The next morning, Feng Xinya left his room earlier than his two housemates. He didn't bother putting on a shirt, wearing only his pair of loose, black trousers before leaving his room. So, his tanned and robust pecs, toned 6-pack abs, defined obliques, and sexy mermaid line were laid bare in all their glory. His bangs had been swept up carelessly so that some stray hairs would droop over his forehead, and his side bangs were tucked behind his ears.

When he reached the dining room, his eyes lingered on the empty dining table, then strayed to the sparkling clean kitchen that was previously a disordered mess just the night before. His right ear twitched as he heard footsteps coming from behind him towards the staircase, he knew one of the boys had also gotten up and gone out of his room.

He turned to see that it was Xue Yang. As opposed to last night, Xue Yang's now wrinkled shirt had even more buttons undone, exposing his excessively pronounced collarbone due to his lack of meat and his flat, pristine white chest that gleamed under the sun's rays that spilled into the entire floor through the open curtains. The long, black silk curtains would automatically open every morning at a specific time to light up the floor for convenience's sake.

Underneath the dress shirt were a pair of black cargo shorts that reached to just above his knees.

Xue Yang's skin was so translucent that one could trail his dark blue veins traveling around his slender neck, which Feng Xinya's eyes were instinctively drawn to. As with last night, his mid-length hair was combed neatly so that the tips curled forward around his neck, framing it cozily; his bangs were styled to the right with a fringe while stragglers shadowed over his left ear.

Noticing Feng Xinya's attention on him, Xue Yang nodded in greeting.

In response, Feng Xinya retracted his gaze and continued his trip to the kitchen. When he got there, he grabbed three bowls from one cabinet and set them down onto the black marble counter. Then, he pulled down a box of Cheeris from another. Since Ye Xia was not up yet, he only prepared two bowls of cereal, traipsing to the fridge to retrieve the milk. After pouring the milk into the bowls, he returned the carton to its rightful place. On his way to the dinner table, he pulled open the drawer that held the utensils, fetched out two spoons, and then slid the drawer closed before heading to the dinner table with one bowl in each hand.

Gently placing Xue Yang's bowl of cereal in front of him, he returned to his own seat at the head of the table before lifting his spoon to eat.

The harmonious mood went on for a few minutes until the two were almost finished and Ye Xia could be seen trudging down the stairs with bed hair and half-lidded "bedroom" eyes. He only had on the same oversized sweater from last night and a pair of white cloth shorts that revealed his soft, pale thighs.

"Good morn...ing..." Ye Xia's tired and yawning voice trailed off as his mouth was left slightly open; he couldn't help gaping at Feng Xinya's seated figure, his deep blue-green eyes trailed down his heroic torso and even lingered further down past the lickable mermaid line as if trying to fill in the space in between his legs.

When he finally realized that he was brazenly ogling the older man, his face flushed red and he immediately ran into the kitchen flustered and in a panic.

"Um! S-sorry!"

By the time he returned with his own fresh bowl of cereal, Feng Xinya and Xue Yang had already finished their own. He felt wronged that they didn't wait for him to eat, but he figured it was okay since Feng Xinya was still at the table.

Noticing that Xue Yang was about to leave for his room again, Feng Xinya called out slowly with his baritone voice that was especially husky due to the early time of day, "Wait."

Both boys turned their heads. It wasn't the first time he had spoken out in front of them, but he could tell that they had been entranced by his voice. What he didn't take into consideration was the impact that his current get-up in addition to the deep and sexy tone could have on any normal person.

Feng Xinya dug in his pant pocket for less than five seconds before pulling out his car keys, tapping them on the tabletop in his palms rhythmically.

"We're going out," he drawled, eyes quickly sweeping over both boys to confirm with them.

He saw that Xue Yang nodded in acknowledgement before making his way up the stairs and into his room to get ready.

Hearing that they weren't going to stay cooped up in the suite all day long, Ye Xia was too excited to ask questions and only picked up his pace in eating the first decent meal he'd had since arriving. Also, Feng Xinya had also left not to long after Xue Yang did, so he had no reason to prolong breakfast anymore.

Arriving at the hallway, Feng Xinya saw that the door to Xue Yang's room was wide open. The room was directly beside the stairs, so his eyes had already drifted into the room without the intention.

Xue Yang's bare back was facing the doorway as he lifted his lithe arms to slip off the sleeves of his cream dress shirt. The only thing Feng Xinya's sight was particularly drawn to, were the glaring red whip marks dancing sporadically across the contrastingly otherwise flawlessly white jade-like back. They were only a few days old; he could tell from personal experience. Nevertheless, Feng Xinya acted as if he saw nothing and continued on his way to his own room.

"Is it really alright to head outside so soon?" Xiao, who had been plucked out of the wall when Feng Xinya woke up and was now back around his neck, asked in concern. The protagonist had only been apprehended for less than a day, and Shadow was still in operation.

However, Feng Xinya just grabbed a random full sleeve army green shirt from the wardrobe and buttoned it up as if assuring the system that there was no problem.

The three men stepped out of the building, heading to Feng Xinya's exclusive parking garage. There were more than five cars inside, but the keys in his hands were for the dark gray Mercdes-Maybch 650.

Now that the vehicle was in plain sight, Feng Xinya was hit with a sudden realization, and couldn't help but pause in his steps ever so slightly before regaining his composure.

He smoothly pressed a button on the remote, unlocking the car with a beep. Then, he...

...headed straight for the back seat while pulling out his phone from his pant pocket. Dialing his driver, the dial tone rang shortly after and it was quickly picked up after the first ring.

"Be here in five minutes."

Feng Xinya, as always, hung up before the other side could respond. Opening the door, he gestured for Xue Yang and Ye Xia to get in, the followed soon after. It didn't take long for the two boys to realize they were waiting for the driver from the previous day.

Before the silence got too oppressive, Ye Xia voiced out a question, "So, where are we going?"

Feng Xinya only peered over Ye Xia to Xue Yang's hair that was too long that the fringe almost entirely hid his right eye, "Haircut."