Chapter 54: That Sneak Attack
The meal was not very enjoyable. At least, Mu Le didn’t enjoy it much.
When Xiao Yuze finally found an excuse to leave the gathering and returned to the private room next door, he saw that Mu Le, who usually had a big appetite, had eaten less than one-third of the food.
His brows frowned slightly, and his expression became more serious.
So, under Mu Le’s confused gaze, he walked straight to her side and placed his hand on her forehead.
“What are you doing?”
Xiao Yuze didn’t answer. He took his hand back and touched his own forehead to compare. After confirming there was no high fever, he seemed a bit relieved.
He glanced at the dishes on the table, then said, “What’s wrong? Are you not eating much because you’re sick?”
His concern made sense. After all, Mu Le had just recovered, and she still had a bit of a cold. Having no appetite was understandable.
“More or less.” Mu Le brushed her hair aside and mumbled, “Actually, it’s mainly because I’m eating alone. I just don’t feel like eating.”
To be honest, the food here was really good. But no matter how delicious it was, eating alone always felt like something was missing.
Hearing her answer, Xiao Yuze couldn’t help but smile.
He helplessly patted her head, then pulled her to sit beside him and picked up the chopsticks she had been using.
“If you don’t eat properly when you’re sick, how will you recover faster? Open your mouth…”
Looking at the food he brought to her mouth, Mu Le stayed silent for a moment, then opened her mouth and ate it.
“Good.”
As he spoke, Xiao Yuze patted her head again despite her slightly unhappy expression, then picked up another crispy piece of meat.
But then…
“Y-you… what are you doing?”
Mu Le, who had already opened her mouth to eat, suddenly saw Xiao Yuze put the food into his own mouth instead.
Her expression froze, and her face quickly turned red.
Xiao Yuze glanced at her, looking slightly confused. “What’s wrong?”
“That was what I was using! Why did you put it in your mouth?!”
“So? What’s the problem?”
Mu Le: “……”
Isn’t that basically an indirect kiss?!
And why are you acting so natural about it, like I’m the one making a big deal out of nothing!
While Mu Le was complaining inside, Xiao Yuze suddenly leaned closer and said with a low laugh, “Are you thinking that this counts as an indirect kiss?”
“Isn’t it? Also, Aze, can you read minds or something?” Mu Le blinked, her brain not quite catching up. What was he trying to do?
Just as she was still confused, the man suddenly bent down and lightly touched her lips with his.
It was only a brief touch, but the strange, electric feeling that spread made Mu Le’s mind go blank instantly.
After a while, her brain slowly started working again.
She… had just been kissed?
“What’s wrong? Why do you look so surprised?” Xiao Yuze still smiled casually, but there was a faint darkness in his eyes. He lowered his gaze and said calmly, “If I just kiss you directly, then you won’t care about something like an indirect kiss anymore, right?”
“…Huh? What kind of nonsense logic is that?”
So the way to avoid the awkwardness of an indirect kiss… is to just kiss directly?
No, no, this is clearly just him acting shameless!
“Are you thinking that I’m just being a shameless flirt?”
Seeing Xiao Yuze’s increasingly strange smile, Mu Le couldn’t help but swallow nervously. Why did she suddenly have a bad feeling?
Sure enough, the next moment he lowered his head again and kissed her lightly once more before she could react.
“That’s right. I am being shameless.”
After being “attacked” twice, Mu Le reacted quickly this time. She touched her lips and leaned back a little. “I don’t remember when you became this thick-skinned, Aze.”
“I can be thick-skinned when I need to be.”
Xiao Yuze chuckled and didn’t mind at all. He simply picked up some food and held it out in front of her again.
This time, Mu Le hesitated for a while. Seeing that he had no intention of pulling back, she finally opened her mouth and took a bite.
After feeding her, Xiao Yuze did the same as before and used the same chopsticks to take another bite for himself.
This time, Mu Le didn’t say anything. She just gave a soft snort.
But after that, she didn’t refuse any of the food he fed her.
The meal dragged on for quite a while. By the time they finished eating, the people in the other room had already left.
Looking at the man behind her with a satisfied expression, Mu Le couldn’t help but snort again, though it had no real effect.
How did things end up like this? Isn’t this just like a couple in love?
When she got into the car, Mu Le finally couldn’t help but sigh.
As for why she sighed, she didn’t even know herself. She just felt like she needed to.
Seeing her sighing, the man beside her, who was turning the steering wheel, asked, “What’s wrong now? Still not full?”
Her response was a big eye-roll.
Xiao Yuze touched his nose and smiled even more brightly, clearly in a very good mood.
He looked exactly like a sly fox that had just gotten a bite of meat.
Even if that “meat” was only a tiny taste, not even enough to fully satisfy him.
Thinking of this, while driving, Xiao Yuze’s eyes unconsciously moved to the girl’s lips beside him.
He had to admit, after becoming a girl, Mu Le’s appearance was very attractive.
Her lips were soft and pink. After just eating, they had a slight shine, making them look… very tempting.
He lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the unusual look in them.
The more time he spent with Mu Le, the stronger this feeling became, and the harder it was to control.
What made it even harder for him was that the girl would unknowingly tease him again and again.
Teasing was one thing, but after teasing him, she would just run away, not caring how he felt at all.
Even though Xiao Yuze believed he had good self-control, he couldn’t keep enduring this forever.
So, on purpose or not, he would always take a little “interest” back, just like what happened earlier.
Of course, this didn’t really solve the problem. Sometimes, the more you get, the more you want.
Especially when the thing you want most is so close within reach.
Even so, no matter how hard it was to endure, if his actions would hurt the girl beside him, Xiao Yuze would never do it.
Liking someone is not about forceful possession. If it were, he wouldn’t be Xiao Yuze.
“Are you thinking about something weird again?” At that moment, Mu Le suddenly turned to look at him.
Xiao Yuze paused for a second, then quickly returned to normal.
“Yeah. I was thinking about whether I should kiss you again.”
“Pervert!”
“This time, I won’t argue,” Xiao Yuze said, his voice carrying a bit more helplessness. “After all… who do you think caused this?”