After a Contractual Marriage, Little Taotie Went Viral!-Chapter 148 - 146: Is Mr. Pei Not Up to the Task?

Qin Yun took a sip of yogurt. The yogurt she had just taken from the fridge was a bit cold, and as the ice-cold yogurt entered her mouth, she felt the warmth from her body after coming out of the hot spring dissipate a little, and her previously unhappy mood improved somewhat.

Qin Yun squinted her eyes slightly, licked the yogurt off her lips, and her expression softened a bit.

Seeing Qin Yun looking better, Pei Yan drank while casually pushing some food toward her.

Even as slow as Wang Sirui, he could sense the subtle movements between the two, leaving him a bit confused. When did these two become so close?

"What are you looking at? Want some yogurt too?" Yang Leqi asked with a deliberately misinterpreted raised eyebrow.

"I’m fine with my beer," Wang Sirui said instinctively.

Autumn nights became cooler, and after a while, Yang Leqi felt the chill and sneezed.

"It’s getting late. Do you two want to head back to rest?" Pei Yan’s gaze swept past Qin Yun as he asked.

Qin Yun glanced at Yang Leqi, then exchanged a look with Pei Yan, nodded, "Sure, we’ll head back first. You two take your time."

As she and Yang Leqi prepared to leave, Pei Yan also stood up, leaving Wang Sirui alone, standing there facing the vast night.

Just as the two reached the door, Pei Yan came out holding a package and handed the snacks to her, "These are yours."

Yang Leqi fell a step behind, getting stuck between the two, so she quietly stepped aside, giving them space.

Qin Yun turned back, her gaze first falling on Pei Yan’s fair, slender hands holding the snacks. After a pause, seeing her snacks were intact, she smiled more and treated Pei Yan better.

After taking them, she asked, "Do you want to keep some to eat?"

Pei Yan, standing tall with hands in his pockets, looked at her with deep black eyes and said lightly, "I don’t need any. You keep them."

Since it wasn’t just her and Pei Yan around, some things weren’t suitable to say or do, so Qin Yun shrugged, "Oh, then I’m going."

Pei Yan looked at her face, nodding, "Do you want me to walk you back?"

Qin Yun chuckled dismissively and refused, "No need. I’m not a helpless little girl, I’ll protect Leqi."

"Go back, we’re leaving," Qin Yun said, then headed straight to Yang Leqi, patting her shoulder, "Let’s go."

"Sister Yun? You finished talking so quickly?" Yang Leqi instinctively turned back and, seeing just Qin Yun, blinked and said.

Then, her gaze went past Qin Yun to Pei Yan who was still standing where he was, "I’m here keeping watch, aren’t you going to chat a bit more?"

"I just went to get my snacks from him, what are you thinking?" Qin Yun extended her right hand, lightly knocking her head with a knuckle, and slightly bent her left arm, lifting the bag of snacks from Pei Yan to show her.

"Oh." Yang Leqi, holding her head with both hands, rubbed where she was knocked, blinking in disappointment.

She was still hoping for a sneak peek, maybe catch them hugging or something...

But is this it?

Is Mr. Pei not up to the task?!

Such a good opportunity!

Such a beautiful woman right here!!

She’s even helping keep watch, how could nothing happen?

Noticing Yang Leqi’s expression was a bit odd, Qin Yun asked puzzledly, "What strange thoughts are you having? Let’s head back."

Yang Leqi pouted, "Oh."

Her favorite couple didn’t have a sweet moment today, not happy!

Because they lived in different places, only after sending Yang Leqi back did Qin Yun return to her own place.

After washing up, she went to rest.

Wang Sirui and the others played until almost eleven before returning.

Upon returning to the straw hut he was assigned, Chen Yao couldn’t help but twitch his lips, feeling he might as well not have returned.

But having been tired all day, he barely tidied up before sleeping, as his exhaustion caused him to sleep soundly even in a straw hut.

Being too soundly asleep, he didn’t notice the problem right away.

In the middle of the night, a figure appeared at Pei Yan’s doorstep, wrapped in a jacket, knocking vigorously on the door, shouting, "Pei Yan! Open up!"

Woken by the knocking, Pei Yan went downstairs to open the door, finding Chen Yao at the door, drenched and holding an umbrella. A look of surprise flashed in Pei Yan’s dark eyes as he asked, "Why are you so wet? Come in first, then talk."

"Don’t even ask. The house I was assigned, isn’t it a straw hut? It rained at midnight, and the straw hut leaked!! The heavy rain outside made it like it was raining inside too. My bed got soaked. While coming over, the strong winds got my clothes wet too."

Speaking of it, Chen Yao shivered, "Ah-choo!"

"Your jacket’s all wet, take it off first. Do you want a shower? My clothes should fit you." Pei Yan looked him up and down, asking.

"I better take one." Chen Yao immediately took off his clothes.

"There are new toiletries in the bathroom cabinet below." Pei Yan fetched a set of casual clothes for him. After receiving them, Chen Yao went into the bathroom.

He only took a quick shower before changing and coming out.

Earlier, Pei Yan had checked the guest room, and the show team had prepared it well, "I have a guest room here for you to sleep in."

"Alright." Chen Yao said while drying his hair with a towel, "It’s late, I’ll head to the guest room. Thanks for taking me in."

Pei Yan nodded, "No need to be formal."

The next morning, the rain hadn’t stopped. Since they hadn’t turned on the cameras overnight, the show team was unaware of what had happened the previous night.

When the show team turned on the cameras in the morning, they found Chen Yao missing.

The team felt a chill down their spine. If anything happened to a guest on their show, they’d be done for.

Everyone immediately put on raincoats and ran to the straw hut to search, finding it flooded inside and the bedding soaked.

"Call, find out where Mr. Chen is," the director called Chen Yao’s phone, which was off.

They promptly had people call the other male guests since if Chen Yao did find a place to stay, it wouldn’t be with the female guests, and they also sent people out to look.

It being their first morning not woken by noisy alarms, Wang Sirui was a bit unused to it. Hearing Chen Yao was missing, he got up to help search.

Pei Yan’s phone rang while he’d just finished a one-hour run on the treadmill and was in the shower.

By the time he got out, it had been seven or eight minutes. He answered while drying his hair,

Upon hearing the question on the other end, he paused for two seconds and said, "He isn’t missing, he’s here with me."