For some reason, when Ye Xiao was with Shen Qiuyu, he could display a freedom that he couldn't even imagine himself, and Shen Qiuyu would definitely not look down on Ye Xiao like Ling Shuya did, nor would she say Ye Xiao was too frivolous. Instead, she would join Ye Xiao in sizing up those so-called beauties. Sometimes, she would even point out beauties that Ye Xiao hadn't noticed at all!

"What a pretty loli!" Shen Qiuyu, having picked out some vegetables, pointed to a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old who was buying a drink in the distance and laughed as she spoke to Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao immediately looked in the direction Shen Qiuyu was pointing. Indeed, the girl had a youthful face, but she was tall and mature for her age, with a beautiful face.

"Wow, she's truly a future beauty. Give it a few years, and she's bound to be a femme fatale," Ye Xiao chuckled naughtily.

"You shouldn't speak of her like that; she's a beauty!" Shen Qiuyu corrected Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao then said, "You just don't get it. A beauty like a fairy; that's what true beauty is!"

Shen Qiuyu immediately asked, "Really? So, you're saying I'm a fairy as well?"

"No, no, you're not a fairy. You're the fairy Xuan Nu descended from the ninth heaven, incarnated to save me. Compared to you, those fairies are like toads!" Ye Xiao complimented Shen Qiuyu at just the right moment.

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Shen Qiuyu immediately gave him a look, saying, "Hurry up and pay. I didn't bring any money!"

"Do you want to drink something?" Ye Xiao inquired.

Shen Qiuyu replied, "Get some milk. Rongrong's at the age where she's growing!"

"It seems like you care about Rongrong even more than I do!" Ye Xiao said to Shen Qiuyu with a smile.

Shen Qiuyu said, "Rongrong is just too pitiful."

"However, seeing how quickly Rongrong has become strong after her sorrow, that must have something directly to do with you," Ye Xiao said!

Shen Qiuyu shook her head and said, "I just provided some indirect guidance. Rongrong is a very strong girl. Do you know? She told me she doesn't want to go to the Northern Territory. She doesn't want to go to that place she's never been familiar with."

Ye Xiao was somewhat surprised after hearing Shen Qiuyu's words because the Tang family from the Northern Territory should be Tang Rong's ancestral home. Why wouldn't she want to go to the Northern Territory?

Although Ye Xiao wasn't planning on sending Tang Rong to the Northern Territory, he was still puzzled as to why Tang Rong would feel this way!

"She's probably afraid of going to a strange place and not adapting," he ventured.

Shen Qiuyu said, "No, Rongrong told me she once overheard her parents mentioning that the Tang family in the Northern Territory had her grandfather, but that very grandfather has always opposed her parents' marriage. That's why Rongrong's parents lived in Minghai City."

Ye Xiao was taken aback and sighed, "Rongrong is such a poor girl!"

Then, Ye Xiao and Shen Qiuyu bought the vegetables and sauce they needed to make zhajiangmian, as well as a carton of pure milk, and rushed back to the Sunshine Garden complex!

"You're finally back, did you forget there are three starving souls waiting at home to eat?" As soon as Ye Xiao and Shen Qiuyu stepped in the door, Ling Shuya began to complain bitterly.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiao immediately chuckled and said, "There were quite a few beauties in the supermarket, so I couldn't help staring a bit longer."

"Can you be any more shameless? Don't you see that Rongrong is here too? This kind of behavior is no good for her mental and physical health!" Ling Shuya scolded.

At this time, Tang Rong was sitting in front of the TV. Ling Shuya, who knew where to find a video game controller along with game discs, was having a blast playing with Zhou Yuyan. Hearing her name mentioned, Tang Rong immediately looked up and asked, "Did someone call me?"

"No, keep playing!" Ye Xiao said with a smile.

Seeing Ye Xiao's return, Tang Rong cheerfully said, "Big brother, you're back! Come and help me; Sister Zhou is about to beat me!"

Ye Xiao then noticed that the two girls weren't playing a puzzle game but instead the fighting game King of Fighters—and the latest edition at that. At the moment, Zhou Yuyan was playing as Iori Yagami, and Tang Rong was Kyo Kusanagi, two of the most famous characters in King of Fighters.

Zhou Yuyan was clearly a regular player, and at that moment, only Kyo Kusanagi was left for Tang Rong, while Zhou Yuyan's characters included a heavily damaged Iori Yagami, plus Mai Shiranui and Robert Garcia.

Tang Rong's Kyo Kusanagi had less than half health left, and it looked like he was about to be defeated any second.

Hearing Tang Rong's plea for help, Zhou Yuyan said gleefully, "Don't bother asking Ye Xiao to help. Even Heaven couldn't reverse my victory now!"

Ye Xiao, seeing Tang Rong's hopeful face and Zhou Yuyan's smugness, walked over and said with a smile, "Alright, let me give it a try."

Tang Rong stood up when she saw Ye Xiao approaching and handed the controller to him, asking, "Big brother, can you win?"

Ye Xiao glanced at the big screen where there were still fifteen seconds left in the round and confidently declared, "After this match is over, the health will be higher than it is now."

Although Ye Xiao didn't specify winning or losing, when he made that statement, Zhou Yuyan immediately glared at him and challenged, "Hmph, I want to see how you'll beat me!"

Ye Xiao took the controller and quickly sat down on the floor. As soon as he had settled down, Zhou Yuyan's Iori Yagami rushed towards Ye Xiao's Kyo Kusanagi, unleashing a wave of attacks!

Ye Xiao quickly blocked, and after a round of attacks from Iori Yagami, Kyo Kusanagi, under Ye Xiao's control, ducked down for a heavy leg sweep.

Iori Yagami naturally fell to the ground.

Watching Iori Yagami hit the floor, a faint smile appeared on Ye Xiao's lips. Since Iori Yagami was down, he had no intention of letting him stand up again.

Zhou Yuyan watched her Iori Yagami fall to the ground and frowned. However, just as she was preparing to have Iori Yagami stand up and pull off a finishing move, at that exact moment, she saw Kyo Kusanagi running up to Iori Yagami like a madman and unleashing a super finishing move!

Following that super finishing move, Zhou Yuyan saw her half-health Iori Yagami lying on the ground, never to stand up again!

Zhou Yuyan was stunned. She couldn't figure out how her Iori Yagami was defeated. No, that's not right; she couldn't figure out how Kyo Kusanagi could suddenly unleash such a powerful super finishing move!

The round ended!

"Hmph, I was careless. I didn't expect Ye Xiao to be able to play!" Zhou Yuyan's face showed annoyance!

Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "I told you, the health points would definitely increase!"

Zhou Yuyan immediately glared at Ye Xiao and said, "Don't get too smug. It was just a minor mistake. The character I'm best at is Mai Shiranui!"

Ye Xiao said, "I really don't want to thrash Mai Shiranui, after all, she's such a beautiful character!"

"Shameless!" Zhou Yuyan exclaimed indignantly!

Ye Xiao laughed proudly and said, "That's your problem. Since you're playing, you have to be able to handle losing."

"Hmph, you say I can't handle losing?" Zhou Yuyan retorted immediately, "It's not over yet. I still have two characters left."

Ye Xiao shrugged, clearly unconcerned.

Then, the next round began, Kyo Kusanagi versus Mai Shiranui!

Ye Xiao quite liked this fan-throwing beauty because she would occasionally stick out her behind, which was truly tempting.

However, at the moment, Mai Shiranui was not his character to control.

Ye Xiao turned to Tang Rong beside him and said, "Rongrong, what do you think, should I win or lose? If I win, surely someone will say I bullied her."

Tang Rong immediately retorted, "Hmph, no way. Sister Zhou just thrashed me in several rounds. Big Brother, you can't lose this time. If you win, Rongrong will give you a reward."

A reward?

Ye Xiao found Tang Rong's remark amusing. What kind of reward could this little girl have?

But since Tang Rong so wanted Ye Xiao to win, naturally, he couldn't afford to lose!

Just at that moment, the big screen displayed the countdown, "3, 2, 1, start…"

When the round began, Zhou Yuyan's Mai Shiranui started throwing fans like crazy and skillfully unleashed two finishing moves, but…

None of those finishing moves managed to genuinely hit Ye Xiao's Kyo Kusanagi; he dodged all of them!

However, once Zhou Yuyan's Mai Shiranui's energy was depleted, Ye Xiao's Kyo Kusanagi once again unleashed his power!

A set of basic moves sent Mai Shiranui flying into the air, and yet, that was not the end. Kyo Kusanagi quickly ran beneath Mai Shiranui and a finishing move was delivered!

Suddenly, Mai Shiranui, who had been full of health, was left with only a sliver remaining!

Zhou Yuyan knew her Mai Shiranui probably wouldn't be able to kill Kyo Kusanagi, but she still wanted to use her last bit of strength to deplete Kyo Kusanagi's health points. However, at that moment, Ye Xiao preempted by 0.1 seconds with a light kick, and Mai Shiranui honorably fell to the ground.

The second round ended too!

"Are you even human, do you have any sympathy at all?" Zhou Yuyan immediately glared at Ye Xiao and exclaimed loudly.

However, after Zhou Yuyan finished speaking, she felt that her words were really quite feeble!

Ye Xiao said, "Don't be in a rush, there's still the third round. Isn't there Robert left?"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Zhou Yuyan's eyes blazed with boundless rage as she gritted her teeth and said to Ye Xiao, "If I could beat you, I'd hit you right now."

Ye Xiao grinned and asked, "So, are we still playing?"

Zhou Yuyan immediately threw the controller to the ground and declared, "No more playing, I can't beat you!"

This girl sure knew her limits!

Seeing Zhou Yuyan admit defeat, Tang Rong immediately burst into laughter, exclaiming, "We won, we won!"

Ye Xiao then proudly said, "Of course, when Ye Xiao steps in, who dares to compete!"

"You're showing off way too much!" Zhou Yuyan shook her head and then said, "Now hurry up and make the Zhajiangmian. Do you want to starve a bunch of beautiful girls to death?"

But just as Ye Xiao was about to speak, suddenly, Tang Rong came over to him, sat down beside Ye Xiao on the floor and 'smack' planted a kiss on his face.

Zhou Yuyan was stunned, everyone was stunned, and Ye Xiao was utterly dumbfounded by Tang Rong's sudden kiss.

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