42: Chapter 42 So? Am I also part of your play?

The bullet comments were flooding the screen crazily, but Lu Li was completely oblivious.

His eyes only saw this table of seafood.

He had already snapped off three crab legs from the king crab, each one longer than his fingers, and they were completely stuffed with meat.

Lu Li picked up a crab leg, used a fork to pick out the meat, dipped it in a bit of sauce, and was just about to bring it to his mouth.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of a gaze staring straight at his side.

Lu Li raised his head and met Zhou Yichen's gaze.

Their gazes collided in mid-air.

Zhou Yichen's expression stiffened slightly, then he quickly averted his gaze and picked up the water cup in front of him, pretending to drink water.

But the cup was empty; the action of him picking it up and putting it back down made this scene look extremely deliberate.

[Hahahaha I'm dying of laughter at Zhou Yichen's look]

[Look how much that child was made to crave it]

[A single look can spawn countless fake actions, this is a veteran actor!]

[Recommended to be included in the Beijing Film Academy textbooks!]

Watching this scene, Lu Li suddenly conceived a plan.

He suddenly snapped off a large crab claw from the king crab, then stood up and walked a couple of steps toward Zhou Yichen's direction.

"Teacher Zhou."

Lu Li spoke, his voice not loud, but enough for everyone present to hear.

The restaurant instantly fell silent.

Su Qing raised her head, her gaze landing on the crab claw in Lu Li's hand, and then looked toward Zhou Yichen.

Zhou Yichen was stunned, instinctively looking at Lu Li with a gaze that clearly carried a hint of vigilance.

"What? What is it?"

"I saw Teacher Zhou looking over this way just now, you must be hungry, right?"

Lu Li smiled and raised the crab claw in his hand. "This king crab is quite fresh, why don't you try some too?"

Zhou Yichen's expression stiffened.

He glanced at that crab claw and almost instinctively wanted to reach out to take it.

But halfway through stretching out his hand, he stopped.

Damn! Almost fell for it.

This guy definitely wasn't up to any good.

Zhou Yichen quickly pulled his hand back and calmly forced out a smile.

"No need, I don't like eating seafood."

"Don't like eating?"

Lu Li's brows furrowed slightly with a hint of doubt in his tone, and then he suddenly had a moment of realization.

"Oh... right, right, right, I almost forgot. During the banquet two days ago, you gave your lobster to me. I thought back then that you especially liked seafood and only gave it to me because you weren't feeling well."

"Oh my ~ Teacher Zhou, you're such a good person."

Lu Li said with a grin, throwing caution to the wind and just handing him a good-guy card first.

Sure enough, when Zhou Yichen heard these words, the breezy and calm expression on his face instantly froze.

Talk about hitting right where it hurts!

[Wait, what does that mean? What happened?]

[Not sure, I remember this scene wasn't in the livestream. What banquet? Did they know each other before?]

[Oh ~ So they already had a grudge built up long ago ~]

[Hahaha, I don't like eating seafood ~ Flipping the table the next second]

[Can an expert come dig up their backstory? This is too interesting]

The livestream chat was buzzing with discussion, but none of them could figure out what had actually happened.

However, compared to the netizens who knew nothing, the guests at the scene were crystal clear.

Lu Li was openly mocking Zhou Yichen for freezing him out at the previous banquet.

But everyone remained silent because they had also participated in the freezing out to varying degrees. After all, at the very beginning, everyone looked down a bit on Lu Li, a bottom-tier nobody.

Yet no one expected the face-slapping to come so fast.

Zhou Yichen's expression grew stiffer and stiffer.

That outstretched hand hung suspended in mid-air; it was awkward to pull it back, and awkward to keep it extended.

Yet right in front of the livestream, it wasn't easy for him to throw a tantrum.

With millions of pairs of eyes staring, if he flipped out on the spot, his carefully cultivated gentle, warm-guy persona would be completely ruined.

But if he didn't flip out, how could he swallow this insult?

A bottom-tier nobody actually dared to play tricks on him in front of everyone now?

Zhou Yichen took a deep breath and forced a dry smile at the corners of his mouth.

"Since that's the case... then I'll accept this crab claw. Thanks for your kind intention."

He reached out his hand, probed forward, and prepared to take the crab claw.

However.

Lu Li suddenly withdrew his hand, the smile on his face still radiant.

"Forget it, since you don't like eating seafood after all, it was my lack of consideration. How can I force someone against their will?"

With that, Lu Li turned and walked away.

His actions were as crisp and neat as could be, not even giving Zhou Yichen time to react.

Zhou Yichen's hand froze in mid-air, and he was completely dumbfounded.

The surrounding air seemed to have solidified.

Su Qing sat next to him, still holding that cup of water, her expression shifting from worry to awkwardness.

She wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but her lips moved and she swallowed her words back down.

Because she really didn't know what to say.

[Hahahaha Lu Li's hand withdrawal was so trollish!!]

[Zhou Yichen's expression, I am laughing so hard my neighbors came to knock on the door]

[Zhou Yichen: I already reached my hand out and you withdrew it???]

[Absolute emotional devastation, this wave of emotional devastation is real]

[Look at Su Qing's expression, she's feeling the awkwardness for Zhou Yichen]

[This slap was delivered without a trace, brilliant, simply brilliant]

[Suddenly realizing, this kid Lu Li is truly a Demon Pill]

[To be honest, offending Zhou Yichen and still daring to play like this, awesome]

[Anyway, he's already offended him, might as well offend him to the end (dog head)]

The guests at the scene had varied expressions, but they all tacitly maintained silence.

At this moment, Zhou Yichen's face was already dark enough to drip ink.

But Lu Li's wild antics weren't over yet.

Holding that crab claw, he swaggered back to his own table with brisk steps, looking in a fantastic mood.

Walking up beside Shen Qingxue, Lu Li came to a halt, bent down, and grinningly handed the crab claw over.

"Goddess Shen, eat this. There's so much meat, and I just checked, this crab claw is the fattest one."

Shen Qingxue was lowering her head to peel shrimp. Hearing this, she raised her head and gave him a faint glance.

Then she let her gaze fall upon that crab claw.

The golden-yellow crab claw had a layer of minced garlic sprinkled on its surface, roasted to perfection, exuding an enticing aroma.

It really wasn't bad.

But Shen Qingxue merely gave Lu Li a faint glance, her tone extremely cold.

"You're giving me what someone else didn't want? No thanks."

You could say the lethality of these words was comparable to a nuclear bomb.

The restaurant fell silent for a fraction of a second, and then...

"Puff—"

Xu Hao finally couldn't hold it in and spat out a mouthful of water, spraying it all over Lin Yu opposite him.

Lin Yu was completely dumbfounded, her makeup instantly ruined.

"Xu Hao!!"

"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Xu Hao quickly pulled out tissues to hand over, while desperately trying to hold back his laughter, suffering immensely.

The livestream chat completely exploded, the screen full of Hahaha.

[Laughing to death hahahaha hahaha]

[Goddess directly shows disdain, for Zhou Yichen this is simply ten thousand critical hits!!]

[Zhou Yichen: So? Am I also a part of your play?]

[What's called absolute emotional devastation, this is absolute emotional devastation]

[Zhou Yichen: You don't want it so you give it to me? Shen Qingxue: What someone else didn't want you give to me? Are you two passing garbage around here?]

[Hahahaha passing garbage, this description is absolute genius]

[Laughing to death, Lu Li holding a crab claw, traveling the world being despised]

[Reversed, Lu Li is actually the biggest clown]

[No, Zhou Yichen is, Lu Li is the circus ringmaster]