"Why do you get to decide?" Lai Bingxuan shot back.
Qiu Chengye was utterly self-righteous. "Can you handle rough work like cleaning the kitchen? Don't get in the way. Liu Woxing and I can do it."
"Then aren't you going to ask whether Liu Woxing wants to?"
Seeing the two about to argue again, Liu Woxing, who preferred to avoid unnecessary trouble, hurried to intervene.
"In that case, let's draw lots instead. Teacher Xie, do you have any sticks left?"
Xie Mi, who had been squatting nearby watching the show for ages, reached into her pocket and pulled out another four bamboo skewers.
"How did you know I actually ate twelve grilled sausages?"
Liu Woxing said, "Well..."
She really hadn't known.
When the results finally came out, perhaps even heaven was looking out for Qiu Chengye, because he really got his wish.
Qiu Chengye and Liu Woxing were one team, and Lai Bingxuan and Xu Shuangrong were the other.
Qiu Chengye gloated at Lai Bingxuan. "We could've just split up like this from the start, but you had to waste time. Who knows what that was for?"
Lai Bingxuan, who was about to head off to pick vegetables with a basket on her back, made to charge over and hit him when she heard that.
"Don't want to eat, huh? Then nobody eats!"
Liu Woxing hurriedly pulled Qiu Chengye aside and soothed Lai Bingxuan. "Ignore him, Miss Lai. Thanks for helping pick the vegetables."
"Hmph." Only then did Lai Bingxuan give a little snort and turn to leave.
[Sister Lai might be easy to rile up, but she's actually easy to soothe too.]
[Sister Lai looks the hardest to mess with, but she's actually the easiest.]
[Hahahahahahaha.]
Xie Mi rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to start