Seeing his reaction, Lu Chuqing smiled happily, "Right? Actually, it's quite delicious!"
Xi Qingxu, still expressionless, nodded. "Yes, the taste is not bad."
"Would you like to eat together?" Lu Chuqing invited him.
My comrades-in-arms who used to slurp snail rice noodles together! I'll try to recruit as many as I can.
Xi Qingxu met her eyes, which shimmered under the light, and replied softly, "Okay, let's eat together."
Lu Chuqing was overjoyed to have her first snail rice noodle revolutionary comrade after her rebirth. She grabbed the boy's arm and pushed him to sit down opposite her.
"You pick what you want to eat first, I'll get you another bowl!"
Xi Qingxu didn't move, watching her cheerful figure, which seemed like she was about to turn into a butterfly and fly away at any moment, and a rare feeling flashed through his heart.
Lu Chuqing took a bowl and pushed the large bowl towards the center. "Don't be shy, one serving isn't enough, we can eat something else later."
Without any hesitation, the girl started picking out noodles from her own bowl.
Seeing this, Xi Qingxu also used his chopsticks to put some food into his bowl. After watching Lu Chuqing eat, he followed suit.
A packet of snail rice noodles isn't much, and even though it was still very hot, the two of them finished it quickly.
When Lu Chuqing came back, she didn't check the refrigerator and didn't know what was in it. Seeing that the noodles were gone, she took a spoon and scooped up some soup to drink. "What did Uncle Xi leave for us to eat?"
Seeing this, Xi Qingxu also picked up a spoon, scooped two spoonfuls into the bowl, and tasted it.
It's both salty and spicy.
"The pork rib soup must have been leftovers from lunch."
Lu Chuqing wiped her mouth with a tissue. "We can make some noodles."
Upon hearing this, Xi Qingxu stood up, reached out to collect the bowl, and headed to the kitchen to make noodles.
Lu Chuqing followed behind, opened the refrigerator and scanned it. Only the half-pot of pork rib soup sealed with plastic wrap was hot enough to be heated and eaten directly.
But she had just eaten rice noodles and didn't want to eat soup noodles or anything like that.
After putting down the bowl, Xi Qingxu came over to pick up the pork rib soup. He was taller than Lu Chuqing, and he stretched out his arm to reach the pot of soup over the girl.
As Lu Chuqing was still thinking about what else to eat, a pale arm suddenly came into view.
Although the boy was thin, the muscles in his arms were firm, and the veins in his elbows were very visible when he exerted force.
"Move aside for a moment, I can't get the pot out," Xi Qingxu said to the girl in front of him, holding the pot in one hand.
Lu Chuqing, who was originally thinking about what else to eat, had her attention diverted by Xi Qingxu's arm.
She stared at the boy's slightly pale arms and wondered, "Doesn't this guy have any arm hair? How come his arm hair is almost the same as mine, a girl's?"
Hearing his words, she slowly came to her senses. Lu Chuqing held the pot in both hands and pushed it inside, saying, "Don't bother, I don't want to eat noodles."
Seeing the pot put back in its place, she turned around and met the gaze of Xi Qingxu looking over.
The two were in front of the refrigerator, and the distance between them was inevitably a bit close, but it was still barely acceptable for Lu Chuqing.
So she moved to the side, putting some distance between herself and Xi Qingxu, and said, "I want to go out and buy something to eat. If you want noodles, you can have some."
After saying that, she left the kitchen and walked towards the entrance.
Xi Qingxu followed her out, took the other key hanging on the wall, and said, "I'll go with you."
Seeing that the boy had already started changing his shoes, Lu Chuqing waited for him, "Okay."
Actually, she felt that Xi Qingxu was acting a bit strange today, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with her.
It just felt like... they seemed a bit easier to talk to.
The two left the house together, and just as they stepped out of the residential compound, Lu Chuqing suddenly realized that she had forgotten to bring her phone.
"Wait a minute, Xi Qingxu, I forgot my phone."
Ever since the day the boy said he didn't want her as his sister, she has never called him brother again.
The boy walking beside her stopped, looked at her, and said, "It's okay, I brought it."
Lu Chuqing breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, one of them had brought along.
But before she had gone far, Lu Chuqing remembered that President Xi Qingxu was doing part-time work. She didn't know how much money Xi Jun paid him, but she had a little savings and felt that the other party definitely didn't have as much money as she did, and she also felt that the other party was short of money.
She had originally planned to eat at a Taiwanese braised pork rice restaurant near her neighborhood. For her now, paying for a bowl of braised pork rice wouldn't be a problem. But for Xi Qingxu, the cost of the meal for two would be more than he earned from several hours of part-time work.
After thinking for a moment, she pulled the boy across the street when the light turned green. "I'll take you somewhere with lots of good food."
Xi Qingxu was being led by the arm by her, looking at the girl's upturned lips, and letting her lead him.
The place wasn't far; the two walked for about ten minutes and arrived at a night market food street.
The shouts of the vendors and the noise of the crowd blended together, creating a lively atmosphere.
Ever since Lu Ying's royalties were enough to support the two of them, the woman rarely bought her snacks and even limited the number of times she could eat them.
She would sometimes buy snacks from stalls near the school after school, but she ate very little at other times.
Now that she's arrived at the food street, Lu Chuqing feels as if she's in paradise.
She smiled happily, grabbed Xi Qingxu's hand, and squeezed into the crowd. "I'll hold your hand. There are too many people, so we won't get separated."
The boy let her pull him along, but when he felt the warm, unfamiliar body temperature coming from her hand, he began to feel strange again.
What a strange feel.
In a moment of blankness, he was bumped by a pedestrian who was stuffing stinky tofu into his mouth and hurriedly said sorry.
Lu Chuqing was looking around, considering what to buy to eat, and didn't notice the commotion behind her.
Xi Qingxu was pulled along, and then more pedestrians squeezed in. Before he could say anything, he followed Lu Chuqing away.
The girl looked around and stopped in front of a stall selling Fuding sliced meat. She saw that a small portion cost ten yuan and a large portion cost thirteen yuan.
She turned to the boy and asked, "I want to eat this, what about you?"
Xi Qingxu looked at her and said, "Same as you." He didn't even look at what they were selling.
"Okay, I'll have the small portion. Do you want to order the large portion? I'm worried you won't have enough to eat."
Having spent so much time together, she knew that Xi Qingxu had a big appetite. After all, he was a boy in his developmental stage, and he could eat three bowls of rice from the small rice bowl she used.
Xi Qingxu kept his gaze on her and said, "Just be the same as you."
"Alright then."
Since he had already said that, Lu Chuqing didn't say anything more and turned to the boss to order two small portions.
Then she turned to the boy and said, "You pay, I'm going to find a seat!"
"Mm." Xi Qingxu had just agreed when her hand was suddenly free, and the girl walked briskly to the few tables behind the stall.
These stalls have few seats, so the owner set up five small folding tables, one of which was empty but piled with disposable food containers.
Lu Chuqing hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the flower bed not far away. She was just thinking about moving the stool over there and eating by the flower bed when the boy who had paid came over.
Xi Qingxu followed her gaze to the messy little table, and without much hesitation, went over and started tidying up the things.
Seeing this, Lu Chuqing had no choice but to go over and offer her help. "I was thinking of moving the stools over to the flower bed so we can eat there later."
Just as the girl's slender white fingers were about to touch the lunchbox, her wrist was grabbed by a hand with prominent knuckles.
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