Li Yi, how dare you smash my door

"Aunt Liu, go upstairs and see what happened," Qiao Xinyue said.

"Yes, ma'am." Aunt Liu hurried upstairs, only to see Li Yi smashing a door. There was a black footprint on the white European-style door, and the handle had been knocked crooked and was barely hanging on.

Holding a hammer, Li Yi lowered his head and glanced sideways at her, his look carrying a vicious edge. Aunt Liu shuddered in fright, afraid the hammer would come down on her head the next second.

"Go tell Ms. Qiao to arrange for someone to fix the doors. I've got quite a few to smash today." Li Yi grinned and brought the hammer down on the handle with a clang, successfully breaking the door open.

He lowered his head and kicked the door open. Seeing Lu Junjia huddled on the bed, he smiled faintly. "I told you yesterday to move out this morning, didn't I? Looks like you didn't listen."

"Li Yi, how dare you smash my door! Have you gone mad?" Lu Junjia's eyes trembled slightly as he looked at the hammer in Li Yi's hand with some fear.

"I don't just dare smash your door. I dare smash your head, too." Li Yi raised the hammer and waved it. "Scared?"

"You wouldn't dare!" Lu Junjia straightened his back and looked at him.

Bang!

The hammer skimmed past Lu Junjia's ear and smashed into the wall!

"Aah!"

Lu Junjia screamed in terror and covered his face, shouting uncontrollably, "You lunatic! You lunatic!"

"Are you moving out or not?" Li Yi folded his arms and looked at him. "Next time, I won't miss."

"Yes, I'll move." Lu Junjia tumbled off the bed in fright. His legs were too weak to hold him steady, and he braced himself against the wall as he rushed out, running into Qiao Xinyue as she came upstairs.

"Mom!" Lu Junjia flung himself into Qiao Xinyue's arms, his knees nearly hitting the floor. He sobbed out his complaint. "Li Yi's a lunatic! He just tried to kill me! That hammer brushed past my ear and smashed into the wall. He really wanted to kill me!"

"Junjia, don't be afraid. Mom's here. He wouldn't dare." Qiao Xinyue stroked Lu Junjia's face to comfort him, only to touch blood beside his ear. Startled, she looked at Li Yi standing in the doorway and trembled with rage. "You unfilial brat! How dare you hurt your older brother!"

"He's the one who didn't dodge. I clearly warned him, so how can you blame me?" Li Yi pointed at Aunt Liu. "Lu Junjia's out now. Clean up the room for me. If I don't see a clean room before dinner, I can't promise your precious baby won't get hurt again."

"Ma'am." Aunt Liu glanced cautiously at Qiao Xinyue.

"Let him have it!" Qiao Xinyue closed her eyes slightly and took a deep breath. "Clean up two rooms for Junjia in a bit."

"Yes, ma'am." Aunt Liu lowered her head slightly and edged along the wall, carefully avoiding Li Yi as she entered the room to pack things up.

Li Yi went downstairs and found the old butler watering flowers in the garden. "Grandpa Liu, the door to my new room got smashed. Could you call a locksmith for me?"

Butler Liu put down the watering can and looked at Li Yi. "Your new room? Do you mean the lock on Young Master Junjia's door?"

"Yes, I just took it back," Li Yi said.

"Young master, why put yourself through this? If you offend the whole family, life in the Lu family will be even harder for you." Butler Liu was a little worried. "The master and madam dote on Young Master Junjia the most. Now that you've taken his room, I'm afraid they'll target you in the future."

"Grandpa Liu, don't worry. I won't let them bully me anymore."

"Ah, honestly, the master and madam treat their adopted son better than their own flesh and blood. I really don't know what they're thinking." Shaking his head, Butler Liu took out his phone and started arranging for someone to come replace the lock.

After he finished the call, Li Yi said, "Grandpa Liu, there's something else I'd like your help looking after."

"Your cat, right?" Butler Liu smiled. "Young master, I'd help you look after him even without you asking. In this house, that cat is the only one who's close to you."

"Thank you." Li Yi was somewhat moved. In this house, the old butler was the only one who had ever given him any warmth.

He had nothing to do that day, so he stayed home to supervise them switching the rooms.

Sheriff was making quite a fuss, possibly because all the bustle of moving things around the house made him want to go out and play.

Tuxedo cats' minds worked differently from other cats'. Not only was Sheriff unafraid of people, but he got a little overexcited around them. Li Yi simply put a cat leash on him and took him out to play in the garden.

When Lu Junjia saw the cat, he was about to curse, but Li Yi's dark gaze immediately scared him into taking a step back. He bit his lip before saying, "Li Yi, I'm allergic to cat fur."

"Oh, what's that got to do with me? Can't you stay out of Sheriff's way?" Li Yi rolled his eyes at him and led Sheriff away to admire the flowers and chase butterflies.

Fuming, Lu Junjia took out his phone and sent Zhou Xuanze a message on WeChat.

[Xuanze, what are you doing? I miss you so much. Will you come see me?]

Zhou Xuanze, who used to reply instantly, took ages without replying this time.

He scrolled up. Zhou Xuanze hadn't even replied to the messages he had sent last night.

Lu Junjia bit his finger and kept sending messages.

[If you're too busy, you don't have to respond. I just missed you and couldn't quite help messaging you.]

Zhou Xuanze still didn't reply. It wasn't until evening that he messaged back, saying he would come see him tomorrow.

Lu Junjia gave Li Yi a smug look. So what if Li Yi had taken his room? Hadn't he stolen Li Yi's man anyway?

Thinking of Zhou Xuanze coming to see him tomorrow, Lu Junjia was already looking forward to seeing Li Yi fly into a rage.

"Smiling at me like that-have you thought of something disgusting again?" Li Yi used his chopsticks to stir the pineapple beef on the plate into a complete mess, then picked up a piece of pineapple and threw it at Lu Junjia. "Stop smiling. You're ruining my fucking appetite!"

"Li Yi, how is anyone supposed to eat after you've messed up the dish like that?" Lu Hongshen gave him a displeased look.

"Eat it or don't. I like it, anyway." Li Yi moved the plate directly in front of himself, picked up the beef, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Lu Junjia wiped the grease off his hand and maintained his fake smile. "Dad, if my little brother likes it, let him eat it. We have so many other dishes anyway."

"So fake." Li Yi sneered and brought the prawns and meatball soup beside him over in front of himself as well.

Qiao Xinyue had just been about to pick up a meatball, but her chopsticks met empty air. Unable to stand it any longer, she slapped them down on the table. "Li Yi, what is the meaning of this? Is all this food yours alone?"

"Ms. Qiao, I'm doing this for your own good. Look how fat you are. Don't you know eating too much at dinner makes you gain weight?

"You're getting on in years. If you don't start watching your figure, you'll end up just like Aunt Liu, with a thick waist, a big backside, and two spare tires stacked around your stomach."

"Who are you calling fat? You unfilial brat, you're infuriating!" Qiao Xinyue was so angry she lost her appetite. After glancing at Aunt Liu's figure, she couldn't stomach another bite.

Aunt Liu: "..."