Chapter 18
The person in the driver's seat heard nothing. He drove the car seriously and steadily towards the destination.
Perhaps because he was shocked by the five fatal questions on the phone, the subtle silence lasted for a long time before Tang Xin chuckled twice.
"Your boyfriend is quite interesting."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two people in the front row turned around in surprise, not trying to hide their gossip.
"Qian Ling, do you have a boyfriend?"
Yue Qianling wanted to touch his forehead, but his hand was raised in the air, and then he froze for a moment before waving his hand.
"Watch the road carefully."
Now everyone in the car was waiting for Yue Qianling's answer. She had no way of avoiding it and could only give a stiff smile.
"Are you guys going to have a drink later? I don't even have my driver's license yet."
But her avoidance of the question could not dispel these people's desire to ask more questions.
"College classmates?"
"Where are you from? What are your conditions like?"
“Do you have any photos for us to see?”
Yue Qianling had never found a ten-minute drive so unbearable.
"A classmate."
"People from Jiangcheng, average conditions."
"I don't look good, and my photos are not good enough."
While answering her friends' questions, she took out her cell phone, opened Lin Xun's chat box, and typed a few words with gritted teeth.
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Just wait for me.
Halfway through the midnight snack, the topic at the table still kept coming back to Yue Qianling's "boyfriend".
Everyone was shocked that Yue Qianling found a boyfriend who was ugly and of average condition. Why do flowers always tend to stick to cow dung these days?
Only Tang Xinwen, who had drunk a little, asked, "So, is he good to you?"
Yue Qianling was numb to everyone's questions. She was filled with resentment towards Lin Xun. She sneered and blurted out, "Very well."
“…”
The four people at the table looked at her as if to say, "You don't seem very happy in this relationship."
Tang Xin lowered his head and smiled, saying, "As long as I'm good to you, that's all."
Another girl was not happy and immediately responded: "Being nice to you is nothing. You still need good conditions to find a boyfriend. At the very least, he has to be handsome. Being nice to you is the cheapest love. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a lot less troublesome to find a nanny?"
Yue Qianling: "You are right, we will break up when we get back."
“…”
College romance is not very reliable to begin with, so the topic ended with Yue Qianling's extremely uncooperative attitude, and everyone started talking about their own love lives.
More than half an hour later, the group finally returned home.
As soon as she got home, Yue Qianling was in a hurry to break up. She didn't even say hello to her parents. She rushed into the room, closed the door, and made a voice call to Lin Xun.
When she didn't answer the first call, she called the second one.
After calling four times in a row and still getting no answer, Yue Qianling dialed the fifth.
While waiting for the call to be connected, there were two knocks at the concierge.
Before Yue Qianling could say "Come in" and turned her head halfway, the door was pushed open hastily and a sharp voice came in at the same time.
"I heard that you found an ugly and incompetent boyfriend?!"
Soon after, her father came running over: "I heard you're still very poor?! And it's not good for you either?!"
“…”
Yue Qianling turned her head bravely, and as she expected, she saw Mr. Yue Wenbin and Ms. Ju Yunzhen's faces full of disappointment.
She didn't even need to ask. It must be that someone who had supper with her tonight went home and told their parents, and then that uncle or aunt told Yue Qianling's parents.
However, after several rounds of processing, I don’t know what this news looked like when it reached her parents’ ears.
When her friends were gossiping, she could still talk nonsense without batting an eyelid, but when it was her parents' turn to question them, Yue Qianling really didn't know how to fool them.
Seeing that she was speechless, Ju Yunzhen thought she agreed, and she reached out and pinched Yue Wenbin twice with great grief, "Look, look, I said at the beginning that we should let the children participate in more summer camps during the winter and summer vacations to broaden their horizons, so that they won't be easily deceived by men in the future. You thought it was troublesome and didn't want to do it at the beginning, but now you see it's okay, right?!"
Yue Wenbin was unwilling to take the blame and immediately retorted: "Is it because I find it troublesome? It's because our daughter doesn't want to go and wants to stay at home and play games. If you ask me, it's still your fault. You had to spoil her and buy her such an expensive gaming laptop. Otherwise, how could she stay at home all day and not understand anything?"
Ju Yunzhen: "What's wrong with a child liking to play games? How expensive can a computer be? Do you really want her to go to the Internet cafe all day? And I don't buy everything for her. Last time she asked for an expensive keyboard and I didn't agree. Can you tell me if you bought it for her secretly?"
"Don't accuse me, I didn't buy it!" Yue Wenbin has never been a match for his wife in quarrels. He has no logic and says whatever comes to his mind. "It's not wrong to like playing games, but it's wrong to have poor judgment in men!"
Ju Yunzhen sneered and crossed her arms: "There's nothing I can do about it. The child is with me. I can't be so picky about men!"
Yue Wenbin: "Just talk about the child, why are you dragging me into this?"
Yue Qianling was originally thinking about how to deal with her parents, but she didn't expect that they would start arguing first.
She couldn't bear to listen any longer and interrupted them.
"Mom and Dad, why don't you guys stop arguing and come listen to my explanation?"
Ju Yunzhen glanced into the room and saw Yue Qianling holding her phone and making a voice call. She calmed down and said, "Are you busy? Your dad and I will leave first. You can come out and talk to us later."
The door closed and my ears were finally quiet.
Yue Qianling's gaze returned to the phone screen and found that the call had been connected for 56 seconds.
“…”
Yue Qianling's eyebrows twitched uncontrollably, and she asked calmly, "When did you start listening?"
"Maybe..."
Lin Xun's voice sounded calmly, "Since your parents said that I was ugly, poor and not good to you."
OK.
Yue Qianling decided to throw the jar into the air completely.
"Since you've heard everything, I'll be honest. My parents don't agree, so let's break up."
"Would you like to reconsider this?"
Lin Xun said seriously, "Actually, I'm not poor."
He paused, and a smile appeared in his deep voice, "It's pretty nice too."
The boy's clear and pleasant voice, when he said such words, somehow had a bewitching feeling.
Yue Qianling began to imagine his appearance uncontrollably in her mind, and because of the hand that had been exposed, she actually had a rough outline of his image.
etc--
Yue Qianling patted his forehead.
What are you thinking about.
"Open Zhihu now and search for 'what does it feel like to be a handsome boy' to see what those guys who think they are handsome actually look like."
“…”
Yue Qianling continued expressionlessly: "You don't need to keep me here. You have two choices now. Either break up or take my punch."
“Is there a third option?”
"Yes, take my fist first and then we can break up."
"Do you really have to break up?" Lin Xun's tone was still as nonchalant as usual, with a hint of nagging at the end, "How about you tell me what I did wrong, and I'll change it next time."
Yue Qianling just wanted to sneer: "No need, just remember to change it in your next life."
As he was speaking, Yue Qianling's door was suddenly pushed open again.
She frowned in dissatisfaction and turned back to say, "Mom, can't you knock on the door?"
"I forgot. I'll definitely do it next time."
Ju Yunzhen apologized insincerely, but her eyes glanced at Yue Qianling's phone screen.
Yue Qianling thought she was behaving properly, so she didn't try to cover up and let her see it openly.
However, Ju Yunzhen couldn't see anything at this distance. She only vaguely thought it was a boy's head, so she put down the things in her hands and said, "Uncle Tang fried the crispy meat. I put it here for you. After you finish your phone call, come out and watch TV."
"Oh ok, got it."
As Ju Yunzhen turned around, Yue Qianling suddenly thought of something and asked, "Mom, who sent this crispy meat?"
"Of course it's Tang Xin, who else could it be?" Ju Yunzhen glanced at her phone again, "Why are you asking this?"
"Nothing...Mom, you go out first, I'll be there soon."
Ju Yunzhen left the room again, and Yue Qianling returned to his expressionless face.
Just as she was about to speak, Lin Xun's voice came out first: "Tang Xin is the man?"
Yue Qianling said "hmm" without even thinking.
Then, she heard Lin Xun sneer, and the phone call fell into silence.
After a moment, Yue Qianling scratched his head and said, "That shouldn't be the case. He said he was pursuing a classmate of his."
After saying this, Yue Qianling himself did not have the confidence, let alone Lin Xun.
"If you think it's impossible, why did you ask who sent it just now?"
“…”
Yue Qianling's little thoughts were directly exposed by someone through the Internet. He felt embarrassed and was silent for a moment before he remembered that the purpose of his call was to ask for an explanation.
She quickly raised her voice.
"Shut up! You heard it just now. I'm going to go out and tell my parents what's wrong with your boyfriend. Tell me, how do you want to die?"
"Isn't this easy to explain?"
There was no guilt in Lin Xun's voice, "Tell the truth, it's all a misunderstanding."
Yue Qianling snorted coldly. Just as she was about to say that she would tell the truth, she heard him say, "Tell them that your boyfriend is not ugly, nor poor, and that he treats you well."
“…”
"roll!"
Yue Qianling hung up the phone directly, did some self-reflection, and then pushed open the door.
In the living room, her parents were sitting at either end of the sofa. When they saw her come out, they both smiled and patted the middle of the sofa.
Yue Qianling sometimes didn’t understand why her parents would always quarrel after just a sentence or two and then quickly make up.
She walked over slowly, and before her butt touched the sofa, Ju Yunzhen couldn't wait to speak: "Lingling, your parents are not against you dating, you are an adult, but why do you want to find a boy who has no ability, is not good-looking, and treats you badly?"
"If Da Jin's mother hadn't said that you said it yourself, I would never believe that you have such a bad vision."
"What do you think? Could it be that the boy did that to you...what did they say on the Internet, PUA? Is that what they say?"
Yue Qianling had been listening to her mother silently with her head down. When she heard this question, she subconsciously answered, "Yes."
"What?!" Yue Wenbin almost jumped up, "That brat really PUA you?!"
“No, no!”
Yue Qianling waved her hands repeatedly, "I was just answering my mother's questions! He didn't PUA me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yue Qianling almost wanted to slap herself, "No, what PUA or no PUA, I don't have a boyfriend at all!"
The living room suddenly became quiet.
Ju Yunzhen and Yue Wenbin looked at Yue Qianling separately, and in the end it was the mother who spoke first.
"Lingling, if there is a problem, we will solve it. If you explain clearly about your boyfriend, we can accept it, but lying is wrong."
Yue Qianling looked up at the sky in silence, wanting to cry but having no tears.
She actually didn't want to tell her parents about Tang Xin, for fear that they would tell Tang Xin's parents, but things had come to this point and she couldn't hide it anymore.
After explaining the whole incident in very cautious terms, Yue Qianling was afraid that her parents would not believe it, so she showed them the chat records between her and Lin Xun, which dispelled her parents' doubts.
"Here's the thing, I don't have a boyfriend at all, it's just a show."
After saying this, although Yue Qianling suspected that Tang Xin still liked her, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she clasped her hands together and begged her parents, "This is all a misunderstanding. Tang Xin is also a misunderstanding. I thought too much. He doesn't like me at all. Please don't tell anyone, otherwise how can I face him in the future."
Ju Yunzhen and Yue Wenbin obviously didn't understand why these young people had so many twists and turns. They nodded blankly and promised not to tell anyone.
"Okay, I get it. I'm glad I didn't find a boyfriend like that."
Ju Yunzhen patted her shoulder and said, "But you are not young anymore. It's time to find a boyfriend. You are already 21 years old."
Yue Qianling curled her lips and said, "No hurry, Bai Suzhen didn't get married until she was over 1,700 years old."
“…Yue! Qian! Ling!”
Yue Qianling quickly jumped up and fled the scene: "I'm going to take a shower and go to bed!"
So many chaotic things happened on the first day of the holiday. I wasn't physically tired, but I was mentally exhausted.
However, after she took a shower and lay down on the bed, she found that she had no time to think about Gu Xun’s girlfriend all night, and she didn’t feel so bad.
But now that she thought about it again, she couldn't help but feel anxious again.
People’s minds are really strange, and what they can’t stand the most is comparison. I originally thought that Gu Xun was equally cold to all girls, but it turned out that he would spend the entire Spring Festival holiday to accompany another girl. In comparison, this discomfort was even worse than his neglect and coldness.
Yue Qianling tossed and turned several times but couldn't find pajamas, so she simply took out her headphones and listened to music.
Tonight, the wind in Qing'an is clear and the moon is bright. Everything is clear and transparent. Even the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the fallen leaves is particularly gentle.
Jiangcheng, not far from Qing'an, was covered with heavy clouds. The drizzle that had been suppressing the whole day finally began to fall quietly, making the already cold city even more chilly.
There were only a few lights on in the entire dormitory building, like scattered points of light in the darkness, making the rainy night even more bleak.
Every year during the Spring Festival, there are students who stay on campus to celebrate the New Year, either to work on experimental projects or to prepare for periodic exams.
Gu Xun was probably the only one who simply didn't want to go home.
The school was unusually quiet during the holidays, without even the sound of the wind.
Gu Xun came out of the shower and sat down at the table. Just as he was about to type two lines of code, he suddenly thought of something, picked up his phone, and transferred 50,000 yuan to his mother.
A few seconds after I put down my phone, the incoming call rang suddenly.
Gu Xun glanced at the caller ID, and the light reflected by the desk lamp in his eyes suddenly dimmed, but complex emotions were floating in his eyes.
He picked up the phone.
"Mom, you're still awake?"
The woman on the other end of the phone said in a serious voice, "Why did you suddenly transfer money to me?"
"It's the New Year." Gu Xun said calmly, "Just a little token of my appreciation."
"Thought? Are you showing off to me how much money you make now?" The woman's voice was a little sharper. "I don't need your money. I just need a son who can do a decent job."
Gu Xun suddenly felt very tired.
He closed his eyes, threw his phone on the table, turned on the speakerphone, and typed on the keyboard while talking.
"Then do whatever you want with the money. I'll work on my thesis and you can go to bed early."
The call was hung up after five seconds of silence.
Half an hour later, Gu Xun picked up his phone again and found that the money had not been received.
He stared at the screen for a while, and the code in front of him turned into meaningless letters and numbers, so he picked up the phone again and opened Yue Qianling's dialog box.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Girlfriend, are you asleep?
She replied quickly and it seemed that she hadn't slept either.
[The Coriander Essence Who Loves Chili Peppers]: Who is your girlfriend?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: We are in this relationship now, isn't it more intimate to call her girlfriend?
[Coriander who loves chili peppers]: Wouldn’t it be more intimate if you called me dad?
Gu Xun's mouth corners suddenly curved up, he raised his hand to close the laptop, and walked towards the balcony.
[Coriander Essence who loves chili peppers]: If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. I’m going to sleep.
Gu Xun glanced at the lights in the distance, thought for a moment, and typed slowly.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Help me think of a gift for someone.
【Coriander essence for chili lovers】:?
[Coriander Essence for Chili Lovers]: Father’s Day is still several months away, so there’s no rush.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]:?
[Coriander essence for chili lovers]: (#^.^#)
[Coriander Essence for Chili Lovers]: Gifts should be chosen by yourself to show your sincerity!
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: If I knew a girl’s hobbies, would I still ask you?
[Coriander who loves chili peppers]: Oh, a girl.
[Coriander Essence for Chili Lovers]: Should I give it to a girl I like?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables, sir]:.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables?]: No.
[Coriander Essence for Chili Lovers]: What is there to choose? Wouldn’t it be easier to just transfer the money directly?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Stop talking nonsense and choose quickly.
[Coriander Essence Who Loves Chili Peppers]: Then you have to tell me what her preferences are!
[Coriander Essence for Chili Lovers]: Do you like makeup?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: Generally, I don’t really like to dress up.
[Coriander Essence who loves chili peppers]: Do you like jewelry?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: I probably don’t like it.
[The Coriander Essence Who Loves Chili Peppers]: This girl is quite unconventional.
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: It’s normal.
[Coriander Essence who loves chili peppers]: Do you like playing games?
[Is it illegal to eat vegetables? Sir]: I like it very much.
[Coriander Essence who loves chili peppers]: Oh! Then I know!
Gu Xun smiled and was about to ask her what she knew, but saw she sent him a link.
A month ago, Yue Qianling saw a famous brand mechanical keyboard. The feel was the usual standard of that brand, but this new model had macaron-colored lights that were so beautiful. Coupled with the exquisite keycaps, even someone like Yue Qianling, who didn't have much pursuit for the appearance of a keyboard, was attracted by it.
The only downside is that it's a bit expensive.
After all, she didn't need a mechanical keyboard, but she just had a lot of money at that time, so she didn't want to buy one.
I felt a little worried, so I found an opportunity to hint to her mother, but my request was rejected.
That keyboard had been gathering dust in her favorites until just now, when she couldn't sleep and clicked on it to take a look, but still hadn't decided whether to buy it or not.
So when Lin Xun asked her, her first reaction was to think of this keyboard.
After copying the link to him, Yue Qianling couldn't help but brag about her own aesthetic taste.
[Nutomi Small Mahua]: You've come to the right person. There is no e-sports girl who won't like this keyboard.
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Feel free to give them to me. If the other person doesn’t like them, I’ll give you my head as a stool to sit on.
【School Prince】: OK
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Then I’ll go to sleep.
【School Prince】: Wait a moment.
【Glutinous rice twisted dough sticks】：?
【School Prince】: What’s your address and phone number?
【Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks】: What are you doing?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Do you want to have an offline fight?
【School Prince】：……
【School Prince】: You don’t dare?
Yue Qianling threw the address over with his backhand.
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: How many people are you bringing with you? I'll get ready.
[School Prince]: Should I bring my parents?
[Glutinous Rice Dough Sticks]: Is it popular now to bring parents to fight?
【School Prince】: Shut up.
[School Prince]: I just clicked on the link and saw that the second piece is half price.
【Glutinous rice twisted dough sticks】：?
[School Prince]: Then give my girlfriend a New Year's gift as well.
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