The Top-Star Male Lead Who Hates Eating (22)

Si Jiu was utterly stunned by this bizarre turn of events. So it seemed that the more restrained a person appeared on the outside, the more surprising they could be on the inside?

Si Jiu: [Wow, I never expected Xie Yu to be this kind of male lead.]

System: No, this is the Xie Yu I know. What was with all that cuteness before? This is his normal state, okay. But it couldn't say that, so it feigned innocent surprise: [Dear Host, what is Xie Yu doing?]

Si Jiu smirked: [He's pitching a tent... oh wait, waiting for the tent to collapse.]

System: [Then why does he have such a complicated expression?]

Si Jiu stroked her chin. [Probably because he just found out at twenty-eight that he's a pervert, so his feelings are a bit complicated.]

System: ...That actually makes a lot of sense.

...

When Xie Yu came back out, he saw Si Jiu slumped dejectedly on the sofa. As soon as she noticed him, she immediately cast a timid glance his way.

"I'm sorry, I caused you trouble."

Honestly, he always felt she shouldn't have this kind of personality. Her timid demeanor always gave Xie Yu a sense of dissonance. But the most damning part was himself. Even though he felt it was off, he couldn't help but feel soft-hearted seeing her like this.

"I wasn't losing my temper at you just now," he said, unconsciously softening his voice.

"Oh." Si Jiu bit her lip and lowered her head.

Xie Yu: "..."

He felt inexplicably irritable. "...Your dog was barking a lot just now. Go check on it?"

"Ah, maybe it's hungry." Si Jiu got up and ran to the balcony of Xie Yu's apartment.

Xie Yu glanced at her bare feet, then at the slippers in the trash can, realizing she probably didn't want to dirty his floor.

"Mantou, Mantou."

He heard her calling the Golden Retriever, her voice a bit hoarse, carrying the exhaustion of someone who had been crying for a long time. He felt irritable again. Xie Yu thought he must be losing his mind.

From the balcony came the dog's barking and her soft coaxing. "Don't be scared, Mantou, I'm back. Are you hungry? There should be food in the automatic feeder... Hey, don't jump, it's dangerous. Let me pat your head, be a good boy!"

Xie Yu's eyelid twitched. He strode quickly to the balcony and immediately saw her leaning more than half her upper body over the railing, stretching her arm out to pat the head of the Golden Retriever in the next apartment, which was also clinging to the railing and standing on its hind legs. She was practically leaning her entire upper body out, her pale toes tiptoeing up and down.

Seeing this, the veins on Xie Yu's forehead throbbed. He stepped forward swiftly, wrapped his arms around her waist, and dragged her back.

"Do you have water for brains?"

"Huh?"

Xie Yu was simply speechless. "Do you have zero safety awareness? Don't you know we're on the twenty-third floor? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"Uh... I was holding on pretty tight."

"..."

"...I'm sorry."

It was then that Xie Yu realized he still had his arms around her waist. It was so slender. And incredibly soft.

Si Jiu squirmed in his arms. "Uh, about this..."

Before she could finish, he suddenly shoved her away and hastily took two steps back, bending forward slightly. Caught off guard, Si Jiu grabbed the railing to keep from falling. When she looked up at him again, a wounded expression had already surfaced on her face. She bit her lip, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

Xie Yu: "... Damn it!"

Without a word, he turned away in frustration and walked off again.

Si Jiu: "..." Hahahahaha.

System: [Host, you're asking to be ravaged at this rate, I'm telling you.]

[Really? I'm so scared~]

System: [............]

If you put away that smirk before saying that, I might actually believe you. What got into her? Why has my Host suddenly become so unhinged?