Chapter 9 (2/2)

“Of course.” Suddenly she heard another voice on the other end, someone seems to be calling out to him. Yu Song hastened to tell her: “Call home sometime later, and bring your boyfriend back on New Year’s Day.”

After she hung up, Yu Dong felt tears suddenly falling for no reason. How long has it been since my brother spoke to her with such affection?

Yu Dong wiped her tears and said, “It’s alright. I just called home, and my mom scolded me.”

Xia Feng remembered that she had run away from home and comforted her: “It’s alright. Your parents won’t stay angry for too long, when you go back for a visit, they’ll surely let it go.”

“It went perfectly.” Xia Feng smiled. “You helped me a lot.”

After translating Xia Feng’s documents the whole night, Yu Dong naturally knew that the presentation was about cancer research, so she said, “It was nothing. If your research succeeds, it’ll benefit millions of people and save countless lives.”

“That’s the dream, but I don’t know if I can actually make it happen.”

“Yes, you can!” And it won’t even take that long, just 10 years.

“Yes! Before penicillin was discovered, even inflammation was incurable, so I should be more confident.” Xia Feng laughs.

Yu Dong just laughed with him.

Xia Feng noticed that Yu Dong was still wearing pajamas, so she reminded her: “Aren’t you going to work?”

Yu Dong blinked and looked towards the clock, seeing it was past 10:00 p.m., just how long did she talk with her brother on the phone?

“Ah?? I don’t have time to talk to you, I need to quickly change!”

After hastily changing, Yu Dong came back out to see Xia Feng standing by the front door.

“Are you going out?” Yu Dong asked doubtfully.

“I’ll take you to work!”

“No, no, the bus stops right at the gate.” Yu Dong refused, “And you stayed up all night and worked all day. You’re on 24-hour duty again tomorrow, you have to get some rest.”

After that, she brushed past him, opened the front door and left.

Xia Feng stared, but in the end, he didn’t chase after her.

Yu Dong went on to host Midnight Phantom, but perhaps because of her recent thoughts regarding her brother, the songs she played tonight had a lonely mood. On the computer in front of her, a bunch of listeners sent messages begging her to change to happier songs as the previous songs made them all want to cry.

Suddenly a lot of people sent messages scolding Fish Jelly, wondering if she had brain damage.

Yu Dong felt a lot better all of a sudden.

……

Xia Feng who had just finished showering, suddenly heard the sound of pattering outside his window. Looking out, he saw that it was actually raining.

Did Yu Dong bring an umbrella?

Seeing that it was 12:30 a.m., Xia Feng took a book and sat by the window to read.

Suddenly, a dull thunder roared, and the rain became heavier. Xia Feng looked at the clock again, 1:30 a.m. He put his book down, picked up his car keys on the table, changed slippers and headed to the underground garage.

……

After her live broadcast, Yu Dong stepped out of the station only to find it drizzling outside. How come it rained?

The bus stop opposite the road was 200 meters away, she could only run over.

Yu Dong brought her bag on top of her head for cover and was about to run. Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice that cut through the sound of rain. Turning, she saw a figure holding an umbrella.

“Xia Feng?” Yu Dong was surprised.

Xia Feng saw her bag on top of her head, smiled and helped Yu Dong bring it back down. Laughing, he said, “You were planning on running out like this?”

“Ah?” Yu Dong was still too shocked to see Xia Feng.

“Why are you so surprised?” Xia Feng was confused with Yu Dong’s behavior.

“You…why are you here?”

“If you’re not letting me drop you off, then I’ll have to pick you up.” Xia Feng said.

“Didn’t I say there was no need?”

“You don’t always have to act so brave, my mom used to say that girls who act a little more spoiled are more attractive.” Xia Feng handed Yu Dong another umbrella and said, “Come on, the car is this way.”

Yu Dong took the offered the umbrella, but didn’t open it, continuing to look at Xia Feng like a fool. This was the first time someone picked her up from work, the first time someone told her to be more spoiled.

Xia Feng was stunned and then laughed and said, “It’s alright. It’s easy to learn.”

Yu Dong looked at the umbrella in her hand, then looked up at Xia Feng who was standing in the rain. Finally, she put the umbrella into her bag and walked directly into Xia Feng’s umbrella, hugging his arm.

“You’re not using the umbrella?” Xia Feng wondered.

“Who brings 2 umbrellas when picking up a girl on a rainy night? Having 1 umbrella is more elegant!” Yu Dong shuffled closer to Xia Feng, whether she was afraid of getting wet or found Xia Feng to be warm, he didn’t know.

Xia Feng looked down towards Yu Dong and saw her ears turning red. He smiled and started to walk away with Yu Dong.

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help, I’m drowning in all the fluff