In the end, Lu Xiao didn't get his big gift. Su Tang said his parents were coming, so they'd have to put it off.
But Lu Xiao wasn't a fool; he had a pretty good idea what it was.
'What gift could be greater than Su Tang's heart?'
As it happened, he had a gift for Su Tang, too. He'd just give it to her after his parents left.
After all, good things come to those who wait.
Su Tang might have said that, but for the next few days at work, she couldn't stop thinking about it.
Five days later, when Su Tang got home from work in the evening...
When she saw Lu Xiao's parents, Su Tang felt the little confidence she'd just managed to build up instantly vanish, as if blown away by a strong Northwest wind.
She felt like a first-grader on stage for the first time, unsure where to put her hands or feet. The smile she forced was so stiff it felt like it might crack.
Lu Xiao's father, Lu Zhenfeng, was tall and stood with a ramrod-straight back.
