She Didn't Misbehave, Did She?

Looking at the closed door to his younger sister's room, Chen Lu lazily flopped down on the sofa.

The hardest part was over. No matter how unreliable Chen Mo usually was, there was no way she would make things difficult for Liang Zhirou.

Liang Zhirou had the tutoring job in the bag.

"Is her family not very well off?" Wang Xiaoxia asked quietly, her heart aching a little for her.

Girls her age with calluses on their hands... were really too rare.

At least in Hangcheng, they were.

"Yeah." Chen Lu didn't hide it, and slowly explained Liang Zhirou's family situation.

Hearing that Liang Zhirou ran around working part-time jobs every day and only dared order the cheapest dish for lunch, Wang Xiaoxia felt her eyes redden.

It was precisely because he had been raised by parents like these that Chen Lu had stepped forward that night.

The living room fell quiet for a while, but Chen Guanglin still didn't offer any opinion.

Wang Xiaoxia wiped away her tears. "Chen Lu."

Chen Lu turned to look at his mother, curious what she was going to say with such a solemn expression.

"If you dare bully her, I'll act like I never had a son."

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Throughout the lesson, the others sat chatting in the living room. No one went to disturb the two of them.

Two hours passed quickly, and the bedroom door opened right on time.

Chen Lu looked up to see Chen Mo shamelessly clinging to Liang Zhirou's arm.

"Sis! How is your English so good?!"

"If I'd met you sooner, I would've mastered English ages ago!"

She spoke so loudly that they could hear every word in the living room.

Seeing the satisfied smiles on Chen Guanglin's and Wang Xiaoxia's faces, Chen Lu smiled to himself as well.

He didn't know how well Liang Zhirou had actually taught, but just judging by Chen Mo's performance,

the necklace had been money well spent.

After Liang Zhirou repeatedly declined, Wang Xiaoxia stopped trying to persuade her to stay for dinner and beckoned Chen Lu over to take her home.

"I was planning to take her anyway." Chen Lu got up and walked slowly toward the entryway.

"Take your dad's car!"

"Got it!"

Chen Lu picked up the car keys and saw that Chen Mo was still glued to Liang Zhirou. He couldn't help asking:

"What's going on? When did you two get so close?"

Chen Mo rolled her eyes at him. "What's it to you?"

Then she hugged Liang Zhirou again, reluctant to let her go. "Sis, if my brother threatened you, just blink. I'll definitely save you!"

"Huh? No... he's really good to me," Liang Zhirou said seriously.

Seeing how shy Liang Zhirou looked, Chen Mo wished more than anything that she were a boy.

Chen Lu tapped Chen Mo on the forehead in exasperation and led Liang Zhirou out the door.

The door slowly closed, and the two waited quietly for the elevator.

Liang Zhirou hugged her canvas bag, a complicated expression on her face.

"What's wrong?" Chen Lu was very sensitive to changes in the girl's mood, and asked her about it.

"I... I spent ages thinking about what to bring yesterday, but I couldn't figure it out. It was my first time visiting, and I didn't bring anything..."

Chen Lu couldn't help laughing. "It doesn't matter. You're here to be a tutor anyway.

If you'd brought something, wouldn't it really have been like a daughter-in-law visiting for the first time?"

He bent down and leaned close, meeting the girl's eyes. "I get it now. So you want to marry into my family that badly?"

Liang Zhirou quickly turned her face away, her breathing growing a little hurried. "That's not what I meant..."

"My sister didn't misbehave, did she?" he asked.

"No, she was pretty serious." Liang Zhirou slung her bag over her shoulder and said quietly, "She just kept me chatting for quite a while before she was willing to study."