She nodded, her mouth turning down pitifully, “When I’m hungry… I can’t recognize the road!”
“If you can’t find the way, you could ask these people!” He pointed to the elderly people watching the scene.
“But… I’m really hungry…”
He was so mean! Why was he bullying her? Even if she had just described him as petty, angry about a piece of meat, he shouldn’t bully her like this!
“Don’t bully the young lady,” an elderly gentleman spoke up righteously.
This prompted other self-proclaimed righteous voices to chime in…
She deliberately looked at her watch, using her long-practiced escape tactic from various social occasions since childhood, “I really must hurry back! I’m leaving… Oh! Ugly… face!”
She suddenly realized she hadn’t asked Pu Cang-jie’s name, but now was clearly not the right time to ask, so she could only call him by his nickname along with everyone else.
“Will you take me back?”
“…” Pu Cang-jie looked at her without answering.
“If you won’t, then I’ll take her back,” Mu Cun Fan-chen, who had been smiling quietly on the side, suddenly spoke up.
“No need!”
Pu Cang-jie reacted quickly, a hint of displeasure flashing in his deep eyes, “I’ll take her back myself.”
“Really?” Shang Ke-xin happily took his hand, which had several small scars, and cheerfully said in front of everyone: “Then let’s go! Bye everyone!”
We?!
Pu Cang-jie trembled slightly, and his heart was suddenly turbulent.
“Goodbye! Goodbye!”
“Take care escorting the young lady home, Ugly Face.”
“No need to come back too quickly! It’s okay if we don’t open the shop today.”
“Yes, yes! If you can’t make it back, we’ll put up a notice that the shop is temporarily closed today!”
Under everyone’s expectant gaze hoping to see a romantic scene, he stood stiffly, being led by her bouncing ahead on the street.
Listening to the various farewell sounds with blessings coming from behind, her small hand held his large hand so naturally, so at ease, without any hesitation or pretense…
Pu Cang-jie’s heart suddenly felt complicated.
“By the way! I haven’t asked, what’s your name?”
Walking one in front and one behind, after nearly ten minutes of silence, she suddenly spoke, seemingly casual.
