Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
After being reprimanded by Shen Haotian, Li Xiaojie felt her ears burning. The egg yolk in her mouth also turned tasteless.
Shen Qinghuan felt some admiration for Li Xiaojie’s ability to play foolish.
After being reprimanded by a classmate’s father, most people would feel embarrassed to stay any longer.
However, Li Xiaojie was as capable as ever. She continued acting like a little white rabbit and thickened her skin to continue eating breakfast.
There were two chicken drumsticks on the silver plate. Father Shen had considered that his daughter was still growing up and specially prepared it to nourish her body.
Therefore, Father Shen placed one of the drumsticks into Shen Qinghuan’s bowl. Shen Qinghuan obediently thanked her father and did not miss Li Xiaojie drooling by the side.
After finishing her egg, Li Xiaojie was about to reach for the remaining drumstick. However, Shen Qinghuan was one step ahead of her as she placed it in Shen Haotian’s bowl instead. “Dad, you have to eat more too!”
Li Xiaojie’s complexion was slightly pale, yet she still waited for Shen Haotian to possibly offer the drumstick to her. However, she never expected Shen Haotian to actually take a bite of the drumstick Shen Qinghuan gave him. He even happily responded: “My daughter has grown up. She knows to be filial to her father now!”
Shen Qinghuan simply lowered her head and smiled.
In the past, she had yet to unlock her father’s humorous side. Mid-way through eating the drumstick, Shen Haotian actually said to Li Xiaojie: “Xiaojie, I’m sorry, ah! Uncle was a little busy in the morning and only prepared two chicken drumsticks.”
She had come to someone else’s home for a free meal. If she made any more requests, then she would appear out of line.
Although Li Xiaojie had already scolded Shen Haotian and Shen Qinghuan, the father-daughter pair, a thousand times in her head, she still maintained a cheerful smile. “Uncle, I was the one who came early. I’m lucky enough to have something to eat.”
Shen Haotian nodded slightly and peeled the last egg before placing it in Shen Qinghuan’s bowl. “I thought you would come looking for Huan Huan after eating, so I didn’t prepare your portion.”
Li Xiaojie saw that the Shen family’s father and daughter did not leave her any dishes on the dining table, causing her chest to feel stifled to the point where she couldn’t breath.
It was approaching summer, and the hot weather was beginning to over take the city centre.
The chef from Fu Ji Soup Dumpling Store had been paying attention to the boy in a white shirt standing by his store entrance for quite some time.
Since he wasn’t too busy, he approached and patted the boy on the shoulder. “Student, have you had breakfast? Do you want to taste our store’s soup dumplings?”
“No.” Lu Ziheng’s features were noticeable amongst the crowd. Although he was still very youthful, it wasn’t hard to guess that he would grow to become quite the charmer. “Chef, I’m waiting for someone.”
At the thought that Shen Qinghuan would soon come to collect her phone, Lu Ziheng subconsciously lowered his head to smile.
“You child!” The chef felt that it was too hot today. Furthermore, Lu Ziheng was also wearing a long-sleeved shirt. Thus, he warmly responded, “Even if you won’t have any dumplings, come in and wait. There’s air-conditioning inside!”
Fu Ji’s business was extremely good. That’s why Lu Ziheng was worried that by the time Shen Qinghuan came, there wouldn’t be any left. He had thus reserved a basket of beef dumplings early on.
“I’m afraid that later-” Lu Ziheng shook his head. “When she comes, she won’t be able to find me.”
He stood right at the corner of the street. This way, he did not have to worry over whether or not she would miss him.
Time was passing by second by second. Even as it approached lunch time, Shen Qinghuan did not appear.
The chef’s wife glanced at the last basket of soup dumplings and turned to look worryingly at the boy outside who had just been stood up.
“It’s so hot outside. I hope that child won’t get a heatstroke,” the chef’s wife mentioned.
Yet her words really came true.
After standing under the hot sun for two hours, and not having had his breakfast yet, Lu Ziheng actually fainted outside the Fu Ji Soup Dumpling store.