"Um..." Chen Xiao asked cautiously, "Champagne... there's something I need to ask. Why is there only food and soup, and no rice?"
Champagne's eyes flickered with panic, but she quickly regained her composure, chuckled, and laughed loudly. Then, she swiftly changed the subject: "Oh, by the way! I saw a stunningly beautiful woman on my way here! Driving a Maserati! So cool..."
Chen Xiao swallowed hard: "This... I was asking..."
"And another thing! Today's braised pig's trotters were made by your precious little one! But don't worry, we've all tasted them, and we guarantee they won't kill anyone! Actually, that fat guy at our coffee shop is a really great cook! And he's also very good at teaching people how to cook. I think we could open a cooking training class. Having the fat guy as the teacher would be a profitable business..."
"No... I was asking..."
"Hey, why do you talk so much! Don't you know the saying 'One should not talk while eating or sleeping'?!"
Chen Xiao smiled wryly: "I asked, where's the rice? Are you expecting me to eat vegetables and drink soup without rice?"
Champagne's eyes darted around, but she finally sighed helplessly and spread her hands: "The rice... I brought a lunchbox with me when I left home, and there was some preserved olives in it. It tasted really good... Unfortunately, I lost the lunchbox on the way."
“Lost it…” Chen Xiao rolled his eyes.
"Hey!" Champagne suddenly puffed out her chest and called out confidently, "It's such a hot day! It's already a big deal that someone came all the way to bring you food! You should be genuinely touched! Besides, I'm a girl who's never left home before, and I eloped all this way to K City with you! I don't know anything about social etiquette..."
"Wait! Stop! Who eloped with you?! You can't just say things like that!"
"Pah! If it weren't for those words you said to me on the island that moved me, I wouldn't have made up my mind to secretly run away with you..."
"Are you being reasonable? You sneaked onto our ship! Strictly speaking, you were an illegal immigrant!"
“She’s a girl. She left her family and traveled thousands of miles with you, how can you say such things…” Champagne tried to continue her unreasonable argument and divert Chen Xiao’s attention: “Besides, I really don’t understand social etiquette. It’s forgivable to make mistakes occasionally!”
"You just said that Ya Ya doesn't understand social etiquette..." Chen Xiao thought to himself.
Seeing Chen Xiao roll her eyes, Champagne softened her tone again, deliberately using an extremely gentle voice to coax him with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't be angry! Even if it was my fault, um... by the way! How about I feed you?"
She adopted a gentle and tender demeanor, deliberately sitting down beside Chen Xiao's bed, and gently holding Chen Xiao's hand, which was wrapped up like a dumpling: "Oh, look at you, poor thing. Your perfectly good hand has become like this, you definitely can't hold chopsticks anymore... Come on, let me feed you, okay? Honey?"
As she spoke, she gave a deliberately sweet smile, quickly grabbed a pair of chopsticks, picked up a small piece of pig's trotter, and held it to Chen Xiao's mouth: "Here, honey, don't be angry, have a bite, it's delicious, soft and fragrant."
Chen Xiao was speechless.
That's just how Champagne is—mischievous and playful, and you really can't get angry with her. This girl is very good at one thing: acting cute! She's cheerful and easygoing, and the two of them often joke around like that when they're in the coffee shop.
Moreover, Chen Xiao's hand was indeed injured, and it happened to be his right hand. Chen Xiao wasn't left-handed, so it was really difficult for him to eat. Thinking of this, he opened his mouth.
As soon as it warmed my mouth, a smooth and fragrant pig's trotter was put into my mouth, and the taste was indeed good.
"Is it good?" Champagne smiled sweetly, looking closely at Chen Xiao, and gently took a tissue to carefully wipe the grease from the corner of Chen Xiao's mouth.
"Hmm, it tastes good," Chen Xiao mumbled, and was about to say something when suddenly he froze.
His gaze was directed towards the door of the ward.
At the doorway, a girl with long, flowing hair stood quietly by the door. Her beautiful eyes held a half-smile, as she looked at Chen Xiao with a hint of amusement. Her delicate face was still smiling, but the smile carried a slightly sour undertone.
She was holding a bouquet of flowers, which she nearly crushed.
Chen Xiao's expression froze for a moment, then turned to surprise, but quickly he noticed the girl's strange look. He paused, then suddenly realized what was happening!
Champagne sat right next to him, and the two looked very intimate. Champagne was feeding him with chopsticks in one hand, and wiping his mouth with a tissue in the other, with a thoughtful and gentle smile on her face—well, this is what a legendary virtuous wife and loving mother looks like!
Chen Xiao was stunned, and then sweat immediately broke out on his forehead!
Champagne followed Chen Xiao's gaze and saw the girl at the door, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
A girl who was already very beautiful suddenly encountered a stunning beauty whose looks were in no way inferior to her own. Naturally, a sense of comparison arose in her heart, and she couldn't help but puff out her chest and put down her chopsticks. As if on purpose, she moved closer to Chen Xiao, deliberately putting on a smiling face: "Xiao Wu, who is this beautiful lady? Is she your friend?"
Chen Xiao coughed and was about to speak when the girl at the door slowly walked in and stood by Chen Xiao's bedside, her eyes filled with a playful look as she looked at the champagne.
"I am his girlfriend! And his future wife! The mother of his future children! Even if he has grandchildren many years from now, he will still have to call me grandma!"
It’s over!
Hearing that tone, Chen Xiao knew that Phoenix was angry!
"Phoenix... why did you suddenly come back?" Chen Xiao quickly asked with a smile, "Yi, when did you arrive?"
"We've been here for a while now." Phoenix seemed to be smiling sweetly, but her eyes still held a strange glint in them. "I happened to overhear some interesting things, like eloping, traveling thousands of miles, and honey..."
The more Chen Xiao listened, the more he sensed sparks flying in Phoenix's beautiful eyes, and the brighter and more captivating her smile became. It seemed his anger was only intensifying!
No wonder.
Imagine you see your boyfriend with another pretty girl, and they're talking about things like "eloping" and "honey." They're even sweetly feeding each other.
Anyone in that situation would probably have lost their temper on the spot.
"This...it's not what you think." Chen Xiao smiled wryly.
"Hmph, Xiao Wu, you seem to be having a very comfortable time." Phoenix sighed softly, looking at Chen Xiao. "I rushed back to see you on my private jet as soon as I heard you were injured and in Japan. You seem to be enjoying yourself, having someone take such good care of you." Champagne, watching Phoenix from the side, her eyes darting around, suddenly interjected, "Chen Xiao, is this beautiful woman really your girlfriend?"
"Yes." Chen Xiao answered decisively—what a joke, would he dare to hesitate even a little bit at a time like this?
Champagne stared wide-eyed at Phoenix, then suddenly yelled, "Ah! It's over! Chen Xiao, you're finished!!"
She jumped up, counting on her fingers rapidly, "You actually have a girlfriend like that! But what about Ya Ya? You and that girl are living together in the same room, a lone man and a lone woman, and she's so young and already living with you, how could you just abandon her like that! And then there's Cabbage Girl, Cabbage Girl is really interested in you too, I know that. You even played the hero and saved her from danger to win her favor! What are you going to do with her pure heart! And..."
Champagne's words became increasingly absurd. Pointing to her own nose, she deliberately put on a pitiful expression: "And me! I'm such a poor, innocent, and weak woman, I've never left home in my entire life, as innocent as a blank sheet of paper! You lured me away from that island, and I willingly traveled thousands of miles to run away from home with you, how could you do this to me..."
As she spoke, she even adopted a pose reminiscent of Xi Shi clutching her heart...
Phoenix's eyes looked strange.