Looking at the pregnancy test Lin Xiyue pulled out from the bedside table drawer, Luo Xiu was completely stunned.

Seeing his dumbfounded look, Lin Xiyue couldn't help but laugh. "Are you still going to eat your instant noodles?"

"Uh…"

Luo Xiu snapped back to his senses. "Do you want some?"

"Go eat on the balcony," Lin Xiyue said.

Luo Xiu set the instant noodles aside and reached out, grabbing her wrist to take her pulse.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't move."

After a moment, Luo Xiu let go of her hand and said with a smile, "So now you have to fight even harder to stay alive. I don't want our child to be without a mother in the future, just like me."

Lin Xiyue looked at Luo Xiu. He grew up an orphan... The thought brought a pang of heartache.

"I just felt you had the right to know, so I had to tell you," she said. "But don't worry, I'm not asking you to take any responsibility. I'm the one who wants this child. It has nothing to do with you."

Luo Xiu was not happy to hear that. "How can it have nothing to do with me? I'm the one who gave birth to this child."

A strange expression crossed Lin Xiyue's face. "You did?"

Luo Xiu touched his nose and muttered, "If I hadn't bred with you, could you have gotten pregnant?"

Lin Xiyue's face darkened. "'Breeding'… What a great choice of words."

"Besides," Luo Xiu continued, "children are born of their fathers."

Lin Xiyue reached out to feel his forehead. "Have you gone silly from hunger? This is the first time I've ever heard of a child being born from their father."

Luo Xiu argued confidently, "Back when he was just a little tadpole, if I hadn't given birth to him first, how would he have ever ended up in your belly?"

"You..." Lin Xiyue rolled her eyes dramatically. "Have you no shame? That's some twisted logic."

"I don't care. The child is mine, so it has nothing to do with you. In the future, you can't let him know that you're his father."

"Why does it have nothing to do with me?"

Luo Xiu frowned. "Could it be… while I was away… you found someone else?"

"Get lost! Go eat your instant noodles!" Lin Xiyue scolded playfully, grabbing a pillow and hurling it at him.

Luo Xiu laughed heartily and escaped to the balcony. While eating his noodles, he took out his phone and called Boss Huang, telling him he would stop by later.

***

After finishing his noodles and taking a hot bath, Luo Xiu changed into a clean set of clothes and went downstairs with Lin Xiyue.

Xu Qianqing had already prepared some food. It was just the leftovers from the girls' dinner, which they could just take out of the fridge and reheat.

At this moment, Sun Li, Xu Qianqing, and Wu Xin were all pinching their noses, crouched beside the hide-wrapped package and whispering like three curious children.

Sun Li even poked it with her finger, finding it soft and mushy inside.

"Xiu, what is this thing? It stinks so much, I think I'm going to be sick," Sun Li whined.

Luo Xiu, who was wolfing down his food at the table, replied, "It's a treasure."

"What kind of treasure?"

The girls were instantly intrigued.

Luo Xiu thought for a moment. "Animal innards, I guess."

Hearing this, the girls' faces turned pale, and they scrambled to their feet, backing away with looks of disgust.

Sun Li gave Luo Xiu a strange look. "Oh my, you're such a naughty boy. How could you bring something like this home? Aren't you afraid Mom will scold you?"

Then Lin Xiyue asked, "What kind of animal's innards are they?"

Luo Xiu gave a mysterious smile. "You'll find out later. Just leave it there for now."

"Oh." Lin Xiyue nodded lightly and picked up her teacup. To be honest, she wasn't that interested.

Just then, Luo Xiu added, "It's for you to eat."

PFFT!

Lin Xiyue, who had just taken a sip of tea, sprayed it everywhere.

"For us to eat?!"

Sun Li's mouth twitched, and she forced a laugh. "My goodness. I have to say, that's really something!" Then she added sarcastically, "You're so thoughtful, Luo. Killing a small animal and bringing its innards back for us to eat. I'm truly touched!"

Luo Xiu suddenly put down his bowl and chopsticks. "I have to go out for a bit."

Lin Xiyue frowned. "Why go out again when you just got back? What are you doing this late?"

"Fishing," Luo Xiu replied.

"You've got to be kidding me..."

The girls were all dumbfounded.

Lin Xiyue said sternly, "No, you're not going. Just stay home and rest."

"Then can I at least get a haircut?" Luo Xiu asked.

Xu Qianqing suddenly raised her hand. "Um... I was an apprentice at a hair salon when I was in school, so I know how to cut hair. How about I do it for you?"

Luo Xiu was at a loss for words. Actually, he wanted to go to the East District to see Boss Huang. He'd only made up an excuse because he knew Lin Xiyue didn't like him getting too close to people from the underworld.

Luo Xiu asked Xu Qianqing, "Do you have any haircutting tools?"

Sun Li immediately raised her hand. "Yes, yes, I do! We have them!" she said hurriedly, rushing upstairs.

A moment later, she came back down carrying a bunch of small tools. Luo Xiu saw several types of scissors, a razor, and electric clippers.

"Are you planning to open a barber shop?" Luo Xiu asked.

Sun Li just giggled without answering.

Seeing the tools, however, Xu Qianqing's face turned red. Those scissors were for cutting stockings, as she sometimes needed to make ripped ones for short videos. As for the razor, it was used for shaving... well, certain areas. In fact, every girl in the house had used that razor. These little tools were the secret weapons hidden away in their drawers.

***

After dinner, the girls forced Luo Xiu into a chair. With an air of great seriousness, Sun Li even draped a cooking apron over him.

Luo Xiu looked at her, his face blank. "Did your brain slip into your chest?" He couldn't understand. What good was a kitchen apron? The hair would still fall down his collar.

Xu Qianqing's skills were actually quite good. Like a professional barber, she quickly gave Luo Xiu a handsome haircut.

"Master Xu, you're not going to try and sell me a membership, are you?" Luo Xiu joked.

Xu Qianqing smiled. "How about a lifetime one?"

"Done!" Sun Li suddenly shouted. She drew her hands back happily, took two steps back, and stared at Luo Xiu, admiring her masterpiece. While Xu Qianqing had been cutting his hair, Sun Li had been in charge of shaving his beard.

Lin Xiyue, watching from the side, couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing, even taking out her phone to snap a picture. The other girls, of course, didn't miss the opportunity and took out their phones as well.

Luo Xiu was utterly bewildered, with no idea what was happening.

Seeing the usually aloof Lin Xiyue laughing, he stared at her. "What are you laughing at?"

Lin Xiyue's expression instantly turned cold. She turned away and covered her mouth, tears of mirth still glistening in her eyes. "I'm having an asthma attack," she said faintly.

Then, when Xu Qianqing brought a small mirror over to him, Luo Xiu became furious.

Sun Li had shaved his face completely clean, except for a small, square patch of hair left right under his nose.

"SUN LI!" Luo Xiu roared, raising his hand as if to strike her. "I SWEAR, TODAY I'M GOING TO..."

A frightened Sun Li quickly hid behind Lin Xiyue.

Luo Xiu snatched the razor and furiously shaved off the patch of mustache.

"Major Luo, don't shave it!" Xu Qianqing chirped with a laugh. "It looked quite handsome."

Luo Xiu shot her a glare.

Peeking out from behind Lin Xiyue, Sun Li waved her little fists and shouted, "Major Luo, that's right... you damn fool!"

Luo Xiu felt his face darken with frustration. That's it. I'm definitely going to teach Sun Li a lesson later.

Pinching her chin and striking a pensive pose, Sun Li mused, "You know, I think... our Major Luo would look great with a bald patch on top."

The other girls nodded in agreement.

Xu Qianqing asked Luo Xiu, "How about we give our Major a style like that?"

Luo Xiu sighed, the picture of despair. "I feel like I've become a toy for you all. I've made up my mind. From now on, I'm staying away from you demons."

"..."

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