Reborn as a Fake Heiress Marrying the Tycoon-Chapter 1209: Veggies in His Teeth

"Technically," Su Bing announced as he adjusted his seat, "we’re not going to the library—we’re going to the open space next to it. I saw some jelly grass growing there the other day. We can pick a bunch and make something delicious tonight."

At the mere mention of jelly grass, both Su Li and Su Le perked up like puppies hearing the word "walk."

Su Li, who had the prime seat just behind Chen Xi on the motorbike, leaned forward with wide-eyed excitement. "Big Brother, since when do you know how to make herbal jelly? Did Mom secretly teach you again?"

Su Bing gave him a light tap on the forehead. "I learned back in our hometown. I just watched Mom cook and picked it up on my own. She never ’secretly’ taught me anything. Mom always teaches in broad daylight—no secrets needed."

Meanwhile, Chen Xi—still processing this bizarre idea of voluntarily eating grass—couldn’t quite understand the excitement. He wasn’t living through a famine, thank you very much. And now Su Bing was saying tonight’s ’delicious dinner’ was... boiled grass?

His appetite deflated on the spot.

"Fine, I’ll take you," he muttered, starting the engine. "But first, pop quiz: don’t you think I look especially handsome today?"

After all, he’d taken the motorbike to school and the way people—especially the girls—had turned to stare as he zoomed past? That was enough to inflate any young man’s ego. Outwardly, he’d kept a poker face, but inwardly? He’d been thriving. What was the point of being a heartthrob if his three resident sidekicks couldn’t even stroke his ego?

Silence.

Then Su Li, ever the blunt instrument, rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Your outfit’s pretty cool. But your face? Same as always."

Chen Xi blinked. That couldn’t be it. He looked damn good today, and he knew it. He turned his head slightly, eyes darting to Su Bing, who was sitting behind Su Li, hoping for a better review.

Su Bing glanced at him and murmured, "I just noticed there’s a piece of leafy vegetable stuck between your front teeth."

With the wind howling past them on the motorbike, Chen Xi didn’t quite catch that. "What? What leaf? Say it louder!"

Su Bing didn’t bother to respond, but Su Li did—loud enough for the whole street to hear.

"CHEN XI! MY BROTHER SAYS YOU’VE GOT VEGGIES IN YOUR TEETH!"

Chen Xi nearly choked on his own dignity. These two little devils were going to be the end of him.

But then came the angelic voice of Su Le, sweet as sorbet. Sitting in front of him, she turned her head and said, "You look super cool today. Handsome and cool. A little veggie in your teeth can’t ruin that. Don’t worry. Also... I really want to eat chilled herbal jelly tonight."

Flattery wrapped in a request—what a deadly combination.

How could Chen Xi say no to that face? He sighed, defeated. For Su Le, the family’s resident charmer, he would endure anything. Even wild grass.

By the time they reached the vacant lot near the library, they looked like a field trip gone rogue. Su Bing took Su Li with him to start collecting the grass, and in no time, they’d amassed three entire bags of the stuff.

Chen Xi stared at the bundles, horrified. His stylish, limited-edition motorcycle—his pride and joy—now had weeds strapped to the back. He looked like a street vendor on a mission.

He protested. Loudly. Passionately. Dramatically. None of it worked.

And so, looking thoroughly humiliated, he rode off into the sunset with three children and three sacks of grass.

Unbeknownst to him, Tang Xue had seen the whole thing.

She blinked as Chen Xi’s silhouette disappeared around the bend, taking with him the three children—Gu Zi’s children, to be precise. Her heart twisted with confusion. Was Chen Xi babysitting for Gu Zi? Had he been spending all this time with her and the kids? 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Maybe her idea to cozy up to Gu Zi to get closer to Chen Xi had been right after all.

But then again, something didn’t add up. Why would Chen Xi willingly spend so much time with three completely unrelated kids? Why hadn’t he come looking for her?

No. It had to be Gu Zi’s doing.

Someone must have been speaking ill of her to Chen Xi behind her back—planting seeds of resentment. And who else had the motive and access, if not Gu Zi? After that little misunderstanding they’d had—well, Tang Xue had apologized, but who knew what Gu Zi really thought?

The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became: Gu Zi was sabotaging her.

Meanwhile, Chen Xi remained blissfully unaware that he’d once again been sighted and overanalyzed by Tang Xue.

All he wanted was to escape the public eye and get these kids home—raising children was no small task, thank you very much.

Back at the Chen residence, Su Li dragged Su Le off to do homework while Su Bing marched into the kitchen with his bag of jelly grass like a culinary general returning from war.

"Chen Xi," Su Bing called, bossy as ever, "put the other two bags on the bamboo trays to dry. They’ll keep longer that way."

Chen Xi shot the bags a look of pure revulsion, but being the unofficial sous-chef-slash-house-help, he obeyed. Moments later, the grass was spread out and drying under the sun like freshly harvested tea leaves.

That evening, the whole family gathered for dinner. Chen Yu and Sun Yi were home, adding to the full-house atmosphere. After the meal, the maids brought out dessert.

Each person received a porcelain bowl filled with milk and what looked like black, gelatinous cubes floating ominously inside. It shimmered like onyx and looked...questionable.

The maid, ever the enthusiastic narrator, beamed.

"Master Chen, Madam, Second Young Master Chen—this is a special dessert made by Young Master Su Bing! It’s herbal jelly in milk! He made it from wild grass! Isn’t that amazing?"