My skill tree increases every day.

Chapter 134 Declaration of War

Ruan Yunxian's face wasn't actually blushing very noticeably.

Especially in a hot environment like a barbecue restaurant, with a scorching hot electric grill in front of them, everyone's face turned slightly red and they were sweating.

However, the string of corn kernels she had been eating for almost five minutes convinced Su Wanqing of her own idea.

Sure enough, I had sensed something was off before, and now that I see it—Su Wanqing's eyes were darting around, and I couldn't tell what she was thinking.

Lin Yu, however, was completely oblivious to the subtle atmosphere between the two people opposite him.

"If you're interested, let's go together another day," Lin Yu pointed in a direction, "It's over there, not far."

"Sure," Su Wanqing said calmly. "Let's go together another day."

Su Wanqing deliberately emphasized the word "again".

Click!

Ruan Yunxian accidentally bit off the thin bamboo skewer with corn kernels stuck in it.

"Ouch." The broken bamboo skewer grazed Ruan Yunxian's lips, leaving a faint mark.

"Are you alright?" Lin Yu asked with some concern, handing her a piece of paper.

"I'm not hurt." Ruan Yunxian took the tissue and gently wiped her mouth. "I just got a cut."

Lin Yu glanced at her lips.

L

There was a shallow mark on the inside of my upper lip near the corner of my mouth, made by a bamboo skewer, but there was no bleeding. Instead, some barbecue seasoning stuck to it.

"Be more careful next time. Just eat, don't bite the skewers," Lin Yu cautioned. "If the skewers had even a little splinter or something, things wouldn't be like this now."

"Okay~" Ruan Yunxian dragged out the last syllable, her voice sounding like she was being coquettish. She glanced at Su Wanqing from the corner of her eye.

Su Wanqing: (One—")

Su Wanqing took a big gulp of iced cola.

She gulped down the iced cola too quickly and choked, coughing several times.

"What's wrong with you now?"

"It's nothing, I just choked." Su Wanqing took the tissue Lin Yu handed her and gently wiped her mouth.

While Lin Yu wasn't paying attention, Su Wanqing's gaze shifted slightly towards Ruan Yunxian, her eyes filled with provocation.

Ruan Yunxian: (*Enter)

Ruan Yunxian puffed out her cheeks, squinted her eyes slightly, picked up another skewer of roasted corn, and calmly ate the kernels.

Ruan Yunxian looked away, threw the tissue she had just used to wipe her mouth into the trash can under the table, picked up the can again, shook it gently, and then took a sip of cola.

A spark ignited in their eyes, colliding between them.

A declaration of war! This is a blatant declaration of war!

In the next twenty minutes, Lin Yu suddenly felt that the two people opposite him were like two children arguing.

Suddenly I've become so childish.

Why did they suddenly start competing with each other?

They often grab the same skewer of grilled meat, even if it's not the last one left on the plate.

Lin Yu felt as if he were sitting in a kindergarten classroom, watching two children sitting opposite him fighting over the same piece of candy in a way he couldn't understand.

Unable to figure it out, Lin Yu could only guess that it might be a little game similar to friends smearing each other's birthday cakes.

Lin Yu decided to intervene.

Lin Yu reached out first and grabbed the skewer of toast that both of them had their eyes on before the other two could reach it.

The moment Lin Yu's fingers touched the skewer of toast, Su Wanqing and Ruan Yunxian both looked at him.

Both hands landed on the back of Lin Yu's hands almost simultaneously, but were quickly withdrawn.

Lin Yu brought the toast to himself. The toast was golden brown, brushed with honey condensed milk, and sprinkled with sesame seeds.

"This is the last one," Lin Yu said. "I've divided it up for you."

The toast was toasted to a golden brown and crispy. Lin Yu poked it with his chopsticks, and the crispy crust immediately made a slight cracking sound. He flipped his wrist and split the chopsticks to both sides, breaking a whole slice of toast in half under his hand, revealing the soft honeycomb-like bread structure inside the crispy surface.

"Come on, half for each of us." Lin Yu used chopsticks to place the two halves of toast onto the plates in front of them. "That'll be fair."

Su Wanqing picked up the half-slice of toast, stuffed a corner into her mouth, and bit down hard on the crispy edge of the toast, making a crisp sound.

Ruan Yunxian also picked up her own, stuck out her little tongue, gently licked the torn opening, and then bit off the soft center of the toast from the side.

While biting into their toast, both of them looked up at Lin Yu, who had gone to unnecessary trouble.

For no reason at all, Lin Yu suddenly felt a chill. Why did it feel like these two weren't eating toast?

"How about we order a few more toasts? I'm getting a little craving, do you want some?"

"No need, I'm fine like this."

"That's enough, I don't want any more."

"Are you sure you don't want it anymore?" Lin Yu asked again.

"No," Su Wanqing said.

"That's enough," Ruan Yunxian said.

"Alright, then I don't want any more." Lin Yu nodded. "Let's finish what's on the table."

"Are you all full?" Lin Yu looked at the empty plates on the table.

"I'm full," Su Wanqing said.

"I'm full too," Ruan Yunxian said.

Lin Yu checked his phone; it was already charged to 30%, enough for him to charge it when he got back.

"Alright," Lin Yu stood up and stretched, "Let's go then."

Lin Yu unplugged his phone from the power bank and plugged the power bank into the shared power bank machine at the front desk.

"I've already paid the bill," Su Wanqing reminded her as she caught up.

"Okay." Lin Yu nodded, then turned and greeted the owner who was busy in the open kitchen at the door.

"Let's go, boss!"

"How was the food? Come again sometime!"

The owner nodded, looked up from the charcoal fire in front of him, and responded warmly.

The three of them walked back along the way they came and stopped at the school gate.

At this point, the three of them went their separate ways.

Su Wanqing lives on campus and has to walk into the school grounds, while Lin Yu and Ruan Yunxian do not live in the school dormitory.

Lin Yu lives in the old neighborhood next door, while Ruan Yunxian lives quite far away and has to take a taxi back.

"Wanqing, you should go back first. If you don't go back soon, the dormitory will be under curfew and locked up," Ruan Yunxian said to Su Wanqing as they stopped at the school gate. "I've already called a car. Just wait here for a bit."

Ruan Yunxian hadn't actually called a car yet.

She had already planned it out. Lin Yu would definitely not let her wait for the car here alone. Once Su Wanqing went back, it would just be the two of them.

"It's okay, it's only ten o'clock, there's still almost an hour left." Su Wanqing didn't fall for the trick. "It's not safe for you to take a taxi alone so late at night."

"We're with you. At least the driver needs to see that you have a friend who knows you're in his car. That's safer."

Su Wanqing acted like a caring older sister who was concerned about Ruan Yunxian's safety.