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[Chapter 021] “Tmall Genie, let me hear you call me master.”
Shuang Shuang helped Bian JinYuan to clean up, and then they both sat down on the sofa.
Bian JinYuan asked, “Were you afraid just now? When I spanked Zhao YuPeng.”
Shuang Shuang shook his head, “I wasn’t afraid.”
Bian JinYuan smiled and ruffled his hair, “Don’t worry, gege won’t spank you.”
“Mummy said if I do something wrong, gege can spank me,” Shuang Shuang said softly, “but gege please don’t spank me too hard.”
Bian JinYuan reached out to hug him and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t spank you. Gege can’t bear to spank you.”
Bian Jie and Shuang Shuang were his only family. He felt that he wasn’t even able to give them enough care and attention, let alone spank him.
Shuang Shuang obediently kissed him and said sweetly, “Then Shuang Shuang will be good and never do any wrong. I’ll listen to gege.”
“Mmm.”
Lu YunFei felt very appreciative of this brotherly scene. It was good that Shuang Shuang was a little cutie. If he were as unruly as Zhao YuPeng, then Lu YunFei reckoned that he probably couldn’t handle him.
Bian Jie finished doing laundry and discussed with Bian JinYuan on whether he could take Shuang Shuang to work with him the next day. She had a rostered shift, and the pay was twice the usual rate, so she didn’t want to give that opportunity up.
“If you aren’t able to, then could you take a day off? You could also use a break.”
“It’s not a problem, I don’t find it tiring. I’ll take Shuang Shuang to the shop tomorrow.”
“Will your boss agree to this?”
“I’ll ask her, but it should be fine,” Bian JinYuan said.
As expected, Liu Mo immediately agreed, and even made her own request: Dress your didi up cutely, he could become the shop’s mascot.
Bian JinYuan looked at his didi and thought that he already looked incredibly cute, and that there was no need to dress him up.
Shuang Shuang was tired after a night of tussling with Zhao YuPeng. Bian Jie helped him to wash his face and feet, then accompanied him to turn in.
Bian JinYuan sat alone on the sofa to read for a bit, but not long after he put the book down and sat still.
Lu YunFei saw that he had become pensive, and worried that his lack of care just now was an act for Bian Jie. Now that Bian Jie was gone, he’d torn down his mask and started to wallow in his hurt. As a result of his worry, he intentionally dinged, to check if Bian JinYuan needed him to sing a song to console him.
Bian JinYuan didn’t actually feel hurt. He had gone through so much since he was young and had matured faster than anyone his age as a result. He no longer grappled with a lot of setbacks, and in fact no longer cared about such things. He simply wanted a moment of peace, and to think about his future.
Lu YunFei saw that he was being ignored, and once again dinged to announce his presence.
Bian JinYuan didn’t often play with the Tmall Genie, it was usually Shuang Shuang who did. So he thought that it was constantly dinging because it was still in active mode. He looked at the Tmall Genie nearby, thought for a moment, and then said, “Tmall Genie, play a song.”
Saying this, he remembered how the Tmall Genie had a weird repertoire of songs the last time he got it to play songs,
“Do not play《Little Crocodile》◆.” Bian JinYuan emphasised.
Hearing this, Lu YunFei almost laughed out loud. Why wasn’t he allowed to sing 《Little Crocodile》, it was such a nice song.
He thought for a bit, before deciding on a song to encourage Bian JinYuan, singing:
When I’m different from the world
Then let me be different
I see perseverance as steel overcoming steel
Bian JinYuan didn’t expect him to play this song, and was quite surprised. He had assumed that with this Tmall Genie’s level of artificial un-intelligence, that it would play yet another children’s song. Never did he expect that it would actually play《Stubborn》.
Bian JinYuan was very familiar with this song. There was a time when he loved listening to it. Eventually he listened to it too much, and stopped after that. Now that he had suddenly heard it, he felt an inexplicable feeling. — even though this wasn’t the original song playing.
Lu YunFei felt very pleased with himself after seeing his surprised reaction. He knew that Bian JinYuan definitely hadn’t expected him to sing this song. He continued singing:
If I were to compromise with myself
If I were to lie to myself
Even if others forgave me
I wouldn’t forgive myself
The most beautiful hope is the most wild
I am my own god
The place where I live


Bian JinYuan listened to him finish one stanza and felt a lot better. He praised: “You’ve leveled up in choosing songs.”
But of course, I’m so intelligent.
“Good luck and cheers
I’ll perform CPR on you
I am the prize when you win
OH my baby you and me”
Upon hearing this, Bian JinYuan walked towards him. He looked at the red Tmall Genie in front of him, “I remember that when you were in Liu jie’s shop, you seemed to call her master. Why are you not responding with ‘master’ anymore?”
Lu YunFei: ???
Lu YunFei felt that his deskmate’s ambition was not small, he still wanted him to call him master, is he crazy!
“Tmall Genie, let me hear you call me master.”
Lu YunFei rejected the notion.
“Call me master,” Bian JinYuan continued.
Lu YunFei helplessly thought, you’ve forced my hand. He looked at the person in front of him and said: “Mas—”
Just when Bian JinYuan thought that he was going to call him master, in the next second, Lu YunFei changed his tone, and happily sang:
“Pig, you have two holes in your snout, when you catch a cold your nose drips
Pig, you have pitch black eyes, I gaze and gaze but see no end within.” #
Bian JinYuan: 

He took back the words when he praised that its song selection had leveled up. His praise was thrown back at his face.
Lu YunFei saw how speechless he’d gotten, and was further emboldened. His pitch even rose by a degree:
“Pig head pig brain pig body pig tail, a cutie who’s never picky with food
Sleeping everyday until the sun rises high, never brushes its teeth and never picks fights.”
Bian JinYuan gave up, “Don’t sing anymore. Sleep, Tmall Genie.”
“Do you not like it?” Lu YunFei intentionally asked, “This was custom-picked for you~”
Bian JinYuan said chillingly, “You need to update your song list.”
“My song list is always updated!”
“So just sleep.”
“Alright,” Lu YunFei agreed reluctantly, but didn’t forget to add, “I’m always on call.”
No, no need for that, Bian JinYuan thought.
Having been interrupted by the Tmall Genie, Bian JinYuan no longer thought about what had happened earlier. He finished three sets of papers and went to bed.
Lu YunFei woke up considerably early the next morning. He slowly ate his breakfast and revised the words that he had memorised the day before to ensure that he had them well-memorised, before carrying his bag out the door.
LĂč YĂșn Shang asked, “Where are you going?”
“I’m going to look for my classmate to do homework with,” Lu Yunfei replied her as he tied his shoelaces, “I’ll buy cake for you when I come back.”
“Then I want a strawberry-flavoured one.”
“Sure,” Lu YunFei made an okay hand gesture.
As usual, uncle Li was in charge of driving him to his destination. Lu YunFei got him to drop him off at the entrance of the cake shop.
At this time, the cake shop didn’t have a lot of customers. Bian JinYuan noticed when Lu YunFei entered.
“A slice of tiramisu, a cup of cola without ice, dining in,” Lu YunFei said as he handed over the loyalty card that Liu Mo had given him.
Bian JinYuan received it and turned his head to tell his colleague, “Cola without ice,” before taking out the cake.
“Why are you here?” He placed the slice of cake on a tray and put it down in front of Lu YunFei.
“I said that I would memorise the vocabulary when I got home. Now that I’ve memorised them, I naturally came to find you to give me my marks.”
“Didn’t you say that we’d test after the holiday?” Bian JinYuan said as he took the cola that his colleague had handed him and placed it on the tray. “Here you go.”
Since there weren’t a lot of customers, Lu YunFei wasn’t afraid of taking up his time. He stood at the cashier to answer, “Didn’t you say that those who don’t strive hard at the month’s head are filled with despair at the month’s end? As someone with such a good attitude, I’d obviously rather do things earlier than later.”
Bian JinYuan was very skeptical of this reasoning, but it was a good thing that Lu YunFei was willing to memorise vocabulary. And so, he didn’t say much except, “Find a seat, I’ll test you later.”
Score! Lu YunFei turned to look around and saw the familiar yet unfamiliar sight of the little friend Shuang Shuang, who was sitting at a table facing the cashier.
He pretended to ask Bian JinYuan curiously, “Why is there a kid here? It’s just him, where is his family?”
Bian JinYuan didn’t suspect him of anything, and said calmly, “They’re right in front of you.”
“Huh?” Lu YunFei was confused.
Bian JinYuan pointed at himself, “I am.”
Lu YunFei immediately acted surprised, “Your didi?”
Bian JinYuan nodded.
“Then I’ll go over to him,” Lu YunFei said smoothly, “I could also help you to look after him.”
Bian JinYuan didn’t think anything of it, “Fine, I’ll bring you over.”
He walked out from behind the cashier and took the tray from Lu YunFei as he walked towards Shuang Shuang.
“What are you doing, I can handle it myself,” Lu YunFei reached out to snatch the tray from his hands.
Bian JinYuan dodged to the side and looked at him, “The customer is god. Have you ever seen god serve someone?”
Lu YunFei: 

“Christ also had a last supper, he also would have served himself a plate,” Lu YunFei retorted.
Bian JinYuan was very calm, “Where’s the evidence?”