Chapter 92 - TEAM INVITATION (1/2)
”YAN YAN, is it your nickname?” Shen Ji Yun asked.
”I guess? It's just the name my older brother calls me.”
Truth to be told, when he first heard Luo Ren called him that, he wanted to wince. The name 'Yan Yan' was just too… cutesy? But then he slowly got used to it. It soon evoked memories he thought he had long forgotten. Memories of the parents he lost too soon.
They would also call him 'Yan Yan' in a very loving tone. After that, memories just came flooding in. His mother who would always gently hold him whenever he fell down and would stay by his side and tell him wonderful stories until he fell asleep. His father who would always play with him and would give him whatever he wanted no matter how unreasonable it was. Before the day ended, both would never forget to tell him how much they loved him.
After they died, he slowly forgot about that. Those memories that were so dear to him slowly disappeared from his mind. It's not just because they died when he was only four. It's more because of the fact that he was suddenly thrown into this new environment where no one, not even those so-called relatives, cared about him. His young mind just couldn't handle the stark contrast.
So he just chose to forget. Because if he didn't, he knew, even at that age, that he would just fall into deep depression. He probably wouldn't be able to move forward and continue on with his life.
But after being reborn, he wasn't afraid anymore to remember those memories. Maybe it was because of the love and care of his new family that he didn't fear those memories anymore. Instead, he treasured every bit and pieces of memory he could remember.
Suddenly, an egg tart appeared in his line of sight. He raised his head and saw Shen Ji Yun pushing the egg tart to him. He looked at him confusedly, wondering why he was suddenly giving him food.
”I heard eating sweets could immediately lighten up someone's mood,” Shen Ji Yun said.
They were just talking when he noticed the sudden change on Luo Yan's face. It was not really noticeable if one was not staring at him. But it just happened that Shen Ji Yun was. So he saw the slight dimming of his bright eyes. He thought that maybe the rabbit suddenly thought of something sad. That's why he pushed the menu button on the side and immediately ordered an egg tart for him. He remembered how Su Yuqi would eat sweet things whenever she's sad or in a bad mood. And most of the time, after doing that, she became happy again. Though it didn't really show much on her indifferent face.
”They said sweets could lift people's spirits,” he said.
Luo Yan raised one of his brows. Did he look down? His sad thoughts must have leaked out and showed on his face inadvertently. Then was this guy comforting him? He looked down at the egg tart and then looked back again at Shen Ji Yun.
He smiled a real smile. ”Thank you.”
Shen Ji Yun stared. Luo Yan's blue eyes dusted with gold bent into crescents, his red lips were slightly parted, showing a row of white teeth. Shen Ji Yun gazed away. His heart was beating madly for no reason. The feeling was not really uncomfortable. Just weird. Maybe because he didn't know the reason why he's feeling like that.
He took a deep breath. ”Your question regarding the task, what is it about?” he just asked.
”Oh, it's nothing serious really. I just want to know if there's a way to segregate the task according to the rewards?” Luo Yan asked while eating the egg tart.
”No, there's no way to do that,” Shen Ji Yun answered. Someone actually suggested that to his uncle but his uncle rejected it. Saying that something like that might make the players lazy. So it's better to be diligent and properly sift through the task list.
Luo Yan wasn't that much disappointed by that answer. He had been searching in the forums about the task system in Arcadia and it didn't give the result that he wanted. So Shen Ji Yun's answer was already something he expected. ”I see.”
”What particular task are you looking for?”