I want to have a normal campus romance

"Hey? When did my daughter get a boyfriend?"

Huh? Wait, what did she say? My daughter?

That means...she is Xiao Jingwen's mother?

For a moment, I felt my mind go blank. I held my head, which was a little dazed, and tried to wake myself up. Although I didn't know what was going on, I still stood up and said:

"Hello Auntie."

"Sit down, sit down, don't be so formal." When she saw me standing up, she quickly persuaded me to sit down, "Wenwen is such a jerk. She didn't even tell her mother that she had a boyfriend."

Hmm? Wait a minute? Boyfriend?

I was stunned when I heard this word. After a while, I realized that Xiao Jingwen's mother thought I was her daughter's boyfriend! What kind of a development is this? Is God trying to kill me?

Although I claimed to be Xiao Jingwen's boyfriend in the bar yesterday, that was because those people would never meet again, so it didn't matter if I said anything. It's different now! The one who came this time is Xiao Jingwen's mother! If I say something nonsense, Xiao Jingwen will tear me into pieces when she wakes up!

"Um...Auntie, you misunderstood, I really don't mean..."

I was about to explain, but was interrupted by Xiao's mother. She looked like an experienced person and said to me slowly:

"Hey, I understand. I'm not such a shy person. In fact, I support Wenwen finding a boyfriend. She's not young anymore. I want to introduce a few to her later." She sighed and said, "This little girl is really something. She kept it from me for so long. If I hadn't seen her today, I would have been kept in the dark by her."

As I listened to what Xiao's mother said, I felt ashamed and sighed that parents all over the country are the same. They advise their children not to fall in love too early in middle school, and once they enter college, they say that they are not young anymore and should find a partner.

Just as I was thinking about how to explain that I was not Xiao Jingwen's boyfriend without treating me as a pervert, Xiao's mother stared at my face again and again, and then, as if she had discovered something, she said in surprise:

"I was wondering why you look so familiar to me. Aren't you the guy who helped me at the subway station yesterday? I didn't thank you properly yesterday, but I didn't expect to see you here today."

After I heard her words, I realized what that inexplicable feeling of familiarity was. For a moment, I just felt that this world was too coincidental and too small that such a thing could actually happen to me.

But after expressing her feelings, I realized that the atmosphere was a little strange. Mother Xiao stopped talking halfway through, her expression became a little stiff, and her eyes were fixed on the blanket beside me.

"Did you sleep here yesterday?"

"Ah...yes..."

I nodded somewhat awkwardly, and after hearing what I said, Xiao's mother looked at me, then looked at Xiao Jingwen's closed door, and frowned.

"Did you have a fight with Wenwen? You naughty kid, you can't let your boyfriend sleep on the sofa even if you have a fight!"

Huh? I was stunned when I heard this. I was about to say that it was not true, but she thought I was wronged and comforted me by saying:

"Wenwen has been like this since she was young, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and a bit stubborn." She stood up and said, "Don't worry, Auntie will take care of it for you. I'll help you deal with her."

It’s over, Mars is about to hit the Earth!

I was about to explain that I was not Xiao Jingwen's boyfriend, but Xiao's mother had already pushed the door open. Looking at the closed door, I sighed secretly. In this situation, no matter how thick-skinned I am, I can't just sit here and wait for Xiao Jingwen to be scolded by her mother.

Forget it, it's my fault for meddling in other people's business yesterday. I have to bear the consequences of my own actions, so I'll just consider it as bad luck. I sighed, then stood up, ready to go into the bedroom to explain to Xiao Jingwen.

But just after I took two steps, I heard the sound of the access control system being unlocked again from behind me. I turned around and saw a middle-aged man standing at the door carrying a lot of bags. Our eyes met at once.

The middle-aged man's eyes changed from shock at first, to confusion, and then to astonishment. I was full of questions, and just when I was about to ask who this uncle was, I saw him suddenly put down his luggage and walked towards me in two steps instead of three.

Before I could react to what he was going to do, he pushed me to the ground. At that moment... I was stunned, and it was a double blow both physically and mentally.

What was going on? Could it be that this guy came from northern Myanmar and saw a strong young man like me and wanted to take my kidney away?

"Sneaking around in broad daylight! Tell me! Where did you get in from?"

"Ah? No... Uncle, are you mistaken? This is the fifth floor, and I'm not Spider-Man, what can I use to turn it over?"

"Are you sure? You don't have the final say. We'll know after checking the surveillance footage!"

Just when I was about to explain something else, the door that had been closed was opened again.

"Wenwen...Xiao Baichuan, what are you doing?"

"You're here just in time. Go to the security office downstairs and ask a few people to come up. This guy is sneaking around in Wenwen's room. I don't know how he got in."

"Let go, you caught the wrong person!"

"what?"

At Xiao's mother's stern voice, the middle-aged man, or Xiao Jingwen's father, finally let me go. I looked at Xiao Jingwen's parents, and then at Xiao Jingwen who was standing next to me with her face covered. For a moment... I even felt like I was meeting my girlfriend's parents, but the cruel reality was -

Xiao Jingwen is not my girlfriend, and her dad almost beat me up.

"I'm sorry, Xiaolin, my husband is not very serious. We apologize to you."

“Ah, it’s okay, it’s okay… ahahaha.”

Even though I was very depressed at the moment, I also knew that I couldn't complain about anything at this time. After all, they were my elders after all. Besides... in some sense, it was all my own fault.

Oh, if I had known I should have stayed in the Internet cafe all night yesterday.

Father Xiao looked at Mother Xiao beside him and then at me. After making eye contact with me, he frowned slightly and asked:

"Do you know?"

"This is your precious daughter's boyfriend. I was away for a while, and you pushed him to the ground! No wonder Wenwen didn't tell her family about her boyfriend. With your stubborn temper, when will you change?"

When Father Xiao heard what Mother Xiao said, his eyes bulged, and the hint of apology in his eyes disappeared without a trace, and the shock and anger in his eyes almost overflowed.

Even though he didn't say anything, I could still imagine what he was thinking.

The cabbages that I worked so hard to grow were eaten by pigs!

"Why are you staring at Xiao Lin? Let me tell you, your daughter is in her twenties now, it's time for her to find a boyfriend. Xiao Lin is a nice guy, don't have any bad ideas." Xiao's mother said while pulling the corner of Xiao's father's clothes, "Wen Wen, you chat with Xiao Lin for a while, I'll have a good 'talk' with your father!"

With the sound of the bedroom door slamming shut, the burly father Xiao was dragged into the bedroom by mother Xiao. I looked at Xiao Jingwen who was covering her face and not saying a word in the living room, and I didn't know what to say now.

"Um... Sister Wen, I have something else to do. If there's nothing else... I'll leave first."

Instead of wasting time here and making everyone feel awkward, it would be wiser to retreat first. After hearing what I said, Xiao Jingwen opened her mouth and was about to say something, but she seemed to not know where to start. There was a very complicated look in her eyes when she looked at me.

"You...go back first, I'll find you another day."

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

As I said this, I opened the door and was about to go out, when I suddenly found someone standing at the door, which really scared me.

What's going on recently? Is it a door-opening killing? Why is it that anything related to doors is always bad?

Just when I thought the person at the door was another relative of Xiao Jingwen, I found out that the person who came was none other than——

Bai Yun?

Chapter 16 I think I'm okay again!

"Bai Yun...why are you here?"

I was definitely not mistaken. The person standing outside the door was Bai Yun. She was wearing a white suspender dress, which exuded elegance and casualness, and was full of pure desire.

The moment his eyes met mine, I even swallowed subconsciously.

For a moment, I even thought that I hadn't woken up yet, because from the time I woke up in the morning until now, it seemed that nothing had happened that made me happy or was even slightly normal.

Did I do something bad in my previous life? Why did God do this to me?

"Lin Ran?"

Hmm? Bai Yun actually still remembers my name. Although I introduced it to her before, few people can remember the name of someone they have only met once. Is it because my name is too easy to remember, or... No, no, now is not the time to think about these things.

The air around seemed to freeze at this moment. Bai Yun looked at me in surprise, then looked at Xiao Jingwen who was standing behind me. Her eyes were full of surprise and confusion. At the same time, I don’t know if it was my illusion, but there was a hint of...resentment in her eyes?

Although I always feel that I have done nothing, but looking at the current situation, it seems that I have made a big mistake. At this moment, a scene inexplicably flashed through my mind where a husband was caught cheating by his own wife.

But I soon realized...I didn't even have a girlfriend, so where would I get a wife or an affair partner?

For a moment, the three of us didn't know what to say, but I knew that this silence was fatal. Lu Xun once said, "Either explode in silence or die in silence." If I said nothing and let Bai Yun think about it, wouldn't the situation be even worse?

I realized what I had to do at this point!

"that--"

"Oh, Xiaolin, I'm so sorry for what happened just now. Why don't you eat here? I brought a lot for Wenwen... Hey? Who is this girl?"

Just when I was about to explain something, a scene that made me want to vomit blood happened. Mother Xiao seemed to have finished talking with Father Xiao, and walked out of the bedroom. When she saw Bai Yun in front of the door, she was stunned.

When Bai Yun saw Xiao's mother behind me, a trace of loneliness flashed across her face, but then she forced a smile and slowly said to Xiao Jingwen and me:

"It seems that I came at the wrong time... How about I come to visit Teacher Xiao tomorrow?"

At this moment, I felt like crying. Seeing Bai Yun turning around and leaving, I wanted to chase after her, but I couldn't just leave the elders like Xiao's father and mother alone, so I just left without saying a word.

So I was struggling while preparing to leave this place of trouble. When I arrived in the living room, Xiao's mother opened the luggage, took out a few insulated lunch boxes, and then called me:

"Don't just stand there, come and eat together."

As Xiao's mother spoke, she looked at Xiao Jingwen who was standing next to her, and poked her a few times in disappointment, as if hinting at her to hand the lunch box to me.

"Um...Auntie, you, Sister Wen, and Uncle can eat. I have something else to do, so I won't disturb you."

I tried to speak in a calm and tactful tone, so that at least it didn't sound so hurtful.

Although I knew that Xiao's mother's invitation was indeed sincere, this meal would definitely be awkward anyway, and my intuition also told me that it was not advisable to stay here for long, and it would be right to retreat decisively.

Xiao's mother wanted to keep me, but Xiao Jingwen helped me stop her, so I was able to leave successfully. But Xiao Jingwen looked at me with a look that seemed a little wrong. Maybe she was... tired?

After all, it was already very embarrassing for her to be carried back by her own students after getting drunk. Not only that, her parents mistook her student as her boyfriend. Xiao Jingwen must have felt very complicated at this moment.

Forget it...I'll have a good chat with her next time.

The most urgent thing now is to explain things clearly to Bai Yun, otherwise there will be a big misunderstanding!

Thinking of this, I ran downstairs after leaving the house, and finally saw Bai Yun at the door of the staff dormitory. I walked towards her with big strides, and then quickly explained:

"Well...there's really nothing going on between me and Teacher Xiao."

"..."

"Yesterday I went to work at a bar and ran into Teacher Xiao who was drunk. When I carried her back to the staff dormitory, our dormitory was already sealed. I had no choice but to sleep on the sofa for the night. In the morning, I happened to run into Teacher Xiao's parents who came to visit their daughter."

"..."

"That...it's not what you think."

"..."

I followed Bai Yun and explained behind her, but the more I spoke, the more I felt uneasy because she didn't stop and didn't respond to me, so my voice got smaller and smaller. I even thought she might not be listening to me at all.

But just when I felt hopeless and thought that it was all over, and the one in a thousand chance was shattered.

Bai Yun suddenly stopped and I stopped too. Just when I thought she turned around and wanted to say something like "Don't follow me anymore", I was mentally prepared, but what I didn't expect was that there was not much anger on her face at this time, and her tone was very calm.

"Why do you have to explain so much to me?"

Huh? This... this...

"Well, I think I still need to explain this to you. I don't want you to misunderstand me."

I thought about several responses, but in the end I turned my head away and honestly expressed my true thoughts. After all, Bai Yun's serious expression probably didn't mean she wanted to hear my smooth talk.

But despite this, I still felt a little uneasy because Bai Yun didn't respond to me after I finished speaking.

Forget it, just die. It’s better than suffering like this. At least I can get an answer!

Thinking of this, I turned my head and looked at Bai Yun, hoping to see her true thoughts from her face. However, when I saw the faint smile on her face, I was stunned for a moment, because I never expected Bai Yun to... smile?

"What are you...looking at me for?"

As if she noticed that I was staring at her, Bai Yun quickly turned her head away. When I heard the voice, I couldn't help but feel overjoyed. Without a doubt, this voice was definitely shy!

"According to foreign research, looking at beautiful women is good for health and longevity, and makes the body and mind happy! So I plan to verify whether it is true or not."

I said it seriously, and for a moment I even thought what I said was true!

"Eh?"

As expected, Bai Yun's face turned slightly red after hearing what I said. Just when I was confidently preparing to take advantage of the situation and pursue her, I suddenly heard a voice from a distance -

"Hey, Xiaoyun, I'm here to pick you up! Um...your boyfriend is here to pick you up?"

I turned around and saw Liu Tongtong waving her arms and walking towards us. When she saw me next to Bai Yun, she was stunned for a moment, and then she covered her eyes as if she had broken some big news.

"Ah...what...I didn't see anything, just keep going...keep going."

Hey, hey, even if you want to pretend, please pretend more realistically. I can see your eyes between your fingers!

I looked at Liu Tongtong, who was trying to cover up her mistake, and I couldn't help feeling speechless. Isn't this wingman too amateurish? However, when I thought Bai Yun would deny it angrily, I found that she didn't say anything. She turned her head to the side, as if there was some beautiful scenery over there, and her face flushed.

Hmm? Bai Yun didn't deny it? Could it be that...

Combined with what just happened, I suddenly realized that Bai Yun and I had only met a few times. There should be no reason for her to be angry just now. Could it be... ahem, that's not right. I can't make trouble at this time!