CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 166: DON’T CALL ME SIR AFTER THAT!_1

After dinner, Su Yan, having nothing to do, started playing with his cellphone on the sofa. He planned to find some videos online about evolution to study before going to sleep. After all, as the saying goes, evening and morning are the best times for learning, especially the two hours before bed and the two hours after waking up. These are the golden hours for learning.

"Drooling Fox, stop fiddling with your stockings; I’m about to throw up from watching you," Su Yan said, tired of seeing Jiu Li repeatedly fussing over the pair of white stockings.

Upon hearing Su Yan, Jiu Li obediently put the stockings away and stopped putting them on and taking them off repeatedly. Instead, she picked up her phone and flopped languidly onto the sofa. Lazily lying on her side, she began to surf the internet intensely.

There was no choice. She was now just a pitiable and helpless pet, a little creature at the mercy of others. She had to do whatever her master said, not daring to casually rebel. Otherwise, she might get punched at any moment and wouldn’t even have a place to cry.

"Hey, Drooling Fox, can you pay attention to the angle you’re lying at?" Su Yan asked. "Lying like that right in front of me, have you considered my feelings? Hurry up and sit up. Don’t lie facing me like that; it’s really hard to take."

Seeing Jiu Li lying in an unseemly posture facing him, Su Yan immediately, and quite politely, asked her to sit up and not to lie down like that.

Upon hearing this, Jiu Li, who had been lying down, reluctantly sat up, her face full of helplessness.

She then said irritably, "Hey, Master, can’t you be a little less demanding? Since we’re at home, we should definitely live more casually. Besides, if I don’t mind, what’s there for you to care about?"

Jiu Li couldn’t hold back anymore and complained to Su Yan, despite the risk of a severe punch.

After all, she was a carefree and spontaneous Fox Demon and despised this kind of restrictive life. Because, ultimately, life is about pursuing freedom: pursuing lawful personal freedom, time freedom, and financial freedom. To be at home and not even be allowed to lie casually on the sofa? What’s the point of living like that?

Seeing Jiu Li had objections, Su Yan didn’t get angry, which was quite rare for him.

Instead, he reflected thoughtfully, "You make some sense. We should definitely live more casually at home."

After saying that, Su Yan lowered his head and continued with his phone, without much emotional fluctuation. He seemed entirely calm.

However, while he might have been calm, Jiu Li couldn’t stay calm at all.

She looked incredulously at the stoic man beside her, half-believing she was hallucinating. When she voiced her opinion, she was already mentally prepared to be scolded. But what happened? The stoic man actually admitted he was wrong? What was going on? Had the sun risen from the west?

Jiu Li fell into thought, recalling how the stoic man had treated her over the past few days. It seemed to have improved quite a bit. At least he wasn’t constantly scolding her anymore, and he had even reluctantly agreed to her warming his bed. This isn’t normal! Could it be that he had fallen for her? Thinking this, Jiu Li felt it was very likely.

Immediately growing bold, she probed, "Master, did you just accept the suggestion I made?"

"Yes, I did," Su Yan said, nodding calmly. Over the past few days, his attitude towards Jiu Li had indeed improved a lot. Perhaps it was familiarity breeding fondness. After all, they had been living together for so long. It was only natural for their feelings to warm up a bit.

Of course, it was mainly because Jiu Li’s tail production had increased recently, and the food she made had become more and more delicious. It was outrageously tasty; he felt it could almost compare with professional chefs. It was just that the opportunities were a bit rare, mostly only when he returned from outings.

Thinking of this, Su Yan once again spoke to the incredulous-looking Jiu Li beside him, "By the way, you don’t have to address me formally as ’You’ anymore. It always feels a bit awkward to hear. Just use ’you’ in the future; it sounds more natural to me."

This remark wasn’t because his fondness for Jiu Li had increased. He really wasn’t used to hearing the formal ’You.’ It sounded awkward no matter how he heard it, making him feel very old. The formal ’You’ is generally used for people of high moral standing and esteem, and such people are mostly elderly. So, hearing it made him feel a bit old.

"Master, are you serious?" Jiu Li immediately stopped using the formal ’You’ and switched to the informal ’you’ to refer to him. Her tone sounded a bit excited. Clearly, she had long wanted to stop using the formal address. Upon hearing what Su Yan had said, she truly found it incredible, which was why she became somewhat excited.

"Yeah, really." Seeing Jiu Li so excited, Su Yan also smiled slightly. His tone sounded much gentler than before. He didn’t seem like the stoic man anymore, more like a gentle and warm person. Or... one could call him a warm-hearted stoic man. Or... a gentle stoic man would also work.

Upon hearing Su Yan’s affirmative response, Jiu Li was finally able to confirm something. The stoic man before her really seemed to have developed new affection for her! Ah, this...! Happiness had come too suddenly!

Thinking of this, Jiu Li couldn’t help feeling a bit happy, along with a slight joy of success. Having strived for so long, humbly trying to please her master, she had finally seen results today.

However... she mustn’t let her guard down. Her master was unpredictable and often scolded her, so she had to be careful and cautious. That’s right! She had to be careful. And for safety’s sake, she still needed to test just how much his fondness for her had developed. Jiu Li thought for a moment, and then her sparkling eyes suddenly twinkled. She had thought of a way, a method to test how much her master liked her. That was to press her advantage, to keep testing his limits.

Having a plan, she had to act on it quickly. Very quickly, Jiu Li looked at Su Yan with an innocent face and then said in a slightly naive tone, "Master, then can I stop calling you ’Master’ from now on?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yan slightly furrowed his brows, which alarmed the nearby Jiu Li. But very quickly, he responded with a smile, "Of course, you can."

"Yay!" Jiu Li was very happy to hear this.

However, before she could be happy for long, Su Yan spoke again, "Well then, if you don’t like calling me ’Master,’ you can call me ’Daddy’ from now on."

Jiu Li: "???"

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