Lin's father and Jiang Linyuan chatted a little longer, mostly about Lin Yilin's college life.
As they talked, he gradually began to catch on.
A senior from her department, looking out for his daughter—a relationship somewhere between friends and lovers.
Probably more friends than anything else.
He figured the reason they hadn't gotten together yet was partly because his daughter was too shy, and partly because the young man had some other concern.
Like the girl beside him.
Lin's father looked over at Su Muzhi, who had been quiet the whole time, and thought she seemed difficult to get along with, and rather proud.
Linlin had said they were traveling together since they happened to be in the area, but it didn't look that way now. It seemed more like she had come along specifically to travel with him.
Linlin really wasn't helping herself in that regard.
Thinking this, Lin's father glanced at Lin Yilin, who was staring at Jiang Linyuan with wide, blinking eyes, and sighed inwardly. Then he looked at Jiang Linyuan.
"I'm sorry to make you young people spend time chatting with an old man like me. You must feel uncomfortable. Why don't you go talk in the room upstairs? Linlin can show you where it is."
"Mm-hmm!"
Lin Yilin nodded furiously and led Jiang Linyuan and Su Muzhi upstairs.
A little while later, a middle-aged woman sat down beside Lin's father with a smile and said,
"That young man is really handsome, and he seems polite, too."
"You think that, but the girl's parents might think the same."
Lin's father spoke unhurriedly.
"You mean the girl with him?"
Mother Lin looked toward the second floor.
"It's normal for a girl to like him, but bringing her along isn't."
Lin's father continued.
"What's abnormal about it? The