Morning Star

Chapter 181 How many times do you want to lie to me?

Ahahahaha, she has made great progress. Things like tying the red thread should be done by her, she is the matchmaker in the world. Oh hehehe...

However, just as she was smiling, Mo Xinglan pointed at the mooncake on his plate and said, "Then explain to me, what is this?"

She had explained each of the four of them one by one, and now only his was left.

There was a peach heart carved in the center of the mooncake on his plate. Compared with the other four, this one was the best. Whether it was the shape of the whole mooncake or the heart carved on it, it could be compared with the mooncakes made by the mooncake shop.

The old shopkeeper and his three companions looked at the mooncakes that Chujiu gave to Mo Xinglan and then looked at the ones that Chujiu gave to themselves, and they all fell silent.

If they hadn't seen the mooncakes she gave to Mo Xinglan, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but now after seeing the mooncakes she gave to Mo Xinglan, they felt that the patterns on the mooncakes she gave them were a bit sloppy.

Is she sure she's not biased?

Chujiu had no idea that he had been labeled as biased in the minds of the old shopkeeper and the other three. He just stared at the mooncakes on Mo Xinglan's plate for a long time.

After she drew a peach heart on his forehead last time, she found that the people of Hualing didn't seem to know what it represented.

But just in case, she still asked cautiously: "Do you... know what this is?"

Mo Xinglan glanced at the mooncake, then looked at her: "I wanted to ask last time, what is this?"

He had almost forgotten the pattern she drew on his forehead last time, but this time she carved the same pattern on the mooncake she gave him, so he remembered it and couldn't help but doubt the pattern.

"Um...this..." Chujiu hesitated, but in fact he was already thinking frantically about how to explain to him so that he wouldn't misunderstand and wouldn't get angry.

When she was drawing last time, she was thinking that since he was a black-hearted monster, his heart must be black, so she drew a black heart.

This time, her first plan was to carve a cat, because he drew a rabbit on her forehead last time, and she remembered that she compared him to a cat at that time. But a cat was too difficult to carve, and she felt that no matter how she carved it, it would not be satisfactory, so she changed it to a heart shape, because she drew a heart on his forehead last time.

But the implication is that what she wanted should be different from last time, because this time when she was carving, she did not curse him in her heart like last time, but was completely focused, and she carved it with great care.

But if she was suddenly asked to explain, she didn't know how to do it.

She couldn't tell him that this was a heart, representing liking and love, right? No, that would make him misunderstand her.

Seeing that she had been thinking for so long but still couldn't figure it out, Mo Xinglan became a little displeased.

Didn't she carve it herself? Why did she take so long to think about it? Could it be that she carved it just because she remembered what happened last time?

Seeing that she was still struggling and thinking, he finally let out a breath, put away the unhappy emotion on his face, and said lightly: "Forget it, if you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

It's definitely not a good thing.

Chujiu had just thought of an explanation to get by, but when she heard him say that, she was stunned. Then she smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to say it, I will now..."

"If you're telling a lie just to appease me, then there's no need to tell it." He looked at her expressionlessly.

The explanation she had just thought of was exposed before she could even say it out loud, leaving her at a loss for a moment, her eyes wandering.

The evil-hearted evildoer was really sensitive. He knew she was going to lie to him before she even opened her mouth. Was it because she had lied to him too many times? Did he know her lies in advance? It seemed that she really couldn't lie to him, but she couldn't explain everything either.

She took a deep breath and exhaled, lowered her head and opened her lips for a few breaths before she said, "It's the heart, a heart."

After hearing this, he froze in place and stared at her blankly.

She said, it is a heart, a heart. But why is it a heart? Whose heart is it?

"Why?" he asked softly.

"Because..." She paused and thought it would be better to tell him the truth.

So she told him how she had originally planned to carve a cat but ended up carving a heart.

Mo Xinglan: “…”

This is almost the same as doing it smoothly.

He didn't feel comforted, but instead thought of the heart she drew on her forehead last time, and asked, "Why did you draw this last time?"

He pointed to the heart-shaped pattern on the mooncake in front of him.

Chujiu suddenly felt overwhelmed. She shouldn't have explained to him. Now, she also had to explain the heart she drew on his forehead last time.

But how could she dare to say this? Was she going to live?

She looked at Mo Xinglan hesitantly, and met his cold eyes. She quickly lowered her head and stammered, "It's just a heart. A simple heart."

He didn't like her lying to him, but she didn't dare to tell the truth. Anyway, she didn't lie to him.

"...Really?" Mo Xinglan laughed at himself. He was silent for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. He muttered to himself, "Are you trying to say that I... have a vicious heart?"

"!" Chujiu was shocked and stared at the bowl in front of him in disbelief.

He, can he read minds?

No, what she was thinking at the time was not that extreme. She just wanted to express that he... uh... was not as cruel as he said.

But she couldn't say it out loud. After all, it was also an insult, just not as harsh as he said.

Her mind raced, and she was thinking about coming up with a quick excuse, or rather, explaining it clearly.

After a while, she chuckled twice and looked up, only to see him looking at the mooncakes on the plate in front of him with his eyes downcast and an expressionless face.

He didn't eat, just looked at it, as if in a daze.

She quickly took this opportunity to explain to him, laughing and saying, "It's not what you think, it's actually..."

"How many times do you want to lie to me?" He glanced at her with cold eyes.

She swallowed and quickly shut up, staring down at her bowl.

It would be better for her to talk less and eat more.

The old shopkeeper saw everything the two said and did. He shook his head helplessly.

Looking at Zhuohua who only cared about eating, he sighed with some regret.

He glanced at Chu Furong and Gao Yashan again. They were eating mooncakes with smiles of happiness that could not be concealed.

Comparing Chu Furong and Gao Yashan who were so happy eating mooncakes, and then looking at Chu Jiu and Mo Xinglan on the other side, he sighed again and shook his head helplessly.

We were clearly sitting at the same table, but one side was filled with happiness while the other side seemed to be... separated by a wall?

In order to ease this strange atmosphere, the old shopkeeper decided to take out the wine he brewed when he had nothing to do and give it to everyone to drink.