Ye Liu and Ye Mo, who had reached the fourth floor, could hear Liu Duo's cheerful laughter from where they stood at the staircase. How was that considered a bad mood?

But Aunt Ye wouldn't lie to them.

"Little Duo, I miss you already."

"Darling..."

They called to her as they approached.

Liu Duo faced them too, "Where have you been? It's such a hot day!"

Ye Liu giggled as he went to her side and teased her, "With an overlord like you in the house, I don't have to go anywhere! Even if I do, it will be with you!"

With that, he unleashed his charm on her with his electrifying eyes.

Liu Duo rolled her eyes as she felt goose bumps all over.

He was always like this - submissive on the streets, but dominating in the sheets!

Ye Mo said cooly, "Darling, Aunt Ye said your mother sent something over, but you threw it away out of spite. You shouldn't be upset. Got it?"

Liu Duo twitched her mouth. This one only knew how to be controlling.

But she was actually happy, because she knew each of them was trying to cheer her up in his own way.

"I'm not upset. Alright, let's go down. It's rude to leave the guests by themselves," Liu Duo got up and headed downstairs with Ye Ling.

Ye Yang wanted to speak with Ye Liu and Ye Mo but, like rabbits, they fled quickly, so as to avoid talking about what had happened in the bamboo forest.

Aunt Ye and Aunt Li's family returned to their homes after dinner.

While Liu Duo was visiting the outhouse, Ye Yang took the opportunity to call Ye Liu and Ye Mo into his room. "Roll up your pants."

He hadn't forgotten what he said in the bamboo forest!

Ye Liu joked, "Roll up our pants, you say? I thought you'd want us to take off everything. Our legs are long, no matter how you look at them."

He gestured to his thigh.

Ye Yang didn't react well to his playful joke, "Take it off, if you must!"

They were all men, and brothers as well, so there was nothing he hadn't seen.

Whatever they had, he had it too! Whatever they didn't have, neither did he!

Ye Liu shook his head and continued giggling as he pulled up his pant legs. The traces along the calf were particularly eye-catching. Ye Yang examined the area before moving on to Ye Mo.

Ye Mo imitated Ye Liu and rolled his pants up. While they were being inspected by Yang, their nerves made their hearts beat faster.

The marks on his calf were just as red as Ye Liu's. It seemed that both brothers had done a number on each other. Had they done it to please him?

Ye Yang said nothing after the inspection. Ye Mo assumed he had gotten away with it, as Ye Yang didn't seem to have a clue.

A faint smile appeared on Ye Mo's face.

"Remember to go to the bamboo forest!" Ye Yang reminded them.

Ye Liu laid on Ye Yang's bed and assured him lazily, "Yang, rest assured. Mo and I will be there. We are very obedient!"

Ye Yang eyed them with no particular expression.

Even if they wouldn't go, he would drag them there himself!

Ye Ling fetched some bath water for Liu Duo before going back to the kitchen to boil water.

Liu Duo went upstairs to get a change of clothes, and by the time she had returned to the third floor, she saw the other three brothers going downwards as well.

"Yang, were you three having a meeting just now?"

She could tell they were sharing a secret. She had gone into the outhouse for a short while and come back out to find all three had disappeared. They were obviously hiding something from her and Ye Ling!