Chapter 99: Loving Breakfast

  "I...". Pang Guang hesitated for a moment: "No, I'm used to having breakfast at home, and..." Pang Guang glanced at the luxurious carriage: "I don't have good table manners, I always drop food outside of my bowl when eating, afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll dirty the car."

  Zhang Xiaoting's eyes swept over the other two boxes of porridge in Pang Guang's hand, and a hint of a smile appeared on her face, somewhat ambiguous: "I think you're afraid that your wife at home will go hungry, but now I've suddenly changed my mind. Nutritionists say that one day's plan is in the morning, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it needs a relaxed environment to fully absorb the nutrients. Can you invite me to have breakfast at your house? To be honest, I'm also missing Lin Junyun."

  "This... " Pang Guang frowned, his face wrinkled like a walnut shell. He had just managed to calm Lin Junyun down and promised to buy breakfast to make up for it. After buying breakfast, he even brought back a girl, was she demonstrating or what? Wasn't Zhang Xiaoting causing trouble again?

  "It's settled then." Zhang Xiaoting batted her eyelashes: "Eating in such a narrow space is bad for the stomach, you wouldn't refuse even my small request, would you?"

  "That...". Pang Guang wanted to say something, but suddenly his arm was pulled tight and he felt Zhang Xiaoting pulling him onto the car. He then said: "I just moved into a new place, it's very simple and messy, I'm afraid you'll feel uncomfortable if you go there."

  "I went to see Lin Junyun, not to see your family." Zhang Xiaoting's face flashed with a sly smile: "So unwilling to take me home, won't it be that you did something behind Lin Junyun's back that wronged him, afraid of being exposed?"

  Pang Guang knew that Zhang Xiaoting was referring to the ambiguous behavior between them at the bar, his face slightly red: "What are you talking about? I've been wanting to invite you up for a while now, let's go!"

  Zhang Xiaoting slightly raised her thin lips: "Why don't you hurry up and lead the way?"

  As the sound of the car engine faded away, the three of them soon arrived at the entrance of Pang Guang's residential building. Pang Guang's face was as pale as a bun, and he walked silently in front of them, not daring to imagine what would happen next. The six nations' grand ceremony was inevitable now, just hope that no one would make a mess of things.

  "Jun Yun, I'm here to see you!" Pang Guang had just opened the door when Zhang Xiaoting arrived. She saw Lin Jun Yun sitting on the couch in a daze and immediately walked over. "Jun Yun, it's been so long since we last met, I've missed you."

  Lin Junyun was stunned, her face numb with shock. She had suffered too many blows today and hadn't had time to digest how Zhang Xiaoting could suddenly appear here.

  "Jun Yun, what's wrong? Did my sudden visit move you so much?" Zhang Xiaoting's face burst out with a relaxed smile: "What will make you even more moved is yet to come. Guess what I brought for you? Dear on-site audience, friends in front of the TV, witness the moment of miracle that is about to arrive. Today's mysterious gift is... Zhang Ji Zhou Pu's champion rice porridge."

  Lin Junyun woke up from Zhang Xiaoting's exaggerated lines, and with a hint of apology on his previously numb expression: "Sister Xiaoting, you're here, I'm really sorry, I didn't react in time earlier. Please sit down, I'll go boil some water to make tea."

  "Jun Yun, don't bother, let's have breakfast together. I went out to buy breakfast and ran into Pang Guang, so I had an impulse to come up and see you. What I just said was a lie, this champion-grade congee is what Pang Guang bought, it's absolutely authentic and a loving breakfast, not a single drop of water added." Zhang Xiaoting looked at Pang Guang with a hint of a meaningful smile: "Jun Yun, you're so lucky, having a man help you buy breakfast early in the morning."

  A huge stone in Pang Guang's heart finally fell to the ground. Zhang Xiaoting and Lin Junyun did not appear in a scene of six countries' grand seal, making him feel that for now, the situation is still very safe. At least these two girls can still get along peacefully, chatting and laughing, whether they will tear each other apart later, let's talk about it later.

  Pang Guang placed the four boxes of porridge flat, opened all the lids, pushed one in front of He Qing, and the other two in front of Zhang Xiaoting and Lin Junyun: "Two beauties, stop chatting, the porridge is about to get cold."

  "Good." Zhang Xiaoting looked at Pang Guang with a deep smile, "You're really considerate, Jun Yun is lucky to have you as her fiancé, I'm happy for her. You must keep this good habit of being considerate, only allow yourself to care for her and love her, don't bully her! Otherwise, I won't forgive you."

  "Thank you, sister. He... actually treats me pretty well, don't worry." Lin Junyun thought back to what happened last night and the conversation between Pang Datou and his wife, her heart feeling like a overturned bottle of five flavors.

  "That's good, Jun Yun. From now on, if he dares to bully you, tell me right away. If you don't want to teach him a lesson yourself, I'll help you do it. Don't be shy."

  "Come on, come on, Little Ting, let's eat quickly, the porridge will be bad if it gets cold." Lin Junyun said while looking around.

  "You're calling me 'sister' again, aren't you trying to make me feel old? Didn't we agree that you'd call me Xiao Ting and I'd call you Jun Yun?"

  "Sorry, Xiaoting, I was wrong. I'll change now." Lin Junyun drank the porridge mouthful by mouthful, feeling terrible and unable to lift his spirits no matter what.

  "That's more like it, next time I hear you call me sister I'll really get angry." Zhang Xiaoting said, also picking up a small spoon and elegantly scooping a small spoonful of porridge into her mouth.

  After sending Zhang Xiaoting and the other person away, Pang Guang was like a kid who had just made trouble, and he carefully cleaned up the lunch boxes on the table before saying to Lin Junyun: "Junyun, I met Xiaoting on my way to buy breakfast, she insisted on coming up and sitting for a while, it wasn't intentional, please don't be angry."

  "I know you didn't mean to, it was intentional. Did I say I was angry?" Lin Junyun raised an eyebrow and changed his expression: "Besides, I'm not your anything, let alone bringing her home, even if you bring her to bed, I won't have any opinion." As he spoke, Luo Lijun's sharp and sour face flashed in his mind, and he struggled to hold back the tears that were welling up in his eyes.

  "Lin Junyun, you're clearly still angry. I promise it won't happen again, or I'll swear on it, okay?" Pang Guang raised his hand to take an oath, but was stopped by Lin Junyun: "What are you swearing about? Don't you think our way of communicating is weird right now?"

  Pang Guang did not understand and stared at Lin Junyun in shock.

  Lin Junyun's eyes were hollow, and he stared out the window for a long time before turning his head to say to Pang Guang in a low voice: "My point is that you don't have to face me with this attitude. Nothing has changed between us, it's always been like this, just like before, do you understand?"

  "I don't understand." Pang Guang shook his head. Both of them had done this kind of thing before, yet they still said that nothing had changed. What exactly did it take to be considered a change?

  Lin Junyun didn't know if it was his own poor expression or Pang Guang's poor understanding, so he simply picked up the conversation: "My first time was taken away by you without any feelings, this is a girl's most precious thing. I told you to take responsibility for me, will you?"

  "Got it!" Pang Guang said resolutely: "I will definitely take responsibility to the end!"

  "How can I be responsible?"

  "I want to marry you and take care of you for the rest of your life."

  "Has your mom agreed?"

  "This...". Pang Guang shook his lips: "Who I want to marry is none of her business."

  "Alright, even if you can ignore her making a fuss and running away from home, you've made up your mind to marry me, right? Tell me, Pang Guang, have we reached the age of marriage?"

  "I can wait, and marry you when you grow up."

  "I can't wait." Lin Junyun said: "You are **, I am just a single-parent family's little girl, the gap is too big, being with you will inevitably have many obstacles. You can wait, but I can't afford to wait. Wait for three years? Wait for five years? What if after five years, your mother still can't accept me?"

  "It's me who wants to get married, not my mother. As long as I accept you, that's all that matters." Pang Guang remained noncommittal to Lin Junyun's words.

  "You're speaking eloquently now, but who can guarantee you'll still be saying the same thing five years later?"

  "Peng Guang wanted to speak again, but his mouth was covered by Lin Junyun's hand."

  Lin Junyun sighed and said, "I think we should both forget about last night's incident. I don't need you to take responsibility because the more you do this, the more uncomfortable I feel. Do you understand?"

  Pang Guang nodded vaguely, and Lin Junyun only then loosened his grip. "Pang Guang, promise me, let's continue living as we did before, don't let last night's incident become a burden between us. Otherwise, it would be awkward for me to live in your house, and honestly, my mother and I have no income, if we can't stay here, where else could we go? If you really want to take responsibility for what happened last night, then let me finish high school and university without any worries. By the time we grow up, we'll look back on today and you'll understand my good intentions." Lin Junyun finished speaking in one breath, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders as her mood improved. "Pang Guang, does your promise from last night still count?"

  "What?" Pang Guang asked.

  "Think carefully before you drink, as you promised me." Lin Junyun reminded him.

  Pang Guang rubbed his head and thought for half a day, shaking his head to indicate that he couldn't remember.

  "Pang Guang, you heartless thing! Last night, I was so moved by what you said, but it seems like you didn't take it to heart at all." Lin Junyun pinched Pang Guang's shoulder: "Help me sell things at the night market!"

  Pang Guang slapped his forehead and suddenly remembered: "Oh, this one, of course it counts! We'll start tonight!"

  "Pang Guang, thank you!" Lin Junyun's tone gradually relaxed as he looked at Pang Guang: "The tuition is due soon, and mine hasn't been settled yet. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be taking up your precious time."

  Everything seemed to be walking along a predetermined trajectory without any wind or waves. What Pang Guang and Lin Junyun absolutely did not expect was that earning tuition fees at the night market, such a small matter, would rewrite many people's lives. Some people were destined to stand at the peak of the world, looking down on the masses, but because of emotional entanglements, they stopped in their tracks, admiring the flowers and grass along the way; some people were destined to be unknown, yet relying on a bit of cleverness, bravery, and tenacity, they bravely climbed to the summit, with success finally in sight, but unable to forget the marriage contract from back then and the "yellow-faced woman" who helped him grow up.