Why are you always thinking about dating me?

Su Yuejin seemed unaware that Lin An had an older sister named Xu Qinghuan.

Strange, why did Lin An keep this from her? Xiao Chacha couldn't quite figure it out, but what she was still thinking about was the look in Lin An's eyes when he got out of the car.

This made Xiao Chacha a little unhappy, but she was very self-aware, so she wandered around by herself for a long time without going over. However, it seems that Lin An has calmed down now. This guy actually has a pretty good temper and is very easy to talk to.

When Lin An returned, he had removed all his makeup and changed back into his normal clothes, which made him feel completely normal, as if the whole world had become normal again.

Then he casually grabbed a tissue from the car and wiped the lipstick stain on her face, which was still the lipstick he had just worn.

"Let's go!" Su Yuejin looked very excited. Xiao Chacha was sitting in the back seat. Lin An reminded Su Yuejin, "If we're going to the supermarket, you should change your clothes first, otherwise it'll look weird."

"That seems to be true... but I'm so hungry, and it would be too much trouble to go to the supermarket after I get home."

"Then drive to the supermarket, and I'll go buy it."

"Uh-huh."

Su Yuejin drove and stopped at a large shopping mall along the way. Lin An opened the car door and got out, and Xiao Chacha also opened the car door. She seemed very attentive, leaving Su Yuejin with the excuse, "I'll help him carry some things." It was a reason that was impossible to refuse.

So Lin An and Xiao Chacha walked side by side. Xiao Chacha stood next to Lin An, wearing that gothic-style dress. Su Yuejin looked at the two figures outside the car window and had a strange feeling that the two seemed to have a tacit understanding.

Upon entering the supermarket, Xiao Chacha grabbed Lin An's arm. Lin An remained indifferent, merely glancing at her, and asked, "What?"

"There are too many people, I'm scared, hold me tight." The little witch was quite unrestrained, seemingly oblivious to Lin An's disgusted look.

"It's not like I'll die. Go get the cart. Su Yuejin said she'd bring her some snacks."

"No, you push it."

"are you going?"

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

Xiao Chacha finally let go of his hand, and then played rock-paper-scissors with him. Lin An helplessly stretched out his hand and chose scissors. He knew that this guy would most likely choose paper. There is an interesting little psychological tidbit: people with different personalities will subconsciously make different hand gestures.

Xiao Chacha reluctantly went to push the stroller and walked in with him. Then, while pushing the stroller, she suddenly asked Lin An, "Are you angry?"

"No, I knew you'd do that, so there's nothing to be angry about." Lin An's expression was quite casual as he tossed two bags of potato chips into the shopping cart. Xiao Chacha, however, leaned against him and continued to chatter on, "So, what's next? What are you planning to do?"

"What do you mean, how do you do it?" Lin An glanced at her sideways.

“Su Yuejin heard what I said, so she might be overthinking things right now. And then… will you push her away again?” Xiao Chacha’s tone was confident and smug, like a proud little peacock.

Lin An simply reached out and patted her on the head.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" He completely ignored Xiao Chacha's fierce look as she covered her head and glared at him, and reached out to throw two more jellies into the cart.

"Please, I'm also Yuejin's best friend. I need to warn you, what you're doing isn't good for her..."

"Doing this makes her anxious and emotionally unstable, making her more prone to doing strange things? Again and again? Over and over again? Even you've noticed that she's as obedient as a puppy now, why can't I notice?"

"She's just never been in a relationship before, she doesn't even know how to be in one. But everyone goes through a process, just take it slow. You're the one who talks the most, you think you know everything, but your self-righteousness is just empty foolishness. You're pretty much the same as her, why are you looking at her from a superior position?"

“I’m much smarter than Su Yuejin, okay?” Xiao Chacha said, expressing her dissatisfaction.

"Ha, you think you're smarter than her? I don't think so. You just like to show off your self-righteous little bit of cleverness. You think that just because you've read a couple of books, know a few basic principles, can flirt with a few girls, and have had a lot of relationships, you know everything?"

"When you don't care about these things, and think they're just toys you don't care about, and you're proud of it, you... are very annoying."

Lin An spoke very seriously, but he kept walking forward as he spoke, seemingly not caring about Xiao Chacha at all. Xiao Chacha listened to his words in silence and followed him pushing her stroller.

Lin An tossed a few more cream puffs into the cart, but he stopped muttering to himself. When he got to the beverage section, he liked to buy drinks he hadn't tried before. Trying new things was fun. After casually picking out a few bottles, Lin An turned around and glanced at Xiao Chacha.

Her eyes were red, but he just laughed.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything again?"

Xiao Chacha turned her face away so he wouldn't see her red eyes, but she didn't say anything. She just followed him as he pushed the cart. After a short while, two tears slid down her cheeks.

Instead of offering comfort, Lin An went even further, saying, "Crybaby."

Xiao Chacha kicked Lin An with her calf, but Lin An didn't mind and continued walking forward. Xiao Chacha had no choice but to push the cart and follow him. When they arrived at the grocery store, Lin An bought some vegetables, such as eggplant and tomatoes. Only then did Lin An ask her, "How many chicken wings do you want?"

“Four,” Xiao Chacha answered while crying.

"Oh." Lin An selected sixteen chicken wings, then went to weigh them, put labels on them, and after weighing them, he came back and threw the chicken wings into the shopping cart. He had almost finished buying what he needed, and Lin An stood there.

There were quite a few onlookers around, because Xiao Chacha's clothes were already considered outlandish, and people weren't very accepting of such outfits. They would laugh at her, thinking that she was too old to act like a little princess.

Lin An didn't say anything or offer any comfort, just waited for her to cry. Xiao Chacha bit her lip and just stared at him for one minute, two minutes, five minutes.

She didn't cry out loud, and only a few tears fell, but her eyes were red and her nose felt sore. The onlookers looked at the two silent people strangely, as if they were performing a silent play.

Lin An still took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped away her tears. "Alright, you've had enough of being wronged."

"We all live in self-righteousness, so don't think too much about your troubles. Eat when you're hungry and sleep when you're tired. What do you like to eat? Let me see if I can cook it."

Xiao Chacha remained silent, letting him wipe away his tears, and then answered with a slightly sobbing voice, "Twice-cooked pork."

"It's alright, I happen to know how to make it, and I like to eat it too."

He nodded, and Xiao Chacha stopped crying and obediently continued pushing the stroller and following him.

Chapter Ninety-Three Chili Peppers

Actually, it's nothing. Lin An felt it was better to say less, since Xiao Chacha wasn't a normal person either.

He didn't like to detach himself too much and look at Xiao Chacha's actions from a higher perspective, because that would make him seem like a snobbish person full of superiority. But it didn't matter; everyone is a snobbish person.

After saying she wanted to eat twice-cooked pork, Xiao Chacha seemed to regain her energy. Pushing her shopping cart, she told Lin An, "Let's go! I want to buy snacks too!" She didn't even have time to complain about being upset earlier; now she wanted to buy them!

"Hurry up, Su Yuejin is waiting."

"Let her wait a bit longer, hmph, this girl just loves to overthink things. She'll definitely be jealous when we get back, how interesting! It's so much fun to tease her."

"Didn't you bully her a lot before?" Lin An asked, both amused and exasperated.

"No, that's not it. The Yuejin of the past wasn't so easy to bully. Besides, Yuejin wasn't stupid to begin with, she's just been driven a bit dim by love lately, hehe. Let's hurry up, you push the cart!"

"..." Lin An finally took the cart, and then Xiao Chacha happily skipped and jumped to get the potato chips, jelly and chocolate she wanted. She filled the cart to the brim, and when she and Lin An went to pay the bill, it was Miss Xiao Chacha who paid.

Lin An had no desire to compete with her. Ever since he learned that she had 30,000 yuan of pocket money a month, Lin An gave up on being too particular about the accounts. Because their spending levels were different, if they had to split the bill for everything or treat each other to meals and gifts, Lin An would become depressed.

This is also because of different social circles; some people can't tolerate you when you're in a lower social circle.

Su Yuejin had been waiting for almost half an hour. As soon as Lin An sat in the passenger seat, she leaned over and stared into Lin An's eyes, "Why did you take so long to buy this?"

"Oh? You said you wanted some snacks, so I picked some out for you. Xiao Chacha also wanted to buy some snacks, but she bought more, so it took her a little longer." Lin An explained briefly, and then Su Yuejin glanced at Xiao Chacha.

"You're not going to eat at my house, are you?" She looked at Xiao Chacha's face.

Xiao Chacha's face turned green.

"Sister Yuejin, Sister Su Yuejin... Look, if I go home alone and cook for myself and eat takeout, I'll starve. Anyway, you have Lin An to cook for you, so I'll just mooch some food." Xiao Chacha's face was full of flattery.

She was just saying Su Yuejin was stupid, but now she still has to fawn over her. Lin An sneered, "Ha, woman."

"I don't want it, you can order takeout yourself."

“I bought the chicken wings she was going to eat. Anyway, we can’t finish them all, so let’s not waste them.” This time it was Lin An who spoke up. As soon as Lin An spoke, Su Yuejin’s firm resolve wavered. After thinking for a second or two, she said, “Okay.”

Then she leaned close to Lin An's ear, her slender, fair fingers gripping his collar, and whispered, "That Xiao Chacha, the nicer you are to her, the more she takes advantage of you."

Lin An burst out laughing.

See, even Su Yuejin knows this principle, but Xiao Chacha is still smug, which is why she looks like a clown.

"I know, I know."

Xiao Chacha couldn't hear what the two were whispering about, but she had a feeling that they were both laughing at her.

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home.

Lin An and Su Yuejin carried the groceries they bought, along with Su Yuejin's snacks, upstairs. Xiao Chacha put the snacks in Su Yuejin's car and then asked Su Yuejin if she could borrow the car so she could take the snacks back and return them to her next time.

Su Yuejin didn't mind and lent it to Xiao Chacha; her relationship with Xiao Chacha was still quite delicate.

Because the two used to be really close friends who knew each other inside and out, but after Xiao Chacha confessed her love, they gradually drifted apart. Now that Xiao Chacha is back to normal, there was a chance to mend their friendship, but... Su Yuejin now feels that Xiao Chacha is being a bitch, as if she really wants to steal Lin An away.

She absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen.

Although she trusted Lin An completely, she didn't trust Xiao Chacha. Although she also had a vague feeling that Xiao Chacha would be completely under Lin An's control, she didn't want that to happen.

Even if she were completely under Lin An's thumb, that person could only be her, not Xiao Chacha.

As she thought about this, she went upstairs and arrived home. Su Yuejin happily opened the bedroom door and went inside. Lin An patted her shoulder and said, "Go change your clothes and have some snacks to tide you over."

"I can cook!"

"I'll take care of it. It's not a big deal. Go change your clothes and just wait patiently."

"Hehe." Hearing him say that, Su Yuejin didn't insist anymore. Lin An carried the pile of vegetables into the kitchen, and then glanced at the girl who was already sitting on the sofa, tearing open a bag of potato chips and throwing a potato chip into her mouth.

"Hey you sitting over there, eating snacks, come here. If you want to eat, come and help out. Don't be a lazy bum."

"You won't even let Su Yuejin do it!" Xiao Chacha expressed her dissatisfaction.

"Huh? You can keep your opinions to yourself, but I won't accept any rebuttals. She's the owner, and she can kick you out if she's unhappy."

"But I bought the groceries!"

"So, are you going to move or not?" Lin An tilted his head and looked at her.

“…Here it comes.” Xiao Chacha stuffed two more potato chips into her mouth and then popped them in. Su Yuejin had already gone to her room to change her clothes. Lin An took out all the ingredients and then looked at Xiao Chacha standing there.

"Remove the stems and seeds from the green peppers. Remember to wash your hands after you're done and don't touch your face."

"Huh? Why?" Xiao Chacha said as she started removing the stems from the green peppers. She wanted to prove that although she knew nothing about cooking, she was still willing to put in the effort and wasn't some spoiled rich girl.

"Oh? Maybe it's because it's clean and hygienic."

Lin An answered calmly, then laid out the cutting board, picked up a knife, and began to score the chicken wings, wash away the blood, and marinate them. After Xiao Chacha finished processing the green peppers, she seemed to have done something amazing, and grunted, "Done!"

"Why are you blushing, Xiao Chacha?" he suddenly said to Xiao Chacha.

"Why am I blushing?" Xiao Chacha was taken aback.

But Lin An's serious expression made it seem like he really meant it. "Don't believe me? Touch your face."

Then Xiao Chacha subconsciously covered her cheeks with her hands, even though she didn't feel her cheeks burning. She looked at Lin An with a strange expression and even took out her phone to look at it, even though she wasn't blushing.

But after she put down her phone, she saw Lin An's expression as he tried to suppress a laugh.

Then, a second or two later, she suddenly felt a burning sensation on her face.

Lin An's mischievous laughter reached Xiao Chacha's ears, and Xiao Chacha realized what was happening. "My face is burning!"