"What’s Jing doing here?"
"He’s here to see you," Ye Tiao patted her shoulder. "You are his favorite little cutie. It’s been over a month since he saw you last, and he’s been missing you a lot." New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on N0veI.Fiɾe.net
Shi Mei: "...Was it you who brought him here?"
"How could I? I just casually mentioned that we were still choosing a location for the shop, and he eagerly said he wanted to come help." Ye Tiao shrugged. "It’s good that he’s coming. He’s been idling every day, so finding something for him to do is a good thing."
He’s actually a software programmer, why do you make him sound like an unemployed drifter?
But she hadn’t seen him in a long time and was quite missing him too.
Gao Lian asked, "Who is Jing?"
Ye Tiao blurted out, "Tang Jingming, her..." brother.
But she swiftly took a turn, "her devoted fan, hahaha."
Gao Lian nodded, seemingly accepting this strange introduction.
Ye Tiao said, "If Jing’s coming, let him stay in our guest room."
"Sure." Shi Mei had no objections.
After all, their home was a three-bedroom with two living spaces. After the two of them each took a room, there was still one guest room left.
They had originally planned to convert it into a music room, but the space was a bit too small, so they simply gave up. Shi Mei planned to wait until the bar was chosen to reserve a big room to turn into a music room.
Gao Lian could tell that they had a good relationship, and he somewhat looked forward to seeing Jing.
They then chatted about all sorts of things, and Shi Mei found that Gao Lian was very talkative. The things he said offhandedly always made one feel comfortable.
He would subtly compliment you, but it was so indistinct that it made his words seem very sincere and heartfelt.
Such serious words must be the truth!
Shi Mei rarely interacted with policemen, but Gao Lian completely overturned her longstanding perceptions of them.
The three of them talked until nearly four o’clock, and the more they talked, the more lively they got.
Gao Lian thought that Shi Mei must be the type of girl who was independent yet introverted.
However, as they continued to chat, he found Shi Mei to be even more fun and interesting than he imagined.
And listening to what Ye Tiao ’accidentally’ mentioned, it turned out that she could also write songs, sing, dance, and play various musical instruments—each one proficiently.
"Talented lady," Gao Lian sincerely exclaimed. "That’s amazing."
Ye Tiao, already red-faced and thick-necked from drinking, slapped the table upon hearing this, holding a cigarette, "Of course, our little... hey, why did you hit me?"
"Little what?" Shi Mei glanced sideways.
"Oh, our little junior sister. She was an exchange student in the United States during college, played the lute so well that she amazed countless foreigners, and even finished her credits a year early. She could have directly gone for the master’s degree, all those... Curtis and whatnot, Eastman..."
"Enough, enough, you’re drunk!" Shi Mei pulled her away. "Keep it up and it’ll be dawn before we leave. We need to go back."
"Ah, I haven’t finished yet," Ye Tiao’s face was flushed. "Those schools’ leaders even came to our country to recruit her for further studies, but she just wants to hang out in Yan City..."
Hearing her keep exaggerating, Shi Mei stood up. "Keep bragging; I’m going back."
"Hey hey hey, my bad, my bad, big brother, I was wrong," Ye Tiao quickly pulled her back. "We need to keep a low profile, shh..."
I really want to smack her.
Is this keeping a low profile?