"Ahem, ahem... Xue'er, what do you mean, three in one year, nine in two, eighteen in three?! Are you dropping dumplings into a pot or planting potatoes?!
Come over here. Shall we go have a detailed chat about it?"
Like a starving wolf spotting a little lamb, Ying Ming Hao eagerly approached Lin Xue with a broad grin, as though the big bad wolf had finally shown his true face.
"Ah... stay away from me..."
Lin Xue screamed and scurried behind Lin Zihan, Lin Qinqin, and the others like a frightened rabbit. Her heart thumped wildly like a drum, and her face was flushed with embarrassment and anger, like a ripe apple.
"Rake, get the hell away from us!"
Lin Qinqin snapped, hurriedly waving him away as though shooing a fly. The women huddled together, making their rejection of him perfectly clear.
"Fine, I'll go. Why so fierce? Careful, or no one will marry you, you shrew!
Qingyi, let's go fishing by the sea!"
Looking thoroughly disgruntled, Ying Ming Hao slung an arm around Yun Qingyi's shoulders and headed toward the distant shore. Staying here would only pile more frustration onto him.
"Aaaah... you damned Rake! Even if I stay single my entire life, I'll never marry you..."
Lin Qinqin screamed in fury, only to turn and find Lin Zihan, Wang Zhu, and the others staring at her strangely. They looked at her as though she were a monster, or as though a flower had bloomed on her face.
"What are you all looking at? Is there something dirty on my face?!"
Lin Qinqin reached up and felt her face, utterly oblivious to the problem. This only made Lin Zihan, Wang Zhu, and the others cover their mouths and giggle.
Meanwhile, outside, at the South Sea Residence in