Volume 1 Chapter 39: Student Gao Liang, Stay for Dinner
“Nice my foot!”
Lin Lin puffed her cheeks. Seeing that he looked like he didn’t want to leave, she quickly tried to push him toward the door. But he didn’t really move and instead looked around her room with interest.
“Wow, Lin Lin, your room is surprisingly simple.”
“Whether it’s simple or not has nothing to do with you! Hurry up and get out! Stop staring at my bed!”
The girl kept pushing him outside, while Gao Liang followed her lead with a half-smile. Soon, the two of them playfully made their way into the living room, and then…
They came face to face with Lin Lin’s parents, who looked very serious, and her younger brother, who still looked like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
Uh…
The five of them just stood there awkwardly in the living room, frozen.
Cough cough. Lin Lin quickly pulled back the hand that was pushing on Gao Liang’s back, then stepped three steps to the side to create some distance.
“Well… Xiao Lin, this person next to you is…?”
Her mom hesitantly pointed at Gao Liang. Lin Lin instantly became nervous. She stuttered and couldn’t speak, and cold sweat started forming on her back.
Uh oh, uh oh…
How am I supposed to explain this? Why do Mom and Dad look at me like that…?
Just when Lin Lin was struggling to find the right words, Gao Liang spoke first. He stepped forward and greeted her parents.
“Hello, Uncle and Auntie. My name is Gao Liang. I’m Lin Lin’s classmate. We ran into each other outside today, and I saw she was carrying heavy things, so I helped her bring them home. It’s my first time visiting, and I came suddenly without preparing much. Please accept this bottle of wine as a small gift. Sorry for disturbing you.”
As he spoke, he handed over a beautifully packaged bottle of red wine. Her dad accepted it and happily nodded in approval.
“Good wine.”
This time, Lin Lin was even more shocked.
Wait, where did that wine come from? I didn’t see it earlier. Do you have some kind of magic pocket or something? What are you, Doraemon Gao Liang…
And why are you giving gifts? This makes it look like…
“Well, you came to visit and even brought a gift. It’s almost like you’re here to propose marriage,” her mom joked from the side.
Lin Lin’s face instantly turned red. She quickly said, “No! We’re just normal friends!”
“Big sis… actually has friends now.”
Lin Yu added from the side.
Critical hit.
Lin Lin was completely defeated.
“Hahaha…” Gao Liang gently patted Lin Lin’s head and explained, “Lin Lin is a bit shy. She probably doesn’t talk much about her school friends at home.”
“It’s mainly because our Xiao Lin hasn’t brought any classmates home since she grew up. So seeing her bring a boy home today feels very surprising. Haha, Student Gao, please don’t mind it. Um… would you like to stay for dinner?”
Mom used her special move: Inviting him to stay for dinner!
Gao Liang looked down at Lin Lin, who was crouching on the floor, as if asking for her opinion. Lin Lin sighed helplessly.
If it were another family, it might just be polite words. But in her family… Mom probably really meant it.
And after dinner, it would probably turn into, “Oh my, Student Gao, why not stay the night? Xiao Lin can sleep with Xiao Yu, and we’ll give Student Gao a room.”
There is totally a chance that could happen!
No way. She had already failed to protect many things, but she must protect her bed no matter what!
Her archenemy absolutely cannot get on her bed!
The girl gritted her teeth, stood up, and said to her parents, “No, no, his sister is still waiting outside. He should go home quickly. Haha, goodbye, Student Gao!”
As she spoke, she tried to push him toward the door. Gao Liang even turned back and said, “Hey, Lin Lin, it’s fine if I stay for dinner. My sister can wait. She’s very patient.”
“No, you busy man, hurry up and go! I have things to do tonight!”
If you don’t leave, how can I do my livestream?
“Xiao Lin! Student Gao helped you so much today. How can you chase him away like this?”
Mom suddenly spoke in a serious tone. Lin Lin froze and stopped awkwardly.
Uh oh…
And so…
“Student Gao, try Auntie’s cooking. How is this dish? And this one?”
At the dinner table, the siblings were surprisingly united. Both of them watched with resentment as their mom kept putting food onto Gao Liang’s plate, while their dad drank with him.
This couple really…
It feels like they are welcoming a future son-in-law.
Lin Yu leaned closer to Lin Lin and whispered, “Hey, is he your boyfriend?”
“Bullshit!” Lin Lin kicked her younger brother under the table. “Don’t talk nonsense. We just ran into each other by chance.”
“I thought since I didn’t help you carry things, you found someone else to do it.”
After getting kicked, her brother behaved and quietly ate his food. Lin Lin silently ate her plain rice. Anyway, the dinner conversation had nothing to do with the siblings. It was all between their parents and Gao Liang.
“Lin Lin does quite well in school. We’re desk mates, and recently she even asked me to tutor her.”
“Oh my, thank you so much for taking care of our Xiao Lin. Student Gao has good grades and is such a nice person. It’s really great that our Xiao Lin gets to sit next to you.”
Tsk—
Not great at all!
Lin Lin looked at him with resentment. If you have the guts, why don’t you tell them how you used tutoring to threaten me into making cat sounds, or how you pushed me against the desk in that abandoned classroom before?
I bet you wouldn’t make it out of this door today!
The three of them chatted for a long time. At the end, Mom nodded with satisfaction. After dinner, she spoke again.
“Student Gao, it’s getting late. How about you tell your parents and stay at our place tonight? I’ll have Xiao Lin…”
Gao Liang turned his head and looked at Lin Lin with a playful expression. Lin Lin glared at him. He smiled, nodded, and then interrupted her mom.
“No, thank you, Auntie. I just remembered I have something to do tonight. I should get going. Thank you for your hospitality.”
Seeing that he was leaving, Mom didn’t insist. She smiled and nodded.
“Well then, Xiao Lin, walk Student Gao out.”
……………
“Come visit again anytime, you’re always welcome!”
Her parents waved goodbye for quite a while. Lin Lin helplessly walked him downstairs.
Standing at the stairway exit, the girl sighed.
“It’s finally over.”
“Yeah, your parents are really warm and welcoming,” Gao Liang said with a smile. “By the way, Lin Lin, so this is where you live?”
Huh?
Hearing this, Lin Lin took a sharp breath.
She suddenly realized something.
Oh no… this guy…
This guy now knows where I live!
She shivered. “I-I-I’m not welcoming you! Don’t just show up at my house!”
He chuckled. “Relax. By the way, I have a show I planned to watch tonight, so I’ll get going. About tutoring, how about tomorrow at six in the evening? I’ll come pick you up here. Sound good?”
“Uh…” Lin Lin paused, then quickly said, “Wait, pick me up at the entrance of the neighborhood!”
He laughed. “Alright, see you then?”
“…See you tomorrow.”