“He is.” Cheng Weicai pointed in the direction of the bedroom. “He’s in the room resting with Youwei.”

Shen Fei’s footsteps halted. Doubting his own ears, he looked at Cheng Weicai in astonishment. “Huh?”

Cheng Weicai seemed not to notice his odd expression. Busily sweeping and mopping the floor, he advised him: “Why don’t you come back a little later? They just lay down—let them sleep a while longer… Youwei just got out of the game, and your brother has been standing watch in the parking garage for days, so he’s exhausted too…”

Shen Fei: “My brother and Bai Youwei are sleeping in the same room?!”

His voice jumped a full octave. Cheng Weicai finally reacted, looked up at him, and said, “What’s wrong?”

His tone was baffled, as if he genuinely couldn’t understand what was so strange about Shen Mo and Bai Youwei sharing a room.

Cheng Weicai said, “They’ve been sleeping together all along…”

“They’ve been sleeping together all along?!!”

Shen Fei’s expression twisted further, his voice drawn taut like a bowstring—sharp and shrill!

Cheng Weicai was startled by his reaction, worried he’d misunderstand, and hurriedly explained: “No, no—Xiaoshen, don’t get the wrong idea. Your brother does it for convenience to look after Youwei. After all, Youwei’s legs are inconvenient…”

“Even if her legs are inconvenient, there’s no need to sleep in the same room!” Shen Fei couldn’t stand it. He marched over to the bedroom door in a few strides and raised his hand to pound on it—bam, bam, bam!

The bedroom door opened quickly.

Shen Mo stood in the doorway frowning, his expression displeased.

Shen Fei still held a great deal of awe for this elder cousin of his. His voice dropped by seven or eight notches as he said, buzzing, “Brother… how can you—how can you be sleeping in the same room as a woman…”

As he spoke, his eyes couldn’t resist sneaking a peek inside.

What he saw was a room with only one bed. His eyes instantly went even wider, and he forgot to mask his voice: “You two are sleeping in the same bed?!”

Bai Youwei, inside the room, glanced at the bed and nodded with perfect composure. “That’s right—it’s a double bed.”

Shen Fei was agitated: “It’s not a question of the bed! It’s…”

Before he could finish, Shen Mo pushed him back two steps and shut the door behind him.

“What did you come to see me about?” Shen Mo asked.

“Brother Mo!” Shen Fei was still reeling from the shock that his elder cousin and that woman were living together. “How can you sleep with that woman?! How long have you two been sleeping together? When did it start? How did it come about? Who brought it up? Does Uncle know about this?!!”

A barrage of questions. Shen Mo’s head ached. He frowned. “What did you actually come to see me about?”

“Brother…” Shen Fei gritted his teeth, grabbed Shen Mo’s clothes, pulled him toward the corner, lowered his voice, and said, “You can’t follow in Uncle’s footsteps.”

Shen Mo frowned. “Youwei is different.”

Shen Fei heard that answer and his heart lurched even more. Clutching his chest, he said, “Brother, what do you mean by that? Are you really with her? Did you two… have relations?”

At this point, Shen Fei seemed to realize something, and suddenly nodded in apparent enlightenment!

“I get it now! It was a moment of impulse, right? I understand! When a man and woman are alone together… sometimes it’s inevitable. But that doesn’t mean you have to be responsible for her for the rest of your life! Brother, times have changed—that old-fashioned thinking of yours really needs to be updated…”

Shen Mo found him tiresome and turned to go back inside. “If there’s nothing else, I’m heading in.”

“Hey?! Hey, hey, hey!” Shen Fei said quickly, “There is something! Professor Song sent me to invite her to a meeting at headquarters! They want to discuss Game No. 24!”

Shen Mo stopped in his tracks and turned to look at him. “Now?”

Shen Fei shook his head. “No, no—Professor Song knows they’re all injured, so the meeting has been set for tomorrow afternoon. He wants them to rest for a day first.”

Shen Mo gave a slight nod. “I’ll take her there tomorrow.”

“One more thing…” Shen Fei hesitated. “You haven’t been over to Uncle’s place for several days now. Before it was because you had to stand watch in the underground parking garage and didn’t have the time. But now that she’s already out of the game, Brother—shouldn’t you… go check on Uncle?”

Shen Mo heard this, was silent for a moment, and then gave a nod. “I know.”