Zhao Yi was awakened by a knock on the door. He sat up drowsily, walked to the door in his slippers, looked outside through the peephole, and then opened the door.
"Why are all of you here?" he said, letting out a yawn.
Sun Liang was the first one to dash in, muttering, "You live an extrely healthy life, going to bed this early."
Lin Xiaoqing and Zhao Linlin also entered the room.
"Feel free to sit."
Zhao Yi spoke with an unenthusiastic welco, proceeding to the kitchen where he skillfully prepared so instant noodles. He added in so seasoning, slices of mutton and vegetables.
It was nutritious, healthy and delicious!
The other three had been waiting for quite so ti in the living room.
Sun Liang started fiddling with a telescope, while Zhao Linlin kept turning a robot around.
Xiaoqing curiously walked over, standing behind Zhao Yi and asking, "What are you making?"
Zhao Yi suddenly turned around, almost coming face-to-face with Xiaoqing. He spoke gently, "Our heartwarming dinner!"
Xiaoqing didn’t mind and looked into the pot with a concerned expression, "Is this what you eat every day?"
"What else can I eat? My mom can’t be here every day, and I feel off about hiring a maid. I don’t like strangers in my room," Zhao Yi said casually, smiling and suggesting, "Why don’t you co and cook for ?"
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"Yes, you’d prepare love-filled als! I’m sure I’d love it!" Zhao Yi added, even winking at her.
At last, his efforts bore fruit.
[Flirting attempt, Target: Lin Xiaoqing, Study Coin 1.]
"Ah!"
Zhao Yi sighed deeply. He found it increasingly difficult to earn Study Coins from Xiaoqing, probably due to her growing resistance. A word or two was simply not enough anymore.
Perhaps she had grown accustod to it?
Zhao Yi felt as if they were an ’old married couple’, with him holding her hands. How could that be...Oh, he had a good idea!
Zhao Yi took his noodles to the dining table, still chatting with the others from afar while taking out a bunch of snacks from the cabinet.
That was a lot of snacks!
Living alone and without anyone to help him cook, he usually ate a bit when feeling hungry late at night, so he had loads of food. Coupled with his recent food shopping spree and hardly going out these past few days, he had enough snacks to fill a large box.
Sun Liang instantly abandoned the telescope; Zhao Linlin lost interest in the robot. Xiaoqing sat on the sofa, swiftly popping nuts into her mouth.
While they ate, they conversed--
"Zhao Yi, your lifestyle is incredibly unhealthy! All you eat are snacks and instant noodles!"
"Yeah, you need to find a way to improve this."
"Always eating snacks and instant noodles will ruin your health..."
Zhao Yi stopped slurping his noodles, went over to bag up the snacks, and said, "If snacks are unhealthy, then you better stop eating!"
"No, no, no!"
"This is healthy, absolutely the healthiest! I love dried mangoes!"
"Stop! Don’t grab my chocolates. I heard that they can make you fat!"
Zhao Yi started thinking that even answering the door was a mistake.
What kind of people were they anyway?
Eating his food while lecturing him?
By the ti Zhao Yi finished his noodles, the snack-eating crowd had grown to four. They chatted, watched TV, pretty much throwing a party.
Zhao Linlin sat in the middle of the sofa.
Zhao Yi on her left.
Xiaoqing on her right.
Sun Liang, fearing Zhao Yi would ’snatch his chocolates,’ even sat at the dining table, set to return only after he finished eating.
"Only a dog guards food!"
Zhao Yi scorned, but his words had no impact. Given the choice between dignity and chocolate, Sun Liang decisively chose chocolate.
Zhao Yi glanced at Zhao Linlin over his shoulder.
Xiaoqing’s left hand rested on the sofa, and his right hand started gradually moving towards hers, unbeknownst to her.
His fingers crept!
One step, two steps, three-four steps...
And contact!
Zhao Yi continued conversing with Sun Liang while noticing Xiaoqing, startled, moved her hand slightly without completely withdrawing it. Pretending to be tired, he semi-reclined on the sofa and extended his right hand again.
Approaching!
Hunting!
He grabbed and held on!
Xiaoqing blushed and tried to break free but found she couldn’t. She glared at Zhao Yi, and instead of trying harder just let it be, but was visibly nervous. She kept glancing at Sun Liang and Zhao Linlin, afraid they would notice.
[Flirting attempt, Target: Lin Xiaoqing, Study Coin 3.]
Success!
Zhao Yi grinned gleefully, but received another strange ssage soon after.
[Flirting attempt, Target: Zhao Linlin, Study Coin 2.]
"??"
Zhao Yi looked at Zhao Linlin, puzzled. He noticed that she kept looking at her left hand resting on the sofa.
Sohow that hand was resting at an angle with the palm facing her. Due to his struggle with Xiaoqing, he’d unintentionally rubbed Linlin’s thigh a few tis.
"Ha, ha...ha..."
Zhao Yi felt his action was a bit awkward since he was practically half embracing Zhao Linlin.
It made sense, indeed!
He pulled his hand back at once!
Xiaoqing blushed, Linlin blushed, even Zhao Yi felt his face heat up. He had overstepped, flirting with two girls at once. But he could swear on tofu that he hadn’t done it on purpose.
The room went quiet.
Sun Liang ca over with his chocolate, eyed the trio, and asked in surprise, "What’s wrong with all of you? Why are you blushing?"
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