yournovel Chapter 36 Jealous Older Sister
Chapter 36 Jealous Older Sister
The morning sunlight seeped through the gaps in the curtains, casting a thin golden line on the edge of the bed.
Bai Yuze opened his eyes groggily. The bright sunlight still made him a little uncomfortable. In the parrot area, the light in the room never changed, whether it was day or night.
However, after moving to Hanjiang District,
It's clearly different now.
The dazzling sunlight streamed in through the window, and the faint sounds of car horns could be heard in the distance, along with the crisp clatter of bamboo poles colliding as neighbors hung their clothes to dry.
Bai Yuzhe habitually rolled over.
He reached his arm to the side.
empty.
Every morning when I get up,
He could feel a cool, soft tentacle tightly wrapped around his wrist, or several tentacles wrapped around his waist.
This is like a spiritual connection and hub between him and Yeyue.
But now,
That familiar touch has disappeared.
Bai Yuzhe's eyes snapped open, and his sleepiness vanished instantly.
He sat up.
Looking at the blankets beside him,
Empty.
The petite figure that used to hold him tightly was suddenly gone.
"Okasan?!"
Bai Yuze's voice carried a hint of tension and unease.
click-
At that moment, the door opened.
A petite young girl entered carrying a plate.
The morning sunlight illuminated her slightly disheveled hair and the smug smile on her face.
"Little sticky rice cake, it's time for breakfast!"
Bai Yuze turned his head.
Seeing that Ye Yue was wearing a jet-black nightgown and holding a snow-white plate in her hands, her dark green eyes were filled with tension and unease.
"This is?"
Bai Yuze's gaze slowly fell on the plate, which was filled with black, charcoal-like particles, with a few pieces of burnt organic vegetables remaining at the edge...
But at the very top of this culinary disaster, there was a golden crystal core placed perfectly.
The crystal core was about the size of a thumb, completely transparent, with a faint light flowing inside, like the dawn.
It was carefully placed in the center of the plate, like a ritual offering, or a garnish on a real, carefully prepared delicacy.
"Mmm, this is a breakfast I made especially for Little Sticky Rice Cake!"
Ye Yue pushed the plate and chopsticks forward a little further, tilting her head to look at him, her eyes sparkling.
"Little sticky rice cake, hurry up and try it."
"..."
Bai Yuzhe looked at the charred mass, then at Ye Yue's expectant eyes, and sighed softly:
"Thank you for your hard work, Okasan. I'll eat it all."
"Uh-huh!"
Ye Yue nodded happily, then stretched out a slender finger and carefully pushed the crystal core toward Bai Yuze, just like a mother always likes to put her child's favorite food in front of them.
Bai Yuze picked up a piece of black food with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth without changing his expression.
While eating,
He glanced at Yatsuki beside him and asked casually, "Oka-san, why are you suddenly thinking about making breakfast?"
Yeyue was swinging her legs when she heard this and paused for a moment.
"I just want to do it."
Yeyue looked away, but a pout crept onto her lips without her realizing it: "Can't you make breakfast for your little sticky rice cake, old man?"
Bai Yuzhe looked at her.
The latter's gaze drifted to the window, her fingers unconsciously clutching the edge of her nightgown, a few tendrils peeking out from under the hem, curled up uneasily.
This reaction is wrong.
Bai Yuzhe was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is it because the class monitor said yesterday he would make me breakfast?"
Ye Yue gave a soft snort, stopped what she was doing with her fingers, and turned her face to the other side, leaving him with only the back of her head.
A few seconds later,
She muttered under her breath, her voice muffled, "I used to be the one preparing breakfast for Little Sticky Rice Cake!"
Bai Yuzhe was stunned for a moment, then said with a mix of amusement and exasperation:
"In the end, they didn't do it anyway."
After hearing what Bai Yuze said,
Ye Yue felt even more aggrieved.
"But Little Sticky Rice always made breakfast for me before, but yesterday, you made breakfast for her, and she seemed to enjoy it!"
The room was silent for a few seconds.
Looking at Ye Yue's stubborn back of the head and those few whiskers that trembled slightly with grievance, Bai Yuze suddenly felt a corner of his heart being gently tugged.
He didn't speak immediately.
Instead, he put down his chopsticks, reached out, and gently placed his hand on Ye Yue's small hand that was clutching her skirt.
Ye Yue's hand stiffened for a moment.
But it wasn't pulled open.
"Okasan".
Bai Yuze spoke very softly, as if afraid of startling some small animal.
"Turn around and look at me, okay?"
Yeyue didn't move.
Bai Yuzhe wasn't in a hurry; he simply continued to hold her hand, his thumb gently stroking her slightly cool knuckles.
A few seconds later,
The little head finally turned slowly.
Ye Yue's eyes were a little red.
Her deep green eyes were veiled with a thin layer of water, and the corners of her mouth were stubbornly turned down, making her look like a little rabbit who had been bullied but was trying to suppress her grievances.
Bai Yuze met those eyes.
He reached out his hand.
He gently wiped away the almost invisible tear stain at the corner of her eye.
"Okasan, you are different. When I cook for her, she has to prepare all kinds of ingredients herself, but when I cook for Okasan, I prepare the ingredients myself, and Okasan can eat whatever she wants."
Ye Yue didn't speak, she just looked at him, the grievance in her eyes hadn't completely faded.
Bai Yuze held Ye Yue's small hand.
Keep it close to your heart.
"And the class monitor can eat the food I cook, but she can't eat this. Because from the very beginning, I belonged entirely to Okasan."
Ye Yue stared at him blankly.
The tearful, aggrieved look was gradually replaced by a more complex emotion.
Bai Yuze patted Ye Yue's head and chuckled, "So, Okasan doesn't need to compare herself to anyone, because from the very beginning, no one has been able to compare with you."
The room was quiet for a few more seconds.
then,
Ye Yue pouted, then suddenly threw herself into his arms, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck, burying her face in his shoulder, her muffled voice slightly nasal:
"From now on, you can only make breakfast for me."
"it is good."
"Dinner too."
"it is good."
"Lunch... I want lunch too!"
Bai Yuzhe couldn't help but laugh out loud, but still nodded seriously:
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, Okasan."
Ye Yue lifted her head from his embrace, her emerald green eyes still red, but the corners of her mouth had already subtly turned up. She stared at Bai Yuze for a few seconds, then quickly leaned over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Immediately, Ye Yue crawled out of Bai Yuze's arms, grabbed her laptop, and skipped and hopped onto the bed.
That appearance,
It was as if nothing had happened.
Bai Yuze looked at Okasan on the bed and breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that Okasan wouldn't care about these things, but he didn't expect that the other party would be jealous.
He lowered his head.
Looking at the lovingly prepared breakfast in front of me.
Without further hesitation,
They ate it all in just a few bites.
One to say one,
The food was truly indescribable.
But this was the first time Okasan had cooked a meal. In the past, he had only been given raw food, so he had to eat it no matter what.
If Okasan feels that his cooked food doesn't taste good, then he might eat raw food from now on.
After a long while,
After Bai Yuze finished his bowl of the special fried rice, he looked up and saw Ye Yue curled up in the corner of the bed, clutching her laptop.
The eerie green eyes were fixed on the screen, the expression one of intense focus, as if nothing had just happened.
But those few tendrils that had somehow appeared out of nowhere...
They are now swaying gently in the air, like a few happy little snakes dancing.
Upon seeing this, Bai Yuze
The corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a smile.
My own old man's mood display is never on his face, but on those few tentacles that can't be hidden.
He was just about to say something—
"Click".
The door was suddenly flung open from the outside, and Lu Zihai burst in, looking exhausted. His uniform still carried the dampness of the night and a faint smell of disinfectant.
"Oh shit!"
He plopped down on the simple sofa in the living room and threw his equipment bag on the floor.
"I've had the worst luck tonight!"
Bai Yuzhe retracted his words and turned to him: "Brother Lu? What's wrong?"
Lu Zihai rubbed his temples, his tone full of frustration:
"Yesterday, our Secret Service agents had just arrived at the rehabilitation center and hadn't even had a chance to go in and investigate when the Genji Corporation group swaggered out with a magical girl. What kind of mess is this? We spent the whole night working on it, and just when they arrived, the job was snatched away!"
Speaking of which,
He got even angrier and slapped his thigh:
"Just for a single Ghost Moth, and a molting Abyssal Beast at that! It's only thirty or forty centimeters long, semi-transparent, the kind you can't even see in the miasma! Our Special Operations Bureau isn't incapable of handling it, so why would the Genji Corporation need to call in Crystal Orchid? Don't you know her price tag? One offer from her is enough to feed our entire team for half a year!"
Bai Yuze listened quietly.
His eyes flickered slightly.
Ghost moth,
During the molting stage, the body is only 30-40 centimeters long, and its body is translucent like frozen abyssal black crystal. It can blend into the miasma and become completely invisible, only revealing a pale blue afterimage when moving at high speed.
The mucus secreted after the venom sacs on the limbs rupture can corrode the epidermis and cause paralysis, and then be sucked out. Immature larvae are low-level abyssal monsters.
And who is this magical girl Crystal Orchid that Lu Zihai mentioned?
Bai Yuze hesitated only slightly before shifting his focus, because he remembered it very clearly.
At the rehabilitation center,
He sensed more than just this one aura.
Besides this ghostly moth, there were two more traces of pseudo-humans, hidden deeper, with a colder and stronger aura.
But at this moment,
Lu Zihai didn't mention a word about it, and it's unclear whether the Special Operations Bureau was also unaware or deliberately concealing these things.
Bai Yuzhe quietly changed the subject, "So... what's the situation at the rehabilitation center now?"
Lu Zihai waved his hand dismissively:
"With Crystal Orchid's help, how could that Ghost Moth possibly escape? I heard it was taken care of in three minutes. The Genji Corporation people went in to clean up, and we from the Secret Service didn't even get a sip of soup, after working a whole night's shift. But it's a good thing, at least that place is safe now."
Bai Yuze nodded.
I didn't ask any more questions.
He took out his phone and sent a message to Director Li, briefly inquiring about the situation at the rehabilitation center.
I received a reply almost immediately after sending it.
Director Li's tone was full of relief at surviving the ordeal and gratitude for the assistance from all sides, and he also mentioned the promise he had made to him earlier.
The second message,
He sent it to Kenji Morikawa.
It's the same greeting.
I casually mentioned that the matter at the rehabilitation center had been resolved.
Kenji Morikawa's reply was shorter, but it conveyed a sense of relief: "Thanks, Shiro. Now that place is safe, I can safely send my son there."
Bai Yuzhe's mood improved considerably after reading the two messages.
good,
Two favors, and the money's in the bank.
As for the two undiscovered imposters...
What does this have to do with him?
He was just an ordinary college student at Dongqing University, busy with classes, experiments, and reports every day.
Those things hidden in the shadows,
It's not someone like him you should bother with.
And he,
There are some things that need to be taken care of today.
......
"What's wrong, Xiaobai? Are you going out?"
Looking at Bai Yuzhe's attire, Lu Zihai asked with some confusion.
"Well, there are a few things I need to take care of, but it's not urgent. Brother Lu, I see you've been working all day, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? How about I cook you some noodles?"
"No need, no need. I ate a bowl of hot dry noodles and a bowl of sweet tofu pudding when I came back. I'm already full. I'll take a shower and then go to sleep."
Lu Zihai waved his hand and chuckled.
"Alright then, I won't disturb your rest any longer, Brother Lu."
Just as Bai Yuzhe was about to leave, Lu Zihai suddenly turned around and looked at Bai Yuzhe with a teasing expression:
"Speaking of which, Xiaobai, how did things go with your girlfriend yesterday?"
"Brother Lu, we're really just ordinary classmates!"
Bai Yuze glanced at the bedroom and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ye Yue didn't react to it.
"I understand, I understand. We're just classmates, right? We'll have to wait until we graduate from university~"
Lu Zihai chuckled softly and turned on his computer.
"I took a look at that girl. She seems to be of good character. Her clothes aren't overly flashy. And since you're both students at Dongqing University, finding a job shouldn't be difficult for you. Supporting the two of you should be quite easy."
Lu Zihai is basically right.
even,
If he knew Bai Cha Qianxia's identity and what she said, he might just beat her up out of envy and jealousy.
only......
Bai Yuze turned his head and glanced at Ye Yue, who was playing on her laptop in the room.
Ugh,
He was destined not to be a kept man.
at this time,
Ye Yue seemed to notice his gaze. She put down her notebook, rested her chin on her folded arms, and looked at him with bright, emerald eyes.
Those few tentacles hung obediently at the moment, only swaying slightly at their ends.
"Little sticky rice cake. Are you going out?"
Okasan's tone sounded casual, but his eyes were fixed on him without blinking.
Bai Yuzhe walked back to the room, squatted down, and brought his eyes to her level.
"Yes, I have something to take care of."
Ye Yue blinked: "What is it?"
Bai Yuzhe was silent for a moment, then revealed a gentle smile:
"It's nothing. Okasan, stay home and wait for me. I'll come back and keep you company tonight."
Yeyue stared at him for a few seconds, then reached out, and a tentacle followed, gently poking his cheek at the same time.
Come back soon.
She said, her tone carrying a hint of command, but mostly a tender dependence, "Okasan will save some treats for the little sticky rice cake."
Bai Yuze chuckled and reached out to ruffle her soft hair.
"it is good."
He stood up, turned around, and went to the living room, where he found Lu Zihai had returned to his room, turned on his computer, and was logging in.
"Brother Lu, I'm going out for a bit."
Lu Zihai waved his hand:
"Go ahead, come back soon, let's play games together."
"Okay, sure."
Bai Yuze changed into an inconspicuous dark outfit, silenced his phone, and went out the door.
The door closed gently behind me.
in the corridor,
He paused for a moment, his gaze drifting to the Hanjiang District outside the window.
I went out today to resolve a small matter.
E.g,
Ash Gang.
As for this local bully
He usually avoids trouble and tries to stay away from it whenever possible. But this person went too far, again and again.
He is low-key.
That doesn't mean he doesn't have a temper.