CHAPTER 203: CHAPTER 203: THE TASTE IS AVERAGE

Xu Kun muttered softly.

Mo Han glared at him angrily, signaling him to shut up.

Realizing he had misspoken, he quickly covered his mouth. In his heart, he prayed that the little guy hadn’t heard what he said.

But, they were both overthinking it.

Originally just sniffling, Jingxi immediately burst into tears upon hearing his words.

Mo Han: "..." It’s over!!

Xu Kun: "..." My dear little ancestor, please don’t cry...

He glanced at the office door outside. Luckily, it was closed, otherwise if people outside heard, they’d think the two of them were mistreating a child!

"Jingxi, be good, don’t cry." He reached out to hold him, but the little guy swatted his hand away before it touched him.

"Don’t touch me."

"Alright, alright, I won’t touch. Please don’t cry anymore, okay?" Xu Kun said.

"Jingxi, as long as you stop crying, Uncle will promise you anything, okay?" Mo Han also chimed in.

Upon hearing these words, Jingxi stopped crying, "Are you serious?"

Mo Han: "Uh..."

"R-really." He said, holding up three fingers as if making a vow.

"I want cake." Jingxi said.

Mo Han: "..." What the hell!!

Xu Kun: "..." Did I mishear...

The change was too rapid!!

If I had known that just a cake could solve this, why did we even bother!

"What’s wrong, can’t I?" Thinking they wouldn’t buy it for him, he sniffed, speaking with a hint of a sob.

"No."

"Buy, we’ll buy."

Hurriedly got up, and they bumped heavily into each other.

"What’s your problem?" Xu Kun said irritably.

"Move, you’re blocking me." Mo Han ignored him, directly bypassing him and running out of the office to get the cake.

...

Mo Han returned to the company an hour later.

He opened the office door and saw Jingxi sitting on the sofa with a tablet, looking down at something.

Meanwhile, Xu Kun sat on the other side, staring unblinkingly at the little guy.

He walked over and sat on the sofa, placing the cake he bought on the coffee table, then said, "Jingxi, this is the cake I bought for you. Try it and see if it’s good."

Xu Kun snapped back to attention, looking at the cake on the table, his eye twitching, "Why did you buy so much?"

The little guy put down the tablet and gazed at the cake, eyes shining.

He hadn’t had cake in a long time and really wanted some.

He took out a small piece of cake from the box and handed it to Jingxi.

Not knowing which kind the little guy liked, he bought three or four pieces of various sizes.

"How is it?" He looked at Jingxi with anticipation.

The little guy took a bite and then gave his assessment, "The taste is just average."

Not as tasty as what his godmother bought for him.

Mo Han: "..." !!!

Just average?

This was the cake he rushed 20 minutes to buy!

Round trip took 40 minutes, only to earn a "just average" comment.

"Mm, the one near Z University is better." Jingxi said as he ate the cake.

"Z University?" Hearing this, Xu Kun became interested, sat up straight, and asked, "How do you know the cake there is good?"

There are only a few cake shops near Z University, but only that one is good. He had bought from there once before and thought it tasted okay.

It’s just a bit far from the company, and he didn’t feel like going there after work.

"God... someone bought it for me before."

He originally wanted to say his godmother bought it for him, but nearly slipped, so he quickly changed his words.

"Who?" Xu Kun had a determined tone to get to the bottom of it.

"You don’t know them." Afraid of slipping up again, he randomly made up an excuse.

Xu Kun: "..." !!

He was left speechless by this answer...

Mo Han, who was holding the cake: "..."

Truly Rui’s child, even the conversation is exhausting.