Ji Xiangchen stared at Fang Ning for a long time before recognizing her as his □□ brother's wife.
Fang Ning and Ji Xiangnian had only been married for a few days. She had not left much of an impression on him, so it was perfectly normal that he did not remember her.
But he had met Fang Ning once or twice.
Fang Ning, the eldest daughter of the Fang Family, was decent-looking, just a few months younger than he was.
Ji Xiangchen gave Fang Ning an indifferent glance.
Fang Ning wore a white shirt, her hair tied up above her delicate little face. Under the white light, she looked young and innocent, like a fresh-faced college student.
Ji Xiangnian, an old man in his thirties, had married a girl a few months younger than Ji Xiangchen himself.
How shameless.
Ji Xiangchen thought.
Around the day or two when they registered their marriage, he had run into Fang Ning at home. Like Ji Xiangnian, she had been cold and unapproachable.
But now, what on earth was this woman up to? The smile on her face was so radiant it could practically rival the sun.
"What's wrong, Xiangchen? Dinner's ready. Let's sit down before the food gets cold."
A hint of doubt crossed Ji Xiangchen's aloof face, but in the end, he put down what he was holding and sat down, his expression still cold.
On the table was a large platter of lobster covered in red chilies and scallions, along with steak. Just looking at it was enough to whet anyone's appetite.
Ji Xiangchen frowned instead, his voice chilly. "Didn't I say I'm trying to lose weight lately? Don't you know that making such greasy food is an eyesore for me?"
He hated it most when people feasted in front of him while he was eating vegetarian food.
They had no sense of boundaries whatsoever.
Hearing this, Fang Ning went, "..."
Only then did she realize what the butler had meant earlier by saying they had to eat vegetarian food because the second young master was coming home today.
So this young master's whole thing was being rebellious and hot-tempered.
One disagreement and he exploded; one wrong word and he started cursing. A textbook case of "I don't care what you think, only what I think."
Boohoo, how scary.
[Exactly, exactly, host! Faced with such an arrogant supporting male character, don't you want to take him down a peg? So hurry up and complete your villainous supporting female character mission and torment him!] The system still refused to give up on trying to manipulate Fang Ning into completing the mission.
[Sorry, I refuse to be a villainous supporting female character, and I refuse to get killed and sent to heaven.]
[He's my husband's younger brother. He grew up in a family without any warmth, which made him develop a cold personality. Boohoo, this adorable handsome guy is so pitiful. I'm going to care for him with love and touch his heart with familial affection.]
Ji Xiangchen's anger was rising when he suddenly heard those words. He froze, and the anger in his heart died down just like that.
And what was that about an adorable handsome guy?
Who's adorable? You're adorable! Your whole family is adorable!
No one had ever described him that way before. Hearing it, Ji Xiangchen's ears reddened involuntarily.
Only after mentally cursing her out did Ji Xiangchen realize that something seemed off.
He looked up. Fang Ning sat quietly across from him, her fair face still, her lips pressed into a straight line, with no sign that she had spoken.
What was going on? He had clearly heard Fang Ning talking just now.
Had he damaged his brain while fighting that idiot celebrity this afternoon and started hearing things?
"Xiangchen, I'm sorry. It's my fault. The butler said you'd finished filming today, so I told them to make you something tasty to help you replenish your strength and celebrate wrapping up your shoot. I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were trying to lose weight. If you want to blame someone, blame me. It has nothing to do with the butler, so don't blame them."
"I'm sorry. It's all your sister-in-law's fault." After saying that, Fang Ning lowered her lashes, her little face looking aggrieved. She blinked, looking especially innocent.
Hearing these caring words, Ji Xiangchen looked somewhat awkward. He picked up his knife and fork with an expressionless face. "Since it's already made, let's leave it at that. Let's eat."
Wasn't it just finishing a shoot? What was there to celebrate?
Although he grumbled inwardly, his expression softened without him realizing it.
The butler's eyes widened at the sight. Was madam really such a good actress? She could make it up on the spot? She didn't even need to prepare a script.
The two of them sat there and began eating.
Of course, Fang Ning ate her lavish lobster, while Ji Xiangchen ate vegetable salad.
The contrast between them was like heaven and earth.
While eating, Fang Ning first stuffed a bite of lobster into her mouth, then glanced at the few blades of grass in Ji Xiangchen's bowl. "So delicious. This lobster is so delicious. Too bad you're trying to lose weight, Xiangchen."
"In that case, your sister-in-law will finish off this delicious lobster for you."
With that, Fang Ning tossed the spicy, numbing lobster in her hand into her mouth with perfect accuracy.
"Mmm, delicious."
Ji Xiangchen: "..."
Looking at the bright green salad in his hands, Ji Xiangchen suddenly felt that his food was no longer appetizing.
Seriously, was this woman poison? Eating lobster in front of someone who was trying to lose weight.
Did she even understand what boundaries were?
As Fang Ning ate, she looked at the few blades of grass in Ji Xiangchen's bowl and thought:
*[Was he born in the Year of the Ox? Sitting there eating one blade of grass after another, hahahahahaha, this was so*
funny
*.]*
[No, no, no, he must be brothers with Lazy Sheep.]
[All that green-even a dog wouldn't eat it.]
Ji Xiangchen, who had just lifted a forkful of vegetable salad to his mouth: "???"
Ji Xiangchen's hand paused, and he looked up.
Fang Ning sat perfectly upright, her head lowered as she pulled apart the lobster. Probably because the lobster was so spicy, her delicate little face was flushed red, and the corners of her lips curled slightly upward, as though she had thought of something amusing.
Everything seemed so ordinary.
But he really had heard Fang Ning's voice just now...
Could he really have knocked his head?
Noticing something odd in his expression, Fang Ning asked in a very concerned tone, "Is something wrong?"