"Uh..."
Xie Qiao finally came to her senses and waved her hands. "You misunderstood. Qin Chuan and I are just friends. We've played together since we were little."
"You're a girl, after all. No matter how close you are, you should still keep some distance," Chen Baojia said. "If you had a boyfriend, I don't think you'd be happy seeing him being so intimate with another woman either."
"What, so if you date her, you're not allowed to have friends anymore?" Xu Lin was covered in goosebumps. Chen Baojia's cutesy way of speaking was so sickeningly sweet that it was devastating.
She scratched her arm again and continued, "Besides, Qin Chuan already told us you're not his girlfriend. What are you even saying here? 'Could you please stay a little farther away from Chuan-Chuan~?'"
Xu Lin exaggeratedly mimicked Chen Baojia's earlier manner, making Chen Baojia glare at her furiously.
"Oh, stop it. You're killing me with that," Wang Ying said irritably, swatting Xu Lin.
"How can you be like this?" Chen Baojia seemed furious, but then she said, "Chuan-Chuan isn't with me right now, but we'll definitely be together in the future! And you, sir, could you please eat a little more quietly? What you're doing is very rude..."
"Are you not eating?" Xiao Qianxi, who was eating a jianbing guozi beside them and enjoying the show, shot her a glance.
Wang Yan had not expected to get dragged into this. He lightly bumped Xiao Qianxi, who was defending her man, with his shoulder, then turned to look at Chen Baojia.
"You Taiwanese compatriots really aren't very friendly, are you? Just because you can't win an argument doesn't mean you should use me as a punching bag. Your Chuan-Chuan is over there making pancakes—go ask him to comfort you."
"You're