The chicken feet might not have been delicious to gnaw on, but he still gnawed away at them.
This was his hard work after all.
If he didn’t eat them, it would just benefit those two.
He found those two particularly displeasing to look at now.
Li Yifa, the ingrate.
The one he cared for ran off to fawn over Su Yinhe.
Su Yinhe, wailing... stealing his thunder.
Even though Su Yinhe wasn’t actively stealing anything, she was passively receiving it, Lin Murong still found her displeasing.
He felt utterly miserable, thinking he should eat more to compensate himself.
Although Su Yinhe had tasked Lin Murong with making Lemon Boneless Chicken Feet, she didn’t eat much herself, having only a few before losing her appetite and leaving the rest for Lin Murong and Li Yifa.
Winter was for sleeping.
Summer was for sleeping under the air conditioning, with an aircon blanket.
Having eaten her fill, Su Yinhe went off to sleep.
Leaving Lin Murong and Li Yifa exchanging glances.
The two of them made eye contact, then lowered their heads, picking up the pace of gnawing on the chicken feet.
Lin Murong thought he was already fast, believing his eating speed to be unrivaled.
But damn it, why was Li Yifa’s eating speed almost matching his.
Lin Murong regretted it again.
He shouldn’t have arbitrarily picked up someone.
He’d picked up a calamity.
Seeing Li Yifa eating voraciously, Lin Murong nodded to himself, no doubt about it, a real calamity.
The two gnawed for a while until all the chicken feet were gone.
Then they collapsed together on the sofa.
Bones they’d gnawed on piled into a small mountain on the table.
Lying on the sofa, Lin Murong let out an unashamed belch.
"Hey, go clean up," he said, lightly kicking Li Yifa’s calf with his foot.
Lin Murong dared not kick too hard.
Li Yifa was skinny and small, with calves thinner than his arms.
He was afraid he might accidentally break Li Yifa’s leg.
Su Yinhe would never let him hear the end of it.
Just the thought of Su Yinhe scolding someone sent shivers down Lin Murong’s spine.
Fierce, way too fierce.
Only Chi Yan would like that, able to handle it.
Li Yifa wasn’t lazy, even though he was full and didn’t feel like moving, preferring to laze around.
But once Lin Murong spoke up, he got right up to clean.
Lin Murong, watching Li Yifa’s busy figure, nodded with satisfaction.
Not bad, quite diligent.
After trying the boneless chicken feet, Lin Murong suddenly wanted to experiment with something else.
Like, Sprite Instant Noodles.
He attempted to add Sprite to the instant noodles, creating Sprite Instant Noodles.
The noodles were greasy, the Sprite refreshing.
Genuinely disgusting.
Lin Murong almost vomited after one bite.
But he still forced down the nausea and swallowed it.
He only had one bite of the Sprite Instant Noodles he’d made, leaving the rest for Li Yifa.
Food shouldn’t go to waste, Lin Murong used to eat everything up, no matter how bad it tasted.
But not anymore, now that he had a little rice bucket, Li Yifa, let the little rice bucket eat it.
Why call Li Yifa a little rice bucket?
Because Lin Murong realized, Li Yifa could really eat.
Of course, he couldn’t compare to him.
But Li Yifa’s appetite exceeded the combined appetites of Su Yinhe and Chi Yan by three times.
Hence, Li Yifa earned the nickname ’little rice bucket’ while staying with him.
Li Yifa didn’t mind the weird taste of Sprite Instant Noodles and finished it all in one go.
He licked every last drop of juice clean from his bowl.
Lin Murong watched him lick the bowl so clean and felt a little guilty.
He ended up giving Li Yifa a lot of extra snacks, considering it compensation.
"Thank you, Brother Lin," Li Yifa was very touched.
Seeing his touched expression, Lin Murong suddenly asked, "Li Yifa, do you think I’m good or is the boss good?"
"The boss," Li Yifa replied without a second thought.
Lin Murong successfully turned his face black.
Boss boss, it’s always about the boss all day long.
Originally, he planned to give some snacks to Li Yifa, but Li Yifa’s answer left him very dissatisfied.
He decided, no, he wouldn’t.
Let Li Yifa’s nice boss give it to him.
He wanted to see if Su Yinhe would give anything.
As if Su Yinhe was as nice as him.
Lin Murong stormed off in a huff.
Li Yifa watched Lin Murong go, a little dumbfounded.
What had he done to make Brother Lin angry again?
After thinking for a while and not coming up with an answer, he put it out of his mind.
Anyway, Brother Lin was angry all the time; he was used to it.
Brother Lin would get over it on his own.
He didn’t need to worry about it.
Once Li Yifa was feeling a bit better, he started to work very proactively.
The shelves in the supermarket were squeaky clean, but he still insisted on wiping them down a few more times.
They were polished to a shine.
Watching Li Yifa busily at work, Lin Murong commented with a sigh.
"He’s really diligent."
"Yeah, compared to someone, he’s way more diligent," Su Yinhe glanced at him.
Lin Murong felt a chill down his spine.
"I...he...his diligence is completely pointless; those shelves were already clean, and wiping them down any further is useless. Useless diligence isn’t diligence," Lin Murong originally wanted to continue praising him, but after Su Yinhe’s comment, he ended up criticizing instead.
"It’s useful, at least it makes me happy," Su Yinhe said with a smile.
"You happy...um...no, why are you happy?" Lin Murong didn’t understand what made her happy.
"I’m just happy. I’ve decided to reward him," Su Yinhe said. She didn’t need his understanding; after all, she was the boss.
The boss can be capricious.
"What kind of reward?" Lin Murong was quite curious.
"The boss’s loving praise," Su Yinhe said with an inscrutable face, eventually throwing out six words that left Lin Murong somewhat baffled.
What good is the boss’s loving praise? Does it have any value?
As it turned out, the boss’s loving praise was indeed valuable.
Su Yinhe gave Li Yifa a hearty commendation, and his eyes shone with excitement and a strange light. He ended up more motivated than ever, as if infused with chicken blood.
It really was effective.
Lin Murong cursed inwardly.
Not normal, Su Yinhe’s not normal, and Li Yifa, this little brat, is not normal either.
Both of them are not normal.
It made him, the only normal one, seem out of place.
Lin Murong sighed heavily.
Being the only normal person among a bunch of abnormal ones is so tiring.
Tiring to the heart, tiring to the body.
After receiving praise from his benefactor Su Yinhe, Li Yifa became very happy, so happy that he ate two extra bowls of rice.
And that resulted in Lin Murong being unhappy.
He cooked the rice in exact portions.
Now that Li Yifa ate two extra bowls, that meant he had two less bowls to eat.
The smile moved from Lin Murong’s face to Li Yifa’s.
Lin Murong turned emo again.
Faced with Lin Murong’s resentful expression, Su Yinhe chose to ignore it.