Faced with Leiyin's question, Xu Fei was dumbfounded.
Are you still angry if I deny it? Do you want me to publicize our 'love' in a big way?
Thinking carefully about the little girl's words, Xu Fei wondered, girlfriend, girl, friend... He Leiyin didn't understand what it meant at all.
If Leiyin denied that Xu Fei was her friend in person, he would probably be angry too.
Aunt Li looked at the 'young couple' flirting, and laughed and said: "Look how generous this girl is, and you are so embarrassed. It's not a shame to make friends."
Then she continued to look at Leiyin and asked kindly: "How old is this girl? Where is she from?"
Leiyin blinked and thought of what Xu Fei had said to her before. Her true origin must not be revealed and her age must be divided by three... She smiled and replied, "Sixteen years old, from a far away country."
Aunt Li's mouth opened in an O shape, and she looked sideways at Xu Fei, thinking to herself, this girl is living with you before she is an adult? You are really a young bull eating tender grass, sonorous and powerful!
Xu Fei blushed, probably guessing what Aunt Li was thinking. He wanted to explain, but he couldn't find the right words. He couldn't deny that Lei Yin was his girlfriend again. The little girl was very angry this time.
"You're so young and you're still a foreigner! I said my girl's hair color is a bit purple, I thought she dyed it! How did you hook up with me, Xiao Fei!" Aunt Li gave a thumbs up.
Xu Fei smiled bitterly and said nothing, what did I hook up with? I didn't even hold hands, okay?
On the way, several aunts who were preparing to go to the fitness park to dance suddenly heard Aunt Li's voice and gathered around to watch.
"What the hell? Xiao Fei has a girlfriend? Or is she a foreigner?"
"Hey, the girl is so pretty, she looks like a big star. No wonder Xiao Fei didn't like my niece on a blind date before."
"Just by looking at her face, I thought she was our little oriental beauty. How come her pupils and hair are so beautiful?"
"You two live together? Do your parents know?"
"When will you two get married? Remember to inform Auntie then."
Xu Fei's face turned completely dark. This is going to be bad. It won't take long for the gossip news that "the boy from the Xu family has found a foreign beauty as a partner" will spread to the neighbors.
After some perfunctory talk, Xu Fei finally closed the courtyard door, feeling like he had a splitting headache.
When he turned around and was about to go find Brother Xiong, he found that Leiyin was still staring at him. Although the angle of her little mouth was very small, Xu Fei could still tell that she was angry.
Leiyin looked away, lowered her head and gently kicked the pebbles without saying a word.
She grew up in a royal family. Apart from her busy parents and her brothers, she had almost no playmates. The only people she could confide in were the head maid Salina and her mysterious swordsman.
When she grew up, her servants and guards treated her with great respect, and the noble children she met occasionally were all flattering her.
Ten years ago, Leiyin went to war with her father and brother on the battlefield. After experiencing the baptism of fire, her chilling temperament of iron and blood made many princes and nobles stay away from her. Those who occasionally came up to talk to her were only for political purposes.
In the army, in the royal capital, and in the towns, she received countless praises and awe from her subjects, but there was only praise and awe.
She has never had any friends.
Leiyin is a girl, and she is very beautiful, but sometimes she also wonders, could this be her illusion? She once secretly asked Salina about the daily lives of other noble girls.
The daughters usually learn knowledge and skills such as social etiquette, knitting, cooking, history, music, territory management, etc. They wear different clothes and jewelry in the morning, noon and evening.
They study and work in the morning, and after lunch they have free time, walking outdoors for afternoon tea, sitting in the garden or shopping in the town. When shopping, they must wear hats and gloves and carry a small bag.
After dinner, dance and drink, and get to know all kinds of people through the party.
And what about Leiyin?
In the palace, she studied swordsmanship, magic, and military formations all day long. Her father and brothers cared about her very much but were also very strict. The master was even more strict. In order to squeeze out her potential, she almost died in the training ground several times.
On the battlefield, she took the lead, and her cavalry was as powerful as a thousand. Her subordinates trusted her and admired her, and they always followed her, but no one ever treated her as a woman and stood behind her.
Even when quarreling with other armies, the soldiers would often say harshly, "Challenge my general if you can."
She has never been treated like a girl, although she doesn't feel envious.
The big boy in front of him had a look of anxiety on his face, he must be trying to explain something.
Coming into this strange world, they vowed to take care of each other and trust each other.
Yesterday, Xu Fei stood in front of him and let her go first. For the first time, Lei Yin felt like she was being treated as a girl. It's funny to say that she had always stood in front of others.
This person may be her first friend.
With a slight heartbeat, she became naughty and helped Xu Fei button up his shirt. Although it was just a simple action, it was a rare way for her to express her feelings.
But today, Xu Fei denied the friendship. As expected, the oath was just an oath. They could trust each other, but they would not treat each other as friends.
"Fei, aren't we friends..." The girl confirmed again with some disappointment.
"Misunderstanding, it's not what you think." Xu Fei shook his head repeatedly, a little anxious, and took out his mobile phone to quickly check.
Then he walked up to Leiyin, pointed at the screen and said, "Aunt Li, I want to ask you if you are my girlfriend, right?"
Leiyin nodded.
"I guess you must understand it as a female friend or a girl's friend. However, girlfriend does not have the first two meanings in Chinese!" Xu Fei emphasized.
"See for yourself, our definition of girlfriend here."
Leiyin tilted her head and looked at the phone screen, which read:
Due to the development of free love, the concept of girlfriend in people's minds has also developed from a single female friend to a synonym for the object before becoming a wife. People's understanding of "girlfriend" is "she is the girl who has a relationship with you."
"Love, love relationship?..." Leiyin's face turned red: "Then, those people just now thought we were..."
Xu Fei nodded and said: "Yes, to put it in words that you can easily understand, they think you are my fiancée!"
"But we are not..." Leiyin pursed her lips and felt her cheeks getting hot.
"That's why I denied it, mainly because I was afraid that you would be angry. But you admitted it, so everyone believed it." Xu Fei began to blame it and quietly rolled his eyes.
"Then, what should I do..." Leiyin curled her hair with her fingers anxiously.
"Listen to me Leiyin." Xu Fei suddenly said seriously: "We are friends, right?"
"Well..." Leiyin was a little embarrassed, she had misunderstood him just now.
"I thought about it, and it's actually better to let them misunderstand. At least the reason why you live in my house is reasonable, and your identity will be safer in the future." Xu Fei continued.
"But..." Leiyin hesitated.
"No, but, I know what you want to say. It doesn't matter. For the sake of friends, I don't mind if we pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend!" Xu Fei said expressionlessly, while blowing out two small streams of air from his nose.