"I'll pour you some more." Lin Li picked up the kettle and added some more cool water to Zhou Tongtong's small paper cup.
"Lin Li, have you had dinner?" Zhou Tongtong asked, placing the small paper cup on the coffee table.
"I just ate at a friend's house," Lin Li said as he put the kettle back on the coffee table.
"Lin Li, do you have a girlfriend?" Zhou Tongtong asked suddenly. The change in topic caught Lin Li completely off guard.
"Uh..." Lin Li hadn't expected Zhou Tongtong to ask such a question. He froze for a moment, then shook his head. "No."
"Why not?"
"I don't have one because I don't have one!" Lin Li said, stating the obvious.
"I see other big brothers in the complex have girlfriends. Why don't you?" Zhou Tongtong asked again.
"..." Seeing Zhou Tongtong looking at him so seriously, asking a question he had no idea how to answer, Lin Li fell silent.
