二、12. 烂藉口
每一本小说,都是宇宙中的另一颗星辰。
「y i’m home.」
现在10点多了,该是ariel上床躺平的时候。
「young lady, you finally remember your curfew—you owe youtheexplanation—sit down, right.」
可蓉卸下书包,拉出椅子,坐在妈妈面前,边拨弄没时间解开的三股辫。
ere have you been?’」
妈妈的语气透露的潜台词是:
”don’t give me ‘with the girls’—that’tk.”【别来「跟女孩们练习」这套──这不管用。】
况且,这套「约会服,」跟家伦哈得要死的发型,无法用烂藉口来糊弄。
总不能说「刚刚送到楼下的时候,家伦还依依不捨看我上楼,迟迟不肯去公车站牌搭车。」
面对妈妈的审问,她不能打马虎眼。
「i was doiy
「etense.」【烂藉口】
「you don’t putthat ‘dress’ while doing your homework with your hometeacher—」
「mother, you have taught me all theers.
shytitude.
「if ito shy sinceresttitude, ito wefl dress, with a ‘baskettainike and a bottle of wine,’behalf of my mother, for helping her daughter to getddes—these are the rules you taught me,y.」
【我如果代表马麻,跟吴老师致谢,必须带上束脩──「一竹篮的蛋糕,配一瓶红酒。」】
她马麻显然没听出,可蓉刚刚偷渡《小红帽》的情节,来支持自己的藉口。
眼看谎言没被拆穿,可蓉更大胆地扯谎:
「i kyou are always busy, you couldn’t make it by visiting him in person, so i took the liberty to thank him, representing you.
「he was the humblest teacher i have ever had.
「he said he was only doing hist; helping students to get bettedes is his duty, he said.