You hidden in my heart - Chapter 26.3
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- Chapter update schedule:- every Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and SundayChapter 26.3
Li Xining couldn’t help but raise the corners of her lips, but she quickly lowered them again. She was a little embarrassed. “How did you know it’s my birthday today?”
‘How could I know? I almost forgot how I knew this. I think it was when I was in the first grade of junior high school. When you transferred to another school, I secretly ran to the class teacher’s office, rummaged through her cabinet, and found the family records of our classmates. I then wrote down your birth date and your mother’s contact information, but I never dared to call you because we didn’t know each other well at that time. I acted like a girl in front of you. I cried a lot, and you gave me a bag of candy. Other than that, there is no bond.’
However, Lu Yuling didn’t know how to tell Li Xining these words. This matter had been hidden in his heart for almost five or six years. In five or six years, it would be enough to make a jar of wine. It’s an old thing, so what else? How could he say it?
The young man’s feelings were hot, but he was still young. Some things may have to be hidden in his heart for a lifetime, so he could only reply, “I heard what your grandparents said yesterday.”
“Oh.” Li Xining didn’t think much about it, but she was still very happy. No matter what surprise Lu Yuling prepared for her, it couldn’t compare to the surprise at this moment: “Thank you.”
Lu Yuling: “Why are you thanking me? Hurry up and get on the bicycle. People are waiting for us.”
Li Xining was shocked and said quickly, “Is there anyone else? Then I have to go back and change clothes!”
Lu Yuling grabbed her sleeve again. “No need to change; this suit is just fine.”
Whether she looked good or not was secondary. The key was to hide her beauty. There were a lot of wild wolves in the place where she was about to go. Eight out of ten of them loved to pick up girls. The more casually she dressed, the better.
“No, I didn’t bring anything. Just wait for me for ten minutes!” Li Xining must go home and change clothes.
But Lu Yuling pulled her cuffs again. “How can you go home without bringing anything? You can only mess with me today.”
Li Xining was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered that she was in such a hurry when she went out that she didn’t even take her keys with her. She only took her mobile phone and walked out. Then she glared at Lu Yuling angrily. “It’s all your fault; why are you urging me? Ah!”
Lu Yuling didn’t argue with her and simply surrendered. “Okay, okay, blame me; it’s all my fault.” Then he consciously stretched out his arm towards her and said, “Here, you can pinch me.”
Li Xining broke through the skill instantly and was amused by him again. “Why are you so annoying?”
Lu Yuling looked innocent. “How can I hate it? I took the initiative to admit my mistake and accepted the punishment, and you still call me hateful? Am I not humble enough as a princess?”
Li Xining laughed and said angrily, “Annoying!”
Lu Yuling smiled and replied, “Okay, I’m annoying.” To make room for her, he took off the guitar on his back, handed it to Li Xining, and warned, “Hold it well; don’t drop it. Yes, this is my biological son.”
This guitar was the last birthday gift his mother gave him. It had been used for many years, so he cherished it very much.
Li Xining also knew that a guitar means blood and soul to a guitarist, so after taking the guitar, she hugged it tightly in her arms. Just in case, she hung the guitar strap on her body because Lu Yuling looked like a kindergarten kid who was determined to complete the task of protecting the treasure.
Looking at her cautious look, Lu Yuling wanted to laugh. It felt quite cute, but he held back his laughter to avoid being punished by the little tiger. After she sat down on the back seat of the bicycle, he said again, “Just hold the guitar with one hand; don’t let it fall.”
Hearing this, Li Xining let go of her left hand and firmly grabbed the corner of Lu Yuling’s clothes. “Okay, let’s go.”
Lu Yuling stepped on the pedals in response and took the girl away like the wind.
In the golden autumn, the sun was shining brightly. Sitting in the back seat of Lu Yuling’s, a breeze blew across her cheeks, ruffling the hair around her ears. The sun shone on her face, warm but not dazzling. The street scene was receding. Li Xining felt very comfortable.
After a while, she asked his back, “Can you still play the guitar?”
Lu Yuling replied, “Well, my mother taught me.”
His tone was very calm, as he was just telling a very ordinary thing.
‘The eldest lady can also play the guitar.’ After thinking about what her mother once said to her, the eldest lady was not only beautiful but also versatile and had a good voice. Li Xining couldn’t help but ask, “Is your mother a goddess?”
No one did not love their mother, and Lu Yuling was no exception. He smiled and replied, “Of course, my mother is a fairy!”
Li Xining also smiled. “I heard my grandpa say yesterday that your mother could play the piano when she was young, and she was very good at it. Can you do the same?”
“Well, my mother also taught me.” Lu Yuling added, “She used to be a primary school music teacher.”
Li Xining was suddenly very curious about what Lu Yuling’s mother looked like. Everyone who had met her praised her beauty; even her mother, a former love rival, was not stingy in praising her.
As if he guessed what she was thinking, Lu Yuling said, “There is also a video of my mother participating in the school’s New Year’s Eve cultural performance at home. If you want to see it, I can show it to you when I come back.”
Li Xining did not refuse. “Okay.”
While talking, Lu Yuling took her to ride on another road. Compared with the main road where she came from, this road was narrower, but the trees were very dense, and the trees were lush and green under the bright sunshine. In addition, the trees lined the street. The retro-style buildings on both sides give this small street a somewhat literary and artistic atmosphere.
There was a sign at the intersection with words printed on the blue paint base: Luyin Road.
Li Xining knew this road. It was a famous bar street in Xifu City. ‘I can’t tell that the little princess usually plays quite wildly.’
After Lu Yuling turned onto Luyin Road, he kept heading south and finally parked the bicycle in front of the dark red building on the southernmost side.
Li Xining saw an old bronze plate hanging on the wooden double doors, with the name of the bar—”Deep in the”Shade”—engraved on it.
There were also several round black wrought-iron tilt-leg tables placed at the entrance of the bar. Each table was equipped with two wrought iron black stools and had a white parasol standing next to it, which looked very cosy.
Standing outside the bar door was a young man in his mid-twenties with short hair, a black T-shirt, jeans, and black leather boots. His left arm was covered with tattoos, with a row of rings on his fingers and a chain hanging around his neck.
As soon as the man saw Lu Yuling, he waved to him, “Lingzi!”
Li Xining jumped out of the seat holding the guitar, and then Lu Yuling introduced her. “Brother Chen, the bar owner.”
“Oh.” Li Xining had never been to a place like this before. She was a little nervous for a while. Holding the guitar in her arms, she asked Lu Yuling uneasily, “What are we doing here?”
Lu Yuling smiled and answered concisely, “Sing.” Then he added seriously, “Follow me when you get in. There are many people, so don’t get lost.”
Class leader Li, a top student, got stage fright. “Then I… better go home.”
“I’m kidding you.” Lu Yuling had to tell the truth: “There are almost no people on this street during the day.”
Who would have thought that as soon as Lu Yuling finished speaking, the bar owner came over and said, “There are many people today, so you still have to watch your son and his mother?”
Li Xining: “…” ‘Whose mother?’
Every winter and summer vacation, Lu Yuling would come to this bar to be the resident singer. Because of his outstanding appearance and superior ability, he was relatively well-known in this area and enjoyed good popularity. Many people came to support almost every performance, but everyone on the street knew that he had a restricted area that they could not touch, and that was his guitar. No one was allowed to touch it. Everyone knew that the guitar was his biological son; no one dared to play any tricks.
So as soon as Brother Chen saw Li Xining hugging Lu Yuling’s guitar, he knew what their relationship was—besides his son’s mother, who else would he let hold his own son like this?
After listening to Brother Chen’s words, Lu Yuling frowned, but instead of pursuing what the meaning of ‘his son and mother’, he asked, “Why are so many people here?”
Brother Chen smiled back. “You haven’t been here for such a long time. If you finally come here, won’t more people be cheering for you?”
In fact, he just wanted to borrow the band and sing a song for Li Xining on her eighteenth birthday. He thought there would be a few people during the day, but he didn’t expect so many outsiders to come.
Lu Yuling had no choice but to look back at Li Xining and be warned. “Then you still have to follow me closely.”
Li Xinington felt as if she was being led into a wolf’s den. She said nothing and silently hugged her eldest son tightly in her arms.
End of chapter 26
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Coolwindautumngrove
This chapter is so cute! Thank you for translating