Chapter 137: Cotton Candy

After completing her series of maneuvers, Liu Ruoxi finally nodded in satisfaction, only to notice Lin'er looking at her curiously from the side.

"Um..." Liu Ruoxi pondered for a moment and patted her own lap. "Want to sit?"

"Shameless!" Lin'er glanced at her with utter disdain and scolded with a smile.

Just then, Qin Xuan finished washing the laundry, wiped his hands, and walked back into the room to see Lin'er sitting on Sister Xi's lap, looking curiously at the computer...

What the heck? You two are acting sus!

Qin Xuan stood there in a daze, scratching his head, and checked his hands. Phew, thankfully no strange color...

Hearing the noise at the doorway, Lin'er turned her head, saw it was Qin Xuan, and hastily stood up.

"Huh?" Seeing her cowardly look, Qin Xuan thought it was even more suspicious. What did you two do behind my back?

"Done washing?" Liu Ruoxi turned around and glanced at Qin Xuan. "Come here quickly, watch me get first place in a second."

Seeing this, Qin Xuan tossed the hat incident to the back of his mind, rushed behind her, and looked at the computer screen.

"Show off, you dog!"

"Obviously!" Liu Ruoxi happily fiddled with Qin Xuan's hand resting in front of her shoulder.

Seeing the two of them like this, Qin Lin'er stealthily backed out of the room.

Qin Xuan accompanied Liu Ruoxi in playing games for a while before he remembered to make dinner. He checked the time; thankfully it was only half-past five.

"Aren't you hungry?" Qin Xuan asked, looking at Ruoxi, who was operating the mouse with a completely calm face.

To his surprise, Liu Ruoxi's face suddenly turned bright red.

"No... No way! It's that time of the month, go find them!" Liu Ruoxi reached out and shoved Qin Xuan away as she spoke.

"No! Your brain is a bit messed up. I meant do you want to eat dinner..." Qin Xuan explained.

"Oh!" Liu Ruoxi gave him an angry punch. "Why didn't you make it clear!"

"I'm hungry."

As if taking revenge, Qin Xuan pinched her pretty little cheek before finally stepping out of the room.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw Nan Zhiyi leaning against the outside wall, playing with her phone.

"What are you doing here?"

Nan Zhiyi stared at him with a beaming smile. "I'm hungry too~"

Qin Xuan could barely hold it together and burst out laughing. He reached out, put his arm around Nan Zhiyi's shoulders, and walked toward the kitchen. "Wait a minute, we'll just eat whatever!"

"Get lost, I'm ignoring you!" Nan Zhiyi shrugged off his hand and bolted back to her room, leaving Qin Xuan with the view of her back.

Qin Xuan chuckled at her retreating figure, took out the leftover fried crispy pork from the fridge, and fried it once more, since it had gone a bit soft and didn't taste as good.

Soon, Qin Xuan served the dishes on the table and called out toward the house. In no time, several figures darted out.

Lin'er reached out to grab a piece of the crispy pork from the plate, but Qin Xuan suddenly slapped her hand away. "Wash your hands!"

Heaven knows what your hands have been touching!

"Oh..." Lin'er felt quite wronged. Her hands were perfectly clean, alright? But she still obediently went to wash them.

After dinner, Qin Xuan and Nan Zhiyi walked arm in arm toward the campus.

"Are we going out to play next time?" Nan Zhiyi took a sip of her milk tea, handed it to Qin Xuan, and asked.

"Play what? It'll be super crowded then," Qin Xuan replied, holding the milk tea without taking a sip. He was basically just a porter...

"Should we go home?" Nan Zhiyi suddenly suggested.

Qin Xuan paused. "Back to Shenzhen?"

"Yeah!" Nan Zhiyi nodded. Hey, we can go play there for a long time!

"That works too," Qin Xuan agreed. Going back was a pretty good idea anyway, though traveling back was a bit of a hassle...

Over an hour later, Qin Xuan and Nan Zhiyi walked out of the school feeling mentally exhausted, only to see someone selling cotton candy right outside the gates. Nan Zhiyi's eyes lit up, yet she was somewhat wary of the stuff—how many pounds of fat would eating just one of these add?

Yet she couldn't help craving it. It felt like the last time she ate one was when she was a little girl, back when her mom bought her one during some outing.

The two of them had actually walked past the cotton candy cart, but when Qin Xuan saw her glancing back even after passing it, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"If you want to eat it, let's buy one."

"Forget it, I'm afraid of getting fat," Nan Zhiyi shook her head, though her grip on Qin Xuan's hand tightened by a fraction.

"It's fine, just this once won't hurt," Qin Xuan consoled, and pulling her along, he walked back to the stall.

The vendor was having a crazy amount of business today and was almost too busy to keep up.

After waiting for over half an hour, it was finally their turn.

"Boss, give me two," Qin Xuan said, figuring he might as well bring one back for Lin'er, since Ruoxi didn't like sweets.

"Never mind, just one," Nan Zhiyi suddenly interrupted Qin Xuan. "Sharing one is enough, I can't finish a whole one anyway."

In the end, they got a three-color cotton candy bigger than both of their heads combined!

Qin Xuan had always felt that this thing was ridiculously profitable. It looked huge, but in reality, it was just a tiny lump of sugar, and it cost 15 yuan!

Qin Xuan held the cotton candy up to Nan Zhiyi's lips. Nan Zhiyi took a small bite, and a long, stretchy thread pulled away.

Carefully finishing that bite, Nan Zhiyi pursed her lips in satisfaction. It certainly was overly sweet.

"Still want some?" Qin Xuan tore off a small piece with his hand and offered it to her.

"You eat it," Liu Ruoxi pushed Qin Xuan's hand toward his own mouth.

Qin Xuan didn't hold back, popping it into his mouth. Strawberry flavor...

Upon returning home, four pairs of eyes met in utter bewilderment.

"Why did you guys buy cotton candy too..." Qin Xuan stared at the two identical cotton candies in the hands of Liu Ruoxi and Lin'er, his mind going slightly blank. His sugar intake for the day was definitely going to exceed the limit!

"That vendor was right downstairs just now," Lin'er said, half-laughing and half-crying. She and Sister Xi had just gone out to run an errand and happened to find the vendor pushing his cart downstairs. Thinking of Qin Xuan and Nan Zhiyi, they deliberately bought two.

"How much were they?" Qin Xuan suddenly asked out of curiosity.

"Ten yuan each..." Lin'er looked a bit puzzled. Why ask that?

Hearing this, Qin Xuan was dumbfounded. Good grief! Students' money really is that easy to make, huh?!

"Here, let me swap one with you," Qin Xuan reached out and exchanged the one in his hand with Lin'er's.

"What are you doing?" Lin'er looked a bit confused, holding the cotton candy Qin Xuan handed her and noticing a melted spot on it. "You've already bitten into this! Mine hasn't been bitten yet!"

"I bit it, sure, but this one..." Seeing her hesitation, Qin Xuan opened his mouth and took a bite right on the spot where Nan Zhiyi had bitten earlier...

Seeing Qin Xuan do this, Lin'er contentedly took a bite and savored it. "Seems no different."

"No, there is a difference, this one..." Qin Xuan insisted.

Liu Ruoxi finally figured it out and cast a scornful glance at Qin Xuan. "So you let yourself get ripped off?"

Qin Xuan planned to teach Ruoxi a lesson at that moment. "You have to look at it from another angle. This is called letting you guys take advantage."

Liu Ruoxi and Qin Lin'er: Well... you've got a point!

The three girls, each holding a cotton candy, leaned back against the sofa and ate with great relish.

Qin Xuan retreated to his room to play video games.

Of course, in the end, Qin Xuan fell into deep contemplation as he looked at the three cotton candies in his hands, all of which had about half left.

If you're going to eat them, fine, but why did you all have to use your mouths like that...

Liu Ruoxi sat at the edge of the bed, looked at the struggling Qin Xuan, and smiled. "Don't kiss me tonight, I'll find it gross!"

"Yours has the most left!" Qin Xuan suddenly had the urge to dissolve these cotton candies in water and throw them away, but after all, they cost money...

With tearful eyes, he finished all three cotton candies. Qin Xuan felt like his lips were coated in a layer of syrup. This was truly sickeningly sweet!