Su Yan halted his pace and turned his head to look at her.
In the dimly lit corridor, he lowered his head, she raised hers, and their eyes t. Amid the silence, the motion-sensor light went out.
Clutching her shimring eyes in the dark, Su Yan said with a tone neither warm nor cold, "What would you do if it was you?"
She was startled, a question she had never contemplated before.
There had never been a girlfriend by Uncle’s side, and she had taken his company for granted, thinking it would always be there.
It was only at this mont that she suddenly realized, Uncle was in his twenties, he might find a woman, have children, and perhaps her presence was sowhat superfluous?
If there were other won by his side, would she then be driven away?
As these thoughts filled her head, her eyes couldn’t help but moisten, and then with a choked voice she said, "...I don’t want you to get a girlfriend."
Knowing such a request was selfish and unreasonable, she said it without confidence, her tone tinged with a hint of pleading.
Looking at her, Su Yan didn’t know whether to feel happy or worried about her reaction.
She couldn’t do without him, but that dependence seed to be rely a long-standing habit, simply being used to having him around, just not wanting soone who had been with her for so long to suddenly leave, just... seeing him as Uncle.
But not the love between a man and a woman...
Seeing that Su Yan remained silent, Su Zhen, uneasy, started to cry, then walked over and took his hand, saying, "I no longer like Xiao Shi... Can you not be with her, please?"
Su Yan just let her hold his hand without reciprocating, and asked indifferently, "What about after that?"
Su Zhen’s hand slowly dropped, and her head followed suit.
What about after that?
Without Xiao Shi, there would still be other won.
Su Yan had wanted to force her to give an answer, but seeing her lost and tearful, he couldn’t bear it.
He took her hand, pulled out his keys, opened the door to lead her in, turned on the entryway light, brought out her slippers, and placed them at her feet.
But she remained motionless.
Turning to look at her, Su Yan saw her crying, so heartbroken. As soon as their eyes t, she plunged into his arms, hugging him tightly, her tears flowing, and she sobbed, "Uncle... will you abandon ..."
With a barely audible sigh, Su Yan embraced her.
Shen Yian, how can you be so selfish? Only wanting to reserve the spot by my side, yet you refuse to take a step forward...
That night, she cried herself to sleep while he did not hold her in his arms to console her.
He only tucked her in, turned off the room light, and then left.
After the door closed, Su Zhen turned to look at the pitch-black room, clutched the quilt tightly, her tears dampening the pillowcase...
In their separate rooms, both were tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep for the most of the night.
Suddenly, Su Zhen threw back the covers, clutching her pillow, stepped out of bed, left her room, and stood by Su Yan’s door.
Inside, Su Yan heard the sound of her door opening and just listened to the noises outside.
Having had her door open for a good while without knocking on his, was she going out to get so water?
He rembered, he had forgotten to leave a water cup for her that night.
As he wondered, a noise ca from his own door.
The lock was slowly turned, the door gently cracked open, and a small head peeked in.
Seeing his eyes open in the dark, she pushed the door open, turned to close it, and headed towards him, hugging her pillow.
Su Yan just silently watched her. Neither of them spoke as she ca over to stand by the bed, looking at him with pitiful eyes, "I want to sleep with you..."
Su Yan made no move, simply gazing at her.
Since she turned fourteen and her body [began] [to develop], he stopped going to her room to sleep with her.
But sotis she would co to his bed with her pillow, especially in winter.
Now deep into autumn, the nights were sowhat chilly. Seeing her bare feet, Su Yan shifted a bit inside, so she placed her pillow beside him and slipped under his quilt.
Properly lying down, she turned her head to ask him the question that had been echoing all along, "Uncle, do you like Xiao Shi?"
"I don’t," Su Yan answered without hesitation.
Su Zhen imdiately let out a sigh of relief.
"Then... do you have a girl you like?"
Su Yan glanced at her and said, "No."
She was so naive, she’d never guess the one he liked was her.
If he said he did, she would keep asking who the person was and naturally, he wouldn’t tell, and it would make her sullen again.
Hearing his response, Su Zhen turned around to hug him, burying her face in the quilt before she secretly smiled.
Luckily not, at least for now she wouldn’t leave him.
It also gave her more ti to adapt to his departure.
This matter didn’t trouble the two of them for long, and what Su Yan was thankful for, was that after this matter, Su Zhen grew noticeably more distant from Tang Moshu.
But between them, there were still small changes; Su Zhen seed not to depend on him as much as before, seemingly learning to live on her own...
Like letting him not pick her up from school, making her own snack in the kitchen when hungry at night, always complaining it tasted awful, but not nagging him to help her make it.
Howork was rarely brought to him anymore; she called classmates instead.
After that night, she never ran to his room to sleep with him again.
She washed her own clothes, tidied her own room, and stopped rehearsing scripts with him, basically taking care of her own affairs.
Watching her changes, Su Yan didn’t indulge her as before, letting her do nothing.
It seed like she was practicing living without him, and he had never planned to leave her.
Only thought that, if she learned so more housework, when they lived together later, he could still boss her around.
But before long, Su Yan noticed sothing amiss.
Her phone was no longer used for gaming, but it was constantly used for chatting, and she even laughed while chatting, as if hiding sothing from him.
The shy smile on her face and her unusual behavior made him vaguely realize sothing...
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