Chapter 337 - 185: Li Bao Is a Bad Woman
But in the next moment, a mischievous thought suddenly popped into her head: ’What if I wore it?’
’If I did wear it, how would Shen Yuan react?’
7:00 AM.
Li Zhi gave Shen Yuan a call.
After the call connected, the girl’s clear voice came through the phone: "Open the door."
"Oh, hold on."
Shen Yuan was actually already awake; he was just lazing in bed.
After getting the call, he threw on a pair of pants and went to open the door for Li Zhi.
As soon as he opened the door, Shen Yuan saw Li Zhi holding breakfast.
"Wow, what did my Li Bao buy me for breakfast today?"
"Vegetable buns."
Li Zhi placed the bag in Shen Yuan’s hands, her eyes quickly scanning his face as if to check on his condition.
"What’s wrong?" Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi, confused.
The girl averted her gaze slightly, as if trying to hide something.
She cleared her throat softly and then asked, "Did Genggeng and Naonao... give you any trouble last night? Were they well-behaved?"
There was a hint of concern in Li Zhi’s voice that even she hadn’t noticed.
"They were fine," Shen Yuan said with a smile. "I can just take a nap later this afternoon."
Li Zhi nodded. "Let’s go. To your room. Let’s do our homework first."
Upon hearing the word "homework," Shen Yuan’s expression immediately fell.
"Hmm?"
Li Zhi stopped, turned sideways, and crossed her arms. She raised an eyebrow at Shen Yuan, the corner of her lips curling into a half-smile.
"That look on your face... Are you unhappy because you have to do homework? Or is it that you don’t want to do homework with me?"
Shen Yuan’s heart skipped a beat. He almost instinctively shook his head and waved his hands, hastily denying it.
"No, no! Absolutely not! How could I not want to be with you... ahem, do homework with you?! Doing homework is great! It’s fantastic!"
Shen Yuan’s voice cracked with nervousness, and his eyes darted around, not daring to meet Li Zhi’s gaze.
Seeing Shen Yuan in this state, the smile in Li Zhi’s eyes deepened.
She deliberately and slowly leaned in a little closer, tilting her face up to look at him.
"Oh? Really?"
The girl’s voice carried a deliberate laziness, soft and sweet, brushing against Shen Yuan’s eardrums like a tiny hook.
Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly. "Absolutely."
Li Zhi smiled faintly. "Good. Finish your breakfast quickly so we can start our homework. We have a lot this week, it’s going to be pretty tiring..."
As she spoke, Li Zhi suddenly paused. Her long eyelashes trembled, a faint blush crept onto her cheeks, and her voice grew even softer.
"Master Shen, what do you think... we should do if we get tired from all the homework?"
Li Zhi blinked, her eyes dancing with blatant mischief.
Shen Yuan watched Li Zhi walk into his bedroom, his mind feeling as if a bomb had just gone off inside it, leaving nothing but a deafening roar followed by a buzzing silence and a complete blank.
Those words, that tone, those eyes blinking with an unreadable, smiling glint...
All of it was churned together, amplified, and distorted in the chaos of his mind.
’Master Shen...’
’...what do you think... we should do if we get tired from all the homework?’
That clear, soft, and sweet tone burrowed into his eardrums like a searing hook, instantly snagging the restless heart in his chest.
An indescribable heat flared up, WHOOSH, burning his cheeks and rushing to the tips of his ears.
Shen Yuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed violently, and his throat felt tight and dry.
’What did she mean by that?!’
’Was it just a simple joke? Or... was it some kind of hint, or even a blatant test?!’
Shen Yuan’s gaze was practically glued to Li Zhi’s footsteps as his mind flashed back uncontrollably to last night.
Those images were now ignited by Li Zhi’s meaningful words, sending out sparks that made his heart pound erratically.
’Did that moment just now... secretly give rise to a strange, dangerous... and alluring atmosphere?’
A thread of hidden anticipation, one that made even Shen Yuan himself feel a little guilty, began to sprout and entwine like a cunning vine deep in his chest.
The alarm bells of reason shrieked in his mind, warning him to stop overthinking, but a restless agitation deep within his body spread uncontrollably.
Watching Li Zhi enter the bedroom, Shen Yuan finally took a sharp breath, trying to dispel the heat from his face.
’Wicked woman.’
Shen Yuan steadied himself internally. ’Li Bao is a wicked woman!’
At the same time, Shen Yuan forced himself to remain calm, clearing his throat and taking out the vegetable buns that were clearly fresh from the steamer.
’Time to do homework!’
’Eat up and then do homework!’
Shen Yuan walked quickly toward the room.
In the study, Li Zhi, who had just played the part of a wicked woman, was crouching down and looking at the now-active kittens.
The moment Shen Yuan appeared at the study door, Li Zhi called out to him, "Have you given them their medicine?"
Shen Yuan shook his head.
"Then you eat first. After you eat, give them their medicine, then we do homework."
Hearing the words "do homework," Shen Yuan was now full of motivation!
The bun in his hand was still warm. In a flash, he practically wolfed it down, stuffing it into his mouth. His cheeks bulged with food as he chewed hastily a few times before swallowing.
He finished off the remaining two buns just as quickly.
He moved so fast it was less like he was savoring his breakfast and more like he was completing a mission that had to be finished as quickly as possible.
After finishing the buns, Shen Yuan saw that Li Zhi was already sitting at his desk, head down, organizing the test papers they were about to work on, her expression focused.
Seeing this, it was as if that heart-pounding "wicked woman" moment just now had all been his imagination.
Shen Yuan shook his head and took the pills out of the drawer.
Giving them the medicine went more smoothly than Shen Yuan had expected.
Although the two little ones recoiled after sniffing the medicine, with the help of a pill popper, Shen Yuan still managed to get the pills down their throats with ease.
After giving them their medicine, Shen Yuan put the two little ones back in their cage.
Once all that was done, Shen Yuan finally walked over to the desk and sat down.
By now, Li Zhi had already organized both of their assignments.
Six simple test papers—nothing out of the ordinary for high school seniors.
Li Bao quickly laid out the tasks for Shen Yuan.
"I’ve looked over the difficulty of the homework. We’ll finish math and physics in the morning, take a short nap at noon, and then do chemistry and biology in the afternoon. We can do the Chinese and English homework back at school."
Shen Yuan nodded, then looked back at the girl behind him with a confused expression.
"You’re not leaving any time for breaks?"
Li Zhi smiled faintly, once again speaking in her "wicked woman" tone, "Well, that depends on your ability. If you have extra time, then of course you can take a break."