He chewed twice before swallowing, and had just opened his mouth to say, "Good..."
He hadn’t finished the word "eat" before the spiciness turned his complexion red hot. He hardly ever touched chili peppers and naturally couldn’t handle the mala crayfish, which was reputed to be better the spicier it got.
He immediately grabbed his cup and took a big gulp of water to ease the burn.
Yu Zexiao, already annoyed that Jian Anning had peeled a shrimp for him, immediately scoffed, "Wow, that’s what you get for gobbling without chewing properly!"
The expressions of everyone at the table became quite subtle at that moment.
Except for Hong Minjun, everyone else knew that Yu Zexiao and Situ Xuan did not get along. But since neither was someone they could afford to offend, she could only smile and say, "Mr. Situ, please don’t mind, Zexiao didn’t mean it that way."
Even if he did mean it that way, Hong Minjun would still have to blatantly lie with her eyes wide open.
Hong Minjun also shot Jian Anning a look, implying that she should make an effort to ease the tension between Yu Zexiao and Situ Xuan.
Actually, Jian Anning also felt that what Yu Zexiao had just said was a bit too much, but given that Yu Zexiao had clearly expressed his dislike for Situ Xuan, she, as Yu Zexiao’s girlfriend, didn’t want to get overly friendly with him either. Peeling the shrimp for him just now was purely to return the favor.
However, with Hong Minjun giving her encouraging looks, she felt a bit more confident and turned to look at Situ Xuan, "William, are you alright?"
With just a few simple words, Situ Xuan recovered and immediately smiled, "I’m fine."
He added, "I’m just not used to spicy food. But the crayfish really tastes great."
Seeing Jian Anning comforting Situ Xuan, Yu Zexiao felt extremely displeased and said in a strange tone, "If you can’t handle spicy, then don’t eat it!"
"Because it was personally peeled by you," Situ Xuan replied, looking earnestly at Jian Anning, his face filled with smiles.
Yu Zexiao immediately felt uncomfortable.
Jiang Xuanqi, who could only sit by the door and certainly knew of Yu Zexiao’s interest in Jian Anning and his dislike for Situ Xuan and Nie Anni, all the more deliberately said with a laugh, "Wow, Zexiao and Anni, Assistant Jian and Mr. Situ, you’re like two pairs of perfect golden boys and girls!"
Yu Zexiao immediately snapped, "Are you blind? Me and her?"
He pointed at himself and Nie Anni, then glared furiously at the man beside him who had been attentively courting Jian Anning all the while.
Nie Anni also nodded, "Right, I could never fancy a man who is so petty."
Yu Zexiao got even angrier, "Who are you calling petty?"
Nie Anni merely shrugged her shoulders and let her gaze drift, landing lightly on Situ Xuan as she said indifferently, "Look at how he treats his girlfriend, and then look at you?"
In the midst of the conversation, Yu Zexiao saw Situ Xuan peeling another crayfish for Jian Anning.
Yu Zexiao was immediately enraged, and without another word, put on gloves, stood up swiftly, and under the astonished gazes of everyone at the table, scooped out every single crayfish from the plate in front of him, piling them onto his own plate!
With no crayfish left, let’s see how you can perform your attentive courting!
Humph, it’s just peeling crayfish, isn’t it? I can do that too! I can peel them for my own girlfriend, no need for your fake kindness!!
Afterward, everyone at the table watched as he pursed his lips, furrowed his brow, and wrestled with the crayfish, one by one, a look of deep-seated suffering on his face...
End of the additional update~~~~