CH 55

I was leading, and Li Xin was following while grabbing the corner of my coat. She is really reserved, but I can still feel her reliance on me.

I can't help but remember what I did as a child whenever she pestered me almost every day, to hold hands, to be carried, but I just ignored her, and now she's holding my coat, I feel extremely grateful right now that I can fix my mistakes, and I'm very happy.

We didn't talk on the way there, and I wanted to hold her hand several times but ultimately didn't try to, I was afraid of scaring her, and also afraid that her classmates would see us, and that'd be bad for her.

I just let her hold onto my coat, while we just walked.

This restaurant looks relatively high-end, and the community seems to be safe. I took Li Xin inside, the waiter immediately smiled and came over, Li Xin quickly let go of my coat and began to pinch the ends of her own coat.

She looked shy and very charming. The waiter obviously stared for too long, and I was not happy, I coughed a few times and let him serve us.

The two of us sat at a table, I wanted to sit next to Li Xin, but she was still too shy and sat straight across from me.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, and I shouldn’t try to get close to her forcibly. 

The waiter gave me the menu, and I handed it to Li Xin. She spoke smoothly with the waiter, but she only ordered one dish and gave the menu back to me.

I came to share my achievement with her, but we’re still eating right now so it’ll have to wait. I couldn't stop myself from wanting to order more food. I ordered four or five dishes, and the waiter couldn't be any happier.

Li Xin has been looking at me, seemed a little anxious, I'm not sure what she was anxious about, and when the waiter left I gave my hand to her, she bit her lip, and in my hand wrote: We shouldn't be ordering this much.

The original is anxious about this, I laughed softly, in her palm I wrote: It's fine, we can just take it to-go, your brother has money.

She could not say anything, and sat there with her head down, waiting to be served.

I would like to talk to her, but it doesn't look like we can talk about anything. But she also seems to be very happy, so it was enough, as long as she is happy.

I looked at her from across the table, she occasionally looked up at me, and whenever our eyes would intertwine, she would be very embarrassed and look away. I would also get a bit ashamed, damn, this is what happens when two extremely introverted people go on a date.

Fortunately, our food came up one after another, I was not hungry, Li Xin was not hungry, and the two of us just tasted it a little. She is not a city lady, but I still think she is very elegant, and her small mouth was very cute.

I am also not elegant, but I am especially cautious when facing Li Xin, I am afraid to make a fool of myself, for example sneezing or something.

So I ate in small bites, but I felt something coming, and I don't know what I ate was, because it must've been something prickly, my throat instantly became itchy, and I couldn't cover it up, so I sneezed very loudly, and spilled some vegetables on the ground.

Damn it, I immediately blushed, and looked up, Li Xin seemed to be in shock, I was surprised she did not react.

I was busy wiping my mouth with a tissue, and laughed dryly twice, shit, that's embarrassing. Li Xin looked at me, and then she looked down and let out a quiet giggle

I was so embarrassed that I wanted to run away. Li Xin then gently tapped the table, I froze, and instinctively reached my hand over.

She really wanted me to extend my hand, I reached over and she bit her lips slightly, with a smile on her face to write: You've never eaten like this before.

My face got hot again, in the past that was when- ah, 'before' means the old me who ate like a starved pig eating slop. Man, I want to eat shit now.

I retracted my hand, not knowing how to reply back, I'm done, I have no power to reply back to her.

But the atmosphere seems to be a lot more relaxed, I thought about sitting a little closer to her to help with writing, and maybe even be able to communicate normally.

I took a breath and thought it was okay, she definitely also wanted to talk with me normally, as long as I was brave enough to sit there, we could get close as brother and sister.

I had moved my butt out of the chair and was about to stand up when my shoulders got heavy and a foxish voice came into my ears: "Yo, aren’t you my sister's boyfriend? You're eating lunch so late too, huh?" (TN: o no) 

I was startled, and across the table Li Xin looked up in shock, and when I turned around, it was Yang Han Lu.

She smiled warmly and charmingly, and with her long legs exposed, she was now pressed against my back.

I secretly thought this is not good, whenever she shows up, she is certainly planning something no good. I got up and moved away from her, frowning and asking, "What are you doing?"

She pouted aggressively: "What's wrong? You need to watch your tone, I just happen to be here for dinner."

I believe her, but this is not a good time. I was "having a date" with my sister, and this woman popped out of nowhere.

Li Xin was still stunned and looked puzzled. Yang Han Lu ignored me, smiled and bent down to look at Li Xin: "Who is this little cutie? Is it possible that you have ditched my sister, Li Chen?"

What she said was very concerning, and when she bends over like this, her school uniform was so loose, I could see a faint white next to me, Li Xin must have seen her chest.

As expected, Li Xin lowered her head and peeked at me, helplessly. I pulled Yang Han Lu away: "What are you talking about? Order your own food to eat."

I drove her away, she looked at Li Xin again, a different expression flashed in her eyes, and then she pretended to be soft: "Hey, well, I have no one to love and care for."

She went away and the waiter was busy serving her. I breathed a sigh of relief, Li Xin looked at me again, as soon as I sat down she quickly reached out her hand, and looked as if to say: explain everything to me immediately!

I was dumbfounded, and looked at her face, her lips were tightly clenched. And as soon as we looked at each other, she quickly lowered her head again, and her hand dutifully withdrew.

I almost laughed out loud, and gently grabbed her little hand and wrote on it: She is Qin Lan's sister, she just said nonsense.

Li Xin dully blinked, then also wrote: Are you in love with Qin Lan?

She has really good ears... I quickly responded that we were not in a relationship, but I was good friends with her, and she knew what she did was wrong.

Li Xin said oh, and then wrote: Don't fall in love early, or I'll ignore you.

I understand what she meant, she had written to me before and wanted me to study hard, my school was too crummy, and if I didn't do my best to study, there was no hope for college.

I responded to her seriously: I will not fall in love early, and you shouldn't either, ah.

She bit her lip again and nodded obediently.

Next to us Yang Han Lu tsk'd twice, a hand pressed her heart: "Wow, my heart is thumping like crazy ah, you two are so romantic, ya."

Li Xin blushed and lowered her head. I cursed this woman's talkative-ness, we wrote on our hands, how do you even understand this?

I saw that Li Xin probably didn't want to eat anymore, we weren't hungry anymore. I thought about bagging the food, so I took out my pocket and pulled out two hundred yuan. (TN: 28 USD)

The waiter immediately came over, and received a check for three hundred twenty. I was stunned, my ass, three hundred twenty? I said, are you sure you got it right? (TN: 45 USD.)

He showed me the bill and it was indeed correct. Damn, why is it so expensive? I only brought two hundred yuan, I thought I could eat a big meal, and now I can't even afford this shit?

Li Xin kept her head down, and she didn't notice anything for the time being. I internally scolded myself a lot, why did I invite her to dinner when I couldn’t pay?

Yang Han Lu began to laugh again, and the waiter's face began to change. I laughed dryly and continued to empty my pockets, hoping that there was money.

However, there was not even a dime left, it's over, this is disgraceful. Li Xin already looked at us strangely, Yang Han Lu got up and giggled: "Little boy, not enough money ah? Sister will lend you some ah."

She walked over gracefully and flirtatiously. I have to admit that Yang Han Lu is really attractive, she doesn't look like a junior high school student at all, and her large white legs can attract the attention of countless men.

The waiter was attracted to her, and I scolded myself inwardly. You are so laughable, she is trying to embarrass me. She probably thought I was on a date with Li Xin.

But now I'm slightly embarrassed. It doesn't matter who I make a fool of in front of, but I really don't want to make a fool of myself in front of Li Xin, even though she won't think of me any less.

However, I still try, but fail to find any loose change, Yang Han Lu winks and takes out her wallet: "Little boy, call me Jiejie, and I'll help you, you should remember my kindness oh."

I wanted to swear at her, but I felt depressed, and was too embarrassed to look at Li Xin, and unexpectedly, Li Xin suddenly stood up, holding a few hundred yuan bills: "I'll pay, we do not need your help, thank you."

She spoke very calmly, there was no trace of that shyness whenever she was in front of me. I froze, Yang Han Lu was also stunned, Li Xin gave the money to the waiter, the waiter left to get change.

Yang Han Lu, with her wallet still out, stood there embarrassed, then she put the wallet away and smiled coldly: "What a good person..."

She went back to her seat and sat down, and Li Xin seemed to grunt a little, vaguely revealing a few hints of dominance.

I also looked at her, she noticed me looking and her whole face became red all of a sudden and she sat down and bowed her head, while fidgeting.

I froze for half a second, then laughed. How could I have underestimated Li Xin? She has suffered since childhood, I forgot how precocious and independent she was, there is no way she is a shy person, she was only like that in front of me, and I was like that to her as well.

My heart was filled with emotion, the waiter also returned with change, Li Xin went to leave, I was quick to follow, and went outside before gently holding her hand: "Are we not taking to-go?"

As soon as I opened my mouth, her whole aura changed, and she became shy again, stammering  to answer me: "We should not take ...... that woman ...... will certainly laugh at you."

Translator Notes: They are freaking talking to each otherrrr I love it :))))) ahem anyways hello woo 3 updates this week, I am so amazing (´ ꒳` ) the two of them are getting closer and closer, AND LI XIN WAS SOOO COOOOOL sorry uh anyways thats it for now, I’ll seeya late