Chapter 39: Contradictory Talk
He recognized the person in front of him almost instantly, even though he had only seen her once, during his junior year of high school. But the parent-teacher conference Mu Xu's mother had held for him was enough to make him remember her forever. Furthermore, the smiling woman in front of him had barely changed over the years, save for a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes when she smiled and a slightly paler complexion.
Lin Jin's eyes lit up, and he said nervously, "Ah, Auntie, long time no see. I'm Lin Jin. When I was in my third year of high school, you helped me attend a parent-teacher conference. Auntie, are you feeling well?"
"My health is average. Of course, Auntie hasn't forgotten our little Jin."
Ms. Qiao thought to herself, even if I forget my own son, I will never forget you, my little darling.
Lin Jin suddenly smiled, his eyes curved.
Ms. Qiao wanted to hug him in her arms and pet him like a cat, but she had to pretend that she knew nothing. The only thing she could say was that she had held a meeting with him ten years ago and that she was sick.
Although Ms. Qiao was eager to see her daughter-in-law, she did not forget that her son had asked them not to see Lin Jin for the time being and that she was sick. She even put on a dull lipstick before going out.
As for meeting Little Sweetheart...
She didn't do it on purpose. They met by chance, so it's not her fault.
And she's such a good actress.
Ms. Qiao covered her mouth and coughed, and said weakly: "My dear, you live in this community too. My son lives here too."
She pointed to a certain floor of a building and said, "It's right there."
Perhaps because of this contact with her beloved daughter-in-law, Ms. Qiao couldn't help but say more and whispered, "Let me tell you, that house was bought so that he could live with the little girl he had a crush on."
Lin Jin was stunned and murmured, "A secret crush?"
He had never heard Mu Xu mention it.
Ms. Qiao thought that although Lin Jin already knew her son's feelings and was in an ambiguous relationship with him, her son probably couldn't say anything to coax her. She was afraid that he would keep his secret love for her for more than ten years in his heart.
So she just wanted to be an assist and help take their relationship to the next level. Ms. Qiao wanted to tell Lin Jin in a roundabout way that her big fool had actually had a crush on you for many years, but she couldn't say it out loud.
He just said vaguely, "Yes, I've liked him since high school. I like him so much that I moved out in high school just for him."
After she finished speaking, she stared at Lin Jin and thought to herself, "Dear me, did you hear that? My little brat likes you, so even if you treat him like a dog, don't abandon him."
Ms. Qiao thought she was really good at assisting, but she didn't expect Lin Jin to be an emotionally dull idiot, and because he hadn't had high-intensity chats with others for a long time, his brain was a little dull.
Especially this person's logic is always to consider others first, and then think about himself.
Didn't put myself in it at all.
Instead, I thought the opposite way and thought that Mu Xu lived with someone in college, and the reason he didn't get married for so long was because of that person.
Lin Jin blinked. "Is that person also from University A?"
Ms. Qiao nodded.
Lin Jin asked again: "Auntie, they have a good relationship, right?" Otherwise, Auntie Mu wouldn't be so angry that she vomited blood because he refused to get married.
Ms. Qiao's mind was only on the scene she had seen this morning. She hummed a certainty and said, "Okay, we'll sleep together. We can't even separate once we're hugged."
Lin Jin's eyes dimmed instantly.
Sleeping together in each other's arms... Even when they slept in the same bed last night, they were still separated by a river... No wonder she was so polite every time she held his hand. It turned out to be to keep distance. He thought it was just politeness, the same with everyone. It turned out that in a place unknown to him, they were living together and sleeping in each other's arms.
Then why don't you just marry that guy, but instead have a fake marriage with him? Not only is it a fake marriage, but you also don't tell him. Not only do you not tell him, but you also lie to him and let him kiss you and use his hands.
As Lin Jin was stroking his hair, he suddenly felt a little unhappy.
Ms. Qiao was confused when she saw people's reactions were not right, but when she remembered how her son held Guaiguai carefully in his arms this morning, she felt that she had said nothing wrong.
Yes, dear, you two sleep in the same bed and hug each other tightly.
In order to spend more time with you, he also rented a house near your house.
Ms. Qiao was puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she felt that the hint was not clear enough, and then said, "Oh, my son likes boys."
No wonder Mu Xu is so sure of his sexual orientation.
Lin Jin lowered his eyes, his expression unrecognizable.
But he looked listless, as if shrouded in shadow. He was silent for a moment, his mind becoming even more confused, but he couldn't express it to Aunt Mu, so he could only politely look up and smile at her.
Ms. Qiao thought Lin Jin had figured it out and identified herself with the situation.
She instantly became happy, and then whispered like a thief: "Dear, if you meet my son, don't tell him what I said, okay? He won't let me tell anyone."
Lin Jin was stunned: “…Okay.”
Lin Jin originally wanted to talk to Mu Xu, but when Ms. Qiao said that, his thoughts came to an abrupt end.
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