Everyone in the convenience store was subtly focusing their attention on the strange man wearing the bear doll head.

Now, because the man was standing in front of him, even Chi Liu was being watched.

Chi Liu didn’t care about the harmless gazes. He was just shocked for a long time before tentatively pointing at the three-tiered luxurious wooden lunch box in front of him and asking uncertainly, “…For me?”

Although it was a bit hard to believe that a neighbor he had only met a day earlier would coincidentally run into him at the convenience store and give him a luxurious bento, he couldn’t think of any other way to describe the current situation.

The next moment, Chi Liu saw the bear’s head nod. It was strangely cute.

Remembering something, the person inside the head looked blankly at Chi Liu’s flat abdomen: That consciousness was there…

He hadn’t misread it that day. There really was something in Little Chi’s body…

For no reason, he couldn’t feel any malice towards it. It even made his chest instinctively surge with a strange and natural sense of closeness…

It was growing, it could call out to him even before it was fully formed, it called Chi Liu “Mom”…

So, what exactly was it…

Chu Qi once again looked through the holes in the bear head, his gaze gentle and confused, at the young man’s face, which had grown even more vivid and beautiful in response to surprise. A moment later, he placed the heavy, ornate lunch box directly into the other’s hands.

Chi Liu looked at the bento, a dazed expression rarely seen on his face, as if he were dreaming. He really wanted to ask his neighbor what was happening, but before he could speak, he saw the man silently turn and leave the convenience store.

Before he could react, the man’s figure had already disappeared into the shadows at the corner outside.

Chi Liu: “?”

Why did he just put it down and leave? His neighbor seemed even stranger than he had imagined.

The convenience store clerk discreetly approached Chi Liu to ask if he was being harassed by a strange individual and if he needed assistance in calling the police.

Chi Liu touched the still-warm outer wall of the lunch box with his fingertip. He smiled subtly at the clerk: “Thank you, but no need. That person is my neighbor. He should be—” He paused even more subtly: “A good person.”

He should be a good person!

With that, he got up, picked up the luxurious lunch box, and took a taxi home.

…

In a hidden corner, the shadows stirred silently for a moment, and Chu Qi’s body appeared. His gaze was fixed precisely on the ordinary taxi in the traffic until it disappeared from sight, after which Chu Qi’s figure completely vanished.

…

Yingwang Building.

After finishing a stage of work, Secretary Wen stared dumbfounded at the photos that were now going viral on the internet, with a title that was the kind of highly circulated new media style:

《Shocking! A Strange Bento Bear Head Man Appears in a Convenience Store on XX Road!》

Secretary Wen’s mouth was wider than an egg: He immediately recognized that the suited man wearing the bear head in the video was his boss!

Moreover, the young man whose cheek was barely visible… He looked so much like Little Chi…

Lunchtime provided a rare moment of leisure for city workers, and the gossip was especially lively. Countless diverse real-time comments quickly filled the comments section:

[Is this some new performance art? So weird!]

[This guy is an artist (?) and has a really good body!]

[Could it be that he’s too ugly to wear a bear head?]

[I’m telling you, I was in that convenience store! There was a super-gentle, handsome guy there, the one who got the bento from the bear-headed man! The handsome guy had a look of utter existential doubt, you know?]

…

[Damn it! Isn’t that my custom-made nutritious bento! I waited three whole days to place the order! The guy just threw money down and snatched it away before I could even smell it! Aaaaaah!]

…

Secretary Wen: “…” Suddenly feeling so embarrassed, what to do?

For a moment, he even began to pray to all the gods of the vacation world that the NPCs believed in: Please don’t let it be revealed that this man is the president of Yingwang…

Otherwise, how much would the company have to spend on public relations?

Secretary Wen twitched his lips and slammed the tablet down. Before he could recover, the phone call from the front desk rang.

He answered, and the front desk lady’s super loud and anxious voice rang out: “Secretary Wen! Something bad happened! The uncle cleaning the high-altitude glass said he saw the boss go to the roof! I’ve already called the police!”

Countless stories of business tycoons going bankrupt and jumping off the roof of the building flashed through the front desk lady’s mind. Her voice carried a hint of tragic heroism: “Secretary Wen! Tell the boss, life is precious! You can always make a comeback!”

Secretary Wen’s eyes widened: “!!!”

What was this now!

His head was buzzing with pain. While complaining, “What’s going on,” he dutifully went up to the roof.

The Yingwang Building had over two hundred floors. At this time, the roof was filled with thick white clouds and strong winds. A tall, handsome figure in a suit, wearing a ridiculous bear head, was standing on the edge of the roof. The corner of his suit was blown by the wind, making him look particularly aloof and resolute.

Like some hero in a martial arts novel in the holiday world.

Even though he knew that even if the boss jumped down from 200 more floors, he wouldn’t die, Secretary Wen still resignedly stepped forward into the strong wind to communicate with Chu Qi: “Boss, what’s wrong!”

“You can tell me! What happened?”

“Boss! Don’t be impulsive!”

Don’t go crazy; get down from the roof quickly. Don’t scare the kind NPC employees!

Also, he didn’t dare to think about how much Yingwang’s stock price would fall if the news got out!

After a moment of silence, Chu Qi’s voice finally rang out clearly, sounding muffled and carrying a hint of pure confusion. It was less of a response to Secretary Wen and more of a soliloquy: “It’s very much like an embryo.”

Secretary Wen: “???” What embryo? What was his boss talking about?

Chu Qi turned around and walked to Secretary Wen as if walking on flat ground in the strong wind that could blow several people over.

He took off the bear head and looked at Secretary Wen, his dark eyes filled with more childlike confusion: “You claim to be very familiar with the rules here, so let me ask you, can male NPCs gestate life?”

Secretary Wen staggered from the wind, his mind completely blank: “??????”

Huh? What was his boss saying?

Had he been so frustrated by being rejected by Little Chi again that his thinking had become confused?

Could it be that he should get a psychologist for his boss?

To get his incredibly difficult and self-centered boss to the roof to ponder whether men can get pregnant—Little Chi was indeed super amazing!

…

“Achoo.”

Chi Liu got out of the taxi and sneezed for no reason.

He carried the extravagant lunchbox into the residential area, wondering who was talking about him behind his back.

It was a sunny day in May, and the residential area was well-landscaped, with flowers blooming everywhere.

As he passed the children’s play area, a seven- or eight-year-old girl in a pink dress was squatting there, drawing in the sandbox.

It was a weekday, and most children had to go to school. The little girl probably couldn’t find any companions, so she was there all alone.

Chi Liu bent down and picked up a cute cat hairpin at his feet. He was about to go over and return it to the girl when he bumped into someone’s shoulder.

A shrewd-looking grandmother walked out from behind him and went to the girl, saying a little anxiously, “Why did you come out? I told you not to run around!”

“There are bad people outside! What if they kidnap you?”

The little girl said sadly, “Grandma, I didn’t run around. I didn’t want to stay at home. Dad, he—”

The grandmother picked her up and scolded, “What about Dad? Dad is better now! Isn’t that good!”

“It must be your mother who repeated something. I told you not to listen to her!”

With that, she hurriedly carried the girl away. As she passed Chi Liu, Chi Liu slowly unfurled his furrowed brow. He handed the thing in his hand to the little girl and gently curved his eyes: “Your hairpin.”

The little girl took it and said thank you in a small voice with wide eyes. The grandmother looked at Chi Liu warily and hurried away.

Chi Liu thoughtfully watched the old woman’s back and instinctively remembered the building number they entered.

Then, he walked through the play area and went home.

He soon returned home, already mid-afternoon.

Chi Liu had only eaten a rice ball and milk all day, and he was hungry again—he didn’t know if it was his imagination, but in addition to those symptoms, he was now also very easily hungry.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at the luxurious lunchbox he had brought back. After considering it for three seconds, he decided to eat it!

Chi Liu washed his hands and went to the dining table. As soon as he opened the lunch box lid, a hot, tempting aroma wafted out—the box was insulated.

Chi Liu’s eyes lit up, and he immediately felt his appetite surge.

While enjoying the meal, he lazily confirmed—ah, his neighbor was a little strange, but he was indeed a good person!

This lunch box didn’t look cheap, so he had to send some good gifts in return.

The three bottles of rare, out-of-print red wine he had purchased from Ms. Ruan were being delivered today, and he could send one to his neighbor.

He didn’t know if his neighbor liked to drink.

Chi Liu curved his eyes, his pupils filled with the scattered sunlight of the afternoon. His left hand instinctively and gently stroked his abdomen, as if sharing the joy of enjoying a delicious meal when hungry with someone.

He thought that perhaps sending his neighbor two bottles of red wine wasn’t out of the question.

Just then, a text message came in. Chi Liu pressed open his phone.

It was a text message from Secretary Wen, who was about to go crazy with complaints:

[Ah, you don’t even know what kind of life I’m living as a secretary. Today, my boss ran to the roof and caused chaos in the company, and even the police came! In the end, he actually asked me if men can get pregnant!

Mr. Chi, would you ask your employees if men can get pregnant?!

Now he’s gone home without a care, and I have to work overtime all night to clean up the mess!]

Chi Liu: “…”

He sent a mourning emoji and drank a mouthful of the milky pigeon soup that was so delicious it made his tongue tingle, thinking—the man he accidentally slept with might have a problem in his head!

…

Time quickly passed to the evening. Chi Liu happily took the red wine and knocked on the door across the hall.

The metal door quickly opened, and the tall man was still wearing an expensive suit, and, unsurprisingly, the bear head on his head.

Chi Liu blinked: “Hello? Well, I’m sorry for suddenly using your bathroom yesterday, and thank you for the lunch box you sent me today, it was very delicious.”

The man stood there motionless, but the gaze under the bear head silently rested on the young man’s flat abdomen.

Chi Liu didn’t notice. He took out the children’s writing board he had prepared for the other party: “If you can’t speak easily, can we communicate like this?”

He asked, “Why did you put down the lunch box and leave at noon?”

Chu Qi came back to his senses, his body stiffening for a moment. He took the writing board, quickly scribbled for a moment, and showed it to Chi Liu: [Because you hate me so much that you throw up when you see me.]

Chi Liu’s face was blank, and he was utterly stunned: “…Huh?”