TSSRWAB Chapter 27

The room temperature seems to have gotten colder.

 

Lu Xi was shocked. Could there really be a ghost?

 

He quickly got up from the bed and ran down the stairs. He rushed all the way to the first floor in one breath and bumped right into Doubao and Dougao.

 

“What’s wrong, Daddy?” Doubao asked cutely with his head tilted.

 

Lu Xixi was a little scared, but he’s a father, so he could only force himself to act calm and said, “It’s nothing, I just missed you.”

 

That cold feeling seemed to be gone.

 

“I missed Daddy too!” Doubao wrapped his two chubby arms around his daddy.

 

Lu Xi gave each of his little buns a kiss and planned to soak in the hot spring to get rid of the cold.

 

The next day wasn’t his birthday, but they are going to celebrate it in advance! Jian Huai arrived that morning, driving his own car without his assistant. He parked the car in the driveway and knocked on the gate.

 

Lu Xi and the two little ones were eating snacks and watching cartoons on the sofa.

 

The room was warm and cozy, and it was nice to have no ghosts around.

 

As if sensing something, Dahl went to the yard to open the gate while wearing his newly tailored butler’s uniform.

 

As soon as the door opened, the two men looked at each other with mutual dislike.

 

The usually gentle and warm-hearted award-winning actor caught sight of someone’s exposed pectoral muscles and sneered coldly, “Such a cold day, Mr. Dahl. Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold dressed like that?”

 

“Thank you for your concern, Mr. Jian. I’m glad that my master can help me warm myself up.” Dahl flashed a smile, revealing his white teeth.

 

“Hah.” Jian Huai found this laughable. “That’s a good one.”

 

Dahl: “Not as much as you.”

 

Their eyes met, the air crackling with the smell of gunpowder.

 

“Dahl, is that Lao Jian?” Lu Xi saw a shadow in the yard gate through the floor-to-ceiling window and came out in his slippers to see what was going on.

 

“Yes, Master.” Dahl bowed slightly and said honestly, “Mr. Jian brought many gifts. I was just about to help him carry them.”

 

Jian Huai met Lu Xi’s gaze and smiled, “Yes, I’ll have to trouble you with the things in the car.”

 

“It’s nothing.”

 

Lu Xi walked over, “What else did you bring? Let’s get them together.”

 

“Chocolates, some snacks, and gifts.” Jian Huai followed Lu Xi and opened the car trunk.

 

Lu Xi took a look and saw that the entire trunk was full of boxes, all of which were beautifully packaged with bows.

 

Jian Huai said, “I also ordered flowers. They should arrive by noon.” He glanced at Lu Xi’s expression, then pointed to a section and said casually, “These are for Doubao and Dougao.”

 

“That’s what I thought, but this is still a lot.”

 

“And the chocolates you asked me to bring.”

 

Lu Xi happily thanked him. He had asked on the phone if it was convenient. Lao Jian said he wasn’t busy and could have his assistant go buy them. But he didn’t expect him to buy so many, and they were all in gift boxes.

 

Dahl watched from the side as this human vixen seduced his master, talking and laughing with him. Enraged, he disregarded his duties as a butler, and he glared fiercely at the vixen.

 

Don’t think you can get past me just because you’re good-looking. Impossible. Dahl carried the things and puffed out his chest muscles. Pop! A button on his chest burst open.

 

His honey-colored chest muscles were exposed.

 

Lu Xi looked over, “Dahl, your uniform is open.”

 

Jian Huai’s lips curved into a faint smile. This fool, all pecs and no brains. He actually thought he’s some formidable opponent, but he’s nothing special.

 

“Dahl, the quality of this uniform isn’t great. I picked up the button so you can sew it back on later,” Lu Xi, the straight-laced guy, said as he picked up the button.

 

“Hah, it really isn’t great,” Jian Huai said with a smile.

 

Dahl: Just you wait, you damned vixen!

 

In the succubus world and the code for succubus servants, to attract the master’s attention, one must show off their most beautiful and valuable features, just like a peacock in the animal world spreading its feathers. If another succubus servant wishes to compete, then let them show off their best features.

 

Dahl thought viciously. He would find an opportunity later to catch the vixen and settle this once and for all!

 

He’s got twenty-three centimeters!

 

Never been used, and still pink!

 

This is the purest, most sincere feeling for his master. No one could surpass him!

 

Jian Huai deliberately ignored the hostile glare coming from Big Pecs beside him and kept his gaze straight ahead as he entered the room with Lu Xi and smiling gracefully.

 

“Did you bring swimwear? There’s a pool in the back where you can soak by yourself.”

 

“We can have a simple barbecue for dinner tonight.”

 

“There’s an activity tomorrow, a robot assembly competition.”

 

Jian Huai was surprised, “There’s even a robot assembly competition?”

 

“Uncle Jian.” Doubao and Dougao came out and greeted him politely. Doubao was enthusiastic. He pulled Uncle Jian’s hand and said, “They’re in the back, Uncle can go see.”

 

After walking around to the backyard, Jian Huai saw the ‘robots’ and laughed.

 

They were indeed robots. A model half a meter tall, some complex, some simple, and scattered all over. Lu Xi said with a smile, “Dougao likes these.”

 

Dougao’s little face was reserved, but his eyes sparkled with eagerness.

 

Jian Huai came over and took a quick look around the place. Then everyone settled down in the living room for a rest.

 

“Master, shall I put Mr. Jian’s luggage in the guest room on the first floor?” The second floor was where he and his master are staying.

 

Lu Xi: “There are rooms upstairs and downstairs. Which one do you like?”

 

Jian Huai, of course, chose to stay upstairs.

 

“Thank you, Dahl.”

 

Dahl gritted his teeth and smiled as he carried the luggage upstairs.

 

This human vixen!

 

After chatting for a while, Doubao and Dougao got sleepy and needed their nap. Lu Xi took the children upstairs and Jian Huai also went upstairs to his room.

 

In the afternoon, after waking up.

 

The flowers Jian Huai had ordered were arranged, along with blue whale balloons on the trees and little star lights.

 

“Wow, Daddy, it’s so pretty and smells so good!” Doubao likes it very much.

 

Lu Xi: “It is beautiful, thank you,” he said to Jian Huai.

 

Jian Huai’s expression shifted slightly. In the end, he said there was no need. Pick a suitable time, he thought.

 

The cold air is back again.

 

Lu Xi tilted his head slightly. There was nothing behind him. He withdrew his gaze. “Are you feeling cold?”

 

“The temperature dropped, and it’s a bit windy outside this afternoon.” Jian Huai’s heart was focused on Lu Xi. “You’re dressed too lightly.”

 

Lu Xi always felt something was off. He’s wearing his bathrobe and said with a laugh, “Soaking in the water will warm us up.” With that, he untied the sash.

 

Jian Huai’s gaze involuntarily followed Lu Xi’s neck and the opening of his collar. He averted his eyes, his face starting to burn red, and his throat dry and wanting water.

 

“Mr. Jian, there’s something I need your help with,” Dahl said politely and courteously.

 

“Sure.” Jian Huai wanted to cool down, so he went to another place with Dahl.

 

Looking at the big pec muscles is very cooling.

 

Lu Xi stayed in one hot spring pool with Doubao and Dougao. The water had been refreshed just this morning, so it was clear and very clean. A natural hot spring. It made the two little ones’ faces flush red.

 

He didn’t realize his own face was flushed red too.

 

Lu Xi’s skin is fair and the hot water made it look pink. He leaned against the edge of the pool, draped with a small towel, and leaned lazily. His slender neck and collarbone were exposed to the air, faintly visible through the water’s surface—

 

-Goosebumps.

 

A wind blew past.

 

Lu Xi opened his eyes. Ripples stirred the water’s surface over his chest.

 

Could it be he’d really encountered a ghost?

 

And a lecherous ghost at that. Lu Xi saw Doubao and Dougao soaking obediently and noticed nothing unusual. He put on his bathrobe and said, “Let’s go back and lie down for a bit. We can soak again later.”

 

He carried the two little ones and went upstairs.

 

Lu Xi calmly closed the bedroom door, got into bed, took his phone, and anxiously sent a WeChat message to his older brother.

 

He was afraid of being spied on, so he buried his head deep under the covers.

 

When Doubao and Dougao saw their Daddy all curled up in a bundle, they followed his example and wriggled in as well.

 

Thus, there were three lumps on the bed.

 

【Dage, help!!!】

 

【I feel like I’m being targeted by a lecherous ghost!】

 

Due to the time difference, it should be around four in the morning over there. But the next second, his brother called, and his voice said: 【Cecil, get out, stop pushing in.】

 

Lu Xi: …

 

Sorry, Cecil, my bad.

 

He frantically ended the call.

 

Sent a voice message: “Ge, voice call isn’t convenient. Dougao and Doubao are here.”

 

Two little heads peeked out from the corner of the blanket. Doubao asked happily, “Is that Uncle?”

 

“Yes, Uncle and Cecil are working right now,” Lu Xi said smoothly, humoring the kids. “We’ll call them again once it’s morning over there. Daddy needs to talk to Uncle about something.”

 

“Okay.” Doubao obediently hid back under the blanket. It was dark. He looked at his younger brother and whispered, “Doesn’t it look like a tent?”

 

“Mm,” Dougao responded briefly.

 

Lu Xi typed: 【While filming, I kept feeling like something was watching me. Sometimes I’d get this chill down my spine. Even when I was soaking in the hot springs, something felt off. I suspect there’s a pervert ghost. Dage, do succubi attract even ghosts?】

 

He had just sent it when his older brother replied.

 

【What do you mean, pervert? If he’s good-looking and you like them, just take them. If you don’t, have Dahl beat them up.】

 

Lu Xi: …

 

【A ghost in the literal sense.[mfn]LX was using the word 色鬼 (sèguǐ) in their conversation, which literally means “lecherous ghost,” but idiomatically “pervert,” “lecher,” or “creep”[/mfn]】

 

【Impossible. You have our succubus bloodline. Dark energy and evil things wouldn’t dare come near you.】

 

If it’s not a ghost, then what is it?

 

His older brother was still typing: 【The ring I gave you, the one with the green interface, try it on and see. Alright, didi. Cecil’s still waiting for me, and your brother’s drowning in work. Gotta go.】

 

Lu Xi: …

 

Succubi have always been that shamelessly straightforward about papapa[mfn]啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) – onomatopoeia for sex[/mfn]. Only he, having come into it halfway, was different.

 

He quickly said goodbye to his Gege.

 

If it’s not a ghost, then the strangeness around him must be due to some other reason. If he wears the ring his Gege gave him, he should be able to see. But since it’s not a ghost, then there’s nothing to be afraid of.

 

Maybe it’s nothing, just a magnetic field issue or something.

 

The ring was left at home. It was an antique-style emerald piece. It wasn’t the kind of thing you could wear every day, as it makes one look like a show-off. Lu Xi just has to endure this birthday and see what happens next.

 

Then he would see exactly what it was.

 

After tucking Doubao and Dougao to sleep early in the evening, the three adults sat in the living room and chatted.

 

In the afternoon, Dahl had wanted to showcase his ‘assets’ to make the vixen feel inferior and back off early, but the two were outside in the garden. Unless his master happened to enjoy doing that sort of thing outside, he had no interest in putting himself on display for random humans to see.

 

He’s not an exhibitionist.

 

Thus, he suffered from the lack of opportunity.

 

After having a child, Lu Xi developed the habit of going to bed and getting up early. By eleven o’clock, he already started nodding off. Jian Huai was talking, and when he turned around, Lu Xi was already slumped on the sofa, eyes half-closed from sleepiness. Jian Huai couldn’t help but smile, turned off the main light, and left only the warm glow of the small lamp in the living room.

 

“Go grab a blanket,” Jian Huai said, shooing off the big-chested man.

 

Big Pecs Dahl: “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re trying to do. You want to send me away, you cunning vixen.”

 

Jian Huai said casually, “Lu Xi is asleep. If he doesn’t have a blanket, he’ll catch a cold. Basic servant’s etiquette.”

 

“…” Dahl was so angry his face turned green. “Damn it.”

 

He muttered under his breath and turned to fetch a blanket from the guest room.

 

Jian Huai had no intention of doing anything to the sleeping Lu Xi. He wasn’t someone who would take advantage of another’s vulnerability, nor the kind to act in secret. He was afraid Lu Xi would be embarrassed if he saw, and he felt it would be disrespectful to Lu Xi. He just gazed passionately at Lu Xi, his eyes full of deep affection.

 

“I don’t want to be just friends anymore…”

 

Dahl moved quickly, terrified the vixen would do something to his master.

 

He brought the blanket over. With watchful eyes, he scanned the room and found his master lying still. He went to cover his master with the blanket. As soon as he moved, Lu Xi woke up and rubbed his eyes, “I actually fell asleep.”

 

“If you’re tired, go to bed,” Jian Huai said. “Get some rest so you’ll be ready to have fun tomorrow.”

 

“True. Then I’ll go to sleep.” Lu Xi rubbed his neck. Sleeping on the sofa was not as good as sleeping on the bed.

 

Dahl, who had just brought the blanket, watched his master go upstairs and vented his frustration by glaring at the vixen.

 

Jian Huai gave a gentle smile, “Is there something wrong?”

 

Dahl: Just you wait and see!

 

On the single sofa, the invisible Xie Zhuhan stared coldly at these two.