In the car.
"Me?"
Seeing Penny curse, Leonard instinctively pointed at himself, his disbelief mingled with surprise and anticipation.
"What?"
Penny looked utterly confused.
"Nothing, nothing!"
Leonard immediately realized he had misunderstood and hurriedly waved his hands, unwilling to prolong the awkwardness.
He pointed at his injured forehead and changed the subject. "Sorry for making you unhappy tonight."
"Oh, no, I had a great time tonight."
Penny replied politely, but then she thought of Adam's perfunctory words to her. Unable to hold it in any longer, she glanced at Leonard.
"Leonard, you watched the recording of my live performance that night too. Was I really that bad?"
"No, you were amazing..."
Leonard naturally launched into a nauseatingly lavish compliment. "Why would you ask that?"
Penny repeated every word Adam had used to brush her off.
Emmm.
As long as it did not involve technical terms she did not understand, Penny's memory was actually quite good.
After all, she was a professional waitress who had memorized an entire thick menu.
"Don't overthink it. He was definitely praising you."
Leonard said with certainty, "Very few people get that kind of affirmation from Adam."
"Really?"
Penny began to waver.
Could she really have misunderstood? Were that string of adjectives from Adam actually all compliments?
"Yes!"
Leonard's tone was firm. "You've always been the best."
"Hehe."
Hearing Leonard say that, Penny immediately regained her confidence. She gave a soft laugh and stopped dwelling on the subject.
TBBT 4A Apartment.
Leonard opened the door and entered.
"So? How was the date?"
Sheldon, who was playing on his computer at the desk, turned to look at him.
"It was great!"
Leonard was inexplicably confident.
"Apparently alcohol and confusion have done profound damage to girls in the United States."
Sheldon tilted his head and pursed his lips,