Xia Zhi made up his mind; the first day, he just conveniently used “the reason of needing to adapt to each other” to order White about. Ye Qia also helped him think up a good idea, “Excessive physical labour can make the slave’s muscles exhausted and feel fatigue, getting the satisfaction of being made use of and being tired”.
After he heard this, he threw a strange stare at Ye Qia for a while, then took his time as he said, “Could this be the reason why you are unwilling to do the housework?”
“The curtains are washed by me.”
“Other than the curtains, everything else in this house are all washed by me!”
“Your person is also washed by me.”
“Alright ba, that little bit is enough to offset your sin of not washing all the other stuff. But where did you learn this bathing method? It feels too good.”
“One of my previous slaves was a bath house worker.”
“……”
The place that White had set up was extremely normal; with the other Master’s arrangements that Xia Zhi had seen before, in comparison, he felt it was extremely lowkey. Partly it is also because the Masters are usually the ones providing the house, “This is also a type of dominance, entering a stranger’s territory always makes people tense and nervous”, this was Ye Qia’s explanation. The reality was, other than the co-rental house that he and Ye Qia shared, he had no other property. The proposal of renting a house was strongly dismissed by Ye Qia; ultimately, he based it off the fact that he has not debuted, and imposed himself on White’s real estate.
Xia Zhi was quite nervous when he entered, though he still portrayed a calm expression outwardly; when he saw White, he then coldly said, “You don’t look too bad.”
“Yes, Master.” White bowed himself slightly, his att.i.tude was respectful, not abnormal in the slightest, “I was waiting for your* [1] arrival.”
Xia Zhi threw his overcoat at White’s head, and as he saw the other party catch it with ease, he grew a deep resentment towards his own height. Fortunately, his current physique is not too bad, although he still dared not go swimming in the winter, but in the air conditioned, brilliant sunny room, he completely did not mind properly demonstrating at all.
A few minutes later, he confirmed that White’s sight did not look over at his purposefully squeezed biceps, and he couldn’t help but feel disappointed, deciding to change his entry point, “Perhaps we should get to know each other for a bit.”
White was currently making some tea; once he heard these words, a dull laughter pa.s.sed out from within the kitchen. He walked out, put down the tea tray and lightly said, “Pardon me for saying it bluntly, your* manner is really similar to Teacher.”
Xia Zhi’s guilty conscience flared up, but he still kept his cool, “Because he is also my teacher.”
“Then are we not brothers? Oh, I think it was shixiongdi [2]? I don’t really remember how to say it in Mandarin.”
White’s large physique was like a piece of dark cloud in Xia Zhi’s eyes; he stood up straight, and did not raise his head, simply turning into the kitchen without a trace. He looked around the four corners and turned. Only after confirming that White did not chase after him, did he let out a sigh in the dark, calling in a loud voice, “Little brat.”
“In my opinion, you look to be even more like a brat.” White’s tone was a bit crude, his breath grew more and more disrespectful, “Is that not it? Master.”
The two syllables of the word “Master” were dragged out, Xia Zhi was sure that this brat was carrying some ridicule in his intonation; he leisurely drew out the vegetable knife, slanting his eyes as he looked at White, saying, “Do you know how to cook?”
Regretfully, all the effort Xia Zhi put in has turned into a river of spring water, flowing eastwards without return. After White heard it, not only did he not change his att.i.tude, but he instead let out a snorting laugh; the kind of laugh suppressing his mouth with his whole body trembling for a good few seconds, then said, “Apologies, I had intended to hold it in. However, you and Teacher are really alike, your gaze, actions and speech, they are exactly the same with Teacher’s. I don’t know how to describe it, you are just like a clumsy and inferior version of Teacher, even if you want to behave similarly to Teacher’s style, but……”
Pausing for a few seconds, White shook his head, sighing as he said, “No matter what, I am very grateful for your hard work.”
Xia Zhi’s inner heart had long since been boiling, he could feel his face was hot and spicy, it was obviously flushed red. But, us losers cannot lose the battle right? He tried his best to display a placid appearance, calmly saying, “Then what have you prepared to do?”
White strode ahead one step, desirous fireworks flashing nakedly in his gaze, “If you are willing, I am still willing to pay you with money…… However, I really want to relish your taste.”
Xia Zhi had some suspicions about it, asking, “Your meaning is?”
“Are you number zero or one?”
“……Zero point five.”
White smiled again, this type of smile was the same as the one Ye Qia usually wore when he teased Xia Zhi during play time.
“I believe you have a certain sort of relationship with Teacher ba?” White shrugged his shoulders, “Teacher is not number zero, in that case, I am not willing to fight with Teacher for the same position.” This sort of reasoning made an evil chill go down Xia Zhi’s entire body, “Therefore, I really want to taste that front part of you, small and tiny, astringent, like an inexperienced cuc.u.mber……”
Xia Zhi did not listen to the last few words, in the end he simply could not accept it any longer. Moreover, what was extremely unfortunate was, because he was holding a vegetable knife in his hand, after swinging over, the “fruitage of war” he had attained was completely unexpected. He was stunned silly, and did not say a word for a long time.
One hour later, at home.
“And then, you just ran home like that?” Ye Qia’s extremely rare astonished expression was revealed on his face, “Just like that, you cast aside the White whose head was chopped by you, with blood gushing out like a river and left him there, bringing back a face with some splatters of blood and came home?”
Xia Zhi raised his head like a husky who had bitten and tore the entire house to fragments, refusing to admit his own faults, “This has nothing to do with me! This is just a misunderstanding!”
“Are you nuts?” This sentence of Ye Qia was roared out, then immediately dropping his tone, “You just didn’t think about how there’s a possibility that White could die? Have you prepared yourself to live half of your life in prison?”
“I just forgot the weight of the knife……” Xia Zhi’s voice was lowered by that sentence, his forehead was full of sweat beads, “Also when I escaped he actually could still chase me, he flung himself onto me like a bear, you see, the back of my waist was smacked by him! This was after I chopped him ah!”
Ye Qia looked at the piece of greenish-purple bruise on the back of Xia Zhi’s waist. After being silent for a few seconds, he said, “Looks like ‘you guys’ have quite a lot of experience in fighting?”
“I have quite a lot of fighting experience, even more when it comes to being whacked by people; White definitely gets into fights often, his hand was very harsh.” Xia Zhi paused, speaking cautiously, “He wouldn’t die ba?”
Ye Qia did not pay attention to him anymore, taking up his overcoat and rushing out the door. Xia Zhi did not know if he should or should not follow; he was dazed for half a while, then went to the washroom to wash away the blood drops, then paced around in the house for quite a while, completely not knowing what measures he should take. Not long later, his phone rang, it was Taotie, “You chopped White? Have you gone mad? Your bravery is fierce, not bad.”
Xia Zhi had just wanted to say something, but Taotie had already cut the line. When he was still in a daze, yet another person called him, it was Magician, “Hahaha, you chopped at White? I remember this kid, you did well! Why didn’t you bring him over here, I promise to make him wish for death and immortality at the same time.”
This time, he caught the opportunity to speak up, “I didn’t mean to……”
“Hahahaha, no issue, we understand you!” He cut the line.
Xia Zhi glared with wide eyes at his phone, hating that he couldn’t throw it out: What exactly is happening? You guys should all speak clearly ah!