The television in the living room was playing a popular drama. It was pretty good, but neither Lin Li nor Su Yue was paying any attention to the screen.
"Have some fruit!" Su Yue said with a cheerful smile as she sat down beside Lin Li.
Lin Li glanced at Su Yue, who was sitting close by, then shifted over a little to put some distance between them. "You can tell me what you wanted to talk about now, right?"
Su Yue picked up a peach from the fruit plate and offered it to Lin Li. When he shook his head, she put it back.
Lin Li looked at Su Yue without saying a word, waiting for her to explain.
"It's like this. Zhang Xiaohao was harassing me, and you helped me out at the school gate. Afterward, my colleagues at school all asked whether you were my boyfriend..." Su Yue began, taking her time.
"So that's what you wanted to talk about." Lin Li considered what Su Yue had said for two or three seconds before replying.
"It was only natural that this would happen afterward.
"Just explain to your colleagues that you did it to help me get away from him, and that it was all an act. That should clear up the misunderstanding."
"Um..." Su Yue hesitated, then said, "I admitted it."
"What?" Lin Li didn't understand at first.
"I said I admitted it," Su Yue repeated.
"Admitted what?" Lin Li asked.
"What else? Of course I admitted that we're together." Su Yue smiled brightly.
"Eh!!!" Lin Li exclaimed. He raised a hand to rub his brow, then looked at Su Yue, whose face was wreathed in smiles.
"But we're not together. Why would you admit that?"
Su Yue didn't explain right away. She only watched Lin