Chapter 383 Children Gathered Together
To be honest, even though Tang Yun always avoided her, it still felt strange to have an admirer who was five years older than her.
Della was walking on the road paved with fine stones, surrounded by the fresh scent of grass and intoxicating fragrance of flowers. She looked at Tang Yun's silent and awkward back in front of her and fell into deep thought.
But why do I admire her?
It seemed that this man was shy towards her from the first time they met, but Della didn't believe in love at first sight.
Moreover, I don’t know if it’s due to cultural differences, but Tang Yu not only didn’t seize any opportunity to get close to her, but in most cases he was overly evasive towards her, as if he had already accepted that this would be a regrettable encounter.
This situation is actually ideal for a relationship that is neither going to start nor suitable to start. Both sides can pretend to be slow and confused to get through the awkward period.
Not to mention the age and personality differences, just imagine if she, a guest who eats and drinks at someone else's house, really develops a relationship here, that would be too unreasonable. She would definitely pretend to be confused to the end.
Just as I was thinking about it, the door of the wooden house surrounded by water not far ahead was suddenly opened forcefully from the inside, and several children around fourteen or fifteen years old came out with very bad faces. They were mumbling to themselves, as if complaining about something.
The two groups met on a small wooden bridge. When the children saw Tang Yun, they put away their sullen faces, called out "Hello, Brother Yun" obediently, and then hurried away.
Tang Ming looked at their backs, lowered his head and gave Della a heads-up, "They ran away so quickly, maybe because of my sister Ming, the girl among the twins that day. She is very good, but too competitive..."
"Who will be inside? What will they do?" Della, who finally had the chance to talk, took the opportunity to ask him.
"If Sister Ming is here, there won't be many people. The other twin and the eldest from Fourth Uncle's family will be here," Tang Ming stopped on the bridge, avoiding Della's eyes. But when he thought of his difficult brothers and sisters, he still frowned. He sighed unconsciously, "There's a TV installed inside, and there are still some old toys from the past. Maybe they can play chess."
"Oh, I see." Della nodded, and they walked towards the cabin again. Before they opened the door, they heard a clear female voice from inside.
"It's really boring. What's so interesting about music? Xiaoyun, come and play chess with me."
"I can't stop after I start with you."
Pushing open the door, the voice of the young man following closely was right in front of him. Tang Jin was sitting on a wooden chair facing the door, reading a book with a calm expression. Not only was his age the same as Della's, his hair was also the same length as Della's. However, his facial features were strong enough, and his drooping hair did not make him look feminine.
He looked up and just opened his mouth to say hello to "Second Brother", but when he saw Della he realized he didn't know how to address her, so the word 'Hello, Second Brother' got stuck in his throat.
"Who's here?" Tang Ming, who was sitting on the wooden bed, propped up the small wooden table with one arm and looked towards the door. "Second brother, are you here to learn chess from Xiao Ming?"
"I can play Go. I know the rules of Go." Tang Yun, who was a very poor Go player, defended himself.
"Second brother, how can you not know her?" Tang Yu was lying on the small couch opposite Tang Yu, playing games on a learning machine connected to the TV, his eyes never leaving the game screen, "Once she is good at something, she will look down on other people's half-knowledge."
"You bastard, you only know how to say bad things about me." Tang Ming grabbed a bullet and shot it at Tang Ming, but it was easily caught between her brother's fingers. The game character that lost control for a short time immediately lost a drop of blood.
"Second brother, why don't you say something to her!" Tang Yu immediately paused the video and finally turned to look at Tang Yu. Only then did he see the thin Della behind Tang Yu. "You brought her here too?"
"She? Which she?" Tang Ming could only see half of Tang Ming. She jumped off the bed and saw Della behind her. "Oh—this one."
My eyes were focused on Della for a moment. She smiled calmly and said in Chinese, "Hello, just call me Della. Thank you for your guidance."
Although the pronunciation is still a bit weird, it’s great to be able to open your mouth boldly.
"Your Chinese is OK," Tang Ming came over and looked Della around, with a hint of surprise on his pretty face. "Big brother said you are a friend of his girlfriend?"
It took Della a while to understand this sentence because of the repeated words. She finally understood it and nodded. "When I was studying in Country F, I was a roommate with Bellinda. We had a good relationship."
No matter how good the relationship is, you can't always get between a couple.
It was also strange to live in my eldest brother's yard without any relationship.
Tang Ming thought about asking a few more questions, but Tang Ming, who was very smart, turned around and pushed back, "Didn't you always say that you wanted to practice speaking? Don't you also want to play chess? How about challenging her to teach her how to play Go in English?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Della belatedly, the embarrassment surged on his face again, and he spoke weakly, "Do you want to learn Go? Um, or do you actually know how to play Go?"
"I don't know how," Della shook her head, with her usual smile on her face. She accepted this arrangement well. After all, she had to kill time anyway. "And I'm very interested in this. I want to learn it."
"Okay, come on." Tang Ming began to speak English. She seldom had the opportunity to talk to foreigners like this, and at this moment she had completely forgotten all the advanced vocabulary she had learned. Being pushed by Tang Ming, she turned her back to Della and waved, secretly annoyed that she could not open her mouth.
Tang Ming climbed onto the bed, crossed her legs, and called out to Tang Ming who was about to go to Tang Ming, "Second brother, stay! You have to be the translator! Wait until I can speak fluently before you leave!"
Della sat sideways on the other side of the small table on the bed. She picked up a round black chess piece and marveled at the excellent feel of the chess piece.
Look closely, this reddish-brown chessboard is also very beautiful. What kind of wood is it made of? The color is deep but not dull. Instead, it exudes a kind of ancient tranquility from the inside out, which makes people sink into it...
Della, who was selectively showing off her Chinese proficiency, looked at the chessboard in front of her without even glancing at Tang Yun's helpless look.
Things were already weird enough, couldn't make it even weirder with the eye contact.
Tang Ming finally moved a chair and sat next to the chessboard, responsible for correcting Tang Ming's stuttering English.
There was the crisp sound of chess pieces falling from the other side. Seeing Tang Yu who didn't seem to care about him, he quietly moved to the side of Tang Yu who was immersed in the game again, "Have you had enough fun, Third Brother?"
"Are you going to take the Little Overlord back now?" Tang Yu was still playing the game with his hands, and he habitually said in a scoundrelly tone, "Good brother, no, I call you brother, let me play with you for a while, my mother controls me too much at home, let me play for the New Year."
"......" Tang Jin, who just wanted to gossip, looked at his third brother who had an overly generous heart, and felt somewhat unhappy.
Could it be that he was the only one in the whole room who could tell that his second brother was interested in that girl?