Chen Shuo grumbled, "Look at you, deliberately entrapping me and then getting angry when I fall into it."
It seemed like he had already forgotten?
Back then in the alley behind the snack street, Chen Shuo had pulled Su Xiyan's hand and brought her away from the trouble.
Thinking of this, a nameless fire ignited in Su Xiyan's heart.
How dare he forget!
Too much!
Way too much!
During the meal, Chen Shuo felt something was off with Su Xiyan. Her expression and gaze didn't look much different from usual.
However, her whole body emanated resentment, as if someone owed her a few million.
Even the meal was eaten with considerable thorns. When taste testing, Su Xiyan had praised Chen Shuo for the good taste of the steamed fish.
But when formally starting to eat, Su Xiyan had only taken a bite before frowning and complaining, "Too inedible, make it again."
Question marks floated over Chen Shuo's head. "Didn't you try it before? You said the taste was fine, how did it become inedible now?"
Su Xiyan put down her chopsticks. "I said it's inedible so it's inedible. If you doubt me, you eat it all."
Chen Shuo was not polite either, moving the whole plate of steamed fish in front of himself and happily eating it up.
Su Xiyan: "..."
He actually ate it so blithely?
Also with such a carefree attitude?
She didn't know why, but Su Xiyan just didn't want Chen Shuo to be too comfortable.
Who made him always irritate her?
"Pick out all the fish bones for me. I only want to eat the fish meat."
Chen Shuo: "??? What are you, a three year old kid?"
Su Xiyan leaned forward slightly, propping up her chin with both hands, smiling bitterly, "Yeah, I'm still a kid."
Chen Shuo looked at Su Xiyan, completely dumbfounded.
She...was this acting cute??
People get paid to act cute. Su Xiyan's cuteness could kill!
Who knew if she would stab chopsticks into Chen Shuo's heart while acting cute? The scene would be too beautifully shocking, Chen Shuo didn't dare imagine further.
"If you want to eat fish just say it directly! Beating around the bush isn't like you!" Chen Shuo peeled the meat near the fish's belly, the part without bones, tender and soft, and picked it up for Su Xiyan, "Eat the meat near the belly when eating fish. No bones and very tender, melts in your mouth."
Eating fish wasn't Su Xiyan's main goal. She didn't even glance at the fish Chen Shuo picked for her, thinking about how to continue finding faults with him.
But that seemed too obvious.
She had to restrain herself! Su Xiyan tidied up her messy thoughts, sat up straight, and continued eating.
Chen Shuo suddenly had a look of sudden realization. "I know why you're being weird."
Su Xiyan's heart tightened sharply. What did Chen Shuo find out?
Chen Shuo gazed at Su Xiyan, slowly leaning closer. He stretched out a hand and felt Su Xiyan's forehead, then felt his own forehead with his other hand.
His eyes gradually became bewildered, "No fever! So why do you look a bit off?"
Su Xiyan: ...
You're the one with a fever! Your whole family has a fever!
"I'm not eating anymore! Make the dishes with more care next time!"
After saying that, Su Xiyan put down her bowl and chopsticks, and went back to the master bedroom without looking back.
The bedroom door closed with a bang, the sound echoing in the living room.
Chen Shuo was completely confused. What just happened?
But he didn't think too much about it. It was said a woman's heart is hardest to guess, much less a woman like Su Xiyan with eight hundred tricks up her sleeve.
Chen Shuo shook his head, shook the scene out of his mind, and started happily eating.
Soon, he had stuffed all the dishes into his stomach.
Chen Shuo leaned back in his chair, letting out a satisfied burp.
Looking at the bare table and then looking at Su Xiyan's pitch black room.
The satisfied smile on Chen Shuo's face became somewhat stiff.
Su Xiyan had trained all day too, she must be hungry as well?
Who cares! Better for her to be a bit hungry, hopefully hungry enough to not have the energy to mess with me!
Having happily decided so, Chen Shuo cleaned up the dining table and kitchen, then took a nice hot shower, lying on the bed extremely satisfied.
After playing some games for a while, it was late into the night. Chen Shuo, probably from eating too much, felt a dry mouth and throat.
He got up and went to the fridge for some soda.
He saw that Su Xiyan's room light was on, and the light leaking from under the door was very soft.
Woke up from hunger huh? Serves her right!
Chen Shuo felt smug, drank a couple sips of soda, and imagined Su Xiyan's hungry look.
Would she wake up from hunger in the middle of the night and drag him out of bed to make her a midnight snack?
It'd be better to just make the snack now and bring it to her, rather than let her disturb my sleep later!
Having happily decided so, Chen Shuo took some ramen noodles, baby bok choy, pork tenderloin, and a few jumbo shrimp from the fridge.
He started boiling water, and put the noodles in once it was boiling.
In a separate pan he heated up oil, and sliced pork tenderloin sizzled as it slid in, turning into tender white slivers in no time.
After a few minutes, the soft noodles went into the boiling broth.
Together with the tender pork and shrimp, dotted with blanched green baby bok choy, and finally sprinkled with some chopped green onions.
A bowl of colorful, aromatic, and mouthwatering pork noodle soup was ready.
Chen Shuo held the bowl in one hand, took some chopsticks in the other, and lightly tiptoed to Su Xiyan's door.
He raised his hand and lightly knocked on the door.
Inside the room, Su Xiyan was sitting against the headboard, reading a book under the dim bedside lamp.
Her stomach had been growling loudly for a while. Usually she could endure it, but today with a full day of classes, and being too busy with the kendo club stuff during lunch so only eating a sandwich to get by, she had been hungry since afternoon.
After class ended in the afternoon she went to kendo club practice, already starving.
She was actually missing the meals Chen Shuo made at night a little! If she knew better she wouldn't have picked a fight, and could've filled up first before properly teaching him a lesson!
Her stomach even felt a dull pain.
But if she asked for a midnight snack now, wouldn't that punk Chen Shuo mock her?
Just as Su Xiyan was torn between going hungry and saving face, there was a soft knock on the door.
Why was Chen Shuo knocking so late into the night?
Su Xiyan didn't want to respond to him, pretending to be asleep.
After knocking twice without a response, Chen Shuo tried the door knob and found it unlocked.
He silently pushed open Su Xiyan's door, hesitating for a few seconds with the noodles in hand, before lightly walking into her bedroom.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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."
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?!
