In the eyes of many, this cheap model might not be worth ntioning, but to Xue Yuantong, it’s a treasure!
She saw a ssage from a gaming friend and casually replied, "Dolls? Oh yes, Bai Yuxia has plenty."
Unfortunately, she already owns the coolest and handsost assembly model, even though it’s the Q version!
Shang Caiwei: "There are many little animals in the dolls—cats, horses, dogs. The designs are really cute..."
Xue Yuantong: "Indeed."
Shang Caiwei finally mustered the courage to be outgoing for once, but Xue Yuantong’s reply was too brief, leaving her montarily unsure of how to respond.
Shang Caiwei wasn’t good at chatting, but she had people she could refer to. She went back to the list and browsed ssages from boys, including her forr classmate Xu Chundeng, Chai Wei, Dong Qingfeng...
Shang Caiwei reviewed the replies. Whenever she responded with such concise words, the other party would either extend the topic or choose to complint her.
Shang Caiwei’s ideas were quite advanced; she combined both approaches and sent another ssage: "Do you like small animals? I heard girls who like small animals tend to be very gentle."
Xue Yuantong: "I love small animals!"
Shang Caiwei continued to ask: "What kind of small animals do you like?"
Xue Yuantong: "Rabbits."
Shang Caiwei referred to the ssages from boys on her list again. Ah, now it’s ti to resonate.
Shang Caiwei: "I like rabbits too. They have long ears, beautiful eyes, short tails—so cute."
"What do you like most about rabbits?" she asked.
Xue Yuantong slurped, "Because they sll good, especially spicy rabbit at! (drool)"
Shang Caiwei sat blankly on her gaming chair, staring at the ssage list, her delicate face filled with confusion.
It’s beyond her! Can soone tell her what to reply now?
...
Around 10:20 at night, Xue Chuchu carried a stainless steel bowl into Jiang Ning’s bedroom.
Xue Yuantong caught a whiff of spices, her appetite already piqued by the thought of spicy rabbit at, and now soone was delivering delicious food.
Xue Yuantong spotted shelled edama beans in the bowl.
She slightly tilted her head, contemplating, "Edama?"
Xue Chuchu said, "They are braised edama."
Today after school in the afternoon, she suddenly wanted to make so snacks, so she selected two pounds of edama from the river dam’s market.
After cleaning them, using various spices, peppercorns, cloves, cinnamon, etc...
She stir-fried the spices before putting the edama in for simring, making them a perfect snack.
Xue Yuantong noticed that the edama looked quite appealing, with vibrant colors and sporadic dried chilies mixed in, undoubtedly flavorful and spicy.
"Chuchu, is it tasty?" Xue Yuantong paused her model assembly and asked.
Xue Chuchu heard the familiar words, reminiscent of childhood. She rembered no matter what snacks she bought, Tongtong would always co over and ask if they were tasty.
If Chuchu said they were delicious, Tongtong would insist on tasting them too.
If she claid they weren’t good, Tongtong would say, "Give it to then."
This question baffled Chuchu for a long ti. Today, she was prepared.
Xue Chuchu said, "It’s a flavor I like."
Xue Yuantong: "That’s great! If you like it, I like it too."
Xue Chuchu gave up resisting and handed the stainless steel bowl to Tongtong.
"You’re giving it to , but what will you eat?" Xue Yuantong couldn’t bear to see Chuchu alone.
Xue Chuchu: "I ate so at ho."
Xue Yuantong was loyal; she couldn’t let her sister go hungry while she had food. She found a paper cup and poured so edama for Chuchu, letting her enjoy it on the sofa.
Initially, Xue Yuantong placed the bowl of edama on the desk and continued assembling models, occasionally grabbing an edama to taste. Spicy and delicious, compared to the edama sold on the street, the ones she chose were plump and satisfying to eat.
’Chuchu’s culinary skills are getting better and she even innovates with new styles.’ The thought flashed in Xue Yuantong’s mind.
But for Xue Yuantong, isn’t that a good thing? I’m going to eat, eat, eat!
Xue Yuantong spit out the edama shells.
Her hands were partially immobilized due to assembling models, so she ate slowly.
anwhile, Jiang Ning relaxed and watched a war movie, enjoying the edama.
Before long, the bowl was notably emptier.
Xue Yuantong glanced over, no way this can happen!
She issued a warning, saying that they should follow a turn-based system, where she takes one, and only then can Jiang Ning take one.
But Jiang Ning completely ignored the rules and kept grabbing the spiced edama to eat.
Xue Yuantong was furious, so she moved and placed the food bowl on her lap, using the distance to her advantage to thwart Jiang Ning.
With the distance as a barrier, Jiang Ning’s actions indeed slowed significantly.
From frequently grabbing edama from the computer desk, he now only occasionally took them from the bowl on her lap.
Xue Yuantong could finally relax and focus on building her Gundam.
Just then, Chuchu’s voice ca from behind: "Tongtong, do you know how to recover accidentally deleted photos?"
Xue Chuchu was looking at her phone, a bit worried.
This fell right into Xue Yuantong’s domain of expertise, and she cheerfully said, "Hahaha, of course I know."
She picked up her food bowl and ran to the couch to help Chuchu with her phone: "There’s a recycle bin in the gallery or a recently deleted option."
"See." Xue Yuantong tapped twice and indeed found the recycle bin option.
Xue Chuchu: "Oh oh, I didn’t know that."
She thought that once a picture was deleted, it would completely disappear.
Sitting in a commanding position, Xue Yuantong righteously criticized: "That’s what you get for not playing with your phone properly and insisting on reading every day. Now look, you’re clueless!"
Xue Chuchu: "..."
Xue Yuantong clicked into the recycle bin and saw so photos, teasingly said: "Yo yo yo, Chuchu, you even take selfies?"
She watched Chuchu with a teasing expression.
Xue Chuchu quickly snatched her phone back, her peripheral glance catching Jiang Ning, her expression still cool and calm: "Just using it as a mirror to check if I had any breakouts."
Xue Yuantong: "Yo yo yo."
She cheerfully returned to the computer desk, continuing her assembly journey.
Xue Chuchu regretted it; if she had known Tongtong would talk like this, she would have put in more effort to search it on Baidu herself and wouldn’t have needed to ask her for help. Now Jiang Ning heard it, and he might think she’s vain?
She had so female classmates on her list who posted daily selfies on their social space, and people would comnt behind their backs that those girls were ugly and vain.
Xue Chuchu didn’t want to be talked about like that, and since she was once threatened on QQ, she never exposed herself online anymore.
Just as a girl, she occasionally wanted to know how she looked today, so she took a selfie once in a while, for her future self to see, even though it was very infrequent.
Xue Chuchu wanted to go ho. Just as she was about to make her exit, Aunt Gu called from outside: "Tongtong, co ho and get so things."
Xue Yuantong pretended not to hear, and Aunt Gu started counting down outside.
Right as the timing finished, Xue Yuantong responded: "Coming, coming!"
This ti she didn’t selfishly take the food bowl but instead turned and said: "Chuchu, I haven’t quite finished assembling my Gundam, please help check it over, I’m counting on you!"
With that said, Xue Yuantong dashed away like the wind.
The room was left with only Jiang Ning and Xue Chuchu.
Well, now Chuchu couldn’t leave.
Since it was Tongtong’s request left behind, Chuchu naturally couldn’t refuse. She got up from the sofa and moved to the small stool.
She carried herself with elegant poise, wearing a plain white nightgown that complented her fair skin like jade.
Jiang Ning was watching a movie beside her, making Xue Chuchu slightly uneasy from sensing his presence.
Jiang Ning kindly said: "Tongtong is so careless, help her check if there are any assembly mistakes."
Saying that he took out the chibi Gundam design blueprint.
"Okay." Xue Chuchu’s delicate fingers picked up the blueprint, her knees closed together, and her feet gently touched the ground, toes slightly inward, resembling a fairy from a painting.
This serene mont lasted for three minutes.
Until a certain mont when Jiang Ning, engrossed in the movie, reached out his hand again, feeling for the bowl’s location.
Then, unbelievably, his hand touched down directly on Chuchu’s thigh.
Even with the dress fabric as a barrier, Xue Chuchu still felt an electrifying shiver, sending tingling sensations through her heart.
Her cool, calm face blushed crimson, as if veiled by a misty layer of steam.
She looked incredulously at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning suddenly realized his mistake.
At this mont, his hand was resting on Chuchu’s soft, smooth, and cool leg.
Jiang Ning gathered his Divine Sense and seriously said: "Chuchu, you’ve lost weight."
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