Chapter 23 He is no different from Yan Yu

Hot tears fell from his eyes, staining the breakfast he was eating, leaving him momentarily stunned. He blinked, his eyes still slightly moist.

"I...I..." Shen Jin reached up and touched his eyes in a daze, only to feel the wetness, which felt cool to the touch. "How could I..."

He couldn't understand why he was crying for no reason. Yan Yu hadn't done anything to him; he'd just forgotten his promise... he'd just been busy... busy buying breakfast for someone else...

He remembers buying breakfast for others, but he can't remember making breakfast for him...

Shen Jin felt as if someone had stepped hard on the softest part of his heart; it hurt terribly, yet he couldn't find a reason, and could only silently endure it...

He tried his best not to think too much, then quickly wiped away his tears, not wanting anyone to see him in this disheveled state, and even more afraid of what would happen if Yan Yu came back and saw him...

But he probably won't come back...

The tears that had just stopped started falling again. He wasn't usually one to cry, because he knew it wouldn't change anything and was futile.

But when it came to Yan Yu, he didn't know what to do... He felt like he had a very beautiful dream, and now that he had woken up, he was very sad and heartbroken.

"It's nothing... It's nothing..." Shen Jin lowered his head even further, scooping up mouthful after mouthful of rice and putting it in his mouth. Rice that he used to be able to eat very sweetly now tasted bitter.

Bai Yujin happened to be at the hospital and saw the person not far away who was eating breakfast with their head down. He thought he was seeing things, so he walked over and said with a smile, "You've come to see your sister again?"

Shen Jin was startled and hurriedly wiped away his tears. In his haste, the food he was holding slipped from his palm and fell to the ground with a "thud," making a mess.

"How could you be so careless?" Bai Yujin exclaimed, quickly walking up to him and teasingly saying, "You can't even get so scared that you drop your food while picking it up, you're too..."

He stopped before he could finish speaking, because he saw Shen Jin raise his eyes, slightly red, with lingering tears in them, looking at him helplessly before staring at the breakfast that had fallen to the ground.

For a moment, Bai Yujin felt that what he had dropped was not a breakfast—his eyes were filled with excessive sadness.

Bai Yujin had never seen him like this before. He was stunned for a moment, staring at him with wide eyes, trying to figure out what was going on. He even stammered, "Wh...what's wrong?"

After knowing each other for a while, Shen Jin went to the Bai family to teach every day and often saw Bai Yujin. The two became quite familiar with each other. As a friend, Shen Jin really liked Bai Yujin's cheerful personality.

Now that he'd seen him in this embarrassing state, he tried to cover it up, but it backfired. He could only manage a smile that was more like a grimace, his voice choked with emotion: "It's all your fault, I... I dropped my breakfast on the floor..."

He wasn't blaming Bai Yujin, but at this point, he couldn't think of anything else to say to get by.

Her mind was filled with sweet images of him and Yan Yu, and then in the blink of an eye, she saw him leaving with that handsome young man in his arms... Her heart ached little by little, and she couldn't stop thinking about him.

Bai Yujin was completely bewildered. Looking at the breakfast on the ground and then at the man staring at him with slightly red eyes, he couldn't help but say, "It's just a lost breakfast. I'll buy you another one."

These words startled Shen Jin, causing his face to drain further of color, and tears welled in his eyes. He blinked a few times and murmured weakly, "What..."

Yes, it's just a simple breakfast, and Yan Yu probably thought so too... It's not like he absolutely had to eat it; he's just being presumptuous and thinking that even a cheap breakfast is precious...

"You...you're right, it's just...breakfast..." Shen Jin gritted his teeth, forcing a smile, and then held back the tears welling up in his eyes. "It's nothing, I don't have to eat it..."

Bai Yujin didn't think much of it and didn't believe that his sadness was because of a breakfast, so he casually said, "Well, get a broom and sweep it up, so the nurse won't nag you when she comes. I'll help you."

Because his sudden appearance startled Shen Jin, the breakfast in his hand fell to the ground. Fortunately, there was a broom and shovel nearby, so he picked them up and gently swept the breakfast clean before throwing it into the nearby trash can.

Shen Jin stared blankly at the breakfast that had fallen to the ground and was easily swept into the trash can, unable to utter a single word.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yujin was puzzled by his stare, and seeing his reddened eyes and somewhat dazed expression, she reached out and gently touched his face, softening her voice a little, "Why are you crying? Did something sad happen?"

His gesture of touching her face startled Shen Jin, who awkwardly pulled her hand away, pursed her thin lips, and forced out two words: "I didn't cry... I won't cry..."

He couldn't cry, because he couldn't find a reason. He wasn't anyone to Yan Yu, just a playmate in his casual flings. But Yan Yu truly cherished only one person from beginning to end...