Luan Yan got used to the island life. She liked the local customs and made new friends. There was her favorite coconut cake. The people in the old street were also very friendly to her. She felt unprecedented ease and happiness here.
Perhaps she was too happy. Lu Sheng heard the little girl humming a song while playing the wind chimes in the kitchen. The crisp and loud bells matched her pleasant voice. The pale words of praise could not explain it at all. It was a beauty that could not be expressed in words, at least in Lu Sheng's heart.
Lu Sheng chuckled and walked to her door. The door was half-open. He knocked on the door and said, "It's time for dinner."
Luan Yan's humming stopped abruptly, and the heat of embarrassment immediately burned on her face. She was too proud and forgot how poor the sound insulation of this house was!
Luan Yan walked to the dining table with her head down, sat opposite Lu Sheng, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Lu Sheng... I disturbed your ears."
"It sounds good."
Lu Sheng didn't say much, just three words, and Luan Yan's eyes lit up all of a sudden. She pursed her lips and blinked, saying: "No one has ever praised me for my good voice before. My mother said that my voice is not good..."
Luan Yan said it lightly. Luan Suqing's criticism of her was more than "not good". In her mother's eyes, she was a useless person. She laughed at her when she played the piano and belittled her when she sang. If it weren't for her grandmother's last wish, Luan Suqing would never let her get in touch with music. The most common thing Luan Suqing said was "People like you will never have any future."
As a result, Luan Yan had no confidence in herself. She didn't dare to sing in front of people, including Luan Ran. From childhood to adulthood, others praised her for her beauty, but no one said that she had a good voice.
Lu Sheng emphasized his tone and repeated, "It sounds good."
He didn't give her a long speech of praise, nor did he explain anything to her. He just said a few ordinary words in the most sincere tone, which made people believe that what he said was true, giving Luan Yan great confidence.
Luan Yan couldn't hide her happiness in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. Her eyes were like the brightest stars in the night sky of the island. She said shyly, "Lu Sheng is also very good at painting, and his cooking
is delicious..." The little girl had a smart-looking face, but she was innocent and sweet at heart.
"My mother is an oil painter, and I learned to cook from my father. He once opened a braised food restaurant in the old street."
Luan Yan had heard these things from Fatty Monkey, but this time Lu Sheng told her in person, and the meaning was completely different.
Luan Yan suddenly felt that something between her and Lu Sheng was gradually changing and intensifying.
Luan Yan smiled happily, and said with a smile: "I also learned to paint when I was a child, but after a few days of learning, I felt it was too difficult. Lu Sheng, you are really good. I don't know what you can do."
Lu Sheng coughed to cover up: "Eat."
Luan Yan smiled even more happily. Such Lu Sheng was serious and cute~
Lu Sheng didn't know that he had such a positive image in Luan Yan's heart. How could she understand how many improper thoughts he had about her.
After dinner, Lu Sheng changed his clothes and took the lunch box and went out again. Luan Yan knew that he went to the hospital and stayed there every night. She didn't ask much, and the two of them went to the hospital. PleaseLiving under the same roof in such a tacit understanding.
Luan Yan not only got used to it, she also liked this kind of life very much. She put the dishes washed by Lu Sheng into the cupboard and took out the rag to wipe the table very naturally. Here she was not a pampered young lady. She almost regarded Lu Sheng's home as her own home.
So when Luan Ran called to ask her when she was going to go home, Luan Yan was stunned.
"Sister, I'm so bored at home alone. You should go home soon. I feel that mom has softened her heart. I found her looking at your photos that day. You go home and talk to her nicely. Say a few soft words, maybe you can succeed in the art exam." Luan Ran would call her every few days, and the two sisters never lost contact.
"I... want to stay a little longer."
Luan Ran sighed melancholy: "Is the island so fun? You're having so much fun here, are you having a good time? Sister, what did you do?"
Luan Yan didn't know how to tell her. She didn't want to tell her about the existence of Lu Sheng. Not only was she afraid of being scolded, but more importantly, she knew that Lu Sheng couldn't be shared.
She had very few friends. Luan Ran was her biological sister and her best friend. In the past, if a boy confessed his love to her, they would tell each other and discuss the good and bad of those boys in private. Luan Yan never cared, but she cared about Lu Sheng. She had a possessive desire for Lu Sheng.
"It's fun. Come here if you have a chance."
She could name a hundred good things about the island, but she knew that the reason she didn't want to leave was just because of Lu Sheng.
"Okay, but you must come back before school starts. I tell you, my mother's softness is based on the fact that she thinks you are suffering outside. If she is determined to find you and bring you back, knowing that I helped you escape and that you have money in your hand to travel to the island, do you think my mother will still be soft-hearted? Sister, stop while you are ahead!"
Luan Ran's words reminded Luan Yan that if Luan Suqing knew that she was living with a man and fell in love with this man, she would definitely be furious. Luan Suqing would not allow her daughter to be so "shameless". The so-called running away from home is just a cat and mouse game. As long as Luan Suqing wants, she can be taken back immediately.
"I know, Ranran, I will be back before school starts." Luan Yan hung up the phone restlessly.
Luan Yan did not sleep well all night, tossing and turning in dreams, her brain seemed to be immersed in the deep sea, dizzy and swollen, she wanted to wake up but couldn't, the fragments in the dream were all the blows from her mother.
She had always been very depressed in that home. The nearly one month since she came to the island was the happiest time for Luan Yan.
Luan Yan slept in a daze until dawn, and when she woke up, it was already ten o'clock.
The day was bright, and the scorching sun shone into the house through the window. The ground seemed to be covered with a layer of gold. Luan Yan pounded her head and got up. She opened the door and saw a piece of colorful drawing paper lying on the ground.
There was a picture of a little elk who couldn't make a sound.
The little elk walked out of the forest where she originally lived and got lost in another forest. She met many small animals and became good friends with the lions in the forest. In the end, she found that she was not unable to make a sound, but... Please
He wanted her to believe that she had a pleasant voice, and that she was the most beautiful little elk in the world.
It was the first time that Luan Yan saw Lu Sheng seriously paint a whole piece of paper. It was not just a few sloppy strokes. He painted it with paint, and each grid was filled with dialogues, telling the fairy tale of the little elk.
All her sadness, the nightmare that had entangled her all night, were on this painting, and healed by him.
...
At twelve o'clock noon, Luan Yan arrived at the tattoo shop on time.
What was strange today was that Fat Monkey was not guarding the shop, and Lu Sheng didn't know where he went. Luan Yan looked around downstairs and didn't see any of the usual figures. She didn't know where they had gone.
Instead, there was an uninvited guest, the person Luan Yan least wanted to see.
Fang Manlin wore a fiery red dress, which suited her flamboyant personality. She puffed out her chest and looked at Luan Yan with a smile.
Luan Yan said unhappily, "No one is here."
Fang Manlin smiled and said, "I'm looking for you. Do you want to know about Lu Sheng's family affairs?"
Luan Yan's eyes became sharp in an instant. She looked Fang Manlin up and down. She didn't understand her intention, but she was sure of one thing. Luan Yan said indifferently, "You don't really like Lu Sheng. If I were you, I wouldn't tell anyone what he doesn't want to say. If he doesn't say it, I don't want to hear it. You can leave."
Luan Yan had already guessed about Lu Sheng's family affairs. He was not sick, but he was in the hospital every day, which meant that he had an important person in the hospital. His family was very poor and he was busy making money every day. Luan Yan knew it very well.
If she wanted to know, she could actually ask Fatty Monkey, but she didn't. Lu Sheng had his own self-esteem and private space, and Luan Yan just wanted to protect him.
"I'll tell you even if you don't want to."
Fang Manlin never played dumb. She was straightforward. She didn't have much sincerity towards Lu Sheng. Why did she care so much about him? Lu Sheng made her unhappy, so of course she had to fight back. Lu Sheng didn't want his beloved to know about his embarrassing situation, so he had to tell Luan Yan. As for what would happen between them, Fang Manlin didn't care, as long as she was happy.
I didn't expect that Luan Yan's voice was soft, but she was not a little lamb in nature, and she was quite fierce when protecting her food.