Chapter 9: The Mighty General

Uncle Fu left Chu Mengyao’s villa, using the excuse of returning to the company to pick up Mr. Chu from work.

Before leaving, he gave Lin Yi a backpack, saying it contained his uniform and textbooks for the First High School.

"Miss, if you need anything, call me anytime. I’ll still come by at seven tonight to deliver dinner."

After saying this, Uncle Fu hurried away.

Chu Mengyao looked at the man before her, not knowing what to say. Still, she couldn't exactly let him sleep on the street, could she?

Her father was a well-known philanthropist; if word got out that she was mistreating the help, it wouldn't look good no matter how she explained it.

Chu Mengyao fumed for a long time before finally thinking of the culprit behind this situation. She took out her phone and dialed Chen Yushu’s number.

"Hello, Xiaoshu? My dad told this migrant worker to live in my villa. What should I do?"

"Yaoyao-jie, you mean Arrow-brand Brother? That’s great! Tomorrow I’ll go to school and tell everyone you’re living together. That way, no one will pester you anymore!"

Chen Yushu was currently lying comfortably on a chaise longue watching TV. She said this offhandedly upon hearing Chu Mengyao’s words.

"Chen Yushu!!!"

Chu Mengyao was about to explode. She roared into the phone, "You little brat, you’re so disloyal! You were the one who told me to keep him, and now you’re just making snide remarks? You, right now, immediately, get over to my house!"

"Oh, okay. I’ll take a shower and have a nap, then I’ll come find you when I go to school tomorrow morning," Chen Yushu said lazily.

"If I don't see you within a minute, we’re through!" Chu Mengyao said decisively.

"Aiya, I’m already naked and getting ready to shower. I have to put clothes on." Chen Yushu complained as she sat up from the sofa, admiring her figure in the mirror.

*Hmm, do I have a little bit of a tummy? Looks like I need to eat less from now on.*

"Fifty seconds!" Chu Mengyao said, looking at the call timer on her phone.

"Oh... geez, I have to lock the door, right?" Chen Yushu said, quickly putting on her clothes.

"Forty seconds!" Chu Mengyao continued.

"Alright, alright, I’m coming!"

Chen Yushu put on her shoes and ran out the door.

Chen Yushu’s villa was only a few dozen meters away from Chu Mengyao’s. A small path separated the two villas, which stood diagonally facing each other.

Only when she saw Chen Yushu’s figure in the distance did Chu Mengyao breathe a sigh of relief and hang up the phone.

"Yaoyao-jie, what are you doing? I had just taken my clothes off to shower, and you made me come out," Chen Yushu complained.

"Ahem!"

Chu Mengyao coughed twice, pointed at Lin Yi, and said, "Xiaoshu, there’s an outsider here. Watch what you say."

"Aiya, it’s fine," Chen Yushu said dismissively. "He’s Arrow-brand Brother, he’s one of us!"

"Since he’s 'one of us' to you, then have him live at your place! It’s settled!" Chu Mengyao said, feeling very annoyed by Chen Yushu’s gloating expression.

"Uh..."

Chen Yushu stuck out her tongue and gave an innocent smile. "Yaoyao-jie, you know me. I like to be naked as soon as I get home. It’s not very convenient to have him move in..."

"And it’s convenient for him to live at my place?"

Chu Mengyao cursed Chen Yushu’s disloyalty in her heart.

"Hey, it’s such a simple matter, isn't it?"

Chen Yushu tilted her head and said, "Yaoyao-jie, you let him stay at your place, and you come stay at my place. Wouldn't that solve it?"

"Hmm, that’s true!"

Chu Mengyao felt that Chen Yushu had finally come up with a somewhat constructive idea.

However, she immediately felt reluctant. Her own villa, given to a migrant worker to live in?

Why should she? Besides, what if things went missing?

"No! I can't let him live in my villa alone!" Chu Mengyao gritted her teeth.

Chen Yushu was also in a bind. She had only told Chu Mengyao to keep Lin Yi for fun, but now the problem had arrived. As for letting Lin Yi move into her own villa? Chen Yushu would absolutely never agree to that.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Yushu finally thought of a compromise

"Oh, how about I stay with you? We can have him stay downstairs. Your room is upstairs anyway, so we just won't let him come up to the second floor!"

Hearing Chen Yushu’s suggestion, Chu Mengyao felt it was the only way, so she nodded reluctantly.

"Fine, let’s do that!"

Chen Yushu often stayed with Chu Mengyao, so she walked in with practiced ease.

As for Lin Yi, he carried his luggage and followed slowly behind.

Lin Yi could naturally tell that Chu Mengyao was hostile toward him, but thinking of the old man’s solemn instructions when he left home and Uncle Chu’s trusting gaze, he didn't think much of it.

After all, Chu Mengyao was a young girl; it was normal for her not to want to live with him.

"Hey, what’s your name?"

Chu Mengyao sat on the sofa, threw her slender legs onto the chaise longue, and looked at Lin Yi.

"My name is Lin..."

As Lin Yi spoke, he started to sit on the sofa—he was tired enough from standing at the door for so long—but before his butt could even touch the cushion, a sharp cry startled him.

"Stop! Don't sit!" Chu Mengyao glared at him and shouted.

"What’s wrong?" Lin Yi asked, stunned, his butt hovering in mid-air.

"Your pants are so dirty, don't get my sofa dirty! Xiaoshu is often lying on it naked!" Chu Mengyao said, frowning.

Chen Yushu rolled her eyes in annoyance, thinking, *Yaoyao, why are you like this? You just told me to watch what I say in front of outsiders, and now you’re the one saying it.*

Lin Yi wasn't angry. His clothes were indeed not very clean; he had sat on the train for a long time and then spent the better part of the day traveling. If he dirtied the sofa, that was a small matter, but if he gave this young beauty a skin rash, that would be a disaster.

"Alright, you can continue," Chu Mengyao said, relieved to see Lin Yi stand back up.

"My name is Lin Yi," Lin Yi said.

"Good, Lin Yi. You’ll sleep in the guest room over there tonight. But remember, the upstairs is my room and Xiaoshu’s room. You are not allowed to go up there, or I’ll have my daddy fire you immediately."

When Chu Mengyao said this, she didn't even feel very confident herself. For some reason, she felt like her father had been bewitched by this Lin Yi!

So, she had to add: "If you dare to go up, I’ll have Mighty General bite you to death!"

"Oh."

Lin Yi nodded indifferently. But hearing the second half of her sentence, he asked curiously, "Mighty General? What kind of thing is that?"

Hearing Lin Yi’s question, Chu Mengyao triumphantly shouted upstairs, "Mighty General, come down!"

"Woof woof—"

A burst of barking echoed, and a fierce Rottweiler bounded down from upstairs, standing guard beside Chu Mengyao and staring at Lin Yi with hostility.