Dinner time passed quickly in a blur of cheerful chatter, and the group grabbed their badminton rackets and followed Huang Qingqing and Wen Tingyu down to the residential compound's courtyard.
Along the way, as Ye Qiuli asked why Jiang Ran had pinched her thigh earlier, she learned the truth: Jiang Ran had taken one bite of the braised pork belly and immediately disliked it, but she had stayed composed and told a white lie simply to avoid hurting Huang Qingqing's feelings. However, she had pinched Ye Qiuli's thigh purely to exact petty revenge for the bowl-swapping stunt.
"You pinched way too hard! I feel like the flesh on my thigh is actually bruised!"
Chapter 178