Chapter 1120 Sticky Glances And Cold Wind Blowing
THE first thing Luo Yan did when he walked out of the auditorium was to look around outside and see if Shen Ji Yun was already there. He didn't have to look for long because, with just one glance, he immediately saw the other. And Shen Ji Yun also noticed him just as quick.
The other smiled brightly at him and waved his hand. Luo Yan also automatically raised his hand to wave back. He actually wanted to run forward and just hug the other. But with his family here, particularly his father, he tried his best to hold back.
Speaking of, Luo Wei Tian immediately noticed Luo Yan excitedly waving to someone. When he followed where his son was waving and the first one he saw was his nephew, Bai Ze waving enthusiastically at them.
Actually, when Bai Ze saw Shen Ji Yun waving somewhere with such a happy expression, he immediately found his uncle and cousins walking out of the auditorium. Luo Yan was also waving back at Shen Ji Yun. When he noticed Uncle Tian was about to look over here, he quickly stood up and ran to where Shen Ji Yun was. He stood in front of his friend, covering the other completely, and waved back to his uncle and cousins.
Why did he do all that? It's because with one look at Shen Ji Yun and Luo Yan's expressions while they gazed at each other, one could easily tell that there must be something going on between them.
Since he knew that the two were still hiding their relationship from Uncle Tian, it would be bad if his uncle noticed anything now. No matter how oblivious Uncle Tian might be regarding Luo Yan's romantic relationships, there's no way he wouldn't be at least a little suspicious if he saw Luo Yan and Shen Ji Yun exchanging such sticky glances.
"Ji Yun, man, unless you're advertising that you're Xiao Yan's boyfriend, control your expression a bit," he said to Shen Ji Yun while watching his uncle and cousins walked in this direction.
It seemed that Shen Ji Yun also understood the situation, because he responded, "Thank you."
"See how good of a friend I am?" Bai Ze chuckled, shaking his head. "Just what will you do without me?"
Shen Ji Yun stood on his side and gave him a side-way glance. "Although I'm thankful for your reminder, there's no need to exaggerate that much."
Bai Ze was about to give examples to support his claim, but before he could, his uncle and cousins had already arrived in front of them.
"Ah Ze, how come you're here?" Luo Wei Tian quickly asked with a slightly bewildered expression. "You even brought Xiao Yun with you."
Both Luo Ren and Luo Jin felt that it was actually the other way around, with Shen Ji Yun the one dragging Bai Ze here. They gave Shen Ji Yun a glance. Somehow, they had a bit of an idea how this situation came about.
The other probably planned to use Bai Ze as an excuse as to how he appeared here. With such a method, he would avoid suspicion from their father. Both of them had people they liked, so it's easy to arrive to such a conclusion. Probably because if they were in the same situation, they would have done the same.
But that didn't mean they would sympathize with this guy. The other should just be grateful that they hadn't said anything until now to their father about this.
"Haha... Uncle, why else would we be here? Of course, it's to celebrate Xiao Yan's graduation," Bai Ze answered naturally.
"Then you should have called," Luo Wei Tian said, shaking his head. "Did you go here straight from the airport?"
The problems they encountered while coming here flashed in Bai Ze's mind, but he chose to just laugh it out, not even mentioning that he actually called countless times earlier. "It's because we want it to be a surprise."
"Thank you for coming here, Brother Ze, Brother Ji Yun," Luo Yan said, not only to end that topic but also to show his appreciation. Then he looked at Shen Ji Yun and continued, "I'm really happy that you're here."
Shen Ji Yun almost smiled at that, but he tried hard not to because of Bai Ze's reminder. Still, the corner of his lips slightly turned up. "Congratulations on graduating, Yan Yan."
"Yes, congratulations, Xiao Yan!" Bai Ze quickly added before the two exchanged those sticky glances once again.
That was when Yu Jiao and her mother approached. They separated a bit from the Luo family to take some commemorative photos together.
Seeing them, Luo Yan gently pulled Yu Jiao to introduce her personally to Bai Ze. Although they met in the game, they never met in real life. So, he introduced the two to each other. Of course, he didn't forget to also mention Aunt Xiuying.
"Hello," Yu Jiao said shyly.
Bai Ze could only stare at the other. It's not because of any other thing, just the fact that he wasn't used to seeing the other in a skirt. After all, they only met in the game and the other's game avatar was a male one. So, even if he knew that the other was female, he was still having a kind of dissonance.
"Xiao Ze, don't stare too much. You might make Jiao Jiao uncomfortable."
When Bai Ze heard Luo Ren's voice, he felt cold sweat down his spine for some reason. But when he turned to his older cousin, the other was actually smiling. So he wondered what that was about.
"Sorry, I'm just surprised that Xiao Jiao is actually so pretty in person," he just said just to get over the initial awkwardness.
But just after he said that, he felt like a cold wind just blew. Seriously, was it going to rain? He looked at the glaring sun above. Was it just his imagination? It most likely was.
He just shrugged it off and proceeded to suggest taking commemorative photos.