You are all bad women! Don't come over!

"Okay, stop, the joke ends here!"

Yin Caiyu stuffed a slice of ginger into Shen Mochen's mouth.

"Don't just shove ginger into my mouth!" Shen Mochen quickly spat it out and complained, "You know I hate ginger!"

"Oh, sorry, I saw it wrong," Yin Caiyu apologized insincerely.

"You did that on purpose!"

"Don't falsely accuse good people; who makes it look so much alike! Besides, didn't you add ginger to the dish yourself?"

"It's for flavoring, not eating!"

"It's not inedible, it even prevents rheumatism!"

The two started a new round of bickering, and the previous conversation ended just like that. It seemed as if finding a girlfriend for Shen Mochen was really just a boring joke, once said, it needn't be mentioned again.

"By the way, isn't First Middle School's celebration coming up soon?"

Yin Caiyu kicked Shen Mochen's leg under the dining table.

"Yeah."

Shen Mochen lazily picked up a piece of egg drop from the soup.

"I heard that the celebration at First Middle School is the most fun in Gaotang State, is that true?"

"It's okay, I think they will even invite current Skill-holders to give speeches."

Yin Caiyu slightly frowned and kicked Shen Mochen out of spite, "Hey—I'm a current Skill-holder too, why hasn't your school invited me! I'm still a student's family member!"

Shen Mochen glanced at her and said indifferently, "The school probably invites Skill-holders from around Yu Huai City first, your station isn't even in Gaotang State."

"But no one over our side invited me either… Ah, I also want to give a speech at school!" Yin Caiyu continued kicking as if venting, "I want to impress them too!"

"You're being too vain for a Skill-holder!" Shen Mochen couldn't help but criticize, "Be a bit more unattached, don't ruin the heroic image!"

"People have emotions and desires, but now everyone expects heroes to be perfect, so I never reveal my identity in public!"

"That's probably for the best, otherwise, if little kids see a prominent Skill-holder arguing with street vendors over a few bucks, it would surely cast a huge shadow over their tender minds!"

"Just you talk too much!" Yin Caiyu kicked Shen Mochen again, "What else is fun at your school celebration?"

Shen Mochen frowned and thought, "The rest is pretty much as rumored, cultural performances, class acts, fun competitions, inviting celebrities, teacher-student socials... Oh, I heard that Nuclear Maiden will be there too."

Yin Caiyu's eyes lit up, "Nuclear Maiden? The idol group?"

Nuclear Maiden is currently the hottest idol group in Yupi Country, each member young and beautiful, brimming with youthful energy, and well-known among the youth.

Shen Mochen nodded, unimpressed, "Yeah, I heard First Middle School plans to invite them, though they'll only be here for one day."

Yin Caiyu kicked enviously under the table, feeling even the food was less delicious, "That's great, as expected of First Middle School, even big stars will be there!"

"What's so great about that, I think they aren't even as pretty as you."

"Hey, don't compare everything to me! Not everyone is as gorgeous as your sister!"

Yin Caiyu's eyes danced, her head shaking, and her restless little feet kicked joyfully under the table.

Shen Mochen was at a loss for words, good grief, a bit of flattery and you are not modest at all.

"Since your school celebration is so fun, just go and enjoy it." Yin Caiyu pressed her foot against Shen Mochen's abdomen, her toes rubbing on his belly, "Our family only had you officially go to school, so you better participate well on our behalf, don't waste the opportunity, hear me!"

"I heard, I heard, hey don't—"

Shen Mochen tried to shake off Yin Caiyu's foot, but before he could finish, Yin Caiyu's expression suddenly stiffened.

"...Pervert."

Yin Caiyu resentfully withdrew her foot, her cheeks flushing as she muttered quietly.

"I told you not to mess around, and still, you go wild... You're the real pervert!"

Shen Mochen bent over, awkwardly retorting.

Yin Caiyu's face flushed with embarrassed anger as she stomped her halfway retracted foot back down and twisted it before quickly pulling it back as if escaping.

Shen Mochen looked on, utterly shocked.

With her face glowing red and her head held high, Yin Caiyu said fiercely, "What's the big deal, we've seen each other when we were kids! Don't know who it was that proudly showed off how 'it' could grow bigger in front of us during elementary school..."

"Can you stop spouting nonsense!" Shen Mochen's face also turned red instantly, and he became helplessly furious, "That was so long ago, do we really need to bring up things from five hundred years ago?"

In reality, it wasn't that long ago, just six or seven years.

Back then, he had just entered puberty and understood nothing, simply thinking it was an impressive skill, like being able to wiggle his ears, something worth showing off.

Fortunately, he had only "performed" this skill in front of the Yin sisters, otherwise he would have probably moved to another city to scrape out a living long ago.

Seeing how Shen Mochen's face turned red to the base of his neck, Yin Caiyu ceased her teasing, instead, she squinted her eyes at him, nibbling on her lips while her face bloomed red, a mix of embarrassment and amusement.

Filled with shame and frustration, Shen Mochen simply buried his head in his meal, remaining silent. Yin Caiyu blinked with a smile, poking Shen Mochen's arm with her chopstick.

"Are you mad?"

"No," said Shen Mochen.

"Don't be so petty, boys!"

"So, I'm not mad!" Shen Mochen resented how dumb he had been.

What's gotten into me today, one embarrassment after another!

"You're scolding me? You're actually scolding me!" Yin Caiyu blinked rapidly, pointing at Shen Mochen, feigning heartbreak.

"I…" Shen Mochen momentarily lost his words, knowing full well that Yin Caiyu was playing the fool, but his voice softened regardless, "I'm not angry, and I wasn't scolding you."

Yin Caiyu didn't care much for that, pouting and starting to cry, "Wuwuwu, the little brother I raised by my own hand is scolding me, life is so meaningless, boohoo."

Shen Mochen, leaning back in his chair, sighed helplessly looking up at the ceiling, "Could your acting be any more fake? You could never play a tragic heroine with such an over-the-top performance."

Terrible at acting, yet she loved to perform.

"Wuwuwu!"

Ignoring him, Yin Caiyu continued to pretend to cry.

"…I'm sorry, okay? I was wrong," Shen Mochen was forced to apologize again.

That doesn't seem right, I'm the one who should be mad, how did it turn into me apologizing?

Hearing him concede, Yin Caiyu instantly switched expressions, faster than flipping a page. Just a moment ago she was all teary-eyed, now suddenly bright and cheerful.

"That's more like it. Even if I've graced the nation and descended like a fairy, you're not allowed to look at me that way!"

She proudly curled her lips, having cried for so long, yet not a single tear was shed on her face.

"You descending like a fairy? More like a fairy that landed face-first! And by the way, it was because you just now..."

"Really, why do you get so happy when I step on your foot, I can't understand teenage boys at all!"

Yin Caiyu cut him off with a sly look, leaning her head on her hand, feigning helplessness.

"I'm not happy!"

Shen Mochen looked down, scratching the edge of his rice bowl with his chopsticks, his response weak and unconvincing. He had finished his rice, but for obvious reasons, finding it inconvenient to stand up right now.

Yin Caiyu's bowl was also empty, she picked up a large soup spoon and started drinking tomato and egg soup directly from it.

"Can't you pour the soup into your bowl and drink?" Shen Mochen expressed his disdain.

Sure enough, rich yet still poor at heart, just like the past, sharing a big spoon among three people for soup.

"I call this staying true to my roots!" Yin Caiyu lifted her foot intending to kick but then thinking of the earlier incident, she hesitated and drew it back.

That was close, almost let this kid take advantage again, can't let him get his way so easily!

"Tch, you say it nicely, but you're just lazy."

Shen Mochen also picked up a spoon to scoop some soup.