Xie Ji habitually ignored Lu Xunji's words and pulled the blanket over him. "I'm just worried about you, don't catch a cold."
Lu Xunji rubbed his temples, got up and glanced at the time: 4:30 in the morning.
He threw back the covers and stood up. "No need."
Xie Ji said, "Bu'er, where are you going? You've only slept for two hours."
Lu Xunji didn't say anything and walked towards the door.
"Fine, you can come back to sleep, I'll leave, okay?" Xie Ji quickly stepped forward and pulled him back. "I'll go back."
Lu Xunji his lips slightly. "That's not what I meant."
Xie Ji said seriously, "Then what will it take for you to sleep? You can't just take advantage of your illness to overwork yourself like this. How can you not sleep?"
Lu Xunji lowered his eyes and said softly, "I'm afraid you won't like it."
"Whether you like it or not, we've been sleeping together for two months now, I'm used to it, aren't I?" Xie Ji frowned. "... Besides, it's not that I'm shameless enough to stay here with you, it's just that you said it last time."
He paused for a moment, then suddenly felt a little wronged. "You're the one who said you couldn't sleep well when I wasn't around. I just wanted you to get a good night's sleep, and it's like I'm doing you a favor."
Lu Xunji's pupils contracted sharply in the darkness. "... You care a lot about what I say."
"Of course," Xie Ji said softly, "How can you people from Nantong be like this? You say one thing and do another, playing with our straight men's feelings must feel good..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt something hot pressed against his forehead.
Lu Xunji kissed his forehead.
When did this kid become so into pure romance?
Xie Ji was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't say anything more. When his lips left the skin on his forehead, he touched the burning skin in a daze.
"I'm sorry," Lu Xunji said softly.
I don't know if it was because of the cold treatment I'd received these past few days, or because of this sudden kiss.
Xie Ji mumbled something, not even knowing what he wanted to say, and could only turn around, open the door, and prepare to go back to his own room.
Lu Xunji reached out his hand, as if trying to stop the person, but ultimately failed to actually pull them back.
Xie Ji returned to his room and lay in bed, unable to fall asleep for a while, constantly thinking about what Lu Xunji really meant.
What do you mean by not knowing how to treat him?
They're from Nantong, they're really hard to understand.
It was even harder to understand than the very long English sentence that Lu Xunji recited.
However, what exactly did Lu Xunji mean by that English sentence?
He can't remember a single letter now. He'll have to ask Lu Xunji again when he has the chance, and copy down that English sentence. After the show ends and he leaves the island, he'll translate it with an English translator.
Trying to show off in front of Xie Little Ji? Ha, that Lu guy is still too green!
Xie Ji is a person whose thinking is quite divergent. No matter how big the problem is, after going through it in his mind, it will quickly extend to trivial matters that seem completely unrelated.
So he quickly forgot about what had been bothering him at the beginning, mumbled a lot of things to himself, closed his eyes, and fell asleep again.
Xie Ji slept straight until nine in the morning. He turned on the live streaming equipment, and Shang Yan came to knock on his door.
He got out of bed, his hair a mess, and went to open the door.
Looking at his sleepy eyes, Shang Yan patted his head helplessly. "It's already nine o'clock, still not awake? Did you go steal chickens last night? Get up quickly, we have work to do today."
Xie Ji's eyes were dark and swollen; he had spent the entire night studying "Nantong Psychology" under his blanket, and was indeed quite sleep-deprived.
After he finished washing up with his eyes half-closed, he barely managed to muster his energy. When he went downstairs, he saw Lu Xunji, who had slept even less than him, getting up to heat up breakfast for Xie Ji.
She still maintained that elegant and dignified demeanor, showing no signs of exhaustion.
Mental illness is truly terrifying.
Lu Xunji made a simple scallion pancake this morning, but the ingredients were anything but simple. Xie Ji loved it so much that he filled it with plenty of filling, didn't brush on any tomato sauce, but slathered on chili sauce like crazy. Lu Xunji tapped him on the head, and only then did he obediently stop slathering on the chili sauce.
Taking advantage of the situation, Shang Yan snatched the chili sauce away. Xie Ji's cheeks puffed out, and with chili sauce still dangling from the corner of his mouth, he mumbled, "A tonic, brother!"
"Tonic my foot!" Ji Shi jumped over and slapped down Xie Ji's outstretched hand, which was like Erkang's. "Your stomach is already weak, and you're eating such stimulating food. You'll get an upset stomach again!"
Mu Yao sighed, "Someone probably forgot the last time they put eleven spoonfuls of chili peppers in their dumpling bowl, which gave them diarrhea for three days, and they stayed in the toilet refusing to see a doctor."
Xie Ji was a little embarrassed. "Don't remember my embarrassing past so vividly, okay? Don't I have any pride? Besides, I'm all better now, I need to trust my body! Give me back my chili sauce!"
Lu Xunji poured Xie Ji a glass of milk to help cool him down.
Xie Ji was very blunt. "I don't want this, I want chili sauce. Next time I'll just use a little bit, okay?"
Lu Xunji: "No."
Xie Ji: "Why? I feel you're violating my right to freedom of choice in my life. I'm going to sue you for loan fraud..."
"Hmm." Lu Xunji tapped the table casually, "With your lifestyle and eating habits, eating like that will give you hemorrhoids."
Xie Ji: "..."
"After the surgery, there's a high probability it will affect the elasticity of the sphincter muscles..."
Xie Ji gulped down his milk. "Brother, stop talking, I hate hot sauce."
Lu Xunji: "Hmm."
Shang Yan and the others gave Lu Xunji a strange look.
It has to be Lu Xunji; these nauseating words actually make a strange sense coming from his mouth!
After breakfast, Xie Ji took a walk around the breeding shed.
The program is nearing its end, and the agritainment facilities are gradually being completed. After they leave, the NPCs on the island will also leave, and the vacated areas will be opened to the public for merchants to rent, while also being open to ordinary people from all over the galaxy.
Tickets for the attraction will also be reduced to normal prices.
The villa used for filming will then be used to entertain tourists.
The once deserted island may become bustling and prosperous.
When Xie Ji returned from the farm, he saw Zhou Heyu soaking dog food in goat milk powder for A-Gang and A-Qiang.
The two little ones are now three months old and can eat some softened dog food and canned food. They no longer need to be fed with a diaper changer.
Xie Ji walked into the dog villa and picked up A-Gang.
Zhou Heyu walked over with a dog bowl, and Xie Ji had the two puppies sit side by side to train them to wait for food.
Lu Xunji trained the two dogs to be well-behaved and intelligent, almost like humans. Within three months, they learned to go to the toilet in a designated spot, open and close the villa door by themselves, and even help humans fetch things, such as bottled water or towels, and taking out the trash was a piece of cake for them.
When the two puppies started eating, Xie Ji and Zhou Heyu squatted side by side in front of them.
Xie Ji: "Sigh--"
Zhou Heyu: "..."
Xie Ji: "You too."
Zhou Heyu: "Sigh--"
Xie Ji: "Sigh--"
Zhou Heyu: "Sigh--"
Xie Ji: "Sigh--"
Ji Shi didn't understand, so he walked over and glanced at them. "Are you two really that in love? People are eating, and you're acting all lovey-dovey here?"
Xie Ji asked, "What will happen to them if we leave? Will I ever see my Gangzi and Qiangzi again?"
Zhou Heyu nodded. "I can't bear to part with it."
"They're definitely here. The production team will find someone online to take care of them, so you two don't need to worry," Ji Shi said. " Xie Ji, if you're really worried, you can ask the production team to take them back with you."
Xie Ji shook his head. "No, dogs aren't allowed at school."
Ji Shi paused for a moment, then said, "Then take him home. He doesn't have to live on campus, right? He can go home every day."
Xie Ji shook his head. The Imperial Military Academy did not allow students to live outside. Moreover, if he remembered correctly, the Imperial Military Academy should be located in a vast primeval forest, and the surrounding area for thousands of kilometers was a restricted zone, where ordinary people were not allowed to enter or leave.
Zhou Heyu spoke slowly, "The Imperial Military Academy doesn't allow dogs or commuter students."
Ji Shi: "You went to military school too?"
Zhou Heyu: "Also?"
Ji Shi: "Oh, I also went to military school, that guy surnamed Lu also went to military school, and so did Mu Yao, Mu Yao also went to military school."
Xie Ji: "?"
What's this program? A large meeting for prospective military academy students?
"What about Shang Yan?" Xie Ji asked. " Shang Yan also a military academy student?"
"No," Ji Shi said casually. "He's from the Imperial University of Science and Technology next door, majoring in Business Administration."
Xie Ji nodded.
Okay, that fits his character of Shang Yan very well.
Looking Ji Shi Xie Ji, Ji Shi said with some reluctance, "Once school starts, it'll probably be hard to see you again."
"No," Xie Ji said, "I'm also a military academy student."
Ji Shi: "..."
Zhou Heyu: "..."
Ji Shi: "There's really no need to pretend like this."
The fact that Xie Ji had no school to attend was already common knowledge when Lu Xunji first appeared in the wealthy family and Xie Ji broke down his guard when he saw Lu Xunji's military academy admission notice.
Xie Ji clicked his tongue. "I really am a military academy student."
Ji Shi didn't believe it. "There's really no need."
Xie Ji pointed at him and said, "You wait. I, Xie Ji, will definitely have a place in the Imperial Military Academy. When the Dragon King returns to the throne, you will all have to submit to me."
Ji Shi: "..."
After saying that, the Dragon King himself scurried off to find Lu Xunji, shouting, "Brother—I want to eat jelly! Open a package of jelly for me—!!!"
Zhou Heyu put the two puppies back, looked at Ji Shi, and after a long while said, " Xie Ji... special exam?"
Ji Shi was stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh. "Damn it! I forgot about that! No way, the special exam is too dangerous, we can't let Xie Ji go!"