Hearing Xu Fei’s words, Su Yu nodded in agreement.
“Exactly. If someone really meant to harm you, they couldn’t possibly pull it off with how rarely you come home. Besides, this wasn’t poison—it was just an aphrodisiac!”
“So… what do we do next?”
Hearing the word “aphrodisiac,” Su Yu felt a bit embarrassed.
“What do we do? We need to satisfy the person who drugged you to put this matter to rest. Come on, back to my room!”
Xu Fei sneaked Su Yu back to his guest room, opened the near-omnipotent Diyu Er app on his phone, and played an embarrassing video at maximum volume.
“Look… do we really have to sleep with this playing all night? Can’t you turn it down a bit?”
Su Yu, lying on the bed, blushed all the way to her neck, barely daring to glance at Xu Fei.
“It’s fine, we can stop it in a bit. This is the only way to dispel certain people’s suspicions. Just sleep easy.”
With that, the two drifted off to sleep, lulled by the peculiar and enchanting “symphony” from the bedside.
The next morning, Xu Fei woke to find Su Yu gone—probably embarrassed and back in her own room after waking early.
Xu Fei didn’t mind. He got up, stretched, feeling refreshed, and opened the door.
“Xiao Fei, you’re up? Did you rest well last night? Come down for breakfast!”
In the downstairs living room, Su Hong was seated at the head, reading a newspaper. Hearing movement upstairs, he greeted Xu Fei with a warm smile.
“Thanks to Master Su’s hospitality, I slept very well!”
Xu Fei returned a slight smile, though inwardly he muttered to himself.
“This old fox is really deep. Not a hint of last night’s events shows on his face!”
Su Yu was already seated, stealing a glance at Xu Fei, then at Su Hong.
“With the video so loud last night, Father couldn’t have missed it…”
Su Hong, meanwhile, wore a thoroughly satisfied smile, constantly serving Xu Fei food. The way he looked at Xu Fei was practically like gazing at his own son-in-law, full of warmth.
“Come, Xiao Fei, eat up. Young lads like you need to take care and nourish yourselves…”
It was then Xu Fei realised this was no ordinary breakfast. Even for a wealthy family, starting the day with ginseng, deer antler, and tiger penis was a bit much!
In the end, the three of them, each with their own hidden agendas, managed to get through this peculiar breakfast.
After the meal, Xu Fei prepared to take his leave, only to be stopped by Su Yu.
“Where are you off to? You’re coming with me to check on our antique shop later.”
“Our antique shop…?”
“You’re the Su family’s chief treasure appraiser now, so my father decided to open a new shop for us to manage. You can’t back out now!”
Xu Fei had thought it was just a jest, never imagining he’d actually become the Su family’s appraiser.
“Anyway, rest up a bit, I’ll head over first. Once you’re ready, get to work!”
Then Xu Fei noticed Su Yu had sent an address to his phone. With no other choice, he reluctantly agreed.
After all, that bloke Bai Zhan still hadn’t sent any word.
Xu Fei later took a taxi to Chunxi Road, where he found a newly renovated antique shop.
Just looking at the storefront, you could tell it was freshly done up, everything sparkling new—which, for an antique shop, wasn’t exactly a good thing.
