Chapter 167

A hint of tenderness flashed across his face. The plush toy he'd gotten for the girl was still opposite them. The little green dinosaur plush toy watched them quietly, looking quite adorable. They were sitting together now, eating side by side. This was a reality he wouldn't have dared to imagine a month ago; the girl's avoidance during that time had deeply hurt him. But the real test of his performance today was to ensure they could continue like this every day, never to be apart until old age. Xia Yan placed the cooked meat in the girl's bowl, but Hua Xin picked it up again. This time, however, she didn't eat it herself, but instead fed it to Xia Yan with a flickering gaze, her tone a bit stubbornly arrogant. "You keep putting this on me, can't you eat some yourself?" Xia Yan was slightly taken aback, then happily bit the chopsticks the girl had used and ate the meat. If only things could always be like this. But... it was a little sweet. Of course, he wasn't talking about the meat. 131. Where to? My home? The sky darkened without us even noticing. This international metropolis, capable of holding tens of millions of people, was now radiating its unique nighttime hues, the powerful neon lights illuminating the once gloomy night as if it were daytime. Time always flies by so quickly. From dawn till dusk, it felt like a dozen hours had vanished in the blink of an eye. But for Hua Xin, these were all trivial matters. Her little head, of course, could only hold thoughts of what to eat and whether to have it once or twice tonight. Uh, maybe she should also add the fact that she likes money? At this moment, she was completely captivated by the unforgettable hot pot she had just enjoyed, her eyes filled with the satisfaction and happiness of being full. Apart from occasionally having a homemade hot pot at home, this was the first time she had eaten authentic Sichuan hot pot and other foods she had only seen but never tasted before. "So full..." (My heart aches) Hua Xin sighed with a mixture of happiness and pain as she walked out of the hot pot restaurant. It was hard to imagine that these two opposing emotions could coexist. She'd probably gone mad. Xia Yan had already offered to pay, but she insisted on paying herself, refusing to let Xia Yan pay even after he'd already scanned the QR code. And now, haha? Four hundred yuan gone. All because of this damned pride. Even though Xia Yan had emptied her pockets, Xia Yan Hua Xin still subconsciously felt she owed him something... Hua Xin remained outwardly calm, pretending nothing had happened. But inwardly, she was sobbing uncontrollably. Now she was truly penniless, not only had her savings gone, but even her life savings had been reduced to a food bill. If it weren't for the six thousand yuan a month she earned working at the cat cafe, Hua Xin might have seriously considered whether to do live streaming or make some low-brow, abstract videos on Douyin. If she really couldn't survive... she'd only have to resort to Twitter to become Fuli Ji (cold-blooded). "Achoo!..." A gust of cold wind made Hua Xin sneeze involuntarily. The coat she borrowed from Sister Li Xue was no match for the chilly night wind. The warmth she had gained from the warm hot pot restaurant vanished instantly, dispelling her somewhat pessimistic thoughts. As a person with dignity, she would rather starve than sell her body! It was a bit cold. After all, it was winter. "Cold? Here's my coat..." Xia Yan, noticing the girl's change, was on high alert. "No." Seeing that Xia Yan wasn't cold at all, the girl resolutely refused. How could she, a grown man comparable to Tai Shen, wear Xia Yan's coat? It was just a little cold! She would warm up after walking around for a while. Besides... what if he caught a cold? Hua Xin pouted, then said with a hint of sarcasm, "I don't want to see someone faint from a cold again." "You look much weaker than me... you little punk." Xia Yan opened his mouth, stopped taking off his clothes, and replied helplessly, "That time was an accident..." "I'm perfectly fine now, want me to show you a treasure?" "?" "You're already committing sexual harassment, wait for Uncle Hat to come and arrest you." "..." "I'm talking about abs." Hearing the word "abs," Hua Xin recalled a not-so-distant past, when she didn't know that "Lao Shui" referred to Xia Yan, and similarly, Xia Yan had never met her. She seemed to have dreamt about the abs Xia Yan sent her... "Get lost!!" "Who wants to see your lousy abs? I have one too!?" "You don't think everyone likes abs, do you? You scumbag." The girl remembered that embarrassing dream and said with some embarrassment and anger. Hearing the girl's merciless sarcasm, Xia Yan looked sad and covered his face with his hands, pretending to sob. He said in a pitiful tone, "Then what should I do to stop Miss Gu Xin Hua from arresting me..." "I don't want to go to jail. My grandfather and sister still need to take the civil service exam..." "How lonely it would be if I were left alone in Summoner's Rift without you..." As he spoke, Xia Yan secretly glanced at the girl through his fingers. Hua Xin's lips twitched at the scene. Wait... why is Xia Yan acting so differently than when they met during the day? Where did that sunny, warm, handsome guy go? How did he become this humorous, bumbling, ordinary guy?! Was it because she was too nice to Xia Yan today...? Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that was indeed the case... First, she let him hold her hand, then they shared a spoon, and even in the movie theater, Xia Yan attacked her... The bad memories resurfaced, the electric shock-like feeling still vivid. She would kill him sooner or later. The reason she didn't retaliate immediately was because today she would make Xia Yan feel... a pain she had never felt before. To avoid Xia Yan doing something rash... so let him off this time! Hua Xin suppressed that strange feeling and turned her head, lowering her eyelids to avoid looking at Xia Yan. "You're such a chatterbox..." The girl didn't respond to him, only snorting coldly. But there was no disgust or aversion in her eyes towards Xia Yan; on the contrary, a faint sense of Lao Shui emanated from him, which she herself didn't even notice. This was the Xia Yan she knew. Not the sunny, handsome guy who was kind to everyone in real life, but the guy who liked watching anime, playing games, and always making silly comments online. So... shouldn't we all go home now? Hua Xin took out her phone and looked at it; the bright ten o'clock was displayed on the screen. Fortunately, they hadn't gone too far from home today. After watching the movie, they strolled around a large shopping mall, ate some free samples, and then took the last subway back home. But to be honest... occasionally going for free samples seems like it can fill you up? It seems that the option of Fuli Ji can be deleted...