Chapter 33 (1/2)

Chapter 33: Misunderstanding

In one movement, he had restrained the hand that Qin Xu wanted to use to push the carrots away. Qin Xu turned and saw Jiang Yang glaring at him with a look of warning. He felt distressed for himself; how can he eat something so unpalatable?

Feeling that he owed Jiang Yang, Qin Xu took a deep breath before heroically picking up the carrots and eating it all in one go. He even followed it with a few mouthfuls of rice and sweet and sour pork to cover up the taste in his mouth.

Halfway through the meal Qin Xu heard Mother Jiang scold Jiang Yuan to stop being picky. She even pointed out that Jiang Yang is eating the fungus that he normally avoided.

It is not only children who are picky eaters. Father Jiang, despite being in his forties, would frown and scrunch up his face whenever he sees eggplants. However, under the pressure from his wife, he would force himself to have a few bites.

The moment Qin Xu heard this, his bitter face suddenly brightened up. It was as if he had just heard something amazing and, with a host-like gesture, he proactively picked up a few of the fungus up and threw it into Jiang Yang's bowl. He said: ”Qin Xu loves to eat this.”

Jiang Yang's expression stiffened, ”You probably remembered wrong.”

Qin Xu responded with a look of certainty: ”How can that be? You said before that you could eat a whole bucket of it in one go.”

Mother Jiang said: ”Is that so? Then you should eat more. These are all from our hometown and very refres.h.i.+ng. If you like it, you can take some home and let your parents have some too.”

And so, several dark things filled Jiang Yang's bowl. He really didn't like them but what could he say? He could only give his thanks and pretend to happily eat those things!

Qin Xu ate the carrots with satisfaction. There was even a hint of smile at the corners of his lips. How can I suffer alone?

After eating, Jiang Yang felt that it was very inconvenient for them to stay at home. He wanted to talk to his parents and then return back to Qin Xu's place. He pulled Qin Xu over to one side and quickly discussed things while asking for his cooperation.

When Mother Jiang heard that he planned to stay for another night at his cla.s.smates' place, she couldn't help but frown, ”You've already troubled them last night, why are you going again? Even if it is for homework, can't you just do it at home?”

Jiang Yang said quickly: ”It's okay. It's a group task so we have to work together.”

Mother Jiang however looked over to Qin Xu and said, ”How can it take so much time? Are you boys playing games? Work on the homework together this afternoon for now and we can talk about it afterwards if you absolutely can't finish.”

Qin Xu said innocently: ”We're not playing games.”

Mother Jiang didn't believe him, ”Then why do you want to go to his place so much? I think you're probably lying to me.”

Jiang Yang saw that his mother is unrelenting and felt anxious. He subconsciously refuted: ”I'm really not lying mum!”

The moment those words escaped, Jiang Yang realised that he was done for. Facing Mother Jiang's strange look, he pretended to act embarra.s.sed and said: ”Sorry, I made a mistake. My mum usually scolds me like that so without realising it, I……”