Wu Min's state today is pretty good. At least it seems he has stepped out of the shadow of the breakup. His face has been carrying a light smile, and he laughs quite naturally, unlike the forced appearance of the past few days. However, occasionally you can still see him daydreaming.
Lin Jin, while getting raw meat at the buffet, keeps glancing at Wu Min, who stands not far away, wondering if this could be considered as task completed.
Could it be? Wu Min clearly has temporarily forgotten about the breakup now, but the phone has still not vibrated. The black cat has not deemed Wu Min's current mood as task accomplished.
"Hey, Lin Jin, what do you want to drink?" Wen Xuan stood in front of a drink machine and called out to Lin Jin.
"Anything." Lin Jin immediately bowed her head, pretending to be focused on picking ingredients, for fear that Wen Xuan would see her always paying attention to Wu Min. Wen Xuan, who seemed to be trying to set them up, might say some weird things because of this.
The barbecue buffet wasn't very high-end, and everyone could eat to their fill for just 65 yuan. However, Lin Jin's hometown is just a small county. Although there are a few buffets there, Lin Jin has never been to one. When she was in elementary school, her parents were still together, the family was somewhat well-off, and she'd been to Western restaurants and eaten things like steak, but only once.
Then came middle school, her parents separated, and her father's gambling and drinking left their large home with hardly any furniture. Lin Jin had never been to a restaurant like that since, eating fast food when dining out, and even spending over ten yuan on a meal in the county town felt heartbreaking, let alone buffets or hot pot restaurants.
The laptop Lin Jin uses today was earned through frugal living and working over the summer, because going to the internet cafe in the long run would definitely be more expensive than buying a computer. That laptop is worth three thousand yuan, and higher-end games would lag, but fortunately, playing Dota isn't a problem.
Since Lin Jin doesn't know how to grill meat, and is completely unfamiliar with barbequing, she has no idea when the meat is cooked. Therefore, the task of grilling the meat was given to Wen Xuan.
"Wen Xuan, is this meat cooked?" Lin Jin poked at the bacon that Wen Xuan had spread on the grill with her chopsticks. "Wen Xuan, put this chicken leg in, it looks delicious."
"Wen Xuan, don't put in chili, I can't eat spicy." Lin Jin kept randomly directing Wen Xuan. "This is about to burn, and burned food can cause cancer."
Grilling meat is a task that one person can complete, so Wu Min also joined Lin Jin in blabbering on the side: "Put some vegetables in, eating too much meat is greasy and makes you fat."
"F*cking hell! Aren't you guys annoying?!" Wen Xuan's eyes bulged out as he glanced at Wu Min and Lin Jin. "If you want to eat, go grill it yourself! Aren't you annoyed with such a controlling wife?"
"You are the one who's a 'controlling wife." Lin Jin rolled her eyes, took a sip of Sprite, and continued to command enthusiastically, hoping to contribute her strength to the grilling. "This, put the spinach in and grill it, Wu Min is right, otherwise it's too greasy."
Wen Xuan nodded reluctantly, listlessly putting the spinach from the plate next to him into the grill.
They spent almost an hour eating barbecue, most of which was spent waiting for Wen Xuan to grill the meat. The rest of the time was spent wandering around for something appetizing. This shop didn't only serve raw meat and vegetables for grilling, but also cooked foods like stir-fried noodles. To Lin Jin's delight, she even found ice cream. Even though it was a bit unusual to eat ice cream in cold weather, ice cream was her only weakness.
If she weren't worried about getting a stomachache from eating too much ice cream in the cold, Lin Jin was confident she could finish that whole tub of ice cream.
"I feel like I've gained at least 10 pounds after today." Lin Jin said as they walked out of the barbecue restaurant. Her stomach was so full that she looked like she was three months pregnant. "It's only a bit after six, right? The movie starts at seven, doesn't it?"
Wen Xuan, who hadn't eaten much because most of the meat he grilled ended up in Lin Jin's stomach, replied, "That's what happens when you eat too fast. We could have stayed there for another two hours before heading to the movie theater."
The drizzle had stopped by then, and Lin Jin, wearing her waterproof shoes, playfully stepped into a few puddles. However, she didn't go overboard, not wanting to splash any bystanders.
"How about we grab some dessert?" Wu Min suggested. He was familiar with this Wanda complex, having lived in Xiamen for quite some time. "I think there's a good place on the third floor."
"Dessert?" The image of a jiggly pudding from an anime immediately popped into Lin Jin's head. She nodded eagerly, "Okay!"
"Can you even handle more food?" Wen Xuan, who was walking ahead of Lin Jin, asked. He kept his hands in his pockets and hunched his shoulders as if he was frozen by the cold wind. "What is your stomach made of? How can you eat so much?"
"Why do you care?"
Wu Min was walking beside Lin Jin. He observed their banter, shook his head in resignation, and couldn't help but smile at the sight of Lin Jin's quirky behavior. He found it unexpectedly endearing.
Why hadn't he noticed before that Lin Jin was cute and not just a tomboy?
"Dessert! Dessert!" Lin Jin, with stars in her eyes, kept imagining the pudding from the anime. "Pudding! Pudding!"
"You're just like a little girl!" Wen Xuan scoffed. "And you say you're a man."
"Ugh, I am a man, okay?"
As Lin Jin was arguing with him, she suddenly noticed a familiar figure running a stall at the entrance to the Wanda complex.
She shut up and stared at the guy at the stall, feeling an overwhelming urge to punch him.
For some reason, he looked familiar, and she felt a strong hostility towards him, but... she couldn't remember why.
Had he cheated her before?
"What's up?" Wen Xuan followed Lin Jin's gaze to the guy at the stall. "They allow stalls at the entrance to Wanda?"
"They probably don't" Wu Min replied, turning to ask Lin Jin, "Do you know him?"
"I'm not sure, I think I've seen him before." Lin Jin scratched her head in frustration. She felt like she'd seen him somewhere before, but couldn't recall where, or why she felt such animosity towards him.
Maybe she had just seen him around?
Unable to figure it out, Lin Jin quickly dismissed the matter. Her mind was already filled with thoughts of pudding. "Let's go! It's dessert time!"
Wu Min's state today is pretty good. At least it seems he has stepped out of the shadow of the breakup. His face has been carrying a light smile, and he laughs quite naturally, unlike the forced appearance of the past few days. However, occasionally you can still see him daydreaming.
Lin Jin, while getting raw meat at the buffet, keeps glancing at Wu Min, who stands not far away, wondering if this could be considered as task completed.
Could it be? Wu Min clearly has temporarily forgotten about the breakup now, but the phone has still not vibrated. The black cat has not deemed Wu Min's current mood as task accomplished.
"Hey, Lin Jin, what do you want to drink?" Wen Xuan stood in front of a drink machine and called out to Lin Jin.
"Anything." Lin Jin immediately bowed her head, pretending to be focused on picking ingredients, for fear that Wen Xuan would see her always paying attention to Wu Min. Wen Xuan, who seemed to be trying to set them up, might say some weird things because of this.
The barbecue buffet wasn't very high-end, and everyone could eat to their fill for just 65 yuan. However, Lin Jin's hometown is just a small county. Although there are a few buffets there, Lin Jin has never been to one. When she was in elementary school, her parents were still together, the family was somewhat well-off, and she'd been to Western restaurants and eaten things like steak, but only once.
Then came middle school, her parents separated, and her father's gambling and drinking left their large home with hardly any furniture. Lin Jin had never been to a restaurant like that since, eating fast food when dining out, and even spending over ten yuan on a meal in the county town felt heartbreaking, let alone buffets or hot pot restaurants.
The laptop Lin Jin uses today was earned through frugal living and working over the summer, because going to the internet cafe in the long run would definitely be more expensive than buying a computer. That laptop is worth three thousand yuan, and higher-end games would lag, but fortunately, playing Dota isn't a problem.
Since Lin Jin doesn't know how to grill meat, and is completely unfamiliar with barbequing, she has no idea when the meat is cooked. Therefore, the task of grilling the meat was given to Wen Xuan.
"Wen Xuan, is this meat cooked?" Lin Jin poked at the bacon that Wen Xuan had spread on the grill with her chopsticks. "Wen Xuan, put this chicken leg in, it looks delicious."
"Wen Xuan, don't put in chili, I can't eat spicy." Lin Jin kept randomly directing Wen Xuan. "This is about to burn, and burned food can cause cancer."
Grilling meat is a task that one person can complete, so Wu Min also joined Lin Jin in blabbering on the side: "Put some vegetables in, eating too much meat is greasy and makes you fat."
"F*cking hell! Aren't you guys annoying?!" Wen Xuan's eyes bulged out as he glanced at Wu Min and Lin Jin. "If you want to eat, go grill it yourself! Aren't you annoyed with such a controlling wife?"
"You are the one who's a 'controlling wife." Lin Jin rolled her eyes, took a sip of Sprite, and continued to command enthusiastically, hoping to contribute her strength to the grilling. "This, put the spinach in and grill it, Wu Min is right, otherwise it's too greasy."
Wen Xuan nodded reluctantly, listlessly putting the spinach from the plate next to him into the grill.
They spent almost an hour eating barbecue, most of which was spent waiting for Wen Xuan to grill the meat. The rest of the time was spent wandering around for something appetizing. This shop didn't only serve raw meat and vegetables for grilling, but also cooked foods like stir-fried noodles. To Lin Jin's delight, she even found ice cream. Even though it was a bit unusual to eat ice cream in cold weather, ice cream was her only weakness.
If she weren't worried about getting a stomachache from eating too much ice cream in the cold, Lin Jin was confident she could finish that whole tub of ice cream.
"I feel like I've gained at least 10 pounds after today." Lin Jin said as they walked out of the barbecue restaurant. Her stomach was so full that she looked like she was three months pregnant. "It's only a bit after six, right? The movie starts at seven, doesn't it?"
Wen Xuan, who hadn't eaten much because most of the meat he grilled ended up in Lin Jin's stomach, replied, "That's what happens when you eat too fast. We could have stayed there for another two hours before heading to the movie theater."
The drizzle had stopped by then, and Lin Jin, wearing her waterproof shoes, playfully stepped into a few puddles. However, she didn't go overboard, not wanting to splash any bystanders.
"How about we grab some dessert?" Wu Min suggested. He was familiar with this Wanda complex, having lived in Xiamen for quite some time. "I think there's a good place on the third floor."
"Dessert?" The image of a jiggly pudding from an anime immediately popped into Lin Jin's head. She nodded eagerly, "Okay!"
"Can you even handle more food?" Wen Xuan, who was walking ahead of Lin Jin, asked. He kept his hands in his pockets and hunched his shoulders as if he was frozen by the cold wind. "What is your stomach made of? How can you eat so much?"
"Why do you care?"
Wu Min was walking beside Lin Jin. He observed their banter, shook his head in resignation, and couldn't help but smile at the sight of Lin Jin's quirky behavior. He found it unexpectedly endearing.
Why hadn't he noticed before that Lin Jin was cute and not just a tomboy?
"Dessert! Dessert!" Lin Jin, with stars in her eyes, kept imagining the pudding from the anime. "Pudding! Pudding!"
"You're just like a little girl!" Wen Xuan scoffed. "And you say you're a man."
"Ugh, I am a man, okay?"
As Lin Jin was arguing with him, she suddenly noticed a familiar figure running a stall at the entrance to the Wanda complex.
She shut up and stared at the guy at the stall, feeling an overwhelming urge to punch him.
For some reason, he looked familiar, and she felt a strong hostility towards him, but... she couldn't remember why.
Had he cheated her before?
"What's up?" Wen Xuan followed Lin Jin's gaze to the guy at the stall. "They allow stalls at the entrance to Wanda?"
"They probably don't" Wu Min replied, turning to ask Lin Jin, "Do you know him?"
"I'm not sure, I think I've seen him before." Lin Jin scratched her head in frustration. She felt like she'd seen him somewhere before, but couldn't recall where, or why she felt such animosity towards him.
Maybe she had just seen him around?
Unable to figure it out, Lin Jin quickly dismissed the matter. Her mind was already filled with thoughts of pudding. "Let's go! It's dessert time!"
