Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

Yu Che waved her little hand with such grace.

"you..."

Qi Xinye was speechless. Yu Che was too domineering, and she really didn't know what to say.

In this chess competition, Yu Che did indeed contribute to facilitating the cooperation between the Su and Qi families. Qi Xinye felt that she should just bear with it this time, especially since she would be quite busy tomorrow and couldn't miss this opportunity for the Qi family's development.

She can still distinguish between what's important and what's urgent.

Hmph, next time when Yu Che isn't here, she'll come find Xiao Zhe alone!

"Then I'll leave it to you two young ladies."

“Lu Yao…” Lu Yao slowly uttered her name.

"Huh?"

Lu Yao just spoke slowly, but it sounded like she was being impolite, so Lu Ling quickly stood in front of her to explain.

"Haha... Miss Qi, this is my sister. She said her name is Lu Yao and mine is Lu Ling. You can just call us that."

"Yes, yes, Miss Lu Yao, Miss Lu Ling, I'm really sorry to trouble you so late."

"It's okay, it's okay! This is our job, right, sister?"

"tired…"

"..."

Sister! How can you be so clueless!

However, Lu Ling also felt tired; anything that wasn't related to the young master was troublesome.

But don't you know what kind of relationship Miss Qi and Young Master have?! Sister, how could you just say you're tired like that!

Fortunately, Miss Qi was talking to the young master when her sister said this, so she didn't hear it.

After finishing his conversation, Yu Zhe picked up his coat from the sofa.

“I’ll go with you to see it off. Sister Ye, let’s go. Lu Ling and Lu Yao, actually only one of you needs to come. You don’t both have to come.”

"I'm not tired anymore..."

When Lu Yao heard that the young master was also going, she immediately changed her attitude.

Sister, you're way too easy to understand!

Although Lu Ling was a little tired, she followed Lu Yao and said, "Young Master, let's both go. We have nothing else to do anyway."

Go to sleep if you have nothing to do... Well, Yu Zhe wouldn't say that, so let's go. The two sisters can chat while driving.

Oh... Lu Yao doesn't know how to chat; Yu Zhe is overthinking it.

Seeing Yu Che jump off the sofa, Yu Zhe immediately pressed her head down: "Stop it! Go to sleep obediently. Zi Xiao, go check if Xiao Lizhi is asleep. Stop making a fuss."

"Hey... but why shouldn't I follow my brother wherever he goes?"

"There's no reason why you have to come along just because I'm going!"

Zixiao was much more sensible. She stepped forward and pulled Yuche back, saying, "Don't make things worse. Go to sleep."

Oh, doesn't she know her brother's personality? It's so late and Sister Xinye needs to go home, so of course he'll take her. That's perfectly normal.

Seeing that Zixiao was stalling Yuche, Yuzhe handed Qi Xinye's coat to her from the coat rack: "Sister Ye, let's go."

"Um…"

Hehe... Qi Xinye wouldn't refuse.

Xiao Zhe was willing to take her home, which was the second happiest thing today! The first happiest thing, of course, was that Xiao Zhe won the championship.

.................. ..

The journey wasn't short, nor was it long, and there was no traffic congestion late at night, so Qi Xinye was quickly taken to the Qi family manor.

Yu Zhe personally escorted her to her room.

"Really... Xiao Zhe, you're being a bit too protective of me. We've only walked a few steps since we entered the manor."

"Isn't this what we should do? Boys should take responsibility."

"Hmm... I also think Xiao Zhe looks really cool like this."

"I love these lyrics!" Yu Zhe checked the time; it was almost midnight.

He put his phone in his shirt pocket, turned around and said, "Then you should get some rest, Sister Ye. Don't you have a meeting tomorrow? I'll be going now."

"Xiao Zhe!"

Qi Xinye blushed slightly and said, "You...you don't actually have to go back. You can stay here..."

"Sister Ye... I'm fine staying here, but do you think my two cats at home will agree to it?"

Especially Yu Che, if he finds out Yu Zhe hasn't returned...

They might just tear down the Qi Family Manor for you.

2. All the lights are still on for you.

So, in order to ensure the safety of the Qi Family Manor, Yu Zhe quickly took a car back to his apartment.

The whole journey back and forth was quite late; by the time we arrived at the apartment, it was already past 1 a.m.

Lu Ling and Lu Yao insisted on escorting Yu Zhe to the door of his own apartment.

They both usually tie their brown hair into a small ponytail; Lu Ling wears a left ponytail, and Lu Yao wears a right ponytail.

Because it was so late today, neither of them had tied their hair up before going out. Their hair was loose and hanging down their backs. If Lu Yao hadn't been expressionless, Yu Zhe really wouldn't have been able to tell them apart.

"You all had a tough time today, especially Lu Ling. Just cleaning up this celebration banquet must have been quite a hassle, with them causing all that trouble."

"How could that be!" Lu Ling quickly shook her head. "I'm actually quite happy to be able to help the young ladies. It feels like I've made a lot of new friends, it's very..."

She was reminiscing about the fun times she had when setting up the celebration banquet that evening, but she stopped talking as she went on.

With a somewhat helpless expression on her face, Lu Ling bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, young master, I take back what I said. It's getting late, please go back and rest."

"?"

Yu Zhe had originally planned to go back, but after hearing Lu Ling say that, he was no longer sleepy.

"Lu Ling, what do you mean by that? Isn't it good to have a few more friends? Why are you suddenly silent about it?"

"this…"

“Aya…”

Lu Yao seemed to know what her younger sister was thinking. She tiptoed and patted Lu Ling's head, as if to comfort her.

Feeling Lu Yao's concern, Lu Ling shared her thoughts with Yu Zhe.

"Young Master... I got carried away just now. You are our master, and we must respect the young ladies you cherish. I was a bit too cocky when I said 'friends'."

"This is the 21st century, how could you think like that?"

Although equality between people is still not achieved, at least there shouldn't be such outdated concepts as master-servant hierarchy, right?

Lu Ling explained, "No, young master, you've misunderstood."

"Well, tell me, if you have such thoughts, it really makes me uneasy."

"But young master, you should go and rest..."

"Tell me your thoughts first; things here are more important."

It's so late anyway, I don't mind sleeping a little less.

Although Yu Zhe was asking probing questions, he made Lu Ling feel valued.

She sighed softly and looked up at the bright moon, which was completely unobstructed by any dark clouds.

The moonlight shone on her face, revealing a gentle smile.

Then she looked into Yu Zhe's eyes and said.

“My sister and I were abandoned by our parents when we were young and grew up in an orphanage. Although we were young and didn’t understand things, we still wanted to go to school. If we didn’t go to school, we felt lost and directionless. The thought of being trapped in the walls of the orphanage forever terrified us.”

"But later we asked the director, and the answer we got was that at that time, the children in our orphanage did not have the conditions to go to school, and it was already difficult enough to have a temporary place to live."

“We had no complaints, because we knew that the conditions at the orphanage at the time were not good enough, but we were still curious about the outside world, so one day we secretly slipped out... and that's when we met Young Master Yu Zhe and Miss Yu Che.”

At this point, Yu Zhe learned what happened next.

It was about how they encountered human traffickers outside, and how Yu Zhe rescued them from the abandoned warehouse.

This is also how Lu Ling, Lu Yao, and Yu Zhe met.

As she said this, the light of gratitude in Lu Ling's eyes shone so brightly.

“Since then, my sister and I have changed our life trajectory. We can stay in the Su family and have many opportunities to learn even if we don’t go to school. Over the years, we have broadened our horizons and have nothing to worry about. We really think it’s amazing. If we were in the orphanage and worried about survival, we would never have imagined that we would be where we are today.”

"Of course, the most important thing is that we met Young Master Yu Zhe. You not only saved us back then, but you never treated us like servants."

As she said this, Lu Yao walked to her side and, from the bottom of her heart, bowed her head to Yu Zhe.

Lu Ling was just like her.

"Although we don't say it out loud, we know very well in our hearts... that you and Miss Yu Che changed our lives. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that you gave us a second life. So what I want to express is not a master-servant relationship, but my respect for you is all out of gratitude."

"With love..."

Lu Yao seemed to be about to add that sentence, and a light flashed in Lu Ling's eyes.

Quick hands and sharp eyes!

A chop to the head struck Lu Yao, stopping her from speaking the truth.

"Aya...it hurts..."

"Sister, you know it hurts! You're usually quiet, so don't suddenly say things you shouldn't at times!"

Goodness, as twins, how could Lu Ling not know? Her older sister almost blurted out the word "admiration".

Is that something we can say?!

Looking at these two lively characters, Yu Zhe couldn't help but smile, and his drowsiness dissipated considerably.

He nodded: "Hmm, I finally understand. So your excessive respect is out of gratitude? In other words, it's voluntary?"