Shi Su had just shouted when Mianmian quickly ran over and threw herself at Jing Jihan’s leg, hugging the man’s straight long leg wrapped in suit trousers, sweetly calling Ji Han uncle while she hid behind him, showing half of her head with a guilty look directed at Shi Su. Great, the mystery was solved successfully. But how did Shi Mianmian do it? Jing Jihan saw Shi Su’s bewildered face and did not plan on leaving after realizing it was a misunderstanding. He picked up his phone, slender fingers highlighted by defined joints, and played a WeChat voice message— "Ji Han uncle, the house Mommy is living in is so big, do you want to come and live with us?" It was Shi Mianmian’s voice. She lowered her head and looked at the little rascal hiding behind the man. Shi Mianmian dared not even show half a head now, pressed her face against Jing Jihan’s leg, and with her little hands clenched tightly to his suit trousers, silently begged for help. Ugh~ Mommy’s gaze is a bit scary! Jing Jihan remained unfazed, calmly continuing to play the second voice message— "Ji Han uncle, Mommy will make lots of delicious food tonight, come and have dinner with us!" Shi Su forced a welcoming expression at Jing Jihan, while glancing sideways at Shi Mianmian, grinding her teeth. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel⚑fire.net The point is, in these sentences, where did she ever say she was inviting him? Jing Jihan casually played the third WeChat voice message, which was quite lengthy. The voice first was Shi Mianmian’s: "Mommy, whose house are we staying at? Is it Ji Han uncle’s?" Then came Shi Su’s distant voice: "Yes." Next was Shi Mianmian’s voice again: "Wow, then Mommy, do you want to invite Ji Han uncle to our house for dinner?" Shi Su’s distant voice: "Maybe some other day, today’s already the afternoon, it’s too rushed, we’ll formally invite him when we get a chance to thank him." Then it was Shi Mianmian sneakily speaking to the phone: "Uncle, Mommy said she wants to invite you for dinner, remember to come tonight! I’ll be waiting for you!" End of voice message. Shi Su after listening to this fifty-nine-second voice message: "........" Mianmian was holding onto Jing Jihan’s suit trousers with both her little hands. Having such a little thing at home, Shi Su suddenly felt she should change her phone’s password. She raised her eyes to meet Jing Jihan’s calm gaze, clearly seeing the various emotions in his eyes like "Just say you want to thank me directly," "No need for a formal invite," "Just a bowl of noodles is fine," "How could you bear to let Mianmian want me and make me leave now," "Don’t think you can fool me with that expression; I know you didn’t prepare my share of dinner" and so on. She indeed hadn’t prepared extra for his dinner! Even though Mianmian eats a lot, a four-year-old girl can only eat so much! But even if she hadn’t made it, she definitely couldn’t admit it! How to solve the problem? Naturally, by immediately preparing his portion now! Thinking of this, Shi Su temporarily gave up the idea of settling scores with Shi Mianmian and pointed inside: "Then you sit down first, dinner isn’t finished yet, just wait a moment." After speaking, she sneaked into the kitchen, glancing back to glare at Shi Mianmian as she turned. Mianmian was just about to show half her head in joy when she suddenly saw Mommy’s glare and quickly ducked her head back again. A few minutes later, sounds of pots clashing and the refrigerator door opening and closing repeatedly came from the kitchen. Suddenly having to urgently make one more dinner, Shi Su hadn’t decided what to make and picked up a steak, suddenly recalling how Jing Jihan had conquered Shi Mianmian’s stomach last time with a cooked steak. She didn’t know why but she directly put the steak back, deciding not to cook it for him. It seemed she was faintly afraid to lose to him, never expected her rare competitive streak would be misplaced here. In those TV dramas and romance novels, wasn’t the domineering CEO always digging hearts out or driving billion-dollar legend cars and taking the heart-palpitating heroine to wander the world? Jing Jihan was good at freeloading meals at others’ homes. Last time, he said he liked her noodles. Luckily there were eggs in the fridge, so Shi Su simply decided not to dwell on other options, taking out vegetables and eggs, then noodles, planning to make egg-braised noodles again, along with potato beef stew and some other small dishes. Simple and unpretentious. She was washing vegetables when suddenly an arm stretched over, adjusting the icy water to a suitable temperature. Shi Su had just moved in, today was her first time cooking in this kitchen, hurriedly, not realizing there were smart buttons under the tap to adjust water temperature. The man’s arm rested next to her, Shi Su was about to turn her eyes to say thanks, but unexpectedly, Jing Jihan was lowering his head to see what she was washing, Shi Su’s face suddenly turned, her nose accidentally colliding with the man’s straight nose bridge, eyes gazing closely at each other, lips less than a centimeter apart. Shi Su froze, her body instantly petrified. The air fell into an uncanny silence. The collision of nose tip and nose bridge seemed as if either of them slightly moved, they’d be even closer. The man’s gaze lingered on her, not moving away, the warm water continued to flow from the tap. Shi Su still holding a handful of greens, her eyes shifted sideways, subtly implying, lightly moving her lips to say: "I, I’m...washing vegetables here...no space to move...can you step back a bit, I can’t turn around..." Jing Jihan didn’t move, seeming not to hear her request to back off, his deep, refined dark eyes watching her speaking lips, the temperature in his gaze obviously rising. Seeing him not stepping back, Shi Su simply turned her head slightly on her own, attempting to find a gap between the man’s arm and the kitchen counter to breathe smoothly. Suddenly, she heard Shi Mianmian’s voice shout: "Ji Han uncle!" Along with the shout, the little girl suddenly ran in from the kitchen doorway. Mianmian, expert at leg-hugging, crashed into the man’s leg, directly hugging tightly. Shi Su had just turned away, upon hearing Mianmian’s voice, Jing Jihan was ready to gently back off, but unexpectedly, Mianmian’s sudden movement caused his thin lips to heavily graze Shi Su’s cheek, and then reluctantly continue to her earlobe due to their different momentum. They barely had time to react, and Mianmian had already tilted her head up, looking surprised and asking: "Wow, Ji Han uncle, are you stealing a kiss from my Mommy?" As Shi Su abruptly turned back, Jing Jihan quickly and imperceptibly blocked the hand she was about to raise to knock on Shi Mianmian’s head, directly lifting Mianmian’s little hand to take her away from the imminent disaster zone of the kitchen where a level-ten earthquake seemed imminent. However, Shi Mianmian not fearing anything, continued to make "Wow wow" sounds while being taken away—