Fell In Love With My Older Sister’s Friend - Chapter 43

Lin Qingyue’s thoughts stirred, and by the time she realized it, she had unconsciously gently held Xu Luzhi’s small hand, raising an eyebrow with a light smile: “Where are you going? Quitting time.”

The small hand was slightly cool, soft, and smooth, a very nice texture, making it worthwhile for her to condescend to “sell herself” for this long.

“Oh.” Xu Luzhi obediently responded, reluctantly rising to her feet.

She didn’t forget to sneak a peek at Lin Qingyue’s thigh. Having leaned there for too long, even though she tried her best to lighten her weight, it was still pressed red in patches. Lin Qingyue even hissed softly when she walked, as if her leg had gone numb from being pressed.

A surge of guilt arose in Xu Luzhi’s heart, mixed with an ineffable sense of mischievousness, as if she had done something to Lin Qingyue, leaving a suspicious red mark on her body.

Lin Qingyue walked ahead, and Xu Luzhi, holding her hand, felt her heart pounding.

She had actually heard what Meng Fan said, and clearly heard Lin Qingyue’s reply.

It was almost exactly what she had calculated.

Being underage was truly a great shield; no matter what was done, the other party could deceive themselves.

Even if the older sister thought too much, she could turn the tables, saying the older sister had improper thoughts about a child.

Zhi Zhi is really bad.

Xu Luzhi slowly curved her lips, her eyes fixed on Lin Qingyue’s graceful figure, watching her once again drape the gauze robe around herself, like a moon veiled in mist, hazy and captivating.

She asked, “Sister, are you going home?”

Lin Qingyue nodded.

Xu Luzhi tilted her head, feigning innocence: “Then, Sister, can I come over for dinner?”

The young girl clasped her hands together in front of her chest, looking as if she were begging, making it impossible for anyone to refuse.

What’s more, she even brought up a custom: “Where I’m from, when you move, you have to treat people to a meal to add some life/vitality to the place!”

Lin Qingyue curved her lips and lazily replied, “Okay.”

She bent down to pick up the guzheng. Before she even reached the door, Xu Luzhi nimbly ran over to lift the curtain, waiting for her to go out first.

“So well-behaved,” Lin Qingyue chuckled softly. “Let’s go and see the boss and the proprietress.”

Xu Luzhi naturally accompanied her. After hearing Lin Qingyue’s account, she also became interested in Xing Fei and the mysterious proprietress. If she could see them in person, it would be even better.

Speaking of which, this was probably the first couple she would see in real life: a relationship between two women.

Walking slowly down the stairs, Xu Luzhi suddenly thought of something: “Sister, after all this time, shouldn’t I give you an increase in pay?”

She was a little nervous. She had only kept her company for an afternoon; wouldn’t the older sister have her salary docked?

“Sorry, I sell music, not myself,” Lin Qingyue said leisurely, clearly not understanding her intention and thinking in another direction.

However, that other direction wasn’t bad either.

“Oh.” Xu Luzhi blinked her eyes, asking with the innocence of a child, “Then, is Zhi Zhi an exception?”

She actually made the older sister “sell herself,” and sold herself for so long.

She was so proud!

Lin Qingyue smiled without answering, holding the guzheng with one hand, and used the other to gently tap her forehead: “You’re a child.”

What does a child have to do with selling oneself or not?

“Oh.” Xu Luzhi puffed out her cheeks, like a little goldfish. Although she seemed to be pouting, her heart was filled with joy.

It was like drinking a big bottle of strawberry sparkling water, overflowing her heart with bubbles, sweet and about to burst.

Lin Qingyue, familiar with the way on the first floor, found Xing Fei easily. Seeing her from a distance, she whistled and signaled for clocking out.

The two intertwined figures not far away quickly separated. Xing Fei raised a hand to straighten her hair, looking completely unfazed: “Not eating dinner today?”

The folk music shop had very good benefits; meals were provided every day, and the proprietress cooked them herself.

Lin Qingyue was generally quite dedicated, which was reflected in her insisting on working overtime until dinnertime every day before leaving, after having the meal.

Lin Qingyue shook her head, carefully placed the guzheng in the cabinet, took off her gauze robe and put on her usual attire, her voice faint: “I’ll cook for myself at home.”

Xing Fei found this novel and was about to tease her when she noticed the beautiful girl following behind her, and it dawned on her: “Taking someone out to dinner?”

Lin Qingyue nodded with a smile: “The child.”

Xu Luzhi was a little happy because she hadn’t introduced herself as the friend’s younger sister.

But directly called her her child.

Xu Luzhi waved obediently, showing a shy yet polite smile.

“What a cute little one,” a sweet, delicate voice suddenly praised from beside her. Xu Luzhi instinctively looked up and noticed the woman wearing a pink baseball cap next to Xing Fei.

Seemingly sensing Xu Luzhi’s gaze, the woman slowly looked up, revealing a young, baby face beneath the cap.

The baby face spoke with a voice so tender it could squeeze out water: “Hello there, little one. I’m Lulu, the proprietress here.”

Xu Luzhi stared at her a few times in disbelief, unsure if the other person was an adult.

What was going on? Her face looked younger than hers, but her hot figure was a stark contrast to her baby face.

Her thoughts wandered for a moment, and after a long pause, she managed to say two words: “…Hello, my name is Xu Luzhi.”

Lulu burst out laughing, as if she had seen through her inner thoughts: “Don’t worry, I’m over thirty. Calling you ‘little one’ is fine, right?”

Over thirty… But no matter how Xu Luzhi looked, she couldn’t find a single wrinkle on her face.

She searched her mind carefully. Whether it was Mother Xu or Auntie Fu or Auntie Ying, they all maintained their appearance daily, and even in their forties, they still possessed undiminished grace, but they would always show some accumulation of age.

In short, a mature aura.

But Lulu had a naturally young and lively feeling, like a university student she didn’t look over thirty no matter how you looked at her.

Xing Fei, however, was clearly middle-aged, voluptuous and mature. Standing side by side, they didn’t seem to match at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they seemed very well-suited.

Perhaps because they spent so much time together, they looked more and more alike.

Xu Luzhi blurted out: “Lulu… Sister, you look so young!”

Lulu nodded with a smile, clearly used to such compliments.

She suddenly thought of something and turned to question Xing Fei: “She’s not underage yet, is she?”

Xing Fei replied without batting an eye: “As long as she pays, it’s fine.”

Lulu got anxious and stomped her foot: “How can that be okay?”

Xing Fei looked puzzled: “Wasn’t it the same when you were chasing me? You pestered me relentlessly.”

Lulu got angry and pounced, not bothering to hide it from an outsider, and bit down on Xing Fei’s neck. Her baby voice instantly gained combat power: “You were chasing me!”

Xing Fei winced in pain, pulled the other woman into an embrace, and her tone became a bit more impolite: “Biting me again? You bit my… head last time, and it hurt for days!”

Xu Luzhi heard the latter few words rather vaguely. It was Lin Qingyue who timely covered her ears, preventing her from hearing content unsuitable for children.

Seeing the couple still bickering, Lin Qingyue suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Meng Fan. If they start arguing, it escalates to “fighting,” and if they fight, dinner will be late again today.

Lin Qingyue was in a rather good mood. She pulled Xu Luzhi out: “Thank goodness Zhi Zhi was foresighted, otherwise I’d have to starve for a while longer.”

Xu Luzhi asked, somewhat dimly understanding: “Why starve for a while?”

“Because… the proprietress won’t have time to cook,” Lin Qingyue replied as a matter of course.

Xu Luzhi guessed some of it but still asked like a curious baby, unwilling to let go: “Why won’t she have time?”

“Little one, don’t ask so many whys,” Lin Qingyue drew out her words, winked mysteriously, and spoke with feigned profundity, “You’ll understand when you grow up.”

“Oh.” Xu Luzhi responded with a muffled sound, lightly kicking away a small stone on the road, her cheeks red.

They start fighting at the drop of a hat is this what a long-married couple is like? It looks so sweet.

While waiting for the red light, Lin Qingyue took the opportunity to introduce Lulu to her. According to her, although the proprietress had a baby face and a baby voice, she was already over thirty and was a professor at Lincheng University, renowned as one of the most beautiful professors.

What’s more, she was skilled in everything. She was originally in the History Department but was also proficient in tea ceremony, incense burning, and folk music, and had unique insights into cooking, decorating, and other miscellaneous tasks.

Although Xing Fei looked like a shrewd businesswoman, she actually knew very little about business; it was Lulu who managed things in substance.

“This folk music shop is just a toy that the boss built for Lulu with her money,” Lin Qingyue said, and a hint of envy couldn’t help but appear in her eyes. She shook her head and smiled faintly.

Rich people sure know how to have fun. Unlike her, she not only has to work every day but also has to eat dog food (witness PDA) every day.

Xu Luzhi wasn’t very sensitive about money, but she keenly noticed the change in expression on Lin Qingyue’s face.

She thought to herself: If Sister likes this kind of thing, I’ll build one for Sister too in the future.

However, it can only be for Zhi Zhi’s eyes alone.

Xu Luzhi was more interested in their love story and clung to Lin Qingyue, asking: “Then Sister, how did they get together?”

Lin Qingyue glanced sideways at Xu Luzhi and said casually, “Nothing much. I heard that Lulu met Xing Fei, who was passionate about history, when Lulu first entered college, and then one side relentlessly pursued the other, and they’ve been together until today.”

And will be together in the future.

The telling of the story was flat, which disappointed Xu Luzhi greatly. She cautiously asked: “So, when they got together, there wasn’t any resistance?”

As far as she knew, same-sex relationships were still often viewed strangely by people it was still a niche group.

Lin Qingyue thought for a moment and said, “I’m not sure about that, but with people coming and going all the time, who cares that much?”

Xu Luzhi nodded, thinking that was true.

Lincheng was one of the most tolerant and open cities in the country. If it really didn’t work out, going abroad wasn’t impossible.

Lin Qingyue pressed her fingerprint to open the door, completely unaware of the deep planning going on in the young girl beside her.

It wasn’t until Xu Luzhi started comparing which country would be more suitable for getting a marriage certificate that Lin Qingyue softly called her: “We’re going in, Zhi Zhi.”

She snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream, changed her shoes, and carefully stepped into this apartment she had only visited once before.

Fortunately, the layout was mostly based on Xu Luwei’s suggestions, and her older sister’s aesthetic made Xu Luzhi feel exceptionally familiar and relaxed.

She had initially planned to pretend to be well-behaved for a while, but upon seeing the thriving gardenias blooming on the bay window, Xu Luzhi couldn’t help but move over and pretend to be surprised: “Wow, Sister, you keep plants too?”

Lin Qingyue looked over with a half-smile and replied, “Yes, they suddenly appeared.”

“And you keep the ones that ‘suddenly appeared,’ Sister?” Xu Luzhi asked, looking up.