Volume 3 Chapter 55: But Didn’t You Still Meet Her?!
“Uh… this…”
The situation suddenly became very awkward. Gao Liang was the first to react. He looked at his phone screen again to make sure he had called Lin Yu, not his little sister by mistake. Then he stayed silent for a moment.
What… is going on here?
“Um…”
Gao Ye slowly put down the phone and looked at Lin Yu in front of her. She asked in a low voice,
“It’s my brother… What should I do? How do I explain this?”
“Phew—” Lin Yu took a bite of his iced watermelon. His head felt cold from it, but luckily, his brain was still working well. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized something important.
“Wait, why does this feel like we got caught cheating or something? Gao Ye, you just came to visit me because I’m sick. Just tell Gao Liang that.”
“Oh… that’s true.”
Gao Ye nodded quietly. Cough, cough… she had just overthought it. She didn’t steal anything or do anything wrong. Why was she scared?
So she picked up the phone and said,
“Me? I’m at Lin Yu’s house visiting him because he’s sick. He’s eating right now, so he asked me to answer the phone.”
“You…” Gao Liang was silent for a moment. He really couldn’t find anything wrong with that. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly and say,
“Behave yourself… That’s Lin Lin’s younger brother. If you offend him, it’ll be hard for me to deal with.”
“Pfft—”
The girl couldn’t help laughing in front of Lin Yu. Big brother, hahaha… what is he even thinking?
If she didn’t offend Lin Yu, and instead helped him build a good relationship with Lin Lin’s family in advance… shouldn’t he thank her?
“Alright, alright. But you, why did you suddenly call Lin Yu so late at night? Is something wrong?”
Gao Ye waved her hand and asked seriously. Lin Yu nodded too. He also cared more about this question.
On the other side of the phone, Gao Liang fell silent again.
Hmm…
Where should he start?
“Cough, cough. Is there anyone else next to you?”
Gao Liang asked carefully first. Hearing that, Gao Ye became a little nervous.
Wh-what…
Why does this feel like a spy movie?
She looked around. There was only Lin Yu. Then she said quietly,
“Only Lin Yu is here. What’s wrong?”
“Okay, I’m going to tell you something. Don’t tell anyone yet,” Gao Liang said seriously, afraid that she might shout in surprise and expose everything.
“Uh… where should I start? Let’s start from the beginning. Today, an online friend invited me to have dinner tonight. You’ve seen her before, the virtual streamer… Ari-chan.”
“…”
Gao Ye froze for two seconds.
“Huh?!”
Ahhh?!
W-what is this?!
How did big brother suddenly go on a date with Ari-chan—that is, Lin Lin’s virtual avatar?
D-doesn’t that mean she’s exposed?!
“Y-you met the real person?” Gao Ye asked in panic.
Gao Liang nodded awkwardly. “Yeah.”
“Th-th-th-then… didn’t you meet her already?”
Gao Ye was so nervous she could hardly speak clearly. “So… after you met her, what happened?”
“What… what do you mean what happened?”
Gao Liang frowned. He felt that her reaction was a bit strange.
Why does it sound like there’s some kind of secret behind this?
“Y-you… do you know Ari-chan?”
“Huh?!”
When Gao Ye heard her brother say that, she immediately calmed down a little. She tilted her head and thought about it.
What kind of question is that?
If her brother had already met Sister Lin Lin, then what’s the point of asking her whether she knows Ari-chan? Wouldn’t that be an obvious question?
But if he didn’t meet Ari-chan… then he might be trying to get information from her!
Wait, that really sounds like he’s testing her!
That was close. She almost fell into a trap!
“N-no, I don’t know her, haha. I was just asking if the real person behind virtual streamers are also pretty girls. I’m just curious, haha. Cough, cough… By the way, brother, I can’t believe you would actually go meet someone you met online!”
“I didn’t even meet her! And besides, she strongly insisted on meeting me. I just felt too embarrassed to refuse,” Gao Liang complained helplessly. Then he became serious again.
“Alright, stop joking. Let’s get to the point. Even though I didn’t meet Ari-chan this time, I ran into Lin Lin. And now… the two of us are at a hotel.”
“……”
But didn’t you still meet her?!
What?
W-why?
Gao Ye’s brain completely froze. She couldn’t figure out what happened. Her brother went to meet Ari-chan but didn’t see her. Instead, he met Sister Lin Lin…
So… does that mean Sister Lin Lin and Ari-chan are not the same person?
For a moment, Gao Ye even started to doubt herself.
Could it be that she was wrong all this time? Maybe Sister Lin Lin really isn’t Ari-chan?
That shouldn’t be the case…
Then it must be that her brother and Sister Lin Lin met each other, but neither of them realized the other person’s true identity.
That’s probably what happened.
Ah— even though she didn’t understand all the details, Gao Ye’s guess wasn’t too far from the truth. After thinking it through, she suddenly realized a huge problem.
What the heck…
How did a simple dinner turn into going to a hotel?!
“…”
Well, in some situations, that could make sense.
But for Sister Lin Lin and her brother, that doesn’t make sense at all! They’re not even officially dating yet! What happened tonight? Isn’t this progress way too fast?
If they had discovered each other’s real identities, Gao Ye might believe something really happened tonight. But right now, at least her brother clearly sounds confused!
“What happened?”
Gao Ye forced herself to stay calm. She took a deep breath and asked nervously.
Gao Liang scratched his head and said helplessly,
“Here’s what happened. Ari-chan suddenly stood me up for no reason. Then Lin Lin asked me to come over. We ate hotpot together, and then… she suddenly got drunk. Maybe because she was standing on bridge earlier and the wind was strong, she caught a cold. Now she has a high fever, a bad cold, and she’s drunk. She’s not acting normal at all. She insisted on sleeping at a hotel, and I had no choice.”
“Th-this…” Gao Ye twitched her mouth speechlessly. Then she looked at Lin Yu.
Lin Yu was quietly eating his noodles while listening to Gao Ye talk on the phone. Of course, he could only hear her side of the conversation. But it sounded like something serious had happened.
“Right now I really don’t know what to do,” Gao Liang continued. “She’s already asleep. I originally wanted to call Lin Yu and ask him to help explain the situation to Lin Lin’s parents, so they won’t worry. But it’s probably better to say she’s sleeping in the guest room at my house… Saying she’s at a hotel doesn’t sound very good.”
“Yeah… that doesn’t sound good at all…”
Gao Ye slowly looked at Lin Yu.
Hmm… this is going to be a very difficult task.