The sudden action made Li Shuoxing’s heart tremble and his hand shake, accidentally tapping off the chat box he’d tapped open.
At that moment, the little person walked out of the room and came to the pumpkin field in the courtyard.
The system narration was refreshed again.
[Su Mingqian examines the pumpkins.]
What does the cub want to do?
Doesn’t he hate pumpkin? Why’s he suddenly studying the pumpkins?
Li Shuoxing was a little suspicious. Everything that had happened today made him suspicious. So he decided… it was better to keep still than to make a move. He shouldn’t hurry to do anything for the time being, but just secretly observe for a while. When he got a clue, he could then respond as appropriate.
He saw the little person look at the pumpkin field for a moment, then suddenly reach out and pick a pumpkin from the field.
What can you do when you pick a pumpkin… usually eat it.
So the cub has overcome his pumpkin fear and decided to add more food to his diet?
Li Shuoxing guessed according to common sense.
Then he found that the little person picked up a knife, broke the pumpkin’s butt from below, hollowed out all the seeds inside, and cut out the eyes, nose and mouth on the surface of the pumpkin.
Li Shuoxing: “…”
He realised that his guess just now might not be what Su Mingqian had in mind.
But the approach before his eyes was familiar.
Perhaps.
Li Shuoxing continued to speculate.
The cub has a whim to make a pumpkin lantern?
He remained silent and continued to observe.
After making the pumpkin head, the little person put it on the grass. Then, he went back into the house, held the cabbage he had torn in his arms, went into the courtyard and placed the cabbage leaves one by one on the pumpkin’s head.
The narration was refreshed.
[Su Mingqian dresses up a pumpkin.]
Li Shuoxing: “???”
He found himself beginning to have trouble seeing through the little person’s actions.
He watched as cabbage leaves were stacked layer upon layer on top of the pumpkin, acting as the hair of this pumpkin head.
This pumpkin head was starting to become a little amusing…
And when the little person left again and returned back with an axe.
It seemed to add a touch of terror to the amusement.
But Li Shuoxing remained steady.
He thought, Su Mingqian should be preparing to harvest the pumpkins, right? Although it was a little strange to harvest pumpkins with an axe no matter how he looked at it, maybe the cub found the sickle a little blunt so brought over a sharper blade…
The axe was raised high.
It fell down heavily.
It chopped at the pumpkin’s head.
A “bang”.
Cabbage leaves splattered everywhere.
Li Shuoxing: “…”
He suddenly broke out in a sweat.
He couldn’t help tugging at his clothes to dissipate the heat, and took a breath before looking at the screen.
On the screen, the little person was still chopping the pumpkin.
His head was calm and his face was calm, so it was impossible to analyse his state of mind at the moment. He could only see the axe rising and falling, then rising and falling again.
In the blink of an eye, the pumpkin head had become pumpkin shreds.
And only then did the system narration arrive late.
[Su Mingqian chops a pumpkin into pumpkin shreds.]
The sweat became cold.
Li Shuoxing felt a chill on his body.
He began to be glad.
Fortunately, I wasn’t impulsive and didn’t make a sound from the beginning, but observed secretly. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known that underneath the calm text, there were such impactful images.
He couldn’t help but look back at the system’s calm narration when he wasn’t here.
He always felt that the calm was fake.
Beneath the calm, the waves were turbulent.
Li Shuoxing’s heart had fluctuated violently, but the little person in the game seemed unwilling to let him go and was still in action.
He gathered up the pumpkin shreds and cabbage leaves that’d been chopped into pieces and scattered all over the courtyard.
What’s he doing with this?
Li Shuoxing was on edge.
He’s not gonna flog the corpse, is he?
He watched with bated breath and found Su Mingqian bringing these things into the kitchen.
Then, the cabbage leaves went into the garbage bin.
Li Shuoxing breathed a sigh of relief.
I see, he’s cleaning things up. I mean, it’s all chopped up like this. What else would he want…
Then he saw the little person put the pumpkin pieces into the sink, wash them, fish them out, peel them, throw them into a pot, turn on the heat, add water, and cook them.
Li Shuoxing: “………………”
He couldn’t help but put down his phone.
Stood up.
Picked up his thermos and took a gulp of hot water.
Pressed down his shock.
After pressing down his shock, to be honest, Li Shuoxing was worried.
The situation was grim.
The best way to solve the current problem was, of course, to find the cub and ask him why he was angry.
However, the little person now was a hedgehog, his thorns growing upside down.
Without even touching him, he would drop his favourability like a flood. If he was stupid again and asked him directly, wouldn’t this favourability be an avalanche?
He had to think of a safer way.
How about…
Coax him first?
Stabilise him first, and then step by step, slowly figure out the truth?
Li Shuoxing thought about it and felt it was doable. However, how specifically to coax him was another problem.
Li Shuoxing pondered alone for a moment, but had no ideas. So, he went online and opened his female channel website once again. Female channel gods, thank you for your hard work—
After a search, Li Shuoxing basically had an idea.
He had a plan in place and began to prepare.
First, he put the medicine box on the table to arouse care in the other’s heart. This was a scheme that’d been proven to be effective before.
Then, he found a large eraser at home, wrote Su Mingqian’s name on it, and drew a chibi of the little person. This was something he’d promised before, and he must do what he promised.
Next, he took out a blank piece of paper and wrote down a line as a finishing touch.
Finally, he combined these three together for a photo.
When everything was ready, Li Shuoxing got back into the game.
He still didn’t hurry to make a sound, but observed secretly first. When he found the little person sitting at the table, silently eating the steamed pumpkin, he… still felt a chill.
But he wasn’t afraid.
He was sure he could coax the cub if he put his mind to it.
Li Shuoxing steadied his mind and began to act.
He sent a message: “Cub~”
The light screen appeared and Su Mingqian, who was eating, looked up. “You’re here?”
Li Shuoxing: “Yep, I was busy with something just now, so I’m late.”
Su Mingqian: “Have you had lunch? What about medicine?”
Li Shuoxing was just waiting for these words from the little person!
He sent his carefully prepared photo. “I’ve eaten it all [smile].”
The text appeared on the light screen with the photo.
On the white table were cold medicine and cold syrup, with a piece of paper pressed underneath the syrup.
He didn’t know where the paper was torn from to make the edges unevenly torn. There was a line written on it.
“I’ve taken all the medicine and had a good rest.”
There was a pattern below as well.
He saw his name and his chibi avatar.
Su Mingqian instantly thought of yesterday when Li Shuoxing had told him that he would carve a seal for him later.
He suddenly felt a hint of complexity.
He was the one who first started carving a seal to give to Ximu, but the one who first finished carving a seal was Ximu.
After the complexity, a little guilt surged out from the chaotic lake in his heart.
He lifted his hand to take the photo off the light screen, and held it in his hand to observe it silently.
When he took it down, he suddenly discovered a little problem.
At the edge of the photo, that light yellow thing with cute red and green kitty things on it was…?
Su Mingqian: “What’s this yellow thing?”
Li Shuoxing was stunned when the voice came out of his phone.
He had simulated a lot of Su Mingqian’s reactions, but he really hadn’t expected this.
Are my specially carved seal and specially written words not good? Do they not move you?
Why pay attention to a thermos that accidentally entered the picture…
Li Shuoxing was puzzled, but without delay, he sent another photo of the thermos. “My thermos.”
A panoramic view of the thermos appeared.
On the light yellow bottle, all kinds of adorable kitties were reading books, drinking tea, or playing with wool. Looking carefully, these patterns printed on the bottle seemed to stick out.
Such a cute thermos…
Su Mingqian felt a sudden thump from his dead heart.
He said cautiously, “This thermos looks pretty cute…”
Li Shuoxing stared at the tiny +1 above his head and replied, “It’s very cute.”
Another +1.
Su Mingqian tactfully probed, “So Ximu likes cute things?”
Li Shuoxing: “They’re okay.”
There was no movement on the screen.
Li Shuoxing shamelessly changed his words. “No one would hate cute things, right?”
One more +1!
Su Mingqian: “I think so too.”
Li Shuoxing felt that he had vaguely touched the trick.
He decided to take the initiative and probed, “Actually, I have some more cute little things at home…”
Suddenly +3!
Li Shuoxing’s confidence greatly increased. “Before, I’ve always been the one watching you. Now that I’m resting anyway, how about I look for them and take photos to show you?”
Abruptly +10!
Even a little happy expression popped up from Su Mingqian’s head.
Li Shuoxing heard the other’s voice, the voice leaping and quick. The reply couldn’t have been smoother, as if afraid he’d go back on his word.
“Yes, please do, Ximu.”
Li Shuoxing stood up from his computer.
He began rummaging through his home for things he found cute, taking photos of each one to show Su Mingqian.
Some exquisite tea and wine vessels.
No added favourability.
Some small bamboo and jade ornaments.
Favourability +1+2.
Some mini capsule toys and peripherals of games.
No added favourability.
A small pink bear.
Favourability +50.
When this number jumped out from the screen, Li Shuoxing almost thought he had misread it.
He subconsciously rubbed his eyes and looked at the screen again.
He found the favourability had really increased by 50. Not only that, but Su Mingqian also reached out his hand again and took the photo of the pink bear off the screen, placing it together with the photo of the goose yellow thermos.
Li Shuoxing was lost in thought.
Could it be… the cub likes things related to animals?
He searched his home, found a cheap cute black penguin, took a photo and sent it.
The favorability didn’t budge.
The little person didn’t even bother to give it a second glance.
So Li Shuoxing turned his attention back to the pink bear from earlier. Changing his approach, he walked around his home with his phone looking for pink things… With great difficulty, he found a pink jar and a pair of pink dishwashing gloves in the kitchen.
The latter was just too weird, so Li Shuoxing only wiped the pink seasoning jar with a paper towel, took it back to the study, put it on the desk for a photo, and sent it to the cub.
Another +50.
Another big wave!
With no more doubt, Li Shuoxing really understood this time.
He began to think.
Is there anything else pink at home?
It’s a bit of a tough problem.
I really didn’t expect it.
My cub, he’s a timid cub, and a tsundere cub, and also a voice con cub, and now a cute con and super pink con cub.
He really has too many settings.
And.
Is it really okay for a boy to like pink so much…