"According to a formal contract, do you think the content on the draft paper... can be considered as a deal where I'll date you if you win?"

Zi Xi calmly replied and scooped a bowl of porridge for him.

The noisy chatter in the restaurant suddenly faded away, leaving Jiang Yanli with only the sound of her own rapid heartbeat, thumping so loudly it made her chest ache.

He opened his mouth and then closed it again, looking like a fish about to be stranded.

"So, if I lose..."

His voice was terribly hoarse.

"You can try it now."

Zi Xi suddenly reached out, rested her elbow on the table, and turned her palm upward.

Jiang Yanli stared at the hand, her mind still reeling, but her body instinctively reached out and grasped it.

Zi Xi's hands were a size smaller than his, slightly cool to the touch, and very smooth. She didn't look like someone who could fight at all.

"If you win just one of the three rounds, you win all three rounds."

A hint of interest that Jiang Yanli had never seen before flashed in Zi Xi's eyes.

In the first round, Jiang Yanli barely used any force, and Zi Xi easily pressed his wrist down onto the table.

The waiter glanced at them suspiciously as he walked by.

In the second round, Jiang Yanli used eight-tenths of his strength. Zi Xi's lips curled up slightly, and after a stalemate of ten seconds, she overpowered him again.

The people at the next table started giving real-time updates on the battle to the unseen side.

In the third round, beads of sweat appeared on Jiang Yanli's forehead, and his arm muscles were so tense that they trembled. He used all his strength, but Zi Xi's wrist was as immovable as if it were cast in iron, and instead pressed him down little by little.

But just as she was about to touch the table, she suddenly lost her grip, and Jiang Yanli's hand slammed down on hers.

"You win. Let's eat. The porridge won't taste good if it gets cold."

Zi Xi let go of her hand, picked up the cola, took a sip, and left a lip print on the rim of the cup.

Sure enough, the items in the system's store are the most powerful, even the male protagonist can't match them.

Jiang Yanli stared blankly at her right hand, then looked at her.

Zi Xi's eyes shone with an amber luster under the light, and a hint of a smile was hidden in the shadows cast by her eyelashes.

"You...you let the water go?"

His voice was weak.

Zi Xi didn't answer, but simply put some fried noodles into his bowl.

Jiang Yanli mechanically ate another bite of shrimp meat, even managing to taste the sweetness of the crayfish.

So...you...you like me too?

"I really like you, Zixi!! I like you so much! You... also have feelings for me, so can you like me now?"

"Oh no, it's okay if you don't like me now. I'm already very happy that you have feelings for me."

He suddenly realized something, and his ears turned red at a visible speed.

"The food is getting cold, let's eat first."

Zi Xi interrupted him, but a faint smile curved at the corner of her eyes.

Jiang Yanli suddenly stood up, the chair scraping loudly on the floor.

He walked around the dining table, bent down under Zi Xi's questioning gaze, but stopped abruptly just before touching her lips. He wiped his mouth with a wet wipe and kissed her forehead.

This is, after all, a public place.

Finally, his face flushed red, he gently wiped the red oil off her lips with force, his voice so low that only she could hear: "Can we go to your house later? I want to kiss the baby."

Zi Xi's ears turned red. She hummed in response and continued peeling shrimp, but this time her technique was noticeably messy, and the shrimp meat was torn into pieces.

Jiang Yanli sat back down opposite, smiling like a child who had stolen candy. Her previous gloom vanished, and she put on gloves to start peeling shrimp.

When the waiter passed by again, he noticed that the handsome customer who had been wearing a sour face was now attentively handing tissues and pouring Coke for his girlfriend, his eyes and brows radiating undisguised joy.