Chapter 65: Betrayed by the Roast Chicken Again!

Xuanye?!

Must admit, upon hearing this name, Shi Zhiyan was genuinely stunned for a moment. He bit his lip tightly, a trace of vigilance and confusion flashing through the depths of his heart.

"Judging by your reaction... you must know him, right?" Seeing Shi Zhiyan's expression, Ming Xi deduced that he indeed knew Xuanye!

Yet... what on earth had happened? How did he manage to get into trouble with that bewitching, serpent-like creature?

"Child's father, there's no need to hide something like this. We're all family here anyway, so hurry up and tell me what happened?" Ming Xi leaned in closer, completely oblivious to the mischievous grin on her face, which made it obvious to anyone that her gossip radar was tingling once again!

"...It's better that you don't know." Clearly, Shi Zhiyan had no intention of telling her.

"Why shouldn't I know? Just tell me! You're really leaving me hanging!" Ming Xi looked at Shi Zhiyan with pleading eyes, acting entirely innocent.

"I don't want to say!"

"Why don't you want to say?" Ming Xi looked surprised; the guy had actually rejected her point-blank. Then, she quickly jumped to a conclusion: "Aha! I get it! You really did something wrong, didn't you? And it must have been a huge deal!"

"Will you stop jumping to wild conclusions? Don't I have any privacy at all? I'm allowed to have secrets I don't want others to know, aren't I?" Shi Zhiyan was utterly speechless. In short—he simply wasn't going to tell her!

"But Godfather, Xiaotong wants to know too." This time, Xiaotong sided with Ming Xi. "Godfather, you have no idea, that Snake King almost killed Mother just to force you out of hiding, but Mother refused to sell you out no matter what! Look, Mother's clothes were even torn to shreds by that wicked Snake King. Aren't you even a little bit moved, Godfather?"

"..."

"Are you moved or not, Godfather?"

"→_→ Of course I'm moved. Your mother certainly had it hard."

"Then tell us about you and the Snake King~" Xiaotong tugged at the sleeve of Shi Zhiyan's robe, begging playfully.

Seeing how clever Xiaotong was, Ming Xi would definitely be lying if she said she wasn't feeling smug inside.

She had thought Shi Zhiyan would surely compromise, but unexpectedly, Shi Zhiyan crouched down and said to Xiaotong, "Tell me, Xiaotong, do you really want to know about this?"

"Mm-hmm!" Xiaotong nodded vigorously.

"If Xiaotong wants to know, Godfather will tell you. But... if Xiaotong gives up wanting to know and also gets your mother to give up, Godfather will take you out to town to eat delicious food, play fun games, and buy you lots and lots of things. How does that sound?"

"Really?!" In all his life, Xiaotong had never been out shopping like other children, nor had he ever tasted delicious treats or played fun games. Going out to play like normal children was something he had always longed for!

"Of course it's real. Do you agree or not?" Shi Zhiyan curved his lips into a faint smile. Seeing Xiaotong nod vigorously, he immediately extended his little pinky finger. "Then Godfather and you must pinky promise, and you're not allowed to trick Xiaotong."

"No problem! Godfather never tricks anyone." With that, Shi Zhiyan also extended his pinky finger and locked it with Xiaotong's. The next second, Xiaotong shouted toward Ming Xi, "Mother, stop asking! Godfather said as long as you drop this question, he'll treat us to roast chicken!"

"What?" Hearing the words "roast chicken," Ming Xi's eyes instantly lit up as she hurriedly turned her head.

"Godfather said as long as Mother stops asking, he'll treat you to roast chicken! You can eat as much as you want! And they're all top-quality roast chickens too! There's braised chicken, chicken racks, spring chickens, and free-range chickens! There's also chicken soup, eggs, chicken drumsticks..."

As Xiaotong went on, he saw that Ming Xi was already completely drooling.

My deadbeat son, how can you have zero principles? Don't you know roast chicken is your mother's ultimate faith?

Faith is supreme! What is a Snake King compared to something this valuable?

Besides, refusing a sugar daddy's treat invites heavenly wrath! Therefore... therefore...

"So, have you decided yet, you little thief?" Seeing Xiaotong fan the flames to this extent, Shi Zhiyan quickly added fuel to the fire.

"I've decided! I've decided! Of course it's————to go eat roast chicken ≥﹏≤!"