Han Rubing knocked on her sister Han Ru Shuang’s door and waited outside for her to open it.
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the door opened from the inside. Seeing her sister standing there in a lake-blue dress, Han Rubing smiled and said, “Didn’t expect you to be so in sync with me, Xiao Shuang Shuang?” Han Ru Shuang, catching the teasing tone in her sister’s voice, didn’t respond. Instead, she brushed past Han Rubing and headed downstairs.
Seeing her sister walk past her without a word, Han Rubing wasn’t the least bit annoyed. In fact, she seemed quite pleased. She sighed, almost regretfully, and said, “My sister is getting harder to tease.” Then she added with a smile, “It’s still more fun to tease the little one.” With that, she closed the door and followed her sister downstairs.
When Meng Xiaoyu woke up, it was already noon. Not seeing Han Rubing in the room, she figured she must have gone downstairs for lunch. Thinking of this, Meng Xiaoyu touched her growling stomach and quickly got herself ready. She then opened the door and rushed downstairs, mentally shouting, “Here I come, delicious food!”
At noon, the inn’s dining hall was at its busiest, with tables downstairs filled with people eating or about to eat.
Meng Xiaoyu entered the dining hall and began looking around for Han Rubing and her sister. It didn’t take long for her to spot them by a window, sipping tea. She quickly walked over to their table, pulled up a chair, and sat down opposite Han Rubing.
Seeing the little one sit down across from her, Han Rubing guessed she was hungry, especially since she was gulping down water and rubbing her stomach. If she wasn’t mistaken, the little one had probably woken up because of hunger. With this in mind, Han Rubing asked knowingly, “Are you hungry, little one?” Hearing this, Han Rushuang also looked at Meng Xiaoyu.
Meng Xiaoyu, hearing Han Rubing’s question, looked up with a pitiful expression and nodded in response.
Meng Xiaoyu had thought that her pitiful look would prompt the sisters to immediately call a waiter to order food. But to her surprise, they just stared at her blankly. Her eyes, already pitiful, now showed a hint of grievance and resentment as she looked at the sisters.
The sisters, already struck by Meng Xiaoyu’s pitiful look, were even more affected by her now tearful, resentful eyes. Their hearts melted, and they were even more stunned.
At this moment, both sisters had the same thought: “So cute, I really want to pinch her cheeks.”
Han Rubing, being someone who acts on her thoughts, had already started pinching Meng Xiaoyu’s soft cheeks before she realized it. Meng Xiaoyu, with a look of grievance, stared at her accusingly. Seeing this, Han Rubing’s heart melted even more, and instead of stopping, she pinched her cheeks even harder.
Han Ru Shuang, also struck by the cuteness, managed to control herself better. Though she really wanted to pinch Meng Xiaoyu’s cheeks, her personality held her back. She kept a straight face, though her tightly clenched fist on her lap betrayed her struggle.
Unlike Han Rubing, who was happily pinching Meng Xiaoyu’s cheeks, and Han Rushuang, who was restraining herself, Meng Xiaoyu was filled with regret. What was she thinking, acting all pitiful and cute? Now she was paying the price, being pinched by Han Rubing. She looked at Han Rubing’s hand on her cheek and felt a wave of regret wash over her.
Just as Meng Xiaoyu was mentally berating herself for acting pitiful, a commotion erupted at the inn’s entrance. Curious, she turned to look.
The commotion was caused by two men who had just entered the dining hall. Since their backs were to her, Meng Xiaoyu couldn’t see their faces. As she wondered about their appearance, one of the men in a moon-white robe turned his head. Meng Xiaoyu was immediately captivated by his looks, thinking, “What a handsome, elegant, and refined young man.”
While Meng Xiaoyu was admiring the handsome young man, the other man in a blue robe also turned his head. After one glance, Meng Xiaoyu thought to herself, “What a delicate, effeminate… sissy!”
