Chapter 13 - He Is A She

After the last three words fell neatly, there was unexpectedly no sound of hanging up from the earpiece. Jacob didn't say anything again, scanning the shelves everywhere.

After a while, Liam suddenly said, "Bro."

Jacob was too lazy to talk to him.

There was a dragging sound of the chair on the other end, and then Liam sighed and said, "Should I accompany you to buy it?"

"..."

"Okay." Liam's tone was a little depressed, "You accompany me, okay?"

He has never been to that area when he went to the supermarket.

Moreover, Jacob came to this supermarket for the first time. After searching for a long time, he finally found the target on the shelf next to the laundry detergent. When he was about to walk over, he suddenly noticed that several women were standing there, and a salesperson was recommending products to them.

He stopped.

Thinking that Ashley was still waiting, Jacob's eyelids moved, and he couldn't worry about anything else, so he could only bite the bullet and pass. He walked to the shelf at the far left and bent down to look at the matte packaging in front of him.

He wanted to take a bag casually, but he didn't know how to start.

Before long, Liam also found this position and walked to his side.

At the same time, Jacob picked up a blue package and handed it to his eyes, "What about this one?"

Liam let go of his inner baggage and glanced at him, "What does daily use mean, use it during the day?"

"..."

"It's evening now." Liam scratched his head irritably and pointed in another direction. "Why don't you take the black bag? It says night use."

Jacob followed along and said lightly, "400 millimeters, is that 40 centimeters long?"

"..."

"Isn't this too long?"

Liam stared at the words above, frowned, and said, "Dry mesh surface. What does it mean?"

Jacob, "I don't know."

"And the soft cotton surface—"

The women on the side had already bought and left. The salesperson shifted the target, walked to the two of them, and asked, "Are you here to buy it for your girlfriend?"

Liam's words were interrupted, and the two of them looked over at the same time.

At this time, the person who answered should be Liam. After all, among the two, the person who had the most direct relationship with Ashley was him. Jacob withdrew his gaze and did not take the initiative to speak.

"No." Liam didn't play the card according to common sense. His gaze swept across Jacob's body, and suddenly said, "Don't look at him like this."

After a pause, he added, "Actually, he is a she."

"..."

Jacob's action paused.

The salesperson's expression became obviously stiff, "Huh?"

Liam, "Don't be like this. She just looks a little rough, but she is really a woman."

After a few seconds, Jacob raised his head. His eyes narrowed slightly, looking affectionate and ambiguous. Then, he showed a slightly playful smile and shouted, "Sweetie?"

Liam got goosebumps instantly, "..."

"Why did you explain so much?" Jacob chuckled lightly and squeezed his cheek. "You don't need to say that I also understand that I am the most beautiful in your mind."

"..."

With the strange look of the salesperson and the slightly perfunctory recommendation, Liam reluctantly maintained the calmness on his face, so he chose two bags for both daily and night use.

After leaving that area, Liam sneered and said, "You are disgusting enough."

Jacob raised his eyebrows, "Really?"

Liam, "I’m gonna throw up."

"Didn't you say that I am a woman?" Jacob smiled softly, like a male fairy, and said slowly, "I think I should be pretty if I am a woman."

"..."

The two went to the place selling underwear. Liam picked a box casually and was about to check out.

Jacob reminded, "Buy a set of clothes, too."

Liam reacted, "She got it on the clothes?"

Jacob grumbled.

Liam nodded and didn't ask much.

The two turned to the clothing area, and Liam casually swept in circles, fancying a set of clothes of about the same size. Before he could pick it up, Jacob suddenly pointed to one of the skirts and said, "Buy this one."

Liam looked over.

It was about the right size.

The color was almost exactly the same as the one Ashley wore today, and it didn't look much different.

Liam didn't ask the reason and didn't care about these details, so he took the skirt off.

After leaving the supermarket, the two returned to the toilet on the first floor.

Liam stopped a woman who was going in and asked politely, "Hello, can you please help me to bring this to a little girl named Ashley inside?"

The woman froze for a moment and said, "Yes."

Liam, "Thank you."

Just as the woman was about to go in, Jacob on the side said, "Excuse me. She is a little young, and maybe she didn’t know how to use it."

"What?"

Jacob touched the skin on the back of his neck, and after a few seconds, he said, "Can you teach her how to use it? The little girl was shy, and may be embarrassed to speak up."

The woman understood and smiled, "No problem."

Ashley waited in the toilet for a long time.

The decoration of this mall was very user-friendly, and there was an area in the toilet where people could sit and wait for someone. But she did not dare to sit, fearing that the traces on the skirt would rub against the chair.

She was too embarrassed to call to urge Jacob, so she could only stand and wait.

More than ten minutes passed.

A lanky strange woman came in. She looked around in the toilet, fixed her eyes on Ashley, and walked over, "Little sister, are you called Ashley?"

Ashley nodded quickly.

"Your brother asked me to come in and give you something." The woman handed her the bag in her hand. After thinking about it, she said again, "Do you know how to use it?"

Ashley took the bag and nodded again, "Yes, thank you, miss."

Seeing her red eyes, the woman comforted a few words, "It's okay, every woman will encounter such a thing. Don't cry."

Ashley said thank you again, then took the bag and went into a compartment. She glanced at the contents of the bag and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everything she needed was basically complete.

Carefully cleaning herself up, Ashley awkwardly put on a new sanitary napkin and soon went out of the toilet. She didn't know what expression she used to go out to meet Jacob, and then she wandered in front of the sink for a while.

Finally, she walked out.

Surprisingly, Jacob was not seen outside. Instead, it was Liam there. For a while, Ashley's feelings of distress and embarrassment faded slightly.

Noting her figure, Liam waved to her.

Ashley walked to him in silence.

Staring at her red eyes, Liam bent over slightly and asked, "Kid, what are you crying for?"

Hearing this, Ashley's tears began to flow up again, her voice choked, "Shame."

Liam, "Who said you were ashamed?"

"It's embarrassing." Ashley wiped her tears with the back of her hand, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you take me a transparent bag... everyone can see..."

"This is the bag the cashier gave me." Liam was amused. "Why are you still blaming me? Go and blame the cashier."

"I don't care...uuuuu..." Ashley whimpered and said capriciously, "You have to find me an opaque bag..."

"Where am I going to find you one?" Liam was so annoyed by her crying that he straightened up and stretched out his hand, "Okay, I'll help you take it. So the shameless person will become me, OK?"

Upon hearing this, Ashley looked in his direction. She seemed to agree to the proposal, her crying gradually eased, and she handed him the bag while shedding tears.

Liam took the bag, tugged at her wrist with the other hand, mocking her, "Who said that she was not a kid? And still crying all the time?"

Ashley did not say a word and rubbed the tears from her hands on his clothes.

Rarely, Liam was not angry, just said, "Come on. It’s dirty."

Ashley sniffed, "I didn't rub my nose up."

Liam glanced at her coolly, "Try me."

As soon as these words were over, Ashley immediately grabbed the hem of his clothes, as if she was going to fight him, blowing her nose hard on it.

Liam, "..."

There was a stalemate for a while between the big boy and the little girl.

Liam was defeated first, holding back his temper. He could only take her to the toilet on the third floor. Let her wash her face again, and by the way, clear up the miserable condition on his clothes.

When they returned to the barbecue bar, it was already close to seven o'clock in the evening.

Ashley followed in behind Liam. She secretly looked forward and noticed that Jacob and Mike were sitting side by side on a four-person table.

Jacob sat in the back seat, leaning against the back of the chair, with a careless smile on his face, listening to Mike's words, answering a few words from time to time.

His sitting posture was not straight. He was always lazy, like an idle young master.

But inexplicably attractive, making people unable to look away.

Ashley didn't know why it was Liam who came to look for her in the end. She guessed that Jacob should have called Liam. But thinking that he didn’t go to buy those things for herself, she was really not so embarrassed.

Liam asked Ashley to sit inside.

Qian Fei wondered, "Where have you been? I'm almost full."

Ashley opened her mouth and didn't know how to explain it.

Liam put the bag in his hand next to the chair, took a look at Ashley, and said, "This kid ran to play the crane machine, and she refused to come back for a long time."

Mike didn't think much. It may be that the colors of the skirts were similar. He didn't even notice that Ashley's dress was changed. He just curiously asked, "Isn't that one doll caught?"

"Nope." Liam said slowly, "She even cried."

"Huh?" Mike glanced at Ashley and comforted, "Little sister, it's okay. After dinner, brother will grab one for you."

Ashley pretended to not hear it and happened to meet Jacob’s eyes, who was sitting opposite.

She moved her eyes away instantly.

Mike did not continue this topic, and pointed to the menu on the side, "Would you like to order more?"

"Okay." Liam put the menu in front of Ashley, "Order what you want."

Mike asked, "Liam, do you want to drink? Come on, I'm bored to drink alone."

Liam said straightforwardly, "Nope, I have to drive."

Mike rolled his eyes, "Damn, you don't drink, and Jacob doesn't drink. Is there anyone coming to the barbecue and not drinking?"

Liam, "Don't you see them?"

Ashley quietly raised her eyes to look ahead.

This time she didn't look at him exactly that again. Jacob lowered his eyes, scalded a glass with boiling water, and then filled most of it with water. At the moment he raised his head, Ashley immediately retracted her gaze.

Later, she noticed from the sidelines that the glass of water was placed in front of her.

Ashley raised her head and said obediently, "Thank you."

Soon, Ashley ordered the dishes and handed the menu back to Liam.

Liam glanced, and when he was about to call the waiter, he noticed the two dishes ordered on the menu, and asked, "You ordered these?"

Ashley, "Yes."

"Be conscious of it yourself." Liam took the pen directly and struck out, "Don't let me remind you."

Ashley was not very happy and embarrassed to argue with him in front of others, so she could only whisper in a low voice, "It is fine to eat a little."

Liam said impatiently, "Don't think about it at all, I don't have the idle time to take care of you every day."

Mike accused him on the opposite side, "Liam, why don't you allow her? It's okay, little sister, you order, brother will treat you."

"Shut up." Liam said in a bad mood, "She is allergic to beef and mutton."

"Oh." Mike immediately changed his words, "Little sister, you can eat something else. It's not fine to be sick."

‘I was only slightly allergic, and I was fine with a little bit of it.’

But Ashley had no decision-making power and could only give in. She picked up the water glass in front of her and sipped it, listening to the other three big men talking about topics that she was not interested in.

Waited for a while.

Ashley couldn't help it anymore and poked Liam's arm, "Liam."

Liam tilted his head, "What?"

"I'm starved."

‘The serving speed of this barbecue bar was too slow.’

Liam looked around on the table and put a plate of a dish in front of her, "Eat this first."

Ashley picked up her chopsticks.

When she was about to eat, she suddenly noticed that there was still a lot of beef left on this plate. As if she had found some treasure, Ashley's first reaction was to look at Liam and then in the direction of Jacob and Mike.

None of the three men looked in her direction.

As if being a thief, Ashley hid a piece of beef in her bowl.

She wanted to clip it together.

Then no one would find that there was an extra piece of beef in her bowl, and no one would know that she secretly ate a piece of beef tonight.

——Perfect operation.

She was just about to eat.

At this moment, Jacob suddenly stopped her.

"Kiddo."

Ashley loosened her chopsticks and raised her head, "Huh?"

Jacob held his right cheek with one hand, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and the corners of his lips were also drawn with a shallow arc. He said, "Let brother fill a bowl first?"

She stopped, and silently retracted her chopsticks, "Oh."

Then she pushed the plate in front of him.

The other two people were chatting and didn't notice the movement of the two of them.

Jacob took a pair of new chopsticks and turned over the plate slowly. Ashley kept staring at his actions.

He put the beef inside into his bowl piece by piece, not even a piece of shredded beef.

Until the beef was all gone, he pushed the plate back in front of her, "I’m good."

"..."

"Try it."

"...."