Chapter 207 - 147: If You Don’t Want Dignity, Then Nobody Gets Any

Chapter 207: Chapter 147: If You Don’t Want Dignity, Then Nobody Gets Any

’Besides, he’s thick-skinned. He won’t mind!’

’Huh?’

Yan Xici froze for a moment, then hurriedly said, "That’s not what I meant! I wasn’t complaining it was too small. I can’t even finish one this big, why would we need two?!"

’I wasn’t complaining it was too small.’

’If we buy two, I’ll never be able to finish mine. It’s a total waste.’

Xiao Ran chuckled. "You’re overthinking it. The other one’s for me. I’ll eat with you, so you won’t have to worry about people laughing at you."

At his words, the corners of Yan Xici’s mouth lifted, and she couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Her smile was lovely, revealing a row of small, perfectly straight white teeth.

She looked adorable yet gentle in the moonlight.

’He’s so good to me. I wish this moment could last forever.’

’I really hope he’ll be this good to me for the rest of our lives.’

"Thank you, Brother Xiao Ran."

She looked at Xiao Ran and said with all seriousness.

’Thank you for how good you’ve been to me, and for not giving up on me because of my background.’

’Thank you for showing me what love truly is.’

Looking at the earnest girl before him, Xiao Ran couldn’t help but pull her into his arms. "You silly girl. You never have to thank me."

Some people need to be thanked for their efforts to feel at ease.

But others aren’t like that; they feel happy just by giving.

Seeing her happy made him happy.

The woman selling cotton candy handed over two freshly made treats, looking at Yan Xici with a wide smile. "Would you look at that? Your boyfriend treats you so well."

’Young people these days really are getting more and more romantic. We never did things like this back in my day.’

’Watching them makes me want to be young again, just so I can have my husband buy me cotton candy too!’

Hearing this, Yan Xici pressed her lips together, a happy and touched smile gracing her face.

Just then, Si Yingying and Zhang Chuan walked up behind them. Si Yingying smiled at Zhang Chuan. "Look how happy Xici is."

’Seeing her best friend so happy... she was a little envious, but mostly, she was just happy for her.’

Zhang Chuan paused when he heard that. "Come on, I’ll buy you some too. I’ll buy five!"

’It’s just cotton candy, five yuan a pop. As if I can’t afford it!’

’He could give Si Yingying that kind of happiness, easy!’

At his words, Si Yingying covered her mouth and laughed.

"That’s not what I was getting at. I don’t like cotton candy."

Zhang Chuan: "..."

’One minute she’s envious, the next she doesn’t want any.’

’What does she want?’

Si Yingying smiled. "By the way, do you like crayfish?"

"There’s a place up ahead that makes amazing crayfish. Every time I come here, I have to buy a huge portion and grab a couple of beers."

"Makes me feel like my life is complete."

Zhang Chuan looked surprised. "I wouldn’t have guessed you liked crayfish. A lot of girls don’t; they think it’s messy and unladylike to eat."

After all, most girls are very conscious of their image.

Hearing this, Si Yingying laughed freely. "What’s the big deal? I don’t just like crayfish, I love rabbit heads, too!"

Zhang Chuan’s face was a picture of astonishment.

’Well, I’ll be. This is the first time I’ve ever heard a girl admit so openly that she likes to eat rabbit heads.’

’Alright, she’s not pretentious in the slightest.’

’She’s the real deal!’

"Alright then, crayfish it is! And we’ll get you a couple of rabbit heads, too!"

’Honestly, I like this kind of straightforward, what-you-see-is-what-you-get girl.’

’If I got the chance, I’d definitely want to date her!’

In fact, Si Yingying also thought Zhang Chuan was a pretty decent guy.

He wasn’t as handsome as Xiao Ran, but he had his own distinctive qualities.

Zhang Chuan had large eyes and a sturdy build.

She liked his type; just standing next to him gave her a sense of security.

A short while later, the two of them, now carrying a box of crayfish, walked up to a stall selling rabbit heads. Zhang Chuan looked at the vendor. "Five rabbit heads, please."

’After all, there was Xiao Ran and the others. If it wasn’t enough, they’d have to come back. Better to just buy extra now.’

"You got it!"

The vendor enthusiastically began to pack up the rabbit heads for them.

Zhang Chuan looked over at Si Yingying, who was standing to the side, and couldn’t help but ask curiously, "So why do you like rabbit heads?"

Si Yingying blinked. "Maybe because I ate so many of them as a kid?"

"When I was little, my mom was never home, and my dad drank a lot. Whenever he drank, he’d order a few rabbit heads. It was usually just the two of us at home, and if I didn’t eat the rabbit heads, there wasn’t much else. So, I started eating them too, and eventually, it became a habit."

"Oh? How old were you then?"

"Three."

"Three?!?!"

Zhang Chuan was stunned. A three-year-old eating rabbit heads?

’Aren’t those spicy?’

’Is that really something a child should be eating?’

Si Yingying looked completely unfazed. "That’s nothing. I was starving once, and with no food in the house, I smashed the jar my dad used to make snake wine. I was trying to eat the snake meat inside."

She couldn’t help but laugh as she said this. "Unfortunately, I never got to taste the snake meat. I did, however, get a taste of my dad’s belt."

"What about your mom? Didn’t she take care of you?"

"They were divorced..."

’Now she had two fathers and two mothers.’

At her words, Zhang Chuan fell silent.

He suddenly felt an indescribable sympathy for this girl who could smile so nonchalantly about it all.

...

「At an outdoor filming location in Shanghai, the set was still brightly lit.」

It couldn’t be helped. In the entertainment industry, while the pay was high, overtime was a regular occurrence.

Other people worked nine-to-five; for them, five-in-the-morning to nine-at-night was practically the new normal.

Liu Min was sitting beside Director Zhang, but she wasn’t paying attention to the playback. Instead, her head was bowed, busy reading a novel.

Xiao Ran’s book had been addictively good lately, with an insane update schedule and a terrifyingly high word count.