"Hehe, I know why," Li Yang said with a lewd grin.
"You know?" Zhao Lihua asked expectantly.
"So, if I told you you'd like to eat sweet potatoes later?" Li Yang asked.
"What's wrong? Isn't roasted sweet potato delicious? Is there some kind of aftereffect?" Zhao Lihua was also getting a little uneasy.
"Roasted sweet potatoes are delicious, and they're very good for your health, especially for men!" Li Yang chuckled lewdly again.
"Especially good for men?" Zhao Lihua asked in surprise, puzzled.
“Yes, it’s very aphrodisiac!” Li Yang laughed.
"Go to hell! What nonsense are you spouting!" Zhao Lihua scolded, her face flushed. She hurriedly checked Xue Tao's expression and, finding nothing amiss, breathed a sigh of relief. Then she glared at Li Yang, thinking to herself, "Could it be that Auntie isn't eating because of this?"
"Does that mean it's bad for women to eat it?" Zhao Lihua said with dissatisfaction.
"No, not really. Women also need to replenish their vital energy, and eating sweet potatoes is indeed very good. However, there's one small problem!" Li Yang said mysteriously.
"What?" Zhao Lihua asked urgently. Could this be the reason why her aunt didn't want to eat it?
"It's just that eating too many sweet potatoes makes you fart more!" Li Yang chuckled. Eating too many sweet potatoes produces gas, so naturally, you fart more. Imagine, a beautiful woman farting all the time, could you handle it? Especially a high-status, elegant woman like Xue Tao, who values her image, wouldn't put herself in such an embarrassing situation for a moment's pleasure.
"Huh? Then I'd better not eat it!" Zhao Lihua jumped up as if she had been fertilized.
"Is it really that big of a deal? It's just a fart." Li Yang said speechlessly. Then they heard a muffled thud from next door. The three of them were stunned and turned around to look. They saw the barbecue gang on the other side rushing over to beat up a hero.
"Hahaha..." Li Yang burst into laughter.
Xue Tao and Zhao Lihua couldn't help but laugh, their cheeks flushed and their eyes sparkling!
"Let's begin!" Xue Tao suggested. The chicken wings in his hands were already emitting a fragrant aroma. Juices dripped freely, and hot oil sizzled on the red-hot charcoal, accompanied by wisps of smoke, filling the air with the aroma of meat.
"This meat doesn't even taste as good as Li Hua's!" Li Yang said with a wicked smile.
"Get lost! Do you want to eat me?" Zhao Lihua glared and raised her eyebrows.
"Yeah, I just want to eat you!" Li Yang said with a wicked grin.
Zhao Lihua was extremely embarrassed and angry, deeply regretting that she had said the wrong thing. Seeing her aunt looking at her with amusement, she became even more annoyed and raised her little fist to punch Li Yang.
"You're so bad, so bad..."
He kept making accusations.
"Your aunt is here, mind your image and the consequences!" Li Yang shouted without retaliating or covering his face.
"I'm not going to give you any face..." Zhao Lihua continued to chase and hit her relentlessly.
"Don't hit my face! I make a living off my looks! You can't ruin my livelihood!" Li Yang yelled.
"Pfft... You rascal!" Zhao Lihua burst into laughter through her tears. She stopped chasing after him and lowered her head to continue fiddling with a string of wild boar meat.
"Auntie, come here, let me help you!" Li Yang reached out to take the chicken wing from Xue Tao's hand, and whether on purpose or not, he touched Xue Tao's soft hand. It was so smooth and tender.
Xue Tao dropped the chicken wing as if she had been electrocuted. The wing fell onto the scorching hot wire mesh, dripping juices that hissed and emitted plumes of smoke.
"Oh dear, Auntie, your wings have fallen off!" Zhao Lihua exclaimed.
"You damned Li Hua, what nonsense are you spouting!" Xue Tao retorted, embarrassed and annoyed. Her relationship with Li Yang wasn't exactly innocent; she had gotten so excited just from Li Yang touching her hand—it was incredibly shameful.
"Ah! I'm sorry, Auntie, I misspoke. It's not that your wings fell off, it's that your chicken wings fell off!" Zhao Lihua hurriedly apologized, but the more she explained, the worse it got, and the more speechless she became.
"Hahaha..." Li Yang couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Zhao Lihua was also blushing with embarrassment and anger, secretly cursing herself for not knowing how to speak, and even more furious that Li Yang was taking the opportunity to provoke her. She stared intently at Li Yang.
"Alright, alright, let's get grilling. Stop fooling around!" Xue Tao covered up his embarrassment and picked up the chicken wing to fiddle with it again.
Zhao Lihua glared at Li Yang with dissatisfaction before sitting down to continue preparing the barbecue.
"You like pork?" Li Yang asked when he saw that she was grilling a wild boar's head.
"None of your business!" Zhao Lihua said, still somewhat annoyed.
“I know you like pigs!” Li Yang said deliberately.
“You’re the one who likes pigs!” Zhao Lihua retorted.
"But I like you!" Li Yang said innocently.
Chapter 588: The Ambiguous Game
"Ah? You, you bastard! Scoundrel!" Zhao Lihua realized she had fallen into Li Yang's trap again and started hitting him in frustration. Li Yang laughed and covered his head to take the blows. Zhao Lihua's small, pink fists looked strong, but they felt like a massage when they hit him. They had no power at all.
"By the way, Auntie, I heard our area is going to be demolished, is that true?" Li Yang changed the subject. He stopped teasing Zhao Lihua, afraid that this proud joke would make her angry. That would be a real loss.
"Your hometown? Yes, the city has already finalized the plan. You should know that, right?" Xue Tao asked in surprise. Given Li Yang and Ye Qing's relationship, if Li Yang's house was going to be demolished, he would definitely have been notified.
"Oh, I know that. I just don't understand some of the developers' tactics. I heard they compensate several hundred yuan per square meter?" Li Yang said with an embarrassed smile. He was just trying to make conversation, so he didn't care what the other person was talking about.
"There probably won't be too many. Hongtu Group is under Secretary Cai's control; everyone knows how they operate!" Xue Tao frowned.
“I think so too. But even if it weren’t for me, for the sake of my poor neighbors, I wouldn’t let their evil deeds succeed!” Li Yang said earnestly.
"Li Yang, don't act recklessly, you need to be strategic!" Xue Tao reminded him.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything reckless. That would be so unromantic," Li Yang said with a mischievous grin.