Chapter 104
Chapter 104
Jiang Sheshe: …
Fine, fine, fine.
In short, the final result was that Ning Xi bought five jianbing, and they each sat in the public dining area with one.
As Jiang Sheshe ate, she complained timidly, “So stingy!”
What normal person came to a mall and ate jianbing?
Furious, Jiang Sheshe took another bite.
“All right, I bought you a drink separately. Stop being mad, princess.”
Ning Xi easily finished off one jianbing. Seeing that Jiang Sheshe was still puffed up with anger, she took the initiative to buy her a cup of lemon water.
Jiang Sheshe looked around and realized that, out of all the guests, she really was the only one with lemon water.
The smile tugging at the corners of her mouth immediately became a little hard to suppress.
“It’s… acceptable, I guess.”
Jiang Sheshe took a sip of the lemon water and stubbornly tried to play it cool.
But…
“Don’t just give me special treatment. Buy some for everyone else too. At worst, you can put it on my tab later,” Jiang Sheshe said generously after clearing her throat.
Otherwise, if the others ended up having opinions about Ning Xi, that wouldn’t be good either.
“No need. Just eat more. None of us are thirsty.” Ning Xi’s face was full of maternal affection.
Jiang Sheshe instantly beamed with joy. The jianbing that had been a little hard to swallow before was somehow more than half gone before she knew it.
[It’s over. Ning Xi coaxed Jiang Sheshe into that smug little grin]
[Ning Xi really has raised Jiang Sheshe so well]
[Did Ning Xi take a specialized course in child psychology or something, hahaha]
[Weird. Ning Xi is being especially generous today. Usually, anyone can suffer except herself]
Something was up!
Fu Zhi keenly sensed that something wasn’t right.
Normally, that brat Ning Xi would eat at least two jianbing. Today she’d only eaten one. There was definitely a problem!
Sure enough.
After Jiang Sheshe finished her jianbing and drank her lemon water, she elegantly wiped her mouth with a napkin and said, “I’m full!”
Ning Xi nodded, then looked at the others. “All right, then let’s go eat at a restaurant.”
Jiang Sheshe: ?
“What do you mean!”
Ning Xi put on an innocent face. “I mean exactly what I said.”
Everyone had worked hard on tasks all morning. How could she possibly let each person eat only one jianbing?
Loving yourself starts with a simple lunch. [OK]
“Then what was that cup of lemon water you bought just for me supposed to be?”
“That’ll be five yuan for you.”
Jiang Sheshe was so angry she stammered, “You, you, you…”
[Jiang Sheshe: Fool me once, fool me once, fool me once]
[Hahaha, Jiang Sheshe is about to pass out from rage]
“I’m going to eat like crazy later!” Jiang Sheshe finally recovered and made a fierce vow through gritted teeth.
But choosing a restaurant immediately became another difficult problem.
Xie Lanchen and Qin Se were both fine with anything.
But the other three refused to yield to one another.
Jiang Sheshe wanted Japanese food, Fu Zhi wanted Western food, and Ning Xi wanted Haide Lao Hotpot.
So the three of them came up with a solution: collect flyers from the Japanese restaurant, the Western restaurant, Haide Lao Hotpot, and every other restaurant they wanted to try, then throw them all into the air at once. Whichever flyer they caught, that was where they would eat.
For fairness, Qin Se would throw the flyers, and Xie Lanchen would catch one.
Jiang Sheshe pointed at the two of them and threatened domineeringly, “My eyes are the measuring ruler. If you two cheat, the punishment will be that everyone has to eat Japanese food!”
Fu Zhi said, “Why? If there’s a punishment, it should be that everyone has to eat Western food.”
Ning Xi said, “Then why don’t we just reward everyone with Haide Lao Hotpot?”
Qin Se/Xie Lanchen: …
[Xie Lanchen and Qin Se: Sometimes filming a variety show really feels so helpless]
[This group has the vibe of two mature adults bringing along three elementary-school brats]
Under the predatory stares of the three elementary-school brats, Qin Se tossed all the flyers upward.
The flyers drifted down like snowflakes.
Xie Lanchen lifted a hand and caught one of the flyers.
Jiang Sheshe’s eyes shone. “Which place is it?”
Fu Zhi said with absolute certainty, “It’s definitely the Western restaurant!”
Ning Xi saw the result and fell silent. “Thai food?”
Jiang Sheshe hesitated. “Thai food, huh… Do you guys want that?”
Fu Zhi wavered and said nothing.
Ning Xi decided to indulge these two for once. “Since nobody wants it, let’s toss again.”
No one objected.
On the second toss, Xie Lanchen caught a flyer for Haide Lao Hotpot.
He lazily raised his hand and showed the flyer to everyone.
Ning Xi was thrilled. “Yes!”
And so the group headed to Haide Lao.
While they were ordering, Ning Xi remembered the hair clip and handed it to Qin Se. “This is a gift for you.”
Qin Se seemed a little surprised. She softly said thank you, then clipped it directly into her hair.
Jiang Sheshe coughed, then took out her ugly Xizhilang jelly nail tips and started playing with them.
Fu Zhi looked at the two of them, then at the mosquito T-shirt Xie Lanchen was wearing.
At long last, realization dawned on him.
“Where’s my gift?”
“That cup of Pitch Black.”
“A drink is gone once you finish it! How can that be the same as their gifts?!”
Fu Zhi was furious. This was clearly the difference between putting thought into something and not putting thought into it at all!!!
Ning Xi consoled him. “How could you be the same as them? You’re different from them. That’s what makes you the most special.”
Fu Zhi: “…”
“How about I lend you Shen Yibai’s gift to play with?” Ning Xi said, producing a green vegetable-dog plushie from her hand.
In any case, Shen Yibai and Fu Zhi were so close they might as well be one person. If Fu Zhi liked this little vegetable dog, Shen Yibai might just give it to him outright.
Unexpectedly, Fu Zhi focused on something else. “How much did this little vegetable dog cost?”
“Fifteen.”
“What about the mosquito T-shirt?” Fu Zhi looked at the T-shirt Xie Lanchen was wearing.
“Twenty.”
“…”
Fu Zhi thought of his 9.9-yuan Pitch Black, then looked at the much more expensive mosquito T-shirt and little vegetable dog. He felt bitter. He felt angry.
Sure enough, where the love was, the money was.
Annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying!
Meanwhile, Xie Lanchen, who had originally only found the T-shirt on him barely tolerable, suddenly felt for some reason that the mosquito print was looking rather handsome.
Mm. This T-shirt really was pretty good.
If any viewers liked it, he could sponsor the Program Team to randomly draw a few thousand Ning Xi fans and give each of them one.
“What are you smiling about?”
Jiang Sheshe suspiciously eyed Xie Lanchen across from her.
Ning Xi had clearly been talking to Fu Zhi, so why was Xie Lanchen smiling too?
Hearing Jiang Sheshe’s voice, Ning Xi also looked up at Xie Lanchen.
Noticing Ning Xi’s gaze, Xie Lanchen pressed back the hint of a smile and returned to his usual calm, cool demeanor.
He coughed. “Nothing.”
If anyone realized he was happy because the mosquito T-shirt was the most expensive gift, that would be way too childish.
[Still grinning, bro?]
[Ever since Ning Xi said that T-shirt was the most expensive gift, this guy’s been practicing his smile like crazy]
[Isn’t Qin Se the same? How many times has she touched that hair clip already?]
[God, exactly how many CPs does Ning Xi have? There are so many now they can’t even be contained by gender anymore?]
[Huh? Did nobody know You Are My Blessing is also known as Love and Ning Xi?]
After finishing hotpot, everyone began the shopping task for the day.
Shen Yibai’s group had already posted the supplies they’d bought in the group chat, mostly fruits, vegetables, and ingredients.
At the end, Shen Yibai sent a message:
“We’re done shopping. Do you need us to come help?”