Just then, there was a "click" sound from the door.
Yu Yan turned her head and saw Shao Linyuan carrying a plate of strawberries, walking in with a gloomy face, seemingly disliking others taking care of her young master.
She walked to the bedside, took the wooden skewer holding the apple from Si Jin's hand, pushed the apple away, and replaced it with a plate of strawberries.
"This one is softer, eat this one."
Si Jin nodded, not paying much attention, and continued eating the strawberries.
Unexpectedly, a simple action ignited Yu Yan's competitive spirit.
—It seems that Brother wants to win favor.
That's okay.
Cha Cha Yan stood up, her eyes flashing, looking completely obedient and harmless: "Since brother doesn't like apples, I'll go cook. Eating only fruit will give you a stomachache."
After saying that, he walked out without saying another word.
Shao Linyuan: ...
How did he smell a tea aroma?
No, Jinjin's gaze should always be fixed on him; how can she share it with someone else?
My younger brother has already taken all the fruit; does that mean he needs the food too?
Thinking of this, Shao Linyuan couldn't sit still any longer. Before he had even finished chewing the strawberries, he turned around and quickly left the room: "I'm afraid Yu Yan won't be able to use the kitchen well, so I'm following along to watch. You eat first."
"Oh." Si Jin nodded calmly, a hint of mischievous interest flashing in her eyes—it was just like a best friend and boyfriend vying for attention.
From ancient times to the present, it's always been...quite interesting to watch.
Si Jin ignored them and found the table filled with a pile of delicious-looking dishes at dinner time.
If he hadn't stopped them, the two of them probably would have used up all the food in the entire courtyard.
As she sat down, Cha Cha Yan's offensive continued: "Oh dear, sister-in-law, why did you put cilantro in your cooking? My brother doesn't like it."
Shao Linyuan: ...
In the kitchen, it was clearly this troublesome little rascal who told him that Jinjin liked to eat cilantro!
So it was a trap!
Not to be outdone, Cha Cha Yuan lowered her hand to the table and used illusion magic to create a burn mark, deliberately rolling up her sleeve so that Si Jin could see it.
"I didn't put it there," he said, feigning ignorance. "I accidentally burned my hand and I've been washing vegetables. Don't make false accusations, little brother."
"Hiss..." Cha Cha Yan's eyes widened in surprise.
He remembered that the guy he met in the vampire dimension last time was fierce-looking and would be best defeated with a "green tea" approach.
How come... he's drinking tea with her?
Not to be outdone, Cha Cha Yan countered Cha Cha Yuan's moves one by one. Finally, after listening to Cha Cha Yan's witty remarks for ten minutes, Si Jin couldn't take it anymore and put down her chopsticks: "If you're not going to eat, get out!"
Only then can I properly eat my next dinner.
Whether it was because he hadn't been sleeping well lately or because he had been provoked by Yu Yan, Shao Linyuan had a bad dream that night.
He dreamt that he had returned to 1,300 years ago, and nothing had changed. He was still on the dragon bed, making love with his little fox.
But in the middle of the night, just as he was about to take the little fox out of the bathtub, suddenly, with a swoosh, a knife pierced straight through the nine-tailed fox's heart from the front.
Large splatters of blood spread on his hand. Realizing he was about to lose Si Jin again, Shao Linyuan felt a sharp pain in his heart. He wanted to kill the person who handed him the knife to avenge Si Jin.
But when she looked up, she saw Si Jin dressed in a suit.
He was holding a bloodstained knife, smiling sinisterly, and even his ever-present gold-rimmed glasses looked cold.
The nine-tailed fox in his arms had tears in her eyes. She tugged at his clothes and cried out, "A-Yuan, A-Yuan, it hurts so much."
"You...you said you loved me? How could you allow someone else to replace me and kill me?"
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