Wen Bai returned to the living room after seeing the male lead.
His gaze swept from the living room table to the cabinets, and then to the dining table, but he was surprised to find no post-meal fruit.
He walked towards the kitchen without stopping.
If you want something done right, do it yourself. No matter how much he had eaten, his stomach still had room for post-meal fruit; not a single one could be missed.
However, before he even reached the kitchen, he sensed something.
He turned his head and saw Su Ying seemingly looking at him.
Wen Bai asked sharply, "Is he looking at me?"
System 001 replied affirmatively, "Yes, host. Su Ying's gaze has been on you since you appeared."
He recalled the vegetarian dish Su Ying had put in his bowl today. He had only taken one bite; the rest was truly uneaten.
Wen Bai retracted his steps towards the kitchen.
If he wasn't going to eat it, he wasn't going to eat it.
Then he saw Su Ying stand up.
Su Ying, with his long strides, took off his glasses and said as he passed Wen Bai, "I've put your things on the table."
Then, Su Ying went straight upstairs.
"My things? Gifts for me?"
Su Ying had very high standards, and his taste had always been affirmed by Wen Bai. Every time he gifted Wen Bai something, it hit the mark precisely.
Wen Bai was instantly delighted.
No wonder he wasn't allowed to have post-meal fruit; it was waiting for him here.
With a joyful and impatient mood, he "pitter-pattered" over to the table.
Looking at the exquisite boxes on the table, they were so big? And there were five of them?
However, five wasn't too many to finish.
He cheerfully opened the boxes.
Wen Bai: "?"
There was no food in the boxes, only a small black, triangular piece of cloth lying quietly within.
Wen Bai tossed the cloth attached to a small string onto the table and rummaged through it.
He then discovered that only delicate decorative flowers and paper remained.
He took out all the decorative items, turned the box upside down, and there was nothing.
Unwilling to accept this, he opened all five boxes one by one, only to find none of them contained food.
Each box contained a very small amount of fabric, and one even held a leather band no wider than a finger...
The last and largest box contained a set of clothes, primarily deep blue with a milky white accent. The fabric seemed a bit sparse, and it had lace trim. Nestled on top of the clothes was a pair of...
Wen Bai picked them up and looked. Rabbit ears?
Wen Bai was disappointed.
Wen Bai was angry.
For the first time, he was not satisfied with anything Su Ying had given him.
"What are all these..." Wen Bai expressionlessly threw the piece of cloth and the rabbit ears back into the box.
System 001, who was reading a best-selling book from the system's ranking list, heard the commotion and peeked.
The knowledgeable System 001: "Hmm? Lingerie?"
"He's hinting at you," System 001 said.
Wen Bai hesitated in the bathroom, holding the items in his hand, finding it very strange, extremely strange, extraordinarily strange.
How could these be clothes?
System 001, watching Wen Bai rummage through the pile, concluded, "This isn't entirely a gift for you; it's more like a gift for himself."
Su Ying was in his study, looking at a thick book, but his mind was elsewhere.
He was thinking about Wen Bai's boxes, wondering why Wen Bai had bought those things.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the person he was thinking about walked in.
Normally, Wen Bai wore two-piece pajamas after showering, like shirts and pants.
He rarely wore a bathrobe, but today he was unexpectedly wearing one.
Wen Bai naturally didn't own a bathrobe, as he was wearing Su Ying's.
Su Ying seemed to recall something, a light flashing in his eyes, followed by a hint of uncertainty.
Then he saw the collar Wen Bai was wearing around his neck.
The dark brown collar, worn on Wen Bai's relatively fair neck, which rarely saw the sun, was exceptionally... sexy.
For the first time in his life, he felt this word could apply to a man, but when it was Wen Bai, it somehow made sense.
Su Ying suddenly felt a bit thirsty.
Then he saw Wen Bai move the tie of his bathrobe and heard Wen Bai say, "Although I don't really like it, since it's from you..."
... a gift...
Wen Bai looked at Su Ying's eyes, which, though outwardly calm, were clearly burning with desire, and finally confirmed that System 001 had not lied to him.
Where he had grown up, they had also been made to wear various strange clothes, but those clothes caused pain and injury. What he was wearing today only made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Wen Bai continued speaking as he unfastened his bathrobe.
He was wearing the outfit with the most fabric, just without the strange ears.
Su Ying felt a string in his head tighten to the breaking point. He felt his heart rate quicken.
The clothes revealed his waist, a waist with defined muscles.
The small skirt barely covered his hips, reaching only the top of his thighs.
His legs were strong yet a little fleshy.
Wen Bai was undoubtedly suited for this outfit.
Wen Bai turned around, allowing the other person to see clearly.
He heard Wen Bai calmly ask, "Do you like it?"
Then the string in his head snapped.
Before Wen Bai could react, his chin was gently grasped and lifted, and the other person's hot breath was already on his lips.
...
Wen Bai sat in the dining room, with, unusually, only Lin Shuangshuang sitting opposite him.
Wen Bai was listless; he hadn't slept well last night.
He didn't understand why Su Ying had done such a thing to him.
Why had he kissed him?
System 001 said, "This is human desire, it's normal, it's nothing."
Wen Bai had never experienced it, but he didn't dislike the wet sensation.
He wasn't sure if Su Ying was happy or unhappy, because Su Ying had slept in the guest room last night.
This was something that hadn't happened since he moved in.
System 001 also said that Su Ying hadn't even come to his room to see him until morning.
Su Ying had left after waking up this morning.
Would Su Ying return to cook dinner tonight?
Wen Bai glanced at his phone again. The only message he had sent was: "Are you cooking tonight?"
It lay there, lonely, at the bottom of the chat log.
"Tianle proposed to me."
Huh? Wen Bai immediately snapped back to attention.
Hearing this, he became energized. He put all other matters aside.
"When is the wedding?"
Lin Shuangshuang, however, did not smile. Instead, a hint of uncertainty appeared on her face.
"I told him I would consider it, and I haven't given him an answer yet."
"Why?"
"I'm not sure."
"You don't like him?"
"No, Wen Bai," Lin Shuangshuang asked, "How did you and Dr. Su meet?"
Wen Bai thought for a moment. "We met on the road."
"And then it was love at first sight? I'm so envious that you are so sure. But now I can't tell if it's more about being touched or genuinely loving him."
"Is that important?"
Lin Shuangshuang nodded. "Lately, I've had this inexplicable feeling, as if if I agree, something I can't predict will happen."
"Wen Bai, do you love Dr. Su?"
Love?
What was that?
"I really like the food he cooks."
"Just because you like his cooking?" Lin Shuangshuang burst out laughing.
However, this was Wen Bai.
The originally heavy atmosphere suddenly became much lighter.
"I'm very happy with him. He solves all the troublesome things for me in advance. I have no worries with him, but just agreeing to the proposal would be too irresponsible to him."