"It's just the third floor, isn't it? Besides, your bodyguards are a bit lacking." Li Qingmi casually took off his slippers outside on the balcony before coming in.
Chen Shiyu and the others came in and closed the door, feeling both angry and somewhat happy.
"What have you been doing these past two days? You haven't replied to my messages or answered my calls!" Chen Shiyu rolled her eyes at Li Qingmi, who continued drying her hair with a towel in one hand.
Li Qingmi stated frankly, "There was a research project that had been stuck with me for a long time. It was finally completed today, the last day."
Chen Shiyu thought to himself that one shouldn't overestimate a lazy bum's enthusiasm. Aside from being enthusiastic about playing tricks, he was basically just slacking off in other aspects.
If Li Qingmi becomes lazy in the future, who will inherit the family business? Finding a business agent? That's unlikely; large families always need someone to look after them.
"You didn't even tell me beforehand!" Chen Shiyu scolded playfully, tossing a towel over Li Qingmi's face before heading to the refrigerator in the corner of the room to get him some juice.
Li Qingmi pulled down the white towel and gently sniffed the familiar milky scent.
He then sat down on the sofa in the room without any hesitation, and Chen Shiyu tossed him a small bottle of orange juice.
Chen Shiyu: "You came out in the middle of the night, didn't your bodyguards notice? And you're talking about our family, how shameless."
Li Qingmi unscrewed the cap and drank, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.
Chen Shiyu raised an eyebrow, sat down opposite him again, wearing a bathrobe, legs crossed, completely ignoring the other person's life or death.
After taking a few sips, Li Qingmi saw the beautiful scenery and said, "What, trying to seduce your brother so late at night? Do you want to be...?"
Chen Shiyu: "I don't believe you're all talk and no action. You must be incompetent to keep me hanging on like this."
Li Qingmi chuckled softly, "I was afraid you couldn't handle it. Also, how about we date?"
Chen Shiyu thought to himself that this guy had been playing him for so long before finally speaking up, he was really dreaming, not even asking if others were happy about it, he was determined to make him pay for it in kind.
"No." Chen Shiyu raised her chin, refusing.
Li Qingmi wasn't surprised at all upon hearing this. So, the little thing really needs to be fed before it can be kept in check, right?
"Come here to your brother." Li Qingmi's voice was slightly deep, and his tone left no room for argument.
Chen Shiyu's stubbornness had vanished.
Actually, he didn't want to miss out on Li Qingmi either; he was just too handsome, so handsome that he often swooned over him.
When Chen Shiyu first came to the dating reality show, he did notice Li Qingmi. However, apart from her face, Li Qingmi gave people the impression of being lazy, unreliable, casual, and aloof despite her love of gossip.
In short, I feel like I'll never understand him; he's too mysterious.
Even when he was with me, there was still a sense of unfathomable depth about him, perhaps related to Li Qingmi's effeminate appearance...
Most importantly, Li Qingmi has always held the power of life and death... He has never even met Li Qingmi...
"Come here, Xiaoyu." Li Qingmi spoke again, startling Chen Shiyu was in a daze.
Chen Shiyu eventually walked over slowly.
" Xiaoyu, what have you been doing behind your brother's back?"
"It's all your fault, you bastard."
Li Qingmi teased, "Hmm? How am I a bastard? I'm all done with work, I came straight here without even having dinner."
Upon hearing that Li Qingmi had come to find him without even eating, Chen Shiyu's restlessness and anxiety vanished.
"Okay, next time you get busy, be sure to tell me, okay? Also, I need to consider what you just said."
Li Qingmi: "Hmm, I'll think about it. It doesn't matter how long it takes, I'll wait for you."
Helpless, Chen Shiyu buried her face in his neck, secretly inhaling the faint fragrance of the freesia. "... Why have you been calling yourself 'brother' so much lately? If I call you 'brother,' won't Li Qinghui be angry that I stole you from her?"
Li Qingmi: "She has already agreed to transfer this title to you, and most of the time she calls me by my name without any respect, at most she'll just call me 'brother'."
Chen Shiyu couldn't help but laugh, "Oh, brother, a brother who's four months older than me, and you call him brother?"
Li Qingmi: "Even if I'm only a minute older than you, I'm still your older brother. Say it again, let me hear it."
Chen Shiyu called out again, somewhat sullenly, "Brother... tie."
Li Qingmi: "Acting cute is shameful."
"You're more suited to being a bastard."
Li Qingmi: "So, what's your name, since you like bastards?"
"I've decided I don't like it anymore." Chen Shiyu resists evil forces!
"Oh? You don't like it? Are you willing to let me go?" Li Qingmi's voice was different from others; sometimes it sounded like a knife, and sometimes like a piece of candy.
The latter is undoubtedly the case now.
"I can't bear to part with her, and besides, you... you're poking me." Chen Shiyu felt he had just said something careless, like Li Qingmi wasn't good enough.
People like Li Qingmi are often more powerful; even he could sense that this thing was extraordinary. No wonder he kept saying he couldn't stand it.
If you gave that to him, he'd die!
Chen Shiyu's body stiffened, and he tried to loosen his grip without anyone noticing, but Li Qingmi held his waist even tighter.
"What? You want to leave? Did your brother agree?"
"I was wrong, Li Qingmi, please let me go, I'll never say anything about you again." Chen Shiyu was so nervous that he stammered.
"That won't do. Whoever started the fire is responsible for putting it out." Li Qingmi placed his hand on his cold, indifferent face.
next day
Chen Shiyu felt so much pain in his back that he couldn't sit up.
"Woke up?"
"Oh, I just remembered, you didn't eat dinner last night... I'll have someone bring up an extra breakfast. Go wash up." Chen Shiyu's voice was a little hoarse.
Li Qingmi felt a pang of sympathy. If Chen Shiyu could scream like that while playing, what would happen if he were to do it? He'd probably cry himself hoarse!
"Okay, thank you, Xiaoyu, my little cutie?"
"Don't call me 'little cutie,' I'm not cute at all." Chen Shiyu pinched his cheek, which turned red as soon as she let go. His face was just as tender as hers. " Li Qingmi, you have the potential to be a submissive."
Li Qingmi smiled, his eyes casual yet gentle, and said softly, "Whether it's true or not, don't you know in your heart?"
Chen Shiyu: "..."This guy... he really deserves a beating.