Enoki mushroom?
Did that mean he was very dissatisfied with him?
The smile on Fu Sichen's face gradually widened, looking almost eerie. "Chaochao?"
Xu Chao secretly tightened his grip on the covers, his domineering voice turning limp and soft. "Um, well, I'm hungry. Didn't you say you'd buy me food? Go on, go on."
Fu Sichen gently brushed aside the sweat-dampened strands at the boy's temple, revealing those beautiful, glistening, reddened eyes.
"No need for all that trouble," Fu Sichen said with a smile.
Xu Chao swallowed, speaking cautiously. "Then... then I won't eat. Let's sleep. Sleep, okay?"
The man bent slightly, wrapped his strong, muscular arms around the boy's waist, and slowly lifted him out of the bedding.
The cool air sent goose bumps rising across his exposed skin.
Every bone in Xu Chao's body went soft, and he no longer dared to talk tough.
"Hubby, I was wrong. I really was wrong. I was only joking just now! Ahhh, I really didn't mean it! Sob, sob..."
A string of earnest, pitiful whimpers rang out.
Anyone who heard them would have been heartbroken; anyone who saw him would have wept.
But Fu Sichen merely raised an eyebrow. "Be good. Weren't you hungry?"
Xu Chao instinctively sensed danger and whimpered weakly. "Y-yes. Hubby, Chaochao's so hungry. I haven't had a single decent day of meals on that deserted island. I'm really, really hungry. Can we go eat?"
"Okay," the man replied decisively.
Delighted, Xu Chao hurried to burrow back under the covers.
The world outside left his bare butt chilled by the breeze. He only wanted to be a little quail and retreat to his warm nest.
But the moment he moved, the man flipped him over.
"Don't rush off to sleep. Eat first."
The emphasis on that last word