After hearing Yuan Man's words, Song Nianxing smiled a little sheepishly. "I'm still not very good at it..."
"That's all right. Shall I teach you?"
As Yuan Man spoke, he moved to lend a hand.
"Ahem!"
Yu Xinyan suddenly coughed.
Then, without realizing it, he stood much straighter, bracing one hand on the sink and hooking the thumb of his other hand into his pocket.
Song Nianxing looked up at him, then at Yuan Man, and his mind abruptly cleared.
He couldn't get tangled up with this "Taro Balls" ship!
He hurriedly shook his head. "No, no, no... Um, there's no need. A good disciple doesn't serve two masters! Mm, Senior Shen, could you teach me again?"
As he spoke, he failed to realize that whenever he had a problem now, the first person who came to mind had already become Shen. Si. Yi.
He hadn't noticed, but Jiang Jingzhe had.
This time, Song Nianxing hadn't even glanced at him. He had gone straight to Shen Siyi!
It felt awful, as though the flower seedling that had once taken root in his heart and relied on him for support had suddenly been moved away, leaving nothing but hollow loneliness and a barren expanse.
Shen Siyi had picked up on this just as keenly, and a satisfied smile instantly spread across his eyes and brows. "Of course."
He walked toward Song Nianxing as he answered. Only after putting some distance between him and Yuan Man did he look around again and smile. "I took my eyes off things for a moment, and suddenly there are so many people gathered in the kitchen. Looks like you really are close~"
The livestream chat grew lively at the sight, too.
[Tsk, tsk, tsk, a good disciple doesn't serve two masters? Why do I remember it as a good man doesn't serve two husbands~]
[Shen Siyi came over the second Song Nianxing called him, and even separated him from Yuan Man. Oh no, I'm done for. Is this "Gleaming Starlight"? It's starting to look pretty official.]
[Oh my god! Isn't this just everyone keeping an eye on their own "wife"!!! Jiang Jingzhe and Yu Xinyan had nothing to do with any of this, but both came running into the kitchen area anyway. Shen Siyi said exactly what we were thinking: you really are close~]
After hearing Shen Siyi's words, Qiu Bailu glanced at the camera, then looked shyly at Jiang Jingzhe. "Maybe everyone wanted to come learn from a senior."
"Is that so?" Shen Siyi raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Jingzhe.
The instant their eyes met, his brow lifted slightly.
Watching him, Jiang Jingzhe's brows furrowed involuntarily.
This Shen Siyi kept provoking him!
And yet he couldn't lash out!
"Yes." He practically had to force that single word through his clenched teeth.
Beside them, Yuan Man watched Shen Siyi's movements and felt the oppressive aura he gave off, confirming something he had still been a little uncertain about moments ago.
Shen Siyi was the same "kind" as him.
The "kind" that would never let anyone else set their sights on their "prey."
"Why are you all over here? The two of us are bored to death. Yu Xinyan, what's with that pose? Are you shooting a poster? Or spreading your tail like a peacock to get someone's attention?"
Chen Mingyi bounced over to the kitchen area with a bowl of fruit. The moment she arrived, she laughed twice and offered Yu Xinyan a round of "pointers."
Yuan Man followed the direction of her pointing finger and looked at Yu Xinyan, too.
Is hubby striking a pose for me? So handsome, I love him, I want him so much. Waaa, hubby.
Yu Xinyan instantly swayed in alarm, shooting Yuan Man several guilty, embarrassed looks.
He, too, thought he must have been possessed just now to have stood there like some lunatic, striking a pose in the hope of looking better than Song Nianxing.
What for? Yuan Man's praise?
Impossible, impossible.
Yuan Man called me hubby again just now...
Hehehe...
Pah, what the hell! How disgusting! That lunatic Yuan Man!
"What nonsense are you talking about! Wh-who's spreading his tail like a peacock? Who's trying to get whose attention? Not me! I'm not!"
Coming back to his senses, Yu Xinyan hurriedly denied it, then snatched the fruit bowl from Chen Mingyi's hands and prepared to make his escape.
Only to bump into Du Yuesi as soon as he turned around.
Their eyes met for a moment. Du Yuesi couldn't even be bothered to speak to him. With a cold expression on her gentle, sweet face, she simply took the bowl back from him.
Yu Xinyan froze for a moment.
Wait, why is Du Yuesi just like Yuan Man? She looks so gentle, but she acts so domineering?
Watching the girl's retreating back, he couldn't tell whether he still hadn't recovered from earlier or whether there was some other reason. All he knew was that, in that instant, his heartbeat was actually... a little fast?
Meanwhile, Du Yuesi returned the fruit bowl to Chen Mingyi, who accepted it with particular ease, then shared the fruit with everyone without another word.
"Don't be angry with Yu Xinyan. Sometimes he just has a child's temper."
Yuan Man took a grape and spoke to Chen Mingyi with a gentle smile.
When he smiled, two dimples appeared in his cheeks. His gentleness and fresh-faced look were just right, like seeing spring sunlight through gaps in the shade of trees.
Chen Mingyi was a little entranced. It was a remarkable feeling, one she had only ever experienced with Du Yuesi before.
"Don't worry, Brother Yuan Man. I'm not going to hold it against him."
[Aww, Yuan Man really has his husband's back. Yu Xinyan, you lucky guy.]
[Why doesn't Chen Mingyi even thank our Sisi? She has no manners at all.]
[Sisi, stay away from her. Seriously, why even help her get the fruit bowl back? What an ungrateful wretch.]
[Did anyone ask you to get it back? Yu Xinyan snatched it out of our Mingyi's hands in the first place. Our Mingyi was so gracious she didn't even make a fuss, okay?]
[Aren't Chen Mingyi and Du Yuesi supposed to be sworn enemies? Why did Du Yuesi give her the fruit bowl?]
[Our Sisi naturally loves other women, okay? She's nice to everyone. Only certain people like dragging our Sisi into fabricated rumors about catfights.]
Outside the window, the orange-red setting sun sank heavily.
Looking at the growing crowd in the kitchen area, Shen Siyi smiled rather helplessly and broke things up. "All right, let's eat."
Song Nianxing abruptly raised his head. A strand of his fluffy hair stuck up in a curve as he looked at the potatoes on the cutting board, then at Shen Siyi.
Unable to hold back any longer, Shen Siyi reached out and stroked his head, smiling. "Take the dishes over and join everyone first. I'll cut these up and cook them, then come over."
"Oh..." Song Nianxing didn't dodge. He simply answered obediently and did as he was told.
But the moment Song Nianxing turned away with the dishes, Shen Siyi's eyes changed, taking on a slightly excited, greedy gleam.
His Nianxing.
He seemed to be getting more and more used to his touch~
Touch he could accept without being muddled by alcohol or drugs.
Any sisters who had been hunters knew.
Once prey relaxed and let its guard down, you could gradually go further and "devour it whole"~
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