Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Breaking the Siege

Su Lu’s heart skipped a beat, and she quickly turned away, saying, "Cry? I didn’t cry. I just ate some spicy barbecue, that’s all."

However, Su Zhe didn’t believe her for a second. He was already a rather persistent person, and now that he had been drinking, his natural traits were even more pronounced.

"Don’t try to fool me," Su Zhe said, his voice had cooled, not icy but stern, showing his extreme seriousness.

"I really didn’t," Su Lu said, a mix of laughing and crying.

She truly didn’t want to burden Su Zhe with her personal issues, and besides, people generally don’t like to lay their wounds open for others to critique.

However, Su Lu momentarily overlooked her brother’s sharpness, only realizing just now that even though Su Zhe had been drinking, his keenness was still unmatched.

Qiao Li came out of the kitchen holding a plate, "What happened? The atmosphere was quite harmonious earlier, what’s going on now?"

He was indeed very meticulous and attentive. He had actually cut the fruit just as Su Lu had joked earlier.

And probably because he had studied medicine before, his skill was exceptional. It’s just different when you have that kind of background.

The watermelon didn’t need to be deseeded as it was seedless, but the mango had been peeled and pitted, and all cut into neat, uniform dices slightly larger than fingernail pieces, each piece nearly identical in size.

The pieces were just the right size to avoid any worry of mango juice touching the skin around the mouth causing allergies, and if one still wanted more, they could simply scoop up a spoonful of fruit dices and enjoy.

The lychees, with thin skin and small seeds, were all peeled, pitted, and placed on the plate, their pale, tender flesh exuding a sweet fruity aroma.

As soon as Qiao Li came out, he sensed the discord between the siblings.

the fruit plate on the coffee table and asked again, "What’s wrong with

was still cool, sounding very serious, "Her eyes are all red. I’m asking her about

to Su Lu and stared intently into

made Su Lu very uncomfortable. She looked away and said, "Really, nothing. Qiao

said, reaching out and gently touching the corner of her

blinking rapidly, right before she could ponder

be the spicy barbecue after all? Old Su, have you had a bit too much

did listen to what Qiao Li said to some extent and trusted his impartial

that so?" Su Zhe

by what you said just now. Hey, you really are thoughtless sometimes, delivering such a heartfelt speech, making someone’s eyes red, and then you keep

’Yes! I cried! I’ve cried because I was moved by what you just said! Shedding tears without knowing why!’ And then you feel accomplished,

helped Su Lu out of an awkward situation but also made Su Zhe feel quite reasonable and, additionally,

cleared his throat lightly and touched his nose, "That’s not what I meant. Cough, I’m just worried about Lulu being bullied, she’s been bullied

being bullied by

voice and said, "Shut

naturally, the topic of whether Su Lu’s eyes were red from crying or being bullied

sigh of relief and couldn’t help but glance at Qiao Li. She had

sneaking a peek, but her gaze

time and

curved upward, smiling softly at her,

a

after, they no longer talked about those upsetting topics related to the Su

Zhe and Qiao Li shifted the conversation to work, initially discussing Su Zhe’s business. Su Lu couldn’t chime in, so she just

a piece of fruit with a toothpick and

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