Ellie's ears turned a little red upon hearing this, and after a while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence: "I like eating vegetables."
Daniel, being rather insensitive, naturally didn't pick up on anything. He spoke: "Eating vegetables is good, my mom always says I don't like vegetables."
William chuckled: "Right, eating vegetables is good."
"William, Ellie, you two have your meal, we won't disturb you, bye."
"Alright."
William hung up the phone, met Ellie's gaze as she looked over, and said: "Little Teacher cares so much for me, then I have to eat all these vegetables."
Ellie looked at him and said: "You said you'd eat them all."
William propped his head and looked at her: "Eat them all."
Ellie had heard from Daniel before that William never liked those green vegetables, so this time she deliberately ordered a table full of green dishes.
She watched William pick up the vegetables with chopsticks, eating happily, and began to doubt whether what she had heard before was correct.
...
Daniel opened the door, poked his head in, and found that there seemed to be no one. As he stepped in with one foot, he heard a voice: "Are you back?"
He was startled and covered his face.
Miller, seeing him covering his face, said: "Come over, sit down."
Daniel's heart was pounding, beating faster than when he talked to a pretty girl.
Could this be the calm before the storm?
He walked to the living room and saw several people sitting neatly on the sofa, looking somewhat bewildered.
Why was his uncle's family all here?
Sammy called him: "Cousin."
Daniel sat down next to him and whispered: "What's going on? Why is everyone here?"
Sammy just smiled.
Uncle Dominic spoke first: "Daniel."
Daniel straightened up and responded with a "Yes."
"This time it's thanks to Daniel. Sammy was bullied at school for so long, but he didn't tell us, just said he didn't want to go to school. Your aunt and I didn't know what was going on."
Sammy grabbed Daniel's arm and said: "Those bullies have already apologized to me and returned all the money they took from me."
Daniel then realized and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay."
Miller smiled and said: "Brother, this kid loves to fight, but he's loyal."
Uncle Dominic smiled, patted Daniel's shoulder, and before he could say anything, Daniel winced in pain.
"The injury on your face was also from standing up for Sammy, right?"
Daniel nodded.
"Uncle treats you to a restaurant, let's eat out today." Uncle Dominic said, secretly taking out a red envelope from his pocket and slipping it into Daniel's pocket when Miller wasn't looking.
Daniel felt the red envelope, it was quite thick, he grinned at Uncle Dominic and said: "Thank you, Uncle."
This smile didn't help, it pulled at the injury on his face, causing him pain again.
The beating he took this time was worth it, he received a red envelope and could eat a good meal.
...
After William and Ellie finished eating, William remembered that Coco was still hanging in the car.
He unzipped the bag, and Coco jumped out, directly diving into Ellie's arms.
William said: "It has gained weight recently, I'll hold it."
Before Ellie could speak, Coco shrank into her arms and buried its head in her embrace.
William: "..."
Ellie said: "It's fine, it's not heavy, I'll hold it."
William and Coco, one person and one cat, stared at each other for a while, and Coco buried its big head back into Ellie's arms.
William: "..."
William: Might as well have cat meat for a late-night snack tonight.
He stared at Coco's back of the head, really wanting to pull it out of Ellie's arms.
Ellie said: "You're injured, why not go back and rest early?"
William shook his head: "It's okay, my leg is still fine, Little Teacher is caring for me, right?"
Ellie felt her ears getting hot from his offhand remark, looked up at him, and said: "No."
William always felt like he was bullying someone when he saw her like this, and he curled his lips slightly.
The night market was very lively.
There were many people coming and going.
Many colored lights were hung on the trees.
Ellie walked ahead with the cat in her arms, and when she saw William wasn't following, she looked back at him. William wanted to take a picture of her back, and just happened to capture this photo.
Above was a colorful canopy of lights, below was a gentle girl with her hair in a high ponytail, a light smile on her face, holding a little black cat in her arms.
Ellie said: "What are you doing?"
William raised his phone to show her: "I wanted to take a picture of your back, and you just happened to turn around."
Ellie looked at the photo on the phone and smiled: "It's a good shot."
William put away his phone and said: "Of course." The person is beautiful, how could the photo not be good.
Passing by a small shop selling pet supplies, Ellie went in with Coco in her arms, and William followed behind.
William was about to say not to buy for it, but he saw Ellie seriously picking out items.
The shopkeeper, looking at the somewhat fierce-looking but equally handsome guy next to him, said: "Bringing your sister out to play?"
William looked at Ellie, then at the shopkeeper, and said: "Yes, bringing my sister out to play."
"You two siblings have such a good relationship."
Ellie, holding the cat, said: "We're not siblings, we're classmates."
The shopkeeper suddenly realized and said: "Boyfriend and girlfriend? I was mistaken."
Ellie's ears turned hot, she shook her head and said: "We're deskmates."
The shopkeeper laughed and said: "Good friends? No wonder, you two look like you have a great relationship."
William looked at Ellie, a faint smile on his lips: "Yes, we have a good relationship, right, little deskmate?"
Ellie "um"ed, then picked up a blue piece of clothing and said to William: "How about this one?"
William glanced at the blue clothing, then at Coco, and said: "I think it's okay."
Coco seemed to know that it was buying clothes for itself and excitedly meowed.
Ellie was about to pay when her phone was taken away by William. She looked back at William and said: "I'm buying something for Coco, give me my phone."
William looked down at her, met her gaze, and then handed the phone back to Ellie.
William carried the small piece of clothing bought for Coco and asked Ellie: "Is it tiring to hold it? Do you want me to hold it?"
Ellie shook her head: "No need, it's not very heavy."
...
Ellie was wearing a long dress today, and William was afraid that the sudden acceleration and deceleration of the motorcycle would cause her to fall, so he prepared to call a car to take her back.
William protected her head as she got in.
Ellie just sat down and saw William holding the cat, also got in, and said: "Why did you get in too?"
William smiled: "To send you home."
Ellie said: "Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome."
William said: "It's not troublesome."
He sent Ellie to the downstairs.
Ellie said: "Don't let the wound touch water, remember to change the medicine."
"Got it, Little Teacher." William said, waved at her, and left after seeing the light turn on upstairs.