Volume 4 Chapter 37: A Dance Machine?

What confused Lin Lin wasn’t why her little brother was standing there. Of course he would be at home, this was his house too.

What really made her curious was…

He was holding a big box in his hands.

What is that?

Lin Lin frowned, covered her mouth slightly, closed the door behind her, and asked,

“When did you start randomly buying stuff too? What did you buy this time?”

“You say that like you’re not the one who usually buys random things.”

Lin Yu put the box down for a moment, wiped his sweat, and pointed at it.

“This is something Classmate Gao Ye asked me to help buy. It’s like a dance machine mat… I don’t really know what it’s called. Anyway, from the description, you should know what it is, right?”

“Oh~” Lin Lin slapped her forehead. “I have no idea.”

“……”

“Hahaha~ Don’t look at me like that. I was just joking.” Seeing her brother’s speechless face, she quickly waved her hands and explained more clearly.

“It’s that home dance motion-sensing mat, right? You connect it to a game console and use it to play dance games. You step on the symbols on the mat based on what shows up on the screen.”

“Yeah, that’s actually correct.” Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction—wait, no. Why was he arguing with her about such a boring definition?

He didn’t want to talk anymore. He just wanted to carry the thing to his room, lie on his bed, play on his phone, and sleep when he got tired.

But just as he tried to leave, the girl quickly stepped in front of him.

Heh heh, trying to run?

Her curiosity had already been sparked. She looked at the box from left to right. Of course, she wasn’t worried that the product was fake or wrong. She was more curious about why her little brother was playing this with Gao Ye.

“Move, I need to bring this to my room…” Lin Yu complained weakly.

But Lin Lin didn’t plan to move. She looked around and asked,

“Is Gao Ye at our house? In your room?”

“Of course not!”

“Then why are you in such a hurry to hide in your room? Trying to reward yourself or something? Let me see it~ I let you see my VR when I bought it~”

Lin Lin looked at the box with expectation.

Lin Yu sighed helplessly. When she stuck to him like this, he often had no choice. He finally nodded and let her follow him into his room.

Lin Lin smiled mischievously and followed him inside. Lin Yu opened the box and took out the item, showing it to her.

“Here. It’s this thing.” He spread the mat out on the floor and added, “Gao Ye asked me to go buy it with her this afternoon. We even tried it out. It’s pretty tiring.”

“And you still bought it.” Lin Lin covered her mouth and laughed when she saw his reluctant expression.

Wow, if he looks this unwilling, then…

There are only two possibilities.

First, her brother is a tsundere. He actually likes dance games but refuses to admit it.

Second, he’s just too prideful. Maybe he doesn’t even like it, but in front of Xiao Ye, he bought it to save face.

No matter which one it is…

He’s such an unlucky fool. Hehe~

Seeing his sister’s “I see through everything” expression, Lin Yu felt a little unhappy. He coughed awkwardly and explained,

“It’s not like that. I’m not the one playing with this. It’s Classmate Gao Ye. The shop we went to is close to our home, and this thing is heavy and takes up a lot of space. She didn’t want to carry it home right away. She said she’ll come get it from me after school on Monday.”

“Then I’m doomed. I’ll probably see Gao Ye in the car again on Monday afternoon…”

Lin Lin’s cheerful face immediately turned gloomy as she imagined her future.

But after a moment, she suddenly thought of something.

Oh…

It seems like Gao Ye bought this to practice anime-style dance, right?

After all, she will also go on stage.

That said… anime dance and dance machine games are quite different, aren’t they? Using this to practice…

Uh…

What kind of logic is that? Lin Lin didn’t really understand. Of course, maybe Gao Ye just wanted to play with it for fun.

She thought about it for a while. Then she suddenly became interested and said,

“Hmm, so if she’s only taking it on Monday, that means it’s still with you tomorrow, right?”

“Yes, it’ll still be here tomorrow… Wait, what do you mean?”

Lin Yu suddenly became alert. He looked like he was ready to fight his sister to the death to protect Gao Ye’s property.

If Lin Lin could read minds, she would probably say, “What a respectful little brother.”

She could tell he was wary and unwilling. She rubbed her hands together and shamelessly continued,

“Ahem, since it’s just sitting there anyway, how about we try playing with this dance mat tomorrow? Maybe combine it with VR…”

What she didn’t say out loud was that she wanted to use this rare and fun toy together with VR for an interesting livestream. It would definitely be fun.

After hearing this, Lin Yu quickly hugged the mat and firmly shook his head at his sister, his actions seemed to say, ‘You can take my life, but not this.’

“Hmph! I’ve wasted all these years caring for you,” Lin Lin complained. “I’m not stealing your little girlfriend’s stuff. I’m just borrowing it for a while. It’s not being used anyway. You can play with her, but you can’t play with me? I’m your sister!”

“She’s… not my girlfriend!”

Lin Yu first corrected the most important point, then continued complaining,

“And you didn’t take care of me all these years! Who was the one who became useless in middle school? Who was taking care of who?”

“Uh…”

“And without Gao Ye’s permission, it’s a no!”

“Fine, you’re really impossible.”

Lin Lin shook her head, took out her phone, found Gao Ye’s profile picture, and sent a message.

【Lin Lin: Gao Ye, can I borrow your new dance mat? I want to use it tomorrow.】

【Gao Ye: Hmm~ about that…】

【Lin Lin: I’ll use it for a livestream game. I’ll bring my brother into the stream too.】

【Gao Ye: Ahaha, no problem, Sister Lin Lin! Go ahead and use it! Hehehe~】

Lin Lin gave a cold smile, deleted the middle two messages, and showed the screen to Lin Yu.