Chapter Nineteen Not Losing Face Isn't Me

  He was taken aback: "Huh?"

  I repeated: "You've been talking for so long, you must be thirsty, what would you like to drink?"

  He nodded gratefully: "Just coffee, thank you."

  "No problem, please wait."

  It's obviously unreasonable to ask for coffee in a dessert shop, otherwise Xiao Yu wouldn't have looked at me with that almost provocative gaze: "Boss Bai, when did you buy a coffee machine?"

  I calmly smiled at her: "No need to buy, manual."

  Five minutes later I returned to my seat with a steaming cup of coffee, and saw the person who had appeared out of nowhere next to Tony, almost pouring the coffee all over myself.

  "Don't be surprised, he came as soon as you entered the kitchen." Xiao Yu leaned weakly on the table.

  He got up to take the coffee, his tone was excited: "Yao Yao, he said that he also saw me last time, and thought that I and Qian Qian are a pair of natural golden boys and girls. He also said that Qian Qian actually still has feelings for me, and I have a great hope!"

  I stared at the extra person speechlessly: "You're quite good at getting close to people."

  "I'm just telling the truth, Ah Yao," said Cheng Qiao with a curved eye and a wave of her paw. "Long time no see."

  "It wasn't long ago that I saw you last night."

  He was stunned for a moment, and his hand remained stupidly by his ear: "Did you see me last night?"

  Yes.

  "What did you see then?"

  "I just drew you on the computer," I said suspiciously, looking into his eyes, "Why are you so tense?"

  "Because I stayed in the dorm all night," he said with a hint of shyness, his eyes cast downward and a slight smile on his lips, "and basically wasn't wearing much..."

  "Pffft!"

  We all looked at Tony, who hastily took a tissue to wipe the stain on his mouth: "Jo, sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you. It's just that this coffee tastes really..." He was full of knots, looking at me with a desire to speak but hesitating, "Yaoyao, did you make it yourself?"

  I nodded discreetly: "Yes, I added hot water with my own hands, this is instant coffee."

  "Instant coffee?" He looked incredulously at the ** in his cup.

  "So you have instant coffee here, no wonder you agreed so readily." Xiaoyu hummed and said, "After all, as someone who's used to drinking freshly ground coffee, Tony, don't you think this instant coffee is almost the same as sugar water?"

  "No!" he shouted, "It's almost as bad as sugared boiled water that has gone stale."

  I looked at him discontentedly: "Don't be excited, is our Chinese instant coffee really that bad? Moreover, this is one of the most popular domestic brands. If Xiaoyu hadn't given me two packets before, you would really have to drink sweetened boiled water now."

  "What did I give you?" Little Yu suddenly sat up straight.

  "Yes, it was that time you left those two packs at the counter."

  She furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, then suddenly slammed the table in distress: "Sister! Your memory is really chilling! I told you to add bath milk when taking a shower, that coffee has long been expired!" I stared blankly at her as she turned around with a tense face and asked Tony, "Does your stomach hurt now?!"

  The victim silently shook his head.

  "How is this possible? Are you immune?"

  "He didn't spit it all out, did he?"

  Xiao Yu let out a long sigh and fell back onto the desk: "Today's emotions are too unstable, joy and anger are attacking my heart, startling me again and again. Hallelujah, there's a feeling of scorching hot blood slowly flowing out of my body, it's like I'm bleeding excessively."

  My mouth twitched twice, although this expression is a bit distorted, but the meaning is still very obvious!

  As expected, Tony looked at Xiaoyu with a sudden realization and smiled, revealing ten teeth: "Your aunt's husband has arrived, right? When Ashan came to her aunt's house, she was just like you."

  "Big Aunt's Husband?" Xiao Yu weakly rolled her eyes, "Was it your Chinese teacher who taught you, or did Ah Qian tell you? I don't know Big Aunt's Husband, I came to see Big Aunt."

  "It was just lightly told to me, but why are your symptoms the same, she's called Big Auntie Husband, and yours is Big Auntie Mother?"

  "Oh, I'm telling you, because I'm a woman and will have children with men in the future, yin and yang complement each other, so my nickname is Big Aunt. But Shallow (her name) is not only a woman, she's also half man, because she can even make other women give birth to children who don't care who the father is, so her nickname is Big Uncle."

  My face was instantly filled with bewilderment and loss.

  Cheng Qiao stared at Xiao Yu for half a day before covering her face and turning her head to the side: "Xiao Yu, you're really... overbearing."

  My subconscious wanted to add a sentence "not exposed, but sideways exposed", but in the flash of lightning I realized that this topic had gone too far and too deep, and absolutely could not let Xiaoyu continue to poison Tony like this. I immediately cleared my throat, patted Xiaoyu's back and asked: "Cough, when are you going back to school?"

  "Easy does it," she whispered weakly, her frail appearance making it seem like she might pass out at any moment. "I'll just head home later, too lazy to go back and run into those two women again."

  "A woman?" Chao Qiao suddenly took over the conversation.

  I'm covered in black lines: "Why are you so sensitive towards women?"

  "A Yao," he gazed at me with a hint of resentment, "I heard that the boss lady of 'Sweet Delights' put on a show of 'A Man's Burning Passion' with a customer here today, so I wanted to know what really happened."

  How did it spread so quickly? I stiffened for a moment and quietly turned to adjust the gauze curtains on Xiaoyu's head.

  "Ah~~~" Just now, Xiao Yu was like a vegetable, suddenly like someone injected him with chicken blood, "Almost forgot that you, Xiao Qiao, are going to hold onto the woman and return. Alright, this matter must be explained clearly. Ai, let me tell you, this afternoon is because..."

  I stared blankly as Xiao Yu excitedly and elaborately told Tony everything that had happened in the afternoon, including how she had gotten into trouble with those two sworn enemies. Throughout the whole process, she maintained a heroic and generous demeanor, like a female hero. When I carefully noticed that Tony's expression had changed from confusion to pain, I finally decided to cut off Xiao Yu's long-winded story to rescue this foreign friend who, despite having passed level 6 in Chinese, still couldn't understand Xiao Yu's melodramatic tale.

  But before I could say anything, Cheng Qiao suddenly called out to me while she was intently listening.

  "Uh," I was startled by his shining eyes, "to..."

  "So, because of your stirring up trouble, Xiaoyu's matter still hasn't been completely resolved until now, and with the spring breeze blowing, it will sprout again?" Cheng Qiao pursed her lips and smiled lightly, her jet-black eyes sparkling under the crystal lamp, making her delicate features even more dazzling, so beautiful that one couldn't help but stare.

  At this time, the night market street was just beginning to get lively, and all the shop signs lit up with different colored lights. The crowd outside the glass window gradually surged in. The customers of "Sweet Sweet" also increased a lot compared to before, but the noise in the hall seemed to be suddenly blocked by something, and what filled my ears was a silent whirlpool.

  I stared blankly at Qiao's eyes and forgot to nod.