Cheng Yao paused and said, “You heartless punk. It’s just a bowl of soup, you can’t bear to part with it?”
Zhou Yao said no more and made another bowl.
Cheng Yao walked out of his dorm with a gloomy expression. Out of habit, he wanted to touch the necklace on his chest, but he couldn’t feel anything.
He laughed self-deprecatingly. It had been so many years. What was he hoping for?
She might even have children already.
…
He had just taken two steps when he saw Xiao Ying pacing outside.
Cheng Yao stopped in his tracks and Xiao Ying happened to look over.
It was impossible to hide now. She could only greet him.
After Cheng Yao left yesterday, she had felt worried. Initially, she thought that after she left, Zhou Yao would slowly let go.
Now it seemed that it was definitely not the case. Otherwise, Cheng Yao would not have come to look for her.
Cheng Yao and Xiao Ying were walking on a small path. He said, “He drinks a lot every night and then works in the lab in the morning as if nothing has happened. It’s been half a month.”
Half a month…
That was when she returned.
Cheng Yao quickly said, “Don’t think too much. The few days before you came back, he was always in a daze and couldn’t even do any research. He kept making mistakes and was temporarily suspended by Elder Zheng.”
Xiao Ying lowered her head with a gloomy expression.
She said, “How do you want me to help him?”
Cheng Yao sighed and said, “I don’t know. No one can help him with this.”
“Be careful!”
Suddenly, a child charged straight at Xiao Ying with a skateboard.
Xiao Ying was stopped by Cheng Yao in time.
The child stopped and apologized repeatedly.
Seeing that he was polite, Xiao Ying smiled and said that it was alright.
The person beside her suddenly became quiet. Xiao Ying turned to look and saw that Cheng Yao was staring at the necklace on the ground.
Xiao Ying quickly picked it up. This necklace was the one that Cheng Ya had given her.
Fortunately, she hadn’t lost it.
Cheng Yao suddenly asked, “Is this necklace yours?”
She felt that his voice was a little strange, but she did not mind and nodded.
Cheng Yao suddenly grabbed her shoulder anxiously and said, “What’s the relationship between you and the owner of this necklace?”
Xiao Ying asked curiously, “You know Cheng Ya?”
Cheng Yao’s expression changed when he heard this name.
His face flushed red. “Is—is she okay?”
Xiao Ying frowned and said, “Academician Cheng, you’re hurting me.”
Only then did Cheng Yao quickly let go and calm down. “I’m sorry. I was too agitated just now. Tell me quickly. Is she okay?”
Xiao Ying frowned as she looked at him and said, “No.”
Cheng Yao was stunned and became even more anxious. He said, “Why not? Is it her… Is her family bad to her, or is it her body, or…”
“Academician Cheng, what’s your relationship with her? Your name is similar to hers.”
Cheng Ya, Cheng Yao.
Cheng Yao paused. He opened his mouth a few times but did not know how to explain their relationship.
However, his gaze turned even more anxious as his hands moved around uneasily.
Xiao Ying could not bear to see him like this. She sighed and said, “She’s fine. She’s just in a bad mood recently.”
As for slitting her wrists and attempting to commit suicide, she did not know their relationship, so it was difficult for her to tell him such private matters.
Cheng Yao gradually calmed down and asked with a gloomy expression, “She gave you this necklace?”
Xiao Ying subconsciously nodded.
Cheng Yao smiled palely and waved his hand. “Don’t tell her that you’ve seen me.”
With that, he left.
His usually straight back suddenly became a little stooped, as if he had suddenly aged ten years.
Xiao Ying looked at him thoughtfully.
Sister Cheng Ya was around 40 years old, while Academician Cheng Yao was around 50 years old.
Could the “he” mentioned by Sister Cheng Ya be Academician Cheng Yao?
Xiao Ying was a little shocked by this speculation, but she also had many suspicious points.