AWDC Chapter 9
by VolareMu Chuang was a little disappointed and worried as he walked towards him.
“What’s wrong, Xi Xi?” He sat down next to him again, tilting his head to look into his eyes, “Are you uncomfortable with Chuang-ge being too intimate with others?”
Lin Xi lowered his eyelids and didn’t say a word.
He hadn’t originally intended to spoil his fun, but he didn’t expect Fu Xiaoling to suddenly use him to interrupt his closeness with Liu Jingjing. Now, being asked about it, he felt like a sinner.
Unable to find a reason to prevaricate for a moment, and not daring to reveal the secret in his heart, he remained silent, watching to see how Mu Chuang would react.
And where they couldn’t see, Liu Jingjing glared at Fu Xiaoling, almost popping her eyeballs out.
“It’s not that I’m saying this, Xi Xi,” Mu Chuang said in a tone like an elder, as if regretting that iron couldn’t be turned into steel, “As a man, it’s natural to have a girlfriend, and intimacy is inevitable. Otherwise, how would you get married and have children?”
“You’re already so afraid, do you expect a woman to take the initiative to seduce you?” After he finished speaking, he raised Lin Xi’s chin, making him look at the girls, “Look, they’re all gentle and beautiful. There’s nothing as scary as you think.”
“If you like one, you can choose one. Chuang-ge won’t mind. If you want to kiss one, as long as it’s not too much, they won’t mind either.” But little did he know that after saying this, he immediately made the three women unhappy.
“Damn man, he’s actually willing to give away his girlfriend.” The three women were thinking almost the same thing, and they all complained in their hearts, “Someone like him is too tender even to sleep with, I’d probably have to teach him everything. So boring.”
The women all showed some disgust, more or less. The most obvious one was Liu Jingjing, who thought that Lin Xi had disturbed her mood, snatched her man, and caused her to still be daydreaming without getting to try anything.
The one who hid it the deepest was still Fu Xiaoling. She looked calm, but she was carefully observing how much patience Mu Chuang had for Lin Xi.
Lin Xi was forced to face the expressions of the women, and after discovering that they were all hostile to him, he removed Mu Chuang’s hand from his chin and lowered his head again.
Out of morality, he couldn’t make enemies with them, nor could he ruin Mu Chuang’s chances.
But that didn’t mean he didn’t want to.
“Go keep the older sisters company, you don’t have to worry about me. I know how to eat,” he said as he picked up his chopsticks again and slowly ate the meat that Mu Chuang had just given him.
The three women finally hid the sharpness in their eyes, feeling that even if this little boy liked Mu Chuang, he wouldn’t have the courage to confess, let alone openly compete with them.
While slightly relieved, they became uneasy about Mu Chuang, because his excessive doting on Lin Xi made it difficult to guarantee that he wouldn’t be bent.
Although he seemed to like women at the moment and only treated Lin Xi as a younger brother, who could guarantee what would happen in the future?
Lin Xi ate slowly and steadily, and when he felt that it was too spicy, Mu Chuang hurriedly handed him a drink, not keeping company with the three women as he said he would.
“Chuang-ge?” The drink was handed to his mouth, and Lin Xi raised his head in surprise, “I can do it myself, you don’t have to worry about me.”
Mu Chuang put on a stern face and fed him the drink, “Drink it if I give it to you. If you don’t like Chuang-ge playing around with them in front of you, Chuang-ge will pay attention in the future.”
Lin Xi almost choked on his words, feeling that he would soon attract the hostility of the three women again, “I didn’t mean that, you don’t have to…”
“Eat yours,” Mu Chuang interrupted him, put down the cup in his hand, and gave him a few more pieces of meat, “It won’t be as spicy if you eat it after it cools down. Eat the ones I gave you earlier. If you really can’t eat spicy food, I’ll get you a clear soup.”
This level of pampering directly made the women jealous to death.
“I can eat spicy food, no need to change to clear soup,” Lin Xi quickly explained, “Spicy food has flavor, I like it.”
“Besides, I didn’t say I can’t eat spicy food.” He muttered softly, and then, as if to prove that he could eat spicy food, he obediently ate the things he had given him.
Seeing him return to his obedient and well-behaved appearance, Mu Chuang finally smiled, and he would occasionally use a tissue to wipe the corners of his lips, for fear of making his fair face spicy.
The three women opposite were filled with jealousy, but Mu Chuang didn’t notice it.
From the beginning of the liveliness, to the end of the hot pot being eaten quietly, and then led by Mu Chuang, they returned to their respective residences.
As soon as he entered the room, Lin Xi hurriedly took out the several red money that Liang Ting had given him, “Chuang-ge, I can’t take this, you keep it.”
Mu Chuang pushed it back to him, “Keep it yourself, why be polite with her? Hasn’t she used Chuang-ge’s things less often? Just take it as a return gift.”
These few red money were far from what Mu Chuang had spent, so it was no wonder that when she took them out, Mu Chuang would unceremoniously tell Lin Xi to keep them.
One was to test the woman’s temperament, and the other was that he hadn’t confirmed it yet, so it was good to recover a little capital if he had the chance.
That’s what Mu Chuang thought.
Lin Xi hesitated, but the next second, Mu Chuang stuffed both his hand and the money back into his pocket.
“Don’t I know your family situation? I guess your dad didn’t give you much living expenses when you left either. The factory has to hold back a month’s salary, so you’ll still need it during this time.”
Mu Chuang spoke the truth, but unexpectedly, it made Lin Xi sad.
His dad was a gambler and did not engage in honest work, and his biological mother had abandoned him early on to remarry. There were only father and son in the family, and they did indeed live in poverty.
However, Lin Xi, who was born in such a family, was well-behaved and sensible. He was as beautiful as a porcelain doll when he was a child, and he grew up to be fair-skinned and handsome. Mu Chuang loved him to death, and he doted on him since childhood as if he were something precious. It was no wonder that Lin Xi would develop this kind of dependent feeling towards him, to the point where it had developed to this point today.
“Okay, don’t be sad. Our Xi Xi has grown up and will earn money on his own. Things will get better slowly in the future.” Mu Chuang quickly comforted him, hugged him in his arms, and gently stroked his back with one hand.
Lin Xi didn’t cry, but when his family situation was mentioned, he felt a little inferior compared to the current Mu Chuang.
He was comforted by Mu Chuang, leaning in his arms, his heart beating wildly, wanting to stay like this forever.
When he was pulled out of his arms by Mu Chuang, he realized that his face was flushed red.
“What’s wrong? Are you embarrassed to be hugged by Chuang-ge like this now that you’re older?” Mu Chuang teased with a playful thought, “If you were a girl, do you believe Chuang-ge would marry you?”
This damn guy, doesn’t he know that I like you? If you don’t mean it, don’t deliberately say things like that. It’s simply too hateful.