"Little Lamb," is actually just a hot pot restaurant themed around lamb hot pot.
Wen Xuan and Wu Min ordered three plates of lamb for hot pot and some assorted things like tofu puffs, totaling over a hundred and maybe even two hundred+. However, Lin Jin didn't really mind, in his view, today's meal was entirely to celebrate Lin Chen's birthday, and his two roommates were just along for the ride.
"The lamb tastes great," Lin Jin was treating, and Wen Xuan ate with reckless abandon, directly dunking a large pile of lamb slices into the hotpot to cook them. Eating till his mouth was full of oil, it appeared that he’ll probably take half of the meat for himself this meal. He was also shouting how hot it was while telling Lin Jin, "It's delicious when you're treating!"
"Next time, it'll be Wu Min's turn to treat," Lin Jin ate gracefully, picking up a slice of lamb with her chopsticks and eating leisurely. "Wen Xuan and I have both treated before, Wu Min, you can't miss out."
"No problem, I'll treat when I have the money." Wu Min immediately nodded in agreement. Although he wasn't eating as excessively as Wen Xuan, he was just as quick, throwing whatever he picked up into the hot pot and immediately eating whatever looked cooked.
"We'll have to wait forever for you to have money."
Lin Jin glanced at Lin Chen beside him. He still looked somewhat constrained, seemingly unsure of where to put his hands and feet, occasionally glancing at the hot pot but mostly looking under the table.
Following his gaze under the table, Lin Jin discovered that Lin Chen was actually looking at his own thighs…
"Hey!" Without any courtesy, he slapped him on the back of his head and glared at Lin Chen, then picked up the ladle and scooped a heap of food into his bowl. "There's so much food to eat, why are you looking under the table!"
Lin Chen, startled, raised his head and looked at Lin Jin with a somewhat peculiar gaze, before lowering his head to eat the food in his bowl.
Why does it always feel like his younger brother has misunderstood something?
Lin Jin's mouth twitched, suspecting his brother might be mistaking him for a cross-dressing pervert or someone considering gender reassignment surgery... Why else would his brother, who had seen him in women's clothes since childhood, have such a strange expression?
No, this won't do! He needed to find an opportunity to talk to him properly, at least to clear up the misunderstanding, otherwise, if their mother found out, things could get really bad.
After the meal, with half an hour left before the movie started, Lin Jin and the group didn't head straight to the Wanda cinema on the top floor. Instead, at Wen Xuan's suggestion, they returned to where Lin Jin had been earlier: the arcade.
It was now noon, and the arcade was much busier than in the morning, with easily over a hundred people at a glance.
"Boss, thirty game tokens, please." Lin Jin went straight to the counter and spoke to the boss who had tried to flirt with him earlier.
"Bringing so many friends to support the place, huh?" The boss smiled, taking Lin Jin's thirty yuan, and casually scattered a handful of game tokens on the table. "All yours, let me know if you need more."
"Woah, Lin Jin, when did you hook up with the boss?" Wen Xuan slung an arm around Lin Jin, scooping up the game tokens and stuffing them into his pocket.
"In your dreams." Lin Jin responded, initially not intending to accept the boss's generosity, but since Wen Xuan had already taken some, he didn't say much. He casually picked up a few tokens from the table and put them in his pocket, leaving the rest for the others.
"Thanks," Lin Jin smiled at the boss, knowing the boss was trying to flirt, but he didn't take it to heart, holding the mindset that he was a man.
"Go have fun, everyone. We'll meet up in twenty minutes." Lin Jin only took six game tokens, just enough for two rounds of six songs on the dance machine, which would take about twenty minutes. "Go, go."
Using the dance machine in front of strangers wasn't too embarrassing for Lin Jin, since they didn't know him, and he had gotten used to it after dancing for half an hour earlier. However, it was a different story when in front of his roommates. If he didn't dance well in front of these guys, he would definitely be laughed at mercilessly.
Otherwise, Lin Jin wouldn't have tried to shoo everyone away them.
Wen Xuan didn't say much. He seemed quite familiar with the place and headed straight to the back of the arcade hall with his game tokens, while Wu Min, who seemed less knowledgeable about arcade games, followed him.
Lin Chen, on the other hand, followed Lin Jin to the dance machine. He looked around the arcade hall with a blank expression. The hall was very dim, with a dark blue lighting that created a great gaming atmosphere, but it was somewhat overwhelming for Lin Chen, who had never been in an arcade before.
"I'm going to play on the dance machine, what about you?" Lin Jin was somewhat worried about Lin Chen. Although he was technically an adult and physically robust, he had been sheltered by their mother and probably hadn't even been to an internet cafe before. Lin Jin was concerned he might inadvertently cause trouble in the arcade. "Maybe you can just watch from the side? Or find an empty machine to play for a while?"
"I'll just watch from the side."
There was a row of sofa chairs around the dance machine. Lin Chen obediently nodded, then found a chair to sit on, watching Lin Jin step onto the unoccupied dance machine.
His brother seemed more and more like a sister.
Lin Chen's impression of Lin Jin had always been androgynous. Even though they used to bathe together and run around naked as children, he didn't have a strong sense of the differences between boys and girls back then, and he couldn't even remember if Lin Jin had a thing down there or not.
Later, in kindergarten, although Lin Jin usually wore boys' clothes to school, those clothes were of a cute style, and at home, their mother often dressed him like a girl, leading Lin Chen to start calling Lin Jin 'sister' out of habit.
Then, during their elementary school years... everyone wore uniforms, and Lin Jin was no exception. Wearing the old-fashioned school uniform with short hair, Lin Jin still looked like a girl, and could even be said to be the prettiest girl in the class.
After their parents divorced, Lin Jin and Lin Chen ended up living in different places. Lin Jin visited Lin Chen during his first year of high school, and although Lin Jin's face still had some feminine features at that time, it was clear he was a boy.
Honestly, Lin Chen had felt a bit regretful that Lin Jin, who he used to call 'sister', had become a 'brother'. But now, during this visit, he found that Lin Jin no longer needed their mother to force him into women's clothesk, he was willingly dressing in feminine attire and speaking in a girlish voice in public.
So, should he still call him 'sister'?
Lin Chen's face turned slightly red as he watched Lin Jin twisting and jumping on the dance machine. Lin Jin had once again taken off his jacket, and his fitted long-sleeve shirt and pants accentuated his figure, making him look even more beautiful than an average girl. Although his dancing wasn't particularly graceful, his figure alone was enough to attract a bunch of onlookers.
Seeing the dozen or so men gathering around, Lin Chen suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Jealous……
"Little Lamb," is actually just a hot pot restaurant themed around lamb hot pot.
Wen Xuan and Wu Min ordered three plates of lamb for hot pot and some assorted things like tofu puffs, totaling over a hundred and maybe even two hundred+. However, Lin Jin didn't really mind, in his view, today's meal was entirely to celebrate Lin Chen's birthday, and his two roommates were just along for the ride.
"The lamb tastes great," Lin Jin was treating, and Wen Xuan ate with reckless abandon, directly dunking a large pile of lamb slices into the hotpot to cook them. Eating till his mouth was full of oil, it appeared that he’ll probably take half of the meat for himself this meal. He was also shouting how hot it was while telling Lin Jin, "It's delicious when you're treating!"
"Next time, it'll be Wu Min's turn to treat," Lin Jin ate gracefully, picking up a slice of lamb with her chopsticks and eating leisurely. "Wen Xuan and I have both treated before, Wu Min, you can't miss out."
"No problem, I'll treat when I have the money." Wu Min immediately nodded in agreement. Although he wasn't eating as excessively as Wen Xuan, he was just as quick, throwing whatever he picked up into the hot pot and immediately eating whatever looked cooked.
"We'll have to wait forever for you to have money."
Lin Jin glanced at Lin Chen beside him. He still looked somewhat constrained, seemingly unsure of where to put his hands and feet, occasionally glancing at the hot pot but mostly looking under the table.
Following his gaze under the table, Lin Jin discovered that Lin Chen was actually looking at his own thighs…
"Hey!" Without any courtesy, he slapped him on the back of his head and glared at Lin Chen, then picked up the ladle and scooped a heap of food into his bowl. "There's so much food to eat, why are you looking under the table!"
Lin Chen, startled, raised his head and looked at Lin Jin with a somewhat peculiar gaze, before lowering his head to eat the food in his bowl.
Why does it always feel like his younger brother has misunderstood something?
Lin Jin's mouth twitched, suspecting his brother might be mistaking him for a cross-dressing pervert or someone considering gender reassignment surgery... Why else would his brother, who had seen him in women's clothes since childhood, have such a strange expression?
No, this won't do! He needed to find an opportunity to talk to him properly, at least to clear up the misunderstanding, otherwise, if their mother found out, things could get really bad.
After the meal, with half an hour left before the movie started, Lin Jin and the group didn't head straight to the Wanda cinema on the top floor. Instead, at Wen Xuan's suggestion, they returned to where Lin Jin had been earlier: the arcade.
It was now noon, and the arcade was much busier than in the morning, with easily over a hundred people at a glance.
"Boss, thirty game tokens, please." Lin Jin went straight to the counter and spoke to the boss who had tried to flirt with him earlier.
"Bringing so many friends to support the place, huh?" The boss smiled, taking Lin Jin's thirty yuan, and casually scattered a handful of game tokens on the table. "All yours, let me know if you need more."
"Woah, Lin Jin, when did you hook up with the boss?" Wen Xuan slung an arm around Lin Jin, scooping up the game tokens and stuffing them into his pocket.
"In your dreams." Lin Jin responded, initially not intending to accept the boss's generosity, but since Wen Xuan had already taken some, he didn't say much. He casually picked up a few tokens from the table and put them in his pocket, leaving the rest for the others.
"Thanks," Lin Jin smiled at the boss, knowing the boss was trying to flirt, but he didn't take it to heart, holding the mindset that he was a man.
"Go have fun, everyone. We'll meet up in twenty minutes." Lin Jin only took six game tokens, just enough for two rounds of six songs on the dance machine, which would take about twenty minutes. "Go, go."
Using the dance machine in front of strangers wasn't too embarrassing for Lin Jin, since they didn't know him, and he had gotten used to it after dancing for half an hour earlier. However, it was a different story when in front of his roommates. If he didn't dance well in front of these guys, he would definitely be laughed at mercilessly.
Otherwise, Lin Jin wouldn't have tried to shoo everyone away them.
Wen Xuan didn't say much. He seemed quite familiar with the place and headed straight to the back of the arcade hall with his game tokens, while Wu Min, who seemed less knowledgeable about arcade games, followed him.
Lin Chen, on the other hand, followed Lin Jin to the dance machine. He looked around the arcade hall with a blank expression. The hall was very dim, with a dark blue lighting that created a great gaming atmosphere, but it was somewhat overwhelming for Lin Chen, who had never been in an arcade before.
"I'm going to play on the dance machine, what about you?" Lin Jin was somewhat worried about Lin Chen. Although he was technically an adult and physically robust, he had been sheltered by their mother and probably hadn't even been to an internet cafe before. Lin Jin was concerned he might inadvertently cause trouble in the arcade. "Maybe you can just watch from the side? Or find an empty machine to play for a while?"
"I'll just watch from the side."
There was a row of sofa chairs around the dance machine. Lin Chen obediently nodded, then found a chair to sit on, watching Lin Jin step onto the unoccupied dance machine.
His brother seemed more and more like a sister.
Lin Chen's impression of Lin Jin had always been androgynous. Even though they used to bathe together and run around naked as children, he didn't have a strong sense of the differences between boys and girls back then, and he couldn't even remember if Lin Jin had a thing down there or not.
Later, in kindergarten, although Lin Jin usually wore boys' clothes to school, those clothes were of a cute style, and at home, their mother often dressed him like a girl, leading Lin Chen to start calling Lin Jin 'sister' out of habit.
Then, during their elementary school years... everyone wore uniforms, and Lin Jin was no exception. Wearing the old-fashioned school uniform with short hair, Lin Jin still looked like a girl, and could even be said to be the prettiest girl in the class.
After their parents divorced, Lin Jin and Lin Chen ended up living in different places. Lin Jin visited Lin Chen during his first year of high school, and although Lin Jin's face still had some feminine features at that time, it was clear he was a boy.
Honestly, Lin Chen had felt a bit regretful that Lin Jin, who he used to call 'sister', had become a 'brother'. But now, during this visit, he found that Lin Jin no longer needed their mother to force him into women's clothesk, he was willingly dressing in feminine attire and speaking in a girlish voice in public.
So, should he still call him 'sister'?
Lin Chen's face turned slightly red as he watched Lin Jin twisting and jumping on the dance machine. Lin Jin had once again taken off his jacket, and his fitted long-sleeve shirt and pants accentuated his figure, making him look even more beautiful than an average girl. Although his dancing wasn't particularly graceful, his figure alone was enough to attract a bunch of onlookers.
Seeing the dozen or so men gathering around, Lin Chen suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Jealous……
