"You eat first, I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat..."

"Just eat it when they tell you to," Chen Lu said, somewhat speechless.

"I...I understand."

Liang Zhirou then obediently picked up a piece of pork rib, lowered her head and ate it in small bites, occasionally looking up to see if Chen Lu was angry.

Chen Lu was amused by her actions again, as if he had inexplicably found a way to deal with this girl.

I thought to myself, shouldn't a normal person think, "What does it matter to me whether you're angry or not?"

"If you eat more, I won't be angry with you anymore."

As Chen Lu spoke, he wiped his hands with a wet wipe, silently peeled shrimp, and tried his best to finish the ribs.

After all, if there's too much left, it won't look right, and this idiot will definitely feel bad about it.

After a while, a whole plate of peeled shrimp was placed in front of him. Chen Lu casually ate two and then slumped into his chair.

"I can't eat anymore, I really can't eat anymore."

Upon hearing this, Liang Zhirou abruptly raised her head, staring at Chen Lu in utter shock.

With a pained expression, Chen Lu pushed the peeled shrimp in front of Liang Zhirou, "I haven't touched any of these, you eat them."

Just as the girl was wondering what was going on, Chen Lu tapped the empty ribs with his chopsticks.

"No waste allowed," Chen Lu said, feigning seriousness.

Chen Lu rarely speaks like this, and he was struggling to suppress his laughter.

How could anyone be so stupid as to fall for this?

It's a miracle that this kind of idiot grew up healthy and wasn't tricked into working in the coal mines.

"...oh."

Although Liang Zhirou ate in a good manner, her little mouth was still bulging out, and she innocently made eye contact with Chen Lu.

She immediately lowered her head like an ostrich, a barely perceptible blush appearing on her cheeks, as if to say, "If I can't see you, you can't see me."

Girls don't seem to like appearing like foodies in front of others.

Looking at the girl whose mouth was puffed out like a hamster's, Chen Lu's lips inexplicably curled up.

He rested his chin on his hand and quietly watched her.

Looking at the light drizzle outside, I felt that time was gentle and life was beautiful.

"Why are you trying to save money like this even though you're already working part-time?"

Chen Lu couldn't bear to look at the girl's thin arms any longer, and asked softly.

After swallowing what was in her mouth, Liang Zhirou slowly spoke: "Because Mom needs money for treatment."

Seeing the girl's expression suddenly darken, Chen Lu simply changed the subject.

He suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for this silly girl who was waiting for him even in the rain.

Is Lin Miaomiao your friend?

Seeing the other person nod, Chen Lu asked again, "Then am I considered your friend?"

The girl suddenly froze. Although her eyes were covered by her bangs, Chen Lu could still vaguely see that her eyes were blinking.

Her eyes are really beautiful, so beautiful that Chen Lu can still imagine them just from what he saw last night.

It's already etched into my mind.

"Is it okay?" After a short while, the girl asked cautiously, her head slightly raised, seemingly filled with anticipation.

May I?

What are you talking about?

Am I asking you?

Chen Lu was a bit confused; that sentence almost caused his CPU to overheat.

"Is it okay...?"

"Thank you," Liang Zhirou said softly. "She was my only friend before..."

After hearing this, Chen Lu didn't say anything more, but simply took out his phone and placed it in front of the girl.

"Since we're friends, let's have a meal together sometime."

Liang Zhirou scanned the screen with both hands using her phone. Her phone was an old and cheap model, but it was clearly used very carefully, completely different from Chen Lu's new Syrian war-damaged phone.

"Why is your profile picture a bubble machine?" Chen Lu couldn't help but ask with a smile.

This is really strange. He thought Jiang Chao's profile picture was already abstract enough, since it was Kun Ge's image.

"Because it was a gift from someone else."

“I bought this too. This one was quite expensive when I was a kid. I once gave mine away as a gift, and my mom gave me a good beating when I got home.”

Chen Lu smiled for a while, then stopped smiling. He thought of the little girl who probably had lost her father, and then he saw Liang Zhirou in front of him, who was saving every penny to pay for her mother's medical treatment.

This world is really not gentle at all.