If You Are a Dodder Flower

Part 12

It had almost been half a month since Xia Rou's arrival to the Cao Family. Cao Yang always liked to see her when he returned home.

Whenever he saw her, she would always be spaced out or deep in thought. The moment her eyes first saw him when she raised her head, those somber eyes would immediately reveal her happiness.

Cao Yang was already in his thirties, and he had met countless people throughout his life. He could easily tell from the look in this young girl's eyes the joy and closeness he could see was really from her heart.

It wasn't fake. Translated by The Novelst

No matter who it was, if they saw a pretty, quiet girl sincerely feeling close to them, nobody could really resist liking her.

"What delicious food did Old Zheng cook that had you eat so much?" Cao Yang teased her. He disliked that Xia Rou ate very little, her body was too skinny.

Xia Rou pursed her lips, then smiled.

"None of you were around tonight, it wasn't any fun for me to eat alone. I had dinner at the side building with everyone else. It's much more lively with more people, so I accidentally ate too much." Getting into the topic, she took the opportunity and asked: "Brother Cao Yang, I think if nobody is around next time, I want to go and eat in the side building. Lady Fang and Uncle Zheng told me that they can't decide this, so what do you think?"

She thought with Cao Yang's temper, he would definitely agree. But she didn't expect to see Cao Yang remain silent for a long moment before rejecting her suggestion.

"It doesn't look good," he said. "Nevermind this."

Xia Rou was surprised.

Cao Yang saw her expression, but didn't give any explanation, only saying: "I'm tired today, I'll explain to you next time. Let me park the car first."

Xia Rou took a step back. Cao Yang changed the gears and drove out a meter, before stopping the car again.

"Xia Rou." He stretched out his head from the window.

Xia Rou walked to him.

"Wake up early tomorrow. I'll bring you for a morning run. We'll leave early when the sun isn't out so you won't get tan." Cao Yang smiled, releasing the brakes and driving the car into the garage.

Xia Rou continued to walk slowly to promote her digestion.

However, in the distance she barely managed to see a figure with a curvy body rush out from the side building, ultimately failing to catch up. Cao Yang had already entered the main building.

That figure stood there for a while, then turned back to the side building with disappointment.

Xia Rou stood from her far-off distance, and hear heart seemed to be enlightened.

As though she could see through a layer of a web.

She looked back at the main building, seeing the light blink on in Cao Yang's room.

Looking through the huge window pane, she could only see a thick curtain, the color deep and elegant.

Thinking back to why Cao Yang had rejected her suggestion, it didn't seem hard to understand.

Cao Yang of course knew how to respect other people, but it didn't erase the fact that he was born to a powerful family, standing above many people since he was young. He and the people who shared that class with him had a strong class consciousness compared to normal people.

Deep in his heart, he didn't see the people who served the Cao Family as the same as him.

Actually, that sort of class consciousness wasn't needed on her part, Xia Rou thought.