Chapter 72: Is This How You Act Like a Gentleman?
The so-called "gentleman" Xia Changyu?
Brother, are you really trying to act like a gentleman?
The kind who closes the car door right after getting in.
But Xia Changyu also had something to say. If the girl wasn’t just so pretty and charming, and if they gave you a girl like Baiyi, then maybe it wouldn’t just be about closing the door. It’d be about welding it shut.
From getting flustered, to being gently blown on. Then drawing eyebrows for the girl, Xia Changyu’s head was still buzzing.
What he felt tonight was even more joyful than the whole month he spent with Gu Xiaoxue.
This wasn’t about liking someone new and forgetting someone old. It wasn’t that kind of "laugh with the new, cry for the old."
Being with Gu Xiaoxue was just eating, shopping, buying gifts every day.
Sometimes she’d even make him anxious, always comparing him to other guys, like how some girls always complain that other people’s husbands make more money.
He saw that the girl was still looking at her eyebrows in the mirror.
The thing was, she’d been staring for a long time and still didn’t get it.
Xia Changyu became even more sure about something and said, "I thought you were joking with me before, but now I see, you really know nothing about makeup, huh?"
"If I knew, I wouldn’t have asked you," Lin Yibai rolled her eyes at him.
At the same time, she thought to herself, ‘If I, a guy, knew how to do makeup, wouldn’t that be kind of strange?’
Xia Changyu laughed and complimented her, "Well, that’s because you don’t need it anyway."
"No, I really do need it."
"Hmph!"
Lin Yibai asked, "Are you going to keep teaching me how to do makeup?"
Xia Changyu nodded, then took out his phone and searched for some basic makeup tips, "But since you probably can’t even tell the difference between makeup types, I think we should start with the basics first!"
More boring theory lessons?
There’s a very pretty girl standing right in front of you, are you really such a gentleman that you won’t take advantage at all?
Or maybe... you really did weld that car door shut.
But there was no rush now. Xia Changyu just sat to the side.
When Lin Yibai didn’t understand something, he explained it to her in detail.
At the same time, on Xia Changyu’s phone screen. There was a silly smiley face emoji on the chat. He was talking to his family.
"Mom, I really got lucky today. Not only did I meet the girl who saved me in Binhai again, but now I’m her makeup teacher because her department has some kind of etiquette class."
His mom replied, "Son, I totally believe in your makeup skills. When I go perform at music events, your makeup is way better than the artists hired by the event team."
Xia Changyu smiled, "Of course! After all, I’m your son, Mom!"
"Oh ho!" His mom smiled a bit on the other end, then asked with interest, "So... how far have things gone with you and that girl?"
Xia Changyu answered without hesitation, "We’ve started studying theory together."
Mom: “???”
What the heck, 'theory'?
Hearing this sad reply, Xia Changyu’s mom really wanted to say, "You idiot!"
After Xia Changyu explained more, his mom on the other end of the phone facepalmed hard. And looked super disappointed.
Is this really my son?
The girl asked you to help with makeup.
And you really went to teach her how to do makeup?
What’s the difference between a silly son like you and those guys who seriously go fix a girl’s computer?
Right now, his mom just had a big headache.
How could she find a way to give her silly son a little push? Stop teaching her all that useless makeup theory! Just take her out and have some fun!
“Son!!”
“Yes, dear mother!”
“Can you stop teaching her boring theory? Even if you just take her shopping or for a walk, that would be a hundred times better than learning that nonsense theory!”
“But if I don’t teach her theory, I don’t really have anything else to teach, because even without makeup, she’s already stunning!”
“More beautiful than your own mother?”
“Mom, you are very beautiful,” Xia Changyu thought for a moment, then decided not to lie, “But she’s even prettier.”
“Wow, is that girl really that flawless?”
“Mm-hmm!” Xia Changyu remembered how it felt to pinch her cheek and said, “Soft and smooth, amazing.”
His mom asked again, “Then, when I go to Fucheng in a few days, can you bring her out to meet me?”
“Wait, Mom, you’re coming to Fucheng?”
“You just got beaten up by your ex’s people, didn’t you? The music college next to your school invited me for a performance anyway, so I’ll stop by and check on you.”
“......”
Xia Changyu knew his mom’s personality. Because their family was doing well financially, she had turned down most performance invitations over the years, mostly to enjoy some peace and quiet.
No matter what field you're in, if you're at the top and making money, people always have something to say.
So even if she said it was for a performance, the real reason was to visit her son.
But her son, Xia Changyu, was just too clueless.
Back to the main point, his mom typed again, “So, can you bring that girl to meet me or not?”
“No!”
“You really are dumb.”
“She’s not my girlfriend, not even a close friend. If I suddenly ask her to come meet you, don’t you think that’s a bit weird?”
“Weird? Back when your dad was chasing me, he wasn’t acting all shy like you. He... uh-hum, cough cough—anyway, never mind that. Just answer me, do you like her?”
“?” Xia Changyu scratched his head and honestly typed back, “I don’t really know.”
“You don’t know? You—you!!!” His mom really wanted to punch her son. Who wants this kind of silly son? Please, someone take him away.
As a mother, she could already tell her son really cared about this girl’s feelings.
But he still said he "didn’t know"?
You don’t know my—ugh, cough cough!
Anyway, that settled it, she had to go to Fucheng.
She said she wanted to meet the girl, but the truth was she just wanted to check things out and protect her son a little.
After all, he had just been hurt by someone like Gu Xiaoxue. It was impossible not to worry.
“Fine, since you won’t bring her to meet me,” his mom smiled proudly, “Then can’t I go meet her myself? I don’t care, I’ve decided, I’m heading to Fucheng first thing tomorrow morning, hehehe!”
Xia Changyu: “Mom, don’t do anything crazy!”
But his mom didn’t even reply to him.
When a mom makes up her mind, do you think a silly son like you can stop her? Keep dreaming!
After the chat ended, Xia Changyu’s expression started to change. As a guy, he was really scared his mom might do something unexpected!
Losing face was one thing, but if she scared the girl away, it would be a disaster!
Should he try to convince his mom again?
‘Mom, you don’t want your son to stay single forever, right? …Ugh, what kind of dumb line is that?’
He let out a long sigh and muttered, ‘It’s exactly because there’s nothing between me and Lin Baiyi yet, that this would just look like me barging into her peaceful life and causing trouble.’
Xia Changyu was anxious. He was really, really worried.
He was about to become the King of Anxiety.