Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1560

Chapter 1560: What I can do is take you to the right person

Hugo ate his noodles as if the heat didn’t bother him, even chugging the soup in consecutive gulps. When he finished, Kiara was still only halfway through her cup. Without hesitation, he reached for the bun she had bought for him and started eating it piece by piece.

While chewing, his eyes never left her.

"Aren’t you going to ask me why I’m here?" he asked after a moment.

Kiara glanced up at him, her cup noodles held just below her lips.

"Hmm?" she hummed. "Didn’t you just walk by and see a familiar face?"

"That’s why you’re not asking?"

"Well, duh?" She shrugged. "Why else would you be here? Do you live nearby?"

"No. I don’t have a place of my own. My father practically calls me homeless."

Kiara squinted at him. "And you’re okay with that?"

"Why wouldn’t I be? It’s true," Hugo replied with a shrug. "I leech off my parents."

"..." She pressed her lips together and gave a small nod. "Is that so?"

She returned her focus to her noodles, blowing gently on them. Unlike Hugo, she didn’t have a heat-proof tongue, and a burned mouth was not something she wanted to deal with.

Hugo, meanwhile, continued to stare at her with an odd curiosity. He tilted his head one way, then the other.

Then—

"Wow!" He laughed suddenly. "So you really think I just go around stealing food from people?"

She glanced at him and whispered, "Isn’t that exactly what you did?"

"..." Hugo opened his mouth, then closed it again, momentarily speechless. Of course not. The only food he regularly stole was from his roommate... who happened to be in a coma. That didn’t count, right?

As for the rest, he usually asked.

He shook his head, a chuckle escaping him. Kiara furrowed her brows at the sound.

"What?" she asked. "Something funny?"

"Yeah." Hugo leaned back, popping the last piece of bread into his mouth. "It’s just funny how, even though I ate your food, you still bought me more and didn’t make a big deal out of it."

"It’s not a good thing for you to do, but I didn’t have the energy," she mumbled. "Just take it as a thank-you for your brother. Before he switched careers, he helped my company."

"So you’re really not curious about why I’m here? Or why did I stole your food?"

Kiara was tempted to say no. But looking at him now, a bit of curiosity sparked.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because my sister Penny would kill anyone who did that," Hugo said, making Kiara’s face twitch. "Actually, she’d slap my hand away before I even touched her food. She’s ruthless—but I get it. I wouldn’t like it either."

"..." She blinked. "So... that’s why?"

"Mhm." He nodded. "I think people show their true colors when they’re hungry and under the tiniest bit of stress."

Very exhausted. Physically. Emotionally. Mentally.

She glanced at him again. I guess he wouldn’t understand this kind of exhaustion.