“Yuanyuan.”
At this moment, Zhong Chufeng was particularly stern-looking. “Wen Jingrou called earlier and told me that Yuanyuan was at her birthday party. She doesn’t normally lie, and it seems like she’s done her homework.”
Yuchi Yishu remained silent for a few seconds as his expression changed drastically—Tang Yuanyuan was someone whom he took extremely good care of. Yuchi Yishu would normally be upset whenever Zhong Chufeng said something about her to him.
Now, by taking her to the birthday banquet, Wen Jingrou had definitely crossed the line as she knew well that this would infuriate Yuchi Yishu. However, she still did it nonetheless.
Zhong Chufeng could almost foresee how this would go without even thinking about it.
Yuchi Yishu asked with a deep tone, “Where’s the birthday party?”
“I have the address already. Are we heading over now?”
Looking indifferent, Yuchi Yishu put his jacket on and zipped it. “Let’s bring Yuanyuan back.”
At the birthday party, Yuan Yuehan and Zhang Xiaolu had already changed into their dresses and had even put on some make-up. Prior to this, they had only attended birthday parties of the people around their age. Today was different as almost everyone here was older than them by at least a couple of years. Besides, there were also many good-looking guys here, which made the two nervous.
“If it weren’t because of Yishu, I’d totally go for them.” Staring at a good-looking guy, Yuan Yuehan tried to resist herself, feeling that it was such a shame to let this opportunity slip.
As for Zhang Xiaolu, she sniggered and whispered, “Set your bar higher. These people are without substance. Yishu is the one and only.”
“You’re right. Though we’re be better off without him, since he’s already come into our lives, it’s difficult to get him out of our heads—at least not before he rejects us.”
As the two carried on with their conversation, they accidentally looked in the direction where Tang Yuanyuan was—she was still not dressed up and was happily eating a fruit cake with her eyes narrowing into a satisfactory smile. It was an adorable sight.
At the same time, the two girls let out a contemptuous look.
“She’s already so fat. Why is she still eating? Doesn’t she know what she looks like?”
“Someone like her doesn’t have that sort of self-awareness. In her world, there is only food. She doesn’t give a d*mn about what she looks like.”
“Tsk. If she weren’t Yishu’s younger sister, I’d have never been her friend. She doesn’t even have any idea how fat she is. Does she think she’s cute this way?”
“I don’t know. Anyway, I’m just disgusted, but since she’s his younger sister, I’ll have to endure it. When and if I become her sister-in-law, I’ll make sure she loses some weight with me.”
Not knowing that she was the subject of a discussion, Tang Yuanyuan’s eyes were fixated on the delicious fruit cake that she was holding in her hand. She wondered which bakery it came from and considered asking Wen Jingrou about it later so that she could ask Yishu to buy some for her.
The thought of having cakes to eat in the future delighted Tang Yuanyuan.
Everyone at the birthday party was invited by Wen Jingrou, and they were either here to showcase themselves or to see what was going on. There was no one like Tang Yuanyuan, who came only to eat.
One of Wen Jingrou’s besties stood next to her and saw Tang Yuanyuan.
“Is she really Yuchi Yishu’s younger sister? She’s such a big eater and doesn’t really resemble Yuchi Yishu.”
Swirling her wine glass, Wen Jingrou scoffed gently. “They are not blood-related. They merely grew up together.”
“What? Not blood-related? Grew up together?” These facts shocked them. “And you still brought her over. Aren’t you afraid that she—”
“Nope.” The smile on Wen Jingrou’s face was especially confident. “Their relationship is simple. Haven’t you seen that little girl? The only thing she cares about is food.”
They turned to Tang Yuanyuan and let out a sigh of relief.
“Good thing she’s fat. Girls like these never attract any guys. You don’t have to worry.”
Hearing this, Wen Jingrou frowned unhappily. “What did you just say?”
“Huh? Was I wrong?”
“To Yuchi Yishu, she’s his sister, which also makes her my sister. How dare you say that she’s fat!”
“I—”
“Whatever. Just stop talking and go somewhere else.”
Feeling annoyed but afraid to say anything, that bestie of hers went to a corner.
“Ms. Wen, Yishu is here!” someone yelled. Just as Wen Jingrou began to feel nervous, two slim and tall youngsters were seen walking in from the entrance and heading straight to Tang Yuanyuan, who was in the middle of the birthday venue.
In the meantime, Zhang Xiaolu and Yuan Yuehan had been looking for Yuchi Yishu. They were perplexed because they heard that he was coming but had not seen him at all.
While they were thinking about this, they saw Yuchi Yishu walk in from the entrance. Seeing that, they quickly held their skirts and ran toward him.
At this moment, Tang Yuanyuan, who was still eating cake, sensed that something was not right.
My goodness, I’ve only been eating cakes since I got here. I never went to look for Yishu. I hope he’s not mad at me.
Looking conflicted, Tang Yuanyuan stared at the unfinished cake in front of her, contemplating whether to continue eating it or to look for Yishu first before getting back to it after.
Right at this moment, she heard a voice from behind.
“Yuanyuan.”
Yishu?
Surprised, Tang Yuanyuan turned around and saw Yuchi Yishu’s gorgeous face, albeit looking unusually stern and serious.
“Yishu, you’re finally here.”
Seeing the half-eaten fruit cake, Yuchi Yishu sighed and proceeded to give her a napkin after noticing the cream around her mouth.
“Wipe your mouth.”
Because of Tang Yuanyuan’s love for food and her tendency to not wipe her mouth after eating, Yuchi Yishu had gradually cultivated the habit of always having some napkins with him in the event that she did not wipe her mouth after a meal.
“Thank you, Yishu.” Tang Yuanyuan took the napkin and used it to wipe her mouth. This crude action of hers caused Yuchi Yishu to frown. He remarked, “Be gentler.”
In the end, he could no longer take it. He took out another piece of napkin and began helping her wipe her mouth while asking, “Are you done eating?”
“Not yet,” Tang Yuanyuan responded.
“Forget about it. I’ll get you another one.”
Tang Yuanyuan was surprised to hear that. “Another one? So we’re not eating here?”
“Not here.”
Hearing this, Zhong Chufeng smiled and added, “Let’s go, Yuanyuan. I’ll pay for whatever you want to eat today. Let’s go somewhere else.”
No matter how slow Tang Yuanyuan might be, she noticed that something was not right.
