"Tell Mom quietly. Which one are you choosing?"
"Only kids make choices."
Neither coaxing nor threats worked on Su Lin. The only thing he went for was the smoked tuna tartare the waiter had just brought out, squeezing a few drops of lemon over it.
It had taken Su Lin less than two and a half minutes to go from agonizing over the situation to giving up entirely.
If he couldn't resist, he might as well enjoy himself.
"I want some of the mushrooms on your plate. Could you feed me?" Su Lin asked, pointing at the mushrooms and bread in front of Elaina.
Elaina snatched Su Lin's fork, forced a smile, and pinned him with a murderous glare as she stabbed a mushroom. "Heh. Come on, open wide."
"Sh'good." Su Lin swallowed, then turned to Zhao Shuangdian. "Smack... Mm... You said you wanted me to help with your research? Sure, after dinner."
Zhao Shuangdian smiled faintly and nodded.
Next, Su Lin looked at Luo Xiaoying and smiled gently. "You mentioned an amusement park? Hmm... There's still time to get to Disney in the Northern Hemisphere. Why don't we all go? It's more fun with a crowd."
Luo Xiaoying knitted her brows, helplessness written all over her face. She still couldn't understand how he could say something so scummy with a straight face.
And yet she couldn't bring herself to dislike him. That movie the old woman had shown her was probably to blame.
Smack!
Clutching his freshly smacked head, Su Lin stared blankly as his mother pinched a chunk of flesh on his back. "S-sorry. I was joking."
Su Lin: male, system-powered protagonist, both parents alive, owner of a car and a home.
But around his family, his true nature was kept on a tight leash. He couldn't just