Shen Yu turned his head stiffly and stared at the utterly serious foreigner. His face flushed bright red in an instant, his head buzzing, and he wished he could flee the planet right then.
Was there anything more embarrassing than this?
An outsider had been there while he made things up, understood every word, and was now eagerly hoping to repeat it.
Ji Cიცen gave the clear-eyed foreigner a cool look. Catching sight of his despondent little deskmate, he thought for a moment before doing his best to salvage things. "He didn't get his tongue around it properly, and his tone was wrong too."
"That might be the only sentence he knows, so he shows it off to everyone he meets."
Ignoring the foreigner's shocked expression, Ji Cიცen took advantage of the Shen brothers' ignorance of what had happened and changed the subject without batting an eye.
"Ah Yu said he wanted to pick out some souvenirs for you. Since you're out here now, you can pick them yourselves."
Given a way out, Shen Yu nodded vigorously. No longer paying attention to Ji Cიცen adjusting the bracelet, he stood rigidly in place.
The brothers were only half convinced. Shen Jin in particular stared solemnly at his silly goose of an older brother, studying his scarlet earlobes for a long while. Only after finding nothing wrong did he reluctantly crouch down to choose.
Seeing this, the foreigner with the broken Chinese wisely shut his mouth. Although he felt something was off about how things were going, he could only give up, considering his incomplete grasp of Chinese.
Looking at the two customers brought over to him, the foreigner began introducing his wares with a smile again. His eager gaze stayed fixed on them, as though he wished Shen Jun and Shen