Deities Are All Just My Food

Exactly!

It’s confirmed!

Xinyan must come here often!

She might even be the class leader now.

"Huh?"

Ji Xinyan was stunned for a moment, not expecting Tao Nai to be so observant, but Tea Girl wasn’t an easy target either. She just smiled: "I’ve been here a few times!"

"Of course I’m familiar!"

Panic? Impossible.

Ji Xinyan opened the trunk to get stuff.

"It’s your first time here. Do you want to go through the main entrance or go up directly from the garage?"

Ji Xinyan asked.

"Let’s go through the main entrance?"

Liu Zilu suggested, "Since it’s our first time here, better have some sense of ceremony!"

So Lin Baici, who just picked up three shopping bags and closed the trunk, prepared to take the stairs but then followed everyone out.

"The environment here is fantastic!"

Liu Zilu couldn’t help but exclaim once more, opening her arms to feel the summer breeze.

The shadows of the trees seemed to cool her skin.

"Let’s go, let’s go!"

Lin Baici urged, opening the door.

"Mr. Lin!"

Wang Fang, who heard the commotion, had already come over. She stood at the entrance, first greeting Lin Baici, then reached out to the shoe cabinet to get slippers.

With outsiders present today, Wang Fang naturally used formal language.

Initially, Liu Zilu and the others were chatting as they walked into the villa, but seeing this, they froze at the door.

"Uh..."

Even Pei Fei, who usually wasn’t fazed, felt her heart skip a beat.

The girls exchanged glances immediately.

Whoa!

Wasn’t it agreed that there wouldn’t be any parents?

How come there’s an auntie?

Uh,

Judging by how she addressed the class leader, she must be a hired nanny, right?

Liu Zilu and the others had asked Lin Baici before and knew his parents weren’t home, so they came over to play.

No way, if his parents were here, these girls wouldn’t have come.

They would be too nervous!

"Aunt Fang, don’t worry about it, we’ll do it ourselves!"

Ji Xinyan hurriedly stopped Aunt Fang from fetching slippers for everyone.

The others, realizing the situation, quickly followed suit, politely greeting Aunt Fang.

"What are you standing there for? Come in!"

Lin Baici handed the goods to Wang Fang: "Aunt Fang, make dinner as you see fit, one dish per person!"

"Got it!"

Wang Fang accepted the shopping bags.

She knew her presence made people feel reserved, so she quickly headed to the kitchen.

Once Wang Fang left, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wow, class leader, you have a nanny at home?"

Xu Jiaqi blurted out, not even questioning it, just stating it as a fact.

"With such a big house, I can’t clean it all the time, right? Plus, I can’t cook. Ordering takeout all the time is too expensive."

Lin Baici shrugged.

"Oh, keep pretending!"

Tao Nai rolled her eyes.

The money you spend on takeout every month is probably less than your family’s electric bill.

The moment Tao Nai entered, she felt the chill of the air conditioning.

How much does it cost to cool such a big villa every day?

Look at this huge living room, it’s empty, right?

And yet the air conditioning is on.

So extravagant!

"You’re so chatty!"

Lin Baici pretended to be angry and glared at Tao Nai.

Previously, Wang Fang used to save on electricity by not turning on the air conditioning when alone, so Lin Baici specifically told her not to save, and only then did she change her ways.

"The slippers are all new; change if you want, or don’t if you don’t!"

Lin Baici’s shoe cabinet was too large, holding ten pairs of slippers and even some spare disposable slippers, all bought by Ji Xinyan during the renovation, for hosting guests.

He didn’t expect they’d be used until today.

"Your floor is so clean I would feel bad walking in with shoes!"

Tao Nai wore a pair of white sneakers, and after taking them off, she revealed a pair of flesh-colored ankle socks, looking cute and petite.

"Relax, make yourself at home!"

Lin Baici didn’t want to wait around for the girls to change shoes and had already gone to the living room in advance.

Liu Zilu quietly nudged Xu Jiaqi and then nudged Tao Nai. When the two looked over, she gestured toward the shoe cabinet with her lips.

"What’s up?"

Tao Nai asked, then made a "hmm" noise.

Xu Jiaqi blinked, puzzled: "Why the ’hmm’?"

"Slippers!"

Tao Nai lowered her voice and uttered a word.

"What’s wrong with the slippers?"

Not just Xu Jiaqi, Pei Fei and the others also looked at the shoe cabinet.

Other than having more shoes,

Everything seemed normal!

Wait!

There were several pairs of women’s shoes!

Sneakers, open-toed sandals, and pink slippers...

Such girly shoes likely weren’t the nanny’s, and probably not Lin Baici’s mom’s either.

Could it be that the class leader already has a girlfriend?

A major discovery!

Ji Xinyan, being smart, saw Liu Zilu’s expression and immediately realized her shoes were discovered.

Oops!

Forgot to hide them in advance.

"So the class leader might have a girlfriend?"

Pei Fei was surprised, looking at Ji Xinyan and blinking, as if to say, isn’t it you?

"The class leader is so handsome and wealthy; having a girlfriend is not surprising, is it?"

Xu Jiaqi felt Pei Fei’s question hadn’t been thought through.

It’d be odd if Lin Baici didn’t have a girlfriend.

"So shallow!"

Liu Zilu corrected her: "You don’t even mention how excellent the class leader is!"

Bai Jiao suspected the shoes belonged to Ji Xinyan, and judging by the size, they seemed to match.

"Don’t overthink it!"

Ji Xinyan maintained a calm face: "Those are Aunt Fang’s daughter’s shoes. She sometimes stays over!"

"Right, that girl is even the school beauty of Haijing Normal University!"

Ji Xinyan diverted everyone’s attention.

"What? Even a school beauty?"

Xu Jiaqi was surprised; Haijing Normal University is 211, and students who get in usually have great grades. Plus, girls are plenty at that university.

To become the school beauty at such a university, the level must be extraordinary.

"Xinyan, you better work hard, don’t let her take over the home!"

Liu Zilu was anxious.

If you don’t marry Lin Baici, after graduation, my connection with him will lessen.

"If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I won’t pinch you?"

Ji Xinyan was speechless.

Take over the home?

I live here, OK? If that girl dares, I would have found out early, OK?

Tea Girl was too confident.

She didn’t know that just this summer, a misunderstanding arose between Lin Baici and Jiang Yitong, which developed into a rather ’special’ relationship.

"What are you guys doing?"

Lin Baici’s voice came from the living room: "Come have some watermelon!"

"Let’s go, go eat watermelon!"

Ji Xinyan urged.

Tea Girl thought she had bluffed her way through, but when it comes to relationships, girls are always sharp, like detectives.

Liu Zilu looked at a pair of black peep-toe high heels and frowned slightly.

Last semester, when shopping with Ji Xinyan, she had seen Xinyan purchase a pair of such shoes.

After that, Xinyan never wore them, making Liu Zilu think she deemed such sexy shoes inappropriate for university.

Lost in thought, Liu Zilu walked into the living room and sat on the sofa.

Lin Baici picked up the watermelon Wang Fang had cut and distributed it to everyone.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Tao Nai, whose character was lively, couldn’t hold back any longer.

"Class leader, can we tour your big villa?"

Tao Nai looked plaintively at Lin Baici, clasping her hands together as if in prayer.

"Feel free to look around!"

Lin Baici was quite generous, besides, there was nothing secretive in the house except for the room where Ji Xinyan stayed.

"Then let’s get going!"

Tao Nai urged.

"Huh? Where to?"

Lin Baici was puzzled. What kind of request is that? "You want me to be the guide?"

"Yeah, without you, the host, tagging along, how would we dare wander around?"

"It’s fine, just feel free to stroll!"

"No way!"

Tao Nai came over to tug at Lin Baici: "Come on!"

With Lin Baici standing up, Pei Fei and the others also got up, eager to follow and take a look.

They’d never seen a villa before, and likely wouldn’t have a chance in their lifetime, so now that the opportunity arose, of course they wanted to gain some insight.

Liu Zilu came over and pushed Lin Baici on the back.

Having no other option, Lin Baici led everyone upstairs.

Starting from the second floor.

Lin Baici didn’t know about the furniture brands, and even if he did, he had no intention to show off, and Liu Zilu and the others also didn’t know, just taking a general look at the room layouts.

It was only when they reached the master bedroom, which was Lin Baici’s room, that everyone’s interest suddenly peaked.