Yin Shixiu looked at her blank face, not understanding why this innocent look often annoyed people.
"I’m thirty-two, but—"
"That’s the point! You scared me!" Su Xiaomeng shook off Yin Shixiu’s hand, rubbed her arm, and rolled her eyes at him, "I’m only nineteen! You’re more than a dozen years older than me. Who else should I call uncle?"
Yin Shixiu squinted his eyes slightly.
"Why... why are you looking at me like that?"
Su Xiaomeng felt a chill on her back and instinctively stepped backward, only to find that when she retreated half a step, he advanced a step!
"Don’t... don’t come closer!" Su Xiaomeng reached out to push him, but Yin Shixiu glanced at her lightly, bypassed her shoulder, and picked up the bowl of noodles from the kitchen counter.
"This bowl is mine."
Su Xiaomeng blinked, watching Yin Shixiu brazenly walk off with the noodles, unable to say a word!
How could he act like this?!
Although she wanted to defiantly retreat to her room and slam the door, her stomach was growling insistently, making it hard to ignore.
A quarter of an hour later, she came out with another bowl of noodles, glared at Yin Shixiu fiercely, and was ready to sneak into her room to eat.
"Sit here, let’s chat for a bit."
Yin Shixiu pointed to the chair opposite him.
Su Xiaomeng groaned internally, chat? What could they chat about! Could she not even eat in peace?
She sat down heavily, full of resentment, and spoke curtly, "What do you want to talk about?"
"You dislike me?"
"A bit..." Su Xiaomeng mumbled.
"Because of that night?"
"More than that..." She took a big bite of the noodles wrapped in hot sauce and muttered two words.
"What else?"
Yin Shixiu picked up the remaining poached egg from his bowl and placed it in hers.
Su Xiaomeng paused for a moment, then snorted, "Giving me poached eggs won’t win me over, there are plenty of things to dislike about you..."
"I don’t like poached eggs."
"..." Su Xiaomeng’s hand shook twice, then she exploded, "That’s exactly the kind of thing that’s annoying! You give me your unwanted food, am I a trash can?! Why do I have to eat what you don’t want?!"
"You fried it. I thought you might like it, and... not wasting food is a good habit, something young seedlings of our nation should understand, right?"
"..." Su Xiaomeng was so angry her face turned red. She threw down her chopsticks forcefully, "Stupid old man! I don’t want to talk to you! I just hate you!"
Not only did he take advantage of her, but he also constantly opposed her. Nothing ever went smoothly when she encountered him! He threatened and tempted her! Tempt? Not yet... but there would definitely be temptations in the future, she could guarantee! The thousand-year-old demon always bullied her, the nation’s young seedling!
"What can I do?" Yin Shixiu looked at her, and said calmly, "I quite like you."
Su Xiaomeng’s eyebrows furrowed, forming an eight-shape as she met his eagle-like gaze, stared for two seconds, then relaxed her brows and unclenched her arms, sat back down, picked up the chopsticks she had slammed on the table, and continued eating the noodles.
Yin Shixiu was somewhat confused. Being thirty-two wasn’t considered old, but he had plenty of experience, having seen many different types of people. Usually, he could predict people’s psychology from their actions and expressions with uncanny accuracy.
But Su Xiaomeng’s reaction... Yin Shixiu truly couldn’t comprehend.
"Just this reaction?"
Yin Shixiu remained silent for a moment, then casually asked a question, and took a sip of tea.
"What kind of reaction do you want?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at him with a face full of confusion, making Yin Shixiu unsure of how to respond.