Cry louder, I can't hear you.

"Brother, is there something you need?"

Shen Shiyu asked cautiously.

Shen Suwei withdrew his gaze from Yun Qiao, his tone calm:

"I just heard from your mother that you've decided to come to the company?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Shiyu immediately felt a little embarrassed:

"……yes."

But why did I come to her room specifically to ask her about this one thing?

When did Shen Suwei become so concerned about her affairs?

"Okay, then you can report for duty next Monday."

His voice was neither cold nor indifferent, revealing no emotion.

His gaze shifted almost imperceptibly, sweeping towards Yun Qiao's direction.

He paused, then looked away:

"Don't stay up too late, go to bed early."

Then he turned around, closed the door, and left.

He didn't say a single word to Yun Qiao from beginning to end.

As soon as the person left, Shen Shiyu's straight back immediately slumped:

"You scared me to death! Why did my brother suddenly show up?"

Yun Qiao did not answer.

Why else could it be? To protect myself from her.

It's truly a case of judging a gentleman by one's own petty standards. They were afraid she might do something bad to Shen Shiyu, so they made a special trip to check on her.

Yun Qiao scoffed inwardly, then got up and smoothed her hair and clothes.

"It's getting late, I'm sleepy, I'm going home now."

"Oh, didn't you say you wanted to sleep with me?"

Yun Qiao resisted the urge to roll her eyes and forced a smile:

"Your brother is home. I'm worried that if we forget to lower our voices when we talk at night, we might disturb him. Let's just sleep separately."

Originally, I came to ask Shen Shiyu about Shen Suwei's situation, but Shen Shiyu didn't give me any useful information.

What is she still waiting for?

She doesn't like it when there's another person in bed while she's sleeping; it keeps her awake.

Not to mention, Shen Shiyu is extremely clingy.

He loves to sleep while cuddling someone.

……

Yun Qiao hasn't been back to the Shen family for a long time.

I thought my room would be very dusty.

To my surprise, when the door opened, the room was very tidy.

The clothes in the wardrobe had no smell, as if the servants often took them out to scent and wash them before putting them back.

No wonder they're from a wealthy family; they really know how to be sophisticated.

Even someone like her, who is not well-liked in the Shen family, has her room cleaned so meticulously.

[Host, in order to speed up the progress of the strategy, you now have a mandatory task.]

While I was taking a shower, the system's voice suddenly sounded.

Upon hearing this "mandatory task," Yun Qiao sensed something was wrong.

【wait--】

Before she could stop it, the system had already issued the following statement on its own:

Go out in your bathrobe, knock on Shen Suwei's door, and tell him your showerhead is broken and you need to use his room to shower.

Yun Qiao: "..."

Do you think he'll agree? Is he crazy, or are you?

[Don't worry, host. To make sure there's a legitimate reason, I've already broken your showerhead.]

As soon as the system finished speaking, the hot water above his head stopped abruptly.

Yun Qiao: [?]

She just applied shampoo!

It's not even clean yet, and you're stopping it now?!

"At least let me wash my hair properly! I can barely open my eyes, how am I supposed to go out?!"

Foam streamed down her forehead, stinging her eyes. She couldn't open her eyes, her hands were covered in foam, and she was undoubtedly in a sorry state.

Could such an image possibly seduce Shen Suwei?

"Host, this makes it more realistic." The system's tone was matter-of-fact. "You should set off now."

Yun Qiao gritted her teeth.

Suppressing her anger, she reached for the bathrobe on the rack, hastily wiped the foam from her eyes, and barely managed to open them.

Shen Suwei isn't stupid. Even if I go there like this, he'll just tell me to go to Shen Shiyu's room or another guest room. Your plan simply won't work.

[So, host, you need to work harder. This is something you should be considering. You're the strategist; you can't expect me to figure everything out for you.]

Yun Qiao: [?]

Perhaps seeing that she remained motionless, the system's calm, mechanical voice turned into a cold, threatening tone:

[If you haven't reached Shen Suwei's door in one minute, I'll have to proceed with the punishment.]

Here we go again...

Yun Qiao took a deep breath, hesitated for half a minute, and finally resigned herself to leaving the house in her bathrobe.

Hopefully, she won't run into anyone else, otherwise, the sight of her going to see Shen Suwei in a bathrobe in the middle of the night is truly inexplicable...

Shen Suwei's room is at the far end of the second floor on the other side, which is exactly the furthest distance from her room.

Yun Qiao had to pass through Shen Shiyu's room to get there.

As Yun Qiao passed by Shen Shiyu's room, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

In this situation, who would seek help from Shen Suwei, who lives the furthest away and is a man, instead of going to Shen Shiyu, who is closer?

Isn't this blatantly telling Shen Suwei, "I'm going to seduce you"?

I'm truly impressed.

However, speechless.

Yun Qiao still mustered up the courage to knock on Shen Suwei's door.

It took almost a minute for the door to open.

Yun Qiao took a deep breath, and the lines she had prepared were already on the tip of her tongue.

Looking up, I was met with a sea of ​​bare chests.

Yunqiao's mind went blank with a "buzz".

Shen Suwei must have just finished showering; his hair was wet, with a few strands sticking to his forehead, and moisture dripping from the ends, water droplets sliding down his collarbone and disappearing into his loosely tied bathrobe…

Beneath the bathrobe, eight-pack abs were faintly visible.

Yun Qiao's gaze involuntarily fell on her neckline.

"I just called Aunt Lin, she'll be coming up to bring me something in a bit."

Shen Suwei suddenly said this sentence in a cold and indifferent manner.

Yun Qiao suddenly snapped back to reality.

Realizing what she had just done, she was instantly so embarrassed that she wanted to disappear.

Shen Suwei, however, seemed not to see it, only coldly reminding:

"If you don't want anyone to see, you'd better say what you need to say quickly."

Yun Qiao pinched the back of her hand, trying to calm herself down.

But when she thought about her request, she hesitated and couldn't say anything for a long time.

"You have three seconds."

In her haste, Yun Qiao quickly spoke:

"My showerhead is broken, probably because it hasn't been used in a long time. May I borrow your room to take a shower?"

The hand gripping the doorknob tightened slightly for a moment.

He looked at Yun Qiao without showing any emotion:

Why not go to Shen Shiyu's room?

"She...she's already asleep, I can't wake her." Feeling a little guilty, Yun Qiao changed the subject, "Didn't you also not want me to get too close to her?"

Shen Suwei neither confirmed nor denied this explanation.

Still refused without any mercy:

"It's not appropriate for you to come to my room. There are guest rooms available. Please go to the guest room to wash up."

"The guest rooms are on the third floor. I'm a little scared to go up alone..."

"If you're scared, go find Aunt Lin."

"Aunt Lin doesn't like me... I don't dare."

Yun Qiao lowered her eyes, feigning grievance.

Shen Suwei's eyebrows twitched slightly, and his gaze toward her was ambiguous:

"You dare come to me, but you don't dare go to Aunt Lin?"

"..."

The implication was that he disliked her even more than Aunt Lin.

Yun Qiao felt like crying.

She didn't want to come either, it's all because of the system...

"Shen Suwei, didn't you say before that you would fulfill any request I had?"

I'm out of ideas. Soft approaches aren't working, so I'm resorting to hard ones.

Yun Qiao forced herself to remain calm and looked at Shen Suwei:

"You said that just a few hours ago, you haven't forgotten, have you?"

Shen Suwei didn't speak, but the look in his eyes made her feel uncertain.

Is she angry?

"So, you absolutely must use my room tonight?"

Hearing him finally speak, Yun Qiao instantly turned pitiful, clasped her hands together, and looked at him with a pleading expression:

"May I?"

Shen Suwei's gaze was deep and unfathomable; he did not reply.

Suddenly, approaching footsteps came from the other side of the corridor.

"Young Master."

Aunt Lin's voice came through, and Yun Qiao cried out anxiously, "Shen..."

Shen Suwei turned to the side:

"Come in."

Yun Qiao was overjoyed and quickly stepped inside.

"Thanks!"