Chapter 39: Can You Even Get Jealous Over This?
Driving through the streets, Mo Ziyang kept looking around for a good place to eat while bringing Lin Muxi with him.
“I mean, wasn’t there a McDonald just now?” Lin Muxi leaned against the car window, turning her head to look back. She looked a little unwilling to let it go.
Obviously, that so-called junk food was still very tempting to her.
But unfortunately, Mo Ziyang didn’t slow down at all.
So Lin Muxi turned back with a regretful face and looked pitifully at Mo Ziyang, her small eyes filled with desire.
“No. Too greasy, and it makes you feel bad inside.”
It was like Mo Ziyang was immune to her “magic attack.” Driving calmly, he destroyed her fantasy with no emotion.
But since it was her good bro treating her, she had no choice. When people buy you food, you can’t complain too much. So Lin Muxi sat back quietly without saying anything more.
Meanwhile, Mo Ziyang kept driving toward the noodle stand near Lin Muxi’s apartment.
As for him asking her to “choose where to eat,” that was just a trick. He simply didn’t want her making trouble on the way.
So while riding in the car, looking out the window, Lin Muxi slowly started to feel something was wrong.
For example, this street… it looked way too familiar.
And that road… wasn’t it the road under her apartment?
And that building in the distance… why did it look so much like—
“Wait, isn’t this my house?!”
Lin Muxi finally realized and stared at Mo Ziyang with a shocked face. Her small eyes were full of confusion.
Weren’t they going out to eat? How did the car suddenly end up at her home?
“Mm. I suddenly wanted noodles from here.”
“Huh? You? A rich young master eating this kind of cheap thing? You serious?”
Hearing Mo Ziyang actually say he wanted noodles from the shabby street stand under her apartment shocked Lin Muxi.
“Do you… misunderstand me somehow?”
Seeing Lin Muxi’s exaggerated expression, Mo Ziyang twitched his mouth, gripped the steering wheel, and barely held back the urge to punch her in the face.
“This is rare. I thought rich young masters like you only eat expensive food, and you’d never look at things we eat.”
“Where did you even get that idea?” Mo Ziyang was really curious about how such a stupid thought got into her head.
“From TV dramas! You know, that line: ‘Doesn’t matter if it tastes good, what matters is that it’s expensive!’”
While speaking, Lin Muxi even acted out the line dramatically, afraid Mo Ziyang wouldn’t notice.
“…I advise you to stop watching that kind of thing.”
Mo Ziyang shook his head, completely speechless. With how she thought, one lollipop might be enough to trick her into going home with someone.
He had seen dumb people before, but never someone who could do so well in studies and still be this dumb.
The car slowed down. With one turn of the wheel, Mo Ziyang pulled over at the side street and hit the brakes.
But since it was a sports car, the moment they stopped, a small crowd quickly gathered around. Especially the young women on the street, their eyes were locked on the car door, waiting to see who the owner was.
The people outside were excited, but inside the car Lin Muxi was feeling nervous.
“Hey… can’t you drive something cheaper next time? Every time you do this, I feel really embarrassed.”
“What, is sitting in a sports car too hard for you?”
After saying that, Mo Ziyang opened the door and got out, leaving Lin Muxi dumbfounded in the passenger seat.
“….” Sure, what he said made sense. But why did it feel like she just got scolded?
She sat there another half a minute, until her stomach growled loudly, forcing her to open the door and get out to find him.
Of course, the crowd nearby saw everything, and many people even pulled out their phones to take pictures of Mo Ziyang and Lin Muxi getting out of the car.
After all, it was rare to see such a bigshot from the capital city here. And to run into him together with a pretty “girlfriend”? Even rarer.
The onlookers enjoyed it, but for the young women who had been staring at the car door, it was painful.
They had hoped to catch a rich young master. But instead, out stepped a cute girl from the other side of the car.
Boring. Not worth it. So, those girls who had just fallen in love at first sight had to leave disappointed, already “dumped” before their romance even started.
Meanwhile, at the noodle stand, the two of them had just ordered their food and found seats.
“How come you’re not wearing your hat now?” Mo Ziyang asked, surprised, looking at Lin Muxi sitting opposite him, her hair down and looking lazy.
“It’s too much trouble. And it’s not convenient when eating.”
“Before you looked like you’d rather die than take it off. Why so casual now?”
“Tch… you don’t get it. This is called being flexible, got it?”
Seeing the strange bad smile on Mo Ziyang’s face, Lin Muxi gave him a look full of contempt.
Just from that expression, even if she was stupid, she could still guess that her “good bro” must be thinking about something bad.
It was like his thoughts were already written on his face.
Mo Ziyang was amused by her reaction.
Looking at Lin Muxi, who seemed to be getting more and more silly, his dark eyes flashed with playfulness. He smiled a little and said,
“Heh, so you know how to bend and stretch. I hope you’ll stay like this in the future too.”
“What do you mean? I’m warning you, don’t even think about me like in those novels!”
Sensitive to the hidden meaning in his words, Lin Muxi pointed her finger at him in disbelief.
She wasn’t exactly sure what “future” he meant.
But from the way Mo Ziyang was acting, it was easy for her to feel like she was already being targeted by her so-called good bro.
Just as she was busy overthinking, the old lady from the noodle stand came over with two bowls of noodles.
Seeing the two of them, she smiled so wide her mouth could barely close. She set the noodles on the table and said cheerfully.
“Aiyo, you two look like such a perfect couple. For my little stall to have guests like you, it must be heaven’s blessing! I even added a few extra pieces of meat for you.”
“Thank you, Auntie~”
“Mm, very kind of you.”
Seeing how nice the old lady was, both of them quickly thanked her.
But Lin Muxi’s voice was especially sweet, like her lips had been dipped in honey.
The result: the old lady was delighted, but Mo Ziyang was jealous.
After all, even as her so-called best brother, he had never heard Lin Muxi talk to him in such a sweet voice.
Why did an old granny get this treatment?
One day, he swore, he would make Lin Muxi call him like that too, whether on the road, or maybe even… (ahem).
So, after sending the old lady off, Lin Muxi turned her head and noticed Mo Ziyang glaring at her while eating his noodles, his eyes sharp like she owed him 8 million.
“What’s with that look?”
Lin Muxi asked in confusion, thinking she hadn’t even done anything to offend him.
So what was this guy’s problem?
“What look?” Mo Ziyang asked back.
“The way you’re looking at me.”
“What way am I looking at you?”
“……”
Hopeless. Totally impossible to communicate.
Lin Muxi was left speechless. Unable to win the argument, she lowered her head and silently focused on her noodles.
But after eating for a while, she suddenly thought of something. In this situation, there was only one explanation.
Oh no… could it be… her good bro Mo Ziyang was jealous just because she sweetly called the old lady “Auntie”?
Wow! Thinking about this, Lin Muxi felt like she had discovered a new continent. Her face lit up with mischief.
She never thought Mo Ziyang would actually get jealous because of her. Too funny!
She poked his bowl with her chopsticks and carefully looked at him.
“What?”
Mo Ziyang frowned in annoyance at being disturbed.
“Are you jealous?”
As soon as she said that, a flicker of panic flashed in Mo Ziyang’s heart.
He looked at Lin Muxi again more seriously.
Could it be… this silly girl actually figured it out?
But for the sake of his pride, Mo Ziyang kept a straight face and said coldly.
“Jealous of what? Stop imagining things. Hurry up and finish eating, we need to get back to school.”
“Tch, men’s words are all lies. You just won’t admit it, huh.”
Muttering softly, Lin Muxi quickly finished her noodles, then stood up and moved to sit beside him.
Then she opened her mouth and said in a soft, sweet voice.
“Brother Mo, don’t be mad~”
“Pfft—cough, cough, cough!”
Mo Ziyang’s whole body shook from the sudden shiver that went through him. He was so startled that the noodles in his mouth made him choke and cough hard.
Then came a loud “Ow!”—Lin Muxi was rubbing her head in pain.
“You… I really don’t know what goes on in that head of yours.”
After giving her a little knock on the head, Mo Ziyang lost his mood to keep eating. He stood up to go pay the bill.
But even as he walked, the corner of his lips couldn’t help curving upward.
Honestly, being called that way felt… pretty good.
So after paying, with his mood lifted, Mo Ziyang led the pouting Lin Muxi back to the car, and they returned to school together.