“The taste is very good.”
Lin Yingluo was the first to answer.
She didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with her little sister, after all, they hadn’t seen each other for almost half a year, and she didn’t think her sister’s smile was odd either.
“Indeed,”
Lin Chu Xi echoed.
“I wonder how many little secrets Su Nuo is still hiding.”
Lin Yingluo agreed as well.
“This doesn’t count as a secret,”
Su Nuo forced a smile.
“And besides, I don’t usually do this.”
As a little secret, Su Xiao Nuo hid inside her mind, not daring to make a sound.
After that, the family focused on enjoying their lunch, occasionally exchanging a few words of daily conversation.
Lin Chu Xi returned to normal, becoming the quiet and polite good girl from school, as if all the earlier strangeness had been fake.
After the meal, the black long-haired girl returned to her room on the second floor.
Lin Yingluo helped Su Nuo clean up.
They disposed of the leftover food, put the dishes into the dishwasher, and listened to the sound of water flowing.
“I didn’t expect you and her to be roommates,”
Lin Yingluo said.
“What a coincidence.”
Su Nuo nodded.
“I thought so too.”
Heaven knows how surprised she was when she saw Lin Chu Xi earlier—she even thought she was hallucinating and had returned to school.
“This is good too. You already knew each other, and your relationship isn’t bad. We’re all familiar with each other.”
Lin Yingluo held a damp towel and spoke as she wiped.
“This way, you don’t have to worry about your rapport, and you don’t have to pretend to be best friends.”
Friends who have shared the same dormitory for three years are pretty much like close friends—sometimes even more so in terms of living habits.
After finishing the cleaning in the kitchen, Lin Yingluo leaned against the side and looked at her cute wife.
“You two only became friends recently? How recent?”
Su Nuo hesitated.
“Um, because we were both busy before, she…”
“It’s okay, that’s normal. I know my sister,”
Lin Yingluo said.
“Don’t be fooled by her politeness and proactive attitude—she seems easy to get along with, but she’s actually very selective about friends. Having someone to hang out with is already rare. For most people… let’s put it this way.”
She raised both hands to make a gesture.
One hand was held up high.
“This is her social baseline. It looks like she can easily make friends, but her upper limit is right here.”
The other hand was just a little higher.
Su Nuo thought for a moment.
No wonder Lin Chu Xi was so popular at school, with good relations everywhere, always being greeted by others—but the only person who could be called a friend was Zhao Xue.
Even with Zhao Xue, they were more like partners than inseparable friends.
Zhao Xue even played tennis by herself.
“When she came home this morning and saw your reaction, it showed you must be very close friends—otherwise, she wouldn’t be so excited.”
Lin Yingluo had noticed the moment Lin Chu Xi and Su Nuo met, but didn’t think there was anything wrong afterward.
Curiously, she asked,
“So, when did you two become close? What happened then?”
Su Nuo thought for a while.
“About half a month before finals, but I don’t think anything special happened… Does helping her fix her computer count?”
“…Probably not.”
Lin Yingluo didn’t think so, and neither did Su Nuo or Su Xiao Nuo.
But the little moe girl had another opinion.
“The timing is right, but you forgot something else. That day, besides fixing her computer, you also showed her Nai Zi.”
Can you not be so crude when you speak?
There’s still a little moe girl listening in my head—even though it was the little moe girl herself who said it.
Su Nuo sighed helplessly in her mind.
“But in this regard, Chu Xi is a bit like me,”
Lin Yingluo said to her.
“When Chu Xi was in school, our parents worked outside, so I was often left in charge of her.”
“I’m no education expert, so I just used the simplest and most effective method—copying my own experiences from back then.”
Sleep schedules, rules to follow, principles to stick to, and even which extracurricular interests to pursue—all were the same as her own.
That’s why Lin Chu Xi didn’t like bags or makeup and instead preferred high-end electronics—because Lin Yingluo liked using efficient and simple smart products.
Su Nuo blinked.
“In that case, will she become like you?”
Same experiences, same ideas, same interests, same hobbies, and eventually even that…
“Probably not.”
Lin Yingluo replied.
Su Nuo agreed, thinking she had just asked casually and didn’t really mean it.
They stopped at small talk about her sister—since the dishes were washed, it was time to go out.
It was worth mentioning that ever since going upstairs, Lin Chu Xi hadn’t come out all afternoon.
Lin Yingluo figured that, since it was her first day back, she might be napping or resting, so she didn’t disturb her.
It wasn’t until dinner that Lin Chu Xi came out again, sat at the dining table, and tasted a specialty dish from the Restaurant.
“Is this from that Restaurant nearby? The taste is fine, but it’s not as good as Su Nuo’s cooking.”
She said.
Su Nuo shrugged her small shoulders.
“I’m not a professional, and I can’t cook every day.”
“Exactly,”
Lin Yingluo added.
“Your sister-in-law has other things to do too.”
If you want to cook, you have to buy groceries.
To buy groceries, you have to get up early.
Even if someone else helps, you still have to get up early to prepare the ingredients—no way to sleep until noon.
To get up early, you have to sleep early. But if you sleep early, you can’t mess around at night.
“I see. That’s a pity, then.”
Lin Chu Xi said with a faint expression.
“Next time, when there’s time, let your sister-in-law cook again. For now, just make do with Restaurant food.”
Lin Yingluo said.
Too much is impossible; there’s no time at night for early sleep.
“By the way, Chu Xi, since you’re home for the holidays, the rules are the same as before—don’t play with your phone during meals, let us know in advance if you’re going out for more than half a day, and don’t eat other things right before dinner.”
Hearing this, Lin Chu Xi paused slightly.
“Then at night, is it still forbidden to stay up late? Do I have to sleep early?”
Lin Yingluo hesitated for a moment.
“At night… it’s not strictly forbidden. If something comes up, exceptions can be made.”
Mainly, she herself never used to stay up late, but now she was staying up late to sleep with Su Nuo, so she couldn’t very well demand her sister sleep early.
You can’t require someone to do what you can’t do yourself.
Otherwise, if it was discovered, it would be so embarrassing.
So she couldn’t forbid her sister from dating, or from being in a yuri relationship…
“I understand, Sister.”
After dinner, Lin Chu Xi returned to her room again, like an internet-addicted girl eager to get back to gaming.
Lin Yingluo and Su Nuo tidied up together, then headed to the Main Bedroom.
“Nuo Nuo, I have to work tomorrow during the day, so I’ll be back in the afternoon,”
The elder sister said.
“I used to worry you and Chu Xi wouldn’t get along, but since you already know each other, I don’t have to worry.”