The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Liu Qiushui, who lived in the courtyard, asked Xu Suya if she could borrow her barbecue grill, and Xu Suya readily agreed.

When Liu Qiushui returned to the living room, Lu Sui had already gone back to his room. Seeing that the food on the table wasn't much less, she knocked on Lu Sui's door. "Little Lu, have you eaten? Qinghuai will be back soon. I promise I'll have his boss fix your car!"

Lu Sui hummed in agreement.

Liu Qiushui didn't hear anything, so she stopped talking. After she finished eating, she called Shen Qinghuai to ask which store he was at, intending to heat up the cold buns and soy milk and bring them to him. Shen Qinghuai said not to eat yet, that he would leave the car there and come back first.

"Why did you come back? I might as well just ride my tricycle over there, we'll go to the supermarket to buy some things, and then cook as soon as we get back. I noticed that Xiao Lu didn't eat much this morning."

"Okay," Shen Qinghuai said. "Mom, just come over here. You don't need to bring me anything to eat."

She couldn't leave it uneaten; Shen Qinghuai was so tall, he couldn't stand not eating for a meal. Liu Qiushui quickly heated up the steamed buns and soy milk, and while heating them, she threw in four eggs. She gave two to Shen Qinghuai and put the rest in a bowl to take to Lu Sui. Before she could even knock twice, Lu Sui opened the door. She handed the eggs over and instructed, "The eggs are still hot, remember to eat them later."

Lu Sui looked at her for two seconds, then took it. "Thank you."

"It's alright, it's alright. We're so sorry about today, we even damaged your car..."

"It's not broken." It's just that the paint is chipped.

Liu Qiushui smiled, "Then can you stay at home? I'm going to find Qinghuai, and you two—would you like to go to the supermarket? The three of us can go for a walk together, and I'll buy you whatever you want to eat."

I'll buy you whatever you want to eat.

Shen Qinghuai also said something similar.

Are they all... trying to coax him?

"……Um."

Liu Qiushui grinned so wide her eyes disappeared. "Then put on your coat, I'll go get the tricycle, and we'll leave right away."

After Lu Sui put on his coat and mask and went outside, Liu Qiushui had already packed the sesame balls and sweet potato dumplings for Shen Qinghuai, as well as a few carrot and wood ear mushroom buns. She had essentially packed up everything else. Seeing the eggs, she asked Lu Sui, "Have you eaten the eggs?"

"In the room."

Liu Qiushui said, "I'll bring it to you, you can put it in your pocket to warm your hands."

Five minutes later, Liu Qiushui took Lu Sui to find Shen Qinghuai. They both sat in front of the tricycle, with Liu Qiushui pressed tightly against the right side to give Lu Sui space, afraid of squeezing him or making him uncomfortable.

Lu Sui didn't want to sit in the back of the car, it was too dark, and sitting in the front was a bit windy in his ears. The car bounced around, and his head swayed from side to side, which was a novel feeling, easier than driving a car.

Liu Qiushui turned to look at him and asked if he was cold. Lu Sui said he wasn't cold.

At the shop entrance, Shen Qinghuai sat on a stool and texted Lu Sui, telling him to eat some bread to tide him over. No one replied, and his calls went unanswered. Just as he was about to walk back, he heard Liu Qiushui call out to him, "Qinghuai!"

He looked up and saw Lu Sui sitting in front of him. He went over and put a hat on Lu Sui's head. "Aren't you cold?"

Lu Sui handed him the eggs he was holding in each hand. Liu Qiushui said, "Little Lu, you can eat these eggs yourself. I gave him some."

Then he said to Shen Qinghuai, "The food is in the back. Hurry up and go up, or the supermarket will get crowded."

Shen Qinghuai hummed in agreement and walked to the back, with Lu Sui following him down.

"Do you want to sit in the back with me?"

"Um."

"Then you go first, take your time." Seeing that Lu Sui was still clutching the two eggs, he took them and put them in his pocket. He took out two tissues to wipe the back panel and let Lu Sui go up. There were two stools inside, one for each of them. Lu Sui thought they were too uncomfortable and wanted to sit on Shen Qinghuai's lap...

"Are you seated?" Liu Qiushui asked.

"Sit still."

"Then I'll set off!"

"it is good."

Knowing that Shen Qinghuai was eating in the back, and that Liu Qiushui was driving slowly and wasn't in a hurry to leave, Shen Qinghuai wiped his hands clean with a wet wipe, peeled the egg, and before he could feed it to himself, Lu Sui took a bite. His eyes sparkled with a smile, "So you want me to peel it for you?"

"Um."

"Yes, ma'am." Shen Qinghuai inserted a straw into the soy milk and fed it to Lu Sui, afraid that he would choke. Lu Sui didn't want to get his hands dirty, so he held the soy milk himself and pointed to it, "This."

Shen Qinghuai pinched some sweet potato balls and fed them to him, but Lu Sui said, "They're not tasty, too oily."

Shen Qinghuai laughed, "This sesame ball is even oilier."

"Try it."

Shen Qinghuai fed it to Lu Sui to try, and he said, "It tastes awful."

Shen Qinghuai replied in a very good-natured manner, "Because it's fried noodles, it's all oily."

"I want to eat little balls." She was referring to sweet potato balls.

Shen Qinghuai didn't tease Lu Sui about saying it wasn't tasty, otherwise, the shy Lu Sui would have really refused to eat it and would have gotten angry.

Lu Sui took a bite and said it tasted bad. Shen Qinghuai couldn't help but laugh. Seeing him drink soy milk, she peeled the remaining two eggs and fed them to Liu Qiushui. Liu Qiushui smiled so much that the wrinkles around her eyes widened. When they reached the supermarket entrance, she turned around and looked at the two of them. Seeing how good they were, she felt very gratified.

Shen Qinghuai's father died when she was young. She was not talkative and was always withdrawn. Lu Sui was the first good friend that Shen Qinghuai brought home besides Wen Chengyu.

Lu Sui gave the remaining soy milk to Shen Qinghuai. After he finished drinking it, he cleaned up the trash and went downstairs to throw it away. After wiping his hands, he came back and carried Lu Sui downstairs. The three of them entered the supermarket. Liu Qiushui led the way, and wherever she went, Shen Qinghuai followed with his arm around Lu Sui's shoulder.

"Xiao Lu, do you want some apples? Let's buy some oranges too, they're cheap, only 88 cents a pound. The bananas look pretty good too..." Liu Qiushui said to herself, picking out apples with a bag. Turning her head, she saw Shen Qinghuai and Lu Sui standing beside her and said, "You two go buy what you like to eat, don't worry about me."

Shen Qinghuai looked at Lu Sui, who said, "We already have snacks." So there's no need to buy anything else.

Shen Qinghuai said, "The 'Silly Dog' snack is delicious, and there are also Snow Rice Cakes and Fragrant Rice Cakes. Shall we buy some to take home?"

"What is it?"

"Similar to cookies."

"You two go ahead, and buy some barbecue seasoning over there while you're at it. I'll go buy some meat and shrimp," Liu Qiushui said as she picked out apples.

"Okay." Shen Qinghuai led Lu Sui to the other side. Lu Sui frowned, "You guys are poor."

"I still have enough money to buy meat."

"Aren't you doing your part-time job tomorrow?"

"I'm not doing it anymore. I've already called the manager—how did you know I was going to have a part-time job tomorrow?" Shen Qinghuai asked Lu Sui. "Did you investigate me?"

In the middle of the snack shelf, Shen Qinghuai looked down at Lu Sui and asked softly, "I always have this feeling that someone is watching me."

This feeling was stronger when I was in school.

"You suspect me." Lu Sui glanced at him. "I know where your hometown is. You must have checked to be able to take your grandmother away. As for surveillance, I didn't."

There haven't been any in the last two days.

Shen Qinghuai took a step forward. "Why did you choose me in the first place?"

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Mini-drama: After being driven crazy, Shen Qinghuai asked, "Why did you choose me, baby? Why aren't you saying anything? Didn't your husband shut you up?"