Lin Jing's mouth opened, and for a moment, she felt so embarrassed she just wanted to die.
It wasn't social death, but it was on the way to social death... she thought this sentence was tailor-made for her.
Lin Jing looked at Sheng Kuang, and after thinking hard for a long time, she couldn't figure out how to salvage the situation.
There was no salvaging it at all.
She couldn't exactly tell him that she blushed because he had broken her chopsticks for her.
She didn't want anyone to know that she had blushed just because his fingers had touched the chopsticks she was eating with, that she had overthought things, and then made up a reason.
Sheng Kuang was so good at grasping the key points; if he asked her what she had overthought, how would she answer?
Their conversation at this moment was like being trapped in a dead end, neither able to advance nor retreat.
What was worse, the young man beside her showed no signs of backing down. Seeing that she couldn't utter a word for a long time, his gaze fell on her ears: "Why were your ears red that day?" Su Dan Novel Network
Lin Jing: "......"
Damn it.
Was he going to force her to pack her bags and move to another planet overnight before he would let it go?
Sheng Kuang saw her silence and urged again, "Hmm?"
Lin Jing pursed her lips, looked down at a piece of fish she had just picked up in her bowl, and blurted out incoherently, "Do you want to eat fish?"
Sheng Kuang was stunned.
Lin Jing didn't know how her brain was working at that moment. All she knew was that she wanted Sheng Kuang to shut up. Seeing that he hadn't refused, she held her chopsticks in one hand to pick up the piece of fish and a spoon in the other to support it from below, then offered it to his mouth: "Eat?"
Sheng Kuang looked at the tender white piece of fish offered to his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and said nothing.
"Not eating? Then..." Seeing that he didn't open his mouth, Lin Jing was about to retract it and eat it herself.
After Sheng Kuang finished the fish, Lin Jing belatedly realized what she had done.
To shut him up and prevent him from bringing up her embarrassing past, she had actually fed him.
With her own spoon and chopsticks.
And he had eaten it.
Lin Jing thought, there was no need for him to force her anymore; she had already forced herself to the point where she had to move to another planet to live overnight.
Lin Jing also thought that this was probably the most counterproductive experience of her life: being caught in a lie, trying to cover it up, only to reveal a secret she didn't want anyone to know, and in an attempt to cover up that secret, she had performed the astonishing act of feeding someone.
Lin Jing also thought whether her actions just now had defiled her idol...
As Lin Jing continued to ponder, her sharp eyes caught Sheng Kuang's slightly unnatural expression. She blinked: "Why are your ears red too?"
Lin Jing: "......"
Sheng Kuang: "......"
Lin Jing really wanted to bite off her own tongue.
As if she were the only one capable of speaking.
As if she were the only one with a mouth.
While castigating herself, she looked at him and kindly offered him an out, which also served as an out for herself: "I know the answer to this. It's the chili that made them red."
Sheng Kuang had no intention of taking her offered way out. He looked at her, his expression inscrutable.
Lin Jing became flustered under his gaze. Completely cornered, she was about to use the age-old excuse of needing to go to the restroom to escape.
Before she could speak, he suddenly let out a soft laugh: "Because."
"......"
"It's the first time I've eaten something fed to me by a girl."
"......"
"I'm a bit embarrassed."
Lin Jing froze.
Having not even finished a can of wine, she suddenly felt a bit dizzy.
She met his gaze without flinching for more than ten seconds. She leaned on the table, deciding that no matter what Sheng Kuang did, she would stick to her excuse of going to the restroom.
However, He Lin, who had been chatting with Wang Qingqing and the others opposite her, suddenly called out, "Lin Jing."
Lin Jing had to suppress the thought of going to the restroom and eagerly looked at He Lin: "Ah?"
He Lin: "School starts in a few days. Are you planning to return to school a day early?"
Lin Jing said, "Probably."
"Then let's go together?" He Lin said, "We don't live too far from each other. I'll call a car to pick you up, and we can go back to school together."
It was Sheng Kuang who refused He Lin: "No need."
He Lin looked at Sheng Kuang in confusion.
Sheng Kuang said calmly, "She has someone to pick her up."
...
After dinner, everyone called for cars at the restaurant entrance and dispersed.
Lin Jing left with Sheng Kuang. Whether it was due to the many embarrassing moments of the day or the influence of a little alcohol, neither of them spoke much on the way home.
At the door of their house, they entered one after another.
After changing their shoes, Sheng Kuang suddenly turned to look at Lin Jing, who was still lingering at the entryway changing her shoes, as if he had just remembered something: "What's your class monitor's phone number?"
Lin Jing looked up, "Huh?"
She didn't know why Sheng Kuang wanted He Lin's number, but she still took out her phone, found He Lin's number, and gave it to him.
After he noted it down, he made a sound of understanding and went downstairs.
It was quite late when they got home. Lin Jing took a shower and went to bed.
She browsed through various apps on her phone for a while before returning to WeChat. Then she remembered that she hadn't given He Lin money for their outing today.
When she went out with classmates, unless it was a classmate's birthday, she would always split the bill.
She couldn't always rely on someone being rich or generous.
Given that Sheng Kuang had joined them today, Lin Jing clicked on He Lin's WeChat and transferred double the amount.
Soon, He Lin replied to her WeChat.
It was a screenshot from Alipay.
It was also a transfer, double the amount.
He Lin: Who sent this?