In the evening, Su Ping arrived at the agreed place early. Feeling a bit bored, she took out her phone and started scrolling through it.
Her fingers unconsciously lingered on the message Lu Zhiyan had sent her that afternoon.
Faced with his feelings, she once again chose to run away.
[Host, stay focused. This is just a fictional world. Getting emotionally involved will have serious consequences.]
The warning voice of the Calabash Brothers rang out, bringing Su Ping back to her senses.
I glanced at the time; it was almost time for their agreed meeting.
Thinking about what she would have to face later, Su Ping took a few deep breaths.
The door to the private room was pushed open, and a waiter led Mrs. Lu in.
Su Ping stood up and turned around, but the smile on her face froze when she saw the man following behind Madam Lu.
Then, somewhat embarrassed, she lowered her head to avoid his gaze.
What's going on? She clearly made an appointment with Madam Lu, so why did Lu Zhiyan come along too?
Wait a minute, something seems off.
Su Ping frowned and glanced again at the silent man beside Madam Lu, not missing the expression in his eyes.
He is not Lu Zhiyan, he is Lu Zhiyan.
But why did he follow us? And his attire, if he just stands there without saying a word, is exactly the same as Lu Zhiyan's.
Judging from Madam Lu's expression, she seemed not surprised at all, so there was only one possibility.
So she wanted to call Lu Zhiyan over as well, but Lu Zhiyan didn't come, so Lu Zhiyan pretended to be Lu Zhiyan and came over?
When Madam Lu saw Su Ping's gaze fall on her son, the smile on her lips deepened.
She said that their atmosphere had been a bit off lately, and they might have had a fight.
Her stubborn son was incapable of sweet-talking girls, so she had to step in and mediate the conflict between them herself.
Upon seeing that the man was Lu Zhiyan, Su Ping relaxed and even smiled at him.
"Pingping, have you been waiting long?"
Madam Lu walked over, took Su Ping's hand, and pulled her to sit down beside her.
Shortly after the two sat down, Lu Zhiyan quickly sat down next to Su Ping as well.
Seeing that he seemed to have his meridians opened up, Madam Lu looked at him with increasing satisfaction.
He's grown up after all. If he had been as perceptive as he is now when he was a child, he wouldn't have suffered so much.
"I arrived shortly after."
After Su Ping finished speaking, she looked at Lu Zhiyan sitting next to her.
Before she could ask, Madam Lu spoke up.
"Zhiyan has been talking about you a lot these past few days, so I brought him along tonight. Pingping, you won't mind if I take it upon myself to do this, will you?"
Su Ping shook her head, thinking that Madam Lu really didn't care about Lu Zhiyan. If Lu Zhiyan wore Lu Zhiyan's clothes and disguised himself a little, she wouldn't recognize him.
When Lu Zhiyan saw that Su Ping did not recognize him, he could hardly hide the smile on his face.
He was initially worried that Su Ping would recognize him as an imposter, but he was unexpectedly fooled.
It seems that she and her younger brother weren't that close, otherwise how could she not recognize him even after the person was replaced?
Because he was in a good mood, he even started humming a song.
Upon hearing the sound, Su Ping immediately frowned and glared at him.
Why is Lu Zhiyan so smug? If he keeps humming like this, Madam Lu will really find out that he is an imposter.
"Pingping, why are you looking at me like that?"
Seeing this, Lu Zhiyan leaned closer with a smile in his eyes, trying his best to sound like Lu Zhiyan.
"Didn't you promise last time that you'd slap yourself if you hummed that song again?"
Su Ping's words didn't sound like a joke, and Lu Zhiyan's expression immediately froze.
He sat there, feeling like crying but unable to, and suddenly really wanted to slap himself.
Why does he have to hum this song of all?
Madam Lu did not hear the commotion from this side, but seeing that Lu Zhiyan's expression was a bit strange, she thought that he had angered Su Ping, so she frowned and scolded him.
"You made Pingping angry again? Apologize to her right now!"
This was the first time Lu Zhiyan had ever heard his mother speak to him in such a tone, as if he weren't her son.
The disappointment he felt even overshadowed what Mrs. Lu had said to him.
When Madam Lu saw him standing there without moving, she became even angrier.
Thinking of her purpose tonight, Su Ping spoke before Madam Lu could say anything: "I'm not angry, I just don't like this song."
What song is it?
Madam Lu was stunned, but then she saw Lu Zhiyan's expression return to normal, and he bowed his head in a good manner to admit his mistake.
"Pingping, it's true that I forgot, I'm sorry."
Seeing that Su Ping's expression had softened, Madam Lu withdrew her sharp gaze.
The dishes had been ordered early in the morning. Su Ping gestured to the waiter at the door, and the waiter nodded in acknowledgment.
As the dishes were served one by one, Madam Lu remembered that Su Ping had asked her out that evening because he said he had something to tell her.
"Pingping, is there anything you'd like to tell Auntie? If this boy bullied you..."
For some reason, the more Madam Lu looked at Lu Zhiyan, the more displeased she became, and she herself didn't know why.
If it weren't for the need to ease the tension between him and Su Ping, she wouldn't want to see him at all.
Su Ping shook her head, interrupting her.
"no."
Looking at the serious expression on her face, Madam Lu suddenly couldn't figure out what she was thinking.
She couldn't understand what could possibly be the reason for her to call her out alone, aside from their relationship problems.
Su Ping looked down at her phone, which showed the location she had sent to the long-haired man an hour earlier.
[Host, he wouldn't lie to you and stand you up, would he?]
Su Ping gripped her phone tightly, looked at Madam Lu with a determined gaze, and said.
"Actually, I have another appointment with someone tonight."
Did you make another appointment?
It wasn't raised outside...
Thinking of the rumors about Su Ping, Madam Lu's expression immediately turned sour.
Lu Zhiyan had no idea what had happened, only that her mother had glared at her fiercely twice more.
He immediately regretted coming along. He hadn't done anything, yet he was being asked to apologize and glared at.
Fortunately, the long-haired man hadn't lied to her, and her phone rang shortly afterward.
Su Ping glanced at Madam Lu and said apologetically, "I'll go out and meet him."
After saying that, he answered the phone, held it to his ear, and walked out the door.
To make herself look more like Lu Zhiyan, Lu Zhiyan had been imitating him in front of the mirror all afternoon, and hadn't even eaten lunch.
The aroma of the food made me incredibly hungry.
His gaze had just fallen on the dish in front of him when he suddenly heard Madam Lu's stern warning.
"Don't forget how you got out of there. I can let you out of there, and I can let you go back."
Lu Zhiyan's heart skipped a beat. Looking at her mother, who was usually strict but loving towards her, it was as if she had never met her before.
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