Volume 3 Chapter 13: You Smell Like Her Perfume~

Mm-hmm.

Gao Liang smiled slightly, blinked his eyes, and looked at the girl in front of him.

After being called out on something she herself hadn’t noticed before, Lin Lin was clearly a bit stunned. She blinked, then turned her head away shyly.

Uh…

“Th-this… this is because…”

“Because of what?” Gao Liang kept teasing her with a quiet laugh. “Could it be that… Lin Lin is the kind of girl who likes wearing other people’s clothes?”

Even though Lin Lin knew he was teasing her, she still couldn’t control her expression. Her lips trembled as she spoke.

“No, no, no, no! Of course not! It’s because my school uniform was ruined!”

After saying that, Lin Lin quickly turned her head away and puffed up her cheeks.

“You think I like wearing your clothes? Look at this, on me, it doesn’t even fit properly. I… I only wore it because I felt awkward taking someone else’s, and you weren’t at school, so I just took yours.”

“Mhm, that’s pretty nice~”

Gao Liang nodded in satisfaction. Lin Lin didn’t understand what he meant, and his words only made her feel more embarrassed. With her cheeks puffed out, she quietly started taking off the school uniform she was wearing.

Gao Liang reached out and stopped her.

“Hey, don’t take it off yet, Lin Lin. You look very cute like this. Haha, oversized clothes on a small body have this strange kind of charm.”

“C-cute my foot.”

Blushing, Lin Lin quickly took off the uniform anyway, showing the white shirt underneath. After a moment, she threw the uniform straight at Gao Liang’s face, then turned her head away and muttered proudly.

“I-I don’t care about it at all. Tch. It smells like you. So gross!”

“Oh?” Gao Liang followed her words and set a little trap. “Then what kind of smell is it exactly? Did you carefully smell it, Lin Lin?”

Lin Lin froze, then panicked.

N-no, no, no! I’m not some kind of weirdo!

I definitely didn’t sniff my rival’s clothes on purpose!

I just… happened to notice it today…

The clothes really did have a faint smell. Lin Lin couldn’t explain it well. She just felt that it was kind of nice? A bit of a man’s scent… how should she say it…

“Anyway, it’s just gross, okay!”

Lin Lin turned her head away in embarrassment and waved her hands as if trying to fan the smell away.

That actually made Gao Liang feel a little unsure. He lowered his head and smelled the uniform himself.

People usually aren’t very sensitive to their own scent, but they often notice the smell of others.

There was a song lyric that went something like—

You smell like her perfume, it’s my nose’s fault~

…………

“Uh…”

After calming down a bit, Lin Lin turned back, still stubborn.

“S-so? You smelled that gross smell on yourself, right?”

“Well… not really,” Gao Liang smiled. “But Lin Lin, I did smell something cute on this~”

He looked at the girl who had completely frozen and felt very pleased inside.

Haha…

Lin Lin really froze up. She probably never expected him to use a move like this.

But still… there really was a faint sweet scent.

Lin Lin… soft and sweet-smelling.

That sounded like a line from the little vampire girl.

Oh—right!

Gao Liang suddenly remembered something. He quickly turned his head and asked the girl beside him, who was blushing hard and practically steaming from embarrassment.

“Oh, right, Lin Lin, there’s something I wanted to ask you. Um… Lin Lin, how is your relationship with Lin Yu usually?”

“Th-th-th-th-th-th—”

The girl stuttered badly. It was clear she still hadn’t recovered from Gao Liang’s sudden words earlier and was completely confused.

Th-this…

How could he say something so shameless?!

As expected… he really is my lifelong enemy—

“Lin Lin? Lin Lin?!”

Gao Liang called her name again and again. After calling her dozens of times, he finally snapped her back to reality.

“Uh…”

Lin Lin looked at him unwillingly. She felt like this guy had called her name way too many times.

After what just happened, she didn’t dare relax. She spoke cautiously, muttering, “W-what… what is it?”

“Well, actually, I just wanted to ask how things are at home,” Gao Liang said casually, resting his chin on his hand. “How is your relationship with your younger brother?”

He continued, “I’m just asking, recently, I have a friend whose relationship with her sibling isn’t very good. I remember that you and your brother get along pretty well, so I thought I’d ask.”

“Huh?”

Lin Lin was completely shocked by the question. There were so many things to complain about that she didn’t even know where to start.

“Ahem—first of all,” she said suspiciously, “Is this ‘friend’ you mentioned actually you? And is this ‘younger brother’ actually a younger sister?”

She stared at him with doubt. Gao Liang shook his head helplessly.

It really wasn’t about himself.

As for Gao Ye, he couldn’t be bothered to care.

“Ahem. Fine,” Lin Lin continued. “Then let me fix the second point. You… where did you get the idea that Lin Yu and I have a good relationship?”

“Our relationship…” she paused, thinking. “Well, I wouldn’t say we’re close or loving. Honestly, we’re more like enemies who can’t stand each other. It even feels worse than the relationship between you and me!”

She sighed as she said that.

Sigh…

A brother and sister getting along worse than rivals… Well, it happens.

“Well, don’t say it like that,” Gao Liang smiled and gently patted her head. “Our relationship isn’t bad, right? I even lent you my school uniform in an emergency!”

“I took it myself!” Lin Lin snapped.

“Pfft—”

“You’re still laughing?!”

……………………

After looking away from the slightly cheerful scene, the students return to after the school assembly ended.

From that moment on, Lin Yu felt uneasy.

And the reason was simple… Lin Lin.

It wasn’t because he saw her speak on the stage, though he was surprised when she stepped onto the podium.

What worried him more was this—

Lin Lin almost cried on stage.

Other people might not notice the tone of a girl giving a speech, but he clearly heard her pain and sadness.

What happened to her?