"IF Childhood Sweethearts" has eaten my food before.
Jiang Yingxu had to pay the price of two ice creams to appease the sulking Shi Miao.
The ice cream has a molten strawberry flavor.
Shi Miao sat curled up on a large, cushioned chair. Her school uniform skirt slid up, revealing a small patch of fair skin on the side of her thigh, which looked warm and delicate like jade in the bright light of the study.
Jiang Yingxu caught a glimpse of it.
Without saying a word, she simply reached out and pulled down the hem of her skirt that had been curled up.
His movements were natural yet careful, without touching her skin at all.
Shi Miao didn't move, took a bite of the cold ice cream, gasped for breath from the cold, and mumbled something indistinctly.
"It doesn't matter, it's just you."
Jiang Yingxu remained silent for a few seconds, then touched her face with his slightly cool fingers that had just taken the ice cream.
"I can't either."
The pale pink fingertips fell with great force, yet the touch was as light as a sparrow that paused briefly.
Touch and then leave.
They didn't linger for long.
Shi Miao's eyelashes fluttered, and she inexplicably felt a slight itch on her cheek where he had pinched her.
It's slightly warm.
Shi Miao pondered for a few seconds, then her gaze fell on the ice cream in her hand, and she understood.
It's too hot.
The heat made people restless, and even the places they touched felt hot and numb.
She needs to eat a few more bites of ice cream to cool down!
The strawberry filling is a bright red color and has a sweet, runny center.
Shi Miao glanced at the deep purple grape-filled ice cream in Jiang Yingxu's hand and asked with obvious intent, "Is yours tasty?"
Jiang Yingxu had anticipated this, and immediately turned the half that he hadn't eaten to Shi Miao.
The cat peered out contentedly, then with a loud thud, it bit off a large chunk without hesitation.
Her rosy lips were stained with a little melted ice cream, like vibrant flower petals after a snowfall, which were then rolled up by her soft red tongue, leaving a glistening wetness.
Jiang Yingxu glanced at it again.
As he looked away, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he asked, feigning composure, "You bit into the spot where I ate."
Shi Miao licked the ice cream off her lips and asked matter-of-factly, "What's wrong?"
"You've eaten my food before, why are you complaining about me?"
What's it like to have a cat that loves to eat but is picky about food?
It's the experience of following her around and helping her with all sorts of snacks and meals.
This includes, but is not limited to, the last two bites of fried rice or noodles that you find too oily, the few bites of vegetables left after you're full, the potato chips or cookies that you think don't taste good after opening them, the audacious act of secretly hiding orange marmalade, and the chocolate that you only took one bite of and then threw away...
Shi Dai once tried to stop it, feeling that it was her own little cat ancestor who was messing with the good-natured Jiang Yingxu.
Don't put all the leftover food in front of Jiang Yingxu!
Instead, Jiang Yingxu stepped in front of Shi Miao first and said in a serious tone, "Auntie, Miao Miao is a picky eater, but I can eat anything, which means I am very suitable to stay by Miao Miao's side."
Shi Dai: ?
Shi Dai: ...
Oh no, her kitten has really met a kind and honest friend.
all in all.
Jiang Yingxu had indeed grown accustomed to the food that Shi Miao recommended.
but.
Jiang Yingxu stared at the arrogant teeth marks she left on the ice cream, his long eyelashes casting thin shadows, and silently licked them.
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The kitten, always carefree, was further distracted by Jiang Yingxu's ulterior motives, and completely forgot about the love letter.
Jiang Yingxu, however, did not forget.
The next day when I arrived at school, I saw the math class representative walk up to the podium and start collecting yesterday's workbooks.
Jiang Yingxu casually handed in both of their homework from his schoolbag.
With a serene expression, he circled the classroom.
Soon, I noticed a boy who kept glancing this way from two groups away. He had a fair complexion and a nervous expression. His eyes were fixed on the math class representative as he collected their group's workbooks.
She subconsciously wanted to look at Shi Miao, but unexpectedly her eyes met Jiang Yingxu's.
His face flushed red instantly, and he turned his head away in a fluster, pretending to flip through the books on the table naturally, making eight hundred fake movements per second.
Jiang Yingxu didn't have a deep impression of him, only remembering that he was a rather shy and reserved person.
During break time.
Shi Miao and her best friend ran hand in hand to the convenience store to buy snacks.
Jiang Yingxu helped her organize the corrected homework that had been handed out, and casually asked someone he knew about the boy.
"Him? He's a very dull person, not very interesting. When I ask him to play games, he says his mom won't let him touch his phone. When I ask him to go out on the weekend, he says his mom won't let him go out."
The boy clicked his tongue, his expression subtly dismissive, and his tone even more nonchalant.
Then something else came to mind.
With a delighted exclamation, she leaned against Jiang Yingxu's desk, bent down against the tabletop, and gestured towards the empty seat at Jiang Yingxu's desk while whispering something.
"However, Gao Shi told me last time that he seems to like Shi Miao, and even Fan Ying, his deskmate, said that he was going to write a love letter to Shi Miao."
"Brother Xu, why did you suddenly ask him... Could it be that he actually wrote it?"
Jiang Yingxu remained calm, but upon seeing the excited prying look on the boy's face, he frowned slightly and shook his head.
"No."
He made up a random excuse: "I ran into him on the street yesterday, and he greeted me, but I didn't immediately realize he was in my class."
The boy immediately looked embarrassed and let out a sigh.
"That's true. After all, who doesn't know that Shi Miao and Xu Ge are childhood sweethearts, next-door neighbors, and go to and from school together every day?"
As he spoke, he suddenly chuckled, his tone somewhat flippant.
"If we're really going to talk about it, it'll definitely be your girlfriend, Brother Xu..."
Before he could finish speaking...
Jiang Yingxu suddenly lifted his long eyelashes, his gaze cold and sharp, conveying a chilling warning.
A gaze has power.
This made the boy instinctively shut his mouth and even lean back slightly.
All I heard was his low, calm voice, "Don't say things like that again."
"Shi Miao is herself, not anyone to me."
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"Preface Diary"
Jiang Yingxu is the younger brother of the Cat King.
That sentence sounds better.
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