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Chapter 308 Pushing the envelope

Just as Mo Hanyu said, the ice soup dumplings were quickly served. Qin Jiuyuan gestured at the palm-sized bowl of soup and frowned in confusion.

"Such a small bowl..." Qin Jiuyuan muttered.

"Desserts here are basically like this." Mo Hanyu laughed and glanced at the teacup next to Qin Xiao that was filled again. This time he didn't reach out his hand, but chilled it for him from a distance like he did to Qin Jiuyuan just now.

Qin Xiao paused, but did not refuse. He lowered his head and continued to gnaw on the soft flesh clinging to the thin bones.

Qin Jiuyuan tried to swallow a dumpling, and her eyes lit up: "Mmm! It's really delicious."

"Do you want one?" Qin Jiuyuan scooped one up and wanted to give it to Mo Hanyu, but he declined. Then she turned to Qin Xiao, "Brother, do you want to try it?"

Qin Xiao looked at the ice cubes vaguely exposed in the bowl. The five-colored soft and sticky dumplings were soaked in milky white milk, mixed with small pieces of crushed ice. It was cool and sweet, and looked particularly delicious. In addition, the spicy dishes aroused his appetite even more.

Qin Xiao nodded, lowered his head and swallowed a spoonful from Qin Jiuyuan's hand, his eyes slightly narrowed, seeming to be satisfied.

In Qin Jiuyuan's memory, Qin Xiao didn't like sweets, and even showed a look of disgust when she ate candied haws. She thought he was just curious and wanted to try something new, so she took her hand back and started eating happily.

Qin Xiao took a few glances. The dessert did reduce the spiciness, but he still felt it was too sweet and didn't like it very much. But he also liked the slightly sweet taste of the coolness. But if he bought another portion, he might not be able to finish it, so he was a little conflicted.

Qin Xiao was in a daze and took a lot of food unconsciously. The dishes were still burning in his mouth, but he didn't know if it was because of the water frozen by Mo Hanyu, which made him feel much better than before.

Qin Jiuyuan and Mo Hanyu seemed to say something again, but Qin Xiao didn't listen anymore. He just picked up the food, chewed it and swallowed it. In the end, he was almost mechanically numb.

At this moment, a bowl of smoothie topped with cheese dumplings suddenly appeared in my field of vision. The coolness seeped into my nostrils and my eyes became clear.

Qin Xiao raised his head and looked at Mo Hanyu, somewhat surprised.

"I think this smoothie is delicious, would you like to try it?" Mo Hanyu smiled at him, very gently.

Qin Xiao stared at him quietly for a while before lowering his head and starting to eat.

As he expected, the smoothie was refreshing and had the unique sweetness of cheese soaked in it, but it didn't feel greasy. The milk was diluted by ice water, and the sweetness dropped sharply, sliding into the throat with waves of sweetness.

It is much better than the ice soup dumplings and is within Qin Xiao's acceptable range.

Qin Xiao asked Mo Hanyu if he wanted to try it, but he saw Mo Hanyu tilt his head and smile, slowly opened his lips, and said with a smile: "It's not convenient to have oil on your hands, can you feed me?"

Qin Xiao's face turned cold, and he glanced at his hands. His white and round fingertips were indeed stained with oily red, but when he looked at the bowl of shelled shrimps he pushed in front of him, he naturally knew the reason.

But peeling shrimps doesn’t have to be done with bare hands, and there is a napkin next to him, so can’t he wipe it himself?

Qin Xiao felt that he was being too indulgent, which led to his being so presumptuous. He put down the bowl and spoon and said calmly, "Wipe it yourself."

Mo Hanyu paused, his eyes turned bitter, and he lowered his eyes, looking lost as if he was abandoned. Despite his low mood, he still managed a smile and said softly, "It's okay, no need to bother. Eat it yourself."

Qin Xiao: ...

With this look on his face, people who don’t know him would think he is a heartless man!

"Eat it if you want." Qin Xiao said coldly, picked up the chopsticks again and ignored him.

Mo Hanyu lowered his head and stared at the table quietly for a while, then sighed in his heart.

In fact, he did not expect Xiao to accept him in such a short time. He just wanted to act coquettishly to test Xiao's bottom line, but every time he met his silent eyes, he could not help but press further, while that man did not push or yell, but just silently took a step back.

Like the kiss earlier, like the tentative and ambiguous behavior just now, and like now——

Mo Hanyu stared at the porcelain spoon in front of him. Before his brain could think, he felt his throat tighten and his heart seemed like it would jump out at any time.

Qin Xiao held the spoon in one hand and handed it to his lips, saying rudely: "Eat!"

Mo Hanyu's lips trembled slightly, and his eyes were like a melting iceberg, with flowing light. He was afraid of making Qin Xiao impatient, so he moved closer to him a little hastily, as if he would be gone if he was half a second late.

Qin Xiao patiently fed him a spoonful of food, threw the spoon back, put the whole bowl in front of him, and said coldly: "Eat it."

Mo Hanyu knew that this was the biggest concession he could make. He took the palm-sized bowl. The smoothie had melted into sweet water, which seeped into his heart. He smiled obediently. Qin Xiao looked at him with a glaring look.

Little bastard...

Mo Hanyu stared at him with a smile, feeling sweet in his heart. Looking at Qin Xiao's increasingly bright lip color, he felt as if his lips were on fire, and the spicy taste could not even be suppressed by the smoothie.

"Do you know why?"

At this moment, his abilities seemed to have been exchanged with Qin Xiao's. Qin Xiao saw his wandering thoughts and suddenly curled his lips into a smile.

Mo Hanyu was stunned and shook his head blankly.

"Of course it's because you've eaten it with your mouth! The spoon must be stained with spicy taste!" Qin Jiuyuan suddenly interrupted and laughed.

Although there was no wine on the table, the little girl looked like she was drunk. After eating and drinking her fill, she smiled with squinted eyes. She was very quiet the whole time, either looking at the food or at the two of them. When she heard their enigmatic conversation, she understood what they meant and shouted out the reason.

In fact, Qin Jiuyuan didn't know what they were talking about. She just watched Qin Xiao hand the dessert to Mo Hanyu. However, the spoon was clearly stained with the red oil from Qin Xiao's lips. It seemed that the mixed flavors must have a strange taste.

She just kept staring at it, unable to understand why Mo Hanyu could swallow it without changing his expression.

...Well, not quite expressionless, he smiled.

Qin Jiuyuan thought. She didn't understand what the two were talking about, but when she saw Mo Hanyu looking at the spoon and her brother saying that, she thought it was a strange taste in her mouth and accidentally responded to their conversation.

Mouth to mouth...eaten...

Qin Jiuyuan's words somehow irritated Mo Hanyu. Mo Hanyu's eyelids drooped slightly, and his lips seemed to heat up a few degrees.

He raised his eyes to look at Xiao. Qin Xiao's smile was not a big laugh, but he could tell from the angle it was elicited that he was really happy, with a bit of cunningness of a successful prank.

Mo Hanyu's Adam's apple rolled.

Fortunately, Qin Jiuyuan is here.

he thought.

If Qin Jiuyuan wasn't around, he might have gone even further and might even go up to her for a kiss.

But Qin Jiuyuan was here, so no matter how many fantasies Mo Hanyu had in his mind, they were just imaginations. If he really dared to do this in front of Qin Jiuyuan, I'm afraid Qin Xiao would cut him into pieces on the spot...

So Mo Hanyu could only sigh with a little regret and swallow the rest of the smoothie under Qin Xiao's puzzled gaze.

Qin Xiao's eyes darkened and he lowered his eyelids.

Qin Jiuyuan enjoyed the meal very much, and also asked about Qin Xiao's recent situation. Qin Xiao answered one by one, and when he asked her how her cultivation was going, Qin Jiuyuan showed a little guilty conscience and began to talk about other things.

Qin Xiao understood: "Not yet in the Xuan realm?"

Qin Jiuyuan lowered her head in shame and nodded.

Her brother's realm is far higher than hers, and he can definitely feel her true level of cultivation.

She thought about what she had heard before, that Qin Xiao had entered the Xuan realm at the age of ten. Looking back at herself, she felt ashamed of herself. Then she thought about Qin Xiao's attitude towards her when she neglected her cultivation in the past, and she hung her head, ready to face the storm.

However, Qin Xiao did not criticize her harshly as she thought. He just glanced at her calmly and asked her if she was practicing seriously. After getting an affirmative answer, he said nothing more.

Until the end of the meal, Qin Xiao did not ask her about anything related to cultivation.

This couldn't help but surprise Qin Jiuyuan.

"elder brother?"

"what happened?"

Qin Jiuyuan looked at the young man who stood up and prepared to leave, and hesitated for a moment: "You... don't blame me?"

"What's your fault?"

"I... practice too slowly, far inferior to you—"

"It's nothing. After all, you tried your best." Qin Xiao sensed her uneasiness, stepped forward and rubbed her head, comforting her, "Not everyone has talent. You can't force yourself to practice. Just do your best in everything."

Qin Xiao hesitated for a moment: "You still have me. If you encounter any bottlenecks, you can come to me and I will help you as much as possible."

Qin Jiuyuan's eyes suddenly turned red, and there was even a hint of tears in them.

Qin Xiao was stunned, not knowing what he had said wrong, and felt a little overwhelmed.

"No, it's not your fault..." Qin Jiuyuan wiped his eyes and smiled, "It's me... I was so touched."

"...Is anyone bullying you?" Qin Xiao asked coldly, his eyes cold.

"I--"

Qin Jiuyuan had just opened her mouth when the door of the private room slammed open. Qin Jinyi was in a messy state, but his eyes were sharp and his whole body was tense. He looked around the room before entering, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Qin Jiuyuan.

"Brother!" Qin Jiuyuan was surprised, "How did you know I was here?"

Qin Jiuyuan rushed forward and hugged Qin Jinyi's waist. Her eyes were clear, but Qin Jinyi clearly saw the blush at the corners of her eyes.

"Did they bully you?" Qin Jinyi asked nervously and instinctively pulled her behind him.

"Oh, no. They—"

"Brother." Qin Xiao had already come to him and called him, "How are you doing lately?"

Qin Jinyi was startled, staring at Qin Xiao for a while, and suddenly realized: "Third brother? You took her away?"

"To be precise... it was him." Qin Xiao thought about what happened before and touched the tip of his nose, "I didn't recognize him at first."

Qin Jinyi turned his gaze to the boy who had been silent, his eyes showing surprise: "You are...Han Yu?"

Mo Hanyu smiled slightly: "Yes, hello."

"you……"

Mo Hanyu stepped forward and explained everything clearly: "How did you find this place?"

"I put a locator on Jiuyuan." Qin Jinyi digested the information and heard the question. He flipped his hand to reveal an inky disk. A red dot flickered in the center of the disk.

Qin Jiuyuan was startled and started searching up and down: "When?"

Qin Jinyi glanced at her and said, "Don't waste your energy. You won't find it."

Upon hearing this, Qin Jiuyuan pursed her lips and snorted.

Qin Jinyi understood what was going on and finally let it go. But then he thought of something, tightened his fingers, looked at Mo Hanyu with hesitation.

"What's the matter?" Mo Hanyu noticed sharply.

"Um..." Qin Jinyi was a little nervous for some reason. His throat was dry. He asked him softly, "Have you seen Mo Hanshang since you came here?"

"I have seen him." Mo Hanyu's eyes were as clear as a mirror. Although Qin Jinyi didn't say much, he gave him the answer he wanted to know, "Mo Hanshang knew that I was the one who took him away."

Qin Jinyi finally relaxed, lowered his eyes slightly, and smiled at him: "I know."

Mo Hanyu hummed, then remembered what Mo Hanshang had said. He couldn't help but look at him several times, but after thinking about it, he said nothing.

"If there's any danger, crush it. I'll be there."

Before leaving, Qin Xiao handed Qin Jiuyuan a piece of jade and gave him instructions.

Qin Jiuyuan took it readily and smiled.

But Qin Xiao remembered her red eyes before, and he felt that something was wrong, but Qin Jiuyuan didn't want to say it, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Qin Jinyi took Qin Jiuyuan away. Before leaving, he told him his address and asked him to contact him if he had any questions.

Qin Xiao looked at the two people's departing backs and frowned slightly.

"Don't worry, there will be a training match in two days, we will see each other again." Mo Hanyu suddenly said.

"...Training match?" Qin Xiao turned around suddenly and asked puzzledly.

Mo Hanyu nodded and explained to him the significance of the training match and the process of the appointment: "Then those who are participating in the competition will come together, maybe you will know what is going on."

Qin Xiao's eyes were dark, he said nothing, and nodded slightly.

It was late, the moon was high in the sky, but the streets were still bustling. On the way back, Mo Hanyu took Qin Xiao to buy a few accessories and put them on him carefully.

Qin Xiao looked at the sparkling diamonds on the thin chain, and the ring suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. The light seemed to overlap for a moment, making him dazed.

"I... don't need it."

Qin Xiao came to his senses and instinctively wanted to refuse. Mo Hanyu was surprised and stared at him silently.

Qin Xiao avoided his gaze and fiddled with the bracelet in a hurry, but failed to get it off after several attempts. Mo Hanyu's eyes became more gloomy, and just as he was about to explode, a loud bang came from the side.

The sound like an explosion made the whole street silent for a moment. Qin Xiao was also frightened. He looked up suddenly and met Mo Hanyu's eyes full of coldness.