Chapter 1684: Cannot Lose to That Green Tea

Li Xingyan did not answer, but instead looked at the shards of the vase and muttered to himself: "He certainly knows how to pick; he broke a vase that is neither expensive nor cheap."

"Not only that, but his wound also came at just the right time... Oh!"

Li Moning's "Oh" made Jiang Baobao nervous again, and she even asked: "Did you hurt yourself too?"

"No, no, I was just chatting with my brother."

Jiang Baobao let out a sigh of relief, then said helplessly: "Chatting is fine, but don't be so jumpy, it's startling."

After saying this, Jiang Baobao directed the servants to clean up the shards.

Taking advantage of the fact that her mother wasn't paying attention to this side, Li Moning lowered her voice and said to Li Xingyan: "Don't you think Xiaoshi's weak and delicate appearance is very much like a green tea?"

"It's not like it, it is."

It was rare for Li Xingyan to agree with Li Moning.

This made Li Moning feel as if she had been injected with adrenaline; she clenched her fists and said: "Since he's a green tea, I must tear off his mask!"

"Who's going to tear it off? You?"

Li Moning nodded immediately and even puffed out her chest.

Who knew that Li Xingyan would look her up and down, then say with disdain: "Forget it, your level isn't high enough."

"Ha, are you doubting me? Fine, just for that remark, I'm going to go head-to-head with this green tea today!"

Li Moning began to roll up her sleeves and rub her palms.

Meanwhile, in the room, Jiang Motian was treating Xiaoshi's wound.

Xiaoshi looked like a frost-bitten eggplant, very wilted.

He murmured: "I don't belong here; I think I should just leave in a while."

"No one is blaming you."

"But I will feel very uncomfortable."

"But didn't you say you wanted to change? Believe me, no one here has any issues with you."

After saying this, Jiang Motian looked up and gave Xiaoshi an encouraging smile.

Looking at Jiang Motian like this, Xiaoshi felt too embarrassed to bring up leaving again.

It was just that after returning to the living room, he became increasingly at a loss.

When eating, he was also incredibly well-behaved.

If Jiang Motian hadn't been putting food in his bowl, he probably would have only eaten white rice.

Li Moning found the sight very unpleasant.

After a while, she picked up her rice bowl and, acting like she was acting spoiled, said to Jiang Motian: "Sister, put some food in my bowl too."

"You aren't a guest, serve yourself."

"But I'm still a child."

Her words... made one's skin crawl.

Jiang Motian felt helpless, but she still put a large shrimp in her bowl.

"Thank you, Sister, you're so good to me!"

No sooner had Li Moning finished speaking than she noticed Jiang Motian had turned around and put one in Xiaoshi's bowl as well.

The smile vanished from Li Moning's face; she poked at her rice with her chopsticks, and then...

She prepared to counterattack!

Li Moning put on a look and said: "Brother Xiaoshi, you've been here playing for so long, when are you going back?"

"I didn't come here to play; I just wanted to see Tiantian. Once I earn some money, I will go back; I won't disturb Tiantian's life."

Xiaoshi wore a reserved expression.

What he said was also perfectly proper.

He looked like someone who didn't want to cause trouble for anyone.

But Li Moning was rolling her eyes wildly in her heart and muttered to herself: He really is a tea!

Muttering was one thing, but when Li Moning opened her mouth to speak, she remained "innocent and naive": "You need money? That's simple, let my brother introduce a job to you."

"No, I want to rely on my own efforts to earn money."

"It's just providing an opportunity; you still have to earn the money yourself, that's not a contradiction."

After saying this, Li Moning began to persuade Jiang Motian: "Sister, you should also persuade Brother Xiaoshi to interact with more people so he won't be so cautious."

Jiang Motian knew that Xiaoshi was very sensitive.

Li Moning's suggestion... was actually quite reasonable.

But just as Jiang Motian was pondering how to persuade Xiaoshi, Xiaoshi put down his chopsticks.

He lowered his eyes and said: "I know I am mediocre and not as capable as Tiantian's other friends. In the future... I will keep my distance from Tiantian so as not to be annoying."

Xiaoshi's self-pitying words made Li Moning's eyes widen.

She thought to herself that his ability to twist someone else's meaning into this... was quite a talent!

Jiang Motian frowned slightly and said to Xiaoshi: "Momo didn't mean that, and no one is looking down on you."

After saying this, Jiang Motian instructed Li Moning: "Eat your food, don't talk about this topic anymore."

Jiang Motian wanted to smooth things over.

However...

Having been falsely accused, how could Li Moning swallow this insult?

Her eyes darted, and she pursed her lips as if she were about to cry: "Sister, I was only being kind, why does Brother Xiaoshi have to misunderstand me? This really makes me sad!"

Li Moning was walking the path of the green tea, leaving the green tea with nowhere to go!

She was also watching to see how Xiaoshi would make his next move.

However, Xiaoshi had no intention of locking horns with Li Moning.

He said in a somewhat flustered manner, "I didn't misunderstand you, and I'm not doubting you about anything either. I—I'd better leave!"

Xiaoshi stood up abruptly, his lips pressed tightly together, his eyes looking shattered.

Anyone unaware of the truth seeing this scene would think Xiaoshi had been subjected to some grave injustice.

But the problem is...

Who had given him even the slightest bit of grievance?

Everyone here was coddling and pampering him; what more could he possibly want!

The more Li Moning thought about it, the angrier she became.

In the end, her stubborn temper flared up, and she blurted out, "If he wants to leave, let him leave! Being all coy and putting on an act is truly nauseating!"

Jiang Baobao felt that things were about to go wrong and hurriedly called out, "Momo!"

No sooner had her voice fallen than she heard Li Beijue beside her speak up: "Since he doesn't want to stay, let's not force him. Butler, see the guest out."

Li Beijue had already been enduring this for a long time.

Really, if this person didn't have a connection to Jiang Motian, he would have kicked him out long ago!

Tell me, with this timid and cowardly appearance, how is he anything like a man!

The words of this father and daughter made Xiaoshi's expression turn unsightly.

Afterward, ignoring Jiang Motian's attempts to make him stay, he turned and left.

"Xiaoshi!"

Jiang Motian's call did not manage to make Xiaoshi stay.

And before she chased after him, she frowned tightly and looked at her family.

She said, "I just promised Xiaoshi that I wouldn't be prejudiced against him, and then you all do this! This is really too much!"

After saying this, Jiang Motian chased after him.

As for Li Moning, she was dazed for a moment.

Afterward, she muttered in disbelief, "Sister... actually... was so fierce to us for the sake of an outsider?"

Li Moning felt so sad, and her eyes were also disillusioned.

If she could have used such a fragile and heartbroken expression when confronting Xiaoshi just now, ten Xiaoshis wouldn't have been able to outmatch her.

But now...

Her family members wanted to speak up to comfort her and tell Li Moning not to be sad.

But they didn't expect that in the next second, Li Moning's expression would change.

She was seen clenching her fists, her face filled with fervor: "No, I have to win my sister back; I can't let that damn green tea continue to bewitch my sister!"

Li Xingyan, however, shook his head and poured cold water on her: "I already told you, your level isn't high enough."

"You're wrong! Today I just wasn't prepared enough; next time, I absolutely won't lose to that green tea!"

Jiang Baobao looked at the man in front of her, her heart feeling as if it had been pricked by a needle.