Inside the bathroom.

Jiang Yuan was in a foul mood as he prepared to take care of business, when suddenly, the bathroom door swung open.

Yi Nanye strolled right in, grinning as she watched Jiang Yuan. She even gestured for him to carry on.

“Go ahead. Don’t mind me. Just pretend I’m not here.”

“You…”

“This is standard monitoring procedure. People have been using trips to the bathroom as an excuse to pull something for ages.”

“I’m taking a dump.”

Jiang Yuan thought it over. He knew there was no arguing with Yi Nanye, so he simply put his hand on his waistband.

“Be my guest.”

“Doesn’t this gross you out?”

“Be my guest. What, do you want me to help take your pants off? I already told you to do whatever you like!”

“Tsk…”

Jiang Yuan clicked his tongue. He really didn’t have the nerve to drop his pants and take a dump in front of a girl younger than him. But he could already tell she’d keep using this to gross him out from now on. Was he supposed to hold it in forever?

Could a grown man really die from holding it in?

If it was going to happen sooner or later, then…

Better a short burst of pain than a long one!

Jiang Yuan steeled himself and put his hand back on his zipper, ready to pull it down. But Yi Nanye suddenly stepped closer, stopping beside him. She lowered her head and stared intently at the zipper on his pants.

“Do you really enjoy doing something so gross it makes people physically sick?”

In the end, Jiang Yuan couldn’t bring himself to whip out his own manhood. His sense of shame had beaten out his common sense.

“Yeah, I do!”

Yi Nanye nodded without hesitation, then held up her pinky to Jiang Yuan.

“Afraid I’ll laugh at you?”

She’d started attacking his confidence from another angle.

“Fine. I can hold it in. Let’s hope you paid attention in biology. Women aren’t as good as men at holding it, so I can just take care of myself while you’re in the bathroom.”

Jiang Yuan could still think of a way around this. Surely Yi Nanye wouldn’t force him to come along every time she used the bathroom. At that, Yi Nanye merely smiled and shoved him aside. Then…

She turned into a blur that Jiang Yuan could barely make out, darting back and forth in front of him. She moved so fast that, to his eyes, she was nothing but a smear of color. By the time her figure came back into focus, the only thing echoing through the bathroom was the sound of a toilet flushing.

“I’m done. How about you?”

That move caught Jiang Yuan completely off guard. His eyes widened. He hadn’t known you could use an ability like that!

“Sure, I didn’t actually see anything, but I’ve got to hand it to you—you really went that far. Fact is, you did that in front of a strange man. You honestly don’t feel embarrassed?”

“If you didn’t see it, it didn’t happen. If you didn’t notice, then it’s nothing.”

Yi Nanye didn’t think there was anything wrong with that. Jiang Yuan’s eye twitched. After a brief silence, he reached for the toilet lever and flushed again.

“It really stinks in here. Try to be a little more hygienic.”

“Oh? Does it? Believe it or not, next time I’ll mix it into your water. I promise I’ll make sure you get a mouthful the moment you drink it.”

“Are you messed up or what?!”

Jiang Yuan was at a loss for words. What kind of person made such a nasty, lowbrow joke? And did this count as sexual harassment through an abuse of power?

He’d been sexually harassed by a girl younger than him!

“We’ve got plenty of good days ahead of us. I can’t wait to see how long you can keep this up.”

Yi Nanye smiled and patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder. He immediately slapped her hand away.

“You’re supposed to wash your hands before eating and after using the bathroom. Didn’t you learn even that much at home?”

“I did. That’s why I wiped my hands on the toilet paper.”

“That’s enough…”

“It’ll be enough when you’re dead.”

Yi Nanye had no intention of letting Jiang Yuan off the hook. He sighed helplessly, left the bathroom, and went back to the living room. Then he sat down on the sofa to rest for a while.

He was getting sleepy. He’d already been put through the wringer for days, and now he had to deal with someone like her. He really felt like he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. But the moment Jiang Yuan closed his eyes, Yi Nanye, sitting not far away, started playing music through her phone’s speaker.

And it was rock music. She had absolutely no manners.

There was no way Jiang Yuan could rest. He could only plug his ears with his fingers, but Yi Nanye turned on the TV and cranked the volume all the way up. The noise made Jiang Yuan restless, stirring up a fury inside him that he couldn’t suppress.

“That’s enough!!”

Jiang Yuan shot to his feet and strode over to the TV, ready to kick it. But just as his foot was about to hit the screen, he stopped. Then, slowly, he lowered it.

He held back. His rational side told him he couldn’t do that, or he’d be judged to have violent tendencies. He bent down, switched off the TV, then yanked out the power cord and looked back at Yi Nanye.

She sat on the sofa without a care in the world, the corners of her lips curled into an enticing smile. Paired with her already cute face, she looked quite lovable at first glance. But on closer inspection, she might as well have had the words “What are you gonna do about it?” written all over her face.

“I’m going to take a shower…”

Jiang Yuan silently turned and headed for the bathroom. It had both a shower and a bathtub. Yi Nanye immediately followed him in, but she clearly hadn’t expected to find him in his current state of mind.

Jiang Yuan suddenly seemed like a different person. He’d completely lost his sense of shame, taking off his clothes right in front of Yi Nanye as if she weren’t there, then stepping into the bathtub and turning on the water.

“You really have no shame.”

Yi Nanye muttered under her breath, but Jiang Yuan didn’t react. He ignored her completely, soaking in the tub with a blank stare fixed on the water. Seeing him like that, Yi Nanye realized there was no point in pushing him any further. She gave a cold laugh and walked out of the bathroom.

What a joke. That was all he could take? He’d probably lose control before long.

That was what she thought, not noticing that Jiang Yuan, with his back to her, was watching her.

There wasn’t a trace of weariness in his eyes—only an almost absolute clarity of mind. If she’d turned around for a look, she would’ve seen an expression almost identical to Codename Jiang’s in the video.

Detached, emotionless, as if he saw himself above all things yet embraced them all. Those were the eyes of a god.

As if sensing his gaze, she whipped around. But Jiang Yuan was still staring blankly at the water. She frowned, then thought nothing of it and walked out of the bathroom.

After that…

Jiang Yuan let out a long sigh and patted his face. He’d been lost in thought for a while. He’d thought about a lot of things, including whether he should get back at Yi Nanye if he ever got the chance.

But he quickly banished that thought. He wouldn’t even let himself feel hostile toward Yi Nanye. That way, he wouldn’t unconsciously act against her, and he’d make it as hard as possible for her to catch him out or find any dirt on him.