Chapter 2086: Lost Weight

She didn’t dare think any further at all, but the look in Yaen Chi’s eyes was clearly encouraging her.

Ye Wanting tried her best to keep her head down; not even the tiniest crack at the corner of her eye was allowed to sneak a glance over at him.

Thankfully Yaen Chi didn’t keep teasing her. The door made a noise, like someone had lightly kicked it a few times.

Ye Wanting instinctively looked at Yaen Chi. He met her gaze, then lifted his brows toward the door.

“Go on, get the door.”

“Okay.”

Ye Wanting answered and went to open it.

It was Xu Shu. He was carrying food containers in both hands, couldn’t free a hand to knock. Seeing Ye Wanting there, he wasn’t surprised. He lifted the boxes in his hands. “Just delivered. I borrowed a table from them—make way, quick.”

Ye Wanting hurriedly stepped aside into the room. She wanted to help by taking one box, but Xu Shu’s legs were long and his stride quick; by the time her hand reached out, he was already walking in.

Two orderlies came in behind him and set up a table by the bed.

Xu Shu took out the dishes one by one. Ye Wanting came over to help, found some bowls, and scooped three bowls of rice.

Xu Shu paused for a beat, then laughed. “Am I staying here to eat too?”

“There’s a lot. Brother Chi and I can’t finish it. Eat with us!” Ye Wanting chimed in immediately.

Xu Shu shot her a sidelong smile, then shifted his gaze to Yaen Chi, his smile holding a few shades of teasing. He deliberately stretched his voice, dragging the ending: “You really want me to stay?”

Yaen Chi’s face went dark.

This guy with zero filter!

Before he came, did Loo Jinyang and Huo Linxi cast some spell on him, use a Body-Swapping Talisman?

Otherwise, how did he suddenly turn this damned cheeky?

“Actually it’s fine. I set aside some dishes—I can just find some random place and grab a bite later. It’s just to fill the stomach anyway.”

Yaen Chi: “…Who are you saying that for? Eat here. Who’s chasing you out?”

Xu Shu laughed as he placed a basin of cucumber soup in front of him. “I feel so bad, really.”

That’s what he said, but he sat down steady as anything, and even called to Ye Wanting, “You sit too. Our bodies are fine, we sit on chairs. The injured one sits on the soft bed.”

Yaen Chi kicked him under the table, not holding back. But in his condition now, even without holding back, how painful could one kick be? Xu Shu exaggeratedly let out an “Ouch,” acting like his leg was about to break.

Yaen Chi was both annoyed and anxious. “Enough! Just eat!”

Xu Shu’s brows were all amusement as he laughed. “Thanks, Brother Chi.”

Yaen Chi was stunned. “I’m younger than you! You old geezer!”

“I’m saying it for Wanting,” Xu Shu deliberately pulled Ye Wanting into the conversation. “We’ve got you to thank for this spread. Without you, we wouldn’t be eating this. Before you came—just yesterday—he only choked down a couple of mouthfuls of thin porridge. Didn’t even smell a whiff of real food.”

Ye Wanting’s heart gave a jolt, a sudden sourness welling up for no reason. “Really? No wonder. Brother Chi’s gotten thinner.”

Yaen Chi’s pupils flickered, the smile slowly seeping into his eyes hidden under a layer of affected nonchalance. “You noticed?”

Ye Wanting nodded seriously. “You have. The bones in your face are almost showing—you need to eat more.”

She piled all the light dishes into Yaen Chi’s bowl, stacking several layers on top of the white rice. When it was piled so high it couldn’t take any more, she still hesitated and asked, “Is this enough?”

Yaen Chi looked at the bowl, a little hill of vegetables, groaning inwardly, the corner of his mouth stiffly tugging up. “Enough. Don’t worry about me, hurry and eat.”

“Okay.”

Only then did Ye Wanting pick up her chopsticks. She felt that if Yaen Chi thought it wasn’t enough, since each person only had one pair of chopsticks and there were no shared ones, it wouldn’t be right for her to use the chopsticks she’d eaten with to pick dishes for him, nor would it be natural to take his chopsticks out of his hand.