Reincarnated as a Poor Little Green Tea, Am I Destined to Be Bullied? - Volume 1 Chapter 81

Chapter 81: So Quick

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On the way leading Lin Yueye to meet her parents, Xia Mujin’s expression wasn’t very pleasant.

First, it was because her conversation with Yueye was harshly interrupted by Yahan, who didn’t leave any time at all.

Second, while leading Yueye forward, due to their three-point agreement that didn’t allow hand-holding, Yueye held Lin Lebing’s hand the entire time. What kind of humiliation was this?! Lin Lebing, you’re not letting go either, this must be provocation!

Lin Yueye had no idea what she was thinking; otherwise, she would definitely tell her that Yuebing couldn’t be left unattended.

Otherwise, she would run off to catch butterflies on someone’s grave in a matter of seconds, ruining the atmosphere.

But actually, these weren’t the main issues.

What mattered was that Lin Yueye’s little heart was pounding rapidly; she hadn’t been this nervous even when she mustered up the courage to buy 100 yuan worth of scratch cards in her previous life.

Xia Mujin noticed Lin Yueye’s unusual state, not just because of her serious expression.

It was also because Xia Mujin’s peripheral vision couldn’t help but keep glancing at her.

Naturally, she also “accidentally” noticed the fine sweat on her forehead.

“Yueye? What’s wrong, are you hot? I see you’re sweating.”

“It’s… it’s nothing, I’m physically weak, just having cold sweats. By the way, Classmate Mujin… can I ask a question?”

“Take care of your health… Are you taking your medicine properly? A question…? Go ahead.”

“Well, it’s not really a question, I just want to know… what are Uncle and Auntie’s personalities like? Are they very strict…? I mean, should I prepare some words? After all, they’re such important people… uh, why are you laughing?”

I’m asking this with complete sincerity!

But Xia Mujin brought her sleeve to her lips, hearing the question made her laugh softly.

“Pfft… because I think Yueye doesn’t need to worry about this at all~”

“Hm? What do you mean, are Uncle and Auntie easy to talk to?”

“No, no, no~ They’re both super strict.”

“?!”

Then why are you laughing!

“Hmm… although they’re strict, I don’t think that’s something Yueye needs to worry about. It’s different from the strictness you understand. Oh, right!”

Xia Mujin remembered something, while seriously answering Yueye’s question, she took several quick steps forward, catching up with Luo Yahan, and grabbed her arm to slow her down a bit.

“Yahan, you remember the first time you met my parents, right? As a ‘senior,’ why don’t you tell Yueye about it?”

“Boring.”

“Ah, don’t say that. It feels different when you tell it yourself. But… if you really don’t want to talk about it, then I’ll have to do it~?”

“……”

“Hehe, see, you agree now, right? Come on, Yahan, stop acting like you’re not the same age as us. You’re only 2 years older than me, and we agreed you wouldn’t put on your teacher act outside, didn’t we?”

Luo Yahan looked at the smiling young lady beside her with an annoyed expression. Her reaction to this topic was reluctant, but as if she couldn’t resist Xia Mujin’s slightly whiny request, she slowed her pace further and, while keeping her eyes forward, spoke to Lin Yueye, her “junior,” in a monotone voice about her experience.

“Sigh, it’s not that big of a deal. The first time I met Madam Su, I happened to catch Xia Mujin practicing piano. Tch… of all things you could be doing, you were playing piano. I just said it was interesting, and then Madam Su made me complete the entire Grade 10 piano examination process. She thought I was one of Xia Mujin’s rare friends, so she didn’t plan to ‘go easy’ on me.”

“Haha… I still remember that,” Xia Mujin walked backward in front of Lin Yueye with her hands behind her back, adding to the amusing memory, “And you know what, Yueye? Even when Yahan went back home, my mom would still call to remind her to practice piano. Even her piano teacher wasn’t that attentive!”

Huh?! That harsh?!

Perhaps others hearing this would have backed away by now.

But Lin Yueye, aside from being somewhat surprised — actually felt much more relieved.

This precisely showed that… our parents don’t seem to be the cold type?

Wanting to keep their daughter’s friends and doing their best at it, that was what they believed they should do.

Actually, what Lin Yueye was worried about was these important people looking down on her, which would have been quite normal.

After all, she was just a poor child… they had no particular reason to treat her specially.

If that were the case, Lin Yueye would probably feel hurt, because only she knew about their blood ties.

But this situation still hadn’t put Lin Yueye completely at ease.

After all… Teacher Luo must have been from a wealthy family too when she was young? Starting with “piano” and “finance” and such things that had no connection to Lin Yueye’s life. She couldn’t help but mentally prepare some words she thought were sophisticated, to avoid being unable to keep up with the conversation when meeting her parents.

Eh?

Come to think of it…

【Lin Yueye, have you finally noticed?】

Yuebing’s tone was deliberately profound, as if reminding Lin Yueye.

Indeed…

Lin Yueye only now realized that her nervousness didn’t come from meeting Xia Mujin’s parents as her friend.

Rather… it came from meeting family members she couldn’t meet in two lifetimes, finally having a chance to meet them, but unable to tell them the truth.

Yuebing, thank you for reminding me.

【You finally noticed that it wasn’t the salt water that killed the potted plant, it must have been the poor sunlight in the room. I think salt is innocent.】

So that’s what you were talking about?! Don’t try to shirk responsibility now, you worthless cat!

Also, Lin Yueye felt that Xia Mujin and Teacher Luo’s interaction wasn’t as rigid as she thought.

Over more than ten years, when facing her, Xia Mujin clearly showed quite a bit of dependency, just that Teacher Luo hadn’t noticed.

When Xia Mujin dealt with others, she was absolutely ice-cold, definitely not laughing and joking like this.

“Pfft… During that time, Yahan, were you afraid to come to my house?”

“Not really, it was just piano. I haven’t even mentioned the time when your dad insisted on taking me to the company to learn about finance. Sigh… after all, isn’t this all because you had too few friends? If you had just a couple more friends, having a ‘friend’ wouldn’t have been such a rare thing.”

“That’s too harsh! It’s not like I wanted to have no friends?!”

“If it wasn’t what you wanted then what… ah, forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore, let’s hurry up.”

“Uh… okay.”

The disappearance of the smile happened in just an instant.

Luo Yahan suddenly turned her head and ended the topic, walking quickly ahead, leaving Xia Mujin’s smile frozen on her face.

Lin Yueye didn’t understand why she wouldn’t let her finish talking about these past events.

But when she saw the complexity and struggle on Luo Yahan’s face from the side, and Xia Mujin’s bewilderment…

She slowly understood.

The past shouldn’t be mentioned too much.

Just mentioning it would bring up “his” shadow.

Why didn’t she have many friends?

Wasn’t it because Xia Mujin would hold onto his arm, always saying 【Having a brother is enough, I can’t play well with others】?

If you ask her again.

She would remember that small but reliable arm, backlit, turning back with a bitter smile, wouldn’t she?

And she had been chattering non-stop with Lin Yueye from the beginning.

Was she perhaps trying to block out those rushing memories in this cemetery that was like a surging deep sea…

……………………………….

The cemetery was more vast than imagined.

Although the three people and one cat were walking quite quickly, it still took a full 20 minutes of walking to reach the area with the best feng shui at the eastern end of the cemetery.

From far away.

Lin Yueye could already see a group of men and women dressed in formal black suits. Their faces showed no smiles, and after exchanging a few words, they would start sighing.

They didn’t seem to be acting.

As Luo Yahan passed by Lin Yueye’s side, she offered an explanation.

“The people here today are all from the Xia family’s main house. Their own relative’s child was found, dead. No one can smile. That day at the Xia family mansion, most of the people you saw were outsiders, it had nothing to do with them. And you, me, and Lin Lebing are the only three non-Xia family members invited here today. If anyone asks who you are later, just say you’re Xia Mujin’s distant relatives. No need for extra explanations, it’s unnecessary, but I think in this situation, no one will ask you.”

“I understand… Dad and Mom… I mean, where are Xia Mujin’s parents?”

“Look, she’s already eagerly gone to call them for you.”

“Oh, oh, I see… huh?!”

Lin Yueye was just saying Xia Mujin was beside her, how did she disappear in the blink of an eye!

Looking straight ahead, she had run into the crowd and was saying something to two people who were surrounded by others.

—— Then all three turned their heads to look in this direction.

Moving this quickly?!