"Hey...it's me, Xu Liang! Don't you remember?" Xu Liang almost called her "boss," but thankfully he stopped himself. He was all grown up; it would be too embarrassing for him to call a little girl "boss."
"Oh! You're Xu Liang. What are you doing here?" Mei Si nodded, indicating that she knew who he was.
“This skewers shop is my family's…” Xu Liang had just arrived in the provincial capital and was unfamiliar with the place, so seeing Mei Si felt like seeing a relative.
Xu Liang pulled over a chair from the table next to him, intending to sit down and have a good chat with Mei Si.
"Hey! We came here to eat skewers, can we go get some grilled skewers first!" Feng Hai raised his hand to stop Xu Liang from getting closer to Mei Si.
"Oh! Sorry, I was just too excited to see someone I know. Um, what would you like to eat?"
Xu Liang smiled sheepishly; he was so happy that he almost forgot they came to eat skewers.
"Thirty pork skewers, ten beef skewers, and ten lamb skewers, that should be enough, right?" Feng Hai was a little unhappy. Today was supposed to be a celebration of his relationship with Mei Si, but unexpectedly, an acquaintance had interfered.
He didn't waste time letting Mei Si order the skewers, so he simply ordered them himself. Feng Hai just wanted the skewer vendor to leave quickly so as not to disturb him and Mei Si.
"Okay, I'll grill them right away!" Xu Liang nodded and was about to go out to grill the skewers.
"Wait a minute," Mei Si called out to Xu Liang.
“Just tell me if you need anything else, and I’ll get it for you,” Feng Hai interjected.
"Double the amount of the skewers we just ordered." Mei Si felt that since Feng Hai told everyone to order whatever they wanted, she should listen to him.
"Huh? Can we eat it if we double the price?" Feng Hai suddenly felt a pang of pain in his heart. Double the price, how much money would that cost?!
"Don't worry, I won't waste food. It's edible." Mei Si nodded and said affirmatively.
“But we still need to eat when we get home, what are we going to do if you eat your fill now?” Feng Hai touched the money in his pocket, feeling that it was a waste to spend his entire week’s allowance on just one meal of skewers.
"I'll eat it as usual when I get home."
Mei Si felt that Feng Hai's worries were a bit unnecessary. Didn't she know her own appetite?
“…Then let’s double it!” Feng Hai gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.
Feng Hai: You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub!
Mei Si originally only regarded these people as food buddies, but she did not expect Feng Hai to actually treat them to a meal.
Mei Si: Feng Hai is such a good person, I'll treat him next time!
While waiting for the skewers, Feng Hai started to get closer to Mei Si, trying to steer the conversation toward their relationship.
"How are things at school, Meisi? Is anyone bullying you?"
Feng Hai: Women all like capable men, and I still had some prestige at school.
"No one."
"...Haha, not now, probably because you haven't been at school for very long. Let me tell you, there are some older students who bully you first-year junior high students. But don't be afraid, if anyone bullies you, just mention me."
Feng Hai simply turned sideways and leaned against the table to chat with Mei Si, so he could keep looking at Mei Si's profile.
“I can handle it.” Meiss didn’t think she would be bullied.
"..." Feng Hai was choked and couldn't breathe. Couldn't you just go along with his rambling?
“Meisi, those bullies are all boys. How are you, a girl, going to deal with them? But don’t worry, if you run into them, just mention Brother Feng, and they’ll immediately back down!” Seeing that Brother Feng was speechless, Zhao Gang quickly chimed in, praising how awesome Brother Feng was.
"I really can..."
Mei Si frowned. Why didn't they believe she could solve it?
"Come on, the beef skewers are ready, eat them while they're hot!" Xu Liang put a bunch of skewers on a plate in the middle of the table and went back to grilling skewers.
"Come on, everyone, have some skewers." Feng Hai took a skewer and handed it directly to Mei Si.
"Thank you." Mei Si didn't stand on ceremony and took the skewers to start eating.
"Slow down, slow down! Don't burn yourself. Don't worry, there's more!" When Feng Hai saw that Mei Si wasn't afraid of getting burned at all and was wolfing down her food, his first thought was that Mei Si's family wasn't well-off.
Feng Hai rubbed his chin, thinking that showing off his wealth should be enough to win her over.
"Meisi, do you want to eat skewers all the time from now on?"
Mei Si nodded frantically. She thought the meat skewers were so delicious that she would definitely come to Xu Liang's place to eat skewers every day from now on.
"Then you should find a boyfriend. If you have a boyfriend, you can eat skewers every day."
"A partner? Does that mean I can't eat this if I don't have a partner?" Mei Si hadn't expected there to be such a rule about eating skewers. Humans are so strange.
"If you don't have a partner, you have to pay for it yourself. But if you have a partner, then your partner pays for the skewers." Feng Hai said, patting his chest.
With that hint, she should understand, right?
"I'm not looking for a partner." Mei Si felt that although she didn't have much money, she could still buy some snacks to satisfy her cravings.
According to Feng Hai, finding a partner would definitely allow her to eat more, but Mei Liang is currently single, and Mei Jian has also been single for several months. It would seem very abrupt if she suddenly found a partner!
"Why? Don't you want to eat skewers anymore?" Feng Hai asked anxiously. Why was Mei Si's reaction different from what he expected?
“My brother doesn’t have a girlfriend, so I can’t date anyone,” Mei Si said seriously.
"What does it matter to you if your brother doesn't have a girlfriend? You..."
"The lamb skewers are ready!"
Xu Liang quickly ran in and put the lamb skewers on a plate.
"Eat the skewers while they're hot. There are so many of you, why haven't you finished these beef skewers yet? They're getting cold, and they'll start to taste bad when they're cold." Xu Liang reminded them to eat quickly when he saw that there were still several skewers of beef left.
"Bang!" Feng Hai slammed his hand on the table, glaring angrily at Xu Liang, who had interrupted him.
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