Chapter 282: Honey, I’m Hungry

After counting to three, Song Qiuyu placed her phone on the table.

The screen displayed what she had written.

The content was something like watching a movie, seeing the sunrise at the seaside, singing at KTV.

Very plain and innocent.

She pursed her lips, glanced up at Jiang Xiao’s phone on the table, and stared intently at the glowing screen.

Huh?

The first thing she wanted to do was pinch Xi’er’s cheeks, then pinch Xi’er’s little feet, pick Xi’er up and lift her high, and not put her down until she cried?

Also make Xi’er stand by the seaside and shout that she’s already Jiang Xiao’s woman?

On top of that, there was a whole bunch of ideas for two-person activities.

Uh…

Seeing Jiang Xiao’s handsome face composed, but his ears already bright red, Song Qiuyu squinted, deliberately pouted in disgust, and gave a light snort.

“There’s everything in your head except the word ‘proper’!”

“Xi’er, you’re the one.”

Jiang Xiao frowned, seemingly dissatisfied: “With such a healthy and handsome boyfriend in front of you, how can your thoughts be so healthy?”

Hearing this, Song Qiuyu seemed a bit stunned. The next second, she blushed shyly and puffed out her cheeks.

What healthy or unhealthy? Does this Haki Xiao guy even know what he’s saying?

Jiang Xiao knew very well.

Not only that, he was also very clear that the words in his girlfriend’s memo weren’t her true thoughts.

“Xi’er, edit it again.”

“No way.”

Was she supposed to honestly confess that, as long as she was with her boyfriend, her mind was full of unhealthy stuff?

No, no, that’s too embarrassing!!

Song Qiuyu firmly opposed.

“Xi’er, stop lying to yourself.”

Jiang Xiao’s gaze was resolute.

Normally, Song Qiuyu might have gritted her teeth and given in, but today she absolutely couldn’t. This involved her pure girl persona.

She wasn’t some lovesick fool. At most, she was just… a little unsatisfied.

She pointed at the waiters moving around in the diner and changed the subject: “Hey, the steak might be coming soon. Let’s just decide like this and start picking!”

“No, Xi’er, edit it first.”

“Mm…”

Song Qiuyu pursed her lips, fidgeted a bit, and picked up her phone.

“You’re the one telling me to change it!”

“Yeah, I am.”

Jiang Xiao admitted solemnly.

Seeing him like that, Song Qiuyu squeezed her phone, blushing, deleted the original text, then looked up and glanced at him.

“You don’t have to keep staring. I won’t run away.”

Jiang Xiao felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze.

As soon as he said that, he saw her look away, her fingers flying over the phone screen, the exposed skin on her neck deepening with a darker blush.

After a long moment, she finally finished editing, bit her teeth, and shamefully placed the phone back on the table. “Here, look.”

Jiang Xiao immediately leaned in. On his girlfriend’s memo was only a simple line: Experience all eighteen positions.

“?”

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then snapped back to reality.

He coughed awkwardly. He really hadn’t expected his girlfriend to be so direct.

“See? When I don’t give it, you insist. When I give it, you’re not happy!”

Song Qiuyu was a bit annoyed, gave him a playful glare, then put away her phone and looked at the waiter approaching with the steak.

“I’m not unhappy.”

Jiang Xiao also put away his phone and said seriously.

“Oh, then what are you?”

Song Qiuyu sniffed the black pepper aroma of the steak, licked her lips in craving, and answered casually on purpose.

“Of course, I’m with you.”

When the two steaks were carefully placed on the table, Jiang Xiao said with a smile.

“You really owe me. You knew all along, but you still made me edit it again.”

Song Qiuyu picked up her knife and fork and pouted.

“I’ll pay you back. I’ll pay you back for a lifetime, okay? Wait—didn’t we agree I’d cut it?”

Jiang Xiao stopped his girlfriend’s knife and fork just before they touched the steak.

“Mm, then you do it.”

Song Qiuyu nodded obediently.

Jiang Xiao carefully picked up his own knife and fork, cutting his girlfriend’s steak.

After cutting a small piece, he paused, looked up at the person staring eagerly at the steak, and his mouth curved up sharply.

He deliberately teased her: “Say something nice, and I’ll give it to you.”

“Oh.”

Song Qiuyu’s eyes darted around, she looked at the people nearby, lowered her voice, and whined sweetly: “Hubby, I’m hungry. Feed me.”

As soon as she said that, Jiang Xiao felt a jolt of numbness all over, so strong it made his head spin.

He almost dropped his knife and fork and the cut steak onto the table.

“Pfft!”

Song Qiuyu was very satisfied with her boyfriend’s reaction.

Jiang Xiao was stunned.

They smiled at each other. The piece of steak was placed at a leisurely pace into her slightly open mouth.

“Mmm~”

Song Qiuyu smiled with narrowed eyes, her legs under the table swinging happily, her hands supporting her chin: “It tastes so good when hubby feeds me!”

She no longer had any trace of a boyish demeanor. She was completely a girl deep in love.

“One more piece to reward the wife!”

Jiang Xiao took a deep look at her and cut another small piece.

Then, the two ate the steak bite by bite, drank red wine, and when they were full, they split the bill.

After paying, they walked side by side under the night breeze, beneath the starry sky.

They didn’t say much, didn’t keep holding hands, but occasionally when their eyes met, one of them would inexplicably sneak a smile.

They strolled leisurely, soon reaching the roadside, waiting for the traffic light alongside strangers.

“Oh, Jiang Xiao, you haven’t told me what movie tickets you bought.”

Song Qiuyu tilted her head and suddenly asked.

“Huh?”

Jiang Xiao turned to look. Under the bright streetlamp, the girl’s sweet smile was strikingly radiant, like a painting.

“I think it’s called ‘Your Name.'”

“Whose name?”

Song Qiuyu was stunned, briefly misunderstanding. She was shocked that a movie could be called “Song Qiuyu” or “Shen Xi.”

“Mm…”

Jiang Xiao instantly saw through his girlfriend’s confusion and laughed inwardly.

He felt like he was standing on a high place, looking down at this adorable girlfriend, with no intention of hastily explaining that the movie title really was just “Your Name.”

Instead, he deliberately sighed and said, “Yeah, whose name is it? I suddenly don’t know either.”

“Jiang Xiao, you…”

Song Qiuyu stared at him dumbfounded, hesitating.

“The light’s green. Let’s go.”

Jiang Xiao glanced at the traffic light, patted her head, and said.

“Jiang Xiao, are you messing with me!”

Song Qiuyu couldn’t help saying it as she chased after him across the crosswalk.

The next moment, the flashing headlights from the side suddenly dazzled her eyes.

She squinted, raised a hand to shield her eyes, and turned to look in confusion.

The light was already green, but a red truck was charging straight toward her!

The truck driver seemed to have been drinking, dozing off, half-awake.

Song Qiuyu’s pupils shrank.

In that instant, her mind involuntarily imagined the worst possibility—

She might be sent flying, or easily crushed!

Was she going to be hit?

Her thoughts couldn’t react; her body was already frozen.

She felt as if an evil witch had cast a spell on her, trapping her in place, unable to escape, only waiting for death or rebirth.

The truck was getting closer.

It’s over…

What about Jiang Xiao? What about the two old folks at home? What about all those friends? And her dreams, still unfulfilled…

“Xi’er!”

At the critical moment, a deafening wind brushed past her ears. She was yanked violently to the side by a brute force.

Jiang Xiao held her tightly. In the end, the two of them brushed past death.

It happened so suddenly that the pedestrians on the crosswalk barely reacted.

Until the truck sped off down the road and disappeared into the distance.

“Ah…”

Song Qiuyu’s eyes were wide open, her heart racing.

“Xi’er, don’t be scared. It’s okay, it’s okay!”

Jiang Xiao didn’t ask questions.

He immediately patted her head, coaxing her, and quickly carried her onto the opposite sidewalk.

Running a red light in a truck was no small matter.

Everyone who had just been on the crosswalk felt uneasy.

Many of them were only two or three steps—or even one step—away from being in the truck’s path, let alone Song Qiuyu herself, who almost got hit.

Song Qiuyu was held and comforted by Jiang Xiao for a while before she snapped out of her panic.

She looked up, dazed, at him, and spoke timidly: “I… I’m still alive?”

She had often thought that if she ever encountered this situation, she’d react quickly and run away, not stand there stupidly waiting to be hit.

Only by experiencing it firsthand did she know how hard it was for her mind and body to react and run.

Especially since the truck was coming so fast.

“Yeah!”

Jiang Xiao hugged her tightly again, without many words, just patting her back. “We’re both fine!”

“Mm.”

Song Qiuyu closed her eyes hard and hugged Jiang Xiao tightly, but her arms holding him were still trembling uncontrollably.

Gradually, the corners of her eyes reddened like rouge, becoming moist.

Looking back, in that moment when she might have died, her mind wasn’t blank. Instead, too many thoughts rushed in.

More than her own death, or the pain of being hit or crushed, she seemed more afraid of losing.

She wasn’t alone anymore.

Thinking of that, she sniffled, acted spoiled in her boyfriend’s arms for a while, then skillfully calmed her emotions, adjusted her state, and pulled herself together.

She let go of him voluntarily, pretending to rub her eyes casually, secretly wiping away the tears at the corners.

“Okay, I’m fine now. Let’s go see the movie!”

“Okay.”

Jiang Xiao looked at his girlfriend like this, couldn’t help but hug her tightly again.

He was even more convinced that in the days before they met and got together, Xi’er must have endured all the hard times on her own.

Even with something like this just now.

“Xi’er, no matter how many times I have to say it, I want to tell you countless times: you can rely on me a little more.”

He would always respect her pride that didn’t want to show weakness.

“…”

Feeling Jiang Xiao’s heartbeat against her chest, Song Qiuyu lowered her eyes and thought about Jiang Xiao’s expression at that moment.

Although she hadn’t seen it because of the crisis, she could easily imagine it.

She thought that the person who needed comfort the most right now might not be herself, but someone else.

When she was let go again, she immediately stood on tiptoes and patted Jiang Xiao’s head.

“Mm, Xi’er will!”

Trash! Trash without monthly tickets!