857 Total Opposite (1/2)

While her mother and boyfriend were chatting like two long-lost relatives, Long Jinjing tried to focus all her attention on her food. They were right. She needed to eat because it was going to be another busy day at work. If she didn't eat, she wouldn't have the energy to last the whole day. However, it was a struggle to swallow the food because her mind was in total chaos.

The man sitting beside her didn't feel like her boyfriend at all. It was bothering her so much that she could barely taste the food her mother cooked for her despite them being all her favourite breakfast dishes.

Sometime during the meal, her mother finally started asking them questions about their relationship. Since Long Jinjing was too preoccupied with her confusion about Lu Zihao's current out-of-character behaviour, he was the one who answered all of her mother's questions.

Sun Jingfei noticed her daughter's distracted state and sighed out loud while shaking her head. ”This child…tsk tsk. Jing'er, your behaviour right now is very disgraceful. I taught you better manners than that.”

Lu Zihao immediately defended Long Jinjing. ”Please don't scold your daughter too much, Auntie. Jinjing is just too tired from work while also making sure to spend enough time with me.” Then he turned his head towards Long Jinjing and gave the gentlest smile ever before removing a grain of rice stuck on the corner of her mouth. ”Don't eat too fast, babe. I don't want you to have indigestion later at work.”

Once again, Long Jinjing felt goosebumps popping up all over her skin. She was starting to feel scared of Lu Zihao now. This wasn't like him. To her, his gentle smile was like a stranger's. She preferred his devilish smile and felt more comfortable with it.

It was laughable how she asked him earlier to be mindful while talking to her mother because her mother might get a heart attack due to his intense personality. She was worried that he might say something too shocking that would scandalize her mother. In a way, he was pretty similar to her younger sister, the new Xiulan after waking up from coma. Both could be too straightforward sometimes.

But now that he actually listened to her request and was being mindful—no, his current behaviour was going beyond mindful. He was basically charming the heart out of her mother to the point that her mother was almost ready to adopt him as her own son. If things continued like this, he might become her mother's new favourite child before the day was over.

She was worried about her mother getting a heart attack earlier and yet now, it seemed like she would be the one to get a heart attack especially if he kept on creeping her out by calling her ”babe”, acting too charming, and just giving her the overall impression that her boyfriend had turned into a completely different person.

Breakfast ended but Long Jinjing's chaotic mind only worsened. Her stomach was tied in knots. Lu Zihao might be right that she would suffer from indigestion today.

”Are you available tonight, Zihao?” Sun Jingfei asked. ”I was hoping that the three of us can eat dinner together later. We don't have much time to chat this morning because Jing'er needs to get ready for work. I want to have a longer talk with the two of you when nobody is in a hurry to leave.”

”Mom, let's talk about this another—”