No? Can I read the mind of my mortal enemy?

Pei Jingnian competed with heaven, earth, and even the air.

They're either searching for enemies in the void, or on their way to search for enemies in the void.

Whether it's male or female, it doesn't matter to him.

His crystal-clear ink lake contained only her, her disheveled appearance fully revealed.

Shi Qiao always felt like she was cosplaying the King of Hell.

He was clutching the life and death books of four other people in his hand.

Wherever you point, Pei Jingnian will hit.

She swallowed hard, still wanting to be a good person.

"Yours is yours!" Shi Qiao shoved Pei Jingnian away, pitifully curling herself up in a ball. "Yours is the best-looking! Okay, okay!"

Pei Jingnian's brows relaxed, his fierce aura diminished, and he immediately became as innocent as a big puppy, "Really?"

Shi Qiao realized that she was really unable to resist Pei Jingnian like this, so she turned her head and hugged her knees again.

Really?

Fortunately, Pei Jingnian was unaware that his act of feigning helplessness would overwhelm her.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have made that bet for even a semester.

She herself felt a bit feverish for a week.

*

After the afternoon activities ended, my father and his wife returned from their sea voyage, bringing back a bunch of fresh seafood.

I don't know why we didn't hire a butler or chef for this trip. Rather than a vacation, it felt more like a secluded retreat in the mountains and waters, or rather, the sea.

The remaining people sat together in the living room.

Shi Qiao changed into a bright green halter-neck dress that reached her ankles. Su Yurou styled her hair into a full princess hairstyle, just like dressing up a doll, and inserted a small magnolia blossom into her hair tie.

Joe, beaming, clutched a tank full of seafood. "How about we go over there tonight for a bonfire and barbecue?"

June was the first to raise her hand, "I want to participate! I want to participate!"

Tom nodded. "I agree."

Su Yurou glanced at the cupboard. "But I looked and there aren't many seasonings left. Are you planning to just bake it like that?"

Joe immediately lowered his head, staring longingly at the rocket squid in his hand.

Shi Qiao glanced at the time and realized it was only three o'clock. The round trip by boat would only take about forty minutes, so she could arrive before the market closed.

"There's still time, I'll go to the market to buy it."

Su Yurou linked arms with Shi Qiao, "Sure, let's go together..."

"No! Yu Rou! You have to help us prepare the ingredients later." June, Tom, and Joe grabbed Su Yu Rou's arms and pulled her back.

Shi Qiao was surprised, "You all know how to prepare ingredients?"

June patted Su Yurou on the shoulder, "We absolutely have to know how. We may have foreign faces, but we have Chinese stomachs."

"Sometimes hiring a chef is just too much trouble, and since Joe also enjoys cooking, the rest of us learned together."

Su Yurou muttered, her voice just right, "What are we going to do? We can't just let Xiaoqiao go to the spice market alone, can we?"

"What if she gets lost... or what if someone tries to take advantage of our adorable little one?!"

Shi Qiao waved her hand, "How could that be? I'm not a two or three-year-old child. Give me a list and I'll go buy it later."

Pei Jingnian suddenly coughed twice.

June turned to Pei Jingnian and said, "That's right, why don't we just have Xiaoqiao go with us?"

That's more like it.

Finally, someone with a brain!

[If my wife doesn't go with me, are you guys supposed to go with her?]

Su Yurou looked like she suddenly realized something, "Oh right! There's one more person."

"Oh dear, I almost forgot. Jingnian, you're really something, you hardly ever talk."

Shi Qiao's lips twitched.

Don't worry, that guy has a lot to say.

And they're all things that can't be presented in public.

"Or, if Jingnian, you also know how to prepare ingredients, you can switch with me, and Shiqiao and I can go buy the seasonings."

【roll.】

Pei Jingnian stood up almost immediately and uttered three words with remarkable ease, "I can't."

Bai Shuwen and Lin Yahui exchanged a smile: They're totally shipping them.

"Then we've divided the tasks!" Su Yurou and the others discussed briefly and came up with a long list.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoqiao and Jingnian. Come back soon!"

A short while later, the private boat stopped at the island entrance. Pei Jingnian stepped in, placing one foot on the edge of the boat and reaching out to Shi Qiao.

"I can do it myself."

She skillfully lifted a corner of her skirt and carefully stepped onto the edge of the boat.

Suddenly, the boat was tossed about by the waves, and she lost her balance and swayed from side to side. Pei Jingnian quickly grabbed her hand, and in her panic, she kicked off with her back foot and fell directly into his arms.

She wrapped one arm around Pei Jingnian's waist. Although the man was big, his waist and abdomen were well-developed and just the right width, so she could wrap her arm around most of it.

"Is this what you mean by 'okay'?"

Shi Qiao quickly released Pei Jingnian and sat down in her seat.

"Just tell me whether I boarded the ship or not."

Pei Jingnian propped his head up with one hand. "Oh, I see. I thought you were planning to take advantage of me."

Shi Qiao swatted away the foul language in her ear, turned her head, and said, "I can't be bothered with you."

Pei Jingnian had an expression that seemed to see right through her, and didn't say another word.

Honey~ I know you're actually starting to have feelings for me~

After all, my body is the most beautiful in your eyes!

My wife's physical direction reflects her heart's direction.

Honey, I don't want money~

Eat me, eat me, eat me!!

[As long as she's my wife, I'll eat anywhere.]

Shi Qiao: ?

A moment of patience brings calm.

Taking a step back only makes me angrier.

What the hell am I supposed to tolerate?! How dare this man take advantage of me like that!

"I think some people are the ones who clearly know how to handle ingredients, but they pretend they don't."

She turned her head, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes flashing with malice, and gritted her teeth, "Isn't it just that you want to be alone with me and go shopping together?"

"yes."

Ok?

Ok? ? ?

Shi Qiao almost lost her balance.

So you just admitted it so easily?

Why not be a little more stubborn?

She had even prepared a plan: if Pei Jingnian replied, "I never would have," she would use the saury he had grilled for her when she was little as irrefutable evidence to leave him speechless.

Then, make him blush and lose face.

But now, Pei Jingnian's sudden honesty made her ears turn red.

She lowered her head, a few stray hairs gently blowing in the sea breeze, brushing against her burning cheeks.

So, being a straightforward puppy... is that fun?

Were all the books she read before just eating shit?

Pei Jingnian reached out and gently pinched her delicate cheek. "What's wrong? Are you starting to feel something?"

The man's captivating phoenix eyes moved closer quickly, so close that he could clearly count the number of his lower eyelashes.

His pupils dilated and contracted repeatedly before settling into a slightly vertical position. He now resembled a wild beast more than a human being.

He grabbed her small hand as she tried to escape, pressed his fingertips against her wrist, and precisely located her pulse.

"Your pulse is beating very fast, which is not normal."

"I didn't do anything."

They were so close that Pei Jingnian's bangs could even scratch her forehead.

"I...I usually have a faster heart rate, it's normal."

She wanted to punch herself twice.

Slow down, hey! Isn't this her body?!

"You little puppy, why don't you just admit defeat now?"

"I can punish you leniently."