Because of this little episode, the first night of cohabitation between Qi Yuan and Lin Can was quite unpleasant. Qi Yuan’s mind was filled with yellow paint, and upon learning that Lin Can hadn’t saved his number, all of it turned into anger.

“Memorize my number! Get it down pat! You need to know it forwards and backwards!”

Lin Can felt helpless and thought to himself that at least it wasn’t pi; otherwise, he wouldn’t be getting any sleep that night.

The next morning, Lin Can showed up right on time at the Blue Shore front desk. Wang Qian, who was dozing off, was so shocked to see him that he forgot to close his mouth.

“Brother Can, what are you doing here?”

Lin Can innocently replied, “I came to work…” His bank card loan was counting on his salary to pay it off.

“Wait, you…” Wang Qian was instantly wide awake. Who in their right mind would be supported and still come to work?! “Does Brother Yuan know you’re here?”

Lin Can thought for a moment, “Not sure. I didn’t see him when I left, so he’s probably at work too.”

Wang Qian facepalmed. When has Brother Yuan ever gone to work? He only goes to the company when he has nothing else to do! He probably was at the gym, and Lin Can just didn’t see him.

Wang Qian didn’t dare to slack off and hurried back to the office to inform Qi Yuan. Sure enough, as soon as Qi Yuan heard Lin Can was at Blue Shore, he started cursing.

“Who the hell is at Blue Shore? Everyone’s crawling in there!”

“Damn it, I’m going to beat him up! I haven’t even settled the score with him about contacting that ex-husband yesterday!”

Within ten minutes, Qi Yuan stormed into Blue Shore, looking furious, and started yelling at Lin Can, pointing a finger at his nose.

“Do you love this lousy job that much? Or are you trying to hook up with someone again?!”

Although Lin Can didn’t quite understand what he was trying to express, he quickly defended his motives, “I’m not trying to hook up with anyone; I’m just here to work seriously.”

“Isn’t it enough for me to give you this little money for a month? Can’t you just stay at home obediently?” Qi Yuan glared at him.

“I don’t want your money,” Lin Can replied.

Every day it was “I don’t want your money, I don’t want your money,” and Qi Yuan was so angry he wanted to punch him. But looking at Lin Can’s face, he felt a bit reluctant and could only stiffen his neck and say in a rough voice, “Don’t give me this nonsense! Come back with me!”

Lin Can didn’t move.

Qi Yuan’s fists itched again; if it were anyone else, he would have beaten them into a pulp by now.

“What’s wrong? Can’t bear to leave?”

He glared at the two front desk girls.

The two front desk girls were excitedly gossiping about the latest trending news, and when they accidentally met Qi Yuan’s murderous gaze, they both shivered in unison.

Lin Can frowned, “You’re talking nonsense again; I just want to earn some salary.”

Thinking about his precarious financial situation, Qi Yuan barely suppressed his wild thoughts.

Wang Qian seized the opportunity to interject, “Brother Yuan, let’s talk in the office.”

Don’t just stand here like a monkey; after all, he’s a big star. Luckily, it was still early, and there weren’t many people on the commercial street; otherwise, Qi Yuan would have already made the trending topics.

Once they entered Wang Qian’s office, it was still the same: one wanted to go back, and the other didn’t want to leave Blue Shore for the salary.

“At least let me get my salary for this month.”

They had already been working for more than half a month.

“Can’t I just give you that little money?”

Those people were eyeing Lin Can like he was some kind of delicacy; it was impossible for Qi Yuan to agree to Lin Can staying at Blue Shore.

Lin Can shook his head, “I don’t want…”

“Stop, stop, stop!” Qi Yuan interrupted him, “Are you some kind of stubborn little flower? Why do you look down on my money so much?”

Lin Can wanted to explain that it wasn’t that he looked down on Qi Yuan’s money; he just wanted a bit of dignity in their relationship, but before he could say anything, his phone rang, interrupting him.

He took out his phone and saw the contact name.

Ran Yang.

He instinctively glanced at Qi Yuan across from him.

“Answer it,” Qi Yuan said with a cold smile, even reaching out to press the answer button for him.

Ran Yang’s calm yet determined voice came through.

“We need to meet.”

“Ha…” Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow, about to tell the person to get lost, but Lin Can covered his mouth.

He looked up and saw Lin Can shaking his head frantically.

“Who’s around you?” the person on the other end asked.

Lin Can stammered, “N-no one, I was just coughing; I’ve had a bit of a cold lately.”

He clearly wasn’t very clever, and his lie was easily seen through.

Whose cough sounds so sarcastic, it’s like they’re writing “get lost” into it?

Qi Yuan found it amusing, but to see what else Lin Can could come up with, he lowered his arms and stopped struggling.

Ran Yang clearly sensed something was off but didn’t know that Lin Can’s phone was on speaker, so he didn’t waste time on the details.

“I want to meet with you.”

Lin Can was puzzled, “Why?”

“Why else? About yesterday, I need to clarify things.”

Lin Can was silent for half a minute, “I’ve already said what I needed to say; let’s keep our contact to a minimum from now on.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean… ah…”

Suddenly, Lin Can let out a low moan from deep in his throat, and then, as if electrocuted, he quickly stepped back a few paces.

What are you doing?!

He shot a questioning look at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan slightly curled his lips, smiling smugly.

Lin Can’s eyes widened in shock, his face showing clear disbelief.

He never expected that Qi Yuan would lick his palm!

He had never experienced anything like this before; the moment Qi Yuan’s tongue touched his palm, he was so stimulated that he couldn’t help but let out a sound.

Ran Yang could no longer ignore the oddities and deepened his voice, “Lin Can?”

Lin Can cleared his throat, “I’m here.”

“What are you doing?”

Qi Yuan rolled his eyes; that tone sounded just like a wife checking up on her husband. Did this person forget that he was just an ex-husband?

Lin Can glanced at Qi Yuan, afraid that he would do something else. Seeing that he was just leisurely staring at him, he finally relaxed a bit and put on a brave face to deal with the person on the other end.

“I’m at work.”

“You’re still working?” Ran Yang’s voice was filled with disbelief, “What are you doing?”

Lin Can felt awkward, “Just, um, regular front desk work…”

If it weren’t for the fact that Lin Can had said he was going to work on the day of their divorce and hadn’t taken a penny from him, Ran Yang would have thought he was lying.

What could Lin Can do? Besides his looks, he had no advantages.

“Where’s the person supporting you? Is he so stingy that he doesn’t give you living expenses? You still have to go out and work?”

Is this ex-husband trying to throw shade at Lin Can?

For the first time, Qi Yuan felt displeased about being misunderstood.

Lin Can used his eyes to calm him down and said to the other end, “I’m not being supported; I’m just like a nanny.”

“A nanny?” Ran Yang was puzzled at first, then realized something, “Oh right, you can cook.”

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

There were things not mentioned in the data that this ex-husband knew.

Being married really is different, huh?

Lin Can didn’t understand why Qi Yuan suddenly turned serious and started giving him warning looks to end the call quickly.

Lin Can didn’t dare to slack off and hurriedly said to Ran Yang, “I need to get back to work, so I’ll hang up now. Let’s forget about meeting; goodbye.”

After saying that, he directly hung up the phone, not giving the other side a chance to react.

Ran Yang called out a few times, realizing that Lin Can had indeed hung up, and had to put down his phone.

For some reason, Lin Can’s urgent little hum lingered in his ears, making him inexplicably uneasy.

• “You two seem to have a good relationship,” before Lin Can could even put his phone away, Qi Yuan suddenly said this.

He was confused and humbly asked, “Why do you say that?”

“I can’t find any information in my data, but your ex-husband knows it. Have you secretly cooked for him many times?” Qi Yuan leaned against the desk, glancing sideways at Lin Can.

“No,” Lin Can was too lazy to get caught up in how much Qi Yuan had investigated him and just shook his head to deny it, “I only cooked for him once the day before the divorce.”

“A farewell dinner?”

“He didn’t eat it.”

Great, he didn’t even get to eat the farewell dinner.

From this point of view, it was clear that their relationship was quite strained, and there was no possibility of rekindling old flames.

But everything Lin Can did afterward made Qi Yuan feel uneasy.

Because Lin Can was a complete scumbag; there was no chance of him having a change of heart. Only the legendary love that could change everything could explain this inconsistent situation.

“Don’t break Wang Qian’s stuff.”

Lin Can’s reminder made Qi Yuan realize he was tightly gripping a golden cat paw.

“What an ugly thing.” He disdainfully let go.

Lin Can took a look, ensuring there were no cracks before he dared to breathe a sigh of relief, “This is a golden lucky cat specially customized by Wang Qian; he said it can bring wealth.”

Qi Yuan scoffed, “You’re just throwing money away.”

After saying that, he looked back at Lin Can.

If Wang Qian was throwing money away, then this person was the type to see money and not pick it up; clearly being supported, yet still shouting about not wanting money.

Who knows what he’s being high and mighty about; can pride be eaten?

“I won’t waste time with you,” Qi Yuan leaned back on the sofa, exuding an aura of dominance, “Come back with me.”

“No way,” Lin Can replied firmly, “I have no money; I have to rely on my salary to eat and pay off debts.”

Qi Yuan ground his teeth; he didn’t want his money and insisted on going out to earn it, flaunting his attractive face in public, practically trying to seduce all the wealthy people in the world!

This person clearly didn’t take Qi Yuan seriously!

“If you need money, fine,” thinking about how that ex-husband was still insisting on meeting, Qi Yuan suddenly had an idea, “Come on a show with me; the program will pay you.”

Lin Can frowned, a clear look of resistance appearing on his handsome face, “A show?”

“Yeah, a variety show; it’s a very easy process, and the pay is high. Even if you’re a newcomer, you can still earn at least several hundred thousand.”

To his surprise, Lin Can didn’t nod.

“I don’t like being in the spotlight.”

Qi Yuan’s expression turned cold. Was it that he didn’t like being in the spotlight, or that he didn’t want his ex-husband to see him with Qi Yuan?

Thinking about how Lin Can had just denied being supported and said he was just a nanny, Qi Yuan felt the latter possibility was 99.999% likely.

Alright, alright.

It seemed these two were really planning to remarry in half a year and invite him to the wedding!