Chapter 41. I Have Come to Join You

"Ji Yu is... *munch munch*... probably too embarrassed to look for us tonight. Was it too much this morning?"

"He’s thick-skinned enough... *munch munch*... don't worry about him."

"This orange is quite sweet... *munch munch*... I'm so bored. Let's go find him and play."

"*Munch munch*... No, let's wait for him to... *munch munch*... come find us."

The conversation above was overheard by Ji Yu. Fan Bingbing and Le Jiatong were indeed gossiping about him!

Little Le Jiatong, how dare she call him thick-skinned!

Pah!

I’ll ambush you tonight!

Ji Yu listened for a while longer and realized that Fan Bingbing wasn't leaving Le Jiatong's room. The two of them had even climbed into bed, cuddling up to sleep.

Ji Yu sighed, frustrated by their lack of independence!

Bingbing, you're practically an adult now, go sleep in your own room! Can't you be a little more independent? You'll be twenty in a few months! Sigh... If nothing else, you could at least come and cuddle with me.

Ji Yu scratched his chin, debating whether he should go over and join them.

"I'll head downstairs, grab some late-night snacks, and bring them over," he decided.

Ji Yu quickly threw on some clothes and dashed out.

Twenty minutes later.

"Bingbing, your butt is so perky."

"No it's not, Jiatong, your breasts are so big."

"Come, have a feel~~"

"I want to take a bite. Men must absolutely love a body like yours."

"Then you have to let me pinch your butt, too."

Standing outside the door, Ji Yu listened to the two women's conversation, his face flushing red!

Pah!

"Feeling and pinching," indeed! How dare they call him a pervert!

*Knock, knock, knock~~~*

Ji Yu raised his hand and knocked, desperate to get in and join them!

"Who is it! Knocking in the middle of the night!" Le Jiatong’s impatient voice came from inside.

Inside the room, Fan Bingbing nervously tugged at Le Jiatong, saying, "Jiatong, could it be... you know, that?"

"What? A 'hidden rule' invitation?" Le Jiatong said, completely unfazed. "Just wait until I go out there and slap him silly."

I am, after all, a third-generation Yao Girl!

Le Jiatong huffed, got out of bed, put on her clothes, and went to open the door. When she saw Ji Yu standing there, a flash of regret crossed her mind. If only she had told Fan Bingbing to go back to her own room earlier! A miscalculation!

"Want some late-night snacks?" Ji Yu smiled, trying to squeeze his way in.

Le Jiatong quickly stepped forward, pushed him back out, and closed the door behind her. After checking the hallway to make sure no one was around, she whispered, "Go back to your room first, come back in ten minutes!"

"Why? Let's just do it now!" Ji Yu really wanted to get in there and cuddle with them!

"I... I have someone in my room, it's not convenient right now."

Le Jiatong didn't mention that the person inside was Fan Bingbing, fearing that if the greedy and shameless Ji Yu knew, he wouldn't agree to wait ten minutes. Le Jiatong thought he wouldn't know, but Ji Yu was perfectly aware and immediately guessed she wanted to get rid of Fan Bingbing first.

That was fine by him; with just the two of them, things could get a bit more interesting.

Ji Yu nodded and was just about to head back when the door behind them opened.

"Jiatong, are you okay?" Fan Bingbing poked her head out, worried that Le Jiatong was being bullied. When she opened the door and saw it was Ji Yu, her worries vanished.

"Ji Yu!" She was excited for a moment, then looked dejected. "You came to see Jiatong?" Why didn't you come to see me?

Le Jiatong felt awkward. Fan Bingbing had only come out because she was worried about her, yet she had just been planning to chase her away.

Ji Yu suppressed a laugh and held up the snacks. "I came to bring you both late-night snacks. I even got those spicy clams you like."

Fan Bingbing’s eyes lit up—so he wasn't just looking for Le Jiatong!

Le Jiatong, with her back to Fan Bingbing, shot Ji Yu a massive eye-roll. So he had bad intentions from the start! What a greedy, shameless pervert!

Ji Yu pretended not to notice and squeezed into the room with the snacks. *I have to be included in the cuddling! Want to isolate me? No way! No one can break up the Golden Triangle!*

After the three of them finished their snacks, each with their own thoughts, Ji Yu wiped his mouth and said, "Time for bed."

"Then why aren't you leaving!" Le Jiatong snapped, still annoyed. Fan Bingbing just squinted and smiled.

Ji Yu shamelessly said, "I think your bed looks different from mine." With that, he flopped onto the bed, lying right in the middle, refusing to move. He patted the space on both sides. "Come on, let's chat for a while."

"Didn't you want to sleep?" Le Jiatong turned to look at him.

"Just some pre-sleep pillow talk! Come on, the blankets are still warm!" Ji Yu continued, utterly shameless.

Le Jiatong, furious, jumped onto the bed and stomped on him.

"Hiss~~" Ji Yu gasped in pain.

Le Jiatong looked down at him with a face of pure disgust. "And you’re actually enjoying it!"

Ji Yu ignored her and turned to Fan Bingbing. "Bingbing, come on, time to sleep."

Le Jiatong turned to Fan Bingbing. "Come on, let's stomp him to death together!"

Fan Bingbing glanced at Ji Yu’s expression and laughed, "I'm afraid he’s enjoying it too much."

Le Jiatong: "..." Fair point. She gave him one more hard stomp before huffily lying down.

Ji Yu chuckled—mission accomplished!

The three of them lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, not sure what to say. Ji Yu secretly reached out to touch Le Jiatong’s palm, but she pinned his hand down and pinched him hard.

*Tch!* Boring. I'll go touch Bingbing instead!

Ji Yu reached out his devilish hand toward Fan Bingbing. She was clutching the quilt with both hands, and the moment he touched her, her body trembled with tension.

*Bingbing is the best!*

Ji Yu stroked her stomach, tracing a circle around her navel with his finger before giving it a playful poke. Fan Bingbing’s face turned bright red, and she bit down on the quilt, letting out a soft gasp.

Le Jiatong heard this and felt her teeth itch with anger. She reached out, grabbed Ji Yu’s other arm, and twisted it hard.

Ji Yu winced in pain, and his hand on Fan Bingbing’s stomach subconsciously gripped tighter. Fan Bingbing, caught off guard, gasped again.

Le Jiatong was even angrier now; she sat up and glared at Ji Yu. Ji Yu blinked his innocent, large eyes and quietly pulled his hand back from Fan Bingbing’s stomach.

"Ji Yu! If you want to sleep, sleep properly! If you move around again, I'll pinch you to death!"

"Oh..."

Fan Bingbing, face burning, pulled the quilt over her head. How embarrassing.

Ji Yu felt guilty under Le Jiatong's gaze and slowly slid under the covers. When he turned his head, he met Fan Bingbing’s watery, glistening eyes. Her face was as red as an apple—he wanted to take a bite.

Ji Yu instinctively leaned in, but suddenly his head was pinned down. Le Jiatong was straddling him, pressing a pillow onto his face.

"Still acting up! Die, you jerk!!"

Ji Yu struggled immediately. "Bingbing, help!"

The romantic tension in Fan Bingbing’s heart vanished instantly, and she couldn't help but burst into laughter, sitting up to join Le Jiatong in bullying him.

The three of them started wrestling on the bed. They rolled from the head of the bed to the foot, then tumbled off onto the floor. In the end, only Ji Yu was left on the floor, staring at the ceiling and making muffled whimpering sounds...

Le Jiatong and Fan Bingbing were on the bed, each pinning down one of his arms with their feet, while the other feet kept stomping on him.

"That's for being a pervert!"

"That's for being greedy!"

"Take that!"

The two women played for a while before letting him go, mostly because they were afraid he’d get too much pleasure out of it.

Ji Yu sat up from the floor and looked at them. "Can one of you wear black stockings and the other white stockings tomorrow?"

"Get out!" Le Jiatong threw a side-kick, and Ji Yu ducked in fear.

"Fishnets would work too! I'm not picky!"

Fan Bingbing lay on the edge of the bed, giggling at their antics. Le Jiatong turned to look at her and gave her butt a smack.

"You're still laughing! Come help me, I’m going to chop him into eight pieces today and feed him to the dogs!"

Fan Bingbing huffed and rolled around on the bed. "I don't have any strength left."

"Useless!" Le Jiatong jumped up, grabbed a pillow, and chased Ji Yu around the room.

He ran, she chased, and there was no escape!

Ji Yu laughed as he ran, looking just like the meme of Leonardo DiCaprio playing with a water gun on the beach.

A man, he thought, has to be a bit shameless and cheeky; otherwise, how would any woman ever chase you?