73. Son, I’m taking you to repay her kindness.
Oh no, Mom is coming to Fucheng.
Worse yet, she wants to meet Lin Baiyi.
How am I supposed to see her? We’re not even in a relationship, and it doesn’t seem like we know each other that well either.
“Just this!” Xia Changyu took a deep breath and said, “Mom seems to treat her like a future daughter-in-law. That can’t be right!”
Could it really be that parents view other people’s daughters as potential daughters-in-law, wanting to take them home?
But actually,
We’re talking about the possibility.
Could it be that Xia Mama has a favorable impression of that girl she hasn’t met yet, because of the Binhai incident?
In a spacious flat.
The elegant lady covered her beloved piano with a cloth and sighed, “What a silly son. Even if it weren’t for you, couldn’t I just thank her personally? After all, that girl is your lifesaver.”
Xia Mama’s real name is Xia Zhilian.
A talented woman from the Imperial Capital Music Academy, she is different from those pianists who appear on entertainment shows; she is more active in solemn and serious concerts.
Now in her forties.
She still looks like a twenty-seven or twenty-eight-year-old woman.
Xia Zhilian’s intentions are quite clear: “Firstly, to thank her; secondly, to watch over; thirdly, if my silly son really likes that girl, isn’t it normal for a mother to give a little support?”
She glanced at her reflection in the mirror and, despite her excellent upkeep, couldn’t escape the ravages of time. She tucked a strand of white hair at her temples into her dark locks.
Then, she sighed.
And sighed again.
Muttering to herself, “I’m old, really old. At the age of forty, I already have several strands of white hair.”
Does she really care about this?
As night fell.
The lights in the Management Department building gradually went out; those studying and participating in activities all left.
Lin Yibai’s phone battery also warned her that if she didn’t leave soon, it would die.
‘Ding~’
【5%】
This battery alert was quite annoying.
Lin Yibai recalled her learning outcomes regarding makeup from tonight.
It seemed she learned something, but it also felt like a waste.
In practical application, it was a total mess.
In theory, just a shallow understanding?
Finally, she summarized to the boy beside her, “Why do I feel like unless you help me with my makeup, it seems like I haven’t learned anything at all?” Lin Yibai scratched her head, questioning his poor teaching ability, Stinky Rival in Love!
Xia Changyu’s face showed no signs of embarrassment, nor did his heart race.
Don’t ask; really don’t ask.
The answer is simple: slow and steady.
If I taught you all at once, how would you continue to deceive others… ahem, Xia Changyu meant how to get the girl to come out and learn more?
He was already able to maintain a serious face, saying without changing color, “Knowledge is to be savored; if you learned everything in one night, how would other girls survive? Wouldn’t those who rely on makeup for a living lose their jobs?”
Lin Yibai furrowed her pretty eyebrows.
It seemed to make some sense, so she nodded and said, “Bird Food!”
Xia Changyu replied, “Then now.”
Lin Yibai said, “Now we should go back.”
Xia Changyu asked, “Go back? Where?”
Lin Yibai said, “Each to our own home, back to our own mothers!”
Some people wanted to return to the inn for air conditioning, while others were already feeling anxious and fidgety.
Xia Changyu glanced at the time on his phone.
Then looked outside into the night.
After a moment of hesitation, he said, “It’s not even nine o’clock yet; it’s too early… Let’s stay a little longer!”
“It’s really not early anymore.”
“But it’s not even nine yet!”
“If it passes nine, do you know?”
“Know what?”
“You rarely come to the teaching building, right?” Lin Yibai took a deep breath and said earnestly, “The later it gets, the stranger things can happen in the teaching building… Especially since tonight is Friday evening.”
Could it be some school ghost story?
I’ve heard many schools are built on graveyards; during the day, students can handle the pressure of Yang energy, but at night it can get eerie.
Some even go on adventure outings.
Just as Xia Changyu began to develop some unfounded speculation in his mind.
He heard the girl in front of him lower her voice and whisper, “It’s those couples! Some of them won’t go back until really late, so… you know what I mean!”
Ah! So that’s what you meant?
Xia Changyu looked enlightened and indicated that he understood!
Young couples!
It’s normal for them to want to be clingy together.
But Lin Yibai shook her head and said, “No, it seems you still don’t get it, so let’s not discuss it! Next time when we have time, I’ll take you on an adventure.”
Since they were at one of the highest floors, they had to walk through several long corridors on their way down.
When passing some dark classrooms.
Xia Changyu wasn’t sure if he’d misheard but seemed to hear some soft ‘moans.’
‘Hoo hoo~’
‘Hoo hoo~’
‘Um, um~~~’
Xia Changyu: …
It wasn’t an illusion!
It seemed there were couples making sounds in the dark classrooms. He instinctively leaned to peek inside.
Then he felt his arm being hugged, as if something was pressing against his hand, soft!
Next, he heard the girl pulling him back, panicked, saying, “Are you stupid! What about manners? Disturbing others is very immoral!”
“But they are in the classroom?”
“Shh~~”
“Huh?”
“Don’t say anything; you might end up getting hurt by a boomerang.” After distancing themselves from that strange dark classroom, Lin Yibai sighed and said, “One day the boomerang will come back to hit you; you wouldn’t want someone suddenly peeking in while you’re doing something in a dark classroom with a certain girl, right?”
Xia Changyu insisted that was impossible; how could he ever get up to anything with anyone in a classroom? That was just absurd!
If anything, he would just book a hotel!
A boomerang?
Impossible, haha!
Not long after, the two finally exited the teaching building.
At the entrance of the south district, Xia Changyu wanted to escort her but was rejected.
He then suggested, “How about I treat you to a late-night snack?”
Lin Yibai thought for a moment, “Sure.”
Xia Changyu was overjoyed upon hearing that.
Finally, he had a chance to make a good impression, no matter what kind of meal it was.
Shall we go for some street barbecue?
Wanzhou grilled fish?
Haidilao hot pot, or crawfish?
Xia Changyu thought of dozens of late-night snack options to spend a few hundred to even a thousand yuan for her, until he saw the four famous characters staring back at him: Shaxian Snacks.
Xia Changyu: I’m really impressed by this girl.
Lin Yibai ordered the classic two-piece combo from Shaxian Snacks: “Mixed noodles and dumplings, two of each, thank you.”
Xia Changyu rubbed his forehead, “How much?”
Lin Yibai replied, “Don’t worry, it won’t cost you much, mixed noodles are five yuan, dumplings six yuan. You said you’d treat us, but we can just split it.”
No! You misunderstood!
Xia Changyu wasn’t worried about those ten or twenty yuan; he was just perplexed about why he couldn’t spend money on her!
