Before Chu Tingting came back, I wiped away my tears. It is always bad to shed tears in front of girls at any time.
Chu Tingting washed the rice basin, packed the rice for me, placed it on the dining table in front of me, and sat across from me.
"Are you okay?" Chu Tingting said with worry.
I forced a smile, but my facial muscles seemed to be frozen, and the corners of my mouth didn't even raise an arc.
"You should eat first." Chu Tingting said helplessly.[
I tried to smile again, but failed.
"You eat first." Chu Tingting asked me strangely.
"...No chopsticks." I opened my mouth.
"Ah." Chu Tingting quickly stood up, looked under the dining table that had been kicked down by the old man, and ran to the pool.
I looked at Chu Tingting's busy figure running before and after, and my heart became more and more moved.
"Here, let's eat." Chu Tingting handed me the washed chopsticks.
I took it. Although I didn't have much appetite, I was embarrassed to go against Chu Tingting's kindness and took a few bites at will.
"Don't worry about it, that's just the old-fashioned character." Chu Tingting looked at me eating and said again.
"Oh..." I responded vaguely.
"Can you tell me why?" Chu Tingting finally asked the question cautiously.
"Shunzi and Gao Xiaoshan are both my friends." I said slowly while chewing a mouthful of rice.
Chu Tingting frowned, as if she was not satisfied with the answer: "What about us?"
"You are also my good friends." I said firmly.
"But they beat Liu Xing!" Chu Tingting, a girl with such a gentle personality, sounded a little impatient.
"Why must violence be used to solve the problem?" My long-pent-up emotions also burst out, "Both sides are my friends, why do you have to force me to take sides?"
"No one is forcing you to take sides." Chu Tingting returned to her usual gentle tone: "The reason why you are so embarrassed is because the relationship between you and the old-fashioned Liu Xing and the others is not that strong."
"Impossible, they two are good brothers that I care about very much!" I shouted a little hoarse.
"It's very simple to prove this." Chu Tingting still said calmly: "If the person being beaten was replaced by your relatives, such as your parents, would you still be embarrassed about which side to stand on?"