I don't want to be your wife.

"We've come all this way, surely no one can resist spicy food, right?" Su Mumu glanced at Mi Han, who remained silent, and then ignored Qin Feng's protests, waving her hand dismissively.

"One of each of Yu Xiang Rou Si (shredded pork with garlic sauce), Kung Pao Chicken, Boiled Sliced ​​Pork, and Spicy Chicken!"

If there weren't only three people present, and if they weren't ordering too much and couldn't finish it, Su Mumu would have liked to order several more large bowls.

Su Mumu, who was ordering her food, was visibly happy, drooling as she looked at the dishes on the menu, while Qin Feng was suffering in silence.

Let alone eating, Qin Feng felt terrified when he saw the boiled pork slices in red oil soup with a layer of peppercorns and chili peppers floating on the menu. He could only sit quietly and watch Su Mumu order, not daring to say a word.

Su Mumu also noticed Qin Feng's unusual behavior. She naturally knew that what Qin Feng said about eating spicy food in P City was just talk. She also knew that P City wasn't a place where people ate spicy food. Judging from Qin Feng's performance, she knew that Qin Feng definitely couldn't handle the spiciness he wanted.

So, the kind-hearted Su Mumu decided to cross out the shredded pork with garlic sauce, flipped to the non-spicy dishes on the menu, and chose a bowl of steamed pork with rice flour. To prevent the chef from getting confused, she even wrote "mildly spicy" next to her dish, and even marked "not spicy" next to the steamed pork with rice flour.

Hmph, since you're treating me to this meal, I'll just order the dishes you'd like to eat. See how good I am? Get ready to thank me when the food arrives!

The waiting period that followed felt long for everyone, whether it was Su Mumu who was filled with anticipation or Qin Feng who was filled with fear.

The first bowl was boiled sliced ​​pork. Although it was boiled, Qin Feng didn't see a single drop of water. Underneath the peppercorns that Su Mumu had pushed aside with her chopsticks was a layer of red oil, which served to keep the pork warm.

"This is so delicious!" Su Mumu thought. Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine have different emphases after all. Unlike the fragrant spiciness of Hunan cuisine, the spiciness of Sichuan cuisine leans towards numbing spiciness. Su Mumu didn't dislike the taste; on the contrary, she ate it with great relish.

Looking at Qin Feng, he was in a completely different league. He only dared to dip the tip of his chopsticks into the soup and slowly taste it, which made Su Mumu, who was eating heartily, lose her appetite.

"Can't you, a man, stop being such a coward? This isn't even spicy! Let me tell you, don't be scared off by how red it is. The main flavor of this meat is numbing; the spiciness is secondary. If you don't believe me, try it yourself!"

As she spoke, Su Mumu picked up a large piece of meat from Qin Feng's bowl with her chopsticks, carefully washing off the peppercorn shells from the surface in the soup before doing so.

Qin Feng swallowed hard as he looked at the large piece of meat in front of him. He glanced at Su Mumu, who was grinning at him, and knew that if he didn't eat it, his meals for the rest of the year might end up like this.

Qin Feng carefully picked up a piece of meat and brought it to his mouth, just as he was about to mentally prepare himself, when Su Mumu grabbed Mi Han's chopsticks and stuffed the meat from Qin Feng's mouth into his mouth.

"Damn it!" Feeling the meat being shoved directly into his mouth, Qin Feng immediately spat it out and was about to start cursing, but Su Mumu interrupted him before he could say a word.

"Don't say anything else, just tell me if it's spicy or not."

Only then did Qin Feng begin to smack his lips, savoring the taste. After careful tasting, he discovered it was damn spicy.

However, it seems that we can bear with it for a while.

"You can eat it, right? I specially ordered it mild so you could have a bite too. Thank me, it's not often that I get to eat Sichuan food, and I even specially ordered it mild for you."

Su Mumu smiled. Although she often bickered and joked with Qin Feng, she had never harmed him when needed, had she?

Seeing Qin Feng looking like he'd been granted a pardon, Su Mumu sighed again. She really didn't know how to face Qin Feng again after six months.

"Alright, if you can't handle spice, don't eat so much. These chilies have a strong aftereffect, so don't be unable to handle it when you stop eating. I won't help you then."

"Also, I ordered you a bowl of steamed pork with rice flour. It should be served in a bit, so don't worry."

"Well, I'll just have to take it one step at a time," Su Mumu thought to herself, a bitter smile creeping onto her face. After all, if she were truly all alone, could she really endure six months as a young woman?

Su Mumu is different from ordinary girls. She is a latecomer to the profession and is just as weak as other girls, but she has never learned how to protect herself.

It can be said that Su Mumu is now like an innocent princess who has stepped out of the castle and has to face this familiar yet strange world alone.

Qin Feng is like an unconventional knight, protecting the princess as she adapts to a world she doesn't know. However, the princess believes that the soldiers in the castle will one day take her back, and that being too close to the knight will only lead to her own and others' downfall.

But without the knights, could the princess really wait for the soldiers to come and fetch her?

Mi Han, who was quietly eating his meal, noticed the change in Su Mumu's expression. He could tell that Su Mumu had something on her mind, but that wasn't his business. So he didn't interfere until they finished their meal.

"I'm going to the restroom first. You two wait here for a bit!"

Even Su Mumu, who can handle spicy food very well, drank a lot of water after eating all this spicy food. Luckily, her period ended two days ago, otherwise Su Mumu would have been crying again tonight.

“Boss, I feel that Miss Su is troubled, and it's related to you. She's appeared two or three times today already. I think if we don't investigate this thoroughly, things might get worse in the future…”

“I know, I know what’s on her mind.” Before Mi Han could finish speaking, Qin Feng interrupted her. “You don’t need to worry about Mu Mu anymore, I can handle it myself.”

I have some things to do today, so this might be the only update.

Chapter 18

Knowing that Su Mumu lived at school as Su Mu, Qin Feng could naturally guess what was on Su Mumu's mind. What was uncertain now was whether Su Mumu herself wanted to be a boy or a girl.

However, Qin Feng felt that none of these were the case. He guessed that Su Mumu's presence at school as a boy, and even living in the boys' dormitory, was probably a form of resistance against her parents on certain matters, such as a business marriage or an arranged marriage.

Although Qin Feng had many theories in his mind, and he wasn't sure what the real reason was, he was certain that Su Mumu's concerns were definitely related to these two identities. Judging from his reason, she probably wanted to decide which identity to use when facing him.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng suddenly felt that it was a bit inappropriate to let Su Mumu know that he had discovered these things so early, and he became conflicted again.

Forget it, I've already stayed this long. If I leave now, her classmates won't remember me, and most of them already know that I know Su Mu. If I leave now, they'll find out anyway, so I might as well stay.

"Let's just take it one step at a time, whatever," Qin Feng said helplessly.

"What are you watching? Have you already decided which movie to watch?" Su Mumu's voice came from behind Qin Feng, carrying three cups of milk tea.

"Here, this is for you," Su Mumu handed a cup to Qin Feng, then picked up another cup and gave it to Mi Han, "Drinking something sweet might make it less spicy, and there's some for you too, Brother Mi Han."

Su Mumu had actually returned quite early, and then she saw Qin Feng standing there thinking about something. However, Su Mumu felt it wasn't appropriate to disturb Qin Feng at that moment, so she went around to buy a cup of milk tea and brought one for the two of them as well.

Mi Han watched as the two cared for each other and kept secrets from each other, and couldn't help but shake her head.

"Oh right, Qin Feng, you said you were going to the night market tonight, right? Let's go see a movie later, and have some snacks at the night market for dinner. Now~" Su Mumu pointed to the arcade on the mall map, "Let's go here!"

The arcade occupied half of the fourth floor of the mall, with the Yile Arcade sign covering an entire wall. Even though Su Mumu and her friends were on the fifth floor, the noise coming from the arcade was just as loud. This was enough to show how popular it was.

Su Mumu hadn't seen these game consoles in a long time. Compared to her hometown, a small fifth-tier city, arcade games were readily available on the street. However, as a key high school, there were no entertainment facilities next to No. 1 High School.

This is a childhood memory for Su Mumu. When she was little, she would call up a few friends, find a computer, and play games all afternoon, such as King of Fighters, Metal Slug, and others. Isn't this the taste of childhood?

Qin Feng naturally had no reason to refute it, but he was curious that girls would like these things. After all, Su Mumu always acted like a popular person at school in order to break away from her image, and she didn't seem like the kind of person who would like these things.

But Qin Feng quickly came to terms with it. Even Su Mumu's gender was fake; how much of the rest could be true? Perhaps Su Mumu was actually a shut-in, and all of this was an act.

No, judging from Su Mumu's daily life this week, she's definitely a shut-in!

By the time Qin Feng came to his senses, the excited Su Mumu had already dragged him to the fourth floor, where they stood at the entrance of the arcade. To be honest, standing at the entrance was much more appealing than looking from the fifth floor.

Standing at the entrance, you can see all sorts of arcade games inside. The girls on the two dance machines at the entrance attract countless tourists. You can only say the business knows how to advertise.

"Do you want to go up and jump?" Qin Feng patted Su Mumu.

"Me? Why should I dance?" Su Mumu asked, puzzled. Logically speaking, Qin Feng shouldn't know that she could dance otaku dances. "I'm not very good at dancing, would I embarrass myself by going up there?"

"Forget it, I can tell you've been a shut-in for a long time just by seeing you stay home all the time. I've been in your room before, I know what's in there."

"You! How come you come into my room every day? It only arrived yesterday, how do you know I've already hung it up!" After moving out, Su Mumu bought all the things she hadn't dared to buy before, and a painting that had just arrived yesterday was hung up by Su Mumu.

After all, what boy could resist a giant Rem hanging on the wall? Impossible! Even Su Mumu, who has now become a girl, couldn't resist!

"Ha, you think your package flew up here by itself? Didn't I still have to go through the trouble of bringing it up for you?"

"You? You'd help me carry that? I don't believe it. Didn't Brother Mihan bring it up for me?"

"Who do you think paid Mi Han to do this? What's the difference between him and the one I brought up?"

"Tch, say whatever you want, I'm not thanking you. In this house, only Brother Mihan makes me feel a little warmth. You are nothing to me!"

“Of course, it’s not impossible for me to go up and jump, but there are conditions!” Su Mumu turned to look at Qin Feng with a mischievous smile, “From now on, I have to come here once a week... well, once a month. Of course, you have to pay for it, so just tell me if it’s okay.”

"Okay, okay~" Qin Feng replied dismissively. He didn't believe Su Mumu would dare to talk to him like that after tomorrow.

"Hehehe, then you can pick one. I should be able to dance most of the otaku dances." Su Mumu was quite confident in herself in this regard. After all, she had danced at so many anime conventions, and there were always just as many people there as here. She wasn't afraid of this one.

"Great! Let's do a social dance!"

"OK, look at me... look at me my ass! Who can do that move? It's so embarrassing! Shaking it at home is one thing, but in public, aren't you afraid I'll embarrass myself?"

"Didn't you say you were easygoing?" Qin Feng looked disdainfully at Su Mumu, who had just been boasting.

"I don't care," Su Mumu decided to be a little scornful, since she was definitely not going to go up and shake it anyway. "You can choose any of the others."

"Oh, anything else is fine?" Qin Feng's malicious look made Su Mumu break out in a cold sweat. "Then let's go up and dance to 'New Treasure Island'."

"?! I'm not letting you choose anymore. All you can do is pick things like this." Su Mumu puffed out her cheeks, ready to be utterly disgusted. "I'll choose myself. I'll just go up and dance the Gokuraku Jodo dance for you, that'll be enough. All you do is pick weird and strange things."

Qin Feng looked at Su Mumu, whose expression seemed to want to kill him with cuteness, and sighed helplessly. He then told Mi Han to go to the front desk to exchange some game coins.

Su Mumu and Qin Feng watched the girls dancing on the dance machine together.

"What do you think of that girl's legs?" Su Mumu nudged Qin Feng and whispered in his ear, pointing to a girl who was still wearing super short shorts even though it was almost November.

Qin Feng was shocked and looked at the girl who was lecherously staring at the girl with disbelief.

"Are you a pervert? Asking such questions. Besides, if you're going to look at other people here, you might as well go home and look at yours. This one is prettier than hers."

"Get lost! This is an appreciation of beauty, how is that being a pervert? Besides, who gave you permission to look at my legs in your own home? Keep your eyes to yourself, you pervert."

"Come on, don't you have any idea how short your own loungewear is that you wear every day? And I can't even take a look?"

Mi Han, who was walking over from the front desk, saw Qin Feng and Su Mumu arguing again. Helplessly, she called out to Qin Feng, "Boss, I have some good news."

Chapter 19

"good news?"

Su Mumu and Qin Feng both expressed their curiosity.

"Hmm, this might not be good news for Miss Su," Mi Han said after thinking for a moment.

"Oh, why isn't this good news for me? Also, from now on, you can just call me Mu Mu, Miss Su, that's too formal."

"Then what about me? Why should Mi Han call you Mu Mu?" Qin Feng interrupted.

"You? You can call me dad, I don't mind." Su Mumu looked at Qin Feng, who was trying to take advantage of her, with disdain.

"Okay, Mu Mu, I'll call you that from now on, Mu Mu. If you hear 'Mu Mu' at school, turn around, okay, Mu Mu?" Qin Feng ignored Su Mu Mu's words and called her that affectionately.

"Ugh, this gives me goosebumps." Su Mumu rolled her eyes at Qin Feng. "Brother Mihan, what news do you want to share first?"

"The receptionist said there are private rooms available, and the large private rooms have dance machines. Miss Su... Mu Mu doesn't want to dance, so we can just book a private room." Mi Han looked at Su Mu Mu, whose smile had frozen, with a hint of apology on her face.

"Why?" Su Mumu hugged Mi Han's arm. "Brother Mi Han, I trusted you so much, and you betrayed me! How awful!"

"Hahahaha!" Qin Feng's laughter rang out at an inopportune moment. "You're going to have to dance eventually, whether it's the social dance or the New Treasure Island dance, you can't escape it today!"

"Aaaaaah, no!"

"Let's go, Mi Han, lead the way!"

Inside the private room—

"Can't you really make an exception? I'm so sorry!" Su Mumu was still making a last-ditch effort.

"Mihan, report Mumu's expenses for today."

"Yes, the first one, one lipstick, one face wash..."

"Report the total directly!"

"A total of forty-three thousand and seventy-three yuan!"

"Did you hear that? This is all the money you spent on cosmetics today." Qin Feng looked at Su Mumu with a "kind" expression. "Anything else to say?"

"You shameless person! This is my salary for taking care of your daily life!" Su Mumu argued.

"Then may I ask you, dear Miss Su Mumu?" Qin Feng put on a fake business smile, "If an ordinary person applies for a month's salary overdraft and treats their boss like a father, do you think you deserve 40,000 yuan for seven days' wages?"

Su Mumu remained silent. Indeed, she had let herself go a bit while shopping today, basically buying everything she liked. Little did she know that retribution was waiting for her now.

Left with no other choice, Su Mumu was forced to find a social dance song in the playlist, and after searching the entire list, she chose the shortest one.

As that mesmerizing "hmm" sound rang out, Su Mumu started shaking on the dance machine.

Strange, why are there so few moves in DanceUp?

Just as Su Mumu was still wondering, Mi Han's voice came over, "Ahem, Mumu, actually, you just need to step on it."

"!" Su Mumu suddenly realized, then smiled and looked at Qin Feng, "Hehehe, now you have nothing to say!"

Qin Feng looked at Su Mumu with disdain, "Tch, if Mi Han hadn't told you, would you have been able to figure it out?"

Mi Han looked at Qin Feng speechlessly, thinking to herself, "If you hadn't kept hinting at it, would I have told her? If you felt embarrassed for her, then don't ask her to jump. Why did you have to drag me into it? If you weren't my boss, pshaw."

Next up was Su Mumu's awkward dance time. Fortunately, to compensate Qin Feng for his large expenses today, Su Mumu still casually danced a few otaku dances for him.

"Shouldn't we go see a movie? My legs are sore from dancing." Su Mumu, who had been having a blast on the dance machine for half an afternoon, was so tired that she could barely stand up.

So the three of them went to the top floor of the mall.

"Do you have any plans to watch anything?" Qin Feng turned to look at Su Mumu, who was walking weakly step by step.

"Huh? Me? Whatever. I heard The Garden of Words is being re-released recently. Want to go see it? It's the only XHC movie I've missed." Su Mumu barely raised her head and answered weakly.

"The Garden of Words? That seems like a good idea. Mihan, go and buy three tickets. Buy them at the earliest available time."

A moment later, Mi Han returned with the tickets. "Boss, the next showing is in thirteen minutes. The tickets are already bought." Qin Feng glanced at them and saw that the tickets were in the middle of the last row. It seemed that the re-release of this movie wasn't very popular, as there were still seats like this right before it started.