Chapter 29: The Toy Car, Which She Hadn’t Played With Before, Had Just Been Knocked Over

"Teacher Lin's joke is not funny at all." Qin Shiyue spoke while being 120% alert, trying hard not to be fooled by someone's deliberate beauty trap.

Lin Qingyi raised her eyebrows a little. She said Qin Shiyue was dumb but still wouldn’t admit it. She couldn’t even tell real words from fake ones. If she didn’t grow right on Lin Qingyi’s sense of beauty, Lin Qingyi felt she might not be this nice to bother with her, and even give help for free. Lin Qingyi chose to forget the thing about making Qin Shiyue write a bad check.

“I don’t know what dishes Teacher Lin likes, so I wanted to wait for Teacher Lin to order,” Fang Xinhua said while handing the four menus on the table to Lin Qingyi, Bai Wenxi, and Qin Shiyue beside her.

“I’m fine with anything. I’m not picky. Let Little Boss Qin order,” Lin Qingyi said as she took the menu but didn’t open it.

The pickiest one actually said she’s not picky? Bai Wenxi quickly understood—White Peacock didn’t want outsiders to know she was very picky.

When Qin Shiyue saw that Lin Qingyi did not order, she started ordering the dishes herself.

“Do you all eat abalone?” Qin Shiyue liked abalone. There were two ways to cook it on the menu—cordyceps flower abalone soup in a stew pot, and Japanese-style baked fresh abalone. If she picked the soup, then they should not order other soup dishes, so they would not repeat. But she was not sure if Lin Qingyi liked abalone, so she asked before ordering.

“You just go ahead and order.” Lin Qingyi looked easy to talk to.

Bai Wenxi thought, her Teacher Lin didn't eat abalone. She disliked how abalone looked like a certain body part, and said it would ruin her appetite at the table. So best if it never showed up on the dining table. Is she not picky about it today? Or did she feel like she would have to eat abalone sooner or later, so she should start getting used to it now?

Since Lin Qingyi had no opinion, Qin Shiyue ordered four servings of cordyceps flower abalone soup.

Qin Shiyue ordered two dishes, Fang Xinhua also ordered two dishes, and Bai Wenxi ordered four dishes—two for herself, and two for Lin Qingyi.

“You're just like other female stars, you really eat so little. Are you afraid of getting fat? I'm better, I don’t get fat no matter how much I eat. If I got fat, I wouldn’t be a female star at all,” Qin Shiyue said. In the circle, female stars wanted to look better on camera, so they didn’t dare to get fat. Most of them were very strict with their eating. Qin Shiyue was the kind that never got fat no matter how she ate. So when she thought Lin Qingyi was also scared of gaining weight and didn’t dare to eat freely, she suddenly felt proud. She thought, at least I’m better than you in this.

“I also don’t get fat,” Lin Qingyi said with a smile. This vase looked proud too early. Lose? There’s no way she would lose.

“Then why do you eat so little?” Qin Shiyue thought this woman was so annoying, living too much like a winner, not leaving even one good point for others.

“I sleep early at night, so I’m used to not eating too much.” That was Lin Qingyi’s real answer. She usually slept at ten, which counted as early.

“Then eat a bit more. Tonight you still have to teach me acting, so you’ll probably sleep pretty late.” As she spoke, Qin Shiyue picked up a piece of honey-glazed pork rib and put it into Lin Qingyi’s bowl. She was the one treating dinner. If the other person didn’t eat enough, how could that be right?

When Qin Shiyue did that, Lin Qingyi was shocked too. Were they close enough to pick food for each other? Lin Qingyi suddenly hesitated about whether to eat the rib that had touched the Vase’s saliva.

After Qin Shiyue picked the food, she realized maybe she was being too warm. It seemed like she and Lin Qingyi were not close enough to be picking food for each other, and Lin Qingyi’s surprised face also showed that what she did was not proper.

But she already picked it. Was she supposed to take it back? Qin Shiyue felt awkward inside. But if this White Lotus in front of her looked down on that piece of meat, then it would be even more awkward. So she decided to just take it back.

“You don’t like meat?” Qin Shiyue asked. She didn’t wait for Lin Qingyi to answer and already picked the honey-glazed pork rib back out from Lin Qingyi’s bowl.

This strange move from Qin Shiyue shocked the other three women at the table. Was this even allowed!?

When Qin Shiyue saw everyone’s faces, she knew that her decision to take it back might’ve made things even worse.

“I didn’t say I don’t like meat,” Lin Qingyi was the first to react, then calmly added.

Qin Shiyue thought, then you should've said it earlier, everyone looked at me so surprised, made me feel really embarrassed, okay?

Fang Xinhua thought, Baby Qin’er really seemed very normal, usually she never randomly picked food for others, but this time she even took it back, like she totally didn’t treat Lin Qingyi as an outsider. Could it be Baby Qin’er really has thoughts about Queen Lin?

Bai Wenxi was also shocked, this Vase really doesn’t play by the rules. If it was someone else, they would've been hated to death by her Teacher Lin, but right now Teacher Lin was only surprised, not disgusted.

“You like eating meat, then you should’ve said earlier.” Qin Shiyue thought, since I already did something stupid and was embarrassed, then I might as well smash the broken jar, so the honey pork ribs she took back were put into Lin Qingyi’s bowl again. Hmph, let’s see if she eats it or not!

Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=5821232
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Fang Xinhua held her forehead and turned her head away. She already couldn’t bear to watch her baby Qin’er doing even more shameless things. If Movie Queen Lin doesn’t hate Baby Qin’er after this, maybe she really does like her a bit.

Lin Qingyi and Bai Wenxi were shocked again by Qin Shiyue’s action. This is not a normal person.

Compared to Fang Xinhua who felt embarrassed, Bai Wenxi was the kind who enjoyed the drama no matter how big it got. She felt Qin Shiyue’s move was very shameless, but it gave her master a hard problem. So, would her master eat this piece of meat? Or not eat it? Bai Wenxi was a little excited.

Lin Qingyi looked at the honey pork rib in her bowl, which had been picked up and put back by Qin Shiyue over and over. Normally speaking, she should not only dislike this piece of meat but also dislike the bowl that held this piece of meat. But she did not know whether it was because of Qin Shiyue’s beauty bonus, she actually did not feel that disgusted. 

However, in public, with Bai Wenxi and Fang Xinhua still present, if she ate it, it would feel very embarrassing. It felt like they were watching her and that Vase kissed indirectly.

This stupid woman, it was fine if she embarrassed herself, but now she dragged her into it too. If she doesn’t eat it, it would be like not giving that Vase any face, and the Vase might feel even more embarrassed. So Lin Qingyi once again fell into a small struggle of whether to eat or not eat.

“I said I do not dislike it, but I also did not say I really like it.” Lin Qingyi said with a slightly helpless tone.

Sure enough, Qin Shiyue now felt even more embarrassed. At the same time, she realized she’d picked it up twice. Wasn’t this just forcing this woman to eat her saliva? If she actually ate it, wouldn’t that mean they were indirectly kissing? Qin Shiyue, who realized it late, suddenly felt a wave of shame.

“Then don’t eat it,” Qin Shiyue held down the feeling that her head was about to smoke and decided to take the meat back again. Picking up and putting down like this—what was she even doing? Qin Shiyue felt like she’d already dug a skyscraper out from a crack in the ground. She really wanted to die.

“Little Boss Qin’s kindness—I’ll accept it. Next time, there’s no need for Little Boss Qin to be so polite.” Lin Qingyi saw the suspicious flush on Qin Shiyue’s face, paired with a hopeless expression, and suddenly felt amused. Before Qin Shiyue could move her chopsticks again, she picked up the honey rib that Qin Shiyue had put in her bowl.

She!? She actually ate it!? The other three women at the table were all stunned.

Why did Lin Qingyi eat it? Was it to make herself less awkward? Was she really that good of a person? Just thinking about how she and Lin Qingyi seemed to have kissed indirectly made her feel so ashamed! Normally, it wouldn’t be a big deal for good friends to share saliva, but the problem was, they weren’t even that close! This woman had such a cleanliness complex, how did she not mind? Qin Shiyue was filled with confusion inside.

Bai Wenxi announced Qin Lin Qing Shi was probably real.

Fang Xinhua thought, maybe Lin Qingyi really didn’t mind Baby Qin’er’s saliva, and she probably didn’t mind Baby Qin’er as a person.

“I’ll go to the bathroom,” Bai Wenxi thought of something Teacher Lin had asked her to do and decided it was about time to go handle it.

A few minutes after Bai Wenxi left, Fang Xinhua finally realized that it hadn’t been long since they started eating, and Bai Wenxi had already left. Having dealt with Bai Wenxi a few times, Fang Xinhua knew how thorough and meticulous this woman was. Given her personality, Bai Wenxi should have taken care of any biological needs before the meal.

“I’ll go to the bathroom as well.” Fang Xinhua, who was also meticulous, felt something was off and quickly stood up to leave the private room.

Lin Qingyi slightly raised the corner of her mouth as she watched Fang Xinhua leave. She thought to herself that the vase’s manager was indeed reliable, and also a considerate person.

Qin Shiyue didn’t notice anything unusual when both managers left one after the other. But after both of them were gone, she realized the private room was left with just her and Lin Qingyi. Perhaps it was because Lin Qingyi had eaten the piece of spare rib that had touched her saliva earlier, Qin Shiyue felt somewhat uncomfortable about being alone with Lin Qingyi.

"Don't you like eating abalone? I haven't seen you touch the abalone soup." Feeling uneasy, Qin Shiyue casually brought up a topic. The cordyceps abalone soup was something she had ordered herself, yet Lin Qingyi hadn’t touched it at all, probably because she didn’t like it. But when Qin Shiyue had ordered, Lin Qingyi hadn’t said anything. If she liked or disliked it, why not just say so? It wasn’t sincere to keep it hidden.

"Does Little Boss Qin like eating abalone?" Lin Qingyi didn’t answer but instead asked in return.

"It’s not bad," Qin Shiyue replied. Of course, she liked it. Why else would she have ordered it?

"Seems like you're really bent." Lin Qingyi's smile suddenly became ambiguous.

"What does my liking abalone have to do with being bent?" Qin Shiyue felt goosebumps rising, finding Lin Qingyi’s words a bit baffling. Her smile became even more creepy.

"Then does Little Boss Qin know why I don’t eat abalone?" Lin Qingyi asked again.

"If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. What’s there to explain?" Qin Shiyue thought Ghost knows why you don't like it.

Lin Qingyi leaned closer to Qin Shiyue.

Qin Shiyue felt the woman moving towards her and instantly became tense. Should she push her away? But as she hesitated, Lin Qingyi’s lips pressed against her ear.

"Because I think abalones look like women's..." Lin Qingyi whispered into Baby Qin'er's ear, her voice growing softer.

But Qin Shiyue clearly heard Lin Qingyi's words. As she chewed on the abalone, her face immediately turned red, nearly choking on the piece of abalone in her mouth.

Having eaten abalones for over twenty years, Baby Qin'er, as a pure-hearted baby, had never thought of them in any other way. But now, she felt like she could never look at abalones the same again.

"You... If you don't want to eat, just don't! How am I supposed to eat now?" Qin Shiyue said, her face flushed with embarrassment and irritation.

"Aren’t you bent? Isn't it normal to like eating it? Could it be that Little Boss Qin has never eaten it and doesn't know they look like that? If you've never eaten it, then eating something that looks similar seems pretty reasonable," Lin Qingyi said casually as if discussing the most normal thing in the world.

Damn it, she’s right, I really have never eaten the real thing. Wait, no, this is supposed to be a meal time, and this woman is talking so lewdly. The car* is going too fast, it's about to flip.

*in Chinese slang 'driving a car' or anything related to 'car' is a euphemism for dirty talks or sharing explicit contents or knowledge about it

Qin Shiyue felt like her toy car, which she hadn’t played with before, had just been knocked over.

Author's Note:

Lin Qingyi: I'm not someone who doesn't eat any abalone. If Baby sends it into my mouth, I will definitely eat it.

Qin Shiyue: Today is another day of raising the white flag.

Little red envelopes, randomly dropped!