You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 16 Part 3

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 16 Part 3

Ruan Yu’s computer suddenly made a “bo” sound. She had received a WeChat message. Ruan Yu hurriedly clicked the mute button. She looked up and saw that Xu Huaisong didn’t seem to have heard it, then clicked open the chat box.

Yao Jie: [Xiao Wen, is the counter comparison chart ready?]

Yao Jie was Ruan Yu’s good friend in the writers circle who had helped her create the counter comparison columns when the plagiarism incident first started. Later on she had stopped doing it because Xu Huaisong had taken the job in helping Ruan Yu compile it.

Ruan Yu tried to type as quietly as possible and slowly typed the message: [It has a little bit more to go. Thanks, Yao Jie, for your concern.]

Yao Jie: [It’s not done after so many days? You better watch out, are you sure that lawyer isn’t delaying it on purpose?]

Yuan Yu looked up at the stationary Xu Huaisong and replied immediately: [He won’t.]

Yao Jie: [If they’re not delaying on purpose, then it could be that he isn’t professional enough. Make sure you’ve found the right person.]

The person Yao Jie referred to was right in front of Ruan Yu less than two meters away. Ruan Yu was afraid that Xu Huaisong might see the exchange and hurriedly replied: [He’s quite professional, just very busy. Rest assured, Yao Jie.]

After sending out the last message, Ruan Yu noticed that the person across from her moved a bit, changing his posture with his arms folded.

Ruan Yu stood up and tiptoed over to the air conditioner to adjust the angle of the air flow to make sure the cold air wouldn’t blow directly at Xu Huaisong. When she turned around, she heard the ring tone of an incoming voice call.

It was for Xu Huaisong.

The ringing woke him up. The first second he opened his eyes, he glanced at Ruan Yu who was standing right next to the air conditioner. Then he picked up his cell phone to answer it: “En.”

“I fell asleep.”

“Not eating yet”

“En.”

He hung up the phone right after the four short answers. Ruan Yu put together the pieces of information from his answers and walked over to ask: “You haven’t eaten yet?”

Xu Huaisong tidied up his wrinkled shirt and sat up straighter to nod his head.

“Then, do you want to go eat something first?”

“It’s too hot.” Xu Huaisong took a look at the scorching sun outside the window and shook his head.

“Do you eat take-out?”

Take-out might be unsanitary, Ruan Yu figured Xu Huaisong might not want to eat it.

As she expected, he shook his head again.

Ruan Yu felt that since she knew by now that he hadn’t had anything to eat, would it be inhumane if she still continued to discuss the case with him? 

Ruan Yu thought about it then pointed at the kitchen: “I have some food at home. Do you want to go see if there’s anything that’ll do?”

This time Xu Huaisong nodded. But he probably hadn’t fully recovered from his slumber, when he stood up he bumped into a stack of papers on the coffee table.

The stack of papers skidded over and hit the coffee cup. The cup fell onto the floor and broke into several pieces.

Coffee splashed all over the floor.

Ruan Yu was stunned.

Xu Huaisong pinched the bridge of his nose.

He had been rushed around to take care of the cases he had in hand and only slept for ten hours in three days. He was really a little dizzy.

Ruan Yu immediately waved her hands: “It’s alright. I’ll clean it up later.”

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.