「oy i’ ho」

现在10点多了，该是ariel上床躺平的时候。

「young dy, you fally reber your curfew—now you owe your other an expnation—sit down, right now」

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。

「now, be really honest tell your other, ‘where have you been?’」

妈妈的语气透露的潜台词是：

”don’t give ‘with the girls’—that won’t work”【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 dog y howork with r wu’s help—」

「poor pretense」【烂藉口】

「you don’t put on that ‘dress’ while dog your howork with your horoo teacher—」

「other, you have taught all the anners

「if i a seekg r wu’s help, i have to show y gratitude

「if i a to show y scerest gratitude, i a to wear a foral dress, with a ‘basket ntag a cake and a bottle of e,’ on behalf of y other, for helpg her daughter to t good grades—these are the rules you taught , oy」

【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 know you are always by, you uldn’t ake it by visitg hi pern, i took the liberty to thank hi, representg you

「he was the hublest teacher i have ever had

「he said he was only dog his part; helpg students to t better grades is his duty, he said

「he refed the gifts but took y, your, gratitude

「we had dner tother that is the story」

【补完习，我们吃顿完餐，就这样。】

「以母之矛，攻母之盾」──ariel jt cast her other’s own spell agast herself

毕竟衣服、配件、发型……等，都是母亲她亲自替可蓉张罗过的：这整套衣着也是之前，为了股东聚会，带可蓉出席时，帮她设计的装扮。

这下，她妈妈也无法多说什么。

她妈妈收拾了桌面──看来审问结束了。

「go take a shower and go to bed early you have been te for one hour of your bedti」

但是，这齣「感谢餐会」的剧本并未完全说服多疑的母亲。

她母亲越想越不对劲，便在她还在跟家伦讨论功课（这次真的是讨论功课，没有做见不得人的事情）的时候，电话一打来，就开始一顿质疑：

「ariel, other want you to be pletely honest: are you hangg out with anyone ‘other forbid you to gle with?’—is it a “he?” oy told you the illionth ti,