A god-level beauty system? But I'm already a god-level beauty!

What do you mean you want to come to my school?

Don't do this kind of thing!

I was hoping to get to know more classmates at the new school, but now that you're here, my plans are ruined.

Shen Ye typed quickly, trying to persuade Chu Cihan.

He didn't dare to imagine what he would become if Lin Chunuan and Chu Cihan were put into the same school.

"Knock knock knock—"

There was a knock on the bedroom door, and Xu Muwan's gentle voice slipped in through the crack in the door.

"Xiaoye, are you awake?"

"I'm awake, Auntie." Shen Ye put down the message he was holding.

"I have something to tell you and Nuannuan. Come to the living room for a bit."

"good--"

Shen Ye glanced at the few messages that hadn't been sent yet, thought for a moment, and then deleted them.

I'll talk to Chu Cihan later. She's already waited so long, a little longer won't make a difference.

He tossed his phone aside, got out of bed, stretched, and went straight out.

On the other side, Chu Ci is cold—

The girl's dark, bright eyes were fixed on her chat interface with Shen Ye on the social media app.

Almost an hour has passed since she sent the last question mark.

The other party remained completely silent.

Suddenly, a line of small text popped up next to the word "slave" at the top of the screen—

The other party is typing...

Finally back!

Chu Cihan rolled around on the bed excitedly, leaving the white sheets beneath him wrinkled in layers.

"Hehe—" The girl laughed happily, completely forgetting how she had just mentally listed ten sins against the other person.

"Hmph, it took him so long to reply to my message. No matter what he sends later, I'm absolutely ignoring him!"

Once the excitement wore off, Chu Cihan instantly switched to a serious expression.

That damn Shen Ye is taking his master for granted more and more. He needs to be disciplined properly and taught a lesson!

However, if his first words are an apology to me, then it's not impossible to forgive him...

Chu Cihan pouted proudly and turned her attention back to chatting.

Come on, Shen Ye, apologize to me.

The girl was already fantasizing about the little slave pitifully begging for forgiveness, then she would first make things difficult for him, and then generously forgive him.

After this combination of harsh words and sweet promises, Chu Cihan was convinced that Shen Ye would be moved to tears.

The other party is typing...

Did it take you this long to write?

It seems they are genuinely trying to find the right words to beg me.

Chu Cihan was filled with anticipation.

Then......

And that was the end of it.

The typing status suddenly disappeared, and the chat interface returned to complete silence.

?

Chu Cihan was stunned.

Some thought the chat interface was frozen, so the girl waited a while longer until she was sure Shen Ye really didn't intend to reply to her message...

Chu Cihan was getting anxious.

The Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) has turned cold and red.

What are you doing? Why aren't you replying to my messages?

[I'm asking you a question! Don't play dead! o(≧口≦)o]

If you don't come back, I'll kill you!

【...】

Ten minutes later—

[Shen Ye, I was wrong. I shouldn't have yelled at you. Please reply to me, okay?]

Please, please! (˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )

......

"Auntie, next time if you need anything, just open the door, no need to knock." Shen Ye casually picked up an orange and sat down on the sofa.

"Oh dear, even children need their own privacy. How can you just barge into someone else's room without asking for permission?"

"and......"

Xu Muwan glanced at Shen Ye's slightly faded childish face and his already protruding Adam's apple, and smiled meaningfully.

"It wouldn't be good if we stumbled upon something important for Sayo."

"Important thing?" Shen Ye broke off a segment of orange and popped it into his mouth. The juice exploded on his tongue. He didn't understand what Xu Muwan was talking about, but he felt that her smile was strange.

"Yes, Mu Wan is right." Lin Jianye, who had unusually come home early today, chimed in, "Children need privacy. It can be awkward if someone comes in without knocking."

He recalled his teenage years, when he experienced the "desperate captain" scenario when his parents didn't knock on the door.

But Shen Ye and Lin Chunuan clearly didn't understand. One was engrossed in eating oranges, while the other was hugging a cushion and staring blankly.

So the two put that topic aside for a while and started talking about their junior high school days.

"Huiwen Middle School is very good. I think it's not much worse than those international middle schools. They each have their own advantages and disadvantages," Lin Jianye said.

He considered sending his son and daughter to elite schools with annual tuition fees of several tens of thousands of yuan, which his family could afford.

However, after visiting the place in person, Lin Jianye felt that the competition and stratification there were too severe, so he gave up on the plan.

"But it's a bit far from home, should we apply for accommodation?" Xu Muwan expressed her concerns.

"No need. We can buy a house for them to live in near the school. That's much better than the dormitory." Uncle Lin was very generous, emphasizing that he wouldn't let his children suffer.

Don't be fooled by the fact that they live in an ordinary neighborhood; it's all because this is their first home in Huaihai, and it carries a special sentimental value.

Otherwise, they would have moved to a big villa long ago.

"Great! Nuannuan wants to try living alone too!"

Lin Chunuan was just idly counting on her fingers when she heard that she could live off-campus with her brother, and she almost jumped up.

"Isn't this too unsafe? Nuannuan and Xiaoye are only twelve years old."

"Hiss—indeed, that's a problem." Lin Jianye pondered, head down.

"Oh dear~ Daddy~" Lin Chunuan slid off the sofa, took two steps to Lin Jianye's side, and hugged his arm, shaking it back and forth. "Please~ The security is so good now, what danger could there be?"

She was determined not to give up this rare opportunity to spend time alone with her brother.

"Nuan Nuan, this is no small matter. Don't make things difficult for your father." Xu Muwan was unusually serious.

"Oh, okay..."

Lin Chu Nuan let go of her hand, dejectedly retreated, and shrank back into the sofa, burying her chin in the cushions, leaving only her listless eyes showing.

"It's okay, so what if we can't live together?"

Shen Ye wanted to pat her head to comfort her, but the moment his hand touched her, Lin Chunuan flinched away as if she had been electrocuted.

"What's wrong?" Shen Ye asked, his hand hovering in mid-air.

Didn't you used to really like touching your own head?

Lin Chunu stared at Shen Ye for a few seconds, and the image of her brother wrapped in a bath towel reappeared in her mind.

My cheeks gradually started to feel hot.

She snorted and turned her head so that the back of her head was facing Shen Ye.

?

What's wrong now?

Nuannuan's temper is becoming increasingly unpredictable.

Shen Ye sighed: I still prefer Nuan Nuan when she was little, she was so cute and clingy.

......

The four of them talked for a long time about buying a house, but they still couldn't find a perfect solution.

Ultimately, no conclusion was reached.

Lin Jianye took a sip of tea to moisten his throat: "No rush, there are still two months before school starts, maybe we'll find a way by then."

Since things have come to this, let's eat first.

But, did I forget something?

Shen Ye tried hard to recall.

But sometimes that's just how it is; the more you try to remember, the less you can recall.

Never mind, eating is the most important thing.

The boy, who was about to enter puberty, had an astonishingly large appetite. During the meal, at least half of the food on the table ended up in his stomach.

Lin Chunuan watched him devour his fourth bowl of rice, resting her chin on her hand, and couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Brother, you big glutton, you're going to become David Dai in the future."

"Who is David Day?" Shen Ye asked, his mouth full of ribs.

"It's that chubby person online, like a meatball," Lin Chunuan gestured.

Shen Ye glanced at his lean waist and didn't bother arguing with her.

After finishing dinner, washing the dishes, and saying goodnight to everyone, Shen Ye strolled back to his bedroom in his slippers.

I pushed open the door, and the phone screen next to my pillow was quietly lit up, with the notification light flashing.

He bent down to pick it up, and the moment the screen unlocked, a barrage of message notifications filled the entire interface.

Shen Ye's lips twitched.

He then remembered what he had forgotten.

It's over. Having kept Chu Cihan waiting for so long, I'm afraid I'm doomed...