Chapter 508 - NOT A 'TROUBLE'

LUO YAN happily walked to the parking lot together with his brother and Yu Jiao.  With the way he was almost skipping, one could see that he was indeed in a very good mood right now.

Luo Jin stared at the back of his brother and felt a bit complicated.  Looking at how happy he was, one would think that he just won the lottery or something.  No, maybe the more accurate analogy was him winning a fight.  In this scenario, that's was indeed the case. 

Didn't he just win that battle against Yu Jiao's stepsister?  And quite brilliantly too.  No, he probably shouldn't refer to that as a 'battle' but rather a one-sided assault.  That girl didn't even have time to fight back.  She simply got decimated. 

But he still wanted to make sure if he was right on his guess that everything that happened just now was planned by Luo Yan.  So, he asked;

"Yan, you, you were acting just now, am I right?"

Luo Yan stopped walking and turned around.  Then he acted as if he was hurt by what Luo Jin said.  "Ah Jin, how can you say that to your brother?  I was really pushed by her, you know?"

Yup.  Definitely acting.  – Luo Jin thought.

Times like this, he truly believed what Luo Yan said about him not being a child but someone of his age.  Because, certainly, no child could have done the things he just did earlier. 

Yu Jiao looked back and forth between the two brothers.  When Luo Jin asked if Luo Yan was just acting earlier, she finally understood why she felt weird earlier while watching him.  That dissonance she felt was because the way Luo Yan was acting was not in line with the tough Luo Yan that she was used to. 

So, if he was acting, then wouldn't that mean that he really did fall on purpose?

"Yan Yan, that was dangerous!"  That was her immediate reaction.  "What if you really got hurt?"

If she knew that he would do that just so he could handle the matter regarding Mo Jian, she wouldn't have agreed.  Although Luo Yan was very strong mentally, his body still hadn't recovered from his seven-year coma.  Being hurt in the game was fine since that didn't really count as being 'hurt'.  But if it happened it reality, then that's another matter altogether.

When Yu Jiao mentioned that, Luo Jin had almost forgotten about it.  Probably because of the fact that Luo Yan acting out all that was more shocking that the fall itself. But he still didn't forget to scold Luo Yan.

"Yan, she's right.  You could have done all that without putting yourself in harm's way."

Luo Yan almost laughed.  Because the way the two were talking, it's as if he tried to stand in front of a moving car or something. 

"It's fine.  I didn't really fall, I just acted like I did.  So, it didn't really hurt me or anything," he said, assuring the two.

Both Luo Jin and Yu Jiao were speechless when they heard that.  So, even that fall was acted out?  The two felt that Luo Yan might truly have a talent to be an actor.

"Besides, all of this was Ah Jin's fault," he added.

"Me?" Luo Jin asked, pointing at himself and looking totally confused.

"Yes.  It's because our Ah Jin is so handsome that he attracts all kinds of bees and butterflies.  Even the poisonous kind," Luo Yan answered, teasing his younger brother.

Luo Jin's face turned red in embarrassment.  He almost forgot what Luo Yan said earlier about that girl being interested in him.  He thought that his brother was just saying those stuff to humiliate the girl.  But based on this teasing, that girl might actually be really interested in her.  Not that it mattered.  Because there's no way he would return the sentiments.  Especially after knowing what kind of girl she was.

"What nonsense?" he huffed and puffed before walking past Luo Yan.

Luo Yan chuckled seeing his younger brother hurried away.

Yu Jiao walked beside Luo Yan.  "Yan Yan, I haven't said this yet but, thank you, for what you did earlier.  For going to all that… trouble just for me.  I- I really appreciate it."

"What trouble?  Helping out a friend should never be considered a 'trouble'," Luo Yan said, smiling at Yu Jiao.  "Besides, I told you I would handle her, so, I did.  I hope you don't think I'm too much."

It was indeed a bit over the top – Yu Jiao thought.  She had never been a vengeful person.  Getting back at Mo Jian had never even crossed her mind.  She just wanted to have the courage and the strength to stand for herself.  Just like what she did early this morning.  But that didn't mean that she did not appreciate what Luo Yan did for her.

That was probably the first time that someone other than her mother stood up for her.  Getting angry for her and trying to protect her.  How could she tell him that it was too much when he did it all for her sake?

"No, it was fine," she could only say.

"Jiao Jiao, if your stepsister tries to bother you again, don't hesitate to ask for help," Luo Yan then said, his expression full of seriousness.  "It's okay to face some things alone.  But sometimes, asking for help isn't a bad idea either.  Especially if you're up against someone who wouldn't hesitate to hurt you if given the chance."

Even though he still didn't know the full situation of Yu Jiao's family, he understood that that Mo Jian wasn't really good to Yu Jiao.  He could even see that she was malicious towards her.  It might be because they were stepsisters or maybe Mo Jian was just simply mean. 

Anyway, that girl was certainly the type who wouldn't take this humiliation lying down.  And since she couldn't retaliate against Luo Yan, considering that his family had a higher status that hers, she could only retaliate against Yu Jiao.  Of course, he couldn't let that happen.

Yu Jiao almost said that she didn't want to trouble Luo Yan.  But then she remembered what he said earlier about helping a friend should never be considered as that. 

So, she gazed down at her friend and said, "Okay."