Chapter 25 Porcelain Doll

"Lin Shuliang, get up quickly! You still need to put on makeup, get up quickly." Early in the morning, Cheng Lin started calling people outside before she even entered her daughter's room.

Today is Sunday, and Lin Shuliang is going to participate in a competition. She was afraid that she would not have enough time, so she called Lin Shuliang at 6:30.

Unexpectedly, there was no one inside.

Just as I was wondering where the person had gone, Lin Shuliang came in from outside and asked, "Why is your hair frizzy again?"

"Where have you been?"

"I'm going outside to practice dancing. You didn't wake me up on purpose, did you?"

Cheng Lin rolled her eyes at her and said, "Don't be so rude to me. Why don't you sleep a little longer? What time did you get up?"

Lin Shuliang went to the refrigerator to get some water, opened the bottle cap and said, "I got up at six o'clock."

Cheng Lin grabbed her water and said, "Don't drink ice water so early in the morning. Turn on the water dispenser and I'll make breakfast for you. Then we'll go to the competition site."

She went to the bathroom and said, "I'll take a shower first."

Before she finished her bath, her mother started yelling, "Shuliang, grandma fell down. I have to go over there right away. I'll ask your dad to come and accompany you."

She quickly packed up and asked, "What happened to grandma?"

"I stepped into water when I went out and I'm still unconscious. I can't go with you, what should I do? I don't know if your father is free, let me call him." No matter how old a child is, he will always be a child in front of his mother.

Lin Shuliang smiled and went to sit next to her mother. "Don't worry about me. I'm already a grown-up. If it really doesn't work, I can ask my classmates to go with me. You should go quickly. Grandma is more important. She only has you as her daughter."

"Okay." Cheng Lin said with difficulty, "My Shuliang has really grown up."

"Hiss~ That's so disgusting. Go away quickly." Lin Shuliang pushed her out the door.

She said this just to reassure her mother, because there are many inconveniences without someone to accompany her.

She had just left her hairpin outside, so she went out to get it and met Shen Xinghe jogging in the morning. She suddenly had an idea and chased after him.

Shen Xinghe ran calmly and leisurely, but she was out of breath because she had just exercised for a long time.

At first he thought Lin Shuliang was also jogging in the morning, but when he remembered that she had a competition, he stopped and wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, "Don't you have a competition today?"

He was wearing a white vest and black pants. His skin was originally white, and now it looked even whiter and brighter to me. Because of running, the chest and back of his vest were slightly wet. His narrow eyes were dazzled by the sun, so he could only squint to look at her.

There was sweat on her nose, which was shining, and her lips were red and her teeth were white, like a beautiful porcelain doll.

Lin Shuliang was still panting, "When did you start running? I'm so tired and you didn't react at all."

"I just started running, and you've been practicing dancing here for half an hour. Do you think it's possible to do the same thing?" Shen Xinghe looked at her speechlessly. "Shouldn't you be going to the competition?"

"My grandma fell down and is still in a coma. My mother rushed over and asked me to call my dad and ask him to accompany me. But my dad was at work. How could he have time?" She looked at Shen Xinghe enthusiastically.

"So..." Shen Xinghe already knew what she meant.

"Are you free today?" Lin Shuliang smiled flatteringly.

"Your smile is so ugly. Hurry up and get the clothes you packed. I'll take a shower with you." After saying this, Shen Xinghe hurried home.

Lin Shuliang remembered what she had just said and asked loudly, "By the way, how did you know I practiced dancing for half an hour?"

"Who doesn't know that your music is so loud? You are disturbing others, do you know that?" Shen Xinghe said this, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

The reason why the voice was so loud was because he knew Lin Shuliang's habit. Every time before a competition, she would get up around six o'clock to train.

He knows Lin Shuliang too well.

Lin Shuliang snorted, "I don't believe it. I just happened to see it, and you still accuse me of disturbing the people!"

She was wearing a casually slip-on skirt, which she would change into a dance costume soon.

She ran out with a big bag and saw Shen Xinghe standing at the door of her house. "Let's go. We still need to get a taxi. The number I drew is 15. It's seven o'clock now. The ride will take forty minutes, and makeup will take forty minutes. That means it's half past eight, just in time. Oh, there's still time for a taxi."

She was chanting as Shen Xinghe took her clothes and said, "It's hard to get a taxi now. My dad asked his driver to take us there and someone will come to pick us up soon."

"!" Lin Shuliang's surprised eyes, "Good brother!"

This was the first time Shen Xinghe accompanied her to a competition, and he didn't know what to do. "What do you need for the competition? How can I help you?"

Lin Shuliang thought for a moment and said, "Taking pictures is a must. I might also have to trouble you to run around and buy small things for me."

It sounds simple enough.

"Anything else?"

"Not for now." Lin Shuliang said.

When they arrived at the destination, her mother had already contacted the makeup artist, so she started dressing up as soon as she got there.

It was okay for her to sit there, just wearing makeup, nothing special. However, Shen Xinghe was in a worse situation, being manipulated in various ways. Lin Shuliang even suspected that Shen Xinghe must be regretting accompanying her to the competition.