You're Done for, You've Fallen in Love

Shen Rui'an focused on eating. He picked up a garlic oyster and was utterly amazed after one bite, unable to stop himself from having several more.

By the time Su Tingbai realized what was happening, Shen Rui'an had already eaten ten.

Frowning, he picked up a scallop with glass noodles and handed it to Shen Rui'an. "Have something else. This is delicious too."

It was not that he would not let Shen Rui'an eat them. Mainly, Shen Rui'an was too weak to handle such nourishing food. Oysters were far too fortifying, and eating too many might cause problems.

Su Tingbai had now grasped a tiny bit of how to handle Shen Rui'an. This Shen Xiaoyao could only be coaxed along; if anyone went against him, he would become even more rebellious.

For example, if Su Tingbai had directly told him he could not eat any, Shen Rui'an would have secretly eaten them while he was not looking, just like before. But if he distracted him with something else, Shen Rui'an could put them down.

Sure enough, Shen Rui'an looked at the large scallop sprinkled with garlic and glass noodles, accepted it with both hands, held the shell in one hand, and used his chopsticks to pick up the noodles with the other.

The fresh scallop was paired with Longkou glass noodles and topped with a layer of golden minced garlic carefully prepared by Su Tingbai. It smelled especially fragrant and was wonderfully appetizing.

Shen Rui'an immediately forgot all about the oysters. The only scallops he had eaten before were the dried adductor muscles in nourishing soups. He had grown sick of those dried things and did not particularly like them.

It was not as though he had never eaten fresh scallops before, but perhaps they tasted better grilled amid the atmosphere of camping?

Shen Rui'an could not figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. Getting the food into his mouth was more important, or Su Tingbai would stop him again later. Hmph.

Shen Rui'an felt that Su Tingbai was even stricter than his eldest brother and parents. Why did being away from home still make him feel as though his father was watching over him?

Angrily, Shen Rui'an ate several more scallops, had a bite of grilled eggplant, then cleared his palate with crab soup. He was full.

The others were still eating.

The livestream was still running as well. Bored out of his mind, Shen Rui'an noticed the camera. He stood up, walked around Su Tingbai to Little Zhu, who was operating the camera, and patted him. "Let me help!"

Little Zhu jumped in fright. When he turned around, an exquisitely beautiful face filled his view. His breath caught, and he nearly forgot to breathe.

"C-Can you?" Little Zhu stammered. No matter how many times he saw Shen Rui'an's face, he could never honestly say he had grown tired of looking at it. No one could ever tire of that face.

"Sure. It's not heavy." Since they were livestreaming while camping, they had not brought the full set of equipment available at the resort, only a few essential cameras.

"Um..." Little Zhu hesitated.

Su Tingbai nodded at Little Zhu. "Let him play with it."

He had already noticed that Shen Rui'an was full. Shen Rui'an had sat there and looked around in boredom, then spotted Little Zhu operating the camera. Su Tingbai had not missed the flash of curiosity and eagerness in his eyes. Sure enough, Shen Rui'an had gotten up and run over to Little Zhu.

Little Zhu scratched his head, handed the camera to Shen Rui'an, carefully explained a few key points, then returned to his seat to keep eating.

Shen Rui'an knew that Little Zhu was practically the designated food streamer for half of Su Tingbai's account, so he aimed the camera at him.

The comments immediately began refreshing.

[??? Is the new guest operating the camera now? He's so good at filming. Watching Little Zhu has made me hungry.]

[No wonder Little Zhu is practically the face of the food stream.]

Shen Rui'an then aimed the camera at the others in turn.

The camera covered most of Shen Rui'an's face. Su Tingbai could see only one half-squinted eye, the shadow cast by his thick lashes, and those vermilion lips slightly curved upward. The black camera made the visible half of his face look even fairer, like a mask meticulously carved by a painter of demons. Su Tingbai stared at him for a moment before his Adam's apple suddenly bobbed.

Su Tingbai did not know that the camera faithfully recorded that scene.

Shen Rui'an had initially only been filming everyone eating. But when he turned the camera on Su Tingbai, Su Tingbai stared at him for a long while for some reason, as though looking at him through the camera. Shen Rui'an froze for a moment and paused too long, allowing the camera to capture every detail of Su Tingbai's expression frame by frame.

At that moment, everyone immersed in the food failed to notice the comments racing by.

[The cute girl eats so daintily, but she's adorable too.]

[Ya-ya can really eat spicy food. Her skewers are noticeably redder than everyone else's, and she even has a bottle of chili powder beside her. Amazing, just what you'd expect from a girl from Sichuan Province.]

[A-Ming is enjoying his food too.]

[This is killing me. Boss Xing and President Huo really have no pretensions at all. They aren't reserved in the slightest, and they're eating no slower than Little Zhu.]

[The new guest is pretty good. He's filming well and giving everyone attention. Is it Su Tingbai's turn next?]

[Holy crap, what a visual attack!]

[Su Tingbai is seriously so handsome! Xing Ying and Huo Heng aren't bad-looking either, but Su Tingbai's domineering aura hit me right in the face.]

[So handsome!]

[Is it just me, or does it feel like Su Tingbai is looking at someone through the camera...]

[!What!Are!You!Swallowing!]

[That Adam's apple... No, can someone tell me he wasn't looking at someone instead of the food when he swallowed?]

[So hot...]

[If I remember correctly, Shen An is operating the camera right now. Then Su Tingbai's reaction means...?]

[He's totally seducing someone. I mean, seducing the new guest!]

[Even his muscles suddenly tensed, and the lines of his face got sharper. I think Su Tingbai is peacocking.]

[Peacocking for the new guest?]

[His eyes seem full of desire. It's over, Su Tingbai, you've fallen in love!]

[I'm genuinely starting to suspect Su Tingbai really likes the new guest.]

[Judging by all the signs, it seems that way...]

[I'm more curious about what the new guest looks like. If Su Tingbai is into him, he can't be bad-looking.]

[It was just an Adam's apple bobbing. Maybe Su Tingbai was hungry? Why do you people always think he likes someone?]

[He definitely was hungry. What he was hungry for is another matter.]

[Shen An does not even show his face. How are you imagining so much drama? Stop adding things that aren't there, okay?]

[Isn't this a food stream? How did we get onto this again?]

[You're all so annoying. Can you stop forcing this weird storyline onto Su Tingbai? And can the new guest stop getting special treatment all the time? So irritating.]

[Su Tingbai is the one allowing the special treatment, so go scold him. I think Shen An's filming is pretty good.]

[So what was Su Tingbai swallowing at the camera for just now? Does the new guest have food on his face?]

[Yes. Su Tingbai's dream meal.]

[Comment above, you're a genius!]

[I'll bet ten cents that Su Tingbai has fallen hard!]

[I'll bet ten cents too. Agreed.]

[I'll bet fifty cents that he hasn't. The new guest does not even show his face. I don't know where some of you get the nerve to be so sure.]

[Don't be so shallow. What if Su Tingbai likes his inner qualities?]

[Honestly, from what I've seen so far, I can't tell what inner qualities the new guest has. He's just pretentious and useless, nothing more than a spoiled brat sitting there waiting to be fed.]

[...You really have a huge problem with Shen An. No matter what he's like, your precious idol is happy to spoil him!]

[Stop fighting and watch the stream properly, okay? I think the new guest is filming well. He even gave close-ups of every dish. Damn, I'm really hungry now.]

During those brief seconds of eye contact, the number of viewers in the livestream surged, drawing in many passersby. Even the comments flew by so fast that if one blinked, the previous comment was gone.

Someone recorded Su Tingbai's behavior during those few seconds and posted it on Douyin. Some people thought he looked both commanding and seductive, so they uploaded the clip for others to admire, never expecting it to gain so much traffic.

Several marketing accounts followed suit and reposted it to ride the wave of traffic, rapidly pushing #SuTingbaiFallsInLove into a trending topic on Douyin.