Chapter 193 - DELIVERING LUNCH (1/2)
LUO YAN was holding a tray of vegetable dumplings, egg drop soup, moo shu tofu, and a bowl of fragrant white rice. Every dish was healthy, just right for someone who should mind their diet. It was his grandfather's lunch. He heard that he regained consciousness. So, Luo Yan volunteered to bring him his lunch.
”Yan Yan, it's this way,” Bai Ye said to him.
The kid was walking beside him, enthusiastically leading him to the direction of their grandfather's room. He was also holding a tray. But unlike him, his tray contained a tea pot and a tea cup.
When Luo Yan told everyone that he would bring lunch to his grandfather, Bai Ye immediately volunteered to bring the tea with him. So the two of them ended up going together. Which he didn't really mind. Bai Ye was such a cute kid after all. Adorable people were always welcome to accompany him.
His brothers actually wanted to go with him as well. He refused. He knew they were just worried about him. They might be worried that the same thing that happened in the garden would happen again. And that it would cause him to feel down once more.
But letting them accompany him might just make their grandfather even more nervous. His two extremely tall brothers could look pretty intimidating. Especially if they're trying to act like his guardians. He didn't want their grandfather to be nervous and have another breakdown.
So, Luo Yan used the ever useful power of 'cuteness' to convince them that he would be alright. At the end, they had no choice but to agree to what he wanted. Good thing both of them were weak against his charm.
”Xiao Ye, are you really fine carrying that tray?” he asked.
”It's fine. I'm already a big boy, I can carry this much.”
Luo Yan chuckled when he heard that. ”Yes, Xiao Ye is a big boy.”
”Ahm…” Bai Ye gave him a hesitant glance.
”What is it?”
”Did you… ahm, cry?”
Luo Yan was slightly startled by that sudden question. ”Why do you ask that?”
”The corners of your eyes are red.”
Bai Ye's eyes often became like that after he cried. So when he saw Yan Yan earlier and noticed the redness at the corners of his – yes, for now he would believe that Yan Yan was a boy but he was still not convinced – eyes, his first thought was that he cried.
Luo Yan was silent for a second and then he gazed down at Bai Ye. ”I did. But let's keep it a secret between us, okay?”
After they ate lunch, he excused himself and went to the toilet. There, he let out the tears that he had been suppressing. He let it out in one fell swoop. It had been so long since he last cried that the action itself felt almost foreign. But he was glad that he managed to let out those pent up emotions.
It was actually kind of refreshing doing that. It's like a huge weight was finally lifted from his shoulders. All the negativity that suddenly filled him today felt like it had been washed away along with his tears.
Luo Yan washed his face thoroughly with cold water so it wouldn't be too obvious that he cried. He thought that he managed to hide it well. He even took care not to directly stare at others so they wouldn't notice that he cried. But who would have thought that this kid, Bai Ye, would actually manage to see through him.