"So this is the explanation you came up with? You girls have been huddling together and whispering these past few days because you were discussing this?"
The following evening, in the living room of the Secret Base, beneath the bright lights, Larkspur folded her arms and said irritably, "You jumped to such an arbitrary conclusion, then turned around and spouted nonsense to Bo Xue? Why not just say I'm your biological mother?"
"Huh? That's a possibility too?" Lin Xiaolu cried out in astonishment.
"Hmm?" Larkspur said warningly.
"Ugh..."
Warned by Larkspur once again, Lin Xiaolu could only slump onto the sofa. Looking utterly dejected, she said, "Fine, I was wrong."
Just moments ago, Larkspur had scolded her without sparing her feelings.
Larkspur had first seriously asked Lin Xiaolu exactly how she had arrived at such an outrageous conclusion. After hearing Lin Xiaolu explain her line of reasoning, she mercilessly pointed out several flaws in her logic, leaving Lin Xiaolu completely unable to argue back and too ashamed to show her face.
What Larkspur said did make sense. Could she really have gotten it wrong? That would be way too embarrassing.
Lin Xiaolu thought gloomily.
While she was being lectured here, the other two girls sat nearby as well. Bai Jingxuan stared at her nose as though meditating, her gaze lowered with what seemed like a guilty conscience. Xia Liang covered her mouth, her shoulders constantly shaking as if she might burst out laughing at any second.
"You over there, don't gloat either."
Noticing Xia Liang's movements, Larkspur gave her a sidelong glance and slightly raised her chin. "You're clearly different from them, so why are you fooling around with these two children?"
"I'm older than her," Lin Xiaolu muttered softly.
"I wasn't asking you." Larkspur rubbed her forehead.
Lin Xiaolu