Lazily Yours.

Lyca continued eating before she sighed.

Looking at her empty plate, she realized one crucial thing. Why does cooking take a few hours, five or even eight hours but eating only takes about three seconds?

This…

Isn't this unfair? She lifted her head, and before she could say anything, Shen Qui already smiled at her. "Let me get you another plate." He leaned and kissed her greasy red lips before leaving.

Lyca responded with a smile so big, it surprised Cleo and Rue. "The best people are the ones who knew when you get hungry and what you want to eat," Lyca stated as she nodded. Her choice to marry Shen Qui was something that she would never regret. It was really fate! "You should find people like that."

The two just eyed each other and rolled their eyes almost at the same time.

What kind of dog food is this? Clearly, they are single and aren't looking for partners. They can clearly feed themselves and don't need anyone else to do that for them.

"When it comes to husband, you should definitely pick someone good-looking. Don't mind the food." Almost immediately, Lyca's opinion changed.

"Hey… stop staring at your husband's ass!" Rue reprimanded. What an embarrassment.

"Oh? It was that obvious?" Lyca asked and peeled her gaze away from Shen Qui's body.

"You were drooling. Jesus… "Cleo added. "Have some wine…" she handed Lyca a wine glass. "We should act like proper human beings here. Your grandfather is apparently a well-known General. You didn't even tell me that you have this kind of background. It is intimidating."

"What was so intimidating about that?" Rue chimed in.

"Well? It was the fact that she came from a military family."

Rue snickered. Lyca came from a military family, but her primary source of income was supplying weapons to the military's enemies. Isn't that ironic? "I hated people with authority," Rue added. Her childhood was pretty bad. Some of it was caused by people who had the authority to imprison her and her brother.

"Someone's coming our way," Rue said as she lowered her gaze.

"Ladies…." Xu Ke had a slight smile on his face. He was holding two glasses of champagne and put one of them in front of Lyca. "Let me introduce myself. I am Ken… Dr. Ken Xu from the Xu Family."

"Oh. Cleo go and escort Dr. Xu… I think he didn't know that it was actually my grandfather's birthday and not mine. He is lost. Bring him to grandfather for some formalities."

"Miss Lyca is really too harsh," Xu Ke chuckled. He ignored Cleo and Rue's gaze and just focused on Lyca. "I am not lost. I came here to offer a toast. I already talk to Mr. Shen, and he promised something to me. I figured… I needed to meet the woman behind such an outstanding man. After all, behind every strong king is an even stronger queen."

Lyca faked a smile.

"Mr. Xu…"

Luckily Shen Qui arrived on time. He placed the food in front of Lyca.

"Mr. Shen… Good Evening." Xu Ke said.

"Mr. Xu… this is Mr. Tang's birthday. I hope we refrain from talking about business and focus on the celebrant instead." Without any hesitation, Shen Qui immediately informed him that talking about business would never happen tonight.

"Oh please… I completely understand that. No need to worry, I am just here to give Old Man Tang a gift." All this time, the smile on Xu Ke's face didn't disappear. He shamelessly stood next to Lyca as Lyca just ignored him and started eating. Shen Qui and the others on the table began ignoring him too.

It was an awkward moment before Xu Jihan finally arrived to join them. Lyca was confident that Shen Qui would always be there tonight to chase this Xu Ke away. But this confidence vanished when her cousin Tang Jinyi suddenly arrived, wanting to pull Shen Qui towards the house to… play chess.

Lyca glared at Tang Jinyi. Her hand held Shen Qui's arms tightly. "Cousin… as you can see, we are busy. Why don't you go and entertain some of your friends instead? Tonight is grandfather's birthday. You should have fun with your visitors." Lyca said. She didn't miss the surprise on Tang Jinyi's face.

"You— "Actually, this was the first time that Lyca spoke like this to him. No, this was the first time that she spoke more than two sentences to him! "Well then… how about we all go inside. I will ask the maids to bring us food then we can play chess? I mean…" Tang Jinyi leaned closer. "This place is crawling with older people. It's pretty boring."

With the temptation of a more comfortable area to eat, Lyca immediately agreed. All this time, she acted like a clingy wife, always holding her husband's hands or arms— something that irritated Xu Ke.

Speaking of Xu Ke, he had been trying to act friendly to everyone, but it seemed that everyone in this group was deaf. They just continued ignoring him and Xu Jihan like they couldn't see them. Almost immediately, his mood changed, and he decided to leave them… for the time being. Unlike him, Xu Jihan chose to stick with Lyca and the group.

This arrangement wasn't planned ahead, and Xu Jihan was sincerely curious about the people around Lyca. After all, you can always judge a person by the companies they keep. Plus, it was apparent that Lyca loved food, just like him. Sticking to the foodie is still better than sticking to a schemer.

"Ah, a few of my friends are already here. Everyone… I want you to meet Miss Shen Jiao. Everyone can call her Jiaojiao. She is a good friend of mine. This is… well… I think you already know Mr. Chu Nan and Mr. Chu Munan, and this is Mr. Xu… Xu Jihan. Oh... My cousin Tang Fangmei will also join us."

"Cousin Jinyi… you wanted to play chess, but there are a lot of us. Why don't we play a card game instead?" Tang Fangmei side-eyed Xu Jihan. Seeing that he briefly looked at her, she instantly blushed and lowered her head.

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