She gritted her teeth and called his name, one word at a time, her voice thick with anger:
"Don't stand there making sarcastic remarks!"
She jumped up and down in anger, but there was nothing she could do about Lin Mu. Fight him? She'd lose. Insult him? She'd lose. Run away? She was still carrying the stuff.
All she could do was glare at him and grind her teeth.
She looked like a bristling cat, desperate to claw at someone but unable to reach.
Lin Mu knew when to quit.
If he kept teasing her, this little kitty really would start hissing and scratching.
He pulled something out of the shopping bag: a skewer of glutinous rice dumplings he'd bought earlier. There was one skewer left, and it was still warm.
He held it out to her:
"Okay, okay. I'll stop teasing you."
His voice softened:
"Here. This'll help you cool off."
Kamuro Masumi froze.
She looked down at the glutinous rice dumplings in front of her, then up at Lin Mu.
Suspicion was written all over her face. He'd just been mocking me. Why is he suddenly giving me something? Is he messing with me?
Lin Mu kept holding it out, his expression innocent.
"Go on, take it. I really won't tease you anymore."
Kamuro hesitated for two seconds, then reached out and snatched the skewer.
She took a bite and chewed.
Gradually, the anger faded from her face, replaced by an expression that said, "This is actually pretty good."
As she ate, she complained through a mouthful:
"It's all because I didn't listen to your fortune-telling back then... I couldn't keep my hands to myself, and Sakayanagi caught me with something to hold over me..."
She swallowed a bite.
"If I could do it all over again, I