Fei Bai choked for a moment. “Well… thank you, then.”
Grandma glanced at him, got up to tidy up the dishes on the table, then turned and walked towards the kitchen. After a few steps, she turned her head again. “Aren’t you supposed to wash the dishes? Don’t just talk. Take action, huh?”
Upon hearing this, Fei Bai stacked the bowls in front of him and Luo Yusen together. “No, I was just caught off guard by you.”
When he stood up, the hem of his sweater got caught on his belt. Luo Yusen saw it and reached out to fix it for him.
This scene was all seen by Grandma in the kitchen. She looked at her grandson and the guest he brought back thoughtfully, turned the faucet to its maximum, and in the rushing water, she lowered her voice and asked Fei Bai, who had walked over to her, a question.
“Did you break up with Xiao Xu?”
Her expression was calm when she asked, but Fei Bai was startled, and the dishes and chopsticks in his hand fell directly into the sink with clattering sounds.
Grandma misunderstood her grandson’s reaction, and her eyebrows furrowed directly. “What? You haven’t broken up? Are you two-timing now?”
“…Two-timing?” Fei Bai felt that his grandma’s train of thought was too erratic, making it hard for him to keep up. “Who am I two-timing with?”
Grandma subtly tilted her chin backward, indicating Luo Yusen, who was sitting next to the dining table.
If Fei Bai had a bowl in his hand, he would have dropped it again, for sure.
“…No, I’m not with him,” Fei Bai pursed his lips, “but I broke up with Xu Geyang a long time ago. I just didn’t dare to tell you.”
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The secret he had kept from Grandma for so long was now revealed in this unprepared moment. He had expected to see a shocked and disappointed expression on Grandma’s face, feeling like all his efforts had gone to waste. However, Grandma instead relaxed her brows, as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.
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“That’s fine then.” Grandma picked up the dish Fei Bai had dropped into the sink and squeezed in some detergent. “So, are you getting along well with Xiao Luo?”
Fei Bai nervously glanced outside to make sure Luo Yushen wasn’t paying attention to them before he replied, “Getting along well? I’m just tutoring his sister. There’s… nothing else.”
He felt a bit guilty saying the last part, and Grandma reached out to straighten his clothes. “That’s called ‘nothing else’?”
Fei Bai then realized he had grown accustomed to Luo Yusen’s usual gestures, along with the familiarity and ambiguity within them. But he insisted, “He just enjoys helping others.”
Grandma shook her head helplessly. “Feifei, why don’t you just admit it?”
Fei Bai didn’t respond immediately. After a while, he suddenly said, “Grandma, I’m sorry.”
He didn’t explain further, but he knew Grandma would understand.
Sure enough, Grandma paused in her dishwashing with the cloth in her hand, then after a moment, she sighed, “You don’t have to apologize to me. All these years, everything I’ve done wasn’t to make you be with Xu, but just to make you a little happier. As long as you’re happy, then everything this old lady has done is worth it.”
After a pause, she added, “And if you’re not happy, then it means I haven’t done enough. Feifei, you don’t need to feel like you owe me anything.”
Fei Bai came out of the kitchen with red eyes, like a little rabbit. Luo Yusen stood up, his hand halfway up, as he remembered they were still at Fei Bai’s grandmother’s house. He withdrew it and asked him softly, “What’s wrong?”
Fei Bai shook his head, feeling embarrassed to say he was moved to tears by his grandma.
Luo Yusen looked at him for a moment and then said, “Take a nap in the afternoon before tutoring Feifei.”
Fei Bai forced a smile. “No, if I sleep now, I’ll sleep straight until the evening.”
“Then sleep until the evening,” Luo Yusen said.
For some reason, this sentence made Fei Bai silent for a few seconds. Eventually, he lifted his head and said, “It’s okay. Let’s go, Shixiong.”
Luo Feifei was particularly excited to see Fei Bai. She ran over and hugged his leg.
The impact brought by Luo Feifei swayed Fei Bai, and he staggered a bit. He stepped back with his other leg to regain balance and then bent down to pat her shoulder. “Little girl, if you gained a few more pounds, Fei Bai would have broken his bones by now.”
That afternoon, Luo Yusen didn’t have much to do, so he stayed nearby and accompanied them during the class. Fei Bai could feel his gaze lingering on him, which made him inexplicably nervous.
The content Feifei was learning was much more difficult than before. Fei Bai made efforts to help her understand by using some small games. When explaining the concept of “random,” he made a small spinner with several cartoon characters attached to it. Luo Feifei would listen to the story of whichever character the spinner landed on.
Fei Bai knew that Feifei especially liked Peppa Pig, so he intentionally didn’t include it on the spinner, hoping to evenly distribute her interest among the other characters and make it easier for him to teach. However, the reality was that Luo Feifei was equally uninterested in all the characters on the spinner. In the end, it was Luo Yusen who grabbed her hand to get her to spin the spinner.
Feifei spun the spinner too forcefully, causing it to fly off the table and onto the floor. Fei Bai quickly went to pick it up, but when he retrieved it, Feifei refused to touch it again. She poked Luo Yushen’s arm and then pointed at Fei Bai.
“Do you want Fei Bai to spin it for you?” Fei Bai asked.
Feifei nodded and shook her head at the same time, then grabbed Luo Yushen’s hand and handed it to Fei Bai as if giving a gift.
“She wants me to hold your hand,” Luo Yusen said.
Fei Bai let out an “ah,” unsure whether it was appropriate or not. At that moment, Luo Yusen stood behind him and reached out to hold his hand.
The small pointer spun on the colorful cardboard, gradually slowing down until it stopped.
Luo Yusen glanced at it and whispered in Fei Bai’s ear, “It’s Cinderella.”
The warm breath tickled Fei Bai, making him feel a bit uncomfortable. He cleared his throat awkwardly and stiffly said to Feifei, “Then I’ll tell you the story of Cinderella.”
Luo Yusen released Fei Bai’s hand and leaned on the table, listening to Fei Bai’s storytelling with his head lowered.
Feifei had never been interested in princess stories. She started to play on her own after just listening for a while. Fei Bai should have redirected her attention, but the man’s presence beside him made him feel flustered and distracted. He couldn’t recall any of his usual methods for dealing with Feifei. All he could think about was finishing the story quickly and moving on to the next activity.
“Cinderella put on the glass slipper, and the prince believed she was the girl who had fled from the ball. He said… he said…” Fei Bai stuttered, forgetting what the prince had said.
The more he stuttered, the less he could remember. He caught a glimpse of Luo Yusen’s lips curling up slightly, as if he were laughing at him.
Fei Bai, feeling anxious, started to make things up. “He said, ‘I believe in your shoe!’“
Fei Bai : I believe in your shoe!
The shoe : ??? What did I do to deserve your attention?
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