Ch1.28 - (II) Scared

“But……” Yun Xuan wanted to refute but was immediately shut down by Yan Chen.

“I will contact you if there is anything, go out.”

“Your Highness—”

“Get out.” Yan Chen’s attitude was firm.

Yun Xuan is a golden retriever dog that has been in the palace since birth, and has witnessed Yan Chen’s growth from a small baby to what he is now.

He is the deacon who has been with Yan Chen for the longest time, and Yan Chen is also the prince he has taken care of the longest so he was really saddened by how cruel Yan Chen’s attitude was to him just now.

Some creases began to appear at the end of Yun Xuan’s eyes, and were especially clear when his eyes couldn’t restrain from trembling.

“Then I… I’m leaving, Your Highness, take care of yourself… If–if you encounter any trouble, please be sure to contact me.” His choked up voice moved Yan Chen’s emotions, making his brows cross together.

Yan Chen turned his back to him, put the paper bag in his hand on the table, then slowly took out the contents of the bag one by one, and replied indifferently,

“En…”

There was a long silence behind him, and when he took out the last item in the bag, there was finally a sound.

[Step! Step! Step! Step!]

The sound of every footstep that Yun Xuan took pierced into Yan Chen’s ears precisely, the rhythm of the steps were very slow. And a few seconds after, the door behind him finally closed and the silence inside the apartment resumed.

Yan Chen’s movements stopped abruptly, the pear fruit in his hand fell off and fell to the edge of the cooking table, and slowly rolled and fell to the ground.

Yan Chen was stunned for a while, then bent down and picked it up.

He saw that the side of the fruit was damaged, and there were tiny cracks on the sunken edge, and some juice was squeezed out.

He stared quietly at the fruit in his hand, and suddenly felt a little weak in his legs.

He leaned on the edge of the table and slowly sat down on the floor, lowering his head and burying his face into his knees.

…

The soft glowing light of the sun outside the window slowly dyed most of the sky, as the sun started to descend from the horizon.

And Rong Jun who was sitting barefoot on the living room carpet sorting out the course content of his books, suddenly noticed that the color of the book he was holding was slowly being covered with a faint orange light.

He glanced out of the window, picked up his phone and checked the time, not quite sure when Yan Chen would call, he was going to turn on the light first and wait, however, just as Rong Jun got up halfway, the phone in his hand vibrated.

Rong Jun limply sat down on the sofa beside him, his legs cramping from how long he was squatting down, and answered the call.

“Hello?”

“Dinner is ready. I’m in room 1201.” Yan Chen said on the phone, his voice softening with each word he spoke.

“Okay. I’m coming.” Rong Jun replied curtly, and put down his phone, went to the dressing room in his bedroom, and changed out of the loose pajamas he wore at home.

Afterwards, he combed his hair a little bit, turned his face in front of the mirror to check his posture, and finally tilted his chin and nodded his head twice with a satisfied smile.

“En, not bad.” Rong Jun smiled, praising himself.

…

Yan Chen ran to the porch to wait for him after making the phone call, and stood patiently in front of the door, listening intently to the movement outside with his wolf ears that’s eagerly wiggling on top of his head.

There is only one floor separating Rong Jun and Yan Chen’s apartment.

Yan Chen is on the twelfth floor, while Rong Jun is on the tenth floor, so when the elevator stops on the tenth floor, Yan Chen can hear the sound of ‘ding’ clearly even if it was far from where he was, thanks to his amazing hearing.

Following the sound, he was able to grasp Rong Jun’s movements step by step, as if he could see Rong Jun enter the elevator, and press the button to the 12th floor.

And the moment Rong Jun came out of the elevator, his two ears trembled back and forth in unison with Rong Jun’s footsteps, and then he counted his steps, comparing the number of steps that he took many times before, and began to count down, his heart racing from excitement.

“5…4…3…2…1…” Yan Chen quickly put away his wolf ears at the last moment, and the moment he said ‘0’ in his heart, the doorbell rang at the exact same time.

He quickly opened the door and saw Rong Jun who greeted him with a warm smile.

This was what Yan Chen had always dreamed of. Him opening the door for Rong Jun everytime he comes back, and telling him ‘welcome’ as they sit down and eat happily together.

He wasn’t able to fulfill that dream of his in his last life, but now, everything changed. And he will make sure that everything will go as he planned.

He will get Rong Jun to love him again!