Chapter 25
Yan He’s hair was dry, but Yun Xiao still hadn’t come down. Yan He had no idea what Yun Xiao was thinking.
Was he dwelling on being seen naked, or had he already connected that to his treatment as a golden eagle over the past few days?
Yan He didn’t wait for Yun Xiao to come down; he simply went back first. He’d already done the feather-plucking for the day, so he figured he wouldn’t have to work overtime tomorrow.
Yan He returned to the specially-enrolled student apartment building. Just as he opened the door but before he could enter, he saw several upperclassmen wearing pale gold nameplates knocking on doors along the hallway.
Seeing Yan He return, they immediately chased after him enthusiastically.
“Is that Junior Yan? Since you’re back, we’ll give this to your dorm first.” The leading upperclassman said with a smile.
Yan He exchanged a confused glance with Bai Yuzhou, who was inside, neither of them understanding the situation.
The upperclassman took a small basket from someone behind him and handed it to Yan He and Bai Yuzhou. “This is an ostrich egg distributed by our Beast God Cult to our fellow students. It’s highly nutritious; we hope you like it.”
“Inside the basket is our doctrine. We sincerely welcome you to become believers of the Beast God.”
Yan He and Bai Yuzhou held the baskets, watching in bewilderment as the upperclassmen bustled off to deliver eggs to other dorms.
Yan He looked down at the heavy egg in his hand. Other religions give out chicken eggs, but they give out ostrich eggs?
Yan He hefted it—this single egg weighed at least three catties!
Yan He remembered the foot-kissing guy he met at the Beast God statue last night. He had actually asked if the Beast God Cult gave out chicken eggs.
Sure enough, he was the one who had underestimated them. They weren’t giving out chicken eggs; they were preaching with ostrich eggs!
An ostrich egg could be considered a giant chicken egg, after all.
Yan He picked up the doctrine from the basket. Seeing the totem pattern on the booklet, he couldn’t help but tilt his head. It looked somewhat familiar.
In his past life as a programmer, this totem pattern looked a bit like the simple graphic he had generated with his first code in college.
Yan He stared at it for a few moments and sighed deeply. “Great minds really do think alike, haha.”
Yan He didn’t believe in religion, so he put the doctrine away. But that didn’t stop him from eating the ostrich egg; he’d never had one before.
Yan He simply handed his ostrich egg to Bai Yuzhou. “I’m not much of a cook. You figure out how to make it?”
Bai Yuzhou nodded. “Okay, I’ll make you an ostrich egg pancake.”
Living in a rural village, cooking was a standard skill for him. Coincidentally, the cheap induction cooker and various vegetables he had bought online arrived over the past two days, so he could try cooking for himself.
[1: I’m sending someone to pick you up. Come quickly.]
Early in the morning, before seven o’clock, Yan He groggily heard his phone vibrating beside him. Opening his sleepy eyes, he saw this message.
Yun Xiao had a very unhealthy schedule and usually woke up at noon. Sending a message this suddenly… something must be up again.
Thinking about yesterday’s events, Yan He was already running out of patience.
The desire to resign and work solely for He Ting was swelling wildly.
Yan He cursed inwardly but his body was honest; he quickly got up, washed, and left the apartment.
A low-key black luxury car was parked under the big tree opposite the specially-enrolled student apartment building. Bodyguards in black uniforms were looking around.
Yan He got into the car, adhering to the principle of not hitting a smiling face, and asked with a grin, “Where is Yun Shao taking me? How is his mood today?”
The bodyguard’s face was dark as he scolded coldly, “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask.”
As the luxury car started and the scenery outside the window flashed by, the bodyguards considered for a moment and took out a black eye mask. “Put this on.”
Yan He: “????”
What is this? Kidnapping or silencing a witness? Why the eye mask?
Seeing the resistance on Yan He’s face, the lead bodyguard didn’t waste words and forcefully put the eye mask on Yan He, plunging him into darkness.
Yan He couldn’t see, only feel the luxury car twisting and turning on mountain roads, seemingly heading deep into the mountains.
Even a corporate slave has a temper. He had been diligently plucking Yun Xiao’s feathers for days, and it wasn’t his fault Yun Xiao accidentally streaked in front of everyone!
And now, early in the morning, he was inexplicably tied up like this.
With He Ting as his backer, he was definitely going to resign immediately!
He Ting loved eating raw meat and drinking blood, Yun Xiao was emotionally unstable. If the protagonist shou really had to choose a man, he should pick between Shen Xianqing, known as the F4’s brain, or the religious brother Xu Xingchuan.
Yan He grumbled internally until, just as he was about to vomit, he felt the luxury car stop.
He was led out of the car by the bodyguards, unable to distinguish direction because of the eye mask.
“Move quickly, Yun Shao has been waiting for you for a long time.” A bodyguard pushed his shoulder, guiding him in a certain direction.
Yan He couldn’t see that this was a villa hidden deep in the forest, walls covered in lush green ivy swaying in the wind like a green sea.
Yan He was brought into the villa. The lock clicked open, and he was shoved inside, stumbling.
Simultaneously, Yun Xiao’s familiar voice exploded above his head: “Yan He, you’re here?”
Hearing that lukewarm tone, Yan He instantly exploded. Even a clay figure has some fire—what exactly did Yun Xiao want?
I’m quitting! I’m going to work for He Shao!
“Yun Xiao, don’t you f*cking be too…”
In his anger, Yan He ripped off the black eye mask. The scene before him instantly stung his eyes, silencing him.
Before him were shelves filled with pet brushes of all varieties and styles. The entire collection room was full of pet brushes. Most extravagantly, several brushes were encrusted with gems, sparkling in all directions under the light.
Yan He had heard this was called “fire.” He’d seen it in Journey to the West before and thought it was a special effect!
The glittering light screamed money, revealing a low-key luxury.
And such precious jewels were only worthy of appearing on pet brushes.
Yun Xiao stood with his back to Yan He in front of these brushes, his back straight and sharp, exuding an imposing air.
Yun Xiao turned around, his gaze falling on the black eye mask in Yan He’s hand. His expression darkened slightly, and he immediately cursed, “Stupid thing!”
Yan He: “???”
Yan He, whose attention had been drawn by the jewels, felt his anger surge again upon hearing this.
Screw you, Yun Xiao!
No matter how nice these pet brushes were, they weren’t for him. But calling him a stupid thing was intolerable.
Yun Xiao stared furiously at the bodyguards. “Who told you to blindfold Yan He? Don’t want your jobs anymore?”
Yan He swallowed the words about to burst from his mouth. Not scolding me?
The bodyguards were confused and whispered, “Yun Shao, didn’t you ask us to bring him to your private residence? We were afraid he’d remember the route, so we put on the eye mask as per protocol.”
Bestia Academy students were protective of their lairs. The F4’s private residences were unknown to anyone, hence the creation of the F4 communal lounge.
Yun Xiao cursed, “Useless things, get the hell out.”
The bodyguards immediately rolled away, closing the door behind them.
Yan He stared intently at the shelves full of fire-sparkling, diamond-encrusted pet brushes and asked suspiciously, “So why did Yun Shao call me here early in the morning?”
Yun Xiao approached Yan He. He was already half a head taller than Yan He, and now he looked down at him condescendingly.
Yan He didn’t know if he had been infected by the rebellious protagonist shou after living with Bai Yuzhou for so long, but if Yun Xiao looked at him like that again, he was going to get hit.
Yun Xiao glanced sideways at Yan He and finally spoke arrogantly, “Cheap brushes are unworthy of touching my noble feathers. These are all for you. By the way, when are you brushing me again?”
Yun Xiao took a key card from his pocket, calm and indifferent: “This is the key card to my villa. Take it.”
Yan He’s pupils shrank, and he gasped: “?????”
What kind of plot development is this?!
Yan He craned his neck, staring at Yun Xiao in disbelief, pointing at the pet brushes on the shelf, and confirming again: “Yun, Yun Shao, all, all given to me?”
Yun Xiao raised an eyebrow and retorted, “Is a Husky’s hearing so bad that I have to repeat myself?”
Yan He lunged forward, grabbing a shimmering brush. A rough estimate put it at two or three million.
In a small county town, this price could build a large villa, but here it was just a pet brush.
And this was just the tip of the iceberg in the collection room.
All, all for him…
No wonder people say environment is important—it’s too damn important!
Outside in a normal university, which boss would give things worth tens of millions? It wasn’t like he was a kept lover!
Because of a single sentence, these had all become Yan He’s possessions, and he looked even more carefully.
There were huge brushes big enough to scrub a pot, and soft-bristled toothbrushes with crystal handles.
Using this to brush teeth would only be fitting for a mouth full of gold teeth.
Crazy!
He was truly crazy just now to even think about hitting Yun Xiao. He must have lost his mind. Yan He felt deeply heartbroken and strongly condemned his own behavior and thoughts just now.
Yun Xiao noticed Yan He’s excited expression and couldn’t help but smile along with him.
He only now realized Yan He was that poor.
Yesterday, he had called Yan He’s father. Father Yan was flustered and stammered when receiving Yun Xiao’s call.
Yan He had stolen his million-yuan figurines to sell—attempted theft.
Doing such a thing for mere million-yuan figurines meant he was poor to that extent.
Hearing this, Yun Xiao inexplicably felt some heartache for Yan He.
Yan He just loved money and didn’t have much of it; it wasn’t a major flaw.
These would count as small gifts for brushing his feathers in the future.
How could his noble feathers be brushed with a $9.99 brush from Pinduoduo? Was he scrubbing a pot bottom?
Look at Yan He, so excited he was about to jump. This silly lackey, so happy over a little benefit.
Yan He was truly too easily satisfied.
Being this simple, Yan He would suffer losses at Bestia.
At that moment, Yun Xiao had forgotten that he had repeatedly called the Yun family, telling them to watch his figurines closely—if one was missing, he’d smash their dog heads!
Yun Xiao watched Yan He touch this one and wipe that one, like a child who got a toy. He curved his lips and asked curiously, “By the way, Yan He, what were you going to say just now? Yun Xiao, don’t you f*cking be too… too what?”
Yan He froze, hugging the fire-sparkling pet brush, and said sincerely, “Yun Xiao, don’t you f*cking be too… too handsome!”
Resign? Hahaha, jobs are so hard to find these days, who would be foolish enough to resign?
As long as Yun Xiao didn’t die, He Ting would always be number two in the boss seat!
Yun Xiao was suspicious: “Really? Why did I feel your tone was a bit off just now?”
“Of course it’s true,” Yan He grabbed the gem pet brush with one hand and placed the other on his left chest, saying piously, “I, Yan He, swear that as long as I don’t have to sell my ass, I am willing to serve Yun Xiao and be a lackey for life!”
Yun Xiao: ???
Wait, as long as you don’t what?
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