The afternoon's sunlight scattered around the chic modern sofa where Shen Yue sat indifferently studying the documents spread out on the table in front of him. Despite hearing approaching footsteps, he didn't need to look up to know who it was.
Xu Wenqi placed the plastic bag containing personally cooked food on the table and asked with a hint of expectation she didn't even notice, "Do you want to eat now?"
Shen Yue lifted his head and looked at her with a hooded, obscure gaze.
He replied coldly, "No."
Xu Wenqi urged him, "Butler Wang said you didn't eat anything today so you should eat now or else you'll have no energy to work."
Shen Yue directly ignored her as his eyes slid back to the documents on the table. Despite the deliberate alienation, Xu Wenqi didn't give up and switched tactics.
"Ooh my fingers hurt so much," said Xu Wenqi dramatically. "I cut my finger so many times. This is the first time I, a rich miss, went to the kitchen and made a meal for someone but-"
The sofa sank as Xu Wenqi fell down in sadness.
"-someone doesn't even want to appreciate it."
Technically, the body she had now was a rich miss so it wasn't a lie that it was her first time to cook for someone else. But the pain was completely made up. Xu Wenqi was fully capable of cooking and knew how to make her own meals when she moved out of her parents' home. Now, to arouse Shen Yue's pity, Xu Wenqi had fallen to acting. Thinking of this, Xu Wenqi sighed and thought once again that it wasn't easy to hug the villain's thigh.
Looking at Shen Yue, she noticed that he seemed to be very unmoved and was still focused on the papers. Xu Wenqi gritted her teeth and completely threw away her pride. Wrapping her slender arms around his, she threatened him with a coquettish tone.
"If you don't eat, then I'll be sad. If I'm sad, I'll stay and bother you for the whole day until you eat."
Shen Yue immediately stiffened as Xu Wenqi clung to his arm. A sweet fragrance filled his nose the minute she came to him, turning his eyes even darker.
He ruthlessly pulled his arm away and acquiesced, "Fine."
Xu Wenqi was thoughtful.
'He seems to be very responsive to this set,' noted Xu Wenqi.
In the future, she definitely knew how to make him listen to her! Oblivious to her thoughts, Shen Yue elegantly used the utensils to take a taste. The food was very obviously below the quality of what he normally eats. It was a bit bland and just average. But, somehow, it strangely tasted better than anything else he had eaten.
Unconsciously, a third of it was gone when Xu Wenqi asked with an anticipating gaze, "How is it?"
Shen Yue tightened his lips and just replied unemotionally, "It's okay."
Xu Wenqi was a little disappointed and looked away, rummaging the bag for some tissue trying to stay nonchalant.
"If you don't want to eat it, I'll take it away. You don't have to force yourself. I can just huh-"
She finally found a napkin and turned to look at Shen Yue. What she saw left her speechless. The food in the container was completely gone! She blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes to look again. Just when she was about to ask if he had thrown it all away, she noticed a small white rice grain stuck at the corner of his mouth.
He chewed nonstop and perceiving her gaze, Shen Yue felt uncomfortable. He asked fiercely, "What?"
Xu Wenqi swallowed the words back into her mouth and held back her twitching lips that were curving upwards. He was unexpectedly cute like this. She coughed fakely and shook her head.
"Ah, nothing. Here's a napkin."
Shen Yue dabbed his mouth in a smooth manner but still missed the little grain.
"Wait, uhm there's a little…"
Xu Wenqi took the napkin and leaned in. She smiled funnily as she wiped the corner of his lips and said, "I didn't expect you to be so…"
Xu Wenqi met Shen Yue's dim hazy eyes and couldn't say anything more. The faint gloomy surging tide reflected in them made her unable to retreat or advance. She was left frozen just a few inches away from his face and his magnified sharp features made her heart drum a little faster than usual.
Shen Yue's throat rolled up and down seeing Xu Wenqi's lashes flutter tremblingly over her wide deer-like eyes staring straight at him. Her fragrance seemed to envelop him and seal his senses, rendering him a little powerless. The atmosphere contained ambiguous undertones the longer the two looked at each other.
The chopsticks in Shen Yue's hand clattered onto the table and Xu Wenqi woke up first. She became panicked and stood up hurriedly, accidentally knocking the table behind her. Just as she was about to lose her balance and fall back, a large hand grabbed her waist and pushed the center of her gravity forward. Xu Wenqi fell onto Shen Yue's chest unexpectedly and her hand fell onto something unknown.
unimportant notes:
i wonder what that unknown is ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿