Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

Surprisingly, Lin Yu did not show any particularly intense emotions.

He didn't even express shock or immediate rebuttal.

He just quietly looked at the old lady with a face full of guilt and gently took her hand, "Grandma, I know what you want to say."

The old lady looked at her grandson with a bit of surprise, met his bright eyes, and began to say, "Grandma is sorry for you, but the situation in our family, it truly is..."

"Grandma, you haven't wronged me." Lin Yu's voice was soft but resolute, "You have been good to me, if not for you, I don't know what I would be like now."

"Grandma, I also understand what you mean by saying this, I have had doubts about my relationship with Liu Ou..."

Lin Yu sighed, "In the past, maybe I didn't have to think too much, but later our family's debts piled up, and when I went to university, the pressure became even greater. I have thought it all through, and I know what you are worried about."

"But Grandma, I really like her; she is the first girl I ever liked, she is very bright."

In fact, Lin Yu felt it was strange to describe a person as bright, but when he thought of Liu Ou, his first reaction was that she indeed was bright.

This brightness was something that felt vividly eye-catching and warm at first glance.

The old lady lowered her eyes, "But Xiao Yu, we have said that just because we like something very much doesn't mean we must obtain it, I have taught you this when you were young."

Many things are beyond our strength and budget, and those are the things we can't have, child, this is reality.

There are many things a person wants in life, but what we actually get is too little.

"Grandma has lived more than half her life. I know I shouldn't morally bind you by saying it's for your own good, but I can't bear to see you get hurt, you and Liu Ou..."

She looked up at Lin Yu, "That man that night was her father, wasn't he? They look somewhat alike."

The smile on Lin Yu's face subsided slightly, and his gaze settled on the old lady.

Despite her stern appearance, she was actually a very gentle person.

But too gentle a person is too easily bullied at the bottom of society.

Lin Yu also knew that before she married Grandpa, she had come from a family of scholars, spending the first half of her life in comfort, choosing the profession she liked.

But after marrying Grandpa, everything changed.

She had experienced too much in her life.

Now, all that was left was a courtyard, a handcart, and a grandchild.

Her love for Lin Yu was all she had.

So she couldn't bear Lin Yu getting hurt.

Lin Yu knew all of this.

So, in fact, although Lin Yu used to be quick-tempered, he had always been filial.

He didn't want the old lady to be sad.

From a very young age, his impression of his parents had already become blurred; his world consisted only of the old lady.

He still remembered, when he was five or six years old, how the old lady carried him on her back through streets and alleys selling buns, back then they did not even have a stall.

They were so poor that Lin Yu couldn't even afford to go to kindergarten.

The not-so-tall woman carried a child, walking step by step.

He remembered the days on his grandmother's back.

He remembered all those sunny and rainy days.

He remembered how his grandmother's voice slowly turned from clear to the huskiness it had now.

That was from shouting.

He remembered it all.

"Grandma, can't we just try?" Lin Yu's voice was very soft, like a child who had made a mistake; he rarely spoke in such a tone after growing up.

No matter what others said, even if Liu Da sat in front of him and talked for a day, Lin Yu would not waver in the slightest.

But the old lady in front of him was different, regardless of what Lin Yu was thinking.

But when facing the old lady, Lin Yu would not argue or make her angry.

He couldn't bear it.

The old lady couldn't stand Lin Yu's timid tone.

She looked at the child in front of her, who had grown up from being so small to now.

He had grown tall and strong, resembling both his father and his grandfather.

This child was her sole solace after the death of both her husband and her son.

If it weren't for Lin Yu, she probably couldn't have carried on.

At this moment, seeing his downcast demeanor, the old lady found that the firm words she thought she could utter just couldn't be spoken.

She sighed, "But you might get hurt."

"But that's just a possibility," Lin Yu's eyes lit up, "Grandma, don't you like Liu Ou?"

"I do, she's a very good girl, I've told you and Xiaoxiao before, both girls have very pure eyes," the old lady sighed, "If it really works out between you two in the end, that would be truly wonderful, but I'm very afraid."

I'm afraid that you'll end up getting hurt in the end.

Lin Yu grasped her hand, "It's alright, Grandma, we can make it to the end. Even if we really don't make it, it might mean we were just not suitable for each other. At least this way we won't have any regrets."

His voice was soft and low.

The old lady looked at him and, in the end, did not say much.

What else could she say anyway? The child was all grown up, and many things were not for her to change just by saying so.

And, just as Lin Yu had said, she truly did like Liu Ou.

No one could dislike a sincere child.

But she also couldn't help but worry, for both Liu Ou and Lin Yu.

However, at this time, the old lady chose to say no more.

"Alright, since you've made up your mind, I won't say much either," the old lady muttered as she served him a piece of spare rib, "I just hope that both of you, be well."

"We will be fine, oh by the way Grandma, Liu Ou will come over for dinner tomorrow..."

"Isn't tomorrow Chinese New Year's Eve?"

"Yeah, she's all by herself at home, so I invited her over..."

"Oh dear, I need to prepare well, what does she want to eat?"

...

Lin Yu still did his live stream tonight, starting as he and Grandma set up the stall.

When it was early and not many people were around, he could chat for a while.

"Why make lemon tea in such cold weather? Do you guys want to see lemon tea?"

"No, I won't stream tomorrow, the day after, or the day after that."

"Not selling products, huh? That means no big sponsors have approached, right?"

"You don't need to tag everyone individually..."

Lin Yu answered absentmindedly as he watched the barrage of comments, occasionally looking in the direction of the night market's entrance.

Soon, people in the barrage noticed his distraction and asked him what he was looking at.

Lin Yu laughed, his eyes full of warmth, "What am I looking at? I'm not telling you guys."

At that moment, Liu Ou was just entering the night market, watching the live stream.

She looked at the boy on the screen, his face full of smiles, as if she could see his shadow back in senior year of high school.

The barrage was saying he seemed different, asking if he was in love.

The boy did not deny it, even saying proudly, "Your Brother Xiao has been in love for so long, I can't lose too badly, right?"

"Is she pretty? Absolutely beautiful!"

"Compared to the school sister? I can't compare; beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you know what I mean?"

Liu Ou looked towards the stall not far away.

Just then, that person wasn't focused on his live stream either, and he looked up again.

Liu Ou saw the smile on his face.

His voice with a smile came through the phone, "Hey, my Xi Shi has arrived."