Chapter 62

When Wang Bo returned home, it was almost seven o'clock. He was so hungry that his stomach was growling. The whole family had already finished dinner. His father was watching TV in the living room. Seeing him return, he got up and said, "Why are you back so late? Did the volunteer activity take that long?"

"The activity ended early. I was just asking my Chinese teacher for help with my studies," he replied calmly, having already prepared his answer.

It was rare for his son to be so diligent, so Wang Bo didn't ask any more questions. He comforted him, "You haven't eaten yet, right? I'll heat up some food for you."

"No need, Dad. You can keep watching TV. I'll heat up the food myself," he said as he walked into the kitchen to heat up the food. He called out, "Dad, has my sister gone to school?"

"No," Wang Bo replied loudly, "Your mother took her to the street to buy clothes."

"Oh," Wang Bo said. The microwave was heating up the food, and he came out of the kitchen to ask, "Is she going to school tonight?"

"It seems she's not. She has to study tonight," Wang Bo said, still focused on the TV. "She'll sleep at home. She won't be late for school tomorrow morning since it's so close."

"Dad, have you cleaned the small room yet? When will it be ready?" Wang Bo asked, thinking about the fact that he would have to sleep on the floor with Lu Lu tonight.

Wang Bo waved his hand carelessly, "What's the rush? Your sister will be boarding at school after she starts. We can clean it up gradually. We'll finish it before she comes back next weekend."

Wang Bo knew his father's personality; he always procrastinated on household chores until his mother got angry. It was really frustrating. But as a son, he couldn't say anything, so he decided to clean it up himself later.

After a while, the food was heated up. Wang Bo sat at the table to eat, chatting with his father, "Dad, do women find it hard to fall in love with other men after a divorce?"

"Nonsense," Wang Bo said, "They should find it easier to fall in love. Before the divorce, what could they do? They could only love their husbands."

"Oh!" Wang Bo nodded in relief and started eating happily.

Wang Bo suddenly realized what his son had asked and turned to him, "Why did you ask that?"

"Nothing, our homeroom teacher recently got divorced. She seems a bit distracted, and I'm a bit worried about her," he said, half-truthfully.

Wang Bo chuckled, "You worry too much. Your homeroom teacher is so beautiful; there will be plenty of men chasing her. Don't worry, in a few days, she'll be receiving flowers and gifts, and her mood will improve quickly."

Wang Bo's appetite suddenly diminished, and the cold food tasted dry.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Wang Bo's mother and Lu Lu finally returned, each carrying a pile of bags. It seemed that Wang Bo's mother had gone on a shopping spree and bought a lot of things for her niece. After they got home, she picked out the outfit she was most satisfied with and asked Lu Lu to try it on for her and Wang Bo to see. Lu Lu, unable to resist her enthusiasm, blushed and went into the room to change.

A while later, she came out wearing a dark blue dress with a butterfly collar, the hem just above her knees, and her legs covered in white thigh-high stockings. She looked incredibly beautiful.

Wang Bo's mother hugged her neck and said, "You look so beautiful. Auntie didn't make a mistake. You look better in this dress than the model!"

"Auntie..." Lu Lu blushed, and Wang Bo's mother said, "Auntie isn't lying. Ask your brother. Son, do you think your sister looks beautiful in this dress?"

Hearing this, Lu Lu's expression became even more unnatural, and she lowered her head as if looking for a hole to hide in. "Beautiful!" Wang Bo praised sincerely, and Lu Lu's head drooped even lower.

After a while, Wang Bo and Lu Lu's parents went to bed early, and the two siblings were in the room studying. Lu Lu noticed that Wang Bo couldn't sit still. He was studying, but he was also holding a dumbbell to exercise, and he was breathing loudly, which really disturbed her.

She couldn't help but complain, "Wang Bo, can't you focus? Either study or exercise, but don't try to do both at once."

Wang Bo looked at her strangely and said, "I'm not making any noise, how am I disturbing you?"

"You're breathing like a bull, and you still say you're not making any noise?" she argued. Wang Bo was taken aback; he hadn't noticed. "Sorry, I'll stop exercising," he said, putting down the dumbbell.

After a while, he started making other noises. He would either smack his lips, suck in a breath, or hum strange melodies, completely absorbed in his own world!

Lu Lu couldn't stand it anymore and stuffed some cotton in her ears to block out the noise. The world finally became quiet.

Wang Bo read for a while and then checked the time. It was almost time to sleep, so he said, "Lu Lu, you go take a shower first." After a while, seeing no response, he asked, "Or should I go first?"

Lu Lu didn't respond and turned a page in her book, seemingly engrossed. Wang Bo thought she was just so focused that she didn't hear him. So he said, "I'll go first," and went to the bathroom. Wang Bo usually didn't lock the door when he showered, and he didn't today either, thinking that Lu Lu wouldn't barge in since he had told her he was showering.

Lu Lu was reading in the room when she suddenly felt the urge to use the bathroom. She picked up a small book and started reviewing vocabulary as she went, being quite diligent. Because she was so focused, she didn't notice that Wang Bo wasn't in the room. She walked to the bathroom door, saw it was closed, took out the cotton, and listened. Hearing no sound, she pushed the door open!

Wang Bo had just finished showering and was drying himself off, not even wearing a pair of shorts. He was admiring his muscles in the mirror, feeling quite proud of his physique. He was posing in front of the mirror, flexing his chest and changing his hand positions.

Just as he turned to show off his back muscles, the door suddenly opened! At that moment, Wang Bo was facing the door, and Lu Lu, looking down at her book, walked in silently, closed the door, and started lifting her skirt, all in one smooth motion! Then she noticed something moving beside her and looked up, and the two of them stared at each other in shock!

Wang Bo covered himself, completely naked, his mouth wide open. Lu Lu's book fell to the ground, and she covered her mouth to stifle a scream!

She immediately realized she had made a mistake by entering the bathroom while Wang Bo was showering! She quickly picked up the book and tried to leave, but at that moment, the sound of a door opening came from the next room. It was their parents! Wang Bo quickly locked the bathroom door and heard his father's voice, "Son, are you in the shower?"

"Uh-huh!" Wang Bo replied loudly. Lu Lu, seeing the thread he had accidentally exposed when closing the door, felt that she had lost in the morning but gained in the evening.

Wang Bo's father said, "Oh," and turned to his son's room, intending to remind Lu Lu not to stay up too late. But when he opened the door, he found no one inside. He looked around but couldn't find her, and her shoes were still by the door, so she couldn't have gone out. He returned to the bathroom door and asked, puzzled, "Son, is your sister in there with you?"

Wang Bo was frustrated. He gritted his teeth and said, "Uh-huh! She's giving me a back rub!"

Lu Lu, hearing him lie, stared at him with wide eyes, looking like she wanted to strangle him. Wang Bo quickly frowned and shook his head, signaling her to get through this first.

There was silence outside the bathroom for a while before Wang Bo's father asked, "Are you wearing shorts?"

"Uh-huh!" Wang Bo shouted.

Wang Bo's father said, "Oh," and went back to his room, thinking that the relationship between the siblings seemed a bit too close. Maybe he should mention it to his wife. If they continued to live in the same room, something might happen.

"Go back," Wang Bo said when he heard the door close. "Get out of here, you've really messed me up!"

Lu Lu was so angry that her chest heaved, and she couldn't speak. She stomped her foot in frustration and left. Wang Bo finally had the chance to put on his clothes. When he returned to the room, he couldn't help but say, "Why did you suddenly come in? Didn't I tell you I was showering?"

Lu Lu, knowing she was in the wrong, didn't argue but said, "But you couldn't tell Uncle that I was giving you a back rub!"

"What else could I say? He already knew you were in the bathroom! Should I have told him we were taking a bath together?" he said angrily, thinking that his image in front of his parents was ruined, and he wouldn't be able to hold his head up for days. "Or did you want to tell him the truth, that you came in to peek at me?"

"I didn't!" Lu Lu said urgently. "I didn't know you were showering. You were so noisy earlier, so I kept my ears plugged and didn't hear you."

"You saw what you saw," Wang Bo said. "What's the point of arguing about it now?"

"I didn't see anything, your... your..." She hesitated for a long time and couldn't say the words. "You also came in when I was changing clothes this morning!"

"Fine, we're even. Let's not mention this to anyone, okay?" he suggested. Thus, the matter was settled by mutual agreement, though they both knew they would occasionally think about it.

Lu Lu then went to take a shower. When she returned, Wang Bo had already laid out his bedding on the floor. She turned off the light, climbed into bed, and asked in the darkness, "Are you asleep?"

"Not yet," Wang Bo replied, still facing the bed.

"I'm going back to the dorm tomorrow," she said, "and I'll come back here on Friday."

"Uh-huh," he replied, acknowledging her.

"Try to clean up the small room these few days. That way, you won't have to sleep on the floor anymore," she added. Wang Bo replied, "I know, go to sleep. It's late." He thought to himself, "I'll clean it up as soon as possible. It's not right to have you stay in this room, and it's really inconvenient. There are also some things on my computer. Luckily, I set them to hidden, and she doesn't seem to be into the internet, so she probably didn't find them. But it's safer to get her to move out as soon as possible."

As he was thinking, Lu Lu leaned closer to the bed, looking at his back in the moonlight. She closed her eyes and said softly, "I forgot to tell you, I deleted some things on your computer."

Wang Bo suddenly became alert and asked, "What did you delete?" She replied calmly, "Dirty things."

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