Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 291 Knight
Hu Xiaobei casually held her delicate foot, pretending to play with it, his fingertips gently circling her sole, feeling her smooth and soft skin, but actually tickling her.

He even shamelessly replied, "Oh...you're talking about my first kiss from before, I'm talking about my first kiss today, there's nothing wrong with that!"

An Xiaoqian, whose composure had just been broken, couldn't stand his tickling any longer. She quickly withdrew her foot, wiping away tears from the corners of her eyes, and spat out a soft "You pervert!"

Hu Xiaobei raised an eyebrow, stared at her intently, chuckled twice, and said, "If you don't get up, I'm really going to start acting like a hooligan!"

An Xiaoqian straightened up, puffed out her chest, and struck a pose as if ready to die for her country: "Then come at me! I'm not afraid of you!"

Hu Xiaobei hadn't expected her to be so brave, and was hastily defeated. He coughed lightly, trying to salvage his reputation.

"Alright, alright, you little lazybones, get up. I'm still making breakfast. Come over as soon as you're done washing up. I'll go back and check the cooking time first."

Seeing this, An Xiaoqian pouted, stretched out her arms and wrapped them around his neck, hanging on like a koala, her voice so soft and sweet it could drip honey: "No~ I want you to carry me out of bed~"

She blinked her bright, large eyes, her eyelashes fluttering, and looked at Hu Xiaobei with anticipation.

Hu Xiaobei was completely charmed by her appearance, and a smile that was both helpless and indulgent appeared on his lips.

He clenched his right fist and placed it against his heart, then knelt slightly on one knee on the bed in a somewhat imperfect knightly salute, his eyes gentle as spring water: "Yes, Your Highness."

After saying that, he gently put one arm around her and supported her buttocks with the other, easily lifting An Xiaoqian up in his arms.

An Xiaoqian wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest.

Hu Xiaobei looked down at the adorable girl in his arms, but his posture changed completely.

He even brought his face close to her ear, deliberately lowering his voice with a hint of roguishness: "Hehe...my princess, now it's my...local bandit's turn to 'rob' her first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he gave her a hard kiss on her delicate cheek, then burst into a hearty laugh, and mischievously tightened his grip on her arm.

He smugly exclaimed, "If I had known there were such perks, I would have come here every day to be a 'flower thief'!"

An Xiaoqian's cheeks were left with marks from his kisses. She squirmed in his arms, making a weak protest. Her pink fists gently landed on his chest, showing her delicate and powerless nature.

Just a moment ago she was enjoying the gentle protection of the "knight" and had the upper hand as the one who was favored.

But the next second, Hu Xiaobei's sudden "bandit" behavior caught them off guard, and they instantly fell into a disadvantageous position.

"You bad guy! Put me down right now~" she said, feigning anger, but her reddened earlobes betrayed her shyness.

This sudden reversal of status and attitude made her both ashamed and annoyed, but she still couldn't help but bury her face in Hu Xiaobei's neck and stifle her laughter—it turned out that being forced into this way by him in such a domineering manner was actually quite interesting.

Hu Xiaobei changed the shape of his fingers twice in succession, having had his fill of the action, before gently putting her down. Then, without looking back, he smugly stepped out the door.

An Xiaoqian was left standing there, stunned and unable to process what had happened.

Her pretty face flushed slightly. She had been teased so thoroughly that she was at a complete disadvantage. Feeling resentful, she started to think of tactics in her little head.

There's a saying that Hu Xiaobei wasn't wrong about—if An Xiaoqian had a hundred schemes, she would use at least ninety-nine of them on him.

Even so, An Xiaoqian, who was terrible at fighting, still lost more than she won and was easily defeated.

If Liu Xiaoli found out about these things, she would definitely think that Hu Xiaobei was right about one thing!

...............................

The oil sizzled in the pan, splattering a few tiny droplets. Hu Xiaobei gripped the spatula and flicked his wrist slightly.

Two plump fried eggs bounced gently in the pan, then flipped over silently, their edges gleaming with an enticing caramel color. The rich aroma of fried eggs mingled with the scent of butter exploded in his nostrils. He scooped up the eggs, just about to wash the pan, when the clatter of slippers came from outside the door.

An Xiaoqian, with a few stubborn tufts of hair sticking up and a bit of toothpaste residue on the corner of her mouth, rushed into the kitchen like a little animal eagerly searching for food, her eyes sparkling as she stared at the frying pan.

"Wait, you little glutton, what's the rush!"

Hu Xiaobei couldn't help but chuckle as he stopped her with a smile. He flipped his wrist and pulled out a tissue from the tissue box, gently wiping away the toothpaste stains from the corner of her mouth. He then dampened the tissue with water and used his fingertips to smooth out her tufts of hair.

An Xiaoqian suddenly tilted her head and bit his fingertip, her pearly teeth applying gentle pressure through his skin before releasing it: "Hurry up~ hurry up!"

Her warm breath sprayed onto Hu Xiaobei's fingertips, carrying the cool sensation of minty toothpaste.

"It's clearly someone who's like a little lion with its mane standing on end, no, it's more like a little dog that likes to bite."

Hu Xiaobei reached out and gently pinched her collagen-rich cheeks, then quickly withdrew his hand as she opened her mouth to retaliate.

An Xiaoqian huffed twice in anger, deliberately showing her pearly teeth: "I'm clearly a cute little bunny, and you're the puppy, licking me with your tongue first thing in the morning!"

"..."

What she said makes so much sense, I'm speechless!

Hu Xiaobei coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject: "What's going on? Why are you rushing into the kitchen in such a hurry?"

An Xiaoqian took out an egg from the refrigerator, pushed Hu Xiaobei out of her way, and pulled the frying pan closer to herself: "Get out of the way, of course I'm going to show off my skills!"

The iron pot made a crisp sound as it hit the countertop.

After An Xiaoqian signaled Hu Xiaobei to add oil, she struck a neat and tidy pose to crack the eggshell, but in the actual operation, she was quite cautious.

The egg yolk burst open with a "sizzle" the moment it came into contact with the high temperature. She instinctively shrank back, her nose and slightly pouting lips wrinkling into an adorable little ball.

She lightly bit her lower lip, her eyelashes casting a fan-shaped shadow under her eyes, as she intently shaped the fried egg with a spatula.

As soon as the heart was drawn with just a pointed corner, the egg mixture flowed out of control and became a crooked and distorted shape.

'What's wrong with this fried egg... it's not quite the result I expected!'

An Xiaoqian blinked her big, bright eyes and pouted her little mouth.

Her original plan was to fry an egg in the shape of a heart, so as to differentiate it from the eggs fried by Hu Xiaobei.

Then, amidst his envy and praise, she gave him the fried egg with love, thus making up for her disadvantage in the morning and bringing the two to a stalemate again.

But to everyone's surprise, this egg actually had its own ideas...

Hmm...it has nothing to do with her cooking skills!

Hu Xiaobei suppressed a laugh, looking An Xiaoqian up and down, as if he was enjoying the show.

An Xiaoqian turned around, spatula still covered in egg, her cheeks flushed red from the steam of the stove: "I...I made an abstract art omelet! You try making one exactly like it!"

She secretly glanced at the two fried eggs that Hu Xiaobei had prepared earlier on the plate, then looked at the fried eggs she had made...

Hmm... the difference seems quite significant!
(End of this chapter)