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Chapter 70 The story called “Yu Chen“

Luo Xiaolei surprised herself the moment she realized that she just uttered this infamous pick-up line. ’Shoot, now he is gonna think I am trying to hit on him!’ she thought as she glanced at the moon for a moment. When she returned her gaze back to him again, she felt like there was something that suddenly changed in the way he looked at her but, just like always, he was just so frustratingly unreadable... impenetrable... unfathomable... She could use all those adjectives over and over again to describe him every time she tried to read his face. Sigh... give me a break. At least show me something, even a little bit is ok, yea? You’re killing me with all these equations that are circulating in my head from trying to understand a thing from your glorious beautiful face!

She was suddenly fighting the urge to pout from her frustration. All this time, she was simply relying on the feeling she was getting off him and what was worse was that she didn’t know if any of those feelings were even accurate or just nothing but her own imagination.

"Do you think we have?"

Hey, why put that question back on me? I asked first!

Luo Xiaolei wanted to protest but, surprisingly, the man seemed to be serious. It looked like he didn’t really take any other meaning from her question like what she thought and she even felt like he suddenly sounded quite intense.

Luo Xiaolei surveyed his face once again and then she looked at the dark sky. She had this vague feeling that there was something that seemed to be familiar about him especially at this very moment. The feeling was akin to when you meet a certain first grade classmate from your childhood who only stayed for a few days in your class, and now you can’t even remember any details about them anymore except for that feeling that you’ve met them before.

"Well... I am pretty sure that the first time I saw you was when you suddenly approached me that night..." and there you go, answering your own question..."Haha, sorry, forget it."

Luo Xiaolei could only press her lips tightly. No matter how much she wracked her brain and no matter what hunch or feeling she had, she was really sure that she had never met this man before; not in her previous life nor this one.

Sigh... Luo Xiaolei, I think your imagination is just going overboard. This might be the aftermath of too much thinking... trying to understand this Mister...

"I just thought that way because I don’t understand why you suddenly approached me that night at my grandfather’s birthday." She continued as she let go a soft awkward laugh.

"And then, my old man also said you chose me or something until I was left without a choice. Poor me could only believe them even though it was obviously something absurd. Then just like that, I brazenly proposed to you only to realize that my old man might have been fooled or I was the one who was fooled the instant you rejected my proposal without even batting an eye."

Luo Xiaolei was just blabbering as she tried to change the topic. However, Yu Chen’s response was something she didn’t expect.

"It’s not absurd. It’s true," he said, causing Luo Xiaolei to blink at him.

"H-huh?" Luo Xiaolei’s smile faded.

"It’s true that I chose you." Yu Chen’s voice seemed to be gentler than usual.

". . ." Erm, w-what?!

Silence flew along with the cold breeze, kissing Luo Xiaolei’s skin as her gaze was glued on him. They stared at each other for a moment until Luo Xiaolei’s mouth slowly opened.

"Why... why me?" she asked in a low voice, curiosity was evident in her eyes.

Yu Chen, on the other hand was silenced for a while, but there was a sudden inexplicable glimmers in his eyes the moment she asked why. Luo Xiaolei tried her best to read what was behind it but, as expected, she couldn’t understand anything.

The man then blinked and then the glimmer disappeared.

"Why can’t it be you?" he replied. Again, a question.

"Er..." Huh? Are you saying that you really are like the prince in Cinderella? You chose me in that one glance because I somehow caught your attention?

Luo Xiaolei wanted to ask again but Yu Chen had already averted his gaze away from her. His eyes were now flickering in the darkness as if he was suddenly thinking about life.

She stared at this beauty under the moonlight and then she pouted slightly, looking a bit dissatisfied with the response she got from him. Truly, this man was a real chat killer. But his ever so unsatisfactory and seemingly cryptic responses only left Luo Xiaolei wanting for more. She didn’t even realized that she was now like a hooked mystery reader, who just couldn’t wait any longer to turn the pages and unravel the hidden secrets of the story called ’Yu Chen’.

Determined not to let the conversation end just like that, Luo Xiaolei was ready to ask again. She thought that since they both agreed that the purpose of them living together was to know about each other, she must not be afraid to ask.

However, just as she was about to speak, she saw someone approaching. She looked down and she saw a tall and pale man, still wearing his pajamas walking towards the front door. Her eyes narrowed when she realized that the man wasn’t a guard but a doctor. Luo Xiaolei could tell he was just by seeing the things he brought with him.

With her creased brows, Luo Xiaolei turned to Yu Chen. "Is he your doctor?" Luo Xiaolei asked and when Yu Chen also looked downward and saw his doctor standing there, she noticed his grip on the railing tightened.

"Yes."

"Are you alright? Is there something wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Luo Xiaolei asked, now looking a bit worried.

"... no, I’m fine. It’s just... an upset stomach."

Luo Xiaolei was suspicious. It was because he hesitated again. She had always been quite observant to how Yu Chen spoke because compared to his facial expressions, his voice was much more readable and she was sure that the way he hesitated this time was the same as when he chose meat over fish; he obviously liked the fish better. So... he need a doctor for an upset stomach? Without any sign of him being uncomfortable or in pain? Was his pain so perfectly hidden as well?

"It’s getting cold. You should go back to bed."

"Oh, yes."

As the two entered the room, Yu Chen walked straight towards the door.

"I’ll be back as soon as I take my medicine. Goodnight." He said and then he left, leaving Luo Xiaolei silently staring at the closed door. Her eyes a bit narrowed because she felt as though Yu Chen was trying to hide something from her. And that thought made her feet moved not towards the bed but towards the door he just closed.