Chapter 5
Song Zhimeng and the others soon sent me private messages, apologizing in a dry tone.
Gu Siyin followed right after.
She first sent a crying cat meme, then two voice messages:
“Wuwu, I’m sorry, Sister Manman, it’s all my fault.
“Yinyin promises there won’t be a next time. Please forgive me, Sister~”
The girl’s sweet, coquettish voice came through the receiver. My face stayed calm, but under the table, my fist was clenched tight.
I didn’t reply right away, but turned to Lu Che, who was eating heartily beside me. “Tell me, how should I respond?”
He took a couple of bites, then looked up as he ladled the soup. “Whatever, if you don’t want to reply, then don’t.”
“Makes sense.” I nodded slightly. “We’ve been looking forward to this day for so long, and she ruined it so completely. Why should I forgive her?”
He irritably ran a hand through his hair, his handsome brows furrowed. “Exactly. I was planning to take Baby to the riverside to watch the fireworks.
“Yinyin is really getting more and more thoughtless as she grows up.”
I placed my phone face-down on the table and let him mutter to himself for a while, until he finally remembered to pick up his chopsticks and serve me some food.
“Lu Che, what does Gu Siyin mean to you?”
His wrist paused in midair, and he looked at me in confusion, as if he hadn’t heard clearly.
I pressed down his hand and repeated, “What does she mean to you?”
Perhaps sensing the seriousness in my tone, Lu Che gradually sat up straight:
“Manman, don’t overthink it. I don’t like her.” His expression was tense, like a schoolboy answering a question. “I’ve always just seen her as a younger sister.”
“Just a younger sister?”
He put down his chopsticks and said firmly, “Just a younger sister.”
I stared at him for a few seconds before looking away and serving him a piece of fish.
Lu Che breathed a sigh of relief and leaned in with a grin: “Manman, you’re jealous!”
I playfully pushed his head away, but only smiled without saying a word.