Chapter Eighteen: The Tyrant's Restaurant

  "He even... his first kiss was given to you... what's going on between you and Hua Jian... ah!"

  I was so shocked that I bit my own tongue.

  He tilted his head and winked at me: "A Yao, why are you so excited?"

  I'm curious if you're still up on New Year's Eve.

  I answered him in my heart, but now my tongue hurts so much I don't want to speak out loud.

  "At first, in order to prove that I and Hua Jian were a gay couple, I kissed him in front of the whole school, just a light touch. Cheng Qiao explained with a bitter face, "A Yao, don't think crookedly, I and Hua Jian really are just friends."

  So it was like that, I nodded.

  Chang Qiao's face fell, and she looked at me with a wronged expression: "A Yao, what does this disappointed look on your face mean?"

  It's because your relationship with Hua Jian is so pure and disappointing.

  I didn't explain, looking at Hua Jian and Sasha who were talking, I pointed to Bai Yue who was biting her lip and not speaking next to them, and looked at Cheng Qiao with a big mouth trying to make my words clear: "Wow, where did you find this muscle?"

  He stared blankly and repeated what I meant: "You want me to find a muscular guy?"

  I let out a sigh of relief, Cheng Qiao's translation skills are still very powerful. Now that Hua Jian has successfully eradicated the problem, it's time for the muscular man who was on standby to make his appearance.

  "I didn't find it." Cheng Qiao innocently spread her hands.

  I was petrified, his words were like a thunderbolt that struck me and turned me into a pile of white ash.

  He didn't find, and he actually said he didn't find! After all the efforts to develop to this point where everything is in our favor, not a single muscular guy came to divert Bai Yue's attention, so how am I supposed to wrap things up?!

  "But I have other ways." Cheng Qiao winked at me with a pleased expression, then walked to Bai Yue's side, who was almost stiff as a mummy, and said in a serious tone, "Yueyue, now you see how promiscuous Hua Jian is, don't you?"

  I stood unsteadily and held onto a nearby pillar, never expecting that Qiao would say such shameless words so smoothly.

  "Xiao Qiao gege......" Bai Yue's tears, which she had been holding back for half a day, suddenly started falling like they were worth nothing. "Are you trying to prove to me how devoted you are right now? Are you helping your cousin on purpose to mock me for misjudging you? Xiao Qiao gege, even if you don't like me, you can't be so cruel to me......"

  "Yu Yu, you misunderstood," Cheng Qiao patted her shoulder, "I just wanted to ask if you want to go watch a horror movie marathon tonight and vent out your... uh, heartbreak."

  "Overnight movie? You mean you want to go watch a horror movie with me and we can even pull an all-nighter? Really?" Bai Yue miraculously stopped her tears. Her eyes, which had been washed by water, began to shine with excitement.

  I couldn't control myself and bumped into the pillar, what's going on?! What's going on?! The problem that I've been struggling with for so long was actually solved by Cheng Qiao in an instant! So, for Bai Yue, liking and loving are just a horror movie marathon that can be replaced?!

  I guess I really can't enter my cousin's world after all...

  So it was. Bai Yue successfully developed an immunity to Hua Jian, and our group of people happily proceeded to other amusement facilities. Except for Hua Jian, because he pretended to be intimate with the newly joined Sasha all the way, holding onto her... sleeve.

  Cheng Qiao said that Hua Jian has mysophobia.

  Because there were too many people in the amusement park, by noon we still hadn't finished riding all the roller coasters. Since we rushed out in the morning, the snacks that had been prepared weren't brought along, so we ended up having lunch at a store within the amusement park.

  As a result, another problem emerged at this time.

  Bai Yue had always liked to eat the curry fish balls and grilled squid here, even if she wasn't hungry, she would buy some to snack on. My friend and I were just about to enter that crowded store when Hua Jian elegantly stopped us.

  "The food in these stores doesn't look very healthy and I don't know if the sanitation is up to standard. Moreover, there are a lot of people, let's go eat at that restaurant we configured instead."

  I'm speechless about this boy who sat next to me: "As long as you eat something to fill your stomach, it's fine. And we have to finish all the rides before dark too. Moreover, going to restaurants here is like throwing money away, isn't it? It's not like I own the place."

  "Of course I'll treat you to dinner, and if it gets dark, we can even stay overnight at the hotel here. We can continue tomorrow..."

  Hua Jian had barely finished speaking when Cheng Qiao pushed him towards the store: "If you keep nagging, go home now. Anyway, we don't need you anymore."

  I followed Bai Yue excitedly, and it wasn't until after we bought the fish balls and squid that I realized I hadn't asked Sasha what she wanted to eat. When I turned around, she was already gone.

  "Is it over? Did we lose a living person?" After finding a seat, I looked around and didn't see that slender figure anywhere.

  At this moment, a low whistle suddenly sounded from the side, and the onlookers were clearly stunned by the beauty of Cheng Qiao and Hua Jian.

  "You eat yours, oh my, don't you know what it means to mind your own business?! Bai Yue looked around at the people with dissatisfaction and hummed again, "She's already such a big girl, is she still afraid of getting lost? Eldest sister, stop meddling in other people's affairs, just looking at this Lin Daiyu-like girl makes me annoyed." After finishing speaking, she poked a fish ball into her mouth, and her cheeks immediately puffed up.

  Chang Qiao smiled and leaned on her chin to look at me: "Yes, and even if she really gets lost, I believe there will be other kind-hearted people who will take her out."

  I calmed down: "That's right, after all, she's a beauty, and Lei Feng will definitely have endless ideas when he sees her."

  "Brother Hua, are you worried about that silly sister?" Bai Yue asked while chewing and staring at the stir-fried rice in front of him.

  "Of course I'd be worried about Sasha, after all I still had feelings for her." Hua Jian's mouth curled up into a somewhat unnatural smile as he continued to play along.

  Bai Yue hummed a sound, casually swung her ponytail, and took a big bite of the oily squid.

  Seeing her reaction, I and Cheng Qiao couldn't help but exchange a smile, now we can finally rest easy.

  "Qiao, let's exchange dishes instead." Hua Jian pushed over the colorful Yangzhou fried rice, a hint of sorrow appearing on his ethereal face.

  Qiao immediately covered her snow-white and delicate steamed buns: "No, I refuse."

  "Can you bear to watch me go back with a stomachache?"

  Qiao nodded without hesitation.

  "You..."

  I couldn't bear to see Hua Jian, such a refined young man, with an expression tainted by worldly desires. I pushed my own steamed dumplings towards him: "Let's exchange, shall we?"

  Hua Jian stared at me in shock, not having spoken yet. Cheng Qiao quickly pushed the steamed dumplings back in front of me and swapped his steamed dumplings with Hua Jian's fried rice: "I suddenly wanted to eat fried rice again." After saying that, he directly scooped a mouthful into his mouth and finally gave me a sweet smile.

  There was another burst of screams all around.

  I thought for a moment, picked up one of my own steamed buns and put it in front of Cheng Qiao: "Open your mouth."

  He was stunned, with a gleam of light flashing in his beautiful eyes.

  "Hurry up, or else someone who doesn't know the time will come to invite you to dinner." I pinched his chin and forced him to open his mouth, directly stuffing the steamed dumplings in.

  His eyes curved into a crescent moon shape again.

  Hua Jian lowered his head and smiled, seemingly muttering to himself: "Being fed a steamed bun makes him so happy, how embarrassing."

  But I didn't notice Hua Jian's reaction, because I saw a tall girl returning to her seat with her food amidst the whispers, and the undisguised anger on her face made me secretly pleased.

  Cheng Qiao is an extremely good-looking young man who can do whatever he wants.

  After eating, we strolled around the square at will, taking in the surrounding scenery and foreign songs and dances. After digesting for a while, we started to attack the exciting amusement facilities again, playing until it was dark before coming out.

  On the way back, Bai Yue kept thinking about Cheng Qiao's suggestion to go see Bao Ye's night scene. Although it was a bit dangerous to talk to the driver late at night, as long as she wasn't sticking to Hua Jian, I would have gone along with her.

  After arriving at the city center, we went to an Indian restaurant opened by Huajian's family for dinner due to his request. When I heard the well-dressed manager respectfully call Huajian "Young Master", a strange feeling of being with a rich kid suddenly emerged in my heart. Although I was not clear about the scale of Huajian's family business, it still made me feel amazed.

  "Our chefs here are all well-known Indian first-line chefs, and all the dishes are absolutely authentic. I saw that Yaoyao and Yueyue can both eat spicy food, so I brought you to eat Indian food, otherwise we would have gone to my Western restaurant at home." As soon as they entered the private room, Hua Jian instantly transformed from a Chinese immortal into a European noble young man, with his gentlemanly demeanor on full display.

  Bai Yue's face was excited: "Hua brother, your family is so rich!"

  "He's literally a rich and arrogant brother."

  Hua Jian raised the corner of his mouth, and his eyes seemed to unintentionally sweep across Qiao: "With me being like this, I don't count as a nouveau riche. The real capitalist nouveau riches are still pretending to be little white rabbits."

  "Hua Jian, you're the boss here, we're all first-timers, so it's better to let you help us order." Cheng Qiao smiled and handed the menu to Hua Jian.

  "First time?" Hua Jian's lips curled up even higher, "Alright, to prevent you from missing the most impressive Indian cuisine here, I'll grant myself the honor of helping these two beauties order."

  "But I really want to eat fried noodles now, Brother Hua, are there any delicious fried noodles in Indian cuisine?" Bai Yue said excitedly, holding her face.

  "Of course, stir-fried noodles are also a signature dish here. Since Yueyue likes to eat squid so much, why not replace the chicken with squid? As for the others," Hua Jian smiled helplessly, "I forgot to ask if you guys dislike curry."

  "We are curry lovers!" Rarely, my cousin and I were in perfect harmony for once.

  "That's great." Huajian beckoned to the waiter beside him and said a string of incomprehensible jargon that sounded like Indian.

  Qiao Cheng picked up her water glass and took a few sips of water before suddenly saying, "Let's just forget about the wine."

  PS：

  Thank you for the encouragement ticket from [Nan Xi Bei Wang]!