Chapter 115: Chapter 104: I Want to Come Eat at Your House

"Hey! We’re here. Can I take it off now?"

Inside the elevator, Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, displeased.

Shen Yuan shook his head firmly. "No. You can only take it off after I take mine off."

"On what grounds?" Li Zhi demanded, still annoyed.

’We’re already in the elevator, and there’s no one else to see. Why do I have to keep wearing this?’

Shen Yuan gave Li Zhi a mischievous grin. "Because this is the quest I issued. Have you forgotten? The quest description said we were to become NPCs together. Until I stop being an NPC, you can’t either."

In Li Zhi’s eyes, Shen Yuan’s smile was the kind that just looked more and more punchable the longer you looked at it.

"I really want to kill you right now."

"There’s a camera in the elevator."

Li Zhi pursed her lips. "If I’m already about to commit murder, why would I care about a camera?"

"No, sis, but I care. I don’t want a third party present when I die. I only want to slowly leave this world, my heart stopping under your gaze alone."

"Well, I don’t mind," Li Zhi said coldly.

Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched. "Then I won’t die. You can’t beat me anyway."

"You want to hit me? You’re already thinking about hitting me now? What’s next, then?!"

Shen Yuan pointed at her like the husky in the meme. "Spend less time on Xiaohongshu."

"It’s perfectly normal for a girl like me to browse Xiaohongshu. What are *you* looking at?!"

Li Zhi swatted his finger away.

Shen Yuan took the opportunity to do the ’bear shrugging’ pose. "Looking at Bodhisattvas."

"So you’re not even trying to hide it anymore, you bastard!"

Li Zhi kicked out, landing a solid blow on Shen Yuan’s shin.

But not only did Shen Yuan not cry out in pain, he even had a look of pure satisfaction on his face. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

His inner ’M’ was going wild.

"Pervert!"

Li Zhi snapped, which only made Shen Yuan even more satisfied.

’This is the stuff,’ he thought. ’So gratifying.’

But the pretty girl, in a fit of pique, raised her hand and unleashed an instant-cast attack.

SLAP!

"OW!"

’There, that felt better.’

Another day of keeping nodules at bay.

Shen Yuan rubbed his arm as if to soothe his nerve cells.

A kick from Li Zhi was one thing, but a slap was another matter entirely.

When Li Zhi kicked, she’d control her strength. With her hands, she didn’t.

Li Zhi knew full well that a slap like that on his arm wouldn’t actually hurt the guy.

"Even if you beat me to death right here, I’m not taking off this headband."

Shen Yuan’s voice echoed in the elevator, tinged with a hint of grim determination.

The elevator doors opened. Li Zhi strode out and went straight to her front door.

She stopped, spun around, and fixed Shen Yuan with a wary gaze.

By then, Shen Yuan was already standing at his own front door.

He also turned, meeting her gaze, and unhurriedly unlocked his door.

After pulling out the key, Shen Yuan slowly pushed his door open, his eyes never leaving Li Zhi for a second.

Even after stepping inside, he didn’t immediately close the door. He just stood there quietly in the doorway, still watching Li Zhi.

It was as if he was waiting to see if she would take off the question mark lamp on her head.

*I will secretly stalk you, forever and ever, stalking you until the end of time.jpg*

Li Zhi was really about to start cursing.

’What is this dumbass trying to prove?!’

’This is unbearable.’

"Hmph!"

The pretty girl huffed, then slammed her door shut.

Once she could no longer see Shen Yuan, Li Zhi felt her mood improve considerably.

"I’m home."

As was her habit, Li Zhi announced her return to her parents from the entryway before heading into her room.

The moment she was back in her room, Li Zhi prepared to take off the question mark lamp.

She really couldn’t stand wearing it for another second.

But just then, her phone suddenly rang.

Hearing the video call ringtone, Li Zhi immediately rolled her eyes.

She didn’t even have to think to know who was calling.

"What do you want?" Li Zhi snapped.

On the other end of the video, Shen Yuan chuckled, then aimed the camera at his own head, revealing the Exclamation Mark Lamp.

"Hehe, inspection time! Let’s see if you’ve taken yours off!"

"I haven’t!"

Li Zhi retorted irritably, "If you don’t have anything important to say, I’m coming over to kill you right now!"

Hearing the murderous intent in her voice, Shen Yuan’s confidence faltered.

"I do, I do! I have something, sis, I do!"

On screen, Shen Yuan nodded like a bobblehead and quickly said, "We have the day off tomorrow, right? Any ideas?"

Li Zhi’s mouth twitched. "You’re the one who called. Shouldn’t you already have a plan for tomorrow? Why are you asking me?"

"Then I’ll come over to your place to eat tomorrow."

"No way!" Li Zhi grew anxious at once, the question mark lamp on her head wobbling.

"Why not? You said you’d cook for me yourself."

"There’s not enough time to prepare."

Li Zhi glared. "Anyway, Sunday is just not enough time. I won’t be properly prepared."

"Can’t I just buy the groceries?"

"Pah!"

Li Zhi scoffed at Shen Yuan. "And what if you buy something that’s a huge pain to prepare? Won’t I be annoyed to death?"

"Then tell me, what dishes were you planning to make for me?"

"Stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots."

"So you still want to kill me."

Li Zhi rolled her eyes. "Be serious. If you don’t have anything else, I’m hanging up."

"Alright, then that’s all. I’m planning to play games at home this weekend. You can just sleep at home."

"You just wait! I’m coming over to kill you right now!"

Shen Yuan just giggled and hung up the phone.

He didn’t believe for a second that Young Master Li would actually run over and kill him right now.

And he was right.

As soon as the call ended, Li Zhi immediately yanked the question mark lamp off her head.

Staring at the question mark lamp in her hand, Li Zhi slowly crouched down and stuffed it into the bottom drawer of her desk.

"Stupid Shen Yuan!"

Li Zhi decided she was never going to wear this thing again.

It was just too dumb.

Meanwhile, in his room, Shen Yuan also took off his Exclamation Mark Lamp.

"Homework, homework, practice problems, practice problems. The goal for this monthly exam is a 635!"

After the fun and games, it was back to the unchanging life of a third-year high school beast of burden.

Test papers for companions, scores above all.

At 11:30 PM, Shen Yuan stretched lazily.

"Done!"

Finishing the remaining half of his math homework and a set of multiple-choice questions from the Huanggang Science Comprehensive test, Shen Yuan felt completely burned out.

"Shower time, shower time."

Shen Yuan opened a music app and selected a song.

As the music played, Shen Yuan started to hum along.

As everyone knows, when a person starts singing in the bathroom, their voice is at its most beautiful.

Simply perfect.

He finished his shower in just seven minutes.

"I’m just that good."

Satisfied, he dried his hair and flopped onto the bed.

The loud thud of him landing on the bed woke the two little cats sleeping there.

San Geng looked at Shen Yuan blearily, then got its head-ruffled by him.

Shen Yuan then snapped a picture to send to Li Zhi.

"San Geng’s mom, here’s a picture of San Geng for you."

Li Zhi replied quickly.

Li Zhi: "Tsk, so cute. Takes after me."

Shen Yuan: "?"

Shen Yuan: "So he wasn’t cute before?"

Li Zhi: "He took after you before."

Shen Yuan snatched up the little cat and, meeting its drowsy gaze, said, "San Geng, your mom says you’re not cute."

San Geng: ?