Fiddling in his seat, Fu Wang glanced at Li Minghao and Chen Jingyun with a wronged yet confused expression.
Why... Is senior Li so adamant about sitting with Chen Jingyun?
Earlier on, he had to accept the fact that they ended up with an entourage larger than he had expected. Of course, it didn't dampen his mood that much.
Instead, it boosted it!
All three of them were basketball gods...
That was enough of a reason to worship them.
It is not every day you get to eat lunch with such amazing people~
Confession time: Fu Wang was a secret fanboy of the dark lord and his friends
However, that didn't mean he lost sight of what he set out to do!
Even if he held immense admiration for those three male gods, Fu Wang wanted to sit next to Chen Jingyun. Not only to build a wall between her and the other boys to protect her, but also to interact with her a little longer. He liked hearing her talk even if it was mixed with sarcastic jabs at him.
But...
The moment he reached for her hand, another one mercilessly grabbed her collar and pulled her away to the corner of the table. Sitting in the only spot beside her would be the culprit who took her away.
Li Minghao.
He had his usual nonchalant expression and relaxed shoulders. It was as if nothing in this world could move him. He was a mountain.
As for him, Fu Wang, he chose to sit in front of them. He was going to complain but he bit his tongue back. Fine, he will just talk to her across the table. It is the same thing... And he's not sobbing at all!
Massaging her temples, Chen Jingyun slowly accepted her new fate. She could only hope that as time went by, Li Minghao would loosen up and grant her freedom.
"What do you want to eat?" Li Minghao suddenly asked breaking Chen Jingyun out of her thoughts.
"Hmm?" Chen Jingyun lifted her gaze from the menu. "I don't know yet."
She wasn't really looking at the menu...
"Ahem!" Fu Wang intervened. He was waiting for his time to shine.
"I heard the steamed fish fillet is really good at this restaurant..."
"Really? Then I will have that." Chen Jingyun quickly decided, she just wanted to eat something good.
Fu Wang's eyes brightened up at her approval. "They also have an interesting bubble gum soda, you wanna try it?"
Bubble gum soda? Chen Jingyun also began to perk up.
"Sure!"
"Should we get fried shrimp as an entry meal?"
"Yeah!"
"What about dessert... Today it seems to be... lemon cheesecake day!"
"Must. Order!"
Looking at the two of them, Li Minghao felt like he was watching kids bouncing off of each other's big appetite energy. He shook his head.
Their diets... it didn't have an ounce of balance. They kept finding an excuse to order something.
He began to wonder if this was how Chen Jingyun had been eating under her friend's care.
"I don't think I have eaten a red beans ice cream, do you think it will taste good?"
"Only one way to find out..."
Lowering himself to Chen Jingyun's face level, Li Minghao said in a low voice.
"Seeing that you are on the way of turning into a ball, every morning you will go running with me. 5 AM."
"What?!"
"You heard me." Li Minghao openly received her eye daggers. He wasn't fazed by them. He even chuckled openly.
"What happened?" Fu Wang looked at the two of them with a clueless expression. He wasn't able to catch their conversation.
"Nothing. Let's keep ordering." Chen Jingyun blew her cheeks.
If she was going to be hauled away on a random training montage then so be it!
She will just eat to her heart's content!
Still, Fu Wang was a very curious puppy. He wanted to know what was going between the two of them.
"What will you order, Senior Li?"
"Just call me by my name." Li Minghao corrected him. He wasn't going to pull a senior card on someone he would be seeing around frequently. "I will just get the steamed fish fillet too."
"Okay, Senior - ahem - Minghao. Anything else?"
"No, thanks."
Oh...
As always, Li Minghao was still as cool as ever.
But... he didn't seem to be willing to go out of his way to make small conversations.
Ay~ What a difficult person to befriend.
How did Chen Jingyun manage to get in his group anyway?
"Fu Wang."
Hmm? The male god himself was initiating conversation with him?
"Yes?"
"How did you meet Qin Yun? You two seem quite close." Li Minghao casually took a sip of his cup of tea.
Sending him meaningful signals across the table, Chen Jingyun begged for Fu Wang to not say anything out of line.
She couldn't let the dark lord know that she was discovered a week into her disguise... he wouldn't let her live it down!
She could already see him making fun out of her.
Bleh!
Still, Fu Wang didn't catch her signals and only laughed to himself.
"Hmm, I met him last week but it feels like I have known him all my life." Fu Wang smiled.
Thankfully, he was careful enough to not slip. This time, Chen Jingyun let out a secret sigh of relief.
She will reward him!
"I see." Li Minghao put the teacup down and looked away.
Thoughts were dancing in his head.