Chapter 212: Just This One Time
“Mom, I already told you, that stuff is fake!”
In Meng Yue’s room, Lin Muqing finally managed to explain everything clearly. She even ran back to her own room to grab some proof, and only then was she able to prove she was innocent.
Adult items? No way she would ever buy something like that!
“Oh, I see.”
When Meng Yue saw the evidence, she was a little surprised, those things looked very real.
Even though you could spot the difference if you looked closely, no one had dared to inspect them carefully last night in the living room.
Because of that, the misunderstanding kept growing, to the point that both families thought Lin Muqing was into “that kind of stuff.”
“Phew~”
Seeing her mom finally believe her, Lin Muqing let out a small sigh of relief and thought, Maybe this whole thing is over now. But just as she breathed out, Meng Yue suddenly asked again.
“So how did you come up with the idea of giving those things as gifts? The styles were pretty nice, actually.”
“Uh… what?”
Looking at her mom’s subtle smile and that tricky question, Lin Muqing felt sweat start to form on her forehead.
How was she supposed to answer? Should she tell her mom that she got the idea from a certain anime?
Her face turned red. There was no way to explain this.
The mother and daughter continued to chat for a while.
When Lin Muqing finally left the room, she kept her head down and stared at the floor. She really wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
That conversation was way too intense. Her mom, who normally seemed so serious and proper, turned out to be wild when it came to this kind of stuff. Lin Muqing felt like she was getting motion sickness from the speed her mom was talking boldly.
Just as she was trying to recover, another problem came up. Her three older brothers said they wanted to go out with her.
“Huh? Go out with me?”
Sitting on the living room sofa, Lin Muqing didn’t understand what her brothers were trying to do.
At the same time, she had a feeling… if she took them along, something bad might happen.
“Sis, I heard that the ladies' boutique just got some really good new stuff. Want to go check it out together?”
Seeing that his little sister looked hesitant, Lin Qiwen smiled and spoke. Then he and Lin Zixuan took turns introducing the store to Lin Muqing.
Basically, their plan was to win her over with fancy handbags, expensive makeup, and perfume, hoping to improve their relationship with her.
But what they didn’t expect was that the hesitant Lin Muqing would reject them immediately after hearing that.
“I don’t want that kind of stuff.”
Lin Muqing replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Her three brothers didn’t believe it. They thought it was just an excuse to avoid taking them along.
What kind of girl doesn’t like dressing up and looking pretty? they thought.
But they quickly realized they were wrong.
When they each brought out carefully prepared gifts, hoping to make their sister happy, they didn’t get the reaction they hoped for. Instead, they were met with strong rejection and complaints.
“I told you I don’t like this kind of stuff!”
Even though she knew they meant well, Lin Muqing still felt frustrated, she had just told them earlier!
“This dress is a limited edition. Just try it on?”
Lin Qiwen still wasn’t giving up. He held up a super cute little dress, hoping to give it to her.
“I said no, and I meant it!”
When she saw the dress, Lin Muqing's eyes widened in shock. She quickly pushed Lin Qiwen away and pulled her good buddy back into the room.
To be fair, the makeup from her oldest brother wasn’t bad, she could use it while studying.
As for the handbag from her second brother, it looked nice at first glance, but it was too girly. She accepted it reluctantly, but didn’t plan to use it.
The reason she accepted the gifts from those two older brothers was because if she didn’t, the things would just be thrown away. Her good buddy also suggested she take them. As for that dress, Lin Muqing thought it was fine to just throw it away. She would never wear a dress again anyway!
“Big Bro, where do you want to go later?”
Standing at the doorway, Lin Muqing shut the room door and blocked her three older brothers outside. Then she turned around and asked her good buddy.
“You’ll find out later.”
Lin Muqing smiled casually. Then Ye Ziming turned and walked to the wardrobe in the room.
Inside, there was another little dress he had prepared for Lin Muqing. This one came with white stockings.
“Umm, Big Bro…”
“Hm?”
“Can I wear a different one?”
Looking at the little dress her good buddy pulled out, Lin Muqing hesitated for a bit before softly speaking.
“Maybe… a different but still cute dress?”
Ye Ziming raised his eyebrows slightly and replied with a teasing smile, as if asking, “Isn’t this already a cute dress?”
That worked very well. After hearing that, Lin Muqing gave in right away and took some time to change into the dress. She had no choice, she had already promised her buddy, so she could only go along with it.
“Little Sis, didn’t you say you don’t like dresses?”
As Lin Muqing walked out of the room and into the living room, she happened to run into her third brother, Lin Qiwen, who asked her this question.
“Yeah.”
Lin Muqing answered seriously, just like earlier.
“Then…”
Lin Qiwen pointed at the dress she was wearing.
“I-I’m only wearing it this once! Never again!”
It was a little awkward. Lin Muqing looked at the dress on her body, then at her brother, and tried to explain herself. After that, she quickly grabbed her good buddy’s hand and pulled him toward the door.
After she left, Lin Qiwen stared at the closed door, holding a handkerchief in both hands and biting one corner of it hard.
“Mom! Little Sis doesn’t love me anymore!”
Lin Qiwen turned around and hugged Meng Yue, who just happened to be getting ready to leave, and started complaining to her.
“You’re a grown man! Don’t you have any pride? She doesn’t like dresses, why didn’t you get her something else!?”
Looking at her pitiful third son, Meng Yue knocked him on the head with her knuckles.
While saying this, she thought about the chat she had with her son-in-law earlier that morning. He had told her that her daughter didn’t like dresses or the usual things most girls liked.
Besides that, Ye Ziming also mentioned what Lin Muqing did like, tasty food, fun things, and pretty things.
“She doesn’t like wearing dresses?”
Meng Yue raised her eyebrows slightly and asked with a curious look in her eyes.
“Yeah. She has a bit of a mental block about girly clothes.”
Ye Ziming answered seriously and honestly.
“Then how did you get her to wear a dress?”
Meng Yue asked again, noticing something strange. If she remembered correctly, her daughter was wearing a cute dress yesterday.
“Well… that’s another story.”
Ye Ziming smiled softly and replied.
As the conversation went on, Meng Yue found out that her son-in-law had been helping her daughter a lot, and had been using some strange little tricks to get Lin Muqing to wear dresses.
Hearing that, Meng Yue had a strange feeling in her heart. After all, this was something she hadn’t been able to do… but her son-in-law had.