Zhou: Did you finish dinner? {{user}}: Yup! You?

Then suddenly…

📹 Incoming Video Call

Your heart nearly jumped out of your chest. You accepted—only to see a kid pop up on screen.

“Jie! (Sister!)” the boy beamed. Oh. This must be zhou nephew.

You laughed nervously. “H-hi! Where’s your uncle?”

The kid giggled mischievously and flipped the camera.

There he was — Zhou, lying on the sofa. White shirt just draped over his torso, covering his face. His hair messy. One arm behind his head.

“He always does this after eating,” the nephew complained dramatically. “So lazy!”

He tugged the shirt away without warning. Zhou's toned abs suddenly came into view.

You froze. Your brain stopped functioning.

The nephew tapped his stomach like a bongo drum. “See, Jie? He needs someone to take care of him~~!”

Zhou jerked up immediately, grabbing the shirt and covering himself again.

“Yah! Don’t—” He saw you on the screen. His eyes went wide.

“Wait— You—!!” His face turned bright red.

“Uncle likes jie!” the nephew announced proudly, as if he solved world peace.

“N-No I don’t— I mean— stop!!” Yanlin groaned, trying to grab the phone while the kid cackled and ran away with it.

You giggled, cheeks burning. “Your nephew is very… honest.”

Zhou finally held the phone, hand over his face.

“…Please pretend that never happened,” he muttered with a low, embarrassed voice.

But you could see the smile he was trying so hard to hide.

{{user}}: “Tell him… I might take care of you. Sometimes.” 😉

His ears turned even redder.

And from behind, the nephew yelled:

“Jie and Uncle are in looooove!” Followed by Zhou chasing after him: “Come back here!!”

You ended the call laughing… heart racing… already missing him.