.
"Then I'll go make dinner—"
Mo Yi was fairly confident in his cooking. As a proud, solitary bachelor, cooking was a skill he had to max out.
First, it could satisfy his weary body and soul. Second, cooking was a bonus skill for future blind dates. As the saying went, to win a woman's heart, first win her stomach. Delicious food could make her come home on time every day.
Moreover, after defeating Tahm Kench, the River King, Mo Yi had learned quite a few cooking techniques from another world from him. Forget mere beef—even an Abyssal Demon could be turned into a delicacy by Mo Yi.
Forty minutes later
After finishing the meal and setting out the bowls and chopsticks, Mo Yi went to Kiana's room to call her over for dinner.
The moment he opened the door, he discovered that the room seemed even messier than before Kiana had started tidying it.
Well, this was another silly girl who could not do housework.
Seeing that Kiana had even messed up her own hair, Mo Yi worried that if he let her keep at it, she might break the brooms, mops, and everything else. Somewhat helplessly, he said, "Eat first. I'll help you with it later."
Whether because she heard that the long-awaited beef feast was ready, or because Mo Yi said he would help her clean up afterward, Kiana flashed a brilliant smile, tossed aside the rag in her hand, and ran out.
"Okay, coming right away."
"Wow, it smells so good!"
The moment Kiana reached the dining room and saw the fragrant dishes steaming on the table, she exclaimed and immediately sat down on a chair. "I didn't expect you to be such a good cook, Mo Yi—"
Then she waved at Mo Yi, who was walking behind her, and giggled.
"Come sit down already. I can't wait anymore."
Mo Yi: "..."
She really was the type to make herself at home.
"So delicious..."
"This one too..."
Thus began their first dinner together. During it, Kiana displayed an eating speed and appetite no girl should have possessed, sweeping through the food on the table while exclaiming in surprise over and over that it was "so good."
"I'm so full. Thanks, Mo Yi."
Kiana leaned back against her chair, patting her rounded little belly as she sighed. "You're such a good person."
Mo Yi: "..."
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