Chapter 38: Having a Child

Lin Lin was stifled by her cold attitude, but she immediately changed her tone.

“You say you are his girlfriend, but how am I supposed to believe you? Tiantian… he never used to be that close to anyone except me. You aren’t lying to me, are you? Is it that he doesn’t want to answer my calls himself, so he’s having you deal with me? My relationship with Tiantian isn’t something that can be provoked by words like yours.”

Luo Tiantian’s patience was exhausted.

She didn’t bother to argue further, hung up the phone, and conveniently dragged the number into her blacklist.

Heh, close… aside from being secretly under the influence of her PUA, he had never had any intimate contact with Lin Lin in the past.

Back in high school, Lin Lin had an Avoidant Personality. Their greatest contact was likely their elbows touching while sitting together as desk-mates.

Carrying her bag of medicine, she walked toward the stairs of her rented apartment.

The old hallway lights flickered intermittently, illuminating her swaying silhouette.

Reaching the top of the stairs, she looked down and fumbled in her pocket for her keys.

“Tiantian?”

An uncertain female voice came from down the corridor.

Luo Tiantian’s movements froze, and she looked up.

In the dim light, a young woman wearing a fashionable dress and exquisite makeup was standing at the door of her rented apartment. Holding her phone, she stared straight at her.

It was Lin Lin.

She actually managed to find her way here?

After Grandfather and Maternal Grandfather passed away, she had moved away from her original residence long ago. How could Lin Lin possibly…

Lin Lin’s gaze swept quickly over Luo Tiantian—the loose hoodie, strands of long hair messily spilling out from the hood, and a face mask that left only a pair of eyes visible. Those eyes were slightly red at the corners, framed by long, thick eyelashes. Even while ill, she couldn’t hide a startling sense of refinement. Her slender silhouette was visible even beneath the loose clothing.

This was clearly an extremely beautiful girl.

The surprise on Lin Lin’s face grew. She saw the medicine bag in Luo Tiantian’s hand and then looked at the stairs behind her. Seeming to understand something, her gaze became subtle and her tone grew more certain.

“Was that you on the phone just now? The person claiming to be Tiantian’s girlfriend? Where is Tiantian? Did he let you stay here? Where is he hiding himself?”

“Miss, isn’t it a bit impolite to block my front door and demand to know who I am? My boyfriend isn’t here; he went on a business trip. If you have something to say, you can wait until he gets back.” Luo Tiantian retorted unceremoniously.

A flash of annoyance crossed Lin Lin’s face.

“This apartment… didn’t he rent this place? Why are you living here? Are you two… living together?”

Even though she was the one who had initiated the separation and treated him with cold indifference, in her subconscious, Luo Tiantian remained an entity from her past memories that others should not easily lay a hand on.

Luo Tiantian didn’t bother to address her string of questions.

She took out her keys and walked straight toward the door with an obvious intent—I am going home, please move aside.

Lin Lin blocked her path slightly, her eyes fixed on the area above Luo Tiantian’s mask, trying to find some flaw.

“You… take off your mask and let me see. How could Tiantian find someone like you…”

Luo Tiantian stopped her movements and turned her head.

“What’s wrong with someone like me? At least, the person he likes now is someone like me. Does it matter what happened in the past?”

Lin Lin’s expression instantly turned ugly, her carefully made-up eyes filled with irritation.

The Luo Tiantian in her memory was a clean-looking, somewhat timid, and lonely boy. Even if she had dumped him back then, he wouldn’t go looking for a new woman, nor would he be able to find one.

“Tiantian doesn’t understand what liking someone even means. He used to…”

Luo Tiantian reached out and pulled the mask off her face.

Under the dim hallway light, that completely uncovered face was fully revealed.

Because of the fever, her cheeks bore an unnatural flush like peach blossoms. Her autumn-water eyes were filled with a faint sorrow, her pert nose twitched slightly, and her perfectly shaped cherry lips were elegant, beautiful, cute, and pure.

This sudden burst of beauty left Lin Lin stunned.

This face… it was too beautiful.

It was so beautiful that it shattered her assumption that Tiantian’s girlfriend only had decent eyes but was otherwise ugly—which she assumed was why she wore a mask. It also caused the slight sense of superiority she felt regarding her own looks to vanish completely.

Luo Tiantian saw the shock in her eyes, and a mocking arc curled at the corner of her lips.

“Miss Lin, are you referring to the ‘past’ where you enjoyed his silent attention and help in high school, eating the food he provided for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, only to throw a bottle of water he gave you during PE into the trash with disgust in front of the whole class? The ‘past’ where you high-handedly used the excuse that the relationship couldn’t be made public, without offering even a bit of compensation afterward?”

“Or are you referring to the ‘past’ where, after you got into college, you immediately changed all your contact information and vanished from his world completely—as if avoiding something filthy—begrudging him even a single word of goodbye?”

“The person he likes now is me. I care about whether he has eaten, whether he needs more clothes when it’s cold, and I get worried when he’s sick. I hold him, I kiss him, and I tell him ‘I’m here.’ What about you, Miss Lin?”

Lin Lin’s face turned several shades paler.

“Do you see clearly now? A woman like me, his current girlfriend, looks like this. Am I cute? Am I pretty? I’m exactly his favorite type, you know. I was the one who pursued him.”

Luo Tiantian even winked, her long eyelashes fluttering like small fans.

Lin Lin’s face turned from white to a sickly green. Her lips trembled, but she couldn’t say a single word.

Every word Luo Tiantian spoke was the truth.

Back then, she had enjoyed that silent devotion while simultaneously despising the potential trouble it represented. She had left with clinical efficiency. She had never imagined that the somewhat embarrassing Luo Tiantian would have a girlfriend with a face… with a face like this.

Luo Tiantian didn’t bother to give Lin Lin another look. She put her mask back on, pulled out her keys, and opened the door.

What was the point of bickering over old accounts with someone who was no longer on her life’s trajectory?

“Wait! Even if… even if what you say is true, where is he now? Where exactly is he? I want to see him; I have something to say to him.”

“I have already made myself very clear. He isn’t here; he’s on a business trip. As for what you have to say… he has no interest in hearing it, and I have no desire to relay it. Please leave and stop disturbing our lives. Otherwise, I don’t mind having the property management or the police handle a stranger who is harassing a resident.”

“You… you will regret this! This is a matter between Tiantian and his grandfather! You are still just an outsider! You have no right to make decisions for him!”

Hearing this, Luo Tiantian finally stopped and furrowed her brow. “Grandfather?”

Lin Lin bit her lip and clenched her small fists.

“Before Tiantian’s grandfather passed away, he wanted Tiantian and me to get married… and help him Having a Child. This included his Maternal Grandfather… I didn’t know about these things before. I only found Two Letters inside the gifts they left me a few days ago. That is why I came to find Tiantian.”