Pu Cangxie stared at her coldly. He was very angry, truly very angry. He had been so worried about her, but unexpectedly, she… would stoop so low to betray his kindness.
“Stealing food is an act of poor upbringing!”
Wow! Shang Kexin opened her beautiful eyes wide and looked at him. His words were too… too harsh!
After her initial shock came a feeling of inexplicable resentment. “I only ate one piece… I didn’t even get to the meat!”
“Eating something that doesn’t belong to us…” Realizing he had used the word “us”, a hint of unnaturalness flashed in Pu Cangxie’s eyes, then he coldly said: “I mean, that doesn’t belong to you. Knowing you shouldn’t eat it, you just can’t eat it!”
“But I’m hungry…”
Please! It was just a piece of meat, she hadn’t killed anyone or committed robbery!
“No buts!” Her explanation made him even angrier. Why wouldn’t she admit her mistake? “A person must have integrity. If you don’t even have this basic understanding, how can you do anything else well?”
“Who says I have no manners?”
“You clearly do!”
Hearing her defense, he became even more furious, without realizing how unusual this anger was.
In the past, when other well-bred ladies made mistakes, he couldn’t be bothered to care. But with her, he wanted to say a few more words.
“If you’re hungry, just endure it. It’s not like not eating will kill you. Why would you compromise your own reputation?”
“Reputation?!” This was too much! She looked incredulous. “It’s just a piece of meat!”
“Do not do evil, no matter how small. Haven’t you, as a Chinese person, heard this saying?”
“Ah? Evil… evil…”
Since childhood, many people had called her evil. But she had never felt this angry before.
This annoying man, thinking he’s great just because he can cook good soup and noodles? Well… he is impressive! But calling her evil was going too far!
“I’m not evil! Anyone can say it, but not you!” Yes! Her anger existed precisely because of this – anyone could scold her, but not him!
Actually, she knew this anger was unreasonable, but she just couldn’t suppress the fire in her heart.
