Fan Xiao Yao was surprised by Huang Li's sudden outburst. He was usually calm and he was full of smiles but at that moment, he was acting like a totally different person.

"Xiao Yao, let's change sits." Huang Li said with a grim look on his face.

"Huh?"

"You're being childish, Mr. Huang. Why are you acting like a jealous boyfriend when you're just Yaoyao's cousin?" Zi Xuan taunted.

Jealous? Is he jealous? "..."

"Zi Xuan met the bullseye of Huang Li and now he can't talk back." s.h.i.+ Enxi muttered as if broadcasting the situation.

"Yaoyao, your cousin is really rude and he's-"

"I am not Xiao Yao's cousin and stop calling her 'Yaoyao'!" 

Meanwhile, Fan Xiao Yao was blus.h.i.+ng and smiling like crazy. 

Did she hear it right? Huang Li is jealous?

"He's really jealous." s.h.i.+ Enxi was so amused by how Huang Li was acting. Since their childhood, she never saw him lose his calm.

"So what if it's jealousy?! I am about to go crazy because this douchebag is getting along with Xiao Yao and he's calling her so intimately!"

"Now he's freaking out..." s.h.i.+ Enxi and Zi Xuan muttered in amus.e.m.e.nt.

"Can you stop calling her so intimately?!"

"No, I can't." Zi Xuan smiled. "If I was her boyfriend, it wouldn't concern much if another man called her this way."

As if adding fuel to the fire, Zi Xuan continued, "Besides, you're not even her boyfriend. You're embarra.s.sing yourself, so better stop that."

Once again, Huang Li was been silenced by Zi Xuan.

"Hey-mmph!"

Fan Xiao Yao was about to say something in defense but s.h.i.+ Enxi interrupted her by putting meat in her mouth. 

s.h.i.+ Enxi placed a finger on her lips as if telling her not to interrupt the two.

"Unless you're in love with her or so, you can't tell me what to do."

Fan Xiao Yao who has long moved out between the two men was now sitting beside s.h.i.+ Enxi.

"Gege is so strict." Fan Xiao Yao whispered to her.

"The power of jealousy is working so strong to Huang Li." s.h.i.+ Enxi whispered back.

"Sorry, that's impossible." Huang Li said with a serious look on his face. "I don't love her."

The smile on Fan Xiao Yao's lips stiffened upon hearing what Huang Li said.

s.h.i.+ Enxi narrowed her eyes. Why was he still denying his feelings when it was already so obvious?

Zi Xuan was about to say something but Huang Li continued to speak, "But I like her. My feelings are not that deep enough to call it love."

The pain Fan Xiao Yao felt instantly faded the moment she heard him. He likes her?

"Oh my gosh, you're confessing?" s.h.i.+ Enxi asked, her eyes sparkling in delight.

Fan Xiao Yao's face was in it's deepest shade of red while Huang Li had a faint blush on his cheeks.

Everyone was quiet after Huang Li's confession.

Zi Xuan turned to s.h.i.+ Enxi, "I think... we should leave them alone."

s.h.i.+ Enxi stood, taking the plate of melon with her. "Come."

"H-hey... Where are you going?" Fan Xiao Yao wanted to hide from Huang Li at that moment. She was feeling so embarra.s.sed that she didn't want to be left alone but them.

s.h.i.+ Enxi patted her shoulder while Zi Xuan patted her head as if telling her that they were rooting for her.

The two may seem to leave the room but they were just actually standing outside, eavesdropping.

s.h.i.+ Enxi lightly clapped Zi Xuan's hand and smiled, "Good job."

"You better treat me out for this." 

Zi Xuan received a message from s.h.i.+ Enxi earlier about helping Fan Xiao Yao out with Huang Li. He smoothly got into character and cornered Huang Li to force him out to confess.

Zi Xuan had his share in dating and his experience in a relations.h.i.+p gave him an easy time on how to work things out between Fan Xiao Yao and Huang Li.

Based on experience, a threatened man will never sit still and watch the girl he likes taken by another man.

Back in the dining room, Huang Li was the one who spoke first. Since he has already said out his feelings for her, he didn't have a choice but to continue on pursuing her.

"I like you."

"I-I like you too..." Fan Xiao Yao shyly replied. For some reason, the awkwardness in the atmosphere around them was eating her up.

"I know but... I won't ask you to be my girlfriend."

Zi Xuan rolled his sleeves up and glared, "This man... After all the trouble I went, he's still going to play hard to get?!"

s.h.i.+ Enxi held him back, stopping him from going in and from ruining the moment between Huang Li and Fan Xiao Yao. "Calm down."

"Why? Am I not good enough to be your girlfriend?" Fan Xiao Yao's voice was heard inside the room.

"No, it's not like that." Huang Li lowered his head. "You see... This relations.h.i.+p might not work since... I'm actually quite heavy."

Fan Xiao Yao: "..."

Heavy?

"Eh? Even if you look so slim... Is it visceral fat?! Is it okay to eat all that meat? It has a lot of calories you know!"

Huang Li: "..."

He sighed heavily, "I don't mean my weight. That's too cliched... What I mean is being heavy in relations.h.i.+ps."

"I see! Being heavy in a relations.h.i.+p is not a good feature, right?"

"Yes. I will be honest with you." He clenched his fists and took a deep breath before he said, "I've been secretly following you during my day off. I even followed you to the karaoke bar that you always go to in your free time."

s.h.i.+ Enxi furrowed her brows. What's Fan Xiao Yao doing in a karaoke bar?

Fan Xiao Yao was surprised to hear him say that. She never even told s.h.i.+ Enxi that she was going there to steam off. There were times where she would want to be left alone and that was when she used the opportunity to go there.

"Well... If you told me, we could have a karaoke battle!"

Huang Li: "..."

Zi Xuan: "..."

s.h.i.+ Enxi: "..."

Zi Xuan facepalmed himself, "She's too pure for this world."

"How stupid can she get?" s.h.i.+ Enxi heaved out a long sigh.