No one objected to Qin Zixuan's suggestion. Lu Jiaoyue looked down at the scroll she was holding again, growing more bewildered, before dazedly going along with him and saying, "Okay."
"Then let's leave it with Jiaoyue." Lu Shiyan smiled at Lu Jiaoyue and took a gentlemanly step back before changing the subject. "Perhaps it's time to prepare dinner. What does everyone think?"
"Yes, it really is almost mealtime again." Bai Xinyan quickly picked up the conversation and turned to the other two girls on the team. "Ruo Lin, Jiaoyue, let's go pick some fruit together."
Lu Jiaoyue was always eager to help. She immediately nodded. "Sure! Let's go!"
Once the girls had left, Qin Zixuan glanced at Lu Shiyan and turned to leave as well.
He hadn't been able to find Lu Jiaoyue all afternoon, so he'd caught some more game instead. It was time to prepare it.
As he passed Lu Shiyan, Qin Zixuan suddenly heard him ask, "You like Lu Jiaoyue?"
Although it was a question, his tone made it sound more like a statement.
Caught off guard, Qin Zixuan's smile faded a little, and a sharpness particular to young men entered his eyes. His reply, however, was cheerful and frank. "Yep! It was love at first sight for me!"
The freckled young man tilted his head toward Lu Shiyan, enunciating every word.
For some reason, this seemingly gentle, unassuming man gave Qin Zixuan a powerful sense of danger.
No one who managed to establish themselves in the entertainment industry was simple. Plenty of public personas were nothing more than acts put on for the fans. He wasn't about to trust anyone's outward personality so easily!
Qin Zixuan hadn't been making things up when he said he had strong instincts earlier. From the very beginning, he'd had an