Chapter 454: – Monster
Lin Jin's cousin was two years older than her. Due to a strict upbringing from a young age, he had gotten into a first tier university in Nanjing and was now a third year.
It seemed he had also just started summer vacation a few days ago. He had just returned home a couple of days ago and was finally able to escape the noise of his roommates and catch up on his sleep alone. get some proper sleep alone. But then he heard his father say that his younger cousin would be sleeping with him, and he felt completely hopeless.
Although he did used to get along well with his cousin when they were kids, they had basically lost contact after his cousin moved to the city, okay? What if when sleeping, his cousin snored, or kicked the quilt, grinded their teeth, or sleep talked?
Lin Jin’s cousin was a tall and thin, artistic young man with long hair that went over his ears. His university major was fine arts and he seemed to be a big shot at drawing.
Though, Lin Jin had never seen her cousin's paintings.
Her mom, aunt and uncle were sitting at the dining table chatting about the past few years, while Lin Jin awkwardly sat in her cousin's room, the two of them staring blankly at each other.
She had met her cousin during last year's Chinese New Year, wasn’t it just the new year? Lin Jin’s father was too ashamed to go back, so Lin Jin had to go alone to pay respects to her relatives. When she saw her cousin at that time, she thought he was truly an artistic youth, with long hair over his ears tied into a small ponytail. Completely the image of an artist.
But this year, for some reason, her cousin's hairstyle had actually become a short buzz cut.
Being embarrassed and awkwardly staring at each other wasn't a solution, so Lin Jin began looking for a topic.
"Bro, why did you cut your hair short?"
"Why are you wearing women's clothes?"
What was even more awkward was that just as she asked her question, her cousin sitting opposite her also asked his own question at almost the same time.
So the atmosphere became even more awkward.
"My mom insisted I wear it." Lin Jin pretended to be expressionless and shifted the blame onto her mom.
"My hair too. My dad insisted I cut it." Her cousin also shifted the blame onto his dad.
Alright, she had no idea how to interact with this cousin at all. How did it get more awkward as they talked?
Her cousin also sensed the indescribable awkwardness, so he lowered his head and started playing on his phone.
Lin Jin had completely no idea what to do. Although she had been in her cousin's bedroom a few times before, each of those few times was more awkward than the last, and this time was several times more awkward than before.
In order to ease the awkward atmosphere between the two, Lin Jin had no choice but to smile and ask: “Bro, what game are you playing?"
"Kantai Collection." Her cousin said without lifting his head. "If you're bored, just play on the computer. Download any game you want. The computer's on, just turn on the screen."
Long bored out of her mind, Lin Jin didn't hesitate to sit in front of her cousin's computer. She turned on the screen and immediately saw a folder on the desktop named "Homework".
She was stunned for a moment and then she clicked opened the Homework folder without any hesitation, only to find that inside were icons of League of Legends labeled as "Chinese Homework", icons of "PUBG " labeled as "English Homework" and so on.
"The games are inside the Homework folder.." Her cousin suddenly said.
"Oh~ I thought there was something weird in there, turns out it's just games." Lin Jin pretended to suddenly realize.
"My dad's pretty strict and he doesn't let me play games." Her cousin casually explained and complained. "He happily plays Fight the Landlord and Mahjong himself but doesn’t let me play."
"Same here. My mom also doesn't really let me play games." Lin Jin said with a chuckle.
Lin Jin clicked opened the English Homework, planning to study English, and then the computer screen entered the PUBG game. Although she didn't play PUBG much, she was too lazy to download her favorite Dota 2, so she simply played the games already on her cousin's computer.
Her cousin, who was playing mobile games, moved his chair to sit next to Lin Jin, watching her dominate in the game with a somewhat stunned expression.
"You can play this? I just got it and would die as soon as I land." Her cousin looked at Lin Jin controlling the character with a curious look on his face. "I remember you used to be terrible at games before? Even in Battle City, you could grief me."
"New accounts’ matched opponents are also weak. I’m actually really bad too."
The Battle City griefing incident that her cousin mentioned was when Lin Jin was around four or five years old. At that time, NES consoles were popular and several cousins would gather to play whenever they had free time. At that time, Lin Jin was the worst player.
But now, she was a boss who had the game proficiency skill, okay? Although the game PUBG was quite complex and she had never played shooting games, lately she occasionally went over to Xia Tian's place to play a few rounds. The total game time probably added up to about ten hours. She had already figured out the game mechanics, just that her aim wasn't very accurate yet.
So the previously awkward atmosphere immediately became harmonious. The two took turns on the computer parachuting into the game, even occasionally shouting out loud.
The two who had just been awkwardly staring at each other earlier quickly became familiar. But because Lin Jin's women's clothing was just too eye catching, her cousin was still somewhat restrained.
"Lin Jin, why don’t you change your clothes?" When a game ended again, her cousin said in a negotiating tone, "How about you change into men’s clothes. I'm a bit not used to it with you wearing women’s clothes."
"But I didn't bring any men's clothes." Lin Jin shrugged and continued to shift the blame onto her mom "My mom only brought me two sets of women's clothes."
"Then my clothes..." Her cousin stopped mid sentence. He compared their heights and suddenly felt that even his mother's clothes wouldn't fit Lin Jin. So he immediately changed his suggestion, "Then how about we go out and buy you a set?"
"That would make my mom unhappy." Lin Jin moved the chair away from the computer, giving up the spot to her cousin. "You can play. I'll sit for a while and go on my phone. I'm a bit tired."
"Okay."
Her cousin nodded. Just as he was about to focus on the game, but when the game entered the waiting area, he couldn't help but glance back at Lin Jin.
Lin Jin's face was very delicate. To be honest, if he didn't know Lin Jin was a guy, no matter how he looked, he wouldn't have been able to tell that the person next to him was a man.
How come Lin Jin wasn’t that beautiful when he saw her last year?
Guys really change that much?
Since Lin Jin was focused on her phone, reading a novel, her cousin unrestrainedly looked at her.
Lin Jin's skin was very fair and tender, with no trace of acne or anything else at all. She didn't even seem to have any fuzz on her face. Her nose was small and delicate and her mouth could be described as a small cherry like mouth. Her red lips seemed a bit dry, but it didn't affect the cute shape of her lips at all.
As for her eyes, he couldn’t see clearly because she was looking down, but he had seen them before and they were truly big, watery eyes, with no hint of masculinity at all.
His cousin was truly a monster. Clearly, there were no signs of makeup, but she was much prettier than most girls.