Chapter 29: The Rival Always Wants to Taste Him Again [29]

"Ha..."

Shi Mo let out a soft laugh, his eyes brimming with amusement as he looked at Ye Qi, seeing right through his little scheme at a glance.

Still, he had to admit, Ye Qi's wild yet restrained demeanor really did win him over.

Shi Mo knew he couldn't push his little mad dog too far.

If he wanted what he wanted, he couldn't indulge him excessively, but he also had to throw in some rewards.

"Well, since Young Master Ye has put it that way, how could I say no?"

Shi Mo's eyes curved into a smile, his expression unreadable, making it impossible to tell if he meant it.

As he spoke, he propped one hand on the sofa, leaning forward slightly, while his other hand traced along Ye Qi's face, then slid down to loop around his neck.

With a gentle tug, he closed the gap between them in an instant.

Shi Mo opened his eyes, breathed softly against Ye Qi's ear, and murmured:

"Ye Qi, you want to be my lover—fine, I'll let you."

Ye Qi's throat bobbed, and though his grip on Shi Mo's ankle didn't fully release, it loosened a lot.

But Shi Mo didn't use the chance to pull his foot away from Ye Qi's grasp.

He said lazily: "However, since you're to be my lover, you need to know what that means."

"You can't reveal our relationship to outsiders. Outside the house, we have to keep our distance at all times."

"What happens in bed stays in bed, and what happens outside stays outside—got it?"

Ye Qi couldn't believe Shi Mo had gotten him all worked up like this, only to back off at the worst possible moment, leaving him hanging.

Seeing that Shi Mo was really about to leave without any intention of helping him out, Ye Qi finally couldn't take it anymore. He got up and hurried after Shi Mo.

He reached out, wrapped his arms around Shi Mo's waist, and rested his head on his shoulder, nuzzling into him.

The clothes Shi Mo was wearing were his.

His scent and Shi Mo's mingled together.

And with such an intimate pose, no less.

It instantly filled the air between them with a super charged vibe.

It wasn't until Shi Mo snapped out of it and kicked him out of his own place...

Ye Qi stood barefoot at the door, clutching his clothes and his phone, staring at his own closed front door, lost in thought.

He hesitated for barely three seconds before he stopped overthinking it.

What was his was his wife's, and his house was his wife's house!

So it made total sense for his wife to kick him out of his own place!

His wife being willing to stay at his place, to be there—that was his privilege!

Well, since he liked it, he'd transfer the deed tomorrow and hand the place over to him too.

As for why he got kicked out—

Ye Qi blamed it on not being good enough.

But that was fine. He might not be good enough now, but he could learn.

He could pick up more tricks and moves to make Shi Mo happy!

Once he nailed them, he could level up from lover to official boyfriend.

After all, he'd already gone from sworn enemy to lover—it was only a matter of time before their names ended up on the same marriage certificate.

Ye Qi was in a great mood, sending red packets to all his group chats and even transferring 8888 to every netizen who'd given him advice!

When 447 told Shi Mo about this, Shi Mo was lying in Ye Qi's bed, wearing his clothes, playing on his phone.

"Oh, if he's got money, let him blow it."

Shi Mo glanced at the transfer notification that popped up on some app, tapped it, and accepted the 8888.

447: [(●—●)]

447: [Xiao Momo, didn't you say the villain and the male lead couldn't end up together? So... is this you two being together?]

Shi Mo let out a soft sigh: "Xiao Qi, he's just my lover for now. No one knows about us except the two of us—how does that count as being together?"

447 lay on the pillow next to him, listening, lost in thought.

Something felt off, but it couldn't quite figure out what.

447 hesitated: [Xiao Momo... are you cheesing the system?]

If the male lead really got together with the villain, the Heavenly Dao would definitely throw a fit.

Even though they'd done everything they should and shouldn't have, nobody knew about their relationship.

Even if someone guessed, it was never said out loud, and they'd never admitted it outright.

So in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, without an official label, they weren't considered a couple.

But what was the difference between this and actually being together?

Wasn't this just straight-up cheesing the Heavenly Dao?!

447 gave Shi Mo a complicated look, then crawled over and poked his cheek:

[Xiao Momo, we're just passing through this world. Don't get too attached, or it'll hurt when we leave.]

Shi Mo didn't answer 447, instead changing the subject: "By the way, how's Lin Ran doing on his end?"

[Oh, his popularity has hit an all-time high. The Lin family has even used this chance to snag several big deals and swipe quite a few of the Ye family's partnerships.]

447 was instantly distracted by Shi Mo's change of subject, pulling up the latest online comments about Lin Ran:

[Mostly filled with envy, amazement, and shock, and quite a few people have even written novels based on him.]

[Look at these netizens, joking and speculating about whether he was reborn or has some kind of system, otherwise how could he be this impressive?]

447 cheerfully showed Shi Mo the comments: [The scripts he wrote are still in production, but they're already using this opportunity to drum up buzz for those dramas.]

[This is making him more and more eager, to the point where he wishes he could release those dramas right now. The whole internet is eagerly anticipating them, but the greater the anticipation, the greater the disappointment.]

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