Top-Notch Personal Meal (5.3)
He watched as the teenager sitting at the table with a pair of chopsticks in his white hand only ate the two dishes in front of him. His two moist lips opened and closed, his throat swallowing the food up and down, and there was a little oil on his lips, making them look more red and bright as if he had put on lipstick.
Lin Jiayi was fascinated and became very curious. Are the two dishes so delicious?
He couldn’t help but reach out his chopsticks as well, following Mu Cai’s lead. He also clamped the other party’s chopsticks and sometimes even secretly snatched the dish from Mu Cai’s chopsticks.
Mu Cai was frustrated and wondered what Lin Jiayi was trying to do. Is this young master so lacking in food he even had to snatch this kind of food from him, and he had almost robbed him of all of his food!
Lin Jiayi did not know what Mu Cai was thinking. He thought he was having a good time with Mu Cai, but suddenly he felt someone coming to his side. A shadow fell over his head, and then the two dishes which were on Mu Cai’s side were brought in front of him.
Wang Li’s sharp voice sounded in his ears: “Jiayi, do you like these two dishes? Come on, I put it in front of you, eat as much as you want!”
Lin Jiayi turned his head in shock and saw Wang Li’s face, which almost wrinkled with her smile. Then he turned to look at Mu Cai and saw the other party was quietly picking up his rice without looking at him.
Lin Jiayi thought he had snatched Mu Cai’s favorite food.
Lin Jia quickly refused, “No, let Mu Cai eat it if he likes it.”
It wasn’t that Lin Jiayi liked to eat them, he just liked to watch Mu Cai’s exasperated and helpless expressions because of his actions.
But Wang Li stopped him and continued to smile, “You need not mind Mu Cai, he can eat something else. You can eat it if you like.”
Lin Jiayi was a little upset, “I don’t like to eat this, so I am putting it back on Mu Cai’s side.”
However, Wang Li still put a few chopsticks on the plate in front of him, and said with a smile, “It’s fine, it’s fine, don’t be polite, don’t worry about him.”
Lin Jiayi felt uncomfortable listening to Wang Li’s words. Why isn’t she caring about Mu Cai? Even if they’re guests, there’s no need to bring over all the food from Mu Cai’s side. She could have served a little on a plate.
Although Lin Jiayi usually looked careless and did things his own way, it didn’t mean he was a fool and knew nothing. At the moment, Wang Li was so enthusiastic about him Lin Jiayi could see she was trying to curry favor with him.
If it were on a normal day, it would have been fine. He might have given some face to the other party on Uncle Mo’s behalf. But now Mu Cai’s favorite food had been snatched away; he didn’t want to take care of this woman at all.
Thanks to the fact she was Mu Cai’s mother, and this was how she treated Mu Cai!
Lin Jiayi was just about to get angry when Mo Hengqing, who was sitting opposite to him, spoke at the right time.
He spoke slowly with an elegant tone, “Aunt Wang, it’s not a matter of whether Jiayi likes it. What do you want Mu Cai to eat if you take away these two dishes?”
Wang Li’s face stiffened.
Lin Jiayi was still wondering why Mo Hengqing said that, even if the food Mu Cai liked to eat was taken away, it wasn’t like there was no food ah.
As a result, he turned around and saw there was nothing in front of Mu Cai, and to reach the nearest plate of food Mu Cai had to stand up and go to the other side. Lin Jiayi was angry, but due to the presence of Uncle Mo, he was in no position to lash out. But the tone of his voice revealed his anger, “What type of arrangement is this? Mu Cai can’t even eat food sitting here!”
An accosting smile appeared on Wang Li’s face, “It was because I wasn’t considerate, I’ll put this dish back for him.”
After saying this, she was about to stand up.
Mo Hengqing looked at Mu Cai, but saw the young man’s long eyelashes were drooping, obscuring the emotions under his eyes. There was no sadness or joy on his face as if he had already gotten used to it for a long time.
He was used to not saying anything even if he was wronged as no one would normally care about him anyway.
Mo Hengqing’s heart was moved. He inexplicably felt a little distress for this delicate, fair young man.