"Did your big brother punish you?"
Pei Song'an had no time to hear what Zhu Sichun said on the other end before the call was mercilessly hung up.
Li Shu squinted and pursed his lips pitifully. The night's upheavals had left him no time to react.
"That's so mean. That capitalist went straight for my weakest spot. I'm seriously out of options."
"Five thousand words, my God. In elementary school, I had to count punctuation marks just to meet the word count for my essays. Where am I supposed to get five thousand words for him?"
After hearing that, Pei Song'an's temple twitched hard. "So you have no other feelings whatsoever about me suddenly showing up here?"
How could Li Shu not recognize that Pei Song'an was fishing for praise?
Ah, he understood perfectly.
Soothing a man was just like soothing a child. Plenty of praise and encouragement would do the trick.
Li Shu turned solemn. "Of course I do! You're a lifesaver, my darling big brother!"
Pei Song'an: "..."
Li Shu was extremely pleased with his flattery. Before he could get another sentence out, he heard his big brother calling from the doorway. "Li Xiaoshu! Where have you run off to now? Can't you behave even on your own doorstep? Do I have to put you on a leash one day and leave you out front to guard the house?"
That shout worked better than anything. Li Shu was so startled that his head, hands, and feet all seemed to move independently for a moment. He peered through the gap in the car window and saw that Pei Song'an still hadn't changed. His feet stopped just as he was about to run, and he swung his arms as he leaned back:
"What kind of outfit is that?! Don't you