Chapter 54
"Who's calling?"
Ed's voice came from behind him. After Shi Yu hung up the terminal, he lowered his head and replied, "It was that staff member, Mr. Rona, who asked me some questions."
Rona was very surprised that Shi Yu suddenly returned to the nursing home. He asked Shi Yu many other questions, some of which were difficult for Shi Yu to answer. In order not to cause trouble for Lei Yin, Shi Yu had to bite the bullet and reply that Lei Yin took good care of her in everything and there was nothing missing - it was her own wish to return to the nursing home.
Ed glanced at her, then handed Shi Yu a cup of tea. The warm and gentle aroma of the tea leaves was faintly tinged with a hint of lemon. "Just now, you said, 'Officer Rain will spend one to two hours with you every day,'" he asked. "Is that true?"
...Shi Yu opened her eyes, as if she didn't expect Ed to listen so carefully. For a moment she didn't know how to answer.
Because they spoke on the phone every day, Ed had a little understanding of Rain's busyness from Shi Yu. He pondered for a moment, then looked up at the girl and asked softly and slowly, "Is your return to the nursing home also related to this matter?"
"Ah, no," Shigure denied anxiously, "Because I want to see you guys too."
"But, I also have some feelings..." Her voice gradually faded away.
The boy's emerald eyes were beautiful and lucid beneath his lashes. He continued the girl's words in a calm tone, "Because Officer Ray is so busy, you two haven't been communicating much. You've gradually become confused about how to get along with him, right?"
Shi Yu blinked and stared at him blankly.
This tone of voice made the boy coldly recall what Shi Yu said to him before he came back, "Because I promised, I want to see him" -
Even though he noticed at first that she was emotionally disturbed when she said this, Ed believed her for a moment.
"Well," the young man said without showing any abnormality in his tone, "I believe the problem lies primarily with Officer Rein. He failed to fulfill his duty as your companion. Your emotions are ultimately due to his dereliction of duty."
"But if you're still willing to let him be your guardian, then what you need to do is find a way to communicate with him instead of running away."
escape……?
Shi Yu felt a little confused when he heard what Ed said.
She thought about the reason why she came back - Mr. Rain was very busy and had no time to spend with her. She could understand that, but she wanted to talk to Rain more and more... So, in order to avoid bothering Rain with her gradually emerging and somewhat embarrassing thoughts, she wanted to come back to adjust her mood.
After all, she was going to be living with Rein for a long time, wasn't she? Two days ago, influenced by the events of the exhibition, Shi Yu finally tried to express her desire to communicate more with Rein. It was the time when she made dessert for Rein and he came home late because of work.
Although Rain not only informed Shigure in advance that he would be back late, but also told Shigure about his evaluation of the dessert the next day, but, but... Shigure recalled the complicated feelings he had at that time -
But she waited with her knees hugged under the warm yellow light until eleven o'clock, when she fell asleep in the empty hall and woke up again, and returned to her room alone.
The next morning, I ran down the stairs anxiously, thinking that I could see Lei Yin before he went out, but I didn't expect to see the still silent and quiet villa hall.
...At that time, Shi Yu did feel a little bit wronged.
But it was obvious that Mr. Rain had no choice. He had already done his best within the limited scope. So Shi Yu began to reflect on herself and wondered if she was asking too much of Rain.
She began to feel confused and became more and more silent, not daring to make any requests that would disturb the officer who was extremely busy every day.
Shi Yu remembered both the exhibition incident and that late return very clearly. She was afraid of experiencing the feeling of unfulfilled expectations again, so she would rather stay away from Rain and return to the nursing home to adjust, and she also wanted to suppress the feeling of being close to him... In fact, Ed was right when he said that she was avoiding him.
"You can also choose to end your current adoption relationship with Officer Ryan," Ed said. "You have the right. If you're truly feeling depressed or sad, you might as well make a decision directly."
Shigure: "...Huh? No, it hasn't gotten to that point yet."
Shi Yu was surprised by Ed's suggestion, but she quickly denied it. In her mind, the problem between her and Rain was not that serious.
Ed looked at her quietly for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said nothing.
…
"Hearing this," the general's calm and slow voice came from the terminal, "I can't help but doubt my previous decision. Was entrusting Shigure to you the right choice?"
Lei Yin stood silently in front of the desk, his head lowered, his slightly tense shoulders broad and cold.
"I'm terribly sorry, General," he said, "for not noticing her feelings sooner."
Since Rona already knew about it, it was understandable that he would report his neglect of accompanying Omega to the general. Rain accepted the reprimand from his mentor without any surprise.
"I originally thought you felt sorry for Shigure, and since she was related to your future, you would take good care of her. Now that I think about it, I should have believed it earlier. With your personality, you simply couldn't get along well with a child like that."
The general's gray eyes gazed at the student who had been a constant source of trouble for him since their school days, and he said calmly, "When you go to pick up Shi Yu, based on her attitude, I will reconsider whether you are suitable to continue to be her guardian."
The terminal hung up, but the light-blond young man remained standing.
After a moment, he returned to his desk and continued his unfinished work.
If it wasn't for Rona talking to him - during a break at work, Rein frowned slightly and recalled that when Shi Yu proposed to return to the nursing home, he really didn't consider that it would be directly related to him. Omega attaches great importance to feelings, and he thought Shi Yu just missed his friends.
Lei Yin was so busy in the past few days that he paid little attention to Shi Yu's emotions and changes. Therefore, when the staff member and the general talked to him and emphasized Shi Yu's problem, Lei Yin realized that his behavior was indeed inappropriate towards her.
But at the same time, he also had a hint of confusion in his reflection, which was not revealed on his face.
The officer looked down at the document in his hand with a stern expression. After a moment, he put down the pen and glanced calmly at the interior of the study with his ice-blue eyes.
The light here is good, and the balcony is adjacent to it, and the shadows of flowers sway on the illuminated gray curtains.
Suddenly recalling the plants that Shi Yu had brought to the balcony, Lei Yin was silent for a while, then walked out of the study and came to the balcony.
After their owners left temporarily, these flowers were also well taken care of by robots. They had plenty of sunlight, water, and nutrients, so they could still bloom in a fresh and vibrant manner without any worry.
But Shiyu is different.
He provided the other party with a wealthy living environment, thinking that this was enough. However, when he was too busy to notice, perhaps the changes and problems in Shi Yu had already appeared.
Ray had no experience in getting along with Omegas, and even the few blind dates he had were hastily put on hold due to work. A large part of his carelessness and neglect came from the inertia of his thinking as an Alpha.
——So, he finally began to try to understand that Omegas are very fragile and need to pay attention to their mental state at all times; they are emotionally delicate, and rather than simply satisfying their material needs, they may expect patient and careful companionship.
These were things he had never taken seriously before.
The officer narrowed his blue eyes, lost in thought.
Completely different from Rain, this was a happy holiday for Shigure.
There were no classes and no scolding, and the three relaxing days passed quickly. The day before Shi Yu was going back to Rein's house, he was packing his things at night when he suddenly received a call from Su Su.
"I've prepared some gifts for you, but it's too late now. I can't deliver them," the friend, who also hails from the East, said kindly. "Remember I'll be waiting for you downstairs tomorrow. I'd like to take you to the entrance of the nursing home so we can talk for a while."
"After all, we don't know when you'll come back next time..." she said.
When Susu's voice fell, Ed's eyes glanced over quietly, and then looked away in an instant.
"Okay," Shi Yu comforted her with a smile, "I will come back often, and the next time won't be long."
"Oh, by the way, Ed," Shigure suddenly stopped the boy as he was about to return to his room after packing up his things. He looked him in the eyes seriously and said, "What you said before was very useful to me, so I think I should muster up the courage to talk to Mr. Rein about this issue."
"How should I put it... I think it would be better to communicate more. After all, we will be living together for a long time."
She seemed to have never considered terminating her current adoption relationship with Rain. As if she had already let it go, she thanked him with a clear smile: "Thank you, Ed!"
…Ed lowered his eyes and said softly, "It's up to you."
The next day, Shigure set out to the main gate of the nursing home along with her friends who came to see her off.
When Shi Yu saw Lei Yin in military uniform and his tall and handsome figure from afar, she couldn't help but feel complicated. She hesitated and lagged behind her friends half a step, looking at Lei Yin from a distance.
...looking at each other?
Huh?
"Shigure."
Across the gate of the nursing home, the officer with light blond hair and a noble and aloof demeanor lowered his eyes and said expressionlessly to Susu, who was walking in front of Shi Yu and helping with some luggage, "What happened a few days ago? I haven't thought deeply about your thoughts..."
Su Su looked stunned and pointed at herself in confusion.
Shi Yu suddenly opened his moist eyes wide, froze in place, his face full of disbelief, like a cat that was thrown there unexpectedly, with tears in its eyes and looked pitiful.
Ed watched the scene before him, raised an eyebrow calmly, and turned his gaze to look at her: "Is this Officer Rain," he asked, "...face blind?"
Shi Yu pursed his lips, ran forward without saying a word, and pulled Su Su closer to him.
"Look again, sir—"
In an instant, all the hesitation and entanglement that remained in Shigure's heart towards Raine disappeared.
With a faint sense of grievance and anger, she said to Lei Yin, "I am Shi Yu!"
The author has something to say:
Rain, that's too abominable!!
During the adjustment period of the newlyweds, not only did he bring his sister home in anger, causing his father-in-law to get angry, but when he was picking up his sister to make up for his mistake, he recognized the wrong person because of face blindness. How abominable!
...I'm still joking, please repeat after me, during the period of this adoption relationship, Lei Yin and his sister will not develop any feelings other than family affection (dog head)
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