Chapter 99: In the middle of the night, Qin Yanran came in.

  I'm really sorry that I've been releasing two chapters at night for the past few days, it's just that I'm too busy and can't write during the day. I'll try to update one chapter during the day, if not, everyone will have to wait until night for two chapters together, or get up early the next morning to read! Don't stay up late waiting for my updates! You still have work and school the next day! I won't ask for votes anymore, recently the updates have been so late, it's a bit embarrassing.

  "Hum! Is this the hospitality of your family? Letting a hungry guest starve..."

  Starving, Su Lin also became mischievous and didn't care about Qin Yanran. She picked up her chopsticks and was about to scoop up the noodles, but who would have thought that Qin Yanran seemed to want to engage in a fierce battle with Su Lin? With a sly smile, she instantly snatched the beef noodles away from under Su Lin's nose.

  "I told you, my mom hasn't come out yet, and you... aren't allowed to move the broom! You're not a guest in our house, are you? Didn't you hear what my mom said? It's because you had nowhere else to go that we specially let you stay for the night. And now you really think you're a guest?"

  There's no room for negotiation. Looking at Su Lin's helpless and pitiful expression, Qin Yanran secretly smiled in her heart.

  "Sulin, staring at me won't work. This is your punishment."

  Qin Yanran's face is now full of pride, thinking to herself "Could it be true that the saying 'to capture a man's heart, one must first capture his stomach' really works?"

  "Punish me? What did I do wrong again?"

  There was no way, the fragrant beef noodles were in Qin Yanran's hands, and Su Lin couldn't take them by force, so he could only pitifully hope to arouse a little sympathy from Qin Yanran. Otherwise, Su Lin would really have to wait until Fang Liping finished her bath before he could pick up his chopsticks.

  Why is this woman taking a bath so slowly? We men have one more thing than you, and we can take a bath faster than you!

  Su Lin couldn't eat the beef noodles, his stomach was growling with hunger, and he was also drooling at the aroma. In his heart, he not only resented Qin Yanran but also blamed Fang Liping who was taking a slow bath in the bathroom.

  "Ah... I'm tired..."

  I don't know if it was because of Su Lin's inner turmoil, but Fang Liping, who had just come out of the bathroom, let out a loud sneeze. Wearing a black tight-fitting nightgown, Fang Liping sat down on the sofa in the living room, blowing her wet hair while saying to Su Lin: "Su Lin, aren't you starving? Why don't you eat first? Are you waiting for Auntie to join you? You're so well-behaved, Auntie didn't spoil you for nothing..."

  "My dear Aunt Ping! Do you think I didn't want to eat first? It's your precious daughter who insisted that I wait until you finish your bath and come out before we can eat together."

  Su Lin's heart was bitter, but she couldn't say that out loud, so she forced a wry smile and said, "Aunt Ping, you must be starving too, come eat quickly!"

  At this time, Qin Yanran didn't expose Su Lin either, but instead winked at Su Lin and seemed to want Su Lin to thank her for helping Su Lin gain a good impression in front of his mother again.

  "Oh, my lovely grandma! Can't we just stop playing those tricks? I, Su Xiao Ye, now want to have a good piece of beef, slurp a few mouthfuls of noodles, and then drink a bellyful of soup..."

  Now Fang Liping has also come out, Su Lin no longer cares about Qin Yanran, snatches the beef noodles from Qin Yanran's hand, and can't wait to start eating with chopsticks, gobbling it down. The sound of slurping noodles is so loud that someone who doesn't know might think a pig is eating!

  Fang Liping couldn't help but laugh at Su Lin's eating appearance, it seemed that Su Lin was really hungry. As she laughed, she also felt a little heartache.

  Qin Yanran was also amused by Su Lin, laughing so beautifully, like a blooming flower bud, really lovely. But Su Lin didn't have the energy to look at her now, in his eyes, these big chunks of beef were the most beautiful thing under the sky.

  "Sulin, eat slowly, don't choke."

  Fang Liping also swallowed her saliva, putting up her still damp long hair and watching Su Lin eat with relish. She was starving too, so she quickly ladled out a big bowl of beef noodles with more beef than noodles and sat down beside Su Lin, eating with gusto without caring about her table manners.

  "Mom, you're telling Su Lin again! You should slow down your eating too..."

  Looking at Su Lin and her own mother's chopsticks that never stopped, Qin Yanran's heart was full of joy and warmth, this is the feeling a family should have!

  "Wow... so full! So full... I dare say, this is the best beef noodle soup I've ever had in my life. It's too delicious."

  A pot of beef noodles, Su Lin destroyed two-thirds of it, eating until his belly was round and full, only then did he stop. Like an old man who had lived a life of luxury, he lay on the sofa with his body half-tilted, so full that he could hardly open his eyes, half-closing them, from time to time licking his thick lower lip, savoring the flavor of the beef noodles, it was simply a pleasure.

  "You kid, no matter how delicious it is, you can't eat so much in one breath!"

  Fang Liping scolded Su Lin, "It's already 11 o'clock at night, eating so much, see how you sleep later!"

  "Aunt Ping! You don't understand. Isn't there a saying that goes 'after eating, one wants to sleep'? I'm in that state now. After eating, I just don't want to move at all. I think I won't need to sleep in your guest room, just let me sleep on this sofa instead. I find this sofa quite comfortable."

  Su Lin stretched and yawned, increasingly treating this place as her own home.

  "Alright, alright... You kid, finish eating and hurry up to brush your teeth and go to sleep." Fang Liping said while cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, also reminding her daughter Qin Yanran, "Yanran, you too, tomorrow is the college entrance exam. Tonight, you must take care of yourself, mom will clean up the bowls, hurry back to your room to sleep."

  Been Fang Leping rushed into the guest room, lying on a strange bed, Su Lin's brain suddenly became excited and couldn't sleep again.

  Tomorrow is the college entrance examination. A test that determines the fate of countless people's lives, a day that once made Su Lin fearful to even think about, now will no longer make Su Lin have any fear.

  On the contrary, Su Lin was still looking forward to and expecting his college entrance examination results, which would truly promote himself and completely change his fate.

  It's late at night! The moon, either afraid of disturbing people's beautiful dreams or being sleepy herself, has hidden behind thick clouds.

  The cicadas' singing on a summer day, no matter where you live, is unavoidable. In the past, Su Lin thought such insect calls were annoying, but today, she found them somewhat pleasant to listen to.

  It was in this symphony of insect sounds that Su Lin thought about her own thoughts, planning her own future, while her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, watching herself fall into a deep sleep.

  But at this moment, Su Lin heard her room door being knocked lightly a few times.

  "Who?"

  Su Lin, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly became alert.

  "It's me! Su Lin, I couldn't sleep and wanted...wanted to talk with you."

  It was Qin Yanran's voice, timid and a little shy. Su Lin also didn't expect that at this late hour, Qin Yanran would actually come to knock on his door.