Volume 4 Chapter 19: How About Calling You “Little Kitty”?
“No no no no no—!”
The girl quickly waved her hands and shouted,
“You—you—you completely misunderstood me, A-Liang—ah no, Gao Liang! Actually… I recently want to raise a dog, haha! I’m planning to buy a Husky and name it A-Liang. I’m not talking about you! Calm down!”
Gao Liang looked at the girl whose face was almost smoking from embarrassment. Then he imagined a Husky named “A-Liang” and wiped his sweat.
Who is the one that needs to calm down?
Gao Liang waved his hand helplessly. “It’s fine. Whether you call the Husky that or call me that, I already said you can call me whatever you like. The important thing is, I want to change how I call you. Always calling your full name sounds too distant.”
“Mm…”
Lin Lin pouted and said, “Wh-whatever. I’m very easygoing. Call me whatever you like. Just… don’t make it too cheesy.”
“What counts as cheesy?” Gao Liang tilted his head and asked with a smile.
Lin Lin rolled her eyes at him. He better not say anything too sweet or embarrassing, or she would punish him right away.
“Anything that comes out of my ‘enemy’s’ mouth is cheesy!”
“Oh? Then I guess I can only use sign language.”
Gao Liang helplessly waved his hands and suddenly started making serious hand signs.
Lin Lin was stunned. She watched his many hand movements and fell into deep thought.
“Hey, are you just waving your hands around? Don’t tell me you really know sign language!”
After hearing her words, Gao Liang continued signing.
Lin Lin’s mouth twitched. She couldn’t understand anything at all!
“Say something! Stop playing around! I give up, just talk!”
She was getting anxious. Gao Liang nodded with a naughty smile, showing that he really did know a little sign language.
But he still didn’t speak!
“Fine, fine, I lose!” The girl sighed and turned her head away unwillingly. “Stop teasing me. I know, I know. My good desk mate and I are not enemies. Everything you say is correct. Okay?”
“Mm-hmm, that’s great. So Lin Lin actually likes hearing me talk,” Gao Liang said with a satisfied smile.
Lin Lin turned back to look at him and suddenly asked,
“By the way, what did those hand signs mean just now? Tell me honestly. You were just waving randomly, right?”
“Pfft, why don’t you guess?” Gao Liang smiled mischievously.
Seeing his smile, Lin Lin suddenly felt that continuing this topic might not be a good idea.
Oh no…
What if this guy used sign language to say something strange?
Her face turned red. She didn’t dare to think too much about it. But in her heart, she started remembering his hand movements, planning to search online later and try to figure out the words.
Wait—what is she even thinking?!
He was definitely just waving randomly. Yes, randomly!
Lin Lin shook her head and quickly changed the topic. Gao Liang also remembered the main point and said,
“Ahem, so… what should I call you from now on? Xiao Lin? Linlin?”
“Ugh, you guys are all the same! Either ‘Xiao-something’ or repeating the name twice. So cheesy! No creativity at all.”
Lin Lin pouted and criticized all the names he suggested.
Gao Liang felt helpless. Didn’t she just say he could call her anything?
Those nicknames were close and kind of cute, right? They weren’t that cheesy.
Besides, he learned those from observing other people. Some people had called her by those names before, hadn’t they?
Why is it not okay when it’s him?
So… what should he call her?
Uh…
Gao Liang thought very hard for a while. Then he carefully said:
“Then… based on what happened between us before… how about ‘Little Kitty’? Hehe~ When Lin Lin makes ‘meow meow’ sounds, she’s the cutest!”
“Wh-what?!”
Lin Lin’s face turned bright red. She quickly shouted,
“You… you idiot! I told you not to say something so cheesy!”
“What’s cheesy about ‘Little Kitty’?” Gao Liang said in an innocent voice. “When you meow, you’re really cute, just like a little cat~”
“Y-you!” Lin Lin’s hair on top of her head seemed to stand up again. Her face was so red it felt like steam was coming out of her head. Even the car window next to her started to fog up.
She clenched her fists. She knew he was teasing her, but… she couldn’t fight back. How annoying!
Th-this feeling!
“When you get angry, you look even more like a cat~”
“Ugh—!”
Finally, Gao Liang smiled and gently rubbed her head. That action completely broke her defense. Her body became weak, and she fell back onto the soft car seat. She looked at him with watery eyes and said softly,
“Y-you… go call Gao Ye ‘Little Kitty’! I… I’m not!”
“Hm? What does Gao Ye have to do with this? Ah, never mind. So what should I call you then? Little—”
Little vampire?
The words almost came out of his mouth, but luckily he stopped himself in time.
Ah… what was he thinking?
If he suddenly said that, Lin Lin might think he had some strange hobby.
“I don’t care anymore, just call me Lin Lin, or Lin Lin Classmate. That’s fine! Ugh…”
Lin Lin completely gave up. She even asked him to call her in a more distant way.
While they were still arguing, the black car slowly stopped in front of Lin Lin’s apartment building. She blinked and realized they had already arrived.
Time passed so fast…
They looked at each other. Gao Liang felt a little unwilling to say goodbye. Lin Lin nodded shyly, opened the car door, and got out.
Gao Liang also got out and stood in front of her. Suddenly, he said, “How about… tonight I go to your house, and you help me with my studies?”
“You—get lost!”
Lin Lin had wanted to thank him for driving her home. She didn’t expect him to push his luck like this.
Mm…
But after saying that, she felt a little regret.
After a moment, she turned around. Then she looked back at him, who was still smiling at her, and said softly,
“Thank you, A-Liang…”
Ahhh, that was so embarrassing!
After saying it, she covered her face and ran away, leaving Gao Liang standing there with a fast-beating heart, smiling helplessly as he watched her back.
If she was that shy, why did she say it like that?
……………………
Huff, huff—
After finally running back home, Lin Lin felt like her mind was not clear anymore.
She took deep breaths for a long time before she finally calmed down a little. With a red face, she opened her phone, trying to distract herself.
Just then, a new message popped up.
She blinked and opened the p-site app. She saw that Sister Wenmei’s profile picture was flashing.
【Du Wenmei: Xiao Lin!!! Are you free recently?!!】