Chapter 123 You're Deliberately Picking a Trouble (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Wang Xiaohu arrived uninvited, already holding a bowl and chopsticks.
Zhou Tianyu looked at him in disbelief, his eyes filled with vigilance. "Who sent you here? There was no promise of food here."
"Zhou Tianyu, don't say things like that. You stole my food, so what's wrong with me coming to your house for a bite of dumplings?"
"What do you mean by stealing food? You were the one who gave me the food."
“I mean it when I say I’m stealing food. If you don’t let me eat here, I’ll go out and tell everyone what you’ve done. I’ll also tell your dad what I heard today.”
Wang Xiaohu chuckled, as if he had seized upon a huge weakness.
As soon as Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, Zhang Cui greeted him with a smile, "Since Tianyu ate at your house, why don't you come to my house for dinner today? Your parents aren't home, so you can come to my house for dinner often in the future."
Wang Xiaohu's eyes lit up. "Really?
Zhang Cui smiled and said, "Of course you can. You and Tianyu are good friends, so it's only right that you come over for a meal."
Zhou Tianyu stared at everything in disbelief. In his memory, Zhang Cui hated it most when people came to her house for meals.
Why is everything different today?
Wang Xiaohu deliberately raised his chin at Zhou Tianyu, looking smug.
They ate meat dumplings for lunch, and Wang Xiaohu ate three big bowls by himself, eating more than half of a pot of meat dumplings.
Zhou Tianyu's expression was grim as he instructed, "Could you eat less?"
Wang Xiaohu swallowed the meat dumpling in his mouth whole, then immediately shoveled the second one into his mouth, completely ignoring Zhou Tianyu.
Zhou Tianyu wanted to say something more, but Zhang Cui shook her head at him, "Don't talk too much while eating, Tianyu, you should eat too."
Zhou Tianyu had no choice but to bite the bullet and eat the dumplings.
After finishing three bowls of dumplings, Wang Xiaohu smacked his lips with lingering satisfaction, his eyes fixed on the half-full bowl of meat dumplings still in Zhou Tianyu's bowl.
Wang Xiaohu leaned closer and asked, "What does it taste like? Is it delicious?"
Zhou Tianyu immediately understood what he meant and quickly protected his bowl, "Didn't you eat three big bowls already? How come you still don't know what it tastes like?"
"I ate too fast and didn't get to taste it at all. Why don't you share some with me so I can eat them slowly and savor the flavor?"
Wang Xiaohu had already handed over his own bowl and chopsticks.
Zhou Tianyu refused outright, "I don't want it. This is my first bowl. Don't go too far."
Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but say, "I've noticed you're really possessive of your food. We're clearly good friends, and all I'm asking for are a few meat dumplings, and you're being so protective. Are we still good friends?"
Seeing that Wang Xiaohu was really angry, Zhang Cui divided the meat dumplings in her bowl into two portions and put them into Wang Xiaohu's bowl.
"Xiao Hu, of course you are Tianyu's best friend, but you can't eat too many meat dumplings, otherwise you might not be able to eat the pork stew with vermicelli tonight."
Upon hearing that there was also pork stew with vermicelli, Wang Xiaohu voluntarily swallowed the two meat dumplings in his bowl whole and let out a satisfied burp.
"I'm full. I'll come back tonight. Remember to leave the door open for me," Wang Xiaohu said specifically.
Zhou Tianyu angrily cursed, "Keep your grandpa's head my foot!"
Wang Xiaohu: "My uncle died a long time ago, are you going to dig up his grave?"
Zhou Tianyu's mouth was covered, and Zhang Cui smiled and reminded Wang Xiaohu to go play.
Only then did Wang Xiaohu leave Zhang Cui's house.
Zhou Tianyu haphazardly removed his hand, looking displeased. "Mom, why won't you let me speak? Wang Xiaohu is practically shitting on your head, aren't you angry?"
“Wang Xiaohu is just a child, so he just eats a little more. His parents aren’t around, and it’s not a big problem for the neighbors to help each other out,” Zhang Cui said deliberately.
Zhou Tianyu didn't believe it at all. Before, Zhang Cui was the one who hated Wang Xiaohu the most.
The reason I'm spoiling him so much today is simply to prevent Wang Xiaohu from saying anything inappropriate.
"Mom, you don't need to be afraid of Wang Xiaohu. He's used to talking nonsense everywhere. Even if he says something to Dad, Dad might not believe it."
Zhang Cui is not afraid of the impossible, but she is afraid of the unexpected.
"Alright, you're full now. I'll clear the table."
Zhang Cui got up and tidied up the house as usual.
Zhou Tianyu was furious. If Wang Xiaohu kept eating like this, one day he would eat everything in his house.
No, he had to have a serious talk with Wang Xiaohu.
Zhou Tianyu left home and followed Wang Xiaohu all the way to his house.
Wang Xiaohu was bored and didn't know what to do. When he saw Zhou Tianyu arrive, he said mysteriously.
"I remember seeing a salted fish at Xu Qingmo's house yesterday. If we could get it, your mom could cook it for us. It would be delicious," Wang Xiaohu said, eager to try it.
Zhou Tianyu was also tempted. Wang Xiaohu had eaten so much at their house, so if he could bring things to their house, his family shouldn't suffer any losses.
Thinking of this, Zhou Tianyu decided to go with Wang Xiaohu, but after taking only two steps, the pain in his buttocks reminded him that he could no longer steal things.
"Wait a minute, if you want to steal, go steal it yourself. I'm not going to go with you." Zhou Tianyu stopped in his tracks, looking like he was unwilling to go along with it.
"Why not go? Do you think your reputation in the residential compound will improve just by doing nothing?"
What do you mean by that?
“Now the whole residential compound knows that the three of us—me, Song Wei, and I—are thieves. Since things have already come to this, why are we afraid of stealing again?” Wang Xiaohu said earnestly.
Zhou Tianyu fell into thought, but he had already promised Zhang Cui that he would no longer do such things to embarrass her.
Wang Xiaohu continued to persuade, "Don't you think Xu Qingmo's family is excessively well-off? Why is it that while other families eat coarse food, they can eat meat and fish? Aren't you envious?"
"I'm not envious."
"Xu Qingmo caught a lot of fish by the river before, and now she can't finish them all and has turned them into salted fish. Her family of several people definitely can't eat much of it. When the weather gets hot, these things will definitely spoil. If we go over now to help her eat them, we'll be doing a good deed."
Zhou Tianyu was convinced by Wang Xiaohu's persuasive words and found them quite reasonable, but he still had doubts.
After all, Zhang Cui's brutal beating was still fresh in everyone's memory.
Zhou Tianyu countered, "Is what you're saying true? I've heard that there are rewards for doing good deeds."
"Of course there will be a reward. Trust me, I'll take the lead in this, and I'll definitely take responsibility if anything goes wrong."
Zhou Tianyu was tricked into following Wang Xiaohu to Xu Qingmo's doorstep.
Just as she reached the door, Lu Ting, who was coming out to get water, splashed all over her.
In the dead of winter, both of them were splashed with water and felt chilled from head to toe.
Wang Xiaohu angrily said, "Lu Ting, you did this on purpose! Are you trying to freeze Zhou Tianyu and me to death?"
Lu Ting was a little embarrassed. "It's not like I did it on purpose that you were standing at my door and wouldn't leave."
"You did this on purpose!"
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