Ye Xunzhi had spent a full two hours browsing the vegetable market and could no longer carry everything in both hands. Chen Ze stuffed his Trading Cards into his pocket.
He lifted his chin and reluctantly held out a hand. "Call me boss, and I'll consider carrying some for you."
"Boss, I'll leave it to you, then." Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Xunzhi shoved the entire armload of vegetables into Chen Ze's hands.
Chen Ze: ?!
This wasn't quite what he'd imagined. Why did he feel like he'd gone from the boss to a bag-carrying lackey?
"You can do it, boss! You're the best." As Ye Xunzhi paid the vegetable seller, she called him boss with effortless ease.
Chen Ze carried the vegetables, seething. This was nothing like he'd imagined. Why hadn't she struggled with it at all?!
Once they finally finished shopping, they found a step to sit on. Ye Xunzhi took a chilled mung bean cake from a bag and started munching.
Chen Ze practically drooled as he watched. He held out a hand with righteous conviction. "Give me one."
"No."
"Why?!" Chen Ze couldn't believe it. "Aren't I your boss? And I even helped you carry the vegetables."
"So what?" Ye Xunzhi tilted her head. "The price for you carrying my vegetables was just me calling you boss, wasn't it? Giving you food wasn't part of the deal."
Those two sentences left Chen Ze's head buzzing. An equation slowly formed in his mind.
Calling him boss = carrying vegetables ≠ giving him food
Chen Ze: (O_O)
Chen Ze felt as though his feelings had been toyed with. His chubby little face scrunched up, and he turned his back on her in a huff.
Ten minutes later, his face had turned red from bottling it all up. Just