二、12. 烂藉口

「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.