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Chapter 116 Cucumber?! (3.2k)
"Sigh..." Jiang Che sighed helplessly, scratching his head. 'Fine, fine, let him die! It's just a meal! What storms hasn't Jiang Che weathered?'

He survived the Conqueror's Haki of those two short, powerful men... so why would he be afraid of a mere Soo-yeon?

With that thought, he suddenly felt more confident and then walked towards Soojung's room.

Standing outside Soo-jung's door, Kang Cheol mentally prepared himself before resigningly knocking on the door.

"Knock knock knock."

Footsteps approached, and the door clicked open. But instead of Krystal or Sulli, it was Sooyeon who appeared!
Her hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and she leaned against the doorframe, her gaze fixed on Jiang Che's face with a hint of scrutiny.

"Oh, Yoona. Krystal just said you were looking for me? What's up?"

Jiang Che: "!!!"

He cursed that brat Soo-jung in his mind again.

But a smile quickly spread across his face, his brain's CPU was working at full speed, and he decisively turned passivity into initiative:
"I wanted to ask, I'm planning to take Sulli and Soojung out for something to eat, Soo-yeon unnie... do you want to come along too?"

As he asked that question, a little voice inside him was screaming: Say no! Say no! Reject me!

Then, he saw Xiuyan nod slightly:
"Alright. Since you specifically invited me, I'll go too."

Jiang Che: "..."

He felt like he was asking a question, but why did it sound like a statement to this woman?!

She felt a tightness in her chest, but still managed a sweet, obedient smile on her face.

"Yes, yes! Unnie, are you getting ready?"

"Hmm." Xiuyan responded lightly, turned around and went back to her room. A few minutes later, the door opened again. She had already quickly put on a hat and mask, her efficiency was astonishing.

Krystal and Sulli followed along, chattering away.

"Unnie! What are we going to eat?" x2
"Come with me, I'll take you to try authentic Peking duck."

The four of them headed towards the elevator. Xiuyan followed leisurely behind, watching Shirley, who was practically glued to Jiang Che's side.

There was also little Crystal, who kept chattering away with Sherry, and Jiang Che, who treated her like she was invisible. She felt inexplicably annoyed.

'This Lim Yoona… she specifically knocked on my door to invite me to dinner. Wasn't it because of her cold attitude yesterday that she came to apologize? She should have at least said a few nice words! What's going on now? Is she treating me like I'm invisible?'

'Maybe we should wait a bit longer; she might still be thinking about what to say in apology,'

Xiuyan nodded to herself, already pondering whether she should be a little haughty and forgive Yoona after she apologized, or simply be magnanimous and say it was all over.

But the apology scene she had envisioned never happened; instead, there was both good news and bad news.

Good news: Yoona talked to herself.

Bad news: all they said was things like, "Unnie, keep up," and "Unnie, this way."

It was as if Xiuyan wasn't a friend who came to eat, but rather... a pet cat that needed to be looked after?

Soo-yeon: "???"

This script is wrong!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Her lips under her mask pursed unconsciously, and her eyes gradually turned murderous. An icy aura began to spread silently, and she turned into a puffed-up kitten.

Upon arriving at the roast duck restaurant, the welcoming staff at the entrance greeted us warmly.
"welcome"

"Hello, do you have any private rooms available?"

"Yes, ma'am, this way please."

"Could you please arrange a quiet private room for us? Thank you," Jiang Che instructed expertly as he followed them.

"Also, bring us two of their signature roast ducks, the sliced ​​kind, and the others... um, aba aba... one of each of these specialties, oh right, and a cucumber salad too."

Seeing him chatting so fluently with the waiter, Sulli wasn't too surprised, since she already knew that Yoona unnie spoke excellent Chinese and even knew Chinese characters.

But Krystal, standing to the side, was completely stunned, her eyes filled with admiration.

Xiuyan, who was walking behind, was already angry. Seeing her younger sister's behavior made her even angrier. She was so angry that she didn't even want to ask Yoona why her Chinese was so good.

She felt increasingly annoyed by Jiang Che's retreating figure. When she reached the door of the private room and saw Jiang Che standing still, waiting for the waiter to open the door, she quickly took a few steps forward, seemingly casually...

In fact, with remarkable precision, he stepped on Jiang Che's instep.

"hiss--!"

Jiang Che felt a sharp pain in his foot and instinctively gasped. His first thought was that it was a good thing Xiu Yan wasn't wearing high heels, or his foot would be ruined. But he hadn't moved at all, so how could this woman have stepped on him?
Could she have done this on purpose? He turned to look and saw Xiuyan walking calmly into the private room with a nonchalant expression, as if nothing had happened. Well, case solved—this woman really did do it on purpose.

He felt that this woman's thoughts were so hard to guess. What had he done to offend her this time?! Yesterday, he only said three sentences, and she was unhappy; today, he said a few more, and she was still unhappy.

Does he have to stay silent? Or does he have to launch into a long, rambling monologue?

'But saying too much won't work! Taeyeon almost got exposed because she talked too much! How about we try the same trick again, making this woman believe she's Yoona's second personality? She should be easier to fool than Taeyeon, right? Should we do it?' While Jiang Che was internally agonizing over this, Xiuyan, seeing the complicated look in his eyes, said with dissatisfaction:
"Yoona, why are you staring at me again?"

Jiang Che snapped out of his daze, quickly gathering his scattered thoughts, and flashed a fawning smile: "Ani, ani, I just suddenly realized that Xiuyan unnie looks especially beautiful today!"

Upon hearing this, Xiuyan's lips twitched slightly:
"Oh...you said the exact same thing yesterday."

She now seriously suspects that Yoona's invitation to dinner wasn't an apology at all, but rather a deliberate attempt to annoy her! Even her compliments were so perfunctory, using the same lines from yesterday!

Xiuyan unconsciously clenched her fists, feeling them harden.

Jiang Che chuckled twice and quickly said:

"Isn't that because Jessica unnie is so beautiful every day!"

But inwardly, she was furiously complaining: 'This woman is so hard to please! Who says you can't use the same compliment twice? I'm not a dictionary; I don't have to find different new words to praise her every time!'

I just feel incredibly tired.

The group finally settled into their seats in the private room. Soojung and Sulli, the two little ones, sat together, excitedly discussing what dishes would be served, creating a lively atmosphere.

In contrast, the atmosphere around Jiang Che and Xiu Yan, who were sitting together, felt incredibly tense. Jiang Che was desperately trying to figure out what his older sister was thinking, wondering what he had done to offend her again.
Soo-yeon, meanwhile, crossed her arms and kept glancing at Kang Cheol, wondering whether she should give Yoona one last chance.

Just then, the door to the private room was pushed open, and a waitress walked in with a smile, carrying several dishes.

"Hello, here's your cucumber salad and signature roast duck. Please enjoy."

As soon as the dishes were served, Jiang Che thought it would be a good opportunity to ease the tension:

"The food is here, everyone please start eating..."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt an almost freezing gaze fixed on him.

He turned his head blankly and met Xiuyan's eyes, which seemed to shoot out freezing rays.

Xiuyan glanced at Jiang Che, then looked down at the plate of cucumbers, then looked up at Jiang Che again, her chest heaving slightly. Well, case solved! Confirmed!

Yoona wasn't here to apologize at all; she was deliberately trying to annoy me!
New and old grudges surged into her heart in an instant, and Xiuyan felt the string of reason in her mind snap completely with a "snap":
"Hey! Yoona! What did you order?!"

"Huh? Cucumber..." Jiang Che was completely bewildered by her sudden outburst of anger, his eyes filled with confusion and incomprehension.

His innocent and bewildered look was, in Jessica's eyes, like adding fuel to the fire! After so long, Yoona's acting has improved so much! Great! Very good!

Xiuyan finally couldn't hold back and gave him a series of loving pats on the back.

"Hey! Tell me, did you do this on purpose?! You even put on an act! I'll teach you to pretend!"

Jiang Che was a little confused by the attack, and quickly grabbed Xiu Yan's wrist as she attacked him:

"No... Jessica unnie, what's wrong? What's wrong with cucumber? Can't we order it? Don't you like it?"

To Xiuyan, Jiang Che's reply was undoubtedly the most sarcastic remark ever!

"How dare you ask?" Xiuyan struggled to break free after her wrist was grabbed, becoming even more furious – she couldn't hit him? Fine! Then let's change our attack method!

So, under the horrified gazes of Jiang Che and the two girls beside him, Xiuyan suddenly lowered her head and bit Jiang Che's arm!

"hiss--!!!"

Jiang Che gasped, clearly feeling the pain in his arm. Holy crap! Is this woman a dog?! She even bites!

His first instinct was to push the woman away forcefully, but his remaining rationality held him back—if he made too much of a move, would he break her teeth?

Just as he was hesitating whether to remain still and wait for the woman to give in, Shirley finally snapped out of her shock:

"Hey! Jessica unnie! What are you doing! Let go of Yoona unnie!"

She rushed over and tried to pull Xiuyan away from Jiang Che.

Soo-yeon was pulled hard from behind by Sulli, and only then did she let go, but she immediately turned around and glared at Sulli:

"Hey! Sulli! You actually talked to me like that? And you yelled at me?!"

Although Shirley was a little intimidated by her imposing manner, she still stubbornly retorted:

"It's all because of Soo-yeon unnie, you bit someone first!"

As she spoke, she looked at the teeth marks on Jiang Che's arm with a pained expression:
"Unnie, are you alright? Does it hurt?"

Seeing her protective attitude, Jiang Che felt that he hadn't spoiled her for nothing, and quickly patted her head to comfort her.

"Ani, it's okay, don't worry, Sooyeon unnie didn't use too much force..."

This was half true and half false—it really hurt, but it wasn't unbearable, so Soo-yeon held back.

Krystal, who had been in a daze, finally came to her senses and felt completely overwhelmed. She quickly went over to her still flustered sister and expertly began to soothe her:
"Unnie, calm down. No matter how angry you are, you can't bite people. I believe Yoona unnie definitely didn't do it on purpose. Why don't you listen to her explanation first!"

(End of this chapter)