Chapter 591: Gaze
“Your taste could really use some work, what with your knack for picking the unluckiest ones to like.”
“How could I possibly not eat?” Lin Murong was shocked.
Even if he did feel a bit nauseous for the moment, that surely wouldn’t stop him from eating.
“I’m being considerate of you,” Su Yinhe said with an innocent face.
“I appreciate your thoughtfulness, but I don’t need it,” he retorted, not fooled into thinking she wasn’t up to something.
“Pfft, showing you care and you don’t want it, you’re like a boar who can’t enjoy fine bran.” Su Yinhe was quite lively now.
“Who are you calling a boar?” Lin Murong stared at her in disbelief.
“No one. Who else could it be. Who could I possibly be talking about,” Su Yinhe said, spreading her hands.
“I have this feeling that you’re talking about me,” Lin Murong watched her, no, it wasn’t just a feeling, she was definitely talking about him.
Too bad he had no proof.
“Evidence, I only look at the evidence,” Su Yinhe said, stretching out her hand toward him.
“It seems like there’s no evidence,” Lin Murong looked down, “but, I can still eat! Don’t you dare take it away!” How could he let the ducks he had been eagerly awaiting just fly away?
“Alright, alright, I won’t take it, you eat slowly,” Su Yinhe teased him, but seeing him all anxious, she let him be.
Then Lin Murong began to eat the ducks. Looking at the ducks, he remembered the bean juice, and instantly felt nauseous again.
But he couldn’t bring himself to stop—if he didn’t eat, what if Galaxy really took it away?
It’s like—West Lake’s water, his tears.
Eat, how could he not eat?
These were his ducks, the ducks he had been eagerly anticipating.
Lin Murong began to devour the ducks fiercely.
Though, still feeling a bit nauseous.
But as he chewed, the duck was so fragrant that he no longer felt sick.
He started to enjoy his meal again.
Su Yinhe quietly watched him eat; Chi Yan also sat quietly beside her, watching her.
The main event was just that—watching each other.
Lin Murong felt the pressure, but as he ate, he soon stopped caring.
Look all you want, look all you want.
The more Murong ate, the better his appetite got, until he actually finished off all ten ducks.
“Amazing, Your Excellency is truly incredible,” Su Yinhe praised him with a thumbs up.
“Heh heh heh, just average, I think it’s okay,” Lin Murong said, then let out a satisfied belch.
Su Yinhe: “…”
“Alright, now that you’ve finished your ducks, who’s going to clean up after the meal?” Lin Murong had been gleeful while eating, but now it was a mess.
“Oh, I’ll clean up, I’ll definitely clean up,” Lin Murong said dutifully.
“Fine, then I’ll go back to sleep. The cleaning task is all yours,” Su Yinhe said, and tugged Chi Yan away with her.
Lin Murong looked at the remaining mess, blinked his eyes, and thought—something didn’t feel right.
He could understand cleaning up after his own meal, but why should he clean up after theirs?
They all ate the same, so why was it his job to clean up, while Chi Yan didn’t have to?
Chi Yan also ate Galaxy’s food, slept at Galaxy’s place, lived at Galaxy’s expense.
How come he was treated differently?
They were both men, and didn’t look all that different.
Lin Murong was still pondering why Su Yinhe only had eyes for Chi Yan and not him.
He thought he was pretty good-looking.
Even better looking than Chi Yan, actually.
After considering it for a long time, Lin Murong concluded that Su Yinhe simply had no taste.
She was no good.
Hmm.
It wasn’t his fault.
In life, one must avoid blaming oneself too much and put more blame on others.
That’s how one stays happy and joyful.
Blissful and satisfied…
Psh, getting off track.
He still had to clean up.
After all, he had eaten ten of their ducks.
So Lin Murong got to work, and he was quite honest about it.
Could he be anything but, after taking so much from them?
After cleaning up, he felt tired.
He looked around, nothing more to do, well-fed and now ready for sleep.
After all, Galaxy and the others had gone to bed too; there wasn’t much else to do, so he…
Lin Murong went to sleep, and slept for a whole day.
Su Yinhe didn’t see him at all that day.
She found herself oddly unused to his absence.
“Why are you always thinking about him? He’s not important, think less.” Chi Yan was feeling jealous again.
Sometimes, he really did want to get rid of Lin Murong.
Such an eyesore.
“Oh, I was just wondering,” she said nonchalantly.
“Just casually thinking about it isn’t okay either. The moment it’s thought, it’s not okay.” Chi Yan touched Su Yinhe’s hair—not exactly a pat on the head, more like lifting a strand of her hair, gently touching it.
His actions were light, but his tone…
Hmm.
Su Yinhe actually kind of liked it.
The rumble of a man’s deep voice.
Although she didn’t particularly enjoy deep voices, this was no ordinary deep voice; this was Chi Yan’s deep voice.
She… couldn’t reject it at all.
Fell for it.
“What fell for it?” Chi Yan asked.
Crap, she’d accidentally blurted out her innermost thoughts.
“Nothing, nothing, you heard wrong,” Su Yinhe was about to blow a fuse.
So embarrassing.
Accidentally saying what’s in her heart was truly mortifying.
Su Yinhe ran off.
Chi Yan: “…”
Somewhere felt off.
Once Su Yinhe escaped from Chi Yan’s sight, she covered her face. Damn it, her mouth.
Sigh.
Aaaaaah.
Want to die.
Want to die.
Thinking over and over about wanting to die.
Repeatedly contemplating her own demise.
She was so embarrassed; her toes were curling into the ground.
Aaaaah.
Want to die, want to die, the desire to cease to exist peaked at this moment.
Why must people live.
Tired, so tired; she was just too exhausted.
Su Yinhe thought about it for a bit, ran back to her room, and lay down.
Sleep, sleep, once she’d slept, she wouldn’t remember anything.
Good.
She would forget.
Su Yinhe went to sleep, woke up, refreshed herself, then took out some food from her space to eat, played a bit, continued to sleep, and then got up again…
So when Lin Murong had slept for a day, he found that his dear Galaxy was gone.
“Brother Chi, where is Galaxy?” He decided to directly ask Chi Yan.
“She got shy and ran off,” Chi Yan gave Lin Murong a response he had pondered for a long while.
Yes, he thought for a long time.
Before he finally understood why Su Yinhe suddenly ran away.
He had thought she was scared.
It was good that she wasn’t scared of him.
Chi Yan left that answer behind, then walked off satisfied.
Leaving behind a freshly awake Lin Murong completely baffled.
What do you mean, shy?
What the hell.
Shy about what?
Why be shy?
It couldn’t be that they were engaged in some role-play element, could it?
The more Lin Murong thought about this possibility, the more he shivered.
No, he had only slept for one day; why did it feel like some monumental event had occurred?
Shouldn’t their relationship be moving too quickly?
Is it really okay for them to move this fast?
It’s not okay.
It’s not okay!
Lin Murong roared inwardly.
Why didn’t he dare to roar aloud?
Because…
He was hungry.
He had slept for a whole day without eating, and hunger had awakened him.
If it weren’t for the hunger, he wouldn’t have wanted to get up; he could have continued to sleep.
Darn it.
He couldn’t just roar out loud and waste energy.
Now with Su Yinhe gone and Chi Yan…
Forget it, he better find food for himself.
The supermarket is so big, has so much stuff, and his cooking skill is so good; he would definitely be able to fill himself up.