Chapter 225 - Lin Qianru Traps Her Daughter In Her Own Words

The morning sun had just risen in the sky.

The alarm clock placed beside Mo Roulan's bed also started to ring loudly. With sleepy eyes, Mo Roulan came out of her blanket and turned it off.

A whole minute later, she got down from the bed and went inside the bathroom.

Two minutes later, Lin Qianru entered the room. An apron was tied on her waist telling her that she must be cooking inside the kitchen. When she saw the empty bed and heard the sound of water from the bathroom, she left the room silently.

An hour later, the whole family that included only three members was at the dining table and having breakfast.   

After finishing her breakfast, Mo Roulan had just stood up from her chair when Lin Qianru passed a box to her and said

"Yesterday I was getting bored so I tried a new dish. Give it to He Jian on your way." 

The bag Mo Roulan was picking almost fell down from her hand when she heard her mother's words.

How did her mother know that she was going to college with He Jian?

Perhaps Lin Qianru also realized that there was something wrong with her bird so she immediately corrected herself.

"I mean you are going out …you just need to knock on his apartment door and then give it to him. He is our neighbor and we should have some contact in case we need some help in the future."

Lin Qianru was so nervous that she almost blurted out everything.

Fortunately, Mo Roulan only looked a little suspicious which also disappeared after her explanation. However, she didn't take the box from her mother's hand. 

She remembered that the dish her mother had cooked yesterday was spicy so she said without thinking

"Mr. He can't eat this, Mom. He had a very high fever yesterday and this dish was very spicy so I don't think that we should give it to him."

Lin Qianru's eyes were instantly filled with worry and she asked

"What? He Jian had a fever? And you are telling me this now?"

She stood up from her chair and looked at Mo Roulan with a disappointed face.

"Mo Roulan, I didn't expect this from you. As a neighbor, it is our duty to take care of him especially when he had helped us so much."

Mo Roulan was left speechless by her mother's outburst.

She had wanted to say that she didn't leave He Jian alone yesterday just because of this. However by saying that, she would just accept that she didn't attend the college tomorrow. So she thought that staying silent was much better.

However, she was also worried that her mother would not go to He Jian's apartment to ask about his well-being so she assured him. 

"Mom, he is fine now. His fever is also not there. Mr. He also has a friend who is a very good doctor. You don't need to worry so much."

Lin Qianru hesitated and then nodded her head slowly.

"Then it is fine I guess if he is fine already. But you still should have told me, Roulan. I will go in the evening and ask him how he is feeling now." 

Mo Roulan mumbled a 'sorry' in a low voice and then finally picked her bag from the chair. However, when she was about to turn around, she suddenly heard her mother's voice again. 

Lin Qianru's eyes lit up when she finally caught something with which she could trap her daughter and she asked immediately

"How do you know that He Jian had a fever? He even has a friend who is a doctor…How do you know so much about him?" 

Mo Roulan's whole body froze at this question.

Sitting on his seat, Mo Chen took a bite from the toast and then looked at this scene silently as he was watching a drama.

He looked at the terrified expression on his sister's face and then at his mother's strict face. Mo Chen took it as his cue to leave.

Every time his mother gets angry at his sister, he also has to bear the consequences of this anger. So it was better for him to leave silently now.

Mo Chen very carefully picked his bag from the chair and walked towards the door of the dining room without making a single noise.

However, just when he was at the door of the room, he heard his mother's strict voice.

"Why are walking like that?"

Mo Chen's big black eyes went wide. He turned around slowly and looked at his mother with an innocent face.

"Mo, actually I think that I ate too much so I was just pressing my stomach."

Lin Qianru looked at her son strangely hearing his stupid excuse and couldn't help but tell him

"Mo Chen, if you eat too much, you don't press your stomach. Go and have a walk before going to stand at the place to wait for your bus. Don't run anywhere else except around the building."

Mo Chen instantly nodded his head and immediately left from there when he saw that his mother had turned back to his sister.   

Mo Roulan who clearly looked through his stupid excuse looked at his disappearing back with a pout. 

"Where are you looking at? Turn around and look at me."

She heard her mother's strict voice and turned around helplessly.

"Hmm"

Lin Qianru kept a straight face and nodded her head in satisfaction as she asked

"Now tell me, how do you know that He Jian had a fever yesterday?"

Mo Roulan hesitated and looked around the room for a few moments before she finally said

"Actually Mom….my college falls in the way of Mr. He's office so Mom …Mr. He drops me to the college every day."

Mo Roulan finally told her mother the half-truth.   

However, Lin Qianru was very happy with this half-truth also.

Mo Roulan told her something at least.

Mo Roulan sighed in relief when she saw that her mother didn't have that much of a reaction so she continued

"Yesterday when I didn't see his car in front of the building, I casually went to ask if he was fine and then his assistant told me that Mr. He was unwell. Then yesterday evening when I went again…of course just as neighbors….the same assistant told me that Mr. He was feeling well and also that his friend who was also a doctor was to stay with him for a whole night so we don't need to worry."

"Oh…"

Lin Qianru just nodded her head lightly and then even said     

"It's better if you go to the college with He Jian. I, too don't feel safe with you traveling in buses alone."

Mo Roulan almost rolled her eyes. Her mother just worried too much. Buses were not even that dangerous.

However, she could also understand her mother's worry. After all, once her mother's money was stolen when she was traveling by bus. Although it was only a little money, Lin Qianru still feels afraid of traveling in buses and whenever she travels she takes the minimum amount of money she will need. 

Seeing that her mother didn't look that much strict or suspicious, Mo Roulan decided to leave from there.

However, she didn't know how her mother smiled in victory after she left.