Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 83 - If Chuan Chuan Doesn't Like Him, Then Neither Do I

Just as Luo Hao's face was turning red from anger, Luo Xi walked out of the activity room and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Why are you about to start a fight?"

Luo Hao turned away, looking aggrieved and sulky.

Seriously, now you're playing the victim?

Ye Chuan, still smiling faintly, watched the scene unfold. Luo Xi glanced at Luo Hao, then turned to Ye Chuan.

"Chuan Chuan, what happened?"

"Nothing, this guy asked me to help with cleaning, and I refused," Ye Chuan said. "Then he seemed to get upset."

Luo Hao immediately said, "It was just a small favor, so stingy, are you even a man?"

Ye Chuan smiled, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Am I right, Luo Xi?" Luo Hao asked, appealing to her for support.

"Of course," Luo Xi said.

Hearing Luo Xi's response, Luo Hao was about to look at Ye Chuan smugly, but then she continued,

"Of course you're not right. Chuan Chuan isn't a member of our club. You can ask for help, but you can't force him. He has no obligation to help."

"Chuan Chuan, just wait for me here."

Luo Hao's smug expression faltered, and Ye Chuan just said to Luo Xi, "Hurry up, or I'm leaving."

"Okay, okay, I'll be quick."

Luo Xi immediately went back to work. Luo Hao, watching this, was filled with incomprehension. 

Ye Chuan clearly wasn't very nice to Luo Xi, so why did they seem to get along so well?

He was so much gentler, and more handsome. He was better than Ye Chuan in every way.

Luo Hao snorted and glared at Ye Chuan. 

"Just you wait, she'll be mine eventually… and you're just a monkey who only knows how to use his fists."

"Oh?" A dangerous glint appeared in Ye Chuan's smiling eyes. His hand twitched, and he took out a talisman.

[Item: Bewitching Talisman

Use on any target to induce hallucinations for 24 hours (Effect depends on target's strength).]

This was the little toy Lan Xiaoke had given him. Although it probably wasn't lethal, it would be interesting to give someone a taste of a horror movie.

He reached out and stuck the talisman onto Luo Hao's back. In the next second, the talisman disappeared.

Ye Chuan stroked his chin, curious about Luo Hao's reaction when they next met. 

If he continued to be a nuisance, he would just use all of Lan Xiaoke's little toys on him.

They were all free anyway!

Instead of crushing this ant, he would use psychological warfare. He, a Foundation Establishment master, was too kind!

Luo Hao felt an itch on his back. He scratched it, puzzled, but didn't feel anything and returned to the activity room.

Ten minutes later, Luo Xi finished cleaning and ran out. "Let's go! Daddy's treating you to ice cream."

"Okay."

…

As they left the school, Luo Xi asked about Luo Hao. "Luo Hao was bothering you again, wasn't he? I'll talk to him tomorrow."

"Talk to him about what?"

"I'll tell him that you're my boyfriend and he shouldn't do anything weird," Luo Xi said, raising her small fist.

"If you don't like him, then neither do I."

She and Luo Hao were just ordinary club members, not even friends, and Luo Xi felt that he was a bit too presumptuous.

"Mm~" Ye Chuan stroked his chin, curious about the effects of the Bewitching Talisman. It should be quite interesting.

As they walked home side by side, Luo Xi looked at Ye Chuan and linked her arm through his.

"What? Being clingy?" Seeing Luo Xi's hand slip into his sleeve, Ye Chuan glanced at her.

"I'm not doing anything, don't make me sound like a pervert," Luo Xi said, scratching his arm playfully.

"I think you are. You're always wearing such revealing clothes in front of me. I suspect you're trying to seduce me," Ye Chuan said, stroking his chin. 

He suspected Luo Xi had been after his body all along.

"No way!"

"Tsk tsk, who knows? And if you're going to hug me, put your arm around my waist, it's more comfortable."

"Oh?" Luo Xi tightened her grip, her arm practically molding around his.

…

They arrived at Luo Xi's home around 5 or 6 p.m. Ye Chuan was carrying the cake he had ordered online.

It was the same old, familiar residential building. Perhaps because it didn't get much sunlight, it felt cooler inside than outside.

"Chuan Chuan, I haven't told my parents about us yet," Luo Xi whispered as they climbed the stairs.

"So? A secret relationship is more exciting."

"No, I just haven't found the right time yet," Luo Xi was still a bit shy about it. She planned to tell her parents when the time was right.

"Whatever you want," Ye Chuan wasn't in a hurry.

Arriving at the door, Luo Xi unlocked it. The familiar smell of herbal medicine wafted towards them.

"You're back." As Ye Chuan and Luo Xi entered and changed their shoes, they heard Mother Luo's voice. 

She wasn't lying in bed but was cooking in the kitchen.

Although she looked frail, Luo Xi had clearly inherited her beauty. She smiled faintly at Ye Chuan, a glimpse of her youthful beauty.

"Mom, I could have done that, you don't need to work," Luo Xi said, seeing her mother preparing the ingredients.

"I can get out of bed now, I need to move around, or my bones will rust," Mother Luo said, shaking her head, then looked at Ye Chuan.

"Xiao Ye, thanks to your family's medicine, I can walk now. It's truly amazing."

"It's nothing, I'm glad it worked. My family has other ancestral remedies, good for the body. I'll give you some after I figure them out. Guaranteed to make you twenty years younger, and then your husband will be staring at you all day," Ye Chuan said smoothly.

"You're still such a sweet talker," Mother Luo chuckled, amused by Ye Chuan's words, but she was also a bit hopeful.

After all, Father Luo worked so hard to take care of them; she really wanted to give him a child.

"XiXi, take Xiao Ye to your room, I'll take care of this."

"No, I want to help you."

"It's fine, go on," Mother Luo added, "And close the door behind you."

"Oh?"

Luo Xi took Ye Chuan to her room and closed the door.

"Why did my mom tell me to close the door?" Luo Xi was puzzled.

"To do some… things," Ye Chuan said, lying down on Luo Xi's bed. 

He turned over and saw a pair of panties with a little bear print on them lying beside the pillow.

"You're so grown up, and you still wear these," Ye Chuan picked them up with a grin.

"No peeking!" Luo Xi lunged at him, trying to snatch them back, and landed in his arms.