The next morning, when Ye Yuning got up, Xiao Linye had already prepared breakfast.
In the days they had been living together, he was always the one up earlier.
It was rare for them to actually have breakfast together.
It seed the socializing last night had been particularly tough; otherwise, such self-discipline from him was truly uncommon.
Upon seeing her, Xiao Linye instinctively checked his wristwatch. "Your studio starts work quite late?"
"Not really late, right? Nine o’clock."
Xiao Linye was silent. He didn’t ntion that Xiao Corporation started work half an hour earlier.
No wonder she was never up when breakfast had been ready on previous occasions.
Ye Yuning first drank a glass of warm water and asked Xiao Linye, "Are you feeling unwell now?"
Her sudden question made Xiao Linye freeze for a mont.
It took him two seconds to realize she was asking about the hangover.
The taste of the orange from last night was very sweet.
To be honest, after all her efforts last night, he didn’t feel the usual discomfort that often ca the day after such social engagents.
"I’m not feeling unwell. Thanks for last night."
"You’re welco," Ye Yuning responded with a sweet smile.
These past few days living here, Xiao Linye had been the one making all sorts of delicious food, which made her feel completely useless.
Now, it seed she wasn’t entirely without rit after all.
Xiao Linye ate his breakfast elegantly, and the sight of him significantly whetted Ye Yuning’s appetite.
She wasn’t the type of shallow woman who would typically fawn over a handso man.
But at this mont, she felt that being a little shallow could also be quite enjoyable.
Her gaze was so intense that Xiao Linye frowned at her. "What are you staring at?"
"You look good!"
What she was thinking just slipped right out.
Instantly, a thick sense of awkwardness filled the air.
Ye Yuning also realized what she had just said; she suddenly choked on her saliva and started coughing desperately.
Honestly, one really had to stay focused. If one wasn’t careful, any embarrassing thought could just slip out.
The man across from her handed her a glass of water. Ye Yuning took it and gulped down two mouthfuls before she recovered.
"I, um..."
At that mont, her small hands felt so awkward she could have crushed the cup.
Yet, Xiao Linye acted as if nothing had happened, as if he hadn’t heard a thing.
Leaving Ye Yuning to stew in her embarrassnt alone!
However, despite this awkward atmosphere, Xiao Linye asked with a serious expression, "So, you’re saying you’ve felt pretty good these past few days?"
...Was now really the ti to ask that question?
The little bit of boldness she had mustered monts before was completely washed away by embarrassnt.
With a tense little face, she nodded. "I, I should be fine! But you might have a problem."
Xiao Linye asked, "?"
"Yeah, your dad seems to really dislike ."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Linye paused, his hand holding the milk glass still.
Seeing her unease, he smiled. "It’s not that he dislikes you."
"I could feel it, he was very unhappy!" Ye Yuning emphasized.
At the ti, all his displeasure was written plainly on his face.
Anyone who wasn’t a fool would know that their first eting had been very unpleasant.
Xiao Linye nodded. "Indeed, he was unhappy. Don’t you know why he was unhappy?"
"Why?"
"You called him old!"
Ye Yuning was speechless. Seriously, was that really the reason? It seed that really was the reason! When they had just t, before he even said anything, she had mistaken him for a grandfather or even a great-grandfather!
She had always thought only won were sensitive about their age.
Now it seed n also had their own age-related anxieties.
Speaking of this, Ye Yuning’s small face crumpled. "I really didn’t an to."
Xiao Linye said nothing.
"But at the ti, he was..." She quickly stopped herself, realizing what she was about to say.
Seriously, when had her little mouth beco so incapable of saying the right thing? Or was it that good looks were truly a distraction? At least in her work, she had never made such mortifying blunders.
Xiao Linye, sensing her unease, spoke in an even gentler tone, "Don’t bla yourself. Whenever we go out together, everyone assus the sa thing, right?"
"Exactly, right? I was thinking my judgnt couldn’t be that off."
So, it turned out she wasn’t the only one with the issue.
Hearing this, Ye Yuning didn’t feel quite so bad anymore.
Heaven only knew how much she had agonized over this in her heart these past few days, outside of work.
Even though Xiao Linye kept saying it was fine, she couldn’t help but feel guilty.
Even Tang Xi had said she’d thoroughly offended the man at their very first eting.
Her sincere and honest look made Xiao Linye’s gaze deepen as he watched her.
He nodded, his tone sowhat inscrutable. "He is indeed not young anymore."
"Yeah, so how old is he exactly?"
"He’s already eighty."
Already... eighty?
Ye Yuning was stunned!
She stared at Xiao Linye, taking a long mont to process it.
Xiao Linye’s father was eighty...! She rembered when she was engaged to Xiao Shuo, his grandfather hadn’t even been that old, only in his seventies!
Seeing her struggling to comprehend, Xiao Linye chuckled softly. "Quite unbelievable, isn’t it?"
"It’s absolutely unbelievable! How old was he when he had you?"
"In his early fifties. By the way, there’s sothing I haven’t told you."
"What?"
What else was there?
The news about his father was already too much for Ye Yuning to take in.
Xiao Linye said, "The age on my ID card is two years younger than my actual age."
"So, you’re actually thirty?"
"Yes," Xiao Linye nodded.
Ye Yuning was speechless.
A two-year difference wasn’t huge, but it depended on how you looked at it!
If one went by twenty-eight, the age gap between them wasn’t that large. But if it was thirty, then the difference felt quite a bit more significant.
Reviews
All reviews (0)