The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Chen Jingmo and Jiang Xiu still didn't know what Shen Qinghuai had done to anger Lu Sui, because the person the three were talking about came over, carrying three cups of milk tea. Lu Sui had the most toppings, Chen Jingmo had none, and Jiang Xiu's was normal.

"Senior Shen, aren't you going to drink?"

"You've already drunk it." Shen Qinghuai inserted a straw into Lu Sui's drink, stopped him from leaning against the tree, patted his back, and said it was dirty.

Lu Sui sipped her milk tea. The temperature had soared to 23 degrees Celsius today. It was cool in the morning, but now, almost noon, it was so hot that it made people sweat. Shen Qinghuai told Chen Jingmo and Jiang Xiu, "I'll take Lu Sui home after class this morning."

Jiang Xiu took a big gulp of milk tea. "I understand."

We're definitely going to go on a date.

It's a pity I couldn't see it in person.

"Xiu'er, you can go eat lunch by yourself today."

"Are you going on a date too?" Jiang Xiu asked.

"Who the hell am I dating? What's wrong with your brain? Did your cerebellum flatten out?"

"..."

Chen Jingmo lied, saying, "I have something to take care of at home."

Upon hearing this, Lu Sui remembered something and took out her phone to send photos and chat logs to Chen Jingmo.

They are all Zhan Mingzhu's.

She must have been having an affair, and for quite some time now.

"What did you send me? We're standing so close, and you just... what the hell?"

Chen Jingmo chuckled and coughed softly, "Now I really do have something to do at home."

As soon as the bell rang, Lu Sui and Jiang Xiu walked out side by side.

"Aren't you going to the cafeteria?"

"I'm not going. Eating alone is so boring. I need to go home and bother my brother. Didn't he kick the dog last time and strain his calf? Haha, it's hilarious. He walks like he's been kicked—"

Jiang Xiu quickly retracted his boastful words, his arrogant smile instantly flattening, and his tone returning to normal, "I have to have dinner with him."

After meeting with Lu Sui, Shen Qinghuai went to the car. Just as he arrived home, Liu Qiushui called.

"mom."

"Hey, have you eaten?" Liu Qiushui poured water into a cup and stirred the protein powder.

"We haven't eaten yet. I'm with Lu Sui."

"Oh, you two are together. Did you give Xiao Lu the snacks I brought back last time?"

"He gave it to me, and he said it was delicious." Shen Qinghuai glanced at Lu Sui, whose ears were practically perked up beside him, and said to Liu Qiushui, "You two talk."

"Okay." As Liu Qiushui's voice amplified in his ears, Lu Sui looked helplessly at Shen Qinghuai and pushed his wrist.

Shen Qinghuai whispered, "Say hello to Mom."

Lu Sui shook his head.

Shen Qinghuai smiled, "You said Auntie is nice."

"Hello, Auntie."

"Okay, all good. What are you planning to eat for lunch today?"

Lu Sui could answer this himself, his voice as monotonous as a machine: "Shen Qinghuai heated up my nutritious meal."

"A nutritious meal? Xiao Lu, you're too thin. You need to eat more. I didn't let you eat well last time. Next time you come, Auntie will make you boiled fish fillets, sweet and sour pork, garlic baby bok choy, fried eggplant fritters, and fried mushrooms."

"……don't want."

Liu Qiushui was taken aback. "W-why don't you want it? My cooking is delicious, ask Qinghuai—"

"You said you'd cook it for me, but you'll still let people other than the three of us eat it."

Lu Sui made his point very clearly this time.

Actually, Lu Sui is different from others. You can tell by observing him more and listening to him speak.

Liu Qiushui recalled Lu Sui's obvious unhappiness last time, thought for two seconds, and said, "No, Auntie was wrong. I shouldn't have given your snacks to Ayu. Next time you come, I'll make whatever you want to eat. If they want something else, I'll make it for them separately."

The money was originally intended for Lu Sui to buy what he liked to eat.

As a result, some of it was shared with others.

When she was a child, she wouldn't be happy if her parents gave her favorite things to other children.

Besides, Lu Sui is still a child... anyway, he doesn't look as old as Shen Qinghuai.

Her first impression of Lu Sui was that he was well-behaved. She didn't think Lu Sui was a bad child because he was disobedient. She just thought that Lu Sui was hard to communicate with because he didn't talk much. But now she thinks he is very easy to communicate with and is still very well-behaved.

"Um."

Hearing Lu Sui respond instead of remaining silent, Liu Qiushui smiled and asked, "Did you buy these supplements for me?"

She checked on her phone; it was very expensive.

"Thank you so much, child. The coat you bought me is so comfortable. The sun is shining brightly today, so I washed it and hung it out to dry in the yard. Qinghuai's quilt is also drying outside. Tomorrow will be sunny too, so I'll continue drying the other quilts tomorrow. You can decide which ones you want to use when you get back, otherwise they'll get damp when it rains in a few days."

"I'll buy you more next time," he said, referring to clothes and supplements. "Don't you air out your blankets?"

"I aired my quilt out all morning and it's warm now, so I don't need to air it out anymore. There are only two clotheslines in the yard. Tomorrow I'll go to Uncle Wang's house in Qinghuai and get a bundle of old electrical wire so he can nail two expansion bolts into the wall. That way, I won't have to worry about the clotheslines breaking when I hang a lot of clothes to dry."

Shen Qinghuai felt a sense of relief as he listened to Lu Sui talking to Liu Qiushui, especially when Lu Sui looked at him for something and seemed so obedient that he wanted to kiss him hard.

Shen Qinghuai pulled his phone back a little. "Mom, you don't need to air out too many blankets for us. One is enough. The noodle shop won't be open for the next few days. Take good care of yourself."

He covered the microphone and asked Lu Sui, "How about going back this weekend?"

"casual."

Shen Qinghuai kissed his cheek and said to Liu Qiushui, "We're going back this weekend."

Liu Qiushui stood up, slapped her thigh twice, and said "okay" repeatedly. Before hanging up, she told Shen Qinghuai to hurry up and heat up the food so that Lu Sui wouldn't go hungry. She also mentioned that she had dried some cured meat and asked Shen Qinghuai to take some with him to cook for Lu Sui.

"She was very excited."

"Because they miss us."

"I miss you."

I miss you too.

"wrong."

"That's right, Mom misses you and I miss you too."

"It's your mother."

"We can all call her 'Mom'."

"No."

Shen Qinghuai pushed Lu Sui onto the sofa, parted his lips and kissed him twice. Lu Sui thought of last night and pulled Shen Qinghuai's hair, "Don't kiss me."

"You can kiss me. My mouth isn't dirty and doesn't smell bad. If you don't believe me, kiss me and check."

"No."

Shen Qinghuai pulled him up and tidied his hair. "I won't bother you anymore. I'll go heat up some food. There's poria cocos cake and steamed dates on the table. You can eat first."

"What is cured meat?"

"It's just raw pork that's been marinated with seasonings and then dried in the sun. It has a rather unique flavor. I'll make it for you when we get home."

"Um."

"Don't just keep saying 'uh-huh,' say 'okay,' 'thank you,'"

"I won't say thank you to you."

"Yes, you don't need to thank me. Just call me 'baby' like I call you at night."

Lu Sui felt a heat behind her ears. "No."

I can't bring myself to say it.

He didn't shout.

Seeing that he refused so readily, Shen Qinghuai was somewhat dissatisfied, "If you don't call me baby tonight, I'll give you back to me."

After saying that, Lu Sui kicked him, landing a kick in his abdomen, "You've gone bad."

"I haven't turned bad. I've always been like this. It's just that you haven't known me for very long."

For some reason, after realizing her feelings for Lu Sui, Shen Qinghuai always wanted to tease him.

For example, right now, he grabbed Lu Sui's ankle and made him step on his abs. Feeling that Lu Sui couldn't feel it well through his clothes, he lifted his clothes up.

"Is your boyfriend in good shape?"

Lu Sui looked at his narrow waist, six-pack abs, and fair skin, her eyelashes fluttered, and she turned her head away, no longer looking. "This is bad."

Seeing that Lu Sui was being stubborn, Shen Qinghuai kissed the back of his ear, which was flushed, and then lowered his leg to grab his hand. Startled by the cold, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"My stomach is too hard."

Shen Qinghuai chuckled, exasperated, and said, "If I had a beer belly, wouldn't I be able to be incredibly attentive when I hold you?"