After the fake young master left home, he discovered that it wasn't raining at all outside.

In the morning, the curtains in Zhu Yan's room blocked out the bright sunlight streaming in from outside, and the room was so quiet that only Zhu Yan's soft breathing could be heard.

Suddenly, a series of extremely irregular knocking sounds came from the doorway—no, it should be called banging on the door.

"!!! Hold the rope tight and quickly lead Wangxi out! The young master is still sleeping!" Lin Shen roared in a low voice, his face showing anxiety and fear, afraid that the master inside would be woken up.

"Woof!!!" Wangxi barked at Lin Shen angrily to express its dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Lin Shen didn't care about anything else and directly grabbed Wang Xi's mouth, making her shut up manually.

"You bastard, the young master said you're not allowed in. If you keep making a scene and wake him up, we can't help you even if we throw you out."

If force doesn't work, then try a softer approach. He's already brought out the banquet; he's sure this dog will obey.

"It's too late."

The next second, the door to the room opened, and Zhu Yan, wearing a silk nightgown, leaned lazily against the door frame. Beneath the wisps of hair on her forehead were a pair of calm, expressionless black eyes.

"Young Master, why did you get out of bed? The doctor said your legs can't bear weight anymore." Lin Shen said helplessly. Sure enough, he was woken up.

Forget the past, and I wish you good luck.

"It's so noisy." Zhu Yan had just woken up, his voice was deep and a little hoarse, and he looked down at Wang Xi, who was kneeling obediently on the ground.

"We apologize, young master. We failed to properly manage Wangxi and disturbed your rest."

Zhu Yan did not answer Lin Shen, nor did she look at Wang Xi, who was pretending to be pitiful on the ground. Instead, she turned and walked into the room.

"Come in."

Zhu Yan gave the order, and Lin Shen led the others in. Wang Xi also came forward.

"Did I let you in?" Zhu Yan suddenly asked coldly, startling Lin Shen and the others into not daring to move.

You're not talking about me, are you...?

To Lin Shen's relief, Zhu Yan was talking to Wang Xi.

Wang Xi could only lower her head and silently retreat, lying on the ground with wet eyes, occasionally letting out a sob.

Because Zhu Yan was unwilling to continue lying in bed pretending to be a corpse, Lin Shen pressed him back down onto the chaise lounge as soon as he stood up after changing his clothes.

Lin Shen's principle is that you can choose not to lie in bed, but you absolutely cannot stand up.

The main issue is that after the last full-body checkup, it was discovered that Zhu Yan's foot injury was actually quite serious. It wasn't the first time; he had twisted it frequently before, but Zhu Yan himself didn't take it seriously and didn't pay attention to it, which led to it becoming a habitual sprain. If he doesn't take good care of it, it could become serious enough to cripple him.

Therefore, Zhu Mo and Bai Zheng repeatedly instructed Lin Shen and the others to keep a close eye on Zhu Yan, to let him recover properly, and not to put any more strain on his fragile feet.

Zhu Yan had no choice but to move to another spot and continue lounging on the chaise lounge. He didn't rush to eat breakfast, played on his phone for a while, and left Wang Xi waiting for a bit before beckoning to him. Wang Xi immediately flew to Zhu Yan's side and stared at him with wide eyes.

Zhu Yan sat up straight, elbows on the armrest, looking down at it. "Don't you know why I wouldn't let you in yesterday? You came to my room covered in mud? You woke me up this morning, and you're acting all wronged? Huh?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Wang Xi lowered her head and rubbed her head against Zhu Yan's palm, looking so adorable that it was endearing.

Lin Shen stared silently at Wang Xi, his lips twitching.

Lin Shen: If I hadn't seen your true face, I would have been completely fooled by you.

disdain.

"Did you pick him up?" Zhu Yan asked Lin Shen while stroking Wang Xi's hair.

As expected of a top-tier Samoyed, its fur feels soft and comfortable to the touch, like a hand massage.

Wang Xi obediently allowed Zhu Yan to stroke her, her eyes half-closed, as if she was enjoying it.

"It's already on its way and should arrive soon." Lin Shen presented the breakfast brought up by the servant to Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan glanced at the breakfast on the plate, but had no appetite. She simply took the milk and drank a few sips.

I miss the wontons sold at the school gate.

Extra spicy and numbing, absolutely amazing.

"Okay, just bring it over when it arrives."

"Yes, young master, you...aren't you going to have breakfast now?" Lin Shen watched as Zhu Yan drank a few sips of milk, put down the cup, and ignored the breakfast he had brought.

"Haven't I already eaten?" Zhu Yan looked at Lin Shen, her eyes filled with confidence that she had already eaten breakfast.

Lin Shen: ?

Is drinking a few sips of milk considered breakfast?

Heavens above! Earth below! My beloved young master!

Please, eat something, or I'll get scolded again.

╥﹏╥…

"How many bites would you like?" Lin Shen's sincere gaze seemed to penetrate the entire banquet.

"I won't eat it."

It's just bread and sandwiches every day; even if you carve them into something fancy, they still won't taste good.

Lin Shen was still engaged in a tug-of-war with Zhu Yan in his room when footsteps sounded outside.

"Knock knock knock—"

"Young Master, your friend has arrived," the servant announced, knocking on the door.

Zhu Yan gestured with her chin, and Lin Shen went to open the door.

"Little Yanyan, I'm here. Did you miss me?" Before he even entered, Zhu Yan could hear Xu Zhiyuan's cheeky voice, "It's been so long. Did you miss me? Come on, give me a hug."

Xu Zhiyuan rushed in, wanting to give Zhu Yan a bear hug, but before he could get close to Zhu Yan, Wang Xi shouted and stopped him.

"Woof woof woof!!!" Wang Xi was hostile to all strangers who approached the banquet, looking fierce and trying to scare Xu Zhiyuan away.

Coincidentally, Xu Zhiyuan was bitten by a dog when he was a child, which left him traumatized. When Wang Xi yelled at him a few times, he was really startled.

"You...you stay away!!!"

Xu Zhiyuan's face-changing technique, comparable to that of Sichuan opera, made Zhu Yan chuckle softly.

Zhu Yan: It seems it's quite useful, at least it can cure Xu Zhiyuan.

"Brother Yan." Lu Ze followed Lin Shen and Xu Zhiyuan into the room.

But as the group drew closer, Zhu Yan could smell a pungent stench.

Then his gaze shifted and he noticed that Lu Ze was carrying a black backpack and had a "Brother Yan, I'm here to save you" smile on his face. Zhu Yan subconsciously felt something was wrong.

"Wait, what's in your bag?" Zhu Yan asked Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was waiting for Zhu Yan to ask him, so he excitedly unzipped his backpack, and a pungent smell hit him right in the head.

"I brought your favorite wontons, from the place across from the school, plus..."

"Ahem—" Zhu Yan quickly interrupted Lu Ze, not wanting him to say the rest of the sentence, otherwise he would definitely be punished.

"You know that's not what I'm asking about." Zhu Yan stared at Lu Ze's bag.

"Of course it's his favorite snail rice noodles." Xu Zhiyuan bypassed Wang Xi and slowly moved to Zhu Yan's side.

"Either take the noodles out, or I'll throw you out. The room smells terrible." Zhu Yan had a headache. He knew Lu Ze loved snail rice noodles, but he had warned Lu Ze not to bring them into the room to eat, or he would throw him and the noodles out.

Lu Ze: (T_T)

He had no choice but to pitifully zip up his half-open backpack again.

"Heh, I told you not to bring it, but you wouldn't listen." Xu Zhiyuan mocked Lu Ze from the side, then suddenly Wang Xi took a few steps toward him, "Wait...wait, Xiao Yanyan, you...you have to let it out! This room is either it or me, it's either me or it!!!"

Before Xu Zhiyuan could gloat for long, he was scared by the dog and hid behind Zhu Yan.

Headache.

They're all experts at everything.

"Then you can leave." As soon as Zhu Yan finished speaking, Wangxi raised its head and proudly nodded at Xu Zhiyuan.

It seemed it hadn't expected the banquet to send Xu Zhiyuan out, after all, it had already prepared itself to be kicked out.

"Then shall I take you out with me? This place smells terrible because of Lu Ze." Xu Zhiyuan was not embarrassed at all by being kicked out by Zhu Yan; he only had the desire to invite Zhu Yan out with him.

I initially wanted to refuse the banquet, but then I realized it was indeed a good excuse.

An excuse to leave the room.

"Okay, I'll take you out for a walk."

"Young Master, are you going out? Please wait a moment, I'll go and make some preparations." Lin Shen saw Zhu Yan sit up and want to get out of bed, so he quickly stopped him.

"What are you preparing?" Zhu Yan looked at him in confusion until he saw that Lin Shen had sent something over...