Chapter 278 When Life Gives You Lemons

"How is Sun Jingwei still showering after so long?" There was a wicked glint in Wei Yan's eyes and he continued innocently. "Is he even alo -"

Xin Yu immediately stormed over, with a huge slice of apple in her hand. She stuffed it into his mouth without warning, causing him to choke!

"Eat some fruit," Xin Yu said, smiling sweetly with too many teeth. "You need the fibre!"

'Since you're so full of shit.' Xin Yu thought to herself. 'Can't believe I have to waste a sweet apple slice on you! Just you wait, if you continue with your bullshit, I'm going to destroy your taste buds!'

"Xin Yu!" Her mother exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing? You blocked the TV just now."

"Sorry Mom," Xin Yu apologised. "But I just wanted to make sure Wei Yan got to eat some fruit. Look at him! He's so pitiful!"

The family turned to stare at Wei Yan, who was still tied up and left at the corner, with a piece of apple shoved into his mouth. He did look very pathetic indeed.

"Hmph. I guess we can spare him some fruit," her mother said begrudgingly. Yue Niang had fed him dinner, but she didn't think he deserved fruit for dessert after all the trouble he caused.

"Xin Yu-ah, you're too kind for your own good."

Xin Yu looked down demurely, tucking her hair behind her ear. Wei Yan wanted to scream. This was nonsense!

"Wife, you're not supposed to say it out loud! No man wants to hear they are pitiful! Even if he does look pitiful!" Her husband laughed.

Wei Yan glared up at Xin Yu and then at the rest of the family, upset and humiliated. He quickly chomped down on the apple, planning to swallow it as fast as possible so he could continue to speak.

Xin Yu narrowed her eyes - she knew what he was trying to do! As such, she hurried back to the kitchen to grab her secret weapons. Wei Yan only smirked at her retreating back. Now that she was no longer minding him, he'd have the upper hand!

"I'm just saying, didn't you tell Jingwei that -" The family gave him cursory glances, too busy watching the show to care about his ramblings.

"Ssshhh, this is a good part," Tai Cheng scolded him, the same way one would shush a disobedient dog for barking at their neighbours. "Aish, I missed it!"

"Quiet! Stop disturbing them!" Ming Guang quickly covered Wei Yan's mouth and continued to hiss at him. "Can you stop causing trouble? You've already lost your job, do you want to be tossed outside for the wildlife to devour?"

Wei Yan spat into his palm, and Ming Guang frowned at his unhygienic and rude behaviour. He quickly wiped his hand clean on his pants, and Wei Yan responded with a nasty look in his eyes.

"Like you said, I've already lost my job. What else can he do to me? I'm going to make sure this family hates him to the core!"

But before he could do so, Xin Yu returned, looking suspiciously cheerful, holding a bag in her hands.

"Jingwei is - "

But the moment Wei Yan began to speak, he realised that he underestimated this woman! She was already prepared with another fruit - and it wasn't a sweet juicy apple he had no trouble biting into.

This time, it was a wedge of lemon with the lemon peel still attached. Wei Yan could feel the seeds with his tongue!

More importantly, it fit perfectly into his mouth, leaving him no room to talk. If he wanted to talk, he'd have to eat it! His eyebrow twitched at the realisation.

A fucking lemon! And not only one - his eyes widened when he realised that the plastic bag was filled with lemons and limes.

Was this woman insane?

He continued to glare up at her, but Xin Yu only raised a challenging eyebrow. If this man wanted to spew bullshit, she was going to make him suffer!

Meanwhile, Ming Guang could only look at Xin Yu with new eyes. Why were all the women in this family so terrifying?

"You're feeding Wei Yan the lemons? That's strange." Her husband commented from the couch. Wei Yan glanced at him hopefully - let him stop his wife's madness!

"We need to clear stock anyway," Xin Yu said sweetly. "And I think he needs more Vitamin C. Look at him, his complexion isn't looking too good."

"I guess," Tai Xuan shrugged, seeing her point. He ignored Wei Yan's pleading eyes. His wife was a soft-hearted darling that would never harm anyone. If she said he was lacking Vitamin C, then he was lacking Vitamin C.

If she wanted to feed the stray man some fruit from the goodness of her heart, who was he to stop him?

He could always get Sun Jingwei to buy more! With his connections, they could even buy dragon fruit to eat!

Wei Yan wanted to cry in frustration. Li Tai Xuan was a moron! He could only save himself now. He gathered his nerves and bit down on the slice of lemon, immediately wincing at the strong sour flavour that flooded his mouth.

Wei Yan wanted to spit it out, but he couldn't muster the strength to do so! The sour juice caused his mouth to burn - when did lemons have acid this strong? Was this even safe for human consumption?!

He glared up at her again, but Xin Yu merely smiled serenely.

This woman was insane!

"I hope you like this lemon," Xin Yu said cheerfully. "It's been living in our fridge for a while, but we've ever had the occasion to feed it to anyone. It's supposed to help with your digestion. How does it taste?"

Wei Yan bit down on the lemon slice, trying to reply, but it only caused more juice to burst out from the fruit. Some of it dribbled down his chin, but most of it flooded his mouth, drenching it in potent sourness that made his eyes instinctively water.