CH 165

Chapter 165 - "I have seen true tenderness once and I will never forget what it is like." (1)

The dark brown pair of eyes finally looked up and made a slight mockery sound. Flipping open the notebook in front of him, Luo Xiu’s finger ran down the smooth surface of the paper.

He said slowly, “Is that what Tang Ran see in you? Your ability to conjure up things in your head?”

There was a pause from the other end and the smile in the voice died down. “I haven’t said I’d take any actions yet and Young Master Luo is already dragged Ranran out as a shield. That only gives away your worries.”

“Mmhmm, I am worried,” said Luo Xiu with a smile, his voice tender. “Give it your best shot.”

“…… I have already overcome 9x9 81 obstacles. I have nothing to lose for trying. I don’t suggest you to provoke me.”

“Yes, you’ve completed your journey to obtain the scripture,” said Luo Xiu with a smile. “But are you certain there the scripture you’ve obtained had words in it?”*

“––!”

Right when another stalemate was about to take place again, someone knocked on Luo Xiu’s room door.

The illusion-like smile immediately disappeared from Luo Xiu with not a shred of it remaining. Luo Xiu looked up at the clock on the wall.

It was not yet time.

As though something had occurred to him, Luo Xiu paused a little.

A few seconds later, he looked down and said, “I have other matters to attend to. Guess I won’t let you hang up first this time, little brother.”

“––“

Luo Xiu stood up and hang up the phone at the same time.

While walking over to the foyer, Luo Xiu adjusted his emotions and he recalled all the holes in what he had said earlier.

Finally, he laughed at himself in a mocking way and said, “Full of holes.”

Sure enough, caring about someone could be distracting.

The door between the two opened up.

Gu Nian stood there, tearing up, “I’m so sorry. It’s me again. I’m here again.”

The icy cold lake under Luo Xiu’s eyes softened. Leaning half-way against the door, he looked at the girl and said, “No need to apologize. You can come whenever you want.”

Gu Nian was very touched. “I came again because I had forgotten something!”

“Hmm?”

“Well, you know how you left your phone with my friend? Someone kept calling you all morning long and we worried that it was an emergency so I answered it––“

“Slow down.” Luo Xiu interjected. There was a hint of a tender smile in his tone. “You don’t need to be nervous. I won’t get upset over such a minor thing.”

Gu Nian was so touched that she was wordless. “……”

Wuwuwuwu, how was it possible to have such a kind and angelic boy like her precious son in this world?

Gu Nian let out a sigh of relief now that she was forgiven. She slowed down in her words, “I answered the call and I think it was from your little brother.”

Luo Xiu, “Mmhmm, I know.”

Gu Xi drew blank. “How did you know?”

Luo Xiu smiled and lowered his eyes. He really wanted to reach out and rub the particularly silly looking girl on her head but he stopped himself.

He lifted up his phone that was still in his hand and said, “He just called again.”

Gu Nian, “––!”

Gu Nian cried again, “I’m so sorry. I must have drunk a lot last night and alcohol damages the hypothalamus. I’ve always have very good memory.”

Luo Xiu busted out laughing. “It’s fine.”

Gu Nian hesitated for a little while before looking up at Luo Xiu. She then asked, worried, “Did he bully you then? Or said anything else hurtful?”

“……”

Luo Xiu’s eyes flickered some.

He knew Luo Zhan very well. The second young master of the Luo family had been pampered his entire life and, with the exception when it comes to matters of Tang Ruo, Luo Zhan was never nice when talking to anyone else.

Especially when it came to himself or someone who had answered his phone.

Luo Xiu lowered his eyes and smiled. “No. I think he was calling from home. He isn’t too bad when Grandpa is around.”

“––?!”

Gu Nian flipped out.

That was “fine”??

That jerk of a brother said Luo Xiu was murdered by kidnappers!!

Just imagine how that jerk of a brother would bully Luo Xiu if their grandfather wasn’t around??

Wuwuwuwu, what was her precious son’s home life like? Her poor baby wuwuwuw……

Old Mother Gu’s heart ached as tears streamed down her cheeks.

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Translator's notes:

Referencing classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, not literal.

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Translator’s rambling:

Story between Luo Zhan and Tang Ruo can be found in Don’t Cry.

This translator does not get the significance of which one of them hanging up first.