Chapter 156 - 152 Mi Xiao
The afternoon study was dimly lit; the thick blackout curtains were only half-drawn.
Inside, a youth dressed in black sits on the floor, a pen held in his slender fingertips. Upon his knees, a drawing board is placed, with papers densely filled with writing.
His strokes are firm and steady, the writing forceful enough to show through the paper.
Eyes cast down, his thick, long lashes hide all emotions in his tea-colored pupils. When one sheet of paper on the drawing board is filled, he takes another from the side and covers it.
Going around in cycles without a hint of impatience in his expression.
Cui Yu and Mi Xiao peek through the crack of the door, and Mi Xiao, whose eyesight is better than Cui Yu’s, after watching for a while, quietly pulls her aside and whispers, "Auntie, cousin seems to still be working on that problem."
Cui Yu knits her brows, anxiously pacing back and forth in the corridor, "He’s just gotten a bit better, and now he’s not eating and just keeps himself shut in the room working on problems all the time. What should we do?"
Mi Xiao, dizzy from her turning around, grabs Cui Yu, "Auntie, please stop spinning around. Let’s wait a little longer. If cousin really doesn’t come out, we can just go in."
"No, no," Cui Yu quickly waves her hand in refusal. Her expression serious, "Xiao Yan mustn’t be disturbed while solving problems. If he doesn’t come out, then he doesn’t. I’ll just wait for him here."
Mi Xiao looks at Cui Yu with a complex expression, having not imagined before following Cui Yu back that her cousin would be so seriously ill. Nor did she expect that her aunt, a woman so decisive and efficient outside, could be surprisingly amiable and patient in front of her son.
Cui Yu calms down after a while, her expression gradually easing. She pulls Mi Xiao to sit in the living room and inquires about the previous day, "Xiao Xiao, did Xiao Yan go over ’there’ again yesterday?"