Chapter 81: On the 999 Ways to Eat a Villain Roommate [26]

Shi Mo's movements paused. "It's something delicious. I'll take you to try it tomorrow."

Just then, someone knocked on the door. Shi Mo raised an eyebrow as he watched Yun Shiqi walk in carrying two small cakes and two cups of milk tea.

If it weren't for the fact that this was the first time he'd brought Yun Shiqi here, he would have suspected the guy of installing surveillance cameras or listening devices in his room.

Otherwise, how could he have come back at such a perfect time?

"What are you two talking about?"

Yun Shiqi casually closed the door and set the cakes and milk tea down on the small table nearby.

Shi Mo carried Sui An over to the small table and sat down on the single sofa beside it.

Yun Shiqi naturally took a seat next to him and unwrapped the small cakes.

"I got your favorite strawberry and taro cakes."

"And some milk tea."

Shi Mo looked at Sui An, who was staring at the two cakes with sparkling eyes.

"You want some?"

"Can I, bro?"

Sui An hesitated. He'd never eaten anything like this before, but one look was enough to know it had to be delicious.

But it wasn't his, so even though he really wanted to eat it, he held back.

Shi Mo said with a smile, "Of course you can. But you just ate, so you can only have one for now."

Sui An hesitated, looking at the strawberry cake, then at Shi Mo, and then at Yun Shiqi:

"Bro, can I have this one?"

Yun Shiqi nodded.

Shi Mo pushed the cake in front of him.

Having gotten both their permission, Sui An finally looked at the cake in front of him. His eyes curved into crescents as he opened wide and took a big bite!

The little spoon in Yun Shiqi's hand froze in mid-air. After a moment of silence, he silently put the spoon back.

Shi Mo, however, didn't seem to care at all. He casually picked up the taro cake and started eating it.

Watching the two of them—one big, one small—eating their cakes, their eyes curving slightly with satisfaction...

Yun Shiqi felt a warmth spread through his chest.

447 stared at them longingly, then climbed onto Sui An's hand and took a bite of the cake too.

Luckily, Yun Shiqi's gaze stayed fixed on Shi Mo the whole time, so he never noticed the cake in Sui An's hand being nibbled away bite by bite.

Yun Shiqi felt a flutter in his chest. He subconsciously pulled out his phone, and by the time he came to his senses, there were already a dozen-plus photos in his gallery.

But he stayed perfectly calm and set the photos as his wallpaper.

Sui An really loved to sleep. Not long after eating the cake, he started feeling sleepy again.

Shi Mo figured the timing was about right. Thinking about how he needed to go into Old Master Shi's dream later that night, he picked up Sui An, tidied up a bit, and got into bed.

Yun Shiqi lay down on the other side, looking at Sui An lying between them, feeling a complicated emotion he couldn't quite name.

Honestly, he didn't want a third person between him and Shi Mo.

But now, watching this little fox lying between them, he couldn't feel any rejection or disgust.

Yun Shiqi figured it was because this was a little fox—just a kid, and a kid Shi Mo liked.

Besides, he'd thought about it before: if the two of them ever got together, and if Shi Mo wanted to, they could adopt a kid.

Yun Shiqi felt this feeling right now wasn't bad. Even though this little fox didn't exactly count as their adopted child.

But wasn't this basically having a wife and a kid now?

This whole family feeling...

He'd only felt it when he was very young, before that woman showed up with Yun Munan, before his mom passed away.

After all these years, he was feeling it again.

Yun Shiqi gently wrapped his arms around Sui An, then naturally draped his hand over Shi Mo's waist, pulling both of them, big and small, into his arms.

Sui An just let out a soft whimper, shifted into a comfortable position, and grabbed Yun Shiqi's clothes.

Shi Mo: "Yun Shiqi... you're really hooked on hugging, huh?"

Yun Shiqi said without a hint of guilt: "Just doing it naturally."

"Then hugging once is enough. What's with squeezing my waist?"

Shi Mo looked at Yun Shiqi with a knowing smile. "Also just doing it naturally?"

Yun Shiqi felt a bit guilty. "By the way, about that explosion—I still haven't found Yun Munan, but I've had people check him out."

"He was pretty unremarkable before—nothing special about him other than being a bit gloomy."

"But ever since he entered ST Academy, the people who got close to him gradually met with misfortune, and then slowly vanished from the public eye."

Yun Shiqi paused, looked at Shi Mo, and spoke slowly:

"Then he got close to you and became your friend."

Shi Mo had been listening carefully, but when he heard that, he couldn't help but chuckle:

"What? You're upset that he's my friend? That's a whole lot of jealousy."

Yun Shiqi: "I just think you treated him like a friend, but he was scheming behind your back. I just feel it's not worth it for you."

Shi Mo said flatly: "I never considered him a friend. I was just curious about how he's changed."

Seeing the corners of Yun Shiqi's lips curl up, Shi Mo didn't continue.

"Alright, let's go to sleep."

Shi Mo closed his eyes, but reached out and put his hand on Yun Shiqi's waist.

He could clearly sense Yun Shiqi's hand on his waist instinctively tighten, but he only quirked the corner of his mouth slightly and didn't stop him.

An obedient little good dog always gets his reward.

Yun Shiqi spoke softly: "A Mo... sometimes I feel like you know what I'm thinking, but you deliberately don't call me out on it."

"But I think, perhaps it's because I haven't done well enough, so you're not willing to say it outright... but it's fine, I'll do better."

Shi Mo didn't respond to Yun Shiqi, keeping his eyes shut and continuing to fake sleep.

He waited half an hour for Old Master Shi to fall asleep, then slipped into his dream.

The moment he stepped into Old Master Shi's dream, Shi Mo froze.

What came into view was a sea of flames, with people scrambling around, but none of them could see him.

He quickly found a safe spot and took in the scene around him.

This place looked vaguely familiar, but Shi Mo was sure he'd never seen it before—it had to be from the original owner's memories.

It was probably a memory from way back, so it was hazy.

Soon, he spotted Old Master Shi.

Old Master Shi stood among the crowd, watching people flee in panic, his expression utterly cold, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

"Teacher! Experiment subjects 1 through 10 couldn't be saved!"

"Teacher! Of subjects 11 through 20, only 19 made it!"

"Teacher! Sector A caved in!"

"Teacher... subject 97 is dead, but 99's still alive."

Shi Mo watched as the people crowded around him, their faces frantic. The last one to come running out was a young girl carrying a child in her arms.

The child looked about a year old, still out cold, with a bracelet on its wrist that read:

"99"

Old Master Shi stared hard at the child, and the cold mask on his face finally cracked.

His hands shaking, he carefully took the child into his arms, his chest heaving as he opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Everyone standing before him lowered their heads in silence.

From a distance, Shi Mo couldn't make out Old Master Shi's expression, only that it looked like he was both crying and laughing.

Maybe because Old Master Shi was holding on too tight, the unconscious child slowly woke up and started to cry softly.

Finally, as the flames grew bigger, Shi Mo watched Old Master Shi grit his teeth, as if he'd made up his mind, and rip the bracelet off the child's wrist, tossing it into the sea of fire...

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It's Shui Shui having a little cake~

Dongqing Bohe's art is still super cute~