“I see. However, did you know that I lost to you on purpose?”
“Huh?”
Han Xiao glanced at Su Shengjing from the corners of his eyes as if he were looking at a fool. “I did it so that you can obtain more food for your little cutie!”
Xiao Yang, who had only caught a few mudskippers, walked over to the two of them. He laughed and chimed in on the topic. “What a coincidence! I thought the same. Shengjing, it’s not that I’m unable to catch any mudskippers. I simply lost to you on purpose like him.”
Han Xiao scoffed. “Really? Isn’t it that since you’re a pianist, you want to take good care of those delicate hands. Can you even bear to immerse your hands in the mud for a long time?”
Xiao Yang rolled his eyes at him and rebuked, “Why must you expose me? Can’t you show some consideration for my pride?”
Su Shengjing’s lips twitched. “Thank you so much.”
Han Xiao patted his shoulder and reminded him. “Remember to bring your daughter to my place for dinner tonight. If you don’t come, I’ll personally go over to your house and bring your daughter away.”
“Hah! Then, you should ask her if she’s willing to go with you.”
The image of these three handsome, hot men standing together looked extremely pleasing to the eye. The audience had a blast watching them. It was especially so for those fujoshis fans who kept exclaiming that they were overwhelmed with excitement.
At night, Su Shengjing brought Su Jiu to Han Xiao’s house for dinner as promised. He used the chicken, which was his reward for catching the most mudskippers in the afternoon, and cooked a bowl of chicken soup.
The two fathers poured a bowl of soup each for their children. Han Siye moved the large chicken drumstick inside his bowl to Su Jiu’s. “Little Jiu, this chicken drumstick is for you.”
Han Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked his son, “Don’t you like to eat that the most?”
Han Siye immediately got embarrassed. His ears turned beet-red, and he defiantly replied, “Who said that I like them the most? I hate chicken drumsticks the most!”
“Then, why are you giving Little Jiu something you despise?”
“I…” Han Siye was stumped; he was at a loss for words.
Su Jiu quickly diffused the awkward atmosphere. She looked at Han Xiao, who had an amused grin spread across his cheeks, and exclaimed, “Uncle, I like chicken drumsticks very much. Thank you, Big Brother Siye!”
Han Siye immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Little Jiu’s so nice! She defended me again.
Hence, he picked up another chicken drumstick from his bowl and placed it into Su Jiu’s. “Little Jiu, you should eat more so that you can grow taller.”
Han Xiao was speechless.
This kid is amazing. He only has eyes for pretty girls. He doesn’t even care about his dear father anymore.
On the other hand, Su Shengjing felt a bit upset. This little rascal is really good at picking up girls, huh? I wonder who he learned this from. How annoying!
When the audience noticed the fathers’ expressions, they laughed out loud.
“Han Xiao is really pitiful. His son can’t even be bothered about him anymore.”
“Han Xiao: Today is another day of being neglected by my son.”
“Han Xiao, if you make Little Jiu your daughter-in-law, your son might spare a second glance at you!”
“Su Shengjing looks so exasperated! Hahahaha! He must feel so helpless that his daughter is being pursued by so many people.”
Despite such comments, many of Han Xiao’s fans warned Han Xiao against getting too close to Su Shengjing. They were afraid that Su Shengjing would be a negative influence on him. Therefore, they said Han Xiao should stay away as far as possible from trash like Su Shengjing to not dirty himself.
However, to their surprise, these fans saw that Han Xiao was getting along well with Su Shengjing. It made them mad with fury. They left comments on the production crew’s social media accounts, asking them to separate Su Shengjing and Han Xiao.
Why should a bastard like him take advantage of my idol’s popularity?
People even ship his daughter with Han Xiao’s son! That’s disgusting!
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After dinner, Su Shengjing rejected Han Xiao’s offer to stay at their house. Instead, he walked back while carrying Su Jiu.
As it was already dark, he walked very carefully, afraid of dropping Su Jiu.
Halfway on the path, he suddenly remembered something.