Morning light streamed through the stone windows of the Sacred Pillar Residence, spilling across the wooden table laden with food—fragrant grilled sea fish, pastries coated in shredded coconut, and the Recovery Sausages Oscar had just made, their steam suffusing the room with warmth. Everyone sat around the table, yesterday's laughter and merriment still lingering. Their gazes kept drifting between Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang, making the two hurriedly set down the chopsticks they had just picked up, their cheeks still flushed pink.
Lin Zhixia had just picked up a piece of sea fish when she caught Oscar's gaze from the corner of her eye. As though they shared an understanding, they both recalled the moment they had burst out laughing yesterday. Oscar raised a brow and silently mouthed, "About yesterday..."
Lin Zhixia hurriedly shot him a glare and lowered her voice, a hint of threat in her tone. "You're not thinking of bringing up yesterday again, are you? Mention it one more time, and I'll take away the jar where you hide your sausages!"
"Hey, stop slandering me!" Oscar immediately raised his hands in surrender, deliberately speaking a little louder. "You were clearly the one who laughed so hard you collapsed into Rongrong's arms, and now you're turning around and snapping at me!"
Before he could finish, Lin Zhixia was the first to lose her composure. Thinking of how Bai Chenxiang had buried herself against her back yesterday, then of Ma Hongjun's silly grin, her lips curled up, and she let out a snort of laughter. She quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her shoulders trembling slightly. She was deliberately drawing everyone's attention to herself, so Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang would not be teased until they could not handle it.
Oscar instantly understood what she was doing and