Chapter 137: Chapter 137 Too Thick-Skinned
The reason Lin Jie chose Qin Xiaoxu from many "applicants" was that he knew very well what kind of girl would please his parents. As soon as he saw Qin Xiaoxu\'s photo and contacted her for a detailed discussion, he had already decided on her!
Therefore, no matter what, he had to get through this by leveraging Qin Xiaoxu, because he couldn\'t afford to have his allowance cut off!
But coincidentally, just at that moment, Dong Rui appeared before the two of them. Continue your journey with мѵʟ
While Lin Jie\'s mother was still scolding her son, Dong Rui came over with a smile and greeted, "Auntie, Lin Jie, hello."
Lin Jie\'s mother looked at Dong Rui with a puzzled expression, then turned her gaze to her son, watching him quickly typing away, her face growing even more perplexed!
She directly asked, "And you are...?"
Dong Rui, very considerate, moved to Lin Jie\'s side and took his arm, saying, "Auntie, I\'m Lin Jie\'s... good friend."
This scene also made Qin Xiaoxu, who was in the corner, stunned and she couldn\'t help but sigh to herself, "My goodness, Dong Rui is too persistent! It\'s clear Lin Jie has already rejected her, yet she\'s still clinging to him! That\'s just shameless!"
After hearing this, Lin Jie\'s mother\'s expression changed instantly, seemingly mixed with slight anger, and she asked in a demanding tone, "Lin Jie, don\'t you think you owe an explanation?"
At this moment, Lin Jie was truly frightened by Dong Rui\'s action; his mother always despised those who were not serious about relationships and two-timed. Now that she had seen a photo of his girlfriend, this girl obviously seemed unfamiliar. If his mother thought he had cheated or found another woman, she\'d never forgive him!
The next second, Lin Jie quickly shook her off and moved next to his mother, saying, "No, Mom, listen to me explain. This girl is my cousin\'s roommate; we\'ve just met, and I don\'t even know her name!"
Upon hearing this, Dong Rui\'s expression immediately dimmed, "Huh? How could you do this? I already told you, my name is Dong Rui!"
Lin Jie\'s mother also hurriedly said, "Girl, didn\'t Lin Jie tell you that he isn\'t single?"
After hearing this, Dong Rui was taken aback, and said awkwardly, "Ah, I... why didn\'t you say so? How annoying!"
After dropping that remark, she turned on her heels and stormed off!
Seeing this, Lin Jie\'s mother also directly grabbed his ear!
"You little rascal, why didn\'t you tell her? Are you still looking to flirt around outside?"
Lin Jie, in pain, quickly begged for mercy, "Ow! Mom! Let go! It hurts!! I didn\'t know what that girl was up to; she just kept badgering me and wanted me to take her to play a game!"
When Qin Xiaoxu saw how pitifully Lin Jie was being scolded, she couldn\'t help but snicker to herself!
It seemed that Lin Jie\'s mother held very upright values and also instilled in Lin Jie a good sense of reason.
After all, in this day and age, there are all kinds of elders out there. Some parents, proud of their charming and handsome sons, even see it as an honor to have their sons dating multiple girlfriends!
This is truly a case of skewed values!
Only upon hearing her son yelp in pain did she let go of his ear. In truth, she understood her son very well; putting it bluntly, he was indeed a stereotypical straight guy! He didn\'t worry about dating or put any thought into it, which was exactly why she and Lin Jie\'s father started urging him.
Now that her son had finally found someone, it was a cause for immense celebration! So, she chose to believe Lin Jie\'s words. Besides, her son really wasn\'t capable of such actions.
"In any case, you must be honest no matter what, don\'t make a mess like other people. The Lin Family has never had any scandals, and if you dare to step out of line, don\'t ever think of stepping through the Lin Family\'s door again! Plus, you won\'t get a penny of the inheritance!"
Lin Jie felt very wronged as he said, "Alright, Mom, I get it."
Seeing her son\'s attitude was not bad, Lin Jie\'s mom finally went about her own business.
With his mom finally gone, Lin Jie then rubbed his red ear and couldn\'t help but mutter, "Such bad luck today, to get a scolding like this!"
Upon seeing this, Qin Xiaoxu felt that his family\'s house rules were indeed quite good!
And it seemed Lin Jie was a bit afraid of his mom!
However, Qin Xiaoxu had one doubt. If he was so afraid of his mom, why would he think of getting a fake girlfriend to deceive her?
Lin Jie picked up his phone again and resumed sending messages.
Qin Xiaoxu didn\'t approach him. Instead, he took a detour to Han Xuewei\'s room.
It wasn\'t much later that Xiaoxu\'s phone started vibrating.
When she looked, it was indeed a WeChat message from Lin Jie.
"I haven\'t had any desire to date these past few years, nor do I want to waste time on it. But my parents insist that I find a girlfriend, or else I won\'t get any pocket money in the future! However, ever since I told them you were my girlfriend, they ended up giving me the apartment and even multiplied my monthly living expenses several times. Plus, that apartment is specifically for us to cohabit!"
Qin Xiaoxu hurriedly replied, "What? Cohabit? Am I supposed to pretend to live together with you? I would never do such a thing! What if you have some ill intentions toward me, then what?"
Lin Jie went silent upon seeing Qin Xiaoxu\'s message. A moment later, he replied, "This... I really hadn\'t thought that much. Let\'s not talk about it for now; let\'s see how it goes when the time comes! Anyway, we\'re just in the preliminary stage of our relationship, we can\'t think about that much, and cohabitation is at least a year away! Besides, by then we can totally put on a breakup act!
So, you don\'t need to worry about the cohabitation thing!"
Qin Xiaoxu cut him off with a definitive reply, "Jerk!"
Lin Jie was quite speechless when he saw those three words and sent back a questioning emoticon, "Huh? How did I become a jerk? All the men in the Lin Family are good men. If I didn\'t find dating to be such a hassle, with my looks, getting a girlfriend would take mere minutes! But right now, I just don\'t want to date or lead any girl on."
After reading the message, Qin Xiaoxu did have some thoughts. He was right; with looks, Lin Jie was indeed handsome, and despite Dong Rui being so proactive just now, Lin Jie seemed completely uninterested.
You had to admit, he did have his principles.
Sigh, this time she would help him out. It wasn\'t a bad thing after all.