Qingqiu Has News (11)

“!?”

Everyone was momentarily stunned upon hearing that; at this hour, customers would normally not come to the square.

So the only possibility was that the one who arrived was someone familiar.

……..

Sure enough, that soft, tingling voice sounded from behind Li Miaosheng, making goosebumps rise all over him as he turned his head and forced a smile:

“Hehe~ hello! Miss fox spirit….. I wonder what brings you to me so late at night?”

His expression was somewhat strained, after all, not long ago the two of them had done something rather stimulating in the living room…

So Li Miaosheng’s face was slightly flushed, and even his words came out stuttering.

Seeing this, Su Jiuli smiled meaningfully, then sat down beside him on the same small stool.

“What’s wrong~ little husband? Are you feeling unwell lately? Or……”

“Are you just excited because you haven’t seen me these past few days?”

She leaned on the table with both hands, tilting her head as she smiled, her ruby-like eyes fixed on him.

“N-no….. I just wanted to ask what that ‘play’ last time was exactly, and also please don’t do that again next time!”

“It was quite… stimulating~…..”

He paused, looking a bit embarrassed.

Hearing this, Su Jiuli froze for a moment; she didn’t remember what had happened last time at all, instead asking in confusion:

“Little husband, w-what are you talking about? Last time’s matter….”

“Yeah! That time in the living room when you suddenly pinned me onto the sofa, and then….. tsk~ forget it, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

Seeing her confused expression, Li Miaosheng immediately realized something and stopped the conversation, but Bai Ze beside him suddenly blurted out:

“You old demon! That’s right, last time you were completely na—”

Before she could finish, the protagonist instantly covered her mouth and calmly explained to Su Jiuli:

“Sorry, Bai Ze is half-asleep and talking nonsense; please ignore what she said….”

After that, although Su Jiuli seemed to sense something unusual, when she tried to ask further, Li Miaosheng avoided the topic entirely and brushed it off….

……….

However, while those involved were confused, the bystander saw everything clearly; the uncle, watching all this, immediately thought of that legendary situation… yes, that’s right—a love triangle.

He sighed:

“Sigh!~ youth really is wonderful….”

Then he turned his head to look at Su Jiuli’s face; there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity that reminded him of a girl from his younger days.

“Oh! Almost forgot the important thing, here kid, your noodles…”

The uncle scooped out three bowls of noodles from the pot and placed them in front of the three of them, but the atmosphere among them was awkward, each with a serious expression and unsure what to say, making even the uncle feel troubled.

After a while…….

At midnight twelve, the square was left with only this noodle stall still open; at this moment, Xingtian spoke:

“Hey!~ I say, hurry up and eat! Why are you all just staring at each other? I still need to close up~ sigh!….”

“No; uncle, wait a moment! We have some issues here that need to be discussed thoroughly, and until we reach a conclusion, we absolutely—”

“Sure~ I’ll leave the table to you, you can discuss it here by the roadside; I’m closing up, bye!”

“Hey! Don’t go~ I haven’t even paid yet….”

Xingtian clearly had no intention of dealing with Li Miaosheng; he turned off the stove, closed the lid, and rode off on his electric tricycle.

Leaving the protagonist frozen, slowly uttering a single “uh” as he watched his back.

“Ah~! Forget it, Miss fox spirit, may I ask where you’ve been lately? Appearing and disappearing like this makes things difficult for me; although sometimes you help, every time you show up it makes me….”

“Startled? Or does it make you feel a certain restless desire toward me?”

“Huh~! What nonsense, I don’t agree with the latter; I mean! This kind of behavior makes me worried, so tell me, where have you been recently?”

Li Miaosheng held his forehead with his left hand, asking in a serious yet concerned tone.

“Emmm, really? Little husband actually worries about me? I’m starting to love you more and more!”

Su Jiuli smiled brightly; her pale face combined with her flowing bangs made her look especially charming.

But seeing her smile, Li Miaosheng didn’t become dazed or stunned; instead, goosebumps rose again.

He quickly shifted his attention to the beef noodles and started eating:

“I didn’t say anything about love; I’m just asking where you’ve been; also, can you stop smiling so sweetly? It feels like you’re about to start something again…”

“Start what~ little husband~~…. recently I just went back to ‘You Su’ to handle some matters, but do you know how much I’ve missed you?”

“Especially at night……”

Just as Su Jiuli was about to continue, a pair of hands suddenly covered her mouth.

“Alright, that’s enough, I get it! Next time you go out, at least let me know; actually, I didn’t really want to say this, but since right now the only ones around me are you and Bai Ze, then please behave a little, the three of us….”

“At the very least can be considered ‘family,’ right! So if anything happens to either of you, I would……”

As he spoke, his expression gradually turned sorrowful, and even his chopsticks paused; but within seconds, an unknown force struck him painfully.

Turning his head, he saw Bai Ze beside him, looking annoyed as she said:

“Hmph~ human, the weakest one here is clearly you; and yet you’re worrying about me and that old demon….”