14. Despicable Me 5

Turning on the light, the bright and warm glow spreads throughout the room.

She doesn't sit down to sew clothes, instead, she lies on the bed, her body going limp.

Picking up her phone, she sends a message to Yan Huan,

"I'm home."

Just as she was about to put the phone down, it suddenly rings,

"Di di!"

Startled, her hand trembles and hits the gift bag next to her, rolling the round jellyfish toy out.

No name written, yet it ended up on her bed just like that.

"Alright, rest early, Sister Shiyu, see you at school."

Following that, was a "Good night" cat emoji.

Blinking her long eyelashes, she taps the keyboard on her phone, weighing her words carefully.

Delete and type, type and delete...

Finally, she replies with an "Mhm."

Having done all this, Ye Shiyu turns on her side, lying on the bed.

The bright light from the headboard reveals her slightly reddened cheeks and moist eyes.

Perhaps the ceiling was too monotonous, so she turns her gaze to the jellyfish beside her.

Pouting her lips, she tentatively stretches out a finger.

Bit by bit it approaches, getting closer to the jellyfish toy that had no name on it, yet smelled of Yan Huan...

Until at last, she touches it fully, her finger sinking into its soft body.

Looking at the cute jellyfish, she doesn't get up to fetch a name sticker or do anything else for a long while, just stares at it.

"Thump... Thump... Thump..."

After a long silence, she suddenly remembers she had actually thought about hypnotizing Yan Huan.

This makes her quickly bury her head into her arms.

"Wuu..."

How could she have done such a thing?

Enveloped by the warm light, amidst the scent of flowers in her cascading black hair, a muffled female voice comes through,

"You're despicable, Ye Shiyu..."

...

...

Wobbling, the bus heading to South District is dark inside, hence the quiet atmosphere seems extremely dim.

The only passenger, Yan Huan, sits by the window, his body hidden in the darkness of the bus, his face expressionless.

Inside the bus, a pair of bright green cat eyes suddenly light up, with its body blending perfectly with the darkness, slowly approaching Yan Huan.

"So it's like that..."

In his mind, Miao's voice comes through,

"No wonder since this morning you've been unusually interactive with Ye Lan, showing your most sensible and considerate side. The more you do it, the more you provoke the overly possessive Ye Shiyu... Yet, when she reaches her breaking point, you choose to leave on your own, making her anger fall into the void, to stimulate her regret..."

The outside light streams by the bus window, creating reflections, and from outside, the handsome young man's face sitting in the dim bus is obscured and unclear.

Hearing Miao's words from behind him, Yan Huan lets out a sigh,

"Because Ye Shiyu has a conscience and morality, at least now when the modifier hasn't deeply affected her... What I'm doing is essentially acting, playing the perfect and kind brother, using her morality to suppress the desire to use the modifier..."

In the darkness, Miao hears the sigh in Yan Huan's tone and replies empathetically,

"You don't need to feel guilty about deceiving her by acting, she was just about to use the modifier on you, meow. Besides, much of those feelings were not entirely false, you just exaggerated them."

"Yeah, but I really didn't expect her to come after me, even though she hates me so... She really loves Aunt Ye, willing to humble herself just to come out and hold me back. And me? Even Aunt Ye is so sincere, and I just left without a valid reason..."

"Meow~"

Miao jumps onto his body, pressing its plump self against him, trying to comfort him.

Looking out the window, Yan Huan smiles wryly but can't help but reach out to rub Miao's warm and plump head.

He leans against the window, looking at his reflection.

Amidst the dark envelope, with the chaotic neon light reflection in the window, an inner sigh can be heard.

"You're despicable, Yan Huan..."