Chapter 480: – I used to be a man!
By the time they left the internet cafe, it was already 10 o’clock at night. Lin Jin gave her mom a call, saying she would be back a bit late today, and then led Xia Tian to the nearby food street.
But that food street didn't really have much to do with Guangdong food. Even though the foods claimed to offer Guangdong specialties, the taste wasn't actually all that great. It could only be used to fill the stomach a bit.
"Where's your hotel?" Lin Jin bought two lamb skewers on the street and ate as she walked. She asked "Is it far?"
"Not that far, about half an hour by bus. When I booked the hotel, I still didn’t know that you lived here, so the one I booked is downtown." Xia Tian had both his hands stuffed in his pants pockets, walking very nonchalantly, like how Lin Jin used to be in high school.
But now, Lin JIn felt a bit uncomfortable seeing this kind of walk.
"Can't you walk more properly? You look like a thug." Lin Jin glanced at him discontently.
"It's very cold at night, okay?" Xia Tian casually explained. "If it were winter, I could still put my hands in my coat pockets. But now it's summer, so I can only put them in my pants pockets."
Lin Jin also didn't say much more. After taking Xia Tian for a walk around the food street and filling their stomachs, Lin Jin felt she had done her duty.
"I'll head back." Lin Jin expressionlessly looked at Xia Tian, who was currently eating an egg burger. "It's late."
"I came all this way but you’re just hanging out with me for this short while?"
"So what, you want me to sleep with you?" Lin Jin rolled her eyes at him.
Xia Tian remained expressionless and didn't respond to this conversation. He walked beside Lin Jin as they left the bustling food street. He had his hands in his pants pockets as he looked at the brightly lit buildings in the distance.
"What's wrong?"
Lin Jin plopped down on a long stone bench by the street, crossed her legs, and tilted her head to look at Xia Tian standing beside her: "Why does it feel like you suddenly became dumb? What are you staring at the lights for?"
"Lin Jin." Xia Tian suddenly said. His tone was deep as he turned his head to look Lin Jin in the eyes.
"What?" Lin Jin also met his gaze without hesitation, but after a few seconds of eye contact, she couldn't stand it and shifted her gaze away, somewhat flustered as she asked "What are you suddenly calling my name for?"
"Come back to Xiamen with me tomorrow?"
Xia Tian also sat down on the long bench next to her, but his gaze was still fixed on her.
"Are you crazy?" Lin Jin rolled her eyes at him again.
"If you're not going back, what will you do here?"
"I'm comfortable here every day, and I also have my younger brother and cousin to bully. Isn't that good?" Lin Jin had only said half of her words. Just as she was about to say the second half, she suddenly felt that Xia Tian's words seemed to carry a hint of a confession.
Go back to Xiamen with him?
Why did it have the feel of going back to meet his parents? Although his words didn’t say that, it was clearly that tone, okay?
Even though she felt that being teased verbally wasn't a big deal, her face still inexplicably blushed.
There was definitely something wrong with this body. Before she ever met the black cat, Lin Jin was the type who would only blush a few times in a decade. And most of those were in elementary school when her teachers scolded her in public. But ever since she met the black cat, her skin had become so thin it was uncontrollable.
Lin Jin took a deep breath. She felt that since it was night, Xia Tian probably hadn’t noticed her flushed face, so she pretended not to care and continued.
"Going back to Xiamen with you would be so boring. My classmates have all gone home and I just have a gambling addict dad at home. You also have to work during the day, so I can't even find you to hang out..."
"Then we'll rent a bigger place. You can do housework and cook during the day. I'll try to come back at noon to rest and keep you company, and then we'll livestream together at night." When Xia Tian said this, he didn't show any sign of shyness at all. In the darkness, Lin Jin completely couldn’t see any sincerity on his expressionless face at all.
Besides, Lin Jin really felt that she didn’t like him at all!
"Although I do have some good feelings toward you, it's only the good feeling between close friends, okay? If you keep talking like this, we won't even be able to be friends in the future." Lin Jin sighed. Since Xia Tian had given such an insincere confession, she decided to take the initiative. So she continued, "I admit, I am indeed quite happy when I’m with you normally, livestreaming with you, joking around, and stuff. But I really have no interest in men at all."
"Maybe you'll gradually become interested."
Lin Jin was angered by Xia Tian's confident manner. She suddenly slapped the armrest of the stone bench and stared at him with wide eyes: "I'm trans!"
"???"
Xia Tian was filled with question marks.
"That’s enough, right? I used to be a man, okay?"
Lin Jin rarely got this agitated. Feeling agitated again and feeling her heart racing, her body started trembling and her hand almost couldn’t hold on to the armrest.
"So stop bothering me, okay? Someone like me will never find a boyfriend." Lin Jin stood up, muttering, "And finding a girlfriend would ruin the other’s family. I'll just live alone for the rest of my life. Don’t you men all just think I’m pretty? Coming to pester me one after another, it’s really annoying, okay?"
Xia Tian seemed to have been shocked by Lin Jin’s words. He looked at Lin Jin but didn’t speak for a long time.
"I'm going back, it's late." Lin Jin sighed, turning around and leaving in the direction of her home.
Seriously, if possible, who wouldn't wish there to be someone who liked them?
Previously, although Liu Shengqi could accept her, she really had no interest in him at all. As for other men... most other men probably only liked her appearance and couldn’t most of them probably only liked her appearance and wouldn’t really accept her.
Moreover, if she were to accept a man, she really couldn't imagine the consequences.
Being pinned down on the bed by a man! That was really terrifying, okay!
So, usually in TV dramas, when the female lead storms off, doesn't the male lead chase after her? Why does it seem like Xia Tian didn’t react at all?
Lin Jin secretly turned her head to take a look and found that Xia Tian had already disappeared at some point.
Tch. So even though he was verbally confessing, deep down, he completely couldn’t accept someone like her at all.
Sighing once again, Lin Jin temporarily put aside these inexplicable thoughts. She took out her phone, and, with her head looking down, walked along the street towards her home.
A bunch of weirdos.
Lin Jin felt very tired. It wasn’t just because of being confessed to and pursued or something, but more because she was confused about the future. Although there were more and more single men and women nowadays, and more and more people were choosing to live alone, Lin Jin actually still hoped to have someone to accompany her for the rest of her life.
After all, parents will eventually pass away, friends will also drift apart, relatives will have their own families as well. If she lived alone, it would be too lonely.
Even though she didn't want to think about these things, her mind couldn't help but wander.
And then Lin Jin’s head bumped straight into a passerby's arms.
"Can't you watch where you're going!" Already irritated, Lin Jin completely ignored her own faults and immediately snapped, "It's late at night and you still manage to bump into people! Are you blind!"