Going back to being twenty, taking her heartbroken son to a massage parlor.

Shang Xiuyan looked at the lonely figure in the distance and felt a pang of sadness.

She tugged at Su Mu's sleeve and asked in a low voice:

"So how do you plan to coax Doubao back?"

"If we don't appease her soon, she'll become depressed."

"What if I suddenly decide to cosplay a teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll made of teru teru bozu)?"

Su Mu withdrew his gaze, but there was little worry between his brows; instead, he exuded confidence.

He's very familiar with this situation.

Back when Xia Qingwu was in college, it was even worse than this. He was like a wilted eggplant, completely limp and unresponsive.

The results of it?

He managed to bring it back.

Although the ending was a bit too extreme, turning her into a yandere, at least she still had energy, right?

Su Mu was a master at dealing with autistic girls like this.

Su Mu held up one finger and shook it:

"My daughter is a girl too, and I'm a professional at coaxing girls."

"When faced with a girl who is a bit depressed, withdrawn and doesn't want to talk, gentle care alone won't work."

"If we want her to get out of this mess, we have to strike hard!"

"Let her cry loudly and laugh loudly. Only when she has an outlet for her emotions can she feel the outside world again and feel the communication between people."

It's like a stagnant pool. You throw small stones in and there's no movement. You have to throw in a depth charge to make a splash and bring the water to life.

Shang Xiuyan was stunned. Although she didn't fully understand, she was deeply shocked.

"I knew I had a good eye; Uncle really knows how to raise children."

"No wonder he's the father!"

Su Mu glanced at her sideways and teased:

"All this talk and no action? Let's get real!"

The voice just fell.

Shang Xiuyan reacted incredibly quickly, leaning over to give Su Mu a big kiss on the cheek.

A powerful suction!

"Pop—!"

The crisp sound was particularly jarring in the somewhat noisy cafeteria, as if it had been amplified.

"His dad is awesome!"

After Shang Xiuyan finished shouting, her face was flushed.

Su Mu blushed and almost lost his composure.

This girl has amazing lung capacity; even cupping therapy doesn't give her that much strength.

Not far away.

Su Zhiling, who was engrossed in struggling with the unpalatable shredded potato and pork, twitched her ears slightly.

She raised her head blankly, her large, somewhat empty eyes scanning the surroundings.

Was there any strange noise just now?

Who's getting cupping done in the cafeteria?

But all around were students hurrying by with their trays in their hands.

Su Zhiling shook her head.

I was probably hallucinating.

I haven't been feeling well lately, and I always feel like the world is very far away from me.

She lowered her head again, looking at the stainless steel plate in front of her.

The cheapest meal at the cafeteria's "love window" is five yuan a serving.

Two spoonfuls of kimchi, a few shredded pieces of meat mixed in with the potato strips, and only the rice was given in a generous amount, piled up like a small mound.

Since her parents divorced and the family fell apart, she has stopped receiving any pocket money.

She refused the living expenses Su Mu gave her, and she didn't want her mother's money either.

She felt like she was an unnecessary burden and didn't deserve to spend that money.

Su Zhiling mechanically picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of spicy cabbage, and put it in her mouth.

It's extremely salty.

It's tasteless and bland.

Just then, a shadow suddenly fell across the table.

A boy carrying a full plate of food sat down casually across from her.

The boy was dressed in designer clothes and wore gold-rimmed glasses. He looked refined, but the frivolousness in his eyes was impossible to hide.

Ye Nanqiao.

Su Zhiling tightened her grip on the chopsticks, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.

It's him again.

As soon as Ye Nanqiao sat down, without saying a word, she reached out her chopsticks and started putting food into Su Zhiling's plate.

He stuffed a large mouthful of cabbage into his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and immediately showed a disgusted expression.

"Pah! What is this thing?"

"This is awful! How could you swallow it?"

As he spoke, he looked at Su Zhiling with a pained expression.

"Zhiling, don't eat this, why don't you eat mine instead?"

.........

In a distant corner.

As Su Mu watched this scene, his expression gradually became amused.

He stroked his chin and said with great interest:

"Looks like my daughter is quite popular."

"Although this kid's methods seem a bit outdated, maybe that's just what young people like these days?"

In his view, it's normal for his daughter to have suitors.

As long as it's not a forced sale, the father doesn't need to interfere too much.

Shang Xiuyan's face fell, and she pouted.

"No! Uncle Su Mu, that Ye Nanqiao is not a good person."

"He seems well-mannered on the surface, and his family is somewhat wealthy, but he's a complete scumbag!"

Su Mu raised an eyebrow:

"Tell me more about it?"

Shang Xiuyan spoke hastily, clearly not having a good impression of Ye Nanqiao.

"He added all the girls in our dorm on WeChat!"

"Everyone except Doubao has been harassed by him!"

"Recently, he watched some dating drama and thought that innocent, poor girls were easy to fool, so he set his sights on Doubao."

"They would camp out in the cafeteria every day, stealing food from others, and then taking the opportunity to give away their own good food."

"They also said they were looking for a treasure girl."

"Ugh—I'm about to throw up, Doubao is so annoying him!"

As Su Mu listened, he laughed in exasperation.

"Damn, that's going too far."

"You dare to play tricks on my daughter, huh?"

"This is like showing off your skills in front of Guan Yu (a legendary swordsman) or Lu Ban (a legendary carpenter)!"

He can accept that his daughter has suitors.

But it has to be genuine; it can't be like him, a scumbag.

What the hell is this thing?

Was he using his daughter as practice prey?

That scumbag deserves to die!!

Seeing that Su Mu was angry, Shang Xiuyan immediately fanned the flames:

"Dad, fuck him!"

"That kind of idiot deserves a slap across the face, whipped into a spinning top, so he'll know why flowers are so red!"

Su Mu straightened his collar and stood up.

"Okay, whatever you say."

"Get him."

……

On the dining table in the cafeteria.

Ye Nanqiao was unaware that she was being targeted.

He was still performing with great effort.

He then reached out with his chopsticks and took most of the few pieces of meat that were left on Su Zhiling's plate.

This tactic is called "suppressing first and then elevating." First, take something away from the other person to create emotional fluctuations, and then compensate them, making them feel indebted and dependent.

This is how relationship coaches in short videos teach.

Ye Nanqiao stuffed the diced meat into her mouth, chewed it pretending to chew, and then shook her head:

"I wanted to try these vegetarian dishes to see what they tasted like, since I hadn't eaten them in so long, but I didn't expect them to be so bad."

"The cafeteria is a real piece of work."

As he spoke, he pushed his deluxe plate, filled with chicken legs, ribs, and prawns, toward Su Zhiling.

"Zhiling, you've been eating five-yuan meals all day, which are not nutritious at all. Your face has become so thin and ugly."

"Here, eat mine. Consider it compensation for me taking your food."

"I specifically asked Auntie to make this."

Su Zhiling kept her head down the whole time, not even lifting her eyelids.

She silently extended her chopsticks, avoiding the area Ye Nanqiao had touched.

Put the remaining clean cabbage into the rice.

Then, they ate it in small bites.

Cold treatment.

This is the experience she has summarized over this period of time.

If you ignore him and don't give him any glances or responses, he'll get bored and leave on his own.

Chew, chew, chew.

Su Zhiling ate very attentively.

Ye Nanqiao was furious at her stubborn attitude.

This pickup line technique is clearly very effective!

Wasn't that poor Chinese literature major defeated by his combo of moves?

Why did it fail to work on Su Zhiling?

Is this woman made of wood?

Ye Nanqiao took a deep breath and decided to try a different approach.

Since the domineering CEO style doesn't work, let's go for the sincere and warm guy route.

"Zhiling, I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to get to know you."

"I noticed that you usually keep to yourself and seem quite lonely, just like I used to be."

"Actually, I totally understand that feeling..."

Su Zhiling kept her head down.

Chew, chew, chew.

It felt as if the person sitting opposite me wasn't a person, but a wisp of air.

Ye Nanqiao's smile faltered.

He glanced back at the distance.

Those were his cronies, holding up their phones and filming him, waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

If he can't win over Su Zhiling, where will he put his reputation as a Casanova?

Ye Nanqiao gritted her teeth and decided to use her trump card—moral blackmail combined with playing the victim.

This trick always works.

"Zhiling, it's like this, I lost a game of Truth or Dare with my friend."

He shrugged helplessly, his tone incredibly sincere.

"They're going to punish me by making me hit on girls and we have to eat together. If I don't complete the task, they'll drink me to death when I get back."

"I had no choice. I'm usually shy and rarely talk to girls."

"Just help me out, okay? We don't need to do anything else, we just need to finish this meal."

"Consider it a favor I owe you."

This tactic is called feigning weakness, which exploits a girl's sympathy.

As long as she speaks, even if it's a refusal, it's considered breaking the ice.

really.

Upon hearing this, Su Zhiling paused in her chewing.

Those eyes, which had been lowered, finally lifted, and looked at the person opposite with some confusion.

His eyes widened slightly.

It seems they are judging whether this statement is true or false.

Ye Nanqiao was overjoyed.

There is a play!

As long as they're willing to look at me, that's the key!

Sudden.

A hand was suddenly reached out in front of him.

"Hey bro, how are you?"

Ye Nanqiao was taken aback by this sudden turn of events.

He subconsciously looked up and saw a tall man standing next to him, smiling at him.

"Hello...who are you?"

Before Ye Nanqiao could even process what was happening, her body reacted instinctively, extending her hand to shake hands with the other person.

But just as their hands clasped, a subtle force came from the other's palm.

Ye Nanqiao felt a lightness in her body, and then she involuntarily spun around gracefully twice.

When he came to his senses, he found himself standing at the dining table.

And in the seat that originally belonged to him...

Su Mu was sitting steadily.

"Hey, this isn't right."

Ye Nanqiao was dumbfounded.