Chapter 116: Sweet Talk

The very idea of a car being able to camouflage itself like a chameleon was simply incredible.

Zhan Su toyed with a small stone in his hand, aiming one at Shi Qingqing. "Why are you coming out so late? Were you trying to slip away again?"

Shi Qingqing immediately struck a posture of surrender. "How could that be? I was just worried that you weren't home over the weekend, so I didn't go. Today is Monday, of course I was going to go! Didn't you see I was heading for the side gate? It’s the shortest way to Golden Emperor International..."

Zhan Su gave her a meaningful look. "Honeyed words and a sharp tongue."

"Not at all, I'm telling the truth! Were you waiting here specifically for me, Zhan Shuai? There was no need for that! I would have gone on my own, hehe..." If the other students saw this, she would be devoured alive by every girl in the school.

"What was that group of girls about just now?" Zhan Su asked.

Shi Qingqing spread her hands. "The school beauty from my class. Perhaps our horoscopes have been clashing lately. Regardless, thank you for stepping in to help, Zhan Shuai."

Shi Qingqing reflected that although Zhan Su appeared cold, unapproachable, and temperamental, he had come to her rescue several times, which wasn't half bad. Well, for the sake of these interventions, she really ought to repay the school heartthrob's kindness.

As they spoke, the car started and slowly pulled away from Qingming High School.

"The president of that calligraphy club... did he really end up in the hospital because of you?" Zhan Su asked again.

"Does 'being infuriated by me' count?"

Zhan Su thought about Shi Qingqing’s personality. When she was on her guard, she was one thing, but when she let it slip, making someone angry was truly not a difficult task for her.

This girl was devious, tricky, petty, and greedy—she was a bundle of flaws.

As for her merits?

Strangely, when these flaws were combined, he found them somehow... cute?

That had to be a hallucination. Cute? A girl like this was exactly the type he hated most. Then again, he had always held a disdainful attitude toward all girls; Shi Qingqing was hardly the first.

Zhan Su suddenly didn't want to talk anymore.

Looking out the window, Shi Qingqing suddenly said, "Stop the car, Uncle, please stop."

"Is something the matter, Miss Shi?" Luo Hua, sitting in the front, dared not stop without the young master's permission. What if this young lady decided on a whim to open the door and run off? Wouldn't the young master's effort in blocking her at the school gate have been for nothing?

Zhan Su also cast a cold, displeased look at Shi Qingqing.

Shi Qingqing explained, "There's a supermarket ahead. The fridge at your place is empty, Zhan Shuai. I'm going to buy some rice, flour, eggs, and seasonings to stock up so it's easier to cook for you..."

Seeing his young master's expression soften in the rearview mirror without any sign of opposition, Luo Hua slowed the car and pulled up to the supermarket entrance.

Shi Qingqing opened the door and stepped out with one leg. Seeing Zhan Su sitting inside, as motionless as a statue of a deity, she gave him a tug.

"Get out too. I can't carry the rice, so you'll have to help me lug it!"

Zhan Su pointed a finger at the tip of his own nose. "Me? Carrying rice?"

Was she certain she wasn't joking?

Shi Qingqing’s eyes curved into crescents. "Don't tell me you're so physically weak that you can't even carry a bag of rice, Zhan Shuai? If that's the case, forget it. Uncle, could you get out and help me instead?"

*Whoosh!*

Zhan Su had already exited from the other side of the car.

Luo Hua wanted to stop him but didn't dare. The supermarket was teeming with people, especially women; middle-aged ladies were flooding in and out. Would the young master be able to handle this?