y2: .
Tormented until dawn, Yun Mi was almost dozing off. Seeing the new message, all sleepiness vanished.
y2: Still awake
Grow Up Well: ...
Grow Up Well: How do you know?
Yun Mi even suspected Chen Yiyang had installed surveillance in her room.
y2: Your room is above mine.
y2: Not sleeping in the middle of the night, demolishing the house?
After all, it was an old house from the war period, though renovated in the 90s, the soundproofing wasn't great. At night, you could hear honking from the street outside.
Yun Mi remembered how she had been flailing around in front of the floor-length mirror just now. She was at a loss for words.
She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Chen Yiyang, so she put up a front. She sent a message.
Grow Up Well: Oh, just had insomnia. Exercise helps you sleep.
After sending it, she worried again. Covering her head in embarrassment, she flipped over in bed.
y2: Demolishing again.
Grow Up Well: ...
y2: If you can't sleep, why not do two more sets of math problems?
Now that he'd brought it up, Yun Mi tentatively sent a dry message.
Grow Up Well: Can't do them.
y2 showed "typing..." again.
y2: ?
Yun Mi thought after exchanging the White Rabbit candy, she and Chen Yiyang could barely be considered "good friends," but she still overestimated the young master's character.
The other side seemed annoyed by her. He ignored her completely, sending a question mark like a provocation, then nothing.
Yun Mi had a great idea.
Grow Up Well: Chen Yiyang.
y2: .
Grow Up Well: Teach me math, or I'll tell Auntie you won't teach me.
Wen Liangyu had once said Chen Yiyang was an "appointed slave."
Yun Mi hesitated nervously and sent the message. The other side fell into dead silence.
Probably no luck.
Yun Mi hadn't really planned to tell Wen Liangyu anyway; she was just testing the waters.
Returning empty-handed.
She thought, forget it, forget it.
Grow Up Well: Hehe, kidding. I'm sleepy too. Goodnight [bear emoji]
Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door.
Chen Yiyang had put on a jacket and come upstairs. His knobby fingers curved and knocked, causing the thick door to vibrate slightly.
The boy still carried the chill from just getting out of bed. His eyes lowered, fine lashes drooping. Seeing Yun Mi's irresponsible new message, he twitched his lips and let out a light snort.
Yun Mi heard his usually cold tone mixed with a hint of doubt come from outside the door: "Asleep?"
"..."
A bit scary.
Yun Mi sat up abruptly from under the covers. She studied Chen Yiyang's messages and analyzed his intentions, then spoke up: "Not yet. What are you doing here?"
Chen Yiyang said coldly, "Demolishing the house with you."
"..."
In the dim hallway, the boy lowered his eyelids. His dark, sharp eyes landed on the phone screen.
Seeing the name "Wen Liangyu," he raised an eyebrow.
Yun Mi had miscalculated.
Chen Yiyang wasn't afraid of Wen Liangyu at all.
If he wanted, he could kick Yun Mi out of the house right now.
The boy knocked again unhurriedly with his knuckles. Yun Mi blinked and heard the second half of his indifferent sentence.
"If you dare sleep, you're dead."
"..."