Cheng Xi didn’t know that Lu Chenzhou had talked to Chen Jiaman, and she didn’t notice anything off during lunchtime because she was in a rush, but she quickly realized that something was different at dinnertime.

Chen Jiaman was conspicuously normal.

During dinner, she no longer dropped food all over herself, and she didn’t flip her bowl or the dishes either. It wasn’t as if she couldn’t eat properly, but she normally enjoyed being disruptive to get Cheng Xi’s attention. However, after that night’s meal, her clothes and plate were both spotless.

Chen Jiaman didn’t even react when Cheng Xi tried to placate Lu Chenzhou by feeding him. She seemed very quiet—not wooden, like how she used to be in Cai Yi’s lab, but a more regular, normal quietness.

Cheng Xi peered at her a few times and placed some of her favorite food into her bowl as she asked, “Little bunny, why are you so obedient...