“Okay, eat it.” Liang Sheng handed over the oden topped with red chili oil. Sizzle—this thing looks deathly spicy at first glance!
Liang Sheng was especially considerate, telling Zhen Zhu: “See? It’s super spicy, you’d better not eat it. I’ll swap it for the clear broth one for you. If I got you, my Zhen Zhu, all spiced up, I couldn’t handle the responsibility!”
Zhen Zhu ignored her completely, taking the oden Liang Sheng bought for her and shoving a big bite into her mouth without a second thought.
Wah~ Absolutely refreshing! Suddenly, Zhen Zhu didn’t feel like being mad at the old hag sitting next to her anymore. She even thought she was pretty nice.
“Huh? It’s really not spicy?” Liang Sheng stared in shock. Or did the oden vendor give this little loli just plain water?
“What are you looking at!” Zhen Zhu grumbled awkwardly. This old hag must be drooling over the oden in her hand, right?
“Here! Have a piece.” Zhen Zhu awkwardly held out a cuttlefish ball toward Liang Sheng.
“Ah~” Liang Sheng opened her mouth wide and leaned in, seemingly signaling for Zhen Zhu to feed her.
“You, you…” She can eat it herself. Little loli Zhen Zhu didn’t say it out loud. Feeding her seemed like a pretty nice treat, actually.
“Humph~” Zhen Zhu carefully placed the cuttlefish ball at Liang Sheng’s lips, worried the skewer might poke her.
“Ahm!” Liang Sheng’s big mouth was like a three-bedroom apartment, swallowing the entire cuttlefish ball in one go.
“Mm-mmm~” Liang Sheng was happily chewing what she thought was delicious oden.
“Urgh…” Liang Sheng’s face suddenly turned weird, looking like she was constipated.
“Ah!” She opened her mouth like she was about to sneeze, wide enough to see down her throat. “Mouth—aaaah! So spicy, so spicy, so spicy! Water! Water! Water!”
At first, Liang Sheng tried to hold it in, not wanting to embarrass herself in front of a kid. But this ball was way too spicy!
Seeing Liang Sheng’s hilarious face, Zhen Zhu burst out laughing while frantically searching for water for her.
Where was any water? Zhen Zhu rummaged around and only found her own half-empty bottle of mineral water—she’d already drunk half of it.
“Give it here!” Liang Sheng couldn’t care less anymore. She snatched the mineral water bottle from Zhen Zhu’s hand, twisted off the cap, and gulped-gulp chugged it down.
“Hey! Old hag!” Zhen Zhu tried to grab it back, but seeing Liang Sheng’s lips already on the bottle mouth, she gave up and could only yell, “That’s… that’s water I’ve already drunk from…”
Wait! Water she’s drunk from! Zhen Zhu’s head slowly turned toward Liang Sheng, seeing the person drinking it so contentedly.
“Ah!!” She let out a sharp scream and whipped her head back.
“Pfft-cough cough!!!” Liang Sheng was so startled by the yell that she spat out the water, choking so hard she nearly coughed up a lung.
Liang Sheng wiped her mouth and complained, “What was that for, cough cough cough, scaring me like that, cough cough cough, look, you made me choke this bad.”
“Don’t you know? That’s… that’s water I’ve already drunk from… If you drink it too, then that, that’s… in, indirect!” Zhen Zhu couldn’t bring herself to say it—it was too embarrassing.
“Indirect kiss?” Liang Sheng tilted her head and leaned close to the back of Zhen Zhu’s head.
“Who with you!!” Zhen Zhu exploded in rage, whipping around so her nose tip bumped right into Liang Sheng’s nose tip. Then they sprang apart instantly.
“Aaaaaah!” Zhen Zhu covered her nose. It was really close just now!
Liang Sheng was also startled, her body leaning backward. Of course, she was frightened by this little loli’s scream, not embarrassed.
“What are you doing? Every day like this—can’t you stop being so jumpy all the time!” Liang Sheng touched the tip of her nose; Zhen Zhu had rubbed it just now, leaving it a bit itchy.
“Who, who told you to do that so suddenly!” Zhen Zhu choked, and after a long pause, she finally said: “Who told you to suddenly lean in so close to me? I turned around and bumped right into your nose—so, so disgusting!”
Huh? This is my fault too? Really, every time it’s like this, boo-hoo.
Suddenly, the two of them fell silent again, each eating their own oden minding their own business.
Just now, this old hag… looks… kinda pretty good-looking, huh. Such a thought suddenly floated into Zhen Zhu’s mind. Ehhh!! Zhen Zhu started waving her hands around, trying to quickly shoo this weird thought out of her head.
“Ding~” Favorability increases.
“Zhen Zhu’s Favorability Toward Liang Sheng: 83”
Cough cough cough, actually, this old hag is pretty good-looking. But! Can’t tell her. Zhen Zhu awkwardly sips the oden in her hand.
Aiya, this kid, what’s wrong? Liang Sheng stood silently to the side, lowering her head to watch this strangely behaving bear child. Just now, she was over there doing weird movements, flailing her arms like a total idiot.
“Are you sick or something?” Liang Sheng raised her hand and covered Zhen Zhu’s forehead. “Got a fever? Or what’s going on?”
Zhen Zhu swatted Liang Sheng’s hand away. “It’s nothing, don’t worry about me.”
After saying that, she continued eating.
Sigh, what’s she up to now? Liang Sheng pouted, utterly speechless. Whatever, too lazy to deal with her. Watching the kid all day had worn her out.
Liang Sheng finished her oden first and began waiting for Zhen Zhu.
Zhen Zhu had originally wanted to eat slowly, but under Liang Sheng’s gaze, she got goosebumps. “What? Staring at me like that? Stop looking at me like some creep!”
“The hell? I just want you to hurry up and eat. I’m exhausted and dying to go home.” Liang Sheng rolled her eyes and ruffled the little one’s head.
Fine, this time she’ll listen. Zhen Zhu sneaked a glance at Liang Sheng and could tell—the old hag really looked beat. She’d worked so hard today~
Zhen Zhu knew it deep down; she had a bad temper. It was nice having someone who could mess around with her like this.
“Ding~” Favorability increased.
“Zhen Zhu’s Favorability Toward Liang Sheng: 88”
“You’re right, Liang Sheng!” Zhen Zhu suddenly looked up, a smile on her lips, a bit of red oil still stuck to her face.
Why’d she suddenly call her Liang Sheng instead of old hag? Liang Sheng was puzzled, even feeling a chill.
“I think the person who’ll be with me in the future might not be Brother Su Ze… it could be someone else.”
“And~ there’s no such thing as eternal love anyway~” This kid was spouting some pretty adult words. “Most of them end on good terms, right? Don’t worry, Liang Sheng.”
In that moment, Liang Sheng just found the child adorable and couldn’t resist pinching her little cheek. “That’s my good girl~”
This time, Zhen Zhu didn’t stop Liang Sheng. Instead, she said something shocking.
