There was a lot Village Chief Xu couldn't say. After mentioning some things Juanjuan's parents had already told them, he and Fang Heng, two old acquaintances, got together and talked about what had happened over the years.
Qi Gu naturally ended up sitting with Lin Hanzhi, cracking sunflower seeds out of sheer boredom.
If they really wanted to get anything done, they would have to wait until night.
Qi Gu cracked sunflower seeds fairly quickly. Shelling a small bowlful and eating them all at once was more satisfying.
He was so focused on cracking seeds that he barely looked up. Hearing the constant crack of shells beside him, he simply assumed Lin Hanzhi was eating sunflower seeds along with him.
But when he finished shelling another batch and looked up, he saw that there were clearly more kernels in his bowl than he had shelled himself. Just then, Lin Hanzhi pinched a seed across its width between two slender, beautiful fingers, easily freed the kernel from its shell, and dropped it into the bowl in front of Qi Gu as naturally as could be.
Qi Gu stared, a little stunned, his almond-shaped eyes rounding. This was the first time anyone had shelled sunflower seeds for him. Even Shifu had never done that.
"This bowl's almost full. Go on, eat. I'll shell more once you finish." Lin Hanzhi smiled and winked at him. "We'll need you to put in plenty of work tonight."
[Hehehe, so sweet. I could watch this all day.]
[Even my mom has never shelled seeds for me like this!]
[Wow, our Empress Bro has some serious finger strength. If I shelled a whole bowl by hand, my fingers would've gone numb by now.]
[Putting in plenty of work tonight? You're giving me dirty thoughts.]
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