novelraw Chapter 179 : Casual Chat
Chapter 179 : Casual Chat
Chapter 179: Casual Chat
He had originally wanted to show off a little in front of acquaintances, but almost ended up socially dead instead. With no other choice, Lin Mo treated the four of them to a seafood buffet outside — eighty per person.
That was the nice thing about hanging out with university students. Though they had threatened to make him pay dearly, when it actually came down to it, everyone was quite restrained. Just a few hundred yuan were enough to shut their mouths.
Unlike Liu Rushuang and Miss Yuan — taking them out for a single meal easily cost several thousand.
Of course, that night the group didn’t go easy on teasing him either, especially the class monitor Wang Jing and her roommate He Xiaoyue. When women started gossiping, there was nothing they didn’t dare to ask.
Wang Chu and Sichuan Girl only gossiped about how he and Liu Rushuang met, who confessed first, and how far things had developed, but the two women’s questions gradually became more suggestive.
They even asked about Liu Rushuang’s measurements and whether her skin was soft — how would he know that? He couldn’t tell just by looking.
Fortunately, he was a man, and there were others around. Otherwise, if it had just been the class monitor and her roommate, who knew how far that conversation would have gone.
Naturally, the two women didn’t spare Sichuan Girl either. They teased him, saying he really lived up to the title of a man who took medicinal tonics — even after taking them, he still didn’t forget to buy himself a toy. Sichuan Girl’s face flushed bright red, gritting his teeth in embarrassment.
At first, Sichuan Girl hadn’t even wanted to come, afraid of being teased. But Lin Mo and Wang Chu kept saying that if he didn’t show up, the two women would think he was guilty and might bad-mouth him behind his back.
After hearing that, Sichuan Girl reluctantly came along. Yet, as expected, he didn’t escape the fate of being teased either. The five of them were already close, and aside from Wang Chu, everyone knew what the class monitor Wang Jing was thinking, so the atmosphere naturally felt more intimate, and conversation flowed freely.
As the two women drank a little, their words became even bolder. The three men at the table were left wide-eyed at times — who would’ve thought that these usually quiet girls actually knew so much about… certain topics?
By the end, since both women had been drinking, the honorable task of escorting them back to the dorms naturally fell to Wang Chu. After all, he was the only one who also stayed in the dormitory.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was Wednesday morning. Lin Mo and the Little Old Lady were exercising as usual on the school playground. The two — one old, one young — swung their arms and slapped their bodies rhythmically, producing sharp smacking sounds. Because their movements were quite exaggerated, they didn’t look very elegant, but neither paid any attention to the students staring around them.
“Xiao Lin, you guys should almost be done with your medicine, right?” the Little Old Lady asked as she swung her arms.
Lin Mo mirrored her movements perfectly. “Mm, I’m planning to visit Teacher’s house tonight, and let Teacher check our pulses again.”
The three of them had already finished their herbal medicine. Yesterday, Sichuan Girl and Wang Chu had both urged him to go soon — after all, health was no trivial matter.
“Tonight, huh? Then go by yourself. I’m too lazy to go home. Anyway, you know where my place is. My old man’s been quite busy lately — lots of leaders have come to him for health treatments. I even heard a few of them have been asking about you,” Professor Mu said with a smile.
Lin Mo froze. “Asking about me?”
“Yes. Remember that old leader you did a massage for last time? The results were excellent. These past few days, my husband’s been taking his students from the hospital over there, and the old man kept saying no one massages as comfortably as you do. So now the others have been asking around about you,” Professor Mu explained.
It turned out that ever since he had massaged Miss Yuan’s grandfather, Old Jiang’s improved condition had drawn attention from other leaders. More and more people started seeking out Professor Li for health treatments.
In the following days, Old Jiang had continued to receive massages — though it was Lin Mo’s senior, Pan Limin, who handled them. Still, as someone who had experienced both, Old Jiang could clearly feel the difference in their techniques.
Simply put, Pan Limin’s massages weren’t as comfortable. Other leaders who tried them also found the results so-so, and naturally, word spread in the compound.
Soon, the name of Professor Li’s closed-door disciple, Lin Mo, began circulating among retired officials. Two leaders even suggested to Professor Li that he bring Lin Mo along next time for them to “try.”
Lin Mo could only smile helplessly after hearing this. He wasn’t a doctor — he couldn’t go around giving massages to retired leaders every day. Even with Miss Yuan’s grandfather, Professor Li had specifically reminded him not to perform massages for others privately.
Since Professor Li hadn’t contacted him, there was no need to bother. Without the professor’s supervision, he wouldn’t dare give massages to strangers — if something went wrong, it would be impossible to explain.
“Oh, right, Xiao Lin, next time when I’m home, you can bring your girlfriend along if you come over. But not today — I’m too old to run back and forth.
Also, do you two have any plans to get married? Let me tell you, if you don’t secure a good girl early, dreams might turn long in the night,” the Little Old Lady said with a teasing smile, steering the conversation toward Liu Rushuang.
It was Wednesday, so Professor Mu naturally wasn’t going home. She usually only did that on weekends.
“Teacher, I’m still so young, I haven’t even graduated yet. It’s way too early to think about marriage,” Lin Mo said with a bitter smile.
He didn’t explain Liu Rushuang’s true identity — even if he did, the old lady probably wouldn’t believe him, so why waste the effort?
“Nonsense! College students can marry too — you can even earn extra credits for it! Our school has marriage benefits for students. Early marriage, early babies — what’s not to love!” Professor Mu struck back mercilessly.
Lin Mo himself still felt like a student — barely an adult. Talking about having babies now was no different from a death sentence.
“Babies? No, no, no. I still feel like a baby myself,” Lin Mo waved his hands quickly.
Professor Mu gave him a look. “What, you planning to be childfree?”
“It’s not that I don’t want kids — I just think we should have them later, more gradually, more responsibly. We should have children confidently, when we’re capable and financially secure — that way, those who are well-off can lead by example and encourage the next generation. Childbearing should be planned carefully, step by step, for the collective good,” Lin Mo said righteously.
Professor Mu raised her hand and smacked him. “You little brat, stop talking nonsense! It’s people with ideas like yours that make the marriage rate so low these days!”
Lin Mo:
Wait a second — how did that hat get thrown on my head?
“Injustice! It’s just that young people are under too much pressure nowadays. How can we afford to get married? I can’t fix the marriage rate, but I do have an idea to raise the birth rate.”
“Oh? You care about national affairs now? Let’s hear it!” Professor Mu said, amused.
They were just chatting idly. Although Professor Mu was an old lady, she wasn’t a stubborn one — she was quite open-minded and happy to discuss new ideas with young people.
“See, these days, society’s developed too fast, and young people’s nightlife is way too rich — there’s just too much to do.
When you were young, there were no phones, no internet, sometimes not even electricity at night. There was nothing else to do but have babies, so of course the birth rate was high.
So my idea is: every night after ten o’clock, the entire country should have a power outage. Within two years, the birth rate will skyrocket!” Lin Mo declared confidently.
Professor Mu: “You brat — get out of here!”
Lin Mo: “Come on, admit it — it would work, wouldn’t it?”
Professor Mu: