As expected, after Chen Shuo's barrage of flattery and boasting, Su Xiyan ignored the strangeness of tonight. Lifting her sharp little chin, Su Xiyan glanced at Chen Shuo:
"Thanks, but forget it. Just remember you owe me another life."
To make Su Xiyan firmly believe he was just a little vampire and keep avoiding suspicion, Chen Shuo proposed:
"I have an idea, do you want to hear it?"
Su Xiyan hmm'd, signaling for Chen Shuo to continue.
Chen Shuo suggested: "Since I've already become a traitor among the vampires, they'll definitely want to deal with me."
"Why don't I act as bait to attract some vampires coming to dispose of me?"
"Then you can hunt those vampires. What do you think?"
"We planned to cooperate like this before. After tonight, I think we can implement our plan even better."
"I'm so looking forward to you quickly advancing to become a legendary vampire hunter!"
Everything Chen Shuo said was true.
No matter how powerful the Vampire King was, he was still just a vampire.
Chen Shuo didn't want to be a vampire or the Vampire King, he just wanted to be an ordinary human.
Chen Shuo's proposal also had no issues, but was rejected by Su Xiyan:
"Let's talk about this plan later!"
Chen Shuo was full of questions: "Why? Didn't we agree before? Now there's such a good opportunity right in front of us, and you can quickly break through to become a legendary vampire hunter. Isn't that the realm you've always wanted to reach?"
"Why don't you want to take such a good opportunity?"
Just then they were at a red light and Su Xiyan stopped the car to wait. She turned her head and looked at Chen Shuo very seriously with her clear eyes. After a while, she answered word for word: "I don't want you to take risks."
At that moment, Chen Shuo didn't know how to respond to Su Xiyan.
Turns out Su Xiyan really cared about Chen Shuo in her heart. She was even willing to give up such a good opportunity to break through and become a legendary vampire hunter, just because she didn't want Chen Shuo to be in danger.
But what would she think if she knew Chen Shuo was the Vampire King?
After that night at the snack street, the relationship between Chen Shuo and Su Xiyan had become much closer.
Their daily interactions were no longer bickering like before.
More often, there was small warmth and tacit understanding.
Both maintained their own thoughts, neither delving too deep, and their interactions in daily life contained some tacit approval.
Su Xiyan also proactively took on some of the housework. Living together, all the chores were no longer monopolized by Chen Shuo. They truly cooperated like partners, each bearing the trivial details of life.
In fact, most of the time, their situation was like a cohabiting couple.
After one cool autumn breeze, the summer heat finally retreated, taking its tail with it.
Every day Su Xiyan held her phone, checking the weather forecast for the next few days.
Finally, the day of the cool down arrived!
Her phone indicated today was cloudy, with a northwest wind picking up and the temperature finally dropping below 20 degrees, only the teens.
Early in the morning, Su Xiyan was busy in the kitchen, making breakfast for them both.
Su Xiyan had always been quite an independent girl, not someone sheltered under her parents' wings like a greenhouse flower.
So her cooking skills were actually pretty good, she just hid her skills. If Chen Shuo knew she could cook, he would definitely try to get Su Xiyan to cook and prepare meals.
But today, she actually made quite a few breakfast items in the kitchen.
"Shepherd's purse dumplings, egg and pork sausages with rice noodles, and mixed grain soy milk."
Su Xiyan wore autumn home clothes, covering her slender legs. At her slender waist, she tied a cartoon apron.
Her tiny waist was barely a handful. Despite the loose home clothes, they still couldn't conceal her exquisite figure.
Chen Shuo rubbed his eyes, unable to believe the sight before him: "Don't tell me you made all this breakfast yourself?"
"Should be store-bought half-finished products, right?"
Su Xiyan didn't bother responding to Chen Shuo. Anyway today she was in a good mood, she didn't care about his mockery.
Wearing light slippers, Su Xiyan went to the fridge and took out some yogurt.
She had a daily habit of drinking yogurt, to keep her digestion smooth and reduce intestinal burden.
Her slender waist also needed attention paid to diet to maintain.
After Chen Shuo washed up and started eating breakfast, the shepherd's purse dumplings melted in his mouth. The skin was thin and the filling was substantial, the meat quite fresh.
His many years of cooking experience told Chen Shuo this was definitely freshly wrapped and cooked, not the frozen store-bought kind.
Su Xiyan actually wrapped the dumplings herself? She didn't seem like such a patient person!
Chen Shuo's first reaction: something's not right!
But he didn't ask directly. He decided to first observe Su Xiyan's expression and behavior before guessing what exactly she was up to.
Su Xiyan untied her apron and sat down to eat breakfast.
After drinking a mouthful of yogurt, Su Xiyan looked at Chen Shuo with laughter in her eyes: "The weather report said it cooled down today."
Chen Shuo nodded: "Yeah, it did! Suzhou's weather has been a bit abnormal this year."
"Summer is finally over. It felt a little cool when I got up this morning!"
Su Xiyan looked at Chen Shuo still wearing short sleeves: "Aren't you cold?"
Chen Shuo was very puzzled: "Not cold at all! It's still fifteen degrees! How is that cold?"
Su Xiyan had no choice but to remind Chen Shuo: "Fifteen degrees, you should wear long sleeves. You're still in short sleeves, you may not feel cold but your classmates will feel cold just looking at you."
Chen Shuo thought about it and realized Su Xiyan was right. She was actually so thoughtful? Knowing the temperature dropped so she reminded Chen Shuo to change into autumn clothes?
She didn't seem like such a thoughtful person!
Chen Shuo ate breakfast relatively quickly, wolfing it down in no time.
He rubbed his slightly cool arms: "It does seem a little cool, I'll listen to you and go change into long sleeves!"
Su Xiyan's eyes immediately lit up with anticipation: "Great, go change quickly! Don't let yourself get cold."
Chen Shuo put down his chopsticks and went back to his room, changing into a long sleeve tracksuit.
When Chen Shuo appeared before Su Xiyan wearing the tracksuit, the hopeful gleam in Su Xiyan's eyes instantly dimmed.
She examined Chen Shuo, her tone barbed: "That doesn't look good, too ugly. Go change into something else!"
Chen Shuo rolled his eyes: "I think it looks fine! Besides, you're not my girlfriend, why do you care what I wear?"
"I didn't bring any other clothes when I started school, everything I have is short sleeves. I haven't had time to buy long sleeves yet!"
"Let's just go with this, it's pretty comfortable."
Su Xiyan's eyebrows raised slightly. If you refuse a toast, you must drink a forfeit!
Passing by Chen Shuo, the soy milk in Su Xiyan's hand slipped, spilling all over Chen Shuo.