Hearing such an interesting piece of gossip, Niu Zi, who was wolfing down his food, also stopped and looked at his young master’s face.
“Hehehe, with my young master’s charm, it’s definitely that Lucia chasing after my young master. If you like her, I’ll go tomorrow and help my young master bring her to…”
“Pfft”
Before he could finish, Lorin spat out the wheat juice he had just drunk all over Niu Zi’s face, and internally roared:
‘You big dumb cow, what are you trying to do? If you want to die, don’t drag me along!’
“You can talk nonsense, but you can’t eat nonsense! That Lucia is gay.” He quickly stood up and scolded Niu Zi loudly.
“Do you know what ‘gay’ means? She’s a yuri!”
“Huh, so it turns out I’m gay!” Lorin, who had hurriedly grabbed Niu Zi’s ear, heard someone reply. In his excitement, he didn’t think much and only felt like he had found a kindred spirit.
“Right, and I’m telling you, she’s not just a yuri, she’s a super citrus king, a lily grand destiny, a yellow-haired athlete!”
That damn Lucia. What good girl could she be when she pinned him down and kissed him after only meeting twice? Fueled by alcohol, he blurted out everything he had been holding in.
“Ara ara, so what’s a yellow-haired athlete?”
“That’s…”
Lorin was about to turn around and put his arm around his kindred spirit’s shoulder, sit down together, drink and chat, and properly vent about that bad woman who stole his first kiss.
But the moment he turned his head, that fairy-like, stunningly beautiful face filled his entire field of vision.
Our Young Master Lorin felt like he must be hallucinating from drinking too much wheat juice and was about to turn his stiff head back.
Unfortunately, Lucia’s nimble figure immediately appeared before him again, her beautiful golden eyes smiling as she looked at him.
“Yellow-haired ath… L-Lucia, what are you doing here?”
Lorin only wished he wasn’t that trash bat Lilith, who could burrow into a ring and play ostrich.
I’m dead, I’m dead. I badmouthed her behind her back and got caught red-handed.
“Oh my, I thought Young Master Lorin was a gentleman. I never expected you to badmouth a girl behind her back!”
“You’re so mean!”
The graceful girl stood in front of Lorin, her gentle, pleasant voice sounding like a demon’s whisper in his ears at that moment.
Aaaaaaah! No, why is this? Why is she here? The original’s memories weren’t like this!
Miss Lucia, you should be going to concerts, casually capturing the hearts of heiresses, spreading your crystal palace everywhere, completing the princess connect, and then reviving the Kairier Empire your ancestors founded!
Why did you come to such a remote place to arrest me!
The graceful girl immediately drew the attention of everyone at the stall the moment she appeared, and Lorin, standing across from her, was so embarrassed he could claw the ground with his toes.
“It’s not what you think, miss.” At the critical moment, Niu Zi climbed onto the table and shouted loudly, instantly attracting everyone’s gaze.
Brother Niu, Lorin looked at him with gratitude. Even if you can’t fight, you really step up when it counts. But before his expression could relax, he heard that bastard Niu Zi drop another bombshell.
“Actually, the young master is the type to give nicknames to the people he likes the more he likes them. So he is lik…”
Before he could say the word, Lorin lunged and clamped his hand tightly over Niu Zi’s mouth.
It’s over. Everything is over. My teammate is an idiot, my past life was rough, and this life I’m walking on thin ice. Can I really make it to the other side?
Just as Lorin felt his whole life was shrouded in darkness, Lia appeared like a golden angel, standing in front of the despairing Lorin, and bowed gracefully to Miss Fairy.
“Miss Lucia, don’t tease my old pal Lorin. He’s never known how to chat with girls. He gets nervous and blushes just seeing a girl, let alone one as stunningly beautiful as you.”
Lia’s tone was gentle and polite, but her emerald-green eyes fearlessly met Lucia’s golden irises as she continued calmly.
“But from what I know of him, he doesn’t mean any harm toward you. If you don’t mind, would you like to join our table? We were just worrying that Brother Niu ordered too much barbecue to finish.”
Lia’s clear and reasonable speech instantly eased the awkward atmosphere.
Lucia looked at the boy before her, whose beauty was androgynous, and his iconic blonde hair and green eyes. Her lively eyes flickered.
As if she had discovered something interesting, her eyes curved, and a playful smile appeared on her pretty face.
Then she gracefully lifted her skirt, pulled out a chair, sat down next to Lia, and looked at Lorin.
“Since that’s the case, I’ll be presumptuous and join the three of you for dinner! Young Master Lorin, when it’s time to pay, you won’t complain that I ate too much and give me another nickname, will you?” Lucia teased, looking at Lorin.
Afraid the atmosphere would remain awkward, Lia, seeing Lorin at a loss for words, quickly continued: “Of course not. Old pal Lorin knows he was wrong. Lorin, hurry up and apologize to Miss Lucia.”
Only then snapping out of it, Lorin immediately filled his glass with wheat juice, lowered his head, and toasted Lucia.
“I’m sorry, Miss Lucia. As you know, I have a clumsy mouth, and once I drink too much, I just ramble on. Please don’t take it to heart.”
Then he downed the drink in one gulp.
“It’s fine. What Young Master Lorin said is the truth. I really do like girls.” Across from him, Lucia tilted her head slightly and smiled at him. Then she picked up a new glass, filled it with wine as well, and stood up.
“Besides, I’ve never thought my sexual orientation was anything to hide. I like girls, so I like girls!”
She laughed openly at Lorin and also drained her glass.
The three of them then clinked glasses and ate skewers. Niu Zi’s occasional outrageous comments even made Lucia beam with laughter, forcing Lorin to marvel—was this Lucia’s emotional intelligence?
In no time at all, she was already getting along with Lia and the others. He had always thought that a daughter of destiny like Lucia was aloof, eating exquisite desserts and drinking imperial black tea every day, looking down on the barbecue feasts that ordinary people like them loved.
But unexpectedly, as she chatted and laughed with everyone, the young girl’s lips playfully bit into a greasy lamb skewer, her eyes full of laughter as she listened to Niu Zi boast about his glorious deeds.
The grease from the meat made her lips glossy and shiny, as if the unreachable heaven’s chosen female protagonist from his memories had finally come down to his side, looking like an ordinary pretty girl. Lorin couldn’t help but be a little mesmerized, drinking glass after glass with her.
“Young Master Lorin, I actually have to apologize too. Has that friend of yours forgiven my rudeness from last time a little?”