Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Candlelight Dinner
July Quinn stepped into her small apartment right at quitting time.
Unexpectedly, Kyle Keaton was already in the kitchen.
He was still wearing the black shirt and pants he went out in today, standing there tall and imposing.
Some people are just born to shine, every movement exuding a noble air.
Kyle Keaton was probably one of those people.
Even holding a spatula, he was as elegant as a work of art.
For a moment, July Quinn found herself somewhat entranced.
But just remembering that this man didn’t like her the way she liked him, a part of her heart felt like it had been cut open, hurting so much she couldn’t breathe.
She looked away dejectedly, planning to head to her room.
However, at that moment, the man noticed her presence and directly ordered, "You’re back, so hurry up and set the table. What are you standing there for?"
July Quinn rolled her eyes to the heavens.
How did she even fall for such an unromantic man?
After venting in her mind, she actually felt a lot better.
So she followed his instructions and set the table.
Kyle Keaton prepared two steaks, made some mashed potatoes, and decanted some red wine.
Once everything was ready, he even lit the candlestick on the table.
With the lights turned off, the atmosphere was inexplicably romantic.
"Wow, a candlelight dinner!"
In the flickering candlelight, July Quinn joked ambiguously.
"Do you like it?"
Kyle Keaton was cutting his steak, but his gaze fell on July Quinn’s face across the table.
But the candlelight only allowed him to vaguely see her facial outline, not her expression.
"It’s okay. I prefer instant noodles."
She was sick of steaks, and mashed potatoes too.
Almost every proper meal was these.
So in her eyes, these were still not as tempting as instant noodles.
But July Quinn didn’t expect her heartfelt comment to make the man on the other side of the table feel like the steak he made today had been fed to a dog.
For a moment, the man lost interest in chatting.
July Quinn didn’t care at all.
When Kyle Keaton didn’t speak, she just continued eating while scrolling through trending topics on her phone.
Seeing the hashtag #NathanJacobsEatsShit was still holding strong at number one, she sneered.
It’s been days, and they still haven’t found a competent programmer to take it down.
Looks like the Jacobs Family’s financial power is only so-so.
But before she could read more comments, Kyle Keaton suddenly barked, "When you’re finished, wash the dishes."
July Quinn looked up in shock to see Kyle Keaton’s face as cold as ice: "I made dinner, shouldn’t you do the dishes?"
"Fine, I’ll wash them. What’s with the attitude?"
July Quinn grumbled a few curses, grabbed the plates, and went to the kitchen to clean up.
But she didn’t know that after she got up, Kyle Keaton approached her phone, which she had forgotten to lock.
Well, he was actually just annoyed that July would play on her phone while having dinner with him.
And he was mentally wrestling with what could possibly be more important than spending time with him.
So, seeing that July’s phone screen was still on, he leaned over to take a peek.
Then, the topic #NathanJacobsEatsShit stormed into Kyle Keaton’s view with absolute prominence.
In that moment, Kyle Keaton squinted his sharp eyes...
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Meanwhile, in another part of the apartment—
Nathan Jacobs was eating instant noodles while browsing Weibo.
But after a few bites, he lost his appetite and tossed the noodles aside.
Besides the trending topic on Weibo, there were also hordes of people reminding him to livestream eating shit soon, which killed his appetite, and also because he’d been eating these noodles for several consecutive days and just couldn’t stomach them anymore.
Indeed, after the trend started, not only was he rejected and deemed embarrassing by Nina Quinn, who unilaterally announced their breakup,
he was also summoned back to the old Jacobs residence and scolded by his grandfather, parents, uncle, and aunts.
Later, every time he ran into an acquaintance on the street, they would greet him by asking when he would start the livestream.
In short, Nathan Jacobs was having a pretty rough time recently.
But damn it, he couldn’t get the trending topic taken down at all.
"If I catch whoever put that garbage up, I’ll wipe them out!"
He shouted angrily until the doorbell rang.
Nathan Jacobs didn’t think much before opening the door.
Because only Nina Quinn knew about this place.
At one point, he thought it was Nina coming to apologize.
But unexpectedly, it was four fierce-looking muscular guys at the door, one of them even holding a bucket of... poo!