Lin Mo froze completely, her scalp tingling instantly.
What? What had she just touched?
Something soft and bouncy.
Meanwhile, Xie Guanyan was equally stiff, his mind blank.
For a moment, time seemed to stand still.
Only the scorching heat of their breaths mingled between their lips.
Then, abruptly—
A beam of light shone over them.
Lin Mo’s eyes widened, and she sprang back like a coiled spring, propelled by sheer panic!
Shen Sizhan, noticing his sister hadn’t followed, turned around and swept his flashlight beam behind him.
Only Sophia stood there.
"Hey! Where’s my sister? Where’d my big sister go?"
Xie Guanyan snapped out of his daze at Shen Sizhan’s voice and shook his head. "No idea."
His gaze darted around, searching for the girl.
Yet, a long finger unconsciously rose to press against his lips.
Just now…
Just now, Lin Mo had kissed him!
A dark, sticky sensation surged in his chest, his breathing growing uncontrollably ragged.
"Sis! Sis! Where’d you go?"
Shen Sizhan waved his flashlight around, searching.
Finally, a voice answered.
"Over here."
He walked over and looked up.
There sat Lin Mo on a tree branch, one hand resting on her knee as she stared at the sky.
Shen Sizhan: "…"
He blinked in disbelief. "Sis, didn’t you say you’d climb next time?"
Lin Mo forced her voice to stay steady. "Eh, suddenly felt like it!"
Shen Sizhan’s eyes lit up. "Then I’m climbing too!"
And so, the two of them ended up monkeying around in the tree in the dead of night.
Xie Guanyan: "…"
Lin Mo hadn’t wanted this.
But the situation was too urgent, too awkward!
She’d accidentally kissed Xie Guanyan!
After calming down a little, she sighed.
"Alright, that’s enough climbing for tonight. Let’s get down."
Lin Mo hopped off the tree, and Shen Sizhan followed.
Just then, his flashlight beam landed on Sophia.
He hadn’t paid attention earlier.
But now, he realized—Sophia was tall!
And rather broad-shouldered.
Shen Sizhan frowned. "You’re really tall, Sophia."
Hearing this, Lin Mo nearly scrambled back up the tree!
She’d always known Shen Sizhan was observant.
This was bad!
"Sir, I’m mixed-race. My mother is from Northern Europe," came the gentle, feminine voice.
Lin Mo’s breath hitched, her eyes widening.
No wonder the name was Sophia.
He’d prepared for this!
Xie Guanyan was nearly 190 cm tall, but tonight, he’d been hunching slightly, masking his height.
Still, he was noticeably taller than most women.
Northern European women were generally tall, with many reaching over 180 cm.
Xie Guanyan had come fully prepared—his voice modulator made him sound entirely feminine.
If she’d been visiting someone else’s home, her attention wouldn’t have been on a maid, let alone suspecting "her" of being a man.
Especially in dim lighting.
But lingering on this topic was risky.
Lin Mo quickly stepped forward, blocking Shen Sizhan’s line of sight, and yawned. "I woke up so early today—I’m exhausted!"
Shen Sizhan immediately softened. "Then you should rest."
By the glow of his phone flashlight, Lin Mo led Shen Sizhan to the guest room where the "Buddha of the Capital" had stayed last time.
The butler, knowing Lin Mo’s brother might visit, had stocked the room with men’s essentials.
"Your second brother stayed here last time. Everything you need is here—you can shower and change."
Shen Sizhan had come in such a hurry he hadn’t thought to bring anything.
Finding everything prepared for him, he was overjoyed.
His sister treated her brothers so well!
"But there’s no power. How do I shower?"
It’d be odd if the house stayed dark.
Lin Mo pulled out her phone. "I just paid the electricity bill. Power should be back."
She discreetly tapped her screen a few times, then said, "Try the switch."
Shen Sizhan flipped it.
Click!
The room lit up.
Grinning, he said, "It’s back!"
Lin Mo was about to reply when Shen Sizhan strode out of the room.
Her heart lurched as she chased after him. "It’s so late—are you still exploring?"
Shen Sizhan shook his head. "No."
He stopped at the staircase and called downstairs, "Sophia, draw a bath for my sister."
Lin Mo froze.
Shen Sizhan turned back, his silver hair wild under the light. "Sis, you woke up early to fetch me. You must be tired. A bath will help you sleep better."
If he weren’t grown now and it weren’t inappropriate, he’d have prepared her bath himself.
Lin Mo’s chest warmed. "Okay."
"Goodnight, sis!"
Shen Sizhan lingered at the guest room door.
Only then did Lin Mo’s tension ease.
But he still didn’t close the door.
Smiling, she stepped forward and ruffled his silver hair. "Goodnight, Shen Sizhan."
His lips curled into a Nike-swoosh grin, and he finally shut the door, satisfied.
Lin Mo returned to her room and collapsed onto the bed.
After a moment, she got up to shower.
Then it hit her—Shen Sizhan had told Xie Guanyan to draw her bath.
Had he actually done it?
The large bathtub was located on the third floor.
Lin Mo walked up to the third floor with light footsteps.
She reached out, pressed the handle, and pushed open the bathroom door.
Hearing the noise, the man turned around.
Only then did Lin Mo realize how thorough his disguise was.
His pair of dark, glass-like eyes had been replaced by a shade of green more commonly seen in Northern Europe.
Seeing Lin Mo alone,
the man straightened up, his long, straight black wig with bangs cascading down.
With his naturally deep-set eyes and high nose bridge, he already resembled a mixed-race individual.
Now, with those green eyes paired with his strikingly authoritative face, he exuded an androgynous, exotic beauty.
Beneath the long black wig, the tea-colored mole on the tip of his nose added a touch of cool, alluring sensuality.
His beauty was almost unreal, as if he had stepped out of an anime.
The man reverted to his natural voice, deep and magnetic, "Miss, the bathwater is ready."
At that moment, Lin Mo felt as if her soul had been stolen away. Almost involuntarily, she murmured, "Could you... stay and give me a massage?"
