The Male Lead Who Doesn’t Like to Eat (11)

Mantou had been forced to stay at home for two days, and was nearly depressed. Feeling guilty, Si Jiu decided to take it out for some fresh air.

Golden Retrievers are generally gentle, and Mantou was especially steady. Even though it was overjoyed at the prospect of going out, it patiently waited for Si Jiu to put on its leash and muzzle, behaving like the most obedient servant.

Si Jiu grabbed her phone and keys, and slowly led Mantou out the door.

She deliberately lingered at the entrance for a while; the door to the neighboring apartment was tightly shut. For the past two days, she hadn’t heard a single sound from next door. She had spent extra time on the balcony, but hadn’t caught sight of the male lead.

She went downstairs, left the complex, took Mantou for a walk around the nearby park, then stopped by the supermarket to buy daily necessities, snacks, and beer, finally lugging two hefty bags home.

The bags were heavy, filled with shampoo and alcohol. Si Jiu carried one in each hand, her fingers hooked onto Mantou’s leash, struggling with every step.

At moments like this, she missed the immense strength she’d had in Qi Yan’s world.

Unfortunately, whether it was her golden finger or its side effects, after finishing the mission and leaving that dimension, none of it belonged to her anymore.

Si Jiu sighed, “Wait for me, elevator…”

【Hey hey hey, it’s the male lead!】

Si Jiu instantly revived from her earlier exhaustion, dashing toward the elevator.

Inside was a single youth, dressed in black clothes, black pants, and a black mask.

Si Jiu stared intently at him. He silently returned her gaze, watching Si Jiu pant heavily as she rushed over, clearly about to miss the elevator.

She saw him lift his hand.

“Press it for me, yes, thank you—thank you?”

The elevator doors closed mercilessly before her.

Si Jiu: “…”

【Did he just see me?】

System: 【He saw you. You even made eye contact.】

【So he saw me, heard my plea, and then pressed the close button?】

System: 【emmmm…】

Si Jiu hadn’t noticed, but at the moment the elevator doors shut, the youth let out a breath and his ears flushed a faint red.

He truly couldn’t control himself.

Ever since he accidentally overheard her talking in her sleep, he had been utterly incapable of facing her directly or listening to her voice.

What he did just now was purely an instinctive reaction from a blanked-out mind.

Si Jiu laughed in disbelief.

“Wow! The male lead in this world is really aloof and cold, isn’t he?”

System: 【emmmmm… Actually, I took a screenshot just now.】

Si Jiu: “So?”

System: 【Picture.jpg, Picture.jpg…】

A string of nine consecutive photos came flooding in.

Si Jiu ground her teeth, opened one, then another.

“Huh?”

She chose to enlarge it.

In the photo, the elevator door was almost fully closed, leaving only a sliver. The masked youth had turned his head slightly, and the ultra-high-definition lens had captured the faint blush on his ear perfectly.

Si Jiu: “Ha!”

System: 【Now I believe he’s your male lead.】

“Hm?”

There was a strange emotion in the system’s tone—difficult to describe, both full of sighs and complicated feelings, as if it hadn’t expected the male lead to be like this.

【Because whenever he’s in front of you, he always acts like an adorable, pitiable little thing.

Probably because… he knows you’re drawn to that type. Tsk tsk tsk.】

Si Jiu: “……”

This unreliable AI. It still pretends not to know who he is? That tone, so familiar with his real nature, totally gives it away.

But, “Is the way he acts around me intentional? What’s his real personality like?”

The system had glimpsed a side of this big shot that no one else had ever seen. Overwhelmed, it almost let slip, nearly hiccuping in its panic.

His true personality?

He’s absolutely a demon king!

But would it dare say so?

The system simply played dead.

Si Jiu: Heh.