"Sorry, I couldn't keep my voice down. If it was you, nod. If it wasn't, shake your head."
Everyone turned to look at Lu Chengfei. Lu Chengfei glanced at Su Yu and said, "You should ask me something like that somewhere quiet."
Su Yu looked around at everyone. No one said a word. He turned back and said, "Isn't our table pretty quiet?"
Lu Chengfei felt like Su Yu had somehow turned him socially anxious. "It's hard for me to say."
"Isn't that why I told you to nod?"
"What about you? Do you like Gu Lin? If you do, nod. If you don't, shake your head."
That one sentence left Su Yu speechless.
"See? Don't do unto others what you don't want done to yourself."
Just then, Gu Lin messaged him to say things were about to start and they could head over. Su Yu looked up at Lu Chengfei. "I'll ask you again later. Don't go running off."
Everyone at Su Yu's table was related to Gu Lin. He was even seated beside Grandmother. Seeing the two of them together, several uncles and aunts took turns asking when they would pick a date for their wedding.
The meal made Su Yu extremely uncomfortable. He barely took two bites before having to answer another question. He looked at Gu Lin for help.
[Gu Lin: You said you didn't want to sit at the kids' table.]
[Su Yu: You didn't tell me what this table was like.]
[Gu Lin: Aren't all relatives like this? If you haven't graduated, they ask about your grades. Once you have, they ask about your partner. Didn't you know?]
[Su Yu: I didn't know. I'm an orphan.]
One of the aunts teased, "Oh my, this young couple keeps looking at each other. What is it?