He just broke up with his girlfriend and is already living with the devilish rich girl.

Bai Ziheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.

He frantically tried to wink at Zheng Xingguang, his eyelids practically twitching from blinking.

Zheng Xingguang stood there, holding Xiaohua, looking at him with a blank expression.

"Brother-in-law, what kind of look is that? Wait! Brother-in-law! Who is that woman?"

"Why is she holding your arm? I said, what's going on? Even though you've done me a great favor, you can't—"

"Shut up."

Bai Ziheng interrupted him through gritted teeth.

Luo Yao naturally hooked her arm around his, holding it so tightly that the veins in his arm throbbed.

That exquisitely beautiful face tilted slightly upwards, leaning against his shoulder with a smile.

She looks petite and delicate.

But Bai Ziheng caught a glimpse of her pupils gleaming with a cold, golden light.

"You have one second."

Her voice was so soft it sounded like she was being coquettish, yet every word pierced his eardrums like a needle.

"Explain why he calls you brother-in-law. Otherwise, I guarantee that no surgeon in the city can reattach the two ounces of flesh from your lower body."

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law, say something! You—" Zheng Xingguang was still adding fuel to the fire.

"Alright, one second is up. Say goodbye to your brother."

"JJ-Jeff!" Bai Ziheng blurted out in a moment of panic.

Luo Yao turned her head, the murderous intent in her eyes momentarily replaced by confusion.

"what?"

"Yes, yes, he was calling me by my English name."

"Actually, my English name is Jeff."

He lied without batting an eye, while frantically gesturing to Zheng Xingguang behind his back with his other hand.

Get out!! Get out of here right now!!

Zheng Xingguang didn't understand the gesture at all.

"Jeff? Brother-in-law, when did you get an English name? What's going on? Who is this woman? What's your relationship with her—"

"Alright, that's enough. Go home now."

Bai Ziheng bent down, picked up Luo Yao, and started running.

Luo Yao was startled when he picked her up, then narrowed her eyes and wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Oh dear—why are you being so proactive today? I'm almost embarrassed..."

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law, don't go!"

Zheng Xingguang took two steps to chase after him, but Bai Ziheng, carrying the person, had already turned the corner and disappeared faster than if he were being chased by a ghost.

Zheng Xingguang scratched his head, still processing what had just happened.

In his arms, Little Flower tilted her head, looking at him with her blind eyes, her voice hoarse yet calm: "Can we...eat the cake now?"

"Ah—right, cake. Come on, I'll take you to buy a cake." He looked away and carried the girl toward the cake shop.

...

...

Back home, before the door was even fully closed, Luo Yao had already wrapped her arms around Bai Ziheng's neck.

She didn't smile; her golden, vertical pupils stared straight at him, so close he could count the number of her eyelashes.

"I'm not stupid, Bai Ziheng. Tell me, why does that kid call you brother-in-law?"

Bai Ziheng sighed and briefly explained the whole story.

She hypnotized the woman from the Special Administration Bureau, making her forget who he was.

As a result, the woman saw him on the roadside and insisted that he looked familiar, keeping asking him who he was.

We also need to invite him home for dinner.

Her brother went even further, immediately assuming that he and his sister had something going on, and he kept using that term ever since.

He corrected it eight hundred times, but it was no use.

Upon hearing this, Luo Yao's frosty expression melted into the mischievous smile he knew so well.

She raised a finger and lightly scraped his Adam's apple with her nail, the force just enough to make his back go numb.

"If you keep doing this, I'm really going to get jealous."

She tiptoed, her lips brushing against his earlobe, each word she uttered carrying the sweetness of a strawberry milkshake.

"If I get jealous, you won't have an easy time either, understand?"

Bai Ziheng raised his hands in surrender.

While she turned to walk towards the sofa, he scratched his head and, as if possessed, spoke.

"Speaking of which, you've lived this long, haven't you ever met a human you like?"

Luo Yao stopped in her tracks.

She kept her back to him, her head slightly turned, and a sliver of light peeked through the gaps in her golden pupils.

"Are you bothered by it?"

"No, it wasn't anything special, I just asked casually."

"Was it really just a casual question?" She turned around, put her hands behind her back, and squinted.

"Are you very concerned?"

"...I guess so, a little bit. After all, you and I are business partners, and I'm your subordinate. It's normal for me to be interested in my boss's romantic history."

"I see."

She flopped onto the sofa, crossed her legs, picked up the remote, and turned on the TV.

"I have no interest in gossiping with my employees. Go away and have some fun."

"Sigh—okay, I admit I'm quite interested. After all, your gossip is so interesting. Tell me about it."

"Okay, then. Actually~" She placed the remote control on her stomach, tapped her chin with her finger, and pretended to be seriously recalling something.

"You're not the first human I've ever liked."

Bai Ziheng was leaning against the shoe cabinet, his fingers idly fiddling with his keychain.

Upon hearing this, my fingers paused.

Something inside him sank slightly; he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

It's a bit like when I was little and found out that my older sister had given the last piece of candy to the neighbor's child.

I wouldn't say I'm sad, just a feeling of emptiness.

Luo Yao tilted her head, taking in every subtle change on his face, and the corners of her mouth curved even more than before.

"Want to know? Want to know? Call me 'big sister,' and I'll tell you."

Looking at her smug expression, Bai Ziheng suddenly found his momentary disappointment somewhat laughable.

"Never mind, it's none of my business. Anyway, this isn't the only thing you've been hiding from me."

"Hmm?" Luo Yao sat up from the sofa, walked over to him with her hands behind her back, and looked up at him.

The two were less than a foot apart, and his entire face was reflected in her golden vertical pupils.

"For example?"

"For example... the power of devouring isn't a power you possessed from the beginning, right?"

Luo Yao blinked, and a light he had never seen before flashed in her eyes.

"Wow, little one, you've become so clever."

She tiptoed, placed her hands on his shoulders, and whispered in his ear.

She gently bit his earlobe with her lips, the force just enough to straighten his entire back.

"Do you want to know? Let me into your room tonight, and I'll tell you everything."

Bai Ziheng pushed her face away, grabbed a cushion from the sofa and stuffed it into her arms, then turned and walked towards his room, his ears turning red.

"I have to work the night shift at the supermarket tonight, so I'll get some sleep first."

The door closed and clicked shut.

Luo Yao stood in the center of the living room, hugging the cushion, staring at the closed door for a long time.

The smile on her lips slowly faded, becoming fainter, and finally turning into a very soft sigh.

Those once arrogant and domineering golden vertical pupils now drooped down, as if weighed down by the weight of some memory, unable to lift their eyes.

"Yes, I almost forgot she existed."

She walked barefoot to the window on the cold floor, her voice so soft it was as if she were afraid of waking someone who had been sleeping for too long.

"Looking back, he was such an annoying tagalong."