Feeding Porridge

“Ye Feng… do you hate me now…?”

“What are you mumbling about over there? Sit down and eat your meal.”

Xie Yuyan stood by the dining table, first glancing at the diced meat fried rice in Ye Feng’s bowl, then looking at her own bowl of plain, watery porridge. She pouted and shot him a dissatisfied look.

“Why are you staring at me? Sit down and eat already.”

Ye Feng placed a plate of stir-fried vegetables next to Xie Yuyan’s bowl and picked up his spoon to take a bite of his fried rice. But seeing Xie Yuyan’s unwavering gaze, he put the spoon down and explained.

“You’ve just recovered, so you can’t eat greasy or heavily seasoned food. Hating me won’t change that. For now, you’ll have to make do with plain porridge and vegetables.”

“I don’t want to! Who can eat this stuff?”

Xie Yuyan shook her head vigorously, her expression clearly showing her resistance.

“I think you’ve just grown tired of me, Ye Feng! You used to make delicious food for me, but now you’re just giving me simple, boring stuff… I guess love really does fade, huh…”

“......”

Ye Feng suddenly lost his appetite for the fried rice, especially with Xie Yuyan looking at him so pitifully, as if he were actually mistreating her.

“No matter what you say, it’s not happening. You’ll have to wait until you’re fully recovered before you can eat meat.”

“I protest! You’re just taking advantage of the situation, Ye Feng!”

“Alright, alright, say whatever you want. What will it take for you to eat your meal properly?”

“Unless you feed me!”

Xie Yuyan blurted out the words without hesitation, as if she had been ready to say them all along.

“......”

“Staring…”

“Sigh… why are you still acting like a child who needs to be fed?”

“I don’t care! This is your punishment for not giving me meat!”

“Fine, fine, just sit back in your seat, okay?”

Seeing that Ye Feng had agreed to her request, Xie Yuyan immediately brightened up. In her heart, she didn’t mind what she ate; she just wanted Ye Feng to feed her.

“No need to trouble yourself to move. I’ll come over myself~”

Xie Yuyan picked up her bowl of porridge and walked halfway around the table to stand beside Ye Feng.

“You… aren’t you going to bring your chair over? How am I supposed to feed you if you’re standing?”

“Of course I’ll sit down~”

With that, Xie Yuyan turned her back to Ye Feng and, under his puzzled gaze, plopped herself down onto his lap.

“Hey! Xie Yuyan, you…”

“Ye Feng, don’t move around~ If the porridge spills, we’ll have to do laundry again~”

“......”

Sure enough, after Xie Yuyan said this, Ye Feng stopped moving. Xie Yuyan wriggled around until she found a comfortable position, then picked up her bowl of porridge with satisfaction.

“I’m ready~”

“You… sigh… give me the bowl.”

“I’ll hold the bowl myself. Here, take the spoon.”

Ye Feng took the spoon, scooped up a portion of porridge with his right hand, and held it in the air.

“Is this good enough, Miss Xie?”

“Hehe, I’m quite satisfied with this. You’re doing well, little Ye~”

Xie Yuyan happily opened her mouth and ate the spoonful of porridge. After swallowing, she put on an exaggerated expression as if she had just tasted a gourmet dish.

“So delicious! Truly, Ye Feng’s porridge is the best. Everyone who tries it says so.”

“Enough already, just finish the porridge.”

Ye Feng couldn’t stand Xie Yuyan’s antics any longer. At this rate, the bowl of porridge would take forever to finish. Without waiting for Xie Yuyan to prepare, he quickly scooped up another spoonful and shoved it toward her mouth.

“Little Ye, can’t you be a bit more gentlemanly? Why are you in such a hurry… mmm…”

Ye Feng didn’t give Xie Yuyan a chance to speak, continuously speeding up the feeding process to finish the task as quickly as possible.

“Wait, I haven’t finished yet! Mmm…”

“I’m sorry, Ye Feng… I was wrong… mmm…”

……

It must be said that Ye Feng’s efficiency was indeed impressive. In no time, the bowl of porridge was nearly empty. Just as he was about to put the spoon back into the bowl, he noticed Xie Yuyan puffing out her cheeks and looking at him with a pained expression.

“Alright, you’ve eaten. Get down now; it’s my turn to eat.”

“Mmm…”

Xie Yuyan covered her mouth for a while before finally swallowing all the porridge she had been holding in her mouth. Then she bared her teeth and glared at Ye Feng.

“Ye Feng, how could you be so rough? You almost choked me to death!”

“It’s because you kept talking instead of focusing on eating. I was just correcting your bad habits.”

“Bad Ye Feng! You’ll get your comeuppance!”

“Enough of that. Get down and stop blocking me from eating… hey hey hey! Xie Yuyan, what are you doing?”

Ye Feng was about to push Xie Yuyan off his lap when he noticed she had positioned herself like an angry little dog, leaning over his chest and looking ready to pounce.

“Chomp!”

Xie Yuyan bit down on Ye Feng’s neck, using both hands to tightly grip his wrists. No matter how Ye Feng turned his neck, she followed his movements.

“Ouch… let go, Xie Yuyan! Are you a dog or something?”

“Mmm…”

……

“Don’t you have anything to say for yourself?”

After the incident, Ye Feng touched the red bite mark on his neck and looked at Xie Yuyan, who was sitting on the sofa and staring back at him.

“That was my revenge! Now we’re even.”

Although Xie Yuyan appeared to be reflecting on her actions while sitting on the sofa, her gaze kept lingering on the bite mark. Every time she looked at it, the corners of her mouth would curl up slightly. However, Ye Feng, still fuming, didn’t notice these subtle changes.

“Don’t worry, I was careful. See, there’s just a mark on your neck, no actual wound.”

“So I should thank you, is that it?”

“Hehe, it’s the least I could do.”

“I wasn’t complimenting you!”

……

“What’s going on? The earlier intel said that the Li family’s heiress would be traveling to the Li Corporation’s estate this weekend. But now the scouts are reporting that she’s been at the estate the whole time and hasn’t left. How reliable is this information?”

In a basement somewhere in Shu City, a man with a grim expression was sifting through a pile of disorganized documents on the table. A closer look would reveal that all the documents were related to Li Mucheng. Outside the door stood several men with menacing expressions.

“The first group we sent was useless too. They let other kidnappers beat them to it, and the target managed to escape safely without being discovered. The boss is very unhappy with us. If this operation fails to kidnap the Li family’s heiress, we’ll all be fed to the fishes.”

“But boss, how are we supposed to carry out the plan without any information?”

“It’s simple. Earlier, I studied the layout of the Li estate. There’s a mountain range behind the estate. If we use climbing gear to reach the summit under the cover of darkness, we can enter the estate from the rear. Then, while everyone is distracted, we’ll kidnap the Li family’s heiress and make our escape. That’s how we’ll pull it off. Is the plan clear?”

“Crystal clear.”

The men replied in unison.

“Then we’ll set the operation for two weeks from now. In the meantime, keep gathering any missing intel.”

“Yes, sir!”