"Oh, looks like I got back at just the right time. Lunch is ready."
By the time he returned from the Special Department's base, it was already noon.
Passing Tang Youxin's door and smelling the food wafting from inside, Xia Xu shamelessly walked in and said with a grin, "Uncle Tang, you don't mind setting out another bowl and pair of chopsticks, do you?"
"I mind very much. We're a humble household. We don't have fine food to entertain a big boss like you."
Whenever Tang Zhan thought about how his daughter, who had never traveled far from home, had been whisked off to De City for days, seeing Xia Xu make himself so at home left him indignant, as though his darling girl had been stolen. He shot him an irritated glance.
Unfortunately, his darling girl, whose loyalties had slipped, had already scampered off to fetch a bowl and chopsticks and serve some rice.
At the sight, Tang Zhan grew even more annoyed, his face twitching.
"That's fine. I'm not picky. Some stir-fried cabbage will do nicely."
Grinning, Xia Xu took the bowl and chopsticks Tang Youxin handed him and reached straight for a piece of stir-fried napa cabbage on the plate in front of Tang Zhan.
He even deliberately paused with it in midair for a moment, looking every bit like a smug little villain.
"This is the first time I've ever seen someone show up at my door acting this brazen."
Tang Zhan became so annoyed that he actually laughed.
"Well, now you have. See, Uncle Tang? You've broadened your horizons. You haven't lost out."
Xia Xu grinned and began eating without ceremony as he spoke.
By now, Xia Xu's shameless manner had left Tang Zhan unable to stay angry.
He had to admit that this kid