Chapter 148 - ARRIVING AT GUIZU ACADEMY (1/2)

LUO YAN looked outside the window of the car they're travelling in.  It was steadily passing by tall buildings and other establishments.  His father was sitting beside him on the backseat while his younger brother was sitting on the passenger's seat of the car.  They were currently on their way to Guizu Academy.  Just a few hours more and he would be taking an exam so he could study at the said academy.

His phone suddenly vibrated.  He took it out from the pocket of his shorts and saw that it was a WeChat message from Bai Ze.

[Bai Shao]: Xiao Yan, good luck to your exam today!  I know you can do well.

Then it was followed by a sticker of a boy doing a fist bump.

Luo Yan didn't think it was weird to receive a message like this from this cousin.  After all, yesterday when they were all in the team's headquarters, he happened to mention that he would be taking an exam today.

[YanYan1213]: Thank you, Brother Ze.

He replied and then added a smiley emoticon.

Shortly after that, another message came.  This time it was from Su Yuqi.

[Yuqi]: Good luck.

Luo Yan smiled a little when he read that very simple message.  That was very much like what Su Yuqi would say, simple and concise with no extra words but perfectly relayed the message she wanted to deliver.

[YanYan1213]: Thank you, Sister Yuqi!

Then after that, another message popped up.  When he saw who it was from, he shook his head.  These guys, did they agree on a time to send me a message?

[luckycloud]: Good luck on your exam today Yan Yan!  I'll be cheering for you!

And then a rabbit sticker waving a pair of pompoms appeared on the screen.

Luo Yan stared at the message, particularly at the words 'Yan Yan'.  When Shen Ji Yun accidentally called him that, he looked so mortified.  He even had an illusion that the guy would cry if he told him that he couldn't just call him 'Yan Yan'.  Although that was probably just his imagination working.  But he still found out a bit cute.  That's why he gave him permission to call him by that nickname.

He then glanced at the rabbit sticker.  If he didn't know Shen Ji Yun, he might think that the person who sent this message was some energetic, cute girl.  Because, seriously, who would think that someone like Shen Ji Yun, who almost seemed like he didn't have any extra emotions in him, could send a perky message like this one?  And with a matching cute rabbit sticker to boot?

But having been able to spend time with him, Luo Yan knew that Shen Ji Yun was far from emotionless.  He just had a harder time expressing his feelings compared to normal people.  But if one could just observe carefully – his slight frown, the little strain between his eyebrows, the movement of his mouth, and most importantly, the emotions hidden in his eyes – it wouldn't be that hard to tell what he's feeling.  If he was angry, sad, frustrated, annoyed, or even shy.

Most people just didn't have the patience to do that.  And so, they judged Shen Ji Yun as some kind of expressionless iceberg.  Frankly, for some reason, Luo Yan felt a bit of pride knowing that he was not like those other people.

He typed on the phone and sent his reply.

[YanYan1213]: Thank you, Brother Ji Yun.  I'll definitely do my best!