Chapter 31
Zhou Yu put down his schoolbag and took several deep breaths before coming out of the room, but he did not see Yao Yingmo at the dining table.
Only Shi Xuze sat there with his chin propped up, staring at the kitchen with an inexplicable smile on his face.
It's obvious that he has ulterior motives.
Zhou Yu's face immediately darkened.
Subconsciously clutching the corner of his clothes, Zhou Yu took a few deep breaths and deliberately quickened his pace as he walked towards the dining table.
Although it takes great courage to look a stranger in the eye, Zhou Yu still chose to pull out the chair opposite Shi Xuze and sit down.
In this way, his body just blocked Shi Xuze's sight, preventing him from looking in through the open kitchen door.
This way he couldn't keep staring at Yao Yingmo.
Shi Xuze's smile froze for a moment as his vision was suddenly blocked. He quickly recovered and raised a precise and beautiful smile, "Hello."
Shi Xuze did not receive a response.
Zhou Yu stared at him straight, his eyes full of gloom, and his body trembled slightly.
Shi Xuze felt creepy when he looked at him, and the smile on his face became more and more forced.
Before a cold sweat began to drip, he couldn't help but speak, "Mr. Zhou, can I call you that? Can you please say something? Stop staring at me like that. I'm getting scared. Also, if you're not feeling well, why don't you go get some rest? Or do you want me to find you some medicine? You're shaking all the time."
Zhou Yu continued to stare at him, his body shaking even more violently.
Shi Xuze touched his nose, not knowing what to do.
There was a sound of bowls and pans colliding in the kitchen, followed by a burst of fragrance that drifted around the two people who were confronting each other.
It's kimchi.
Shi Xuze found that Zhou Yu's trembling had stopped, so he tried to talk to Zhou Yu again.
This time he tried to bring up a safer topic, "Do you like kimchi?"
"Um."
Even though it was only one syllable, at least he was willing to speak. But why did Zhou Yu look at him with a more murderous look than before?
Is the aroma of kimchi a switch?
So if the smell of meat and corn comes out, will Zhou Yu change into a different state?
"You..." Shi Xuze was not sure what he should say at this moment to make the atmosphere less weird.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu didn't seem to want to pay much attention to him. He just kept looking at him, wanting to kill him with his eyes.
Shi Xuze was feeling very uneasy. Just when he was about to get up and find something to do to pretend to be busy, Zhou Yu suddenly spoke.
"You like my sister."
Shi Xuze had just raised half of his butt when he was frightened by these words and fell back onto the chair.
He hurriedly looked towards the kitchen, but found that his view was still blocked by Zhou Yu. He had no idea whether Yao Yingmo heard this sentence, nor did he have any way of knowing her reaction after hearing it.
He was really sweating now.
"You, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly." Shi Xuze decided to play dumb.
Zhou Yu saw his series of reactions and his expression became even worse.
Shi Xuze knew at a glance that he had answered incorrectly.
But what could he do? Should he admit it loudly so that Yao Yingmo could hear it?
That's impossible.
"It seems like you two really can't get along."
Yao Yingmo suddenly spoke, and the two people who were looking at each other silently were startled, then turned to look at Yao Yingmo.
Both of them looked well-behaved, completely different from the way they were glaring at each other before she spoke.
Yao Yingmo raised an eyebrow, "Everyone come and help serve the dishes."
At the dinner table, only Yao Yingmo spoke from time to time, and they would take whatever dish he asked them to take.
Shi Xuze wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhou Yu's expression, he shut up.
"Xiaoyu, please move the kimchi meat roll in front of you."
Yao Yingmo stood up and swapped the kimchi pork rolls with another sweet dish.
I don’t know what’s going on with these two people. When they were asked to serve the dishes, they didn’t even put their favorite dishes in front of me.
After the meal started, they became incredibly restrained and didn't dare to reach out to pick up the dishes placed in front of others.
Yao Yingmo couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he took the initiative to move the dishes.
Shi Xuze actually wanted to eat the kimchi pork rolls. The sour and spicy flavor kept rising up, making his mouth water. But he couldn't eat spicy food, so he had to avoid it.
He was enduring with great difficulty, and now he was greatly relieved to see the vegetables being moved away.
Zhou Yu saw this, snorted heavily, and said, "Picky eater."
After hearing these words, Yao Yingmo suddenly understood.
She seemed to know why Zhou Yu was so disgusted with Shi Xuze.
Zhou Yu particularly likes kimchi, especially the kimchi she pickles herself according to her grandmother's recipe.
The last time she packed lunch for Shi Xuze, she skipped the kimchi and braised pork and didn't give him any. When Zhou Yu was watching from the side, she was unhappy and disliked him for being picky about food.
I'm afraid Zhou Yu still remembers it now. When he served the dishes just now, he deliberately placed the kimchi meat rolls in front of Shi Xuze. He must have thought that as long as Shi Xuze tasted it, he would find it delicious.
Unexpectedly, Shi Xuze didn't even pick up a single piece of food with his chopsticks. Even when he didn't give her face, she took the initiative to move the dishes he didn't want to eat.
No wonder Zhou Yu was angry.
Yao Yingmo thought he had figured out Zhou Yu's entire plan, so he spoke to ease the situation, "Mr. Shi is a voice actor and needs to protect his voice, so he can't eat spicy food."
It's a professional obligation to avoid certain foods, not a lack of respect or ignorance. So don't be angry.
Zhou Yu said "Oh", stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a large piece of kimchi meat roll, and chewed it seriously, as if he was eating it specifically for Shi Xuze to see.
Shi Xuze followed Yao Yingmo's train of thought, so he also understood Zhou Yu's actions.
He couldn't hold back and chuckled, earning a vicious glare from Zhou Yu.
Shi Xuze explained: "I'm sorry, I just think that you really care about your sister and listen to her. You two siblings have a really good relationship."
"And your sister's cooking is really delicious. I love it. I actually wanted to eat kimchi meat rolls just now, but there's nothing I can do. I really can't eat it."
"Let me introduce myself again. I'm the voice actor Hu Guang. I'm currently recording the radio drama Man Tian Xing, adapted from Mr. Zhao He's novel. I play the male lead, Song Han. To ensure the best possible performance for the radio drama, I've been following a strict diet lately. I really can't eat kimchi. But after the recording is finished, if I have the chance, I'd really like to try it."
"I promise I'm a good person. You can search for me online. If I do anything bad that you dislike, you can post online to curse me."
"So, can we discuss this? You don't have to be so nervous about me, okay? I really wouldn't do anything bad to Mr. Zhao He. I've been a fan of Mr. Zhao He's books for many years. Even my fans know this."
Zhou Yu took another piece of kimchi meat roll. After Shi Xuze, who had said a lot but received no response, began to touch his nose and face, he said, "Oh."
Shi Xuze was stunned for three seconds. He had no idea what Zhou Yu meant.
"It's okay, let's eat."
Hearing the smile in Yao Yingmo's voice, Shi Xuze breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he should have passed.
After dinner, Shi Xuze washed the dishes and Zhou Yu wiped the table. The atmosphere was much better than before.
Yao Yingmo didn't force them to get along; after all, there weren't many people in the world Zhou Yu could talk to. Basically, as long as Zhou Yu didn't hide or tremble, they were considered compatible.
After they finished cleaning up, Yao Yingmo invited them to sit on the sofa in the living room. He handed each of them a bowl of fruit yogurt. "It's a dessert after dinner. No sugar added. Very healthy. Don't worry about it."
She searched online and found that sweets don't seem to be good for the throat and can easily cause phlegm, so today's dishes, even if they are sweet, rely entirely on the sweetness of the ingredients themselves, rather than adding sugar.
Shi Xuze: "Thank you, Mr. Zhaohe. I haven't had anything sweet for a while. I really miss it."
Yao Yingmo: "There's more after you finish eating, but you can only eat one more bowl. Eating too much is not good for you."
Shi Xuze: "I'm already very touched to be able to eat another bowl."
Zhou Yu snorted again, and Yao Yingmo looked at him, "Xiao Yu, do you want another bowl too?"
Zhou Yu: “…Yes.”
Yao Yingmo stood up and said, "Okay, another bowl each."
When they were eating the second bowl together, Yao Yingmo suddenly remembered that she still had something to tell Zhou Yu.
"By the way, Xiaoyu, if you want to come next week, you have to wait until Sunday. I'm going to a comic convention on Saturday to sign books, and I'm afraid it will be late. If you want to come on Saturday, you have to buy your own dinner and then use your key to open the door."
Zhou Yu nodded and suddenly asked, "Are you going with him?"
"Who?" Yao Yingmo was stunned for a moment before realizing that Zhou Yu was talking about Shi Xuze. "Yes, I will take a ride with Teacher Hu Guang and his studio, but we won't be together at the book signing."
She had already looked at the booth arrangement for the comic convention. At that time, she and Zhou Yu would be at the two ends of the venue, one in the south and one in the north.
This arrangement is not about the king not meeting the king, but the appeal of both of them is too terrifying. In order to maintain order, the organizers placed them at the farthest ends to avoid fans pushing and quarreling.
"I'll come over on Saturday night," Zhou Yu said.
Shi Xuze didn't know why Zhou Yu looked at him when he said this, but he added with a particularly eagerness to survive: "I don't know who will finish the book signing first that day, Mr. Zhao He or I. If our times are similar, we will return together. If Mr. Zhao He finishes early, I have also arranged a special driver."
This is what Yao Yingmo doesn't know.
Shi Xuze was always so careful and reliable in aspects other than his daily life, which made her feel incredible.
"Thank you, it's such a bother," she said.
Shi Xuze: "Sending women home safely is what we should do, and we can't just take you to the venue and not take you home. Don't worry on the day of the comic convention. We have rich experience in attending comic conventions and will definitely take good care of you. You just need to be prepared."
Yao Yingmo smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll rely on you."
Zhou Yu didn't comment. He silently picked up his phone, opened Weibo, searched for Hu Guang and the name of the comic exhibition, and followed both accounts.
So the follow list of a Weibo account that still had a preset avatar went from one to three.
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