What are you two up to? One gives the other vinegar, the other gives chili oil, isn’t exchanging lanterns enough? Now you’re both gifting condiments?
Mu Qingchen always felt this scene was an eyesore, and at the same time, he somehow felt full, even though he hadn’t had dinner.
"He can’t eat spicy." Mu Qingchen took the chili oil from Gu Jiao’s side.
Xiao Hen squinted at Gu Jiao.
Just as Gu Jiao was about to say something, Mu Qingchen’s gaze swept over, thinking of hemorrhoids again?
Gu Jiao: "..."
So this joke is never going to die, huh?
"Just, one spoonful." Gu Jiao quickly poured half of it into her bowl before Mu Qingchen could stop her.
The dumplings tasted really good, especially after drizzling them with chili oil; it was simply divine. Gu Jiao ate with great satisfaction.
They both ate, with only Mu Qingchen sitting idle.
Mu Qingchen didn’t want to stare at the two of them, but his gaze unconsciously fell on them.
Gu Jiao ate noisily, cheeks puffed out, strangely cute.
Mu Qingchen frowned.
How could he find a grown man cute?
He must be going crazy!
He glanced again at the uninvited guest, Long Yi, whose manner of eating was not something that could be described as cute—refined and elegant, every movement exuded an air of aristocracy.
If you told Mu Qingchen these manners weren’t cultivated since childhood, he wouldn’t believe it.
But no matter how hard Mu Qingchen racked his brains, he found it difficult to connect the man before him with any of Shengdu’s noble families’ young masters.
Could it be that he’s not from Shengdu?
But that couldn’t be right; his accent was Shengdu’s, and he himself had admitted it.
While Mu Qingchen was puzzled, Mu Chuan and two others came over.
"Fourth brother! Sixth young master!"
At this call of "Sixth young master," Gu Jiao did not look up, while Xiao Hen glanced at Mu Chuan.
Mu Qingchen frowned, that wasn’t meant for you.
"Sixth young master, why are you ignoring me when I call you?" Mu Chuan arrived at the table and said with a look of reproach.
Gu Jiao slurped a dumpling and said indifferently, "I’m busy."
Definitely not admitting that he just hadn’t reacted.
"Are you full?" Xiao Hen asked Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao replied, "I can eat a little more."
Everything is good in Shengdu, except for the portions of the meals, which are always so delicate.
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