Outside Yu Chen's office, his men were like jaded soldiers who finally found the best place to rest.
They had been quite tense since last night because of their boss' unusual actions. Their dear big boss had been so bright and lenient lately so they had kind of become used to his current self. But who would've thought that this man would suddenly switch to his old self out of nowhere?
His dark expression and the coldness in his eyes felt quite unbearable to them even though they had been so used to this mood from him for many years.
"Sigh… I just hope that boss will be back to his usual self once he steps out of this room."
"What are you saying? Big boss is his usual self right now."
"Yeah, this was how he usually was just a month ago."
"Well, you can't blame me. Big boss was such a good boy for more than a month now so his sudden change freaked me out! Ah… I hope Miss Luo can fix this."
"She's the only one who can fix this since I am sure, she's the cause of the boss' mood today. Nobody can change something in him but her after all."
"Ah… I can't believe those two finally had a fight. They've been together for more than a month and this is the first time they fought."
"Ehh? They fought last night? That's why boss is like this?!"
"Idiot, where is your brain? That is quite obvious!"
"Oh no, I hope they stop fighting after this."
"Oh well, you saw his reaction the instant he saw Miss Luo."
"Hey, you guys stop gossiping about your own boss."
"What's wrong? This is not gossip… we're analyzing his situation."
"Analyzing, my ass!"
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Back inside the office…
After Yu Chen ate the food she was offering him, he quickly took the spoon from her hand and then he quietly ate by himself while Luo Xialei rested her chin on her palm as she watched him.
Somehow, the gloomy atmosphere between them just a while ago lightened up, as if a gentle wind blew the looming dark clouds away and the sun was shining again.
Nobody would have thought that she was crying just a moment ago if they saw her expression right now. This man really had an immense power to control her emotion. He could easily make her cry, smile, angry and then laugh again, and often times, he made her feel so emotional like that without even trying.
Seeing her just quietly watching him, Yu Chen stared back at her while slowly chewing the food in his mouth. He could see that her expression had changed. Her eyes were now calm and gentle as she gazed at him and it soothed his anxious heart.
He didn't have any idea on how to coax anyone so he was truly in a panic when she suddenly cried. He didn't know what to even do or say at that time so that was why he was extremely relieved after seeing her expression become a lot better.
"You're not eating." He spoke right after he swallowed the food in his mouth. Luo Xiaolei just smiled.
"Feed me." She replied as she opened her mouth.
Yu Chen froze for a moment. He looked quite shocked again, as if this was something unbelievable to him.
"Ahh…" she demanded and Yu Chen hesitantly scooped some food and deliberately raised the spoon to her mouth. The moment Luo Xiaolei devoured the food in the spoon, Yu Chen seemed to have spaced out a little.
His reaction once again amused Luo Xiaolei. Why was he acting like feeding someone and vice versa was such a shockingly unbelievable task?
"Hey, could it be that this was your very first time feeding someone?" Luo Xiaolei was grinning and the man nodded.
"I have never seen anyone do this kind of thing either."
"Err… what?" Luo Xiaolei blinked in disbelief. "I mean, you've really never seen anyone do this?"
He nodded. Luo Xiaolei looked at him, agape.
"Really? Are you serious? Not even when you were young? I mean, mothers usually feed their children like this when they were sick."
"As far as I can remember, nobody fed me that way before." Yu Chen replied as he simply returned his attention to the food on his plate and continued eating.
Luo Xiaolei's smile completely faded upon hearing him. She remembered that she really didn't know anything about Yu Chen's parents. All she knew about him was that he and his grandfather were the only ones left in their family. She didn't hear anything about his parents not even in rumors.
Thinking about it, Luo Xiaolei realized just how little she knew about him.
Biting her lips, Luo Xiaolei picked a piece of meat with her spoon and lifted it near his mouth again.
Yu Chen was again taken aback. "I'm fine. I –"
Luo Xiaolei insisted. Yu Chen saw that she was no longer smiling so thinking that giving in to her would cheer her up, he ate the food in her spoon.
Their dinner somehow lightened up the mood between them.
Luo Xiaolei had so much fun feeding Yu Chen.
After the man took his medicine, Luo Xiaolei called the men outside to take the utensils away before she went to the comfort room.
She stayed inside looking at her own reflection in the mirror. She looked like she was preparing for something. She heaved three deep long breaths before she finally stepped out of the room.
When she saw Yu Chen, Luo Xiaolei halted. The man was standing right there, facing the glass window, like a perfectly carved statue. His hands were inside his pockets and his gaze was glued into the dark space outside.
He seemed like a lonesome, lonely god, watching over the darkness below him. He seemed lost in thought as he stared past the glass window, seemingly seeing things she couldn't imagine.
Even though she couldn't clearly see his eyes, she could see it in his reflection. His eyes, his expression was again shrouded with a mysterious sadness she couldn't understand. She had felt this before. His eyes were usually enigmatic but she could sometimes hear sadness in his voice, though she didn't know if he could as well.
Luo Xiaolei had shrugged it off plenty of times, thinking that it was just her imagination but seeing him right now, she could no longer convince herself that what she observed was nothing serious nor impossible.
After an immeasurable amount of time, Yu Chen dropped his head into his hand and then, he breathed deeply. He seemed to be wavering again as he had that night when Luo Xiaolei asked him why he approached her during her grandfather's birthday. 'Why are you being like this? What's wrong? Yu Chen, tell me... what are you hiding?'
Luo Xiaolei felt her heart squeezing tight as she watched him and before she knew it, she was already hugging him tightly from behind.