Su Xiyan's culinary skills were truly not that great. She had made several dishes for lunch, all of which were Chen Shuo's usual favorites.
Looking at the four or five dishes laid out, it seemed only the tomato and egg soup was barely edible.
Even Cheng Xinran, with her foodie tendencies, couldn't bear to look.
Sitting at the table, she smacked her lips and said, "Xiyan, these dishes aren't bad this time."
Su Xiyan's eyes lit up. "Really?"
Cheng Xinran replied, "Really, they're very good. Please don't make them again."
Su Xiyan: "..."
She then placed her hopes on Chen Shuo, serving him several pieces of braised pork ribs. "Chen Shuo, aren't braised pork ribs your favorite? Try them and see how they taste."
Su Xiyan's clear eyes sparkled with anticipation.
Chen Shuo looked at the blackened braised pork ribs, thinking that even the cafeteria food at school didn't look this unappetizing...
But seeing the hopeful light in Su Xiyan's eyes, Chen Shuo could only nod and force a smile. "It looks... not bad!"
Su Xiyan immediately beamed with joy. "Mm-hmm, then eat more!"
"I made a big bowl of it!"
"This is my heartfelt effort, you can't refuse, okay?"
Chen Shuo: "..."
Damn it!
It's really impossible to swallow...
However, when it comes to cooking, one must always praise Su Xiyan profusely. It's crucial not to discourage her enthusiasm, letting her become obsessed with cooking is the right approach.
For the sake of long-term strategy, Chen Shuo had no choice but to stuff two pieces of ribs into his mouth. While chewing, he gave Su Xiyan a thumbs up. "Delicious! Perfect in appearance, aroma, and taste!"
Su Xiyan's exquisitely beautiful face bloomed like a flower. "If it's good, eat more. I'll go get you some rice."
Picking up Chen Shuo's rice bowl, Su Xiyan turned back to tease Cheng Xinran: "Xinran, look how much Chen Shuo is enjoying it! You're just too picky!"
With that, Su Xiyan walked towards the kitchen with a light, bouncy step.
Cheng Xinran rolled her eyes at Chen Shuo, her tone full of surprise: "Chen Shuo, when did you learn to lie through your teeth?"
Taking advantage of Su Xiyan's absence in the kitchen, Chen Shuo quickly pulled out two tissues, spat out the braised pork ribs, wrapped them in the tissue, and threw them into the trash can under the table.
The entire motion was smooth and fluid.
His voice was filled with resignation: "There's no choice, it's called survival instinct. You wouldn't understand."
Cheng Xinran nodded, seemingly enlightened: "Ah~ I see, I get it now."
Chen Shuo thought to himself, what the hell do you understand? Should I tell you that I'm planning to PUA Su Xiyan?
No, no, no, how could it be called PUA? At most... it's just training.
When two people are together, they need to adapt to each other. He had sacrificed quite a bit for Su Xiyan, and her just cooking wasn't a big deal.
Chen Shuo tried hard to convince himself internally, he mustn't be too humble. At least, he shouldn't be the one to fall in love first before Su Xiyan.
In a relationship, whoever falls in love first loses.
Chen Shuo was very clear about this point! So, when being nice to Su Xiyan, Chen Shuo would always find an excuse for himself internally. In any case, he was determined not to be a sycophant, but to become the one being adored!
Come to think of it, Su Xiyan now had a gentle air about her!
Chen Shuo looked towards the kitchen door, an involuntary smile spreading across his face.
Su Xiyan happened to come out of the kitchen at that moment, carrying two bowls of rice, just in time to meet Chen Shuo's doting smile.
They smiled at each other, like a ray of morning sun in early winter, warming the entire world.
"Rice, it's newly bought Wuchang rice," Su Xiyan handed a full bowl of rice to Chen Shuo.
While Su Xiyan's stir-frying skills were inconsistent, her rice-cooking was quite good! Each grain of rice was translucent and fragrant.
Cheng Xinran protested: "Hey, hey, hey! Can you two consider my feelings? I may be a super third wheel, but I'm a grown person sitting right in front of you. How can you eat your own rice without serving me any?"
"Please! Can't you show a guest some basic respect?"
Only then did Su Xiyan realize that she had forgotten to serve rice to Cheng Xinran. At home, it had always been just her and Chen Shuo dining, and with a sudden guest, she hadn't thought to add an extra set of bowls and chopsticks.
Su Xiyan, even when she made a mistake, remained stubborn: "You're not some stranger, there are bowls and chopsticks in the kitchen, serve yourself."
"If you don't want to serve yourself, then do like me and quickly find a boyfriend! That way, someone will serve you rice."
Cheng Xinran's eye-roll nearly reached the sky: "I don't want to be like you, finding a boyfriend and then not only having to serve my own rice but his too."
Su Xiyan: "..."
"You should find a boyfriend first, then come back and criticize me!"
Cheng Xinran, watching Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan's sweet interaction, couldn't help but feel envious!
If only she could find a boyfriend who was such a good match, how wonderful that would be!
The former man-killer little loli had been influenced by Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan, now longing for a lasting relationship.
During the meal, the atmosphere was sweet, with an underlying subtle feeling.
Chen Shuo felt that Cheng Xinran's visit to their home wasn't as simple as just a friendly visit.
Cheng Xinran was a foodie. After tasting Chen Shuo's cooking last time, she often mentioned how she wondered when she could taste Chen Shuo's culinary skills again. Today, she came to their home but didn't mention Chen Shuo's cooking at all.
For a foodie to temporarily forget about good food, it must mean she was facing something quite important!
Chen Shuo couldn't be bothered to ask. He believed that no matter what it was, when it was time for it to happen, it would reveal itself.
After the meal, Cheng Xinran and Su Xiyan were in the kitchen washing dishes, speaking in hushed tones about something.
Chen Shuo didn't care to listen, sitting on the sofa playing with his phone, looking relaxed.
When the two girls finished cleaning up, they each took one of Chen Shuo's arms and pulled him up from his immersion in the game.
Thus, Chen Shuo was forced to go shopping with the two girls.
On a weekend afternoon, the warm sun of early winter was truly comforting. The streets were bustling with people coming and going.
Su Xiyan and Cheng Xinran were chatting and laughing, buying quite a few things.
Chen Shuo followed behind them, feeling something was a bit odd.
It seemed as if a pair of eyes was watching him. But with so many people on the street, and the two girls beside Chen Shuo attracting so much attention...
Chen Shuo didn't think much of it, quietly carrying the shopping bags, only hoping in his heart that Cheng Xinran and Su Xiyan would finish shopping soon and go home.
Suddenly, vampire information appeared on Chen Shuo's system panel!!
The system's mechanical female voice suddenly sounded, startling Chen Shuo!
[According to the host's instructions, automatically searching for vampire whereabouts!]
[Vampire detected!]
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
't think I'm that capable, I'm just trying my best to stay alive. I've been kind all my life, never did anything bad, yet worldly suffering spared me not one bit. The human world is a nice place, but I won't come back in my next life. A kind young man, who wanted to just get by singing, but through repeated deceits and betrayals, has gone down an irredeemable path.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
