Voice of the Heart

Wan Zitian whispered to Shen Fu, "Uncle, seeing Sansan eat so heartily makes me hungry. Scoop a bowl for me too!"

Bai Miaomiao already knew that Shen Fu, Xiaodie, and Wan Zitian had laid their cards on the table, so Bai Sansan wasn't surprised by Zitian's way of addressing him. She continued to focus on her specialty: eating. Shen Fu smiled warmly, scooping a full bowl for Tiantian while taking only a small spoonful for himself, leaving the rest for Sansan.

He smiled and said, "Of course. Sansan has the most formidable appetite I've ever seen. Did you forget? She was once the image ambassador for a major restaurant chain. I heard that a video of her eating caused their revenue to skyrocket. Customers who planned to spend a hundred thousand ended up ordering another hundred thousand because watching her eat made them so hungry."

Bai Sansan raised her head, pushed the empty bowl aside, wiped her mouth, and asked, "Really?"

Shen Fu confirmed, "Really, I read about it in the news."

"Then my endorsement fee was too low," Bai Sansan thought for a moment, then picked up another giant lion's head meatball. "But whatever, I'm a shareholder now anyway, so I'm not short of money."

Just as she lowered her chopsticks, Wan Zitian looked at Sansan's empty bowl and gasped, "Wow, that fast!"

Bai Sansan smiled sheepishly. "My stomach hasn't had anything in it for hours. I'm starving."

Shen Fu patted her stomach and coaxed her, "Eat slowly. Tiantian and I won't snatch it from you. There are so many dishes, it's definitely enough to fill you up."

At Shen Fu's intimate gesture, Bai Sansan glared at him, indicating there was a child present. Shen Fu withdrew his hand and smiled. "Try this imperial lion's head meatball. My parents are coming up tomorrow, and I'll have my mom make authentic Cangzhou lion's head meatballs for you."

"What? Your mom is coming up?" Bai Sansan froze, the meatball in her chopsticks almost falling. Was this... preparing to meet the parents?

Shen Fu teased, "Bai Sansan, are you cursing at me?"

"No, no, your mom's cooking must be the best~" Bai Sansan lowered her head and continued eating to hide her embarrassment.

Wan Zitian found her adorable, completely different from Bai Miaomiao's coldness, so she began to open up. "When Grandma comes up tomorrow, don't call her 'your mom' this and 'your mom' that. You should call her 'Mom' to sound close. My grandma doesn't know about your situation yet, and she's old with limited acceptance, so we should pretend a bit just to be safe."

"Ah, so his mom is your grandma~"

Wan Zitian burst out laughing. "Uncle, I also feel like she's intentionally cursing at me~"

"I didn't~" Bai Sansan looked at Shen Fu innocently. "I really didn't mean that!"

"I know, Tiantian is just teasing you," Shen Fu smiled gently. "You two have eaten together before, right?"

Guided by Shen Fu, the two women quickly found common ground and chatted merrily. The difference was that Tiantian remembered memories through events, while Bai Sansan remembered everything through... menus. "Ah, we had hotpot that day~", "The time we ate chicken at the market, remember?", "That time the roast duck wasn't quite authentic..."

Shen Fu chimed in, "Poor Xiaodie. During her four years of college, all her important meals were eaten by you."

They recalled various events: the freshman gathering, the class's first trip, the first time a roommate got a boyfriend, exams where no one failed... and the graduation farewell dinner, all of which bore Sansan's "eating" mark.

Bai Sansan retorted a bit shyly, "Even though I ate the food, everyone usually sat and chatted for a long time afterward. I always handed the body back to Xiaodie during those times."

"Right, because you eat too fast," Shen Fu teased.

Teased by him, Sansan began to eat slower, chewing thoroughly and even analyzing the ingredients and cooking methods of each dish professionally. Wan Zitian exclaimed in admiration, "Ah, Sansan, you're so good! No wonder the Tu San barbecue shop is so hot!"

Bai Sansan said proudly, "It's basically all my credit."

Shen Fu tapped her head gently. Watching this, Wan Zitian pouted, her thoughts drifting to Xiaodie. Looking at her uncle, he clearly treated Bai Sansan as his official girlfriend now. But what about Xiaodie? When she couldn't appear, was she locked in a dark room? Thinking that Xiaodie had been gone for two days, Tiantian suddenly felt the imperial food in her hand was no longer delicious.

Bai Sansan still ate heartily, tasting a bit of all eight dishes and one soup. When she was about seventy percent full, she began to talk more.

"Shen Fu, after I left last time, who took over the body?"

The question was a bit sensitive, but Shen Fu remained honest: "It was Xiaodie."

Hearing this, Bai Sansan was suddenly speechless. She remembered she was kissing Shen Fu when Xiaodie returned—wasn't she caught red-handed!

"Did... Xiaodie get angry?" she asked cautiously.

"No," Shen Fu shook his head, then suddenly flashed a wicked smile. "Eat faster. I just remembered we still have some unfinished business."

"What... what business?" Bai Sansan asked, only to realize. Did he want to continue that interrupted kiss? At that thought, she lost all appetite. "I'm full. I'm going upstairs first."

She thought to herself that she had eaten a bit too much during their last kiss, leaving the taste of beef in her mouth, so she had to brush her teeth thoroughly this time. Wan Zitian looked at the leftovers on the table and sighed, "My god, she ate almost everything! What a massive stomach. Her appetite must be equal to three Xiaodies combined!"

"I feel like she was holding back out of politeness," Shen Fu laughed. "Go ahead and eat more too, don't leave leftovers for tonight."

Upstairs, Bai Sansan washed her face happily, preparing herself. But just then, Bai Miaomiao's voice echoed in her mind: "Do you know? As long as you kiss him, Xiaodie will return and you will disappear. He's doing this just to bring his wife back."

Bai Sansan paused for a moment, then replied nonchalantly, "So what? Xiaodie is his official wife anyway."

Bai Miaomiao snorted coldly, "Fool~" and fell silent.

Like a new bride waiting for her husband on her wedding night, Bai Sansan waited quietly. Before long, Shen Fu walked in carrying a fruit platter. "You've eaten too much meat. Have some fruit to help digest~"

Bai Sansan looked at him and closed her eyes. "I'm ready. Come on."

"No rush," Shen Fu sat down beside her. "I want to ask, why can Bai Miaomiao swap with you at any time, but you can't? Does she have higher authority?"

"No way! I'm the older sister!" Bai Sansan argued. "I can do it too~"

"Really? Then try calling her out," Shen Fu smiled at her.

"I will," Bai Sansan closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and tried to exert her strength. In the end, only a "pfft" sound was heard.

Shen Fu pinched his nose and burst into laughter. "I bet that was a fart~"