Chapter 38

 When Liang Chuyuan said that he was together with Su Yao, Liang Chucang said he had known about it for a long time.

At the beginning, Liang Mo had told him, “Chuyuan took a girl to the restaurant. Surname Su, beautiful, fair-skinned. Chuyuan seemed relaxed while dining with her.”

“She knows sign language?”

“She probably does, considering they didn’t use any tools.”

“That’s good. It’s likely to develop.”

Liang Mo also thought so, after all, Liang Chuyuan’s aversion to the opposite sex was clear.

Later, Liang Chucang was able to confirm that they were in a relationship, thanks to a text message sent by a translator. It said that Liang Chuyuan went to the airport, and a lady came to see him off. The two behaved intimately, and they didn’t leave each other’s side after getting into the car, clearly in the honeymoon phase.

Now, everyone had seen Su Yao, except Liang Chucang. So far, he hadn’t seen her in person, which inevitably aroused his curiosity about Su Yao.

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“No one’s here.” Liang Chucang sniffed the scent on her neck. “Is this the perfume you gave me?”

Liang Mo blinked. “I just sneaked out to spray it.”

“You little thief.” He pinched her chin and kissed her, not too forcefully. When he let go, her chin was red. “Why is it so tender?”

“You’re just realizing it now?”

Liang Mo gave him a sly look, heard footsteps approaching, and backed away from his embrace. She straightened the wrinkles on her skirt and said seriously, “I just cut some fruit downstairs. I’m going to eat.”

With that, she returned to the house.

Liang Chucang stood on the terrace for a while longer, thinking about when would be a good time to confess to Liang Mo.

But he also enjoyed seeing her frightened.

Ultimately, it’s the nature of men to prefer stealing a taste of the forbidden fruit.

*

Because of Mu Wei’s urging, Liang Chuyuan sent Su Yao home early.

“I’ll find an excuse to sneak out and see you in the afternoon. Let’s go have eight treasures hot pot.”

Liang Chuyuan nodded, helping her unfasten her seatbelt. “I’ll be waiting for you at the hotel.”

Su Yao leaned over and kissed him on the lips. “We can also go to the gallery bridge. I saw many people going there for sketching.”

Liang Chuyuan returned the kiss, without confirming or denying, just opened the car door for her. “Message me before you go out.”

Su Yao replied crisply, “Okay!”

Watching Su Yao enter the community, Liang Chuyuan opened the navigation and drove back to the hotel. He had a video call scheduled and couldn’t afford to be late.

When Su Yao stepped out of the elevator, she saw Su Yuan standing on a chair, adjusting the couplets on the doorframe. She was startled and hurried to support the chair back. “Where’s my mom?”

“Back already?” Su Yuan adjusted the height of the couplets on both sides. “Take a look if they’re straight.”

“Raise the left one a bit… that’s enough, a little lower… perfect, it’s straight now.”

After putting up the couplets, Su Yuan agilely jumped down from the chair, then finally answered Su Yao’s first question. “The water’s boiling, your mom went to check it.”

“Oh.” Su Yao bent down to take off her shoes.

Observing her curls, Su Yuan asked, “You caught up with middle school classmates last night. Which middle school classmate was it?”

“…Someone you don’t know.” Su Yao felt a bit guilty.

Su Yuan’s question was merely casual. “If it’s a man and he’s single, give it a try. It’s convenient to have schoolmate camaraderie, saves your mom from worrying.”

So, she was waiting for her here.

“It’s a woman.” Su Yao relaxed, keeping a straight face. “If it were a man, could I have stayed the night with him?”

Su Yuan chuckled when he realized, “Oh, I forgot about Mom.”

“Oops—”

At that moment, a sudden scream came from inside the house. The father and daughter at the door looked at each other, almost simultaneously rushing into the house.

Mu Wei had fallen.