Xu Nuan waited for him in the living room awkwardly as he was in the kitchen, heating the food.

'Why does it feel like that she is the guest here and it was his house? He was so natural when he took the food and went to the kitchen.'

Although his presence in the house was giving her a high level of pressure, she was still glad that he was here. It's been a long time since they have been together in the same space, although they live opposite to each other, the time they have spent together is lesser than any couple who lives far away.

In the beginning, she was so confident about coming clear to him but now, the thought of telling him scares her. What if he thinks that she lied to him? Or was playing with his feelings?

He is an emotional man, after all, she doesn't want to see him hurt because of her.

As she was lost in her thoughts, he came out of the kitchen while carrying the food served in the tray and walked towards the dining table, and glanced at her, " Come and eat."

Seeing him inviting her to eat, in her house made her stare at him in puzzlement. "Ah, Oh!" She exclaimed in confusion and followed him awkwardly

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Once on the dining table, he sighed seeing a bucket of fiery fried chicken, two servings of spicy noodles, and a plate of fried dumplings.

'Two servings of spicy noodles? Is she a psychic that she ordered two servings already?'

" Are you sure you ordered for one person? Because the quantity is quite…." He pursed his lips seeing so much food and all fried.

Was she going to do a food challenge to eat all these high-calorie, fried food?

She rubbed her neck awkwardly and chuckled, " I wasn't planning to eat all this at once. I can just freeze the extra and eat it tomorrow. It's time-saving and economical you know." She smiled, showing off her intelligence to him.

For a person like hers, who doesn't know how to cook anything other than instant noodles, it's the best and economical way to eat two meals.

He scoffed seeing her boasting smirk and commented, " the most economical and healthy option is to cook and eat. Otherwise, you will again end up in hospital."

"Well, if I tried to cook, others would end up in the hospital. I am doing a favor by not cooking and love to put some burden on my pocket to fill my stomach. Now, happy?" She replied sharply against his sarcastic comment before picking up a piece of fried chicken.

She started eating and was savoring its taste but he was staring at her without touching anything.

With her mouth filled with food, she frowned and mumbled, "Why are you not eating? Here, have this. We have a lot of food. Don't hesitate!" She said while being generous with him.

She will only have to sacrifice her breakfast, it's better than have him staring at her while she eats.

She doesn't want to have indigestion.

" You won't die if you eat this once a while." She said while handing him a piece of chicken as well.

Although her words were incoherent he understood, especially when she forced the chicken against his lips, smudging the seasoning all over.

Is she trying to feed him or put the spicy seasoning into his eyes?

He hesitated but took the chicken from her in the end. As he started eating, he realized that this fried thing is indeed delicious. The spicy season was addicting and was making him eat more.

'Hmmm….not bad.'

As he was busy analyzing the taste of the chicken, Xu Nuan shot up from her chair and exclaimed in annoyance, "Ah, how can I forget this?"

Han Zihao looked at her in confusion as she ran off to the kitchen while trying to avoid wiping her hands with her clothes.

He sighed seeing her strange-clumsy actions and chuckled thinking that she is the same girl who made a group of four girls into new queens.

Only a Queen can choose her descendants.

She is a Queen, indeed.

….

" Waah, now I am full. That was a good meal. " She exclaimed in satisfaction as she put her chopsticks down after finishing the last dumpling on the plate.

The chicken and noodles have already found their place in her stomach and are probably floating in the pool of beer in her stomach.

He sighed seeing the sight of her four empty cans of beer that were lying on the ground while she was sitting there with her body lazily supported against the back of the chair.

Han Zihao had his hands folded in front of his chest as he stared at her with a smirk. She opened her eyes and tilted her head to his side and stared at him with her flushed cheeks and disheveled hair.

The top two buttons of her pajama shirt were undone, revealing her fair-smooth collarbone. He blinked upon seeing her drunk condition and turned his eyes away to control his emotions.

They're alone in the house while she was staring at him with her tempting gaze and flushed cheeks, how can a healthy man like him stay normal in this situation? Especially when the girl is none other than but her, his only weakness.

As he was trying to calm down while looking away from her and was counting sheep inwardly to stay in his senses, he heard her say something. He frowned as she said incoherently in a low voice that he couldn't hear.

" You said something?" He turned to her to ask what she was saying but was surprised by her enticing gaze, which was looking down at him with a smirk.

"Han Zihao, why are you so fuc*ing handsome? You know, how much worried I am about some random girl hitting on you and seducing you with their alluring actions? I can bear with that stupid Qin Ju cheating on me since he was ugly, but you're handsome!" she pouted, while staring at him with her half-opened eyes and mumbled in her drunken state.

"..."