Chapter 92: Many Conflicts
"Oh, Comrades Shu, it's a pleasure to meet you both." Zhou Da didn't care about his attitude at all, and reached out to shake hands with Shu Bowen, but his eyes were looking past Shu Bowen for Su Xiao.
Shu Bowen rolled his eyes speechlessly, reached out and touched her but then let go, showing no sincerity, and changed the subject, saying, "Don't you guys need to cook lunch?"
"Hehe, what are you cooking? It smells so good." Zhou Da rubbed his hands together, his eyes fixed on the aluminum pot.
That's a rhetorical question, since Su Xiao's actions just now weren't done in a way that was meant to be hidden from others.
Shu Bowen raised an eyebrow slightly. "Braised meat."
Zhou Da squinted and grinned, "It smells so good! Sister Shu's cooking is really good, I wonder..."
"Wait, what 'Sister Shu'?" Shu Bowen frowned and said unhappily, "Please have some self-respect and call me Comrade Su."
Zhou Da's smile faltered for a moment, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
Zhou Bin, who was standing next to him, spoke up, "Hey, why are you so rude?"
"It's better to be impolite than to be rude. We're not familiar with each other, so please keep your distance," Shu Bowen warned sternly.
"Hey, young man, don't get so worked up. We're all here as educated youth, and it's fate that we live together. My brother didn't mean any harm, so why are you being so harsh?" Wang Yang pushed up his glasses and tried to smooth things over.
The three men turned their fire on Shu Bowen, who was clearly struggling to defend himself. His face flushed red as he was about to retort.
A cool voice came from the kitchen doorway, "Xiao Shu, take Xiao Xiao to the pavilion for dinner."
It is Shang Zimu.
“Okay, Brother Mu.” Shu Bowen responded loudly, ignoring the others.
The braised meat on the stove was already heated up, and Su Xiao was about to take it with a towel wrapped around it when Shu Bowen interrupted her, "I'll do it, I'll do it, be careful not to burn yourself."
Fang Yan looked at Shu Bowen and her eyes lit up. This man is so gentle and caring. He's so good to his sister. He'll definitely be good to his wife in the future.
Li Wenxiang and Chen Jing shared the same thought as her. The two of them looked at Fang Yan at the same time, and the three of them looked at each other, all of them determined to win.
Shu Bowen never imagined that even though he had left home to escape women, he still couldn't escape the fate of being targeted by them in a different place, and what's more, one woman turned into three.
He was completely unaware of what was happening and happily carried the aluminum pot toward the pavilion.
It smells so good, so good! He could hardly contain his drooling just from the aroma.
After Shu Bowen took the braised meat away, Su Xiao immediately covered the stove with a fire-sealing lid.
"Wait, comrade, could we borrow your stove for a moment?" Li Wenxiang was the first to ask, clasping her hands together and looking at Su Xiao pleadingly.
She planned to win over her younger sister first, become good friends with her, and then, taking advantage of her proximity, get the better of her.
Her delicate and harmless expression must be very appealing to chauvinistic men.
Unfortunately, Su Xiao is a woman.
"I'm sorry, we just bought this stove and haven't had time to buy coal briquettes yet. We don't even have enough for our own use right now," Su Xiao said with a smile, her reason perfectly valid—she simply wouldn't lend any.
Hearing this, Li Wenxiang lowered her eyes in disappointment and murmured, "Oh, is that so? It's my turn to start the fire again today, but I'm just so clumsy, I just can't do it right..."
That tone of voice... it sounds a bit like white tea.
Just because you're stupid, can't do it, or can't do it well, does that give you the right to be right?
Su Xiao pursed her lips, watched her performance, smiled, and didn't respond.
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