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Lin Yuan swallowed the red bean paste and asked again, "You haven’t answered me yet. Where are the others? Didn’t you go to see them? Why didn’t they come back with you?"

Xia Zheng glanced seemingly accidentally at the wide-open door and windows, his lips curving into a smile, "Don’t worry, they’re doing just fine.

Xiao Linshuang said Lao Fan is taking her to eat beef noodles in the east of town tonight.

I heard there’s a place there where the beef noodles are especially good.

If those two don’t polish off three to five bowls each, they definitely won’t be willing to come back! "

Beef noodles, no wonder those two foodies didn’t return. That really is their style.

"So what troublesome matter did Lao Fan run into today that made you go out especially?"

"Here, quick, eat this piece of skin, it’s really fatty!" Before Lin Yuan could finish asking, Xia Zheng picked up a crispy piece of roasted duck skin and stuffed it into her mouth, not forgetting to ask, "How is it, tasty?"

Lin Yuan was being fed by Xia Zheng until she was almost turning into a little fatty, chewing vigorously on the duck skin in her mouth, nodding hastily, "Mhm, good, um, delicious."

"Then have another piece of duck meat, it’s so tender."

Lin Yuan had just swallowed the duck skin when Xia Zheng’s chopsticks came at her again. She felt like there was something she hadn’t gotten an answer to just now, but at this moment, Lin Yuan’s mouth and mind were both completely blocked by Xia Zheng’s chopsticks, unable to remember anything.

"This fish is fried nicely, here, try some. Be careful, it’s hot." Lin Yuan scooped up a spoonful of creamy fish soup, blew on it by the edge of her mouth, and then fed it to Xia Zheng.

Xia Zheng smacked his lips and craned his neck, saying in a somewhat coquettish tone, "Tasty, want more."

Su Qiuyu’s eyes were about to fall into the soup bowl in front of her. Was this man, coquettishly asking for more soup, really the Brother Zheng she had known for nearly ten years? Let’s not even mention him allowing someone else to feed him; he wouldn’t even use a spoon that someone else had used.

Moreover, that little country girl, using her own chopsticks instead of serving chopsticks while eating, and her eating manners are so embarrassing, where’s the etiquette and grace of a lady from a reputable family? Really, she’s making all women lose face!

She wouldn’t admit that she was actually jealous Lin Yuan could use a spoon to feed Xia Zheng!

These two, feeding each other, Su Qiuyu couldn’t stand to watch any longer.

She gently placed her chopsticks down, wiped her already immaculately clean lips with a napkin, and smiled at Lin Yuan, "Miss Lin, as the saying goes, ’Don’t speak when you eat, or else when you sleep.

’ As a woman, you shouldn’t speak with your mouth full, or, you’ll be laughed at by others. "

Lin Yuan was spoon-feeding Xia Zheng the eight-treasure rice she had just taught the chefs to make, sweet and just to Xia Zheng’s taste.

Caught off guard by Su Qiuyu’s comment, Lin Yuan was momentarily stunned, then she remembered there was a white lotus who adored Xia Zheng in the room besides them. Look at that, the white lotus’s eyes seemed ready to pop out from irritation.

"Oh, Miss Su really caught me embarrassed. I’m just a little country girl; I don’t know so many rules. It won’t happen again," Lin Yuan readily conceded. She didn’t want to argue with someone else during a meal and spoil her appetite.

Seeing her so docile, Su Qiuyu’s sense of superiority rose again.

Looking at the spoon Lin Yuan used to feed Xia Zheng, she earnestly advised, "Also, Miss Lin, for cleanliness and hygiene when eating, everyone should use serving chopsticks to pick up food, then use their own chopsticks to eat. Your way of moving a spoon in and out like that, it’s really unclean. "

Oh? Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow. Unclean?

Xia Zheng’s expression darkened too, and he gave Su Qiuyu a look that was neither cold nor warm, "Miss Su, are you implying that I, Xia, am unclean?"

Surprised, Su Qiuyu then remembered that the spoon Lin Yuan had wasn’t put to her mouth at all, it was all fed to Xia Zheng!

"No, no, Brother Zheng, that’s not what I meant, I was just making a metaphor, just a metaphor." Su Qiuyu hurriedly waved her hands to explain, on the verge of tears again.

Xia Zheng frowned, "You just said yourself to eat without talking and sleep without speaking, hurry up and eat, and after eating, go rest early."

Feeling wronged, Su Qiuyu pouted and lowered her eyes, daring not to make another sound, but tears, like pearls fallen off a string, kept falling down non-stop.

Out of sight, out of mind. Xia Zheng had already become upset with Su Qiuyu for interrupting the sweet moment between him and Lin Yuan, and now seeing her crying and shedding tears, his good mood was completely ruined.

Lin Yuan, however, was not affected in the slightest and continued to eat and drink as usual. Seeing her appetite, Xia Zheng’s mood improved, and he began to pick up meat and vegetables for her with his chopsticks.

Not only did Su Qiuyu’s words fail to embarrass Lin Yuan, but they also annoyed Xia Zheng. Seeing them still feeding each other as if nothing had happened, one can imagine how distressed she felt.

By the end of the meal, Lin Yuan and her companion were full, while Su Qiuyu barely moved her chopsticks.

Lao Fan and Xiao Linshuang had been waiting for a long time until Xia Zheng finished eating. Unexpectedly, those two ended up waiting in Fuman Building for another four hours before returning to Lin family’s place.

By then, they were so hungry that they were dizzy and even their legs began to tremble.

The moment Lin Yuan’s carriage left Fuman Building, Lao Fan hurriedly pulled open the door and ran towards the kitchen.

Xiao Linshuang, still so small with short legs, was running after her master and shouting from behind, "Master, master, save me a big chicken leg!"

However, when they rushed into the kitchen at unprecedented speed, they were instantly dumbfounded!

The normally packed kitchen was clean and tidy today. And it was too clean—so clean that there wasn’t even a single leftover rice or dish!

"How could this be? Why is there nothing to eat?" Lao Fan, like a madman, searched through one lid after another, not to mention food, even the pot wash water had been cleanly poured away.

Xiao Linshuang despairingly dropped the empty basket from her hands, slumped weakly in front of the stove, and let out a wail of despair, "Master, what bad luck have we encountered today, why is there nothing to eat at all? Woo woo, my big chicken leg, woo woo."

Lao Fan finally gave up as well, slumping powerlessly to the ground, staring blankly at Xiao Linshuang opposite him, "It’s not us being unlucky, it’s that little beast doing it on purpose!

He knew we were hiding out in Fuman Building and deliberately delayed his leave just so we couldn’t have food!

Damned thing! It’s infuriating me to death! "

Perhaps because of the anger, Lao Fan finally regained some fighting spirit.

He stood up, clenched his fists, and said angrily, "Thinking that by not leaving food for me, I would just obediently wait to starve? Hmph, you little beast, I won’t starve to death!

Come on, little apprentice, we won’t eat leftovers.

Have the chefs make us something fresh."

"Alright, alright." Hearing there was food, Xiao Linshuang’s spirits were lifted, but before she even had the chance to stand up, a bolt from the blue struck them on their heads.