Xu Musen came to Zhu Yulan with a family bucket in his arms, "I'll taste it first to check the saltiness for you."
As he spoke, he reached for the big chicken drumstick inside.
"Don't even think about it!"
Zhu Yulan unceremoniously snatched away the fried chicken leg that was in there.
"Hiss... hot, hot, hot..."
Zhu Yulan's fingers loosened their grip on the chicken leg, which had turned her fair fingers red from the heat.
"Anxiousness doesn't pay off when eating hot chicken legs, serves you right."
Xu Musen took pleasure in her misfortune.
Zhu Yulan shot him a glance and grabbed the iced coke from his hand, placing her fingers on the cup to cool them down.
She even spat on the chicken leg twice.
"Try to snatch it from me now!"
Her behavior was just like that of a petulant child.
But that had no effect on Xu Musen, pretty girls' saliva was just like a perfect lemon fragrance, wasn't it?
"In the past, my dog Da Huang also liked this way of marking territory and food."
Xu Musen said with a laugh.
Zhu Yulan didn't react at first; it took a few seconds before she got the hint, her pretty face blushing with embarrassment, and she kicked him under the table, "You're the dog!"
Xu Musen just laughed and took a bite from a chicken wing.
Fried chicken, though it's not healthy, these fried foods are just too satisfying to eat occasionally.
"You've been quite busy with work lately; you should still pay attention to your meals. Health is the real wealth."
Xu Musen advised earnestly, noticing this seems to be a common issue among strong-willed women.
They always forget to eat when they get busy.
Liu Rushuang and Yao Mingyue were also like that.
"I can't afford to be idle; I still have someone's rent to pay."
"Do you still plan to stay in that little room?" Xu Musen remembered that Zhu Yulan seemed to still be going back to the tiny room in the milk tea shop at Huhai University every day to rest.
Zhu Yulan's eyes flickered as she looked at Xu Musen, "Is Boss Xu planning to kick me out?"
"That's not it, but now that you have money, you should find a more comfortable and bigger room. That small room is just too cramped."
Xu Musen shook his head, certain that this young lady must have grown tired of living in such a confined space every day.
Zhu Yulan held her iced coke, her gaze lingering on Xu Musen for a while before the corners of her mouth curved slightly, "That's right, doesn't your house still have a spare room? Maybe I should move in and live there?"
Xu Musen paused his chicken wing eating, thinking that his house was already quite lively, with An Nuannuan, Yao Mingyue, his younger aunt, and Bai Xin frequently stopping by.
And if Zhu Yulan moved in too...
That would really be a case of three women and one drama.
Zhu Yulan watched Xu Musen's slightly dazed expression, her feet nervously fidgeting under the table.
Ah, why did she suddenly blurt that out...
But seeing Xu Musen's expression, her first thought was not rejection. Should she interpret this as a man's basic instinct, or that he doesn't object?
Xu Musen chewed on his chicken wing without speaking, but the girl in front of him was going through a mental battle.
"It's not impossible."
It was Zhu Yulan's turn to be surprised.
"I've thought about it, and right now at home with Ming Yue who's ill and needs care, and with Nuannuan needing someone to serve her, we could use a housekeeper. Why doesn't Boss Zhu come and experience life with us?"
Xu Musen extended the invitation seriously.
Zhu Yulan felt a burst of frustration, her chest heaving as if it might explode. Just like boys felt annoyed...
The blush that spread across her face, she couldn't tell whether it was out of anger or the embarrassment from her presumptuousness earlier.
Xu Musen chuckled to himself, you little brat, do you really think you can flirt like that?
"Okay! I'll be a housekeeper as long as you pay me a salary."
Zhu Yulan crisply replied, her almond eyes sparkling, as if both were stubbornly refusing to back down in what seemed like a spiteful contest.
Xu Musen truly hadn't anticipated that. He looked at the girl with her ears reddening but her bright eyes shining.
For some reason, he felt a twinge around his waist.
"Cough, I'm kidding. Having a young lady like you be a housekeeper, if your family found out, they would skin me alive. Besides, I couldn't afford to pay such a high salary."
Xu Musen tried to change the subject.
But at this moment, Zhu Yulan seemed to find her own rhythm, holding her cheeks and leaning slightly closer to Xu Musen.
"My family can't control my matters, and I don't need any salary. Just save a bowl for me when you make food for your little girlfriend and childhood sweetheart every day. It's a good deal, isn't it?"
Zhu Yulan spoke with a cunning smile typical of young girls, yet her feet were nervously intertwined under the table, the softness of her ears almost unable to block the slipping of her hair.
These words were already very bold for her.
Her almond eyes were exceptionally bright, and at that moment, she was not a daughter from a prominent family, but more like a timid, willful deer in the forest that had fallen for a tiger, bravely taking a step forward now!
Stretching her neck, she proactively offered herself to the mouth of the tiger.
Xu Musen could already smell the faint scent of the girl, her mouth slightly open, lips red, teeth white, and the tender little tongue nervously grazing against her teeth.
Looking at her, Xu Musen suddenly smiled.