HPDBC Chapter 989 Speaking Ill of Him in Front of His Face
Chapter 989 Speaking Ill of Him in Front of His Face
"Hmph, so she caught me after all!"
Zhouzhou had finally caught him in the act! Jing Bai tried to look indifferent, but deep down, he knew she had been right all along. He wasn't the emotionless person he tried to appear to be.
When Zhouzhou spotted him, he froze for a moment, but after less than a second, he quickly regained his composure. His eyes, cold and expressionless, passed over Zhouzhou and Qin Ren without pausing, as if he hadn't even noticed them. He finally stopped at a glass of water on the desk beside them, casually picking it up before returning to his workstation, not sparing them another glance.
See? He was just grabbing something, and it was purely coincidental that he saw them. He hadn't been sneaking peeks at them at all.
Zhouzhou, on the other hand, was fuming. "Hmph, go ahead and pretend! I see through you!"
Her eyes darted around mischievously before she suddenly turned to Qin Ren and said, "Big Brother, you're the best. You're nothing alike to those small-minded and petty people!"
As she spoke, she gave Jing Bai a direct glare, making it clear that she was talking about him.
Jing Bai was always trying to act like he doesn't care, but Zhouzhou knew that he was just sulking again, and he couldn't stand anyone saying anything about him. Zhouzhou had never had the chance to speak badly about him to his face, but now she was going to give it a try!@@@@
With that, Zhouzhou opened a bottle of water and drank half of it. She cleared her throat, fully preparing for her speech.
She started, "Some people, who are in their twenties, still hold grudges like little children, and they even claim to be PhD holders. Hmph, but I bet their 'maturity' isn't even as good as mine. My little elementary school belly is broader than his!"
Qin Ren quickly understood what she was trying to do and fought to suppress a laugh. He corrected her gently, "You mean 'broad-minded,' not 'broad belly.'"
Zhouzhou's eyes widened immediately. She glared at him, clearly annoyed. "Is this really the right time for a grammar lesson?! Why are you nitpicking now when I'm making a point!"
She huffed and continued, "Broad belly it is! That's what I'm talking about! His little belly is so flat, I bet it would be hard to keep a fish in it!"
Zhouzhou shot a triumphant glance at Qin Ren, clearly proud of her own cleverness.
Zhouzhou, rubbing her ear, scowled at him. "Let go! You moved all the chairs out, didn't let me step on them. You're bullying me because I'm short! I'm not playing with you anymore!"
Jing Bai let go of her ear and glanced at her, mimicking her words in a cold tone, "Some people just can't take the truth. If you're so short, why can't I mention it?"
He paused, then added, "An elementary school student is still an elementary school student. You can't compare with a PhD holder. For example, a PhD won't go around fantasizing about growing to seven meters tall. And yet, an elementary school student insists on calling herself Seven-Meter Qin, even though she might not even reach 1.7 meters."
At this, Zhouzhou's eyes widened, and she immediately jumped to her feet. "Brother! If you keep talking like that, I'll be mad!"
But Jing Bai's lips curled into a subtle smile, though his eyes remained cold.
Qin Ren, leaning back in his chair, found the whole scene amusing. "These two," he muttered to himself.
Jing Bai released her ear, glancing at her belly. "You're always talking about how big your belly is. And yet, look how easily you get upset."
Zhouzhou sniffed and retorted, "I'm small. Small people have small minds."
With that, she gave him a playful look, then suddenly jumped into his arms, wrapping her little arms around his neck. "Brother, now you're paying attention to me? Not pretending to be deaf anymore?"
Jing Bai, completely caught off guard by her affectionate gesture, froze for a moment. He had never felt anything quite like this before, but strangely enough, it felt good. He didn't want to pull away.
Looking down at her, he remained still for a few seconds before finally lowering his head and muttering, "I don't understand... You'll have to teach me."
His voice was quiet, almost reluctant.
Jing Bai had always been locked inside his own world, surrounded only by cold, sterile lab coats and instruments. His food and drink were all chemicals. No one ever treated him as a human, and even now, after leaving that place, he still didn't know how to act like one. He had agreed to come to the lab for Zhao Xinghua's sake, but also because he had nowhere else to go.
He loathed the people around him, but in the end, he had become just like them.