To make He Yu regret - Chapter 28

Jiang Mingzhen didn’t argue with anything, and simply followed the aunt. He Yu turned sideways and quietly opened his eyes to look at her. The hem of her pajamas was not pulled properly, half tucked in her pants and half outside. The slippers… she hadn’t put them on.

“He Yu, what are you doing?” The boy on bed next to him saw him lift the quilt and ran out, that boy tried to stop him. It was too late. He Yu was noticed by the aunt. In the silence of everyone, she looked at the little boy.

“I don’t need a good nap either.” He raised his hand and reported to the aunt. Jiang Mingzhen looked at him weirdly. He Yu, who noticed her gaze, didn’t look back.

“Then will you go to the penalty room too?” The aunt asked tentatively as if she didn’t understand his intentions.

“Yeah.” He consciously lined up behind Jiang Mingzhen. The aunt could only take them both out. The noon sun was the strongest, and it was hot to step on the floor. After the aunt asked them to stand there, she went to the cafeteria to eat. Jiang Mingzhen and He Yu stood an arm’s distance away, and neither of them spoke. In fact, there was a lot to say, but her mouth seemed to be sewn with thread. Jiang Mingzhen sighed deeply, but still couldn’t open her mouth. Finally, it was He Yu who spoke first. 

“Put on shoes,” he said. She glanced at the concrete floor beside her. He took off his shoes and put them there. Jiang Mingzhen didn’t move, and He Yu thought she was the eldest lady again and didn’t want to wear it.

He Kneeled down, grabbed her feet, moved up and put his slippers on. Jiang Mingzhen’s center of gravity was tilted, and she almost fell over. He intended to do the same for the other shoe.

“Wait,” she hurriedly said, “I will wear it myself!” He Yu let go of her ankle.

“Your clothes,” he said in one go, “Pull it down at the back.” 

Jiang Mingzhen turned to look behind her and said, “Yes, I can take care of myself..” She could have alleviated the embarrassment if she didn’t stammer. He Yu turned his head and didn’t look at Jiang Mingzhen again. After that, he regained his silence. Jiang Mingzhen nuanced her mouth and looked down at her feet.

He Yu’s blue slippers were just right for her.

“Isn’t he afraid of his feet feeling hot?” She wondered.

“Hey,” she whispered, “I already know about you.” 

Unexpectedly, He Yu nodded at her and said, “Yes, I am leaving soon.”

“Huh?” Jiang Mingzhen’s eyes widened. It was the first time she heard it: “Are you going?”

“Didn’t you say that you know?” He Yu didn’t expect her to be so surprised: “My father’s matter, his construction company should give some money compensation to us. But they have been dragging it for a long time. Relatives in the village said that their company had recently been doing work again. There are fewer and fewer people there, so they asked my mother to come back as soon as possible and ask what’s going on.”

“Uh, what I know… You want to marry me”

Jiang Mingzhen swallowed the second half of the sentence and focused on what he said, “Then when are you going back?”

Suddenly hearing such big news, she became nervous all over. He Yu didn’t answer her immediately. She got even more anxious.

“My dad’s new restaurant opens on the weekend. You are not coming?”

“I don’t know either.” He was affected by her emotions, and his mood became confused, “Maybe we can, if we leave next week.”

“So fast……”

Jiang Mingzhen’s expression dulled and she kicked He Yu’s slippers against the stones on the ground, with a deep tone of reluctance.

“How long will you be gone for?”

“Not long,” He Yu said, as he watched the little stones she kicked, “I’ll be back when we get the money. A week or two, or a month or two.”

“It’s a long time… One or two months! Can’t Aunt Fan go to ask it alone? Why do you have to go with her?”

She probably didn’t notice it herself but her hands unconsciously pulled his sleeve. He Yu gave her a serious look.

“My mother is a nanny and her job is to take care of others. If my mother is not there, and you all will need to take care of me instead, which is not right.”

In his words, there was a strong dividing line that separated Jiang Mingzen and him. Jiang Mingzhen loosened the grip on his sleeves in despair. 

“Oh, then I will wait for you to come back… I mean, I will wait for Aunt Fan. You know, I want Aunt Fan to feed me.”

“Ok.”