Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 1966

Xyla Quest nodded. "I'll do it myself."

"I'll peel it for you," Stanley Batton told her.

"But I would like to eat the roasted sweet potatoes first," she said.

"You can have it first."

Xyla happily began to eat a sweet potato after peeling one.

The sweet potatoes Zack Cassidy bought were all tiny but sweet.

Outside, it was snowing.

It felt right to be eating roasted sweet potatoes on a snowy day like this.

After taking two bites, Xyla brought the sweet potato close to Stanley's mouth. "Here, have a taste. It's really sweet."

He slowly took a bite. "Yeah, you can eat this. I don't really like them."

While Xyla ate without care, Stanley started peeling the stir-fried, sugary chestnuts for her.

It was such an ordinary moment, yet she felt extraordinarily happy.

Happiness should be simple like that.

After finishing the sweet potatoes, she started on the chestnuts Stanley had peeled.

Without realizing it, she ended up eating everything.

She rubbed her stomach guiltily upon realizing it. "This is terrible. I ate so much! If I end up getting fat, you're responsible."

He chuckled. "Okay, I'll be responsible for you for the rest of our lives. All right?"

"Even so, I don't want to gain weight. It doesn't matter that I'm pregnant," Xyla replied with a smile.

"You don't gain weight easily, so it's fine," he assured her.

"I'm afraid I would suddenly get fat if I overeat."

"I'll still love you even if you're fat," he grinned.

"I don't like being fat."

"I don't mind," he insisted. "Oh, yeah. I'll pick you up tomorrow for lunch. Let's have hot pot. Haven't you been wanting to eat that?"

He took everything Xyla said

seriously, so when she casually

mentioned something, Stanley.net

would take note of it and make sure she got what she wanted.

Xyla felt her heart grow warm once again. "Hmm, okay."

"Which restaurant would you prefer? I'll make a reservation in advance."

"I'm fine with whichever, so you can decide," she said.

"All right. Time for a bath?"

She nodded.

After the bath, Stanley went to the study while Xyla fetched her laptop and hopped onto the bed. She decided to play a few rounds of League of Legends with members of Team XS.

She hadn't played it for several days now, and she felt tempted to do so.

Upon logging into the game, she noticed that Alex was the only one who wasn't in a game yet.

She then invited him to join her team.

Meanwhile, Alex was spacing out in front of the computer in Team XS's base.

His teammates next to him couldn't resist making fun of him—

"Hey, why are you even sitting there if you're not going to play?"

"You're spacing out. Thinking about girls?"

"Is there someone you like? Do you miss her?"

"Who is she? Is she a streamer, a commentator, or an emcee?"

Alex frowned slightly before looking em "You're all crazy. Can't just

at

a while?"

"Sure, sure. Why not?"

"I thought there might be someone you like and are thinking about. Oh well, one could dream."

"Exactly."

His teammates couldn't resist talking about him.

Alex

Ond. Instead, he

silently

dark

at his computer

without any emotions

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