953: LUO REN'S DILEMMA

LUO REN'S DILEMMA

LUO REN was walking back and forth inside his hotel room. He was currently on a business trip at H City. It was for a land auction. The auction should have taken place the day before yesterday but because of some problems that unexpectedly happened, it was delayed to tomorrow night. Because of that, he was still here instead of being back at S City.  2

He had been here at H City for more than a week now. Because of how important this auction was, he had to prepare and go here a week before the auction. He had already prepared everything. All he had to do next was to attend the auction and then go home. But his schedule was completely disrupted because of that delay.

And as if the universe was against him, his secretary couldn't avail any flight set for tomorrow night. So, he couldn't return home as soon as the auction ended. Which meant he could only return the next morning – exactly a day before Yu Jiao's birthday.

Luo Ren stopped walking and let out a heavy sigh. 

From what he heard from Luo Yan, Yu Jiao would be having a special dinner at her and her mother's apartment on her birthday. When he left S City, he thought he would have enough time to go back and subtly 'convince' the other into inviting him into that dinner. 

Knowing Yu Jiao, she would probably not invite him, thinking that he would be too busy to come. Since her birthday was during the weekday, she might think that it might be a bother for him, a working adult, to go there. Which would never be the case, by the way. But, of course, Yu Jiao would think differently than him. 

That side of her was frustrating, and also, at the same time, adorable. Because it showed just how thoughtful and caring person she was. 

Anyway, the main problem here was the fact that he would return the day before Yu Jiao's birthday. Even after he got back, he still have to return to the company to give his report to his father. And since Yu Jiao was in school, the only time he could go and talk to her would be in the late afternoon.

Even if he went there, what would he say? 'Hi, I also want to go to that special dinner to celebrate your birthday.' If so, then he should have just sent her a message or even call her or something. The reason why he didn't was the same one as why he couldn't just go up to her and tell her that he wanted to attend that birthday dinner.

It's because he didn't want Yu Jiao to think suspiciously of him. If he made it too obvious that he was paying attention to her, she would definitely have her guard up against him. After all, they weren't yet at the stage where the other could truly feel comfortable around him.

Yes, there had been a lot of improvements since the two of them met. But it's almost like baby steps improvement. If he suddenly took a leap now, he might just scare her away. From the start, when he realized his feelings for her, he knew that he had to take things slow. 

But sometimes, like now, he really just wanted to bulldoze through everything and directly tell her how he felt for her. His heart wanted to do just that but his brain knew that he couldn't. That's why he could still control himself like this. 

Luo Ren let out another sigh. 

Really, sometimes he wondered what would it be like if he and Yu Jiao were of the same age. He could probably express his feelings more. At least more than he could have now. 

Although a five year age gap wasn't really that big in the grand scheme of things, the real problem here was Yu Jiao being a teenager. Even if she would soon turn 18, it would still look like he was being a cradle robber. Especially since he would also turn 23 the month after. 

Still, despite this, little headache of a problem, he wouldn't exchange these feelings he had for her for anything in the world. The fact that he was able to meet and consequently fell for her was one of the best thing that could happen to him. So, feeling these frustrations was nothing compared to it. 

Luo Ren stopped walking back and forth and just sat down. Well, at least, he already had a gift prepared for her, so he didn't have to worry about that.

Minutes passed and no matter how much he thought about it, there's really one solution to his problem – to ask Luo Yan for help. 

He took out his phone and started dialing his brother's number.

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Luo Yan just removed the VR helmet he's wearing and carefully put it on his bedside table. Their team just finished training. That's what they had been doing since the year started. It's not really that much since they only had this whole month to train their team work properly. So, it's just right to get the most out of it.

He was about to do skincare and then get ready to sleep when he saw his phone vibrating non-stop. He was about to pick it up when it stopped. He picked it up and his eyes widened when he saw the number of missed calls on his phone screen. And they were all from the same person.

He quickly dialed back the number, not waiting for the other to call him again. The second he did, the call was quickly answered. 

"Brother, what's wrong? Why did you call so many times? Did you encounter some problems over there? Are you alright?"

The non-stop question made Luo Ren on the other side of the phone smile unknowingly. "No, nothing happened. But in my perspective, it could probably be considered as an emergency."

"What is it?" Luo Yan asked, confused.

"Well, hmm, can you somehow convince Jiao Jiao to invite me to her birthday dinner?"

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