Scarlett hadn’t planned on asking Suzanne to come along, but seeing that the other girl was alone in her rental room, she felt it was a bit boring and agreed to take her out.

After entering the pedestrian street, Suzanne quietly said to Andrew, "No wonder you won’t even be a class cadre; turns out you’re secretly accompanying Professor Scarlett."

Hearing this, Andrew immediately stated righteously, "Counselor, you cannot slander me."

"Oh? Are you saying you want to be a class cadre?"

"Not at all. I mean the second half of the sentence. I am not secretly accompanying Professor Scarlett; I am accompanying her openly."

Suzanne felt a bit impressed with Andrew upon hearing this, ’Not bad, not bad, he has some guts.’

She then leaned closer to Andrew again and whispered, "Do you want to know when Professor Scarlett is usually free during work? I’m in the same office as her, you know. I know quite a few secrets."

Andrew’s spirit immediately soared upon hearing this!

’Professor Scarlett’s secrets!!! This was too exciting.’

Just as he was about to inquire, a light cough sounded from nearby.

"Cough!!!"

Andrew instantly trembled. He saw Scarlett looking at him expressionlessly and said coldly, "Do you want to copy all the passages from the college English textbook?"

"I don’t want to, I don’t want to." Andrew immediately dropped the idea of prying and quickly stood next to Scarlett, shutting up with a fawning smile.

At the same time, Scarlett glared at Suzanne, scaring her into explaining with a smile, "Hehe, Sister Scar, don’t be angry. I was just joking."

She then leaned close to Scarlett’s ear and whispered, "Aiya, if you two keep dating, Andrew will find out sooner or later."

Scarlett listened but didn’t reply. Instead, she said flatly, "In the future, don’t come looking for me if you run into trouble."

"Don’t do that! Sister Scar, I was wrong!"

Scarlett silenced both of them with just a few words and snorted disdainfully in her heart.

My secret might not be something this Little Thing should know.

—

Since they had started quite late, the three of them browsed around casually until it was time for dinner.

On Suzanne’s suggestion, the three went to a crayfish restaurant and ordered two portions: one large spicy and one small garlic-flavored.

Scarlett couldn’t eat spicy food, so she only ate the garlic-flavored ones, but the taste was a bit too bland for her liking.

Initially, she peeled crayfish for herself and also peeled some spicy crayfish for Andrew.

But soon, she stopped eating for herself and focused entirely on peeling crayfish for Andrew.

Seeing this, Andrew said, "Scar, I can peel them myself."

"It’s fine. I see your nails are quite short, so it’s not easy to peel. I’ll peel some for you."

Suzanne, sitting opposite them, also said to Scarlett, "Sister Scar, I just cut my nails this morning, so it’s hard for me to peel too. Why don’t you peel some shrimp meat for me?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Then you can just eat less and lose weight."

"..." ’This was too biased.’

Watching Andrew’s mouth constantly moving, and his lips reddened from the spice, Scarlett found it particularly cute. She even started delivering the peeled crayfish directly to Andrew’s mouth.

Suzanne watched the scene unfold, her mouth agape in shock, completely stunned.

"Sister Scar is actually feeding Andrew, and she looks so content. This is too... too sweet."

Under Scarlett’s feeding, Andrew quickly got full. Moreover, because he ate too fast, he couldn’t handle the spiciness. In a moment of desperation, he grabbed a can of beer, opened it, and chugged down more than half.

Only after putting the can down did he realize he had drunk alcohol, "Oh no! How can I drive now?"

"It’s fine. I haven’t been drinking. I’ll drive back," Scarlett said calmly.

At the same time, she delivered another peeled crayfish to Andrew’s mouth.

"Scar, I’m full. You should eat the rest yourself."

"You need to eat this one first."

Andrew had no choice but to open his mouth and eat the crayfish in Scarlett’s hand before continuing, "Scar, why aren’t you eating any yourself? You’ll get hungry eating so little."

Suzanne agreed with this point, "Right, Sister Scar, you haven’t eaten much yourself."

"This garlic crayfish isn’t very good; it lacks flavor."

"Then Scar, you can try the spicy ones. They are really delicious."

"I don’t like spicy food," Scarlett frowned slightly. She truly couldn’t tolerate spice.

But Andrew still insisted she try it, "Scar, just try it. It’s like the preserved egg and meat oatmeal. Didn’t you dislike that before too?"

Saying that, Andrew peeled a spicy crayfish and brought it to Scarlett’s mouth.

If it were someone else persuading her, Scarlett wouldn’t have listened at all. She would have thought everyone’s tastes were different, and if she didn’t like it, she just wouldn’t eat it.

But since it was Andrew persuading her to try, it made Scarlett hesitate.

’This Little Fellow really likes spicy food. If I keep refusing spicy food, he’ll have to give up many delicious things to accompany me in the future, right? That would be too miserable.’

’I should try learning to eat some spicy food. Besides, this Little Fellow peeled it and brought it right to my mouth. If I don’t eat it, he might be sad.’

Thinking this, Scarlett opened her small mouth and ate the crayfish.

The fiery sensation was truly uncomfortable, making her frown. But after chewing, the delicious feeling made her savor it and want to continue eating.

"How is it?" Andrew looked at Scarlett and asked, feeling a bit nervous inside.

"It seems... quite good."

Hearing this answer, Andrew broke into a smile and asked again, "Then how about I peel another one for you?"

"Mm," Scarlett nodded.

Seeing this, Andrew quickly peeled another crayfish and put it into Scarlett’s mouth.

It was the same feeling: uncomfortable due to the spiciness, yet she wanted to keep eating—it was a bit intoxicating.

Scarlett’s tolerance for spice was still too weak, just like Andrew’s alcohol tolerance. She was so spiced that she took a big gulp of water, but she still wanted to keep eating.

Suddenly, their roles were reversed. Andrew focused on peeling crayfish for Scarlett to eat, while Scarlett held her water cup, occasionally taking a sip when the spice made her react.

Sometimes she ate too quickly, and before Andrew could finish peeling, she would already open her small mouth, red from the spice, waiting for Andrew to deliver the shrimp meat to her mouth.

Or sometimes, when the spice was too much, she would grab her water cup and gulp down several mouthfuls, then quickly open her mouth to bite the shrimp meat in Andrew’s hand.

However, eating this way made her full very easily. The remaining crayfish was finished by Suzanne and Andrew together, and Andrew drank two more bottles of beer.

When they returned that evening, Andrew was already drunk. He fell into a daze and fell asleep shortly after getting into the car.

On the drive back, Suzanne said to Scarlett, "Sister Scar, just admit it. You like Andrew. You were feeding him!"

Scarlett remained silent, not answering immediately. Instead, her gaze drifted to the sleeping Andrew.

Then she said lightly, "Don’t gossip about it, is just me fulfilling my promise to Professor Alexa to look after him. And even if I liked him, what can I do, if he didn’t like me back."

"Aiya! Andrew definitely likes you too!"

"How do you know? You’re not him."

"Any person can see that. Don’t believe me? Wait until he wakes up and ask him."

"I’m not as bored as you are."

"Aiya!!!" Suzanne was almost driven mad. She just wanted to ship a couple, why was it so hard?

After dropping Suzanne off, Scarlett parked the car. Looking at the sleeping Andrew beside her, she suddenly smiled almost imperceptibly.

"This Little Fellow has made me angry a few times. Still I love him." Scarlett murmured, but she also did not like to easily reveal her relationship to others.

"Taking care of this Little Thing is really interesting. Just like that spicy crayfish, it makes me a bit addicted."