You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 24 Part 1

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

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 24 Part 1

Ruan Yu mechanically followed whatever Xu Huaisong directed her to do as if she was in a trance.

By the time they were carrying her stuff to Xu Huaisong’s hotel room and he unlocked the door with a swipe of his room card, Ruan Yu finally came to grips of the night’s chaos and asked, shocked: “Why don’t I stay with Mingying?”

Xu Huaisong looked at her, his facial expression seemed to ask “You’re asking me. Who should I ask?”

Just as she finally remembered Shen Mingying, Ruan Yu received a call from her.

She picked up the call and heard Shen Mingying ask: “How’s she?”

“She’s alright now.”

“Have you gone home yet?”

“I might not be safe at home so I didn’t go back.”

“Then where are you now? Come to my place, I’ll tell my boyfriend to leave.”

“Ur……” Ruan Yu hesitated. She watched Xu Huaisong pull the bag in her hand away and carry it inside the room. She had no choice but to follow him inside first.

The room door was closed behind her. Shen Mingying acutely picked up the sound of a door closing: “You’ve checked into a hotel?”

“En.” To be exact, she wasn’t the one who checked into the hotel.

Ruan Yu debated in her mind, then moved the phone away from her. She looked at Xu Huaisong who was picking up the kettle: “Maybe I should just go to Mingying’s place?”

Xu Huaisong gave her a glance: “I’ve already driven for a whole night.”

The hidden message was that he was too tired to want to drive again.

He went to boil water after saying so. At the same time, Shen Mingying’s voice burst from the cell phone: “My goodness, a man. Ruan Yu, you’re really something!”

“......”

Ruan Yu hurriedly covered her cell phone and said in a small voice: “It’s not what you think.”

“No, I wish it’s like what I think. Is he the one you had a blind date with? Didn’t you go out for dinner with him earlier?”

Ruan Yu was afraid that if she said “it’s Xu Huaisong” now, Shen Mingying would go crazy and expose her right in front of Xu Huaisong. She could only say: “I’ll explain to you tomorrow.” Then she hung up the phone immediately.

It quieted down inside the room. Ruan Yu stood glued to the spot and carefully looked around.

It was a deluxe suite with a living room and a bedroom. The east side of the living room had an enclosed balcony and a kitchenette. There was even a piano on the balcony. It was basically a small apartment.

It was probably where Xu Huaisong usually stayed when he was back in the country.

Ruan Yu walked over to the kitchenette and said: “I’ll just go downstairs to get a standard room……”

Xu Huaisong squatted down to open the refrigerator and replied: “I’ll go.”

Ruan Yu touched her nose and embarrassingly answered: “Oh. Then, I’ll pay for it.”

Xu Huaisong looked up and gave her a glance, but didn’t respond. He asked instead: “Do you want something to eat? There’s only instant food.”

Ruan Yu then realized that she hadn’t had dinner yet. However, she didn’t have much of an appetite, probably because she’d been hungry for too long. She said: “Anything will do.”

Xu Huaisong took out a box of instant rice and curry and heated it up for her. Then he picked up his laptop and a cat basket.

Ruan Yu noticed the cat basket and looked inside of it. She discovered that there was a small orange cat sleeping inside. Ruan Yu lowered her voice and whispered: “You brought the cat with you.”

Xu Huaisong nodded. He walked over to the door before turning his head to tell Ruan Yu: “The bedding and toiletries are all new. I won’t be sleeping tonight, call me if you need anything.”

Ruan Yu remembered that he had just flown back yesterday and was probably still jet lagged.

Ruan Yu: “En.” After Xu Huaisong left, Ruan Yu ate a few bites before she was too tired to eat anymore. She took a shower and went to bed. But once in bed, she couldn’t fall asleep despite being exhausted.

Actually, she always had little trouble falling asleep in a strange bed.

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