Chapter 171 I've given up Japanese food
Si Jingxu's tired, lazy voice, and his four light, airy words.
Every word felt like stepping on Qin Nianke's numb nerves.
She hadn't thought to close her mouth yet, looking at Yan Buyu with her face flushed and full of shyness.
Then look at Si Jingxu, who looks dashing, debonair, and smug.
His body went limp, and he slid from his seat to the floor, landing on his knees.
"Nianke!" Yan Buyu was startled and quickly got up to help her across the way, brushing the dirt off her knees. "Did you hurt yourself?"
Qin Nian ignored the pain in her knees, her knuckles turning white as she gripped Yan Buyu's arm.
She stared at Si Jingxu, leaning towards Yan Buyu, and asked in a trembling voice, "Is he your boyfriend?"
"You have a problem with that?" Si Jingxu glanced at her, then frowned. "Let go!"
Qin Nianke immediately let go of her hand, shaking her head like a rattle drum, "No objection, no objection, it's great, it's great."
"Speak properly." Yan Buyu turned to look at Si Jingxu, slightly displeased. "What did you say before?"
Qin Nianke looked panicked and covered Yan Buyu's mouth, whispering, "Sister, I know you mean well, but I want you to live well. I'm fine, I'm fine."
"Qin Nianke, have you lost your mind?" Si Jingxu stood up and rescued Yan Buyu from her clutches.
He gently held her wrist and looked closely at the red marks left by Qin Nianke's big claws.
She lifted her chin and looked her over from side to side; Qin Nianke had pinched her fair and tender face until it was marked with red marks.
"Okay, I'm fine," Yan Buyu brushed Si Jingxu's hand away and held it in her own. "You promised me you'd be alright, does that mean it doesn't count?"
Si Jingxu raised an eyebrow. "What I promised you, will always stand."
Qin Nianke suddenly walked to Si Jingxu's side as if she had been electrocuted, and poked his arm.
He muttered to himself, "Are you Si Jingxu? Are you a masked demon? Possessed by someone? How can you talk like that? It must be fake."
Si Jingxu gritted his teeth and swallowed the words that were about to come out.
Looking down at Yan Buyu, she said in a wronged tone, "She was asking for trouble first."
Yan Buyu suppressed a laugh, pulled Qin Nianke's hand down, and led her to a seat next to him, where they sat side by side.
“Nianke, calm down. I was afraid of scaring you, so I wanted to lay the groundwork before I spoke,” she said softly, with a hint of guilt, “but the way you are today…”
"I'm fucking asking for death." Qin Nianke finally found her voice, put her hands on her head and buried her face in the table. "It's over, it's over, my family's business is going to fail, my family will have no income, I'm going to drop out of school and go to work."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yan Buyu patted her back lightly. "I told you before that your cousin is easy to talk to, he's not that petty."
Qin Nianke looked up abruptly, opening her mouth to complain, but then caught a glimpse of Si Jingxu's cold gaze from the corner of her eye, and changed her words accordingly, "Yes, yes, my cousin is very generous."
"That's right. Besides, we agreed that we wouldn't treat you like a cousin, but like a girlfriend's best friend. That way, he'll be very polite to you."
That makes sense.
Qin Nianke's battered heart found some solace.
"Shall we go over?" Yan Buyu rubbed her face. "My dear sister, how about I let my boyfriend treat you to a meal?"
"Eat." Qin Nianke had a look on her face as if she were bravely going to her execution.
Si Jingxu was too lazy to bother Qin Nianke.
His main task today was to have dinner with his girlfriend.
"What do you want to eat?" Si Jingxu pulled Yan Buyu's chair to his side, turned to the side, and put his hand on the back of her chair, as if he were holding her in his arms.
"Hey, if Young Master Si condescends to eat at our school cafeteria, the choice of what to eat is still yours."
Si Jingxu liked her playful and cute demeanor, and moved a little closer to her. "I've never been here before, so I don't know what's good to eat. Why don't you give me some recommendations, Miss?"
"How about we have the clay pot noodles we always eat? The auntie there is a clean freak and has OCD. She wipes the stove so clean you could use it as a mirror every day. The ingredients are bought by the uncle himself, so they are fresh and hygienic, and the taste is really good."
I haven't eaten it all summer, and I'm really craving it.
Qin Nianke watched like she was watching an idol drama. At this point, she gently raised one hand and said, "Isn't that too cheap? My cousin... probably won't be used to it."
A clay pot rice noodle dish for three people would cost at most one hundred yuan.
Her cousin... well, let's not even talk about him. A meal costing a million is common for him.
Si Jingxu's annoyance with her was not without reason.
The couple was having a nice discussion, like they were flirting, when she suddenly said something that ruined the mood.
"She can eat it but I can't?" Si Jingxu glanced at Qin Nianke.
Qin Nianke shut her mouth.
Yan Buyu paused slightly, "That's right, we can't have hot pot noodles. It's the first time you've treated my good friend to a meal, we can't be so perfunctory, we have to eat something expensive."
Si Jingxu smiled and said, "Yes, I'll eat whatever's expensive, no matter how expensive."
Qin Nianke felt that the world had truly become surreal.
Her cousin is surprisingly gentle.
Yan Buyu rested his chin on his hand, pondering what Qin Nian liked to eat, while also considering the time and distance.
Si Jingxu propped his head up with one hand, a smile on his lips, his eyes glued to her.
Qin Nianke sat upright, looking at this person and that person.
“Let’s go eat Japanese food, the one two streets away,” Yan Buyu asked Qin Nianke. “Don’t you like the waiters there?”
Qin Nianke was about to say yes.
Si Jingxu, who hadn't spoken before, finally asked, "Waiter? Is he handsome?"
“He’s handsome,” Yan Buyu nodded honestly, unaware of the problem. “Some of them are college students working part-time.”
Si Jingxu remained nonchalant, gently tugging at a strand of her hair. "The Japanese restaurants outside all serve frozen, semi-finished products. They're not fresh and can easily upset your stomach. You have a sensitive stomach, so why don't you eat something warm, Qin Nianke?"
The person whose name was called nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, yes, it's not hygienic or fresh. Let's eat at the Cantonese restaurant next to the Japanese restaurant. There are more female waitresses there, and they don't hire college students part-time."
This time they reacted quickly.
"Huh? It's okay to eat it once in a while, you don't do it every time."
"Shut up!" Qin Nianke shouted, interrupting, "I'm giving up Japanese food."
Silence: ...
Si Jingxu took Yan Buyu's hand and walked out. "How about you eat Japanese food tomorrow? The salmon is air-freighted in, guaranteed to be fresh."
"Can Nian come?"
"She gave up Japanese food."
"Then I won't eat it either. I don't really like raw food. I'd rather go home and eat Aunt Jiang's steamed fish."
"Can I come? I haven't had steamed fish in ages."
Qin Nianke followed behind the two, still completely bewildered.
Her best sister, her most innocent and kind friend.
She actually got together with her inhuman, cruel, and cold-blooded cousin!
This world has truly gone mad.
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