You hidden in my heart - Chapter 18.1

Chapter 18.1

At 6:15 AM, Lu Yuling arrived at Li Xining’s community gate at the right time. After waiting for a little while, Li Xining came on her bike.

Lu Yuling quickly checked her schoolbag but couldn’t find the white rabbit key chain. He felt a bit lost, but he didn’t let it show on his face and kept acting like he normally does.

Li Xining approached him and suggested they should go. As they rode together, she asked who would attend his parent-teacher meeting.

Lu Yuling replied briefly, “My uncle.”

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Li Xining wanted to ask, “Where are your parents?” But then she remembered that Xu Dongruo had told her that Lu Yuling never talked about her parents. So she didn’t ask the question. After they finished talking about the parent meeting, she quickly started talking about something else. “Did you finish studying biology?”

Her voice was always soft and kind, just like a caring and responsible teacher. Because of this, Lu Yuling was not happy. Who thought she would ask about the parent-teacher meeting and the homework early in the morning as soon as they met?

But as he continued to stay quiet, Li Xining became even more interested and asked, “You have absolutely nothing to say?”

Lu Yuling stopped talking and looked away rudely. He made an unhappy sound and seemed like he was trying to avoid taking responsibility.

At that moment, Li Xining’s thoughts were ‘being arrogant due to special treatment.’

But what else could she do? ‘You can only coax; otherwise, people will keep getting angry with you.’ Sighing, Li Xining asked according to the little princess’s wishes. “What time did you go to bed last night?”

[T/L: I hope you can remember that “Princess Lu” is Lu Yuling’s nickname that Li Xining put on him secretly.]

Princess Lu stopped acting superior and spoke in a more relaxed way, but he actually responded with a very exaggerated answer. “Last night, I arrived home at 10:40, dropped my schoolbag, and started studying until 1 a.m.”

He used such words to get praise from Li Xining.

Li Xining understood Lu Yuling’s thoughts and quickly complimented, “Wow, you’re putting in a lot of effort.”

Even though it may have seemed like a compliment to a young child in kindergarten, this strategy worked well for Princess Lu. “Watch me; I will be the top student right away.”

“Hey, I will provide you with some sunshine. You will be amazing.” Li Xining looked at him with a smile and asked, “What time did you wake up today?”

Princess Lu honestly answered without being careful. “I woke up at 5:30.”

Li Xining: “Did you eat?”

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Lu Yuling was happy with the attention given to his question. He smiled and answered, “Have a meal.”

Li Xining suddenly said, “School ends at ten o’clock. I got home at ten-fifteen yesterday, and you didn’t get home until half past ten. You were fifteen minutes late. You got up at 5:30 this morning. I counted the time it took you to wash, eat, and pack your things for almost 20 minutes, which means you went out before six o’clock. Lu Yuling, why are you doing this? Leaving so early? Where do you live?”

Lu Yuling: “.” ‘Oh, she’s also really good at thinking things through. The little tiger isn’t actually made of paper.’

Li Xining noticed that the person didn’t say anything, so she repeated,I saw you turn around that night.”

She thought that Lu Yuling was not telling her the truth. In fact, he was not going along with her at all, just so that he could accompany her home and pick her up from school every day. Sighing, she looked at him with some guilt and distress and asked in a helpless but gentle tone, “Are you stupid?”

The lie of “just on the way” that had been maintained for more than two years was exposed, and the tips of Lu Yuling’s ears turned red. But he refused to admit it and replied bravely. “How can I be stupid enough to take an extra circuit to go to school every day?”

‘Are you not really dumb? Nobody in the world is dumber than you.’ Li Xining was both moved and amused. She also understood that the little princess wanted to protect his pride, so she didn’t ask any further questions. Instead, she said, “You don’t need to come to pick me up or take me home anymore. It’s just a short distance away, and I can handle it on my own.”

Actually, when she said this, she was quietly questioning if it was truly acceptable. Even though it was only a short distance, he had been with her for over two years, and it had already become a regular pattern. ‘How can we quit something that has become a regular part of our lives? This habit is also formed without us even realising it, and it is particularly difficult to break.’

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