You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 22 Part 3

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

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 22 Part 3

When Ruan Yu opened her eyes again, it was calm outside the car. It didn’t rain in Hang City and the car was parked in front of her apartment building.

Ruan Yu rubbed her eyes in a daze and became aware that she had fallen asleep on the way back here. Xu Huaisong sat quietly at the driver’s seat, but hadn’t woken her up when they arrived.

She asked in surprise: “How long have I been sleeping? Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“I’ve just parked the car and was going to wake you.”

Ruan Yu suspiciously took a look at her cell phone and found out that it was already very late. It had taken much more time than the trip would actually take.

Xu Huaisong glanced at her and explained: “There was traffic on the way here.”

Oh, so that’s why it took so long, she thought.

She released the seat belt and pulled the car door open: “Thank you, Mr. Xu. I’ll go up now. Drive safely on your way back.”

Xu Huaisong didn’t give a response but paused for a while before saying: “I’m hungry.”

Ruan Yu almost skipped a step. She turned around, looking quite surprised.

Why would she feel that the way he said “I’m hungry” sounded like he was saying “I’m hurt”?

Then she remembered: “Oh, I haven’t woken up fully. I forgot that you haven’t had dinner yet….. Then, do you want to go up to my place to have something to eat?”

Xu Huaisong nodded and got out of the car.

When they were about to go into the apartment building, a group of women who had just finished their line dancing session passed by them. Xu Huaisong suddenly moved from Ruan Yu’s right hand side to the left hand side and lifted his hand up to press on his temple.

Ruan Yu was confused by his actions. She took a look at those ladies who had walked away and asked: “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

Xu Huaisong couldn’t tell her that he was covering his face so he wouldn’t be recognized by those ladies that he was the drunkard from the other night.

Ruan Yu seemed much more relaxed than the first time when Xu Huaisong was at her place. She invited him to come in while sliding open the shoe cabinet to take out a pair of slippers for him.

Since both Li Shican and Xu Huaisong had visited her place, Ruan Yu purchased some men’s slippers just in case while she was in a supermarket one day. 

There was a hint of a smile in Xu Huaisong’s eyes. When Ruan Yu turned to go into the kitchen, he said: “Go change first.”

Ruan Yu paused and looked down at the muddy hem of her dress.

It did look unsanitary.

She said “oh” and asked him to sit in the living room. Then she turned to go into the bedroom. The instant when she closed the door, she suddenly felt that she might’ve been a little careless.

A man was just outside the door and she could change her clothes carefree?

She deliberately coughed a little then quietly locked the door.

Xu Huaisong nonetheless still heard the faint clicking sound from the door. He was a little dumbfounded, chuckled, then got up from the sofa.

When Ruan Yu came out of the bedroom, there was no one in the living room. Xu Huaisong was washing dishes at the kitchen sink.

Those were dishes from breakfast that she didn’t have the time to wash before leaving for Su City.

Ruan Yu felt a little guilty. He was actually an upright gentleman!

She hurriedly went over: “Why are you washing dishes ?”

Xu Huaisong put down the cleaned bowls and dishes, wiped his hand dry and said: “I’m paying for my meal.”

Since he had already paid for the dinner, Ruan Yu took special care to make a bowl of noodle soup for him. The noodle soup was colorful, with greens, meat, shrimp and egg on top of the noodles.

After Xu Huaisong finished the noodle soup, he was going to wash the bowl again but was stopped by Ruan Yu: “Your hands are too precious. Let me do it.”

“Precious?” He questioned.

“Don’t they say in those TV dramas that the hands which play piano can’t get hurt?”

“......”

Xu Huaisong didn’t bother to ask her how she knew that he can play piano. Without asking, he knew that she would say that the information was online.

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