There Was Plenty to Do in the Bathroom

Xie Yuan had not noticed that Mu Ze had taken his towel into the bathroom with him.

The observant viewers in the livestream noticed at once.

[Am I seeing things? Mu Ze took Young Master Xie's towel in with him.]

[Is a towel something that private? Mu Ze has even touched Young Master Xie's undies.]

[What can you do with a towel? You don't have to say it. I get it.]

[Wait, this is only the first day of the dating show. Why do you all seem so eager for something to happen?]

[Love at first sight, a dinner date, then straight to sleeping together that night. A perfect day.]

[Are you people devils?]

[Forget that. Do you think Mu Ze will come out wearing a bathrobe? I want to see whether he has abs.]

[Stop it. Be careful, or Young Master Xie's livestream will get reported. Plenty of people are lying in wait.]

Shortly after those comments appeared, Director Ma received a call from his superior behind the scenes.

"What's going on with your production team? A lot of people have reported you. They're even calling me."

Director Ma looked at the explicit comments and the steadily climbing viewer count. "Just tell me-is it a hit or not?"

The other end went silent for a while. "Get the comments to show some restraint. Don't let them get too explicit."

"Watch out, or you'll get a warning for sexual content."

"All right, don't worry," Director Ma assured him sheepishly. "Once this shower business is over, it'll be fine."

His superior hung up, at a loss for words.

In the bathroom, Mu Ze tightened his grip on the towel a little. It was filled with the scent of Xie Yuan's shampoo.

He had clearly smelled that scent before, yet now he kept feeling that this was Xie Yuan's scent.

His head lowered unconsciously, and the fragrance at his nose grew stronger.

Just as his face was about to bury itself in the towel, Mu Ze abruptly snapped out of it.

Looking at the towel mere centimeters away, he smiled bitterly to himself.

He felt a little perverted, sniffing someone else's towel in the bathroom.

Mu Ze, you're really done for.

Before, Mu Ze had not believed in love at first sight. He still did not.

What he felt for Xie Yuan really could not be called love at first sight.

When he first met Xie Yuan, he had indeed been interested in this person who should no longer have existed.

But after that fleeting glimpse of his waist and the day they had spent together, he realized he truly was attracted to him.

And there was no stopping it.

Looks like I'll have to get someone to investigate. Since I've taken a liking to him, I absolutely won't let the same thing happen again.

With those thoughts on his mind, Mu Ze washed the towel, hung it to one side, then undressed and began to shower.

Only after drying his hair halfway did Mu Ze leave the bathroom.

Xie Yuan was on the phone. "Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Got it."

Whatever the person on the other end said, Xie Yuan's voice was full of helplessness and indulgence. "Sis, you make your little brother sound like some lawless criminal."

"I'm a model citizen. I'd never do anything illegal or criminal."

Mu Ze paused, then settled on one more thing: he needed to have the Legal Department ready at all times.

At the rate Xie Yuan had been hitting people today, he might well put someone in the hospital someday.

Even if the other person was asking for it.

Still, he looks so badass when he hits people, and he never lets himself get the short end of the stick. Just what I'd expect from someone I've taken a liking to.

Mu Ze stared at Xie Yuan, lost in thought again.

Xie Yuan hung up and saw Mu Ze standing outside the bathroom. He tilted his head in puzzlement. "What are you standing there for?"

Mu Ze came back to himself. "Should I wash your clothes for you?"

"Sure. Wash them together."

Xie Yuan did not refuse.

Mu Ze took the clothes and went back into the bathroom.

The production team had provided everything. The bedroom's bathroom had separate wet and dry areas, as well as a washing machine and dryer.

Once the clothes were washed and dried, they could be worn straight away the next day.

While Mu Ze was doing the laundry, the Wicked System, which had been quiet all day, took the form of a Spirit Cat and floated in front of Xie Yuan.

[Host, you earned lots of Villainy Points today. You've already paid off a third of your debt.]

Without shifting his gaze, Xie Yuan asked inwardly, "If you appear like this, won't the cameras catch you?"

[Not a chance. I'm a high-tech product. Unless I allow it, no one except my host can see me. That includes technological devices.]

The system sounded very smug as it flew back and forth in front of Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan felt dizzy watching it. "Keep flitting around and I'll slap you flat."

The Spirit Cat system froze, then quietly settled on his shoulder.

It looked perfectly docile and obedient.

Its mouth kept going.

[Host, you were just showing concern for me, and now you're being heartless. Is this what you humans call pulling out your thing and turning heartless?]

Xie Yuan glanced at the Spirit Cat on his shoulder out of the corner of his eye. "You're overthinking it. If you get discovered, I can find an excuse to hand you over."

The Spirit Cat went blank for an instant, then vanished on the spot.

[I should never have hoped you'd have any compassion.]

[I'll behave and stay out of your way. You can't hand me over.]

[I don't want to be sliced up for research. It hurts.]

"You're overthinking it," Xie Yuan said disdainfully. "Sliced up to research what? How to be wicked?"

"Just don't go inflicting yourself on anyone else."

The Wicked System sank into gloom.

It had gained a profound understanding of what having an overly wicked host felt like.

The Wicked System fell silent, but Xie Yuan did not let it off.

"Keep an eye on things online for me. If the male or female lead makes any moves, tell me immediately."

The Wicked System meekly protested.

[I'm the Wicked System, not the Charity System.]

"Oh." Xie Yuan's voice held no emotion. "Useless things belong in the trash."

The Wicked System trembled.

[It's not impossible. You'll need to pay Villainy Points.]

Xie Yuan yawned. "Deduct them yourself."

Before the Wicked System could celebrate, Xie Yuan spoke again.

"If I catch you taking a cut, I'll stuff you straight into a garbage heap."

The Spirit Cat system flew a lap around its space, making an extremely cute gesture.

[Don't worry, Host. I'm so sweet and adorable. I'd never do that.]

"Don't bother me. You're dismissed."

[As you command. This humble servant will vanish at once.]

The Spirit Cat kept its mechanical mouth tightly shut, not daring to make a sound.

After spending a few days together, it had learned that its host disliked noise.

In the bathroom's dry area, Mu Ze put his clothes and Xie Yuan's into the washing machine.

After a moment's hesitation, he poured in the laundry detergent he had brought.

At the thought that Xie Yuan's clothes would smell the same as his from now on, Mu Ze felt a secret flicker of pleasure.

Two pairs of little underpants remained. Mu Ze put them in a basin and began scrubbing them by hand.

Xie Yuan let me help wash his clothes. Does that mean he likes me too?

Imagination was a wonderful thing, and Mu Ze was especially good at letting his run wild.

Just thinking that, he could already picture his future days with Xie Yuan.

With Mu Ze still absent from the livestream's camera, the comments began speculating wildly again.

[What do you think? Mu Ze's been in the bathroom for so long. Is he really just doing laundry?]

[What else? What else could he do?]

[Are you really that innocent? There's plenty a man can do in the bathroom.]

[I know this one. Smoke, play games, sit on the toilet.]

[You're all so innocent that I'm starting to wonder if I'm just too dirty-minded.]

[Inside scoop: Young Master Xie's livestream has already been reported. If you keep discussing wildly inappropriate topics so freely, the stream will get suspended.]

That message, of course, had been posted anonymously by a staff member at Director Ma's instruction.

Seeing the comments veer off course really had him panicking.

Young Master Xie was not just a source of traffic, but a big-money sponsor too. He could not afford to offend him.

After finishing the laundry, Mu Ze came out and was a little surprised to find Xie Yuan still awake. "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

He showed none of the bashfulness he had felt while washing clothes in the bathroom.