Full of Resentment Towards Someone

Seeing her mother had revealed her true intentions and stopped beating around the bush, Su Yue also stopped making excuses. She directly told her mother, "I don't have feelings for him."

"Feelings can be cultivated slowly. Besides, you've only met Zhang Xiaohao once, how can you be sure you don't have any feelings for him?"

"Mom, please stop. If I don't have feelings, I don't have feelings."

"You..." Su Yue's mother was speechless seeing her daughter's firm attitude.

The mother and daughter fell into silence, separated by the phone call.

After half a minute, Su Yue's mother spoke again, "Xia Yue, you say you don't have feelings for an excellent young man like Zhang Xiaohao. Then tell me, what kind of young man do you have feelings for?"

Su Yue, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, held the phone in her right hand and rested her left hand on her fair, snow-like thigh.

Hearing her mother ask this question after a long silence, she was stunned for a moment. Then, a certain person's image appeared in her mind.

Seeing her daughter remain silent, Su Yue's mother seemed to sense something and asked in an uncertain tone, "Xia Yue, do you already have a boyfriend?"

Su Yue, who had been lost in thought upon hearing her mother ask if she had a boyfriend, instantly snapped back to reality and immediately denied it, "No. If I really had a boyfriend, I would definitely tell you..."

"Really no one?"

"Really."

"Xia Yue! Don't blame me for constantly introducing you to people. You're not young anymore, you'll be twenty-six after the New Year...

If you already have a boyfriend, bring him home for your dad and me to see, and then I won't keep introducing you to others..."

"Mom, I really don't have a boyfriend, why don't you believe me... I have to go shower now."

"Okay, okay, I believe you. We'll leave it at that for today, go take your shower!

Mom just wants to say one more thing, if you really like someone, bring them home boldly. Your dad and I aren't some feudal elders, as long as you like them, that's all that matters."

"..." Su Yue responded with a helpless expression after hearing her mother's words, "I know. If there is someone, I'll bring them home for you and Dad to see."

After hanging up the phone, Su Yue tossed her phone aside, leaned to the side, and collapsed onto the sofa, burying her head in her fair arms.

"What's the use of me liking him? That blockhead is scared to death. If I get a little closer, he gets timid. If I confess, I'm afraid I'll scare him away, and we won't even be able to be friends after that." Su Yue mumbled to herself, full of resentment towards a certain person.

In the living room.

"Crunch, crunch..."

Lin Li, watching television and eating KFC, suddenly felt his ears getting hot.

He touched his ear with the back of his hand and muttered to himself, "Who's gossiping about me now?"

"Ding dong..."

Just as Lin Li finished gnawing on a spicy fried chicken leg, the doorbell rang.

He pulled a tissue from the box, wiped his hands, and then got up to go to the entrance.

Through the peephole, he saw it was his neighbor from next door, so he reached out and opened the door.

"Miss Xia, is this...?"

"I steamed some meat buns, try them."

"Oh, you're too kind. You should save them for Zhou Tongtong!"

"I steamed too many, and there's still plenty at home. It's just Tongtong and me, we can't finish them all, so don't be polite."

It's just her and her daughter at home? Where's her husband?

Lin Li's doubt flashed through his mind. He hesitated for a moment before accepting the plate of hot meat buns from Xia Qing, "Alright, alright, thanks, Miss Xia."

"Just call me Xia Qing," Xia Qing said with a smile, seeing Lin Li accept the steamed buns.

"Okay, then you can just call me by my name too," Lin Li nodded.

"Mhm."

"Wait a moment, I'll rinse the plate and return it to you."

"Mhm."

Lin Li took the meat buns and turned to walk into the kitchen. A moment later, he returned to the door with an empty plate and handed it back to Xia Qing.

"Tell me when you're done eating, I have plenty more!" Xia Qing said with a smile after taking back the plate.

"This is more than enough. That plate you gave me had about eleven or twelve buns, enough for me to eat for two or three meals," Lin Li chuckled.

The two chatted for a bit before parting ways.

"Bang."

After closing the door, Lin Li scratched his head, wondering if he should make some food later as a return gift for his beautiful neighbor.

The thought had barely surfaced in his mind when he dismissed it within three seconds.

This was because Lin Li knew that with his cooking skills, whatever he made as a return gift for his neighbor would be too embarrassing to present.

"I'll leave it at that for now! There's no need to rush with return gifts, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Lin Li walked into the kitchen and picked up a large steamed bun from the small basin containing the meat buns.

"It's so hot! These meat buns must have been steamed not too long ago... Ah, Miss Xia just steamed these buns and sent me such a big plate. She's too hospitable!"

Lin Li juggled the bun between his left and right hands, then took a bite.

"Hmm? There's shiitake mushroom in the meat, it tastes really good. The buns steamed by Miss Xia are comparable to the ones Su Yue used to steam."

After eating one large bun, Lin Li stopped. He still had KFC left to eat in the living room! He should finish that first.

He could eat the buns steamed by Xia Qing later as a midnight snack if he got hungry, and they could also serve as breakfast tomorrow morning.

Splash...

After dinner, Lin Li squeezed some shower gel in the bathroom and washed his greasy hands.

Burp~ Lin Li, having let out a satisfied burp, walked out of the bathroom. He had eaten quite a bit for dinner today. After finishing the KFC, he had eaten two of the large meat buns steamed by Xia Qing.

He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but he felt like his appetite had increased slightly compared to before.

"They say people who do physical labor have big appetites, and that's true." Lin Li thought. Perhaps his appetite had increased because he had expended a lot of energy in the wilderness this afternoon.

Full and satisfied, it was time to check on his precious little fruit on the Mysterious Small Island. All his hard work under the hot sun this afternoon was for it!

With a thought, Lin Li, who was sitting on the sofa, vanished in a flash of spiritual light.

On the Mysterious Small Island, surrounded by vast white mist, a figure appeared out of thin air.