Blocked by the towel, the man's voice sounded low and dull. It was even more melodious than usual.
Gu Nian let out a sigh of relief and smiled. "Good. This is the first time I tried to dry someone else's hair. I worry that I am not that skillful at it. But today is your birthday, I don't want you to have a bad experience."
"… first time?"
"Mmhmm." Gu Nian replied honestly reflexively. "What's the matter?"
"You have never done that for your boyfriend?"
"… …"
Gu Nian was a little stumped.
Oh shoot.
She had long since forgotten how she had made up a boyfriend in order to appear grand, glorious, and morally correct* in front of her precious son.
Gu Nian was fretting inside but she remained very calm on the front. "Mmm. My boyfriend and I had been together for a long time. No, we don't do anything like this."
"… …"
No response.
Gu Nian was crying inside.
Did her precious son figured out that she was lying? Was her image of being an honesty individual already crumbling before She could even establish her image as a good mother?
Before she could figure out how to salvage the situation, she heard a chuckle coming from under the towel. It was low and nonchalant but also seemingly somewhat cold. "Ms. Gu is such an open and honest person. You don't hide anything, do you?"
"?"
Was her son growing up? Why was it that she was unable to follow his train of thoughts?
Just like any old mother who worked hard on minimizing the generation gap between herself and her children, Gu Nian, albeit at loss, nodded affirmatively. "Of course. Being honest is a good thing. I don't want to lie to Mr. Lu."
--- IF given a choice, that was. QwQ
Luo Xiu remained silent for a little while, then lowered his eyes. Suppressing the hint of viciousness that was struggling in his eyes, Luo Xiu mocked nonchalantly, "Miss Gu's openness toward relationship surprises me."
"Openness?"
Gu Nian was, once again, at loss.
She thought long and hard for a few seconds and suddenly had it figured out. "Oh, you mean my earlier misunderstanding? Mmm. I get it even if it wasn't a misunderstanding! You are young people and going through your period of youthful restlessness. It only makes sense when you fail to resist the temptation of the outside worth and have your impulsive moments. This is normal. All very normal."
"… …"
With the towel covering him up, plus Luo Xiu had his back to her, there was absolutely no way for Gu Nian to see the man's look or emotions…
If only she could detect the dark and profound true emotions in Luo Xiu's eyes right now, Gu Nian would for sure think very carefully before she talked.
Unfortunately, she wasn't able to.
As such, not only did she not think things through, she came up with what she thought was a great idea by the Nth time she looked over that the Son-Raising Diary resting next to Luo Xiu.
Gu Nian organized her thoughts a little and said, "Mr. Luo Xiu."
"Mmhmm?"
Gu Nian, "This might be abrupt but I do have a favor to ask – if you have a happy birthday today, can you promise to fulfill a wish of mine?"
"… …"
Luo Xiu lowered his eyes.
Her wish after that particular topic that they were talking about? She was surly honestly eager.
Of course he would not make such a promise.
Nevertheless, in the silence outside of the towel, he seemed to be able to picture the girl look at him with her usual anticipated look. Luo Xiu had no idea why he said what he said.
"Alright."
"! Thank you, Mr. Luo Xiu!!" Came the girl's very excited voice.
He regained his consciousness as soon as he finished saying that. It was, however, never his style to go back on his words. Luo Xiu had no choice but to exercise control over his tone as he asked, "What is your wish?"
Gu Nian looked over at the Son-Raising Diary which was about to return to her shortly. She was happy, beaming, and shy.
"It may be a little unreasonable and its sort of awkward to talk about it right now. Let's talk about it tonight after your birthday celebration!"
Luo Xiu, "… … … …"
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Translator's notes:
A communism reference.
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Author's rambling:
Xiu The Evil Dragon: … Does she want to bed me?
Gu Nian: Son-Raising Diary, Mommy is on her way!!
#On the topic of how smooth cross communications can be.#