Chapter 154: What? He Wants the Original Scent Too? Isn’t That Just Letting My Stupid Love Rival Win?!
Pervert! That annoying love rival is a total pervert!
But not a complete pervert. If you think about it, he clearly believed that item belonged to Lin Yibai… I mean, he thought it was something Lin Yibai wore as a girl.
But after thinking it over, she decided to let it go.
After all, she was currently staying in someone else’s home. It was just the two of them, a guy and a girl, who knows what weird stuff could happen?
And who knows if scolding him too much might hurt his pride?
As for whether what he did was creepy… she didn’t really want to comment.
Honestly, if the roles were reversed and it was a girl, she might’ve done something just as strange. Smelling someone’s shirt or whatever, girls might even have more weird tricks up their sleeves!
Lin Yibai quietly stepped back and mumbled to herself, “Let’s just leave it at that. I hope he doesn’t do anything weird with my clothes.”
She was a little bothered, but it didn’t seem like something worth overreacting about.
The night was rainy, with thunder and howling wind outside.
What was her annoying love rival doing next door right now?
Was he… already starting “handwork”? (She didn’t want to know.)
Why did she care so much about whether he was doing that?
She grumbled softly, “Even if he is… so what? Am I supposed to help him or something? Haha… I must be losing it! I’m a guy myself, why would I help another guy do that kind of handwork?”
Her feelings started to get really confusing. She couldn’t sleep at all. But at least she stayed alert, watching the room.
Sure, the love rival had acted like a pervert earlier, but he didn’t try to sneak in during the night or anything!
Wait—no, no, no.
Lin Yibai shook her head and said to herself, “These thoughts are wrong. Why am I even thinking about him sneaking in at night?!”
Ugh, what a mess my mind is right now!
She didn’t even know when she fell asleep. But when she woke up, there still hadn't been a night raid.
The bathroom already had a clean toothbrush and towel prepared. And there were sizzling sounds coming from the kitchen, along with a delicious smell in the air.
Lin Yibai stood by the kitchen door, still wearing the oversized black-and-white school jacket. It was big enough to cover her hips, and with the tight yoga shorts underneath, it looked almost like a short skirt that just barely covered her. It was… very tempting.
She looked a bit surprised and said, “You… I didn’t expect you to know how to cook. Not bad!”
Most guys do know how to cook. Her annoying love rival was a guy, so it made sense.
Xia Changyu stayed humble and smiled. “I just picked up a few tricks from some cooking videos. Nothing compared to you. What you cook is the best! You're the perfect wife and loving mother!”
Wait, did he just compliment her?
Lin Yibai knew it was probably just sweet talk again. But still, she was soft-hearted and couldn’t help but enjoy hearing it.
She looked at the breakfast: milk, eggs, some side dishes, and even chicken wings in the pan.
Xia Changyu told her to relax on the sofa and gently said, “Just wait a bit. I’ll finish cooking soon. I hope you like it.”
Well, what more was there to say? Might as well enjoy it.
But even while sitting, Lin Yibai still couldn’t quite calm down.
She still couldn’t forget the late-night incident that had kept her awake.
She thought, ‘As a guest, I shouldn’t just eat for free.’
So she decided to help out a bit with the cleaning. While Xia Changyu was still busy in the kitchen, she grabbed a broom and started sweeping the floor.
Though honestly… her real goal wasn’t just cleaning.
Somehow, while sweeping, she found herself inside Xia Changyu’s bedroom. And just one glance told her something was off.
“I knew it! If a guy has a bedside table, there’s no way he wouldn’t keep some tissues on top of it, right?”
She glanced at the messy bed, then pretended to be shocked.
“Oh my gosh, he didn’t even tidy it up after getting up! Good thing he’s still single. If a girl saw this, she definitely wouldn’t want to sleep on that bed. Me? Even if I am a girl now, I would never sleep on that bed.”
After spotting another “flag” in the room, Lin Yibai swept two crumpled tissues off the bed. Then, with a mischievous "hehehe," she grinned. Sure enough, it was exactly as she had thought!
There were even more used tissues in the trash can.
The more she looked, the more suspicious it seemed. It was obvious those tissues had been used last night. She just hadn’t expected her annoying love rival to be very ‘strong’.
She clicked her tongue twice and glanced at the big bed, then said with a look of pity.
“The poor woman who ends up sleeping on this bed someday… She’ll probably be completely exhausted every night, huh?”
Tsk tsk tsk.
Poor girl, really.
She swept the tissues into a dustpan and carried them outside to throw away. Just in time to bump into her annoying love rival, who had just finished cooking and was carrying breakfast out of the kitchen.
The moment Xia Changyu saw the tissues, visible cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Lin Yibai acted like nothing had happened and even asked with concern, “Hey, why do you look so nervous? Are you sick or something?”
Xia Changyu: “Uh—uh…”
Lin Yibai kept up the act, pretending to be clueless, and said with an innocent face.
“I saw a bunch of tissues in your room. You probably caught a cold after being out in the rain yesterday, right?”
Hearing that, Xia Changyu looked like he’d just seen the light, he was saved!
“Y-Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s it! I caught a little cold from the rain. Had a runny nose, that’s all… Ah-choo~”
Lin Yibai asked, “Are you feeling better now?”
Xia Changyu: “Yeah, all better.”
Lin Yibai narrowed her pretty eyes and said with a knowing smile, “So… no more runny nose, right?”
Xia Changyu: “No more.”
Let’s just eat. He tried to hide the fact that she had clearly seen through him.
She had said it was tissues for a cold, so that’s what it had to be! What else could it be, hmm?
That feeling of being totally exposed, yet she didn’t directly say anything…
It was like she had full control over the situation, and he couldn’t do a thing about it.
It was oddly exciting, almost addictive.
The chicken wings tasted amazing. While eating, Lin Yibai said, “Hey, can I borrow a pair of your longer shorts later? Like knee-length, or a bit shorter, whatever works.”
Xia Changyu asked, “Why do you need them?”
Lin Yibai took a deep breath and sighed, “All my clothes got soaked yesterday. You don’t expect me to go out like this, do you?”
Xia Changyu replied, “But I think what you’re wearing now is totally cute. It definitely hits a guy’s weak spot. What’s wrong with it?”
Lin Yibai shook her head and said seriously, “No way. Even though I didn’t say anything before, can’t you tell? That yoga short you gave me is way too tight. It’s so tight it’s squeezing into a certain shape, okay? Maybe you think it’s just a pair of sporty shorts, but I wore it like underwear, and it’s really uncomfortable. Understand?”
“Anyway, don’t worry. I’ll wash it and give it back to you.”
Wash it? Why bother washing it?
Xia Changyu muttered, “No need to wash it…”
Lin Yibai narrowed her eyes and glared at him. “You wish. If I don’t wash it, that’s just doing you a favor, huh?”
Oops. Did she just call out his little fantasy?
Xia Changyu was immediately flustered.
And now that she said that out loud, even if he hadn’t realized it before, he definitely got the message now.
He admitted it, he hadn’t thought it through. Who uses yoga shorts as underwear anyway?
So, later— No, today!
He would cancel everything else today and take her out shopping.
At the very least, he needed to buy her a few pairs of proper, cute underwear. No more wearing guy’s shorts, alright?
He really, really wanted… to be able to spend money on Lin Yibai.