Chapter 148: What?! You’re Living with That Scumbag?

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: What?! You’re Living with That Scumbag?

Feeling a little creeped out by Roy’s stare, Yan Luoxi couldn’t help but furrow her brow slightly.

"Ice... uh, Xixi, who is this boyfriend of yours?"

Roy asked, looking like she was ready for some gossip.

Her words made Yan Luoxi’s brow furrow even more deeply.

"I already told you, I don’t have a boyfriend."

Yan Luoxi said, her tone a little chilly.

The moment she said that, Roy couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

DING-DONG~

Just then, Yan Luoxi’s phone, which was sitting to the side, chimed.

Both of their gazes involuntarily shifted toward the phone.

The phone screen lit up, and a WeChat message popped up—both of them saw the message’s content at the same time.

Dog Man: "Here."

Yan Luoxi’s eyes lit up for a moment, but she quickly snapped back to reality and turned to look at Roy.

She saw Roy staring at her with wide, speechless eyes.

"..."

For a moment, they were both silent.

After a long silence, Roy was the first to speak. "Dog Man... So this is what you call ’not having a boyfriend’?"

Yan Luoxi couldn’t help the awkwardness that crept onto her pretty face.

"What if I told you his WeChat name is actually ’Dog Man’? Would you believe me?"

She thought for a moment before spouting nonsense with a perfectly straight face.

Roy: "..."

She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at Yan Luoxi and snap, "Do you really think I’d believe that?!"

"I’m guessing you do."

Yan Luoxi said, her face expressionless.

"Hah~"

"Alright, alright, Ice Xi!"

Roy pouted and said irritably, "I’m not trying to call you out, but you saved his contact with a name as intimate as ’Dog Man.’ How can you say that with a straight face?"

"Ice Xi?"

Yan Luoxi was taken aback for a second.

"Er... (⊙o⊙)..."

Roy only then realized that, in her excitement, she had accidentally blurted out the nickname she had come up with for Yan Luoxi in her head.

"Um... don’t worry about the details!"

Roy hurriedly changed the subject. "So tell me about your man... oh, I mean, what’s the deal with this ’Dog Man’?"

Yan Luoxi gave her a long look but didn’t press the issue of the "Ice Xi" nickname.

"He’s not my boyfriend."

"Huh?"

"He’s not your boyfriend?"

Now Roy was genuinely surprised.

Knowing Yan Luoxi, for her to give a man such an "intimate" nickname proved he must be someone special to her.

’That can’t be right!’

Roy thought about it. She really couldn’t figure it out, so she frowned and said, "With your looks and family background, Xixi, what man could possibly resist your charm?"

"Besides, if I’m not mistaken, he must be the one who gave you the inside information last time and this time, right?"

"Come on, spill it. What’s the deal between you and that Dog Man?"

Yan Luoxi knew she couldn’t hide the "Dog Man" thing any longer, so she dropped the act.

She looked at her best friend, Roy, and said, "Dog... um, it’s really not what you think between him and me."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Roy’s frown deepened.

"Believe it or not."

Yan Luoxi knew her best friend didn’t believe her, but she still said calmly, "That’s just how it is."

"Do I know this person? Do your parents know about him?"

she fired off in one breath.

"Him... You don’t know him, and my parents don’t either," Yan Luoxi said.

"Huh?"

"I don’t know him, and your parents don’t know him either??"

Roy was suddenly baffled. "Wait, then how did you and this Dog Man even meet?"

"Well..."

Hearing her best friend’s question, Yan Luoxi’s mind couldn’t help but flash back to the mortifying moment she had suddenly turned into a cat and been taken in by the Dog Man.

Her face flushed slightly, but she quickly hid it.

"It’s... a long story. I can’t really explain it right now."

"We met by chance. The specific details of how we met aren’t important, so there’s no need to talk about it."

Roy: "..."

"What!"

"What do you mean, ’not important, no need to talk about it’?!"

Roy couldn’t help but roll her eyes again, retorting irritably, "My dear young lady, that’s the same as saying nothing at all!"

However, Yan Luoxi just stared at her, expressionless, and said nothing.

Seeing this, Roy pouted. She knew this girl wasn’t going to say anything more.

No matter what she did, Yan Luoxi wasn’t going to tell her.

"Fine, fine! I won’t ask how you met, okay?!"

Roy said irritably, "Then tell me, what exactly is your relationship now? If you’re not dating, if you’re not together, why would he give you so much lucrative inside information?"

Her question once again stumped Yan Luoxi.

’What is my relationship with Dog Man?’

’Master... and pet?’

’No, no, no, I’m not some pet!’

’And Dog Man is not my master!’

’If you really think about it, I’m actually Dog Man’s boss!’

’That’s right!’

’The relationship between an employee and their boss!’

’But, if I say that, wouldn’t Roy guess Dog Man’s identity?!’

’No!’

’I can’t say that!’

’Wait!’

’I’m living in his house right now, so logically speaking, we’d be considered roommates, right?’

’Even though I’m a cat whenever we’re together, who’s to say a cat can’t be a roommate?!’

’So!’

’My relationship with Dog Man is that we’re roommates!’

After thinking it over, Yan Luoxi looked up at Roy and said in a calm, firm voice, "We’re roommates."

But the moment she said it, Roy’s eyes went wide again, practically bulging out of her head!

WHOOSH—she shot to her feet, staring at Yan Luoxi in utter disbelief. "Holy shit! You two are already living together?!!!"

Yan Luoxi: "..."

"I..."

"Do your parents know about this?!"

Roy continued, "I never would’ve guessed it from you! You just quietly moved in with a guy without a word! And I’m only finding out about something this huge now? I guess our friendship is fading, the love is gone, huh? You’re really something else, Ice Xi!"

"Shut up!"

Yan Luoxi snapped, her pretty face dark.

"Hic..."

Seeing her best friend was actually angry, Roy instantly backed down.

Still, she muttered rebelliously under her breath, "Fine, I’ll shut up. You already did the deed, but I’m not allowed to talk about it..."

’What does she mean "did the deed"? What did I do?!’

Hearing her rebellious muttering, Yan Luoxi was so exasperated she almost laughed!

She shot Roy a look and said coldly, "What ’living together’? I believe I said ’roommates,’ didn’t I?"

"Yeah!"

Roy paused for a moment. "Isn’t that the same thing?"

Yan Luoxi: "...-_-||"