Chapter 147 Because I Miss You

After the previous incidents where the little guy disregarded chivalry, Bai Lu now has to carefully consider her words and phrases before speaking to him, lest her meaning be misinterpreted again.

"Liking something... is complicated. You're too young to understand. You'll understand when you grow up."

"So you don't like my brother." Xiao Wei didn't understand anything, but he was stubbornly demanding an answer.

My entire brain is like a straight steel bar.

Bai Lu pursed her lips speechlessly and replied to the little guy who wouldn't give up until he got an answer, using relatively easy-to-understand words: "Your brother is great, you are great, this place is great, I like you all."

Xiao Wei automatically picked out the key points to listen to, and nodded when he heard the key point: "Then you like my brother."

Bai Lu almost choked on her rice and quickly explained, "That's not what you mean. I mean you're all very nice. I've been very happy living with you all. It's not the same kind of liking as the other kind."

"You don't like my brother?"

"I told you it wasn't what you thought. Liking someone is a complicated thing, you're too young to understand..."

"You like my brother."

"Don't talk nonsense."

"You don't like my brother?"

"Stop talking."

"You like my brother."

"Shut up and eat!"

“Okay, I understand. You like my brother, you won’t leave him, and you agree to let him go to school with you. I’ll call my brother now and tell him.”

Xiao Wei got up and went to the high table.

That nimble and quick little figure went straight for the landline, clearly having already memorized Xiao Cheng's number.

Bai Lu: "!!!"

"Wait a minute!"

Bai Lu hurriedly got up to stop the person.

But then I suddenly remembered something.

The mobile phone Xiao Cheng used a few days ago belonged to Jiang Zhengang; they have now reached shore.

Everyone went off to pursue their own careers.

Xiao Cheng doesn't have a phone, so how can Xiao Wei call? Even if he memorizes the number, it's useless. The number belongs to Jiang Zhengang's mobile phone, and Jiang Zhengang will definitely answer if he calls.

Bai Lu immediately calmed down, slowly retracted her leg that had ruined her image by taking a big stride, and sat back down at the dining table.

I picked up my chopsticks again and ate slowly and deliberately.

With a smug and unhurried smile, he looked at the small figure at the high table and said, "Go ahead and play."

Let's see who you can call!

Xiao Wei picked up the phone and finally realized that the number he remembered wasn't his older brother's.

No matter how reluctant I was, I had no choice but to put the phone receiver back.

Bai Lu looked at the little guy's drooping shoulders, and at the telephone receiver and landline back in their places, and laughed rather unkindly as she drank her soup.

"Ring ring!"

puff--

Just before the soup was about to spray out, Bai Lu covered her mouth and forced it back down, choking until her face turned bright red.

Who else would call back at this time?

Who else knows the home landline number?

Who else but Xiao Cheng?!

Just as Xiao Wei picked up the phone receiver, a hand suddenly reached out from above and snatched it away. Another hand then grabbed him by the back of his collar and quickly moved him to a corner.

Immediately afterwards, the girl's clear and melodious voice, which had finally returned to normal after coughing for a while, rang out in the main house.

“Acheng.”

"What about White Dew?"

Two voices rang out simultaneously.

Both people on the other end of the phone were stunned for a moment.

Every time Xiao Cheng called back, Xiao Wei would answer, and as usual, he would immediately ask for Bai Lu.

Bai Lu was too nervous, too anxious, and too unwilling to give Xiao Wei the opportunity to submit a false report, so as soon as she opened her mouth, she subconsciously called out "Acheng".

That's it, there was a moment of silence on the phone.

The silence was so profound that I didn't know what to say to salvage the awkward atmosphere that had started yesterday at noon, then suddenly warmed up today, only to fall silent again.

After a moment of silence.

"Big brother!"

Hurried footsteps came from behind.

Bai Lu immediately spoke first: "Have you eaten?"

The man on the other end of the phone replied, "I ate."

Bai Lu pressed down on the little bald boy's head, preventing him from grabbing the phone. The consequence of their forced conversation was a question that had been bothering them since noon yesterday: "Did you drink too much again yesterday?"

A low, ambiguous chuckle came through the receiver as the question was asked, "Why do you think I'm drunk?"

Bai Lu felt that things had to be said and explained clearly, and there was no need for those guessing games, the kind of misunderstandings that happen when you don't ask and don't tell, which leads to a messy situation.

So she spoke frankly: "Because you're throwing tantrums. You weren't like this before you started drinking. Your temper has become more and more volatile lately, even a bit irritable. Don't you notice? I don't know why you're like this. I just hope you can talk about what's wrong, so we can be honest with each other. Don't throw tantrums for no reason, like a drunk three-year-old."

Her tone was not aggressive; her voice remained gentle and soothing, capable of calming one's anxiety.

There was a moment of silence on the phone, as if after much deliberation, followed by a soft sigh, before Xiao Cheng's serious reply came through: "I didn't drink."

"Then why do you throw tantrums?"

"Because I miss you."

"Smack—"

Bai Lu stared blankly down at her empty hands and the receiver that had fallen onto the landline.

Finally, he looked at the little bald man beside him, who had gone from waving his arms and legs trying to grab the phone to standing still, equally stunned.

"It fell down by itself."

"I didn't hang up."

Xiao Wei wanted to say, "My brother only said 'I miss you,' is that really such a shock?"

Well, he was shocked too.

He thought that his older brother's "Wait for me to come back" was the most direct way he could express his longing last time, but he didn't expect that his older brother would be even more direct today, saying "I miss you".

It completely shattered his understanding of the world. In all his memories from childhood to adulthood, his older brother had never said he missed anyone.

Absolutely not!

Xiao Wei remembers it very clearly.

The only time was when I told Bailu I missed her, but unfortunately, that was the only time.

Because Bailu was frightened.

I could barely hold the phone, so I hung up.

Bai Lu's expression now is like the one she had when she first saw the black tiles and bricks from the roof fall onto the pot, smashing a big hole in it, and flames leaping up from the bottom.

I was so shocked that I was completely stunned.

Although he deserves sympathy, Xiao Wei felt that his older brother was more pitiful: "You told your older brother to say what was wrong, but after he finished speaking, you hung up the phone."

"I really didn't mean to..."

Bai Lu's hand remained in the position of holding the telephone receiver, but her heart was ice-cold.

Oh no, oh no.

This is a complete disaster.

Looking at Bai Lu, who looked completely bewildered, Xiao Wei finally understood what his Chinese teacher meant by the saying, "A wise man can be foolish for a moment."

He even had to teach her the simplest and most direct method: "Do you want to call back and explain to your older brother?"

Bai Lu then realized that the phone had a callback function, and she could call back to Xiao Cheng.

After a long pause, his hand finally regained its strength and quickly and accurately pressed the back button.

(End of this chapter)