My Mr. Mermaid

Untitled Part 45

Chapter 45 by ryuxenji

Late in the evening, Tang Yi-Bai's parents still had not come home. Tang Yi-Bai gave them a call and only then did he find out that it was his parents' 25th anniversary today, so they had gone out to celebrate and would not be back so early.

So they could not wait for his dad to come back and cook dinner.

They set up an electric hot pot in the dining room, bought back a whole bunch of ingredients, and began to cook their own hot pot for dinner. Hiding in an air-conditioned room on a hot summer's day to eat hot pot — one could only describe it as hedonistic.

After dinner, they had some fruits, and then after watching television for a little while more, Tang Yi-Bai sent Qi Rui-Feng packing.

Qi Rui-Feng had been planning to stay over for the night. He tried to offer a compromise. "I can sleep on the sofa."

Tang Yi-Bai shook his head, "The sofa in my house can't fit you."

"I can bear it."

"I cannot."

Yes, he could not stand the fact that Qi Rui-Feng was still in the house after night fall. Even though brother Feng had stayed over before in the past, Yun Duo wasn't here back then. Things were different now.

Also, most importantly, Yun Duo was obviously speaking more to Qi Rui-Feng than to him — how could he be magnanimous in this situation?

After Qi Rui-Feng left, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little strange. Yun Duo sat on the sofa idly watching television. Then, Tang Yi-Bai walked over to sit beside her.

Yun Duo did not shift her eyes from the tv, but all her attention had turned to him. Her fingers rubbed lightly against the edges of the remote control in her hand, a sign of her nerves.

The two of them were suddenly alone together — even Tang Yi-Bai felt rather unsure what to do, He placed both hands decorously on his thighs, only turning his head to look at her face. "Today, you..."

The sound of the door opening interrupted him.

Tang Yi-Bai turned to look and saw that his parents were finally back, but... they really had terrible timing...

Daddy Tang did not notice the strange look his son was giving him. He said, "Doudou, your mum and I saw Feng outside. Why didn't you let him stay the night?"

"Well, it's inconvenient," Tang Yi-Bai explained vaguely.

Madam Lu came over and put the small paper bag in her hands before Yun Duo. After that, she sat down and said to Yun Duo, "A friend in Hong Kong sent it to me. I don't use this brand and it's unopened. You won't mind, right?"

"For, for me?" Yun Duo was surprised at the sudden gift.

Madam Lu nodded in reply.

Yun Duo lifted the bag and looked inside to find a set of cosmetics. It was a brand she did not recognise — her make-up skill tree had not been awakened yet. She looked gratefully at Madam Lu. "Thank you, Auntie!"

Tang Yi-Bai had also taken a peek and seeing the cosmetics, he smiled and said, "Mum, Yun Duo is still young and naturally pretty. She doesn't need makeup."

Yun Duo cast an odd look at Tang Yi-Bai — her expression read "You're dead meat".

Honestly, how could you bring up age in front of auntie? And why did you have to bring me into it too?! Not only are you dead meat, are you trying to bring me down with you?!

Madam Lu stared at Tang Yi-Bai with narrowed eyes, and Tang Yi-Bai could almost hear the sound of his mother gnashing her teeth. He quickly sprang up and ran away. "I'm going to take a shower!"