Chapter 115 - THE TRUTH BEHIND THE COMPETITION
The next day, Han Luo carefully peeked out of her room to see if Mo Yuan was in the corridor. When she saw an empty corridor, she sighed in relief and stepped out without making a noise.
"Why are you acting like a thief?" Mo Yuan called out from the back of her door.
Han Luo jumped out in surprise and clutched her chest. "Big brother Yuan, you scared the hell out of me."
Mo Yuan pinched her nose. "You had the audacity to avoid me and you think I won't punish you?"
"When did I avoid you?" Han Luo avoided his gaze.
Mo Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Did you not?"
Han Luo pouted her mouth quickly stood beside him and hugged his right arm. "I didn't want to avoid you. I just didn't know how to face you." She couldn't look at him when she said that. She was wearing a white t-shirt, white pants, a pink jacket with white fur and pink boots. She looked absolutely adorable.
Mo Yuan didn't force her knowing that she was feeling uncomfortable. "It's all right. I will not force you to tell me what happened to you suddenly. If you have something to tell me, I will listen. Let's go and have some breakfast, okay?"
"Okay!" Han Luo beamed. She never thought that Mo Yuan would be so considerate. He didn't force her to spill out everything nor did he punished her. She thought it was surreal. While walking, she tried to pinch herself thinking it was a dream.
Mo Yuan gazed at her and said, "Are you done pinching me?"
"Eh?" Han Luo looked at him not understanding what he meant and followed his gaze. Her hand was pinching his arm. He was wearing a black sweater. Probably he didn't get hurt. She quickly let go. "Ah, I'm sorry. I didn't notice."
"It's all right." Mo Yuan took her hand and walked along with her.
After they had breakfast, they waited for Ma Rui and Noah to come down. Before that, Mo Yuan got a call from Han Sheng Ming. As soon as Mo Yuan answered, he heard his friend's scream, "Xiao Yuan! How many times do I have to tell you that I want to talk to little Luo Luo?! Where is she? How is she? Had she had breakfast yet? Is she wearing warm clothes? Is she drinking hot chocolates? Hey, why are you not talking?! Hello?! Hello?!!"
Mo Yuan didn't answer any of his questions. He simply passed the mobile to Han Luo.
She took it and heard her cousin's voice. She exclaimed in joy, "Big brother Ming!"
Han Sheng Ming paused and then said, "Little Luo Luo, are you all right? How are you doing? Are you wearing warm clothes? Have you taken breakfast? What about hot chocolates?"
Han Luo shook her head helplessly but her heart was filled with warmth. "Oh big brother Ming, you are such a worrywart! I'm fine. I'm wearing warm clothes and I had breakfast. I didn't drink hot chocolates. I will drink it at night. How are you doing?"
Han Sheng Ming bickered, "What do you think I'm doing? I'm taking exams! Man, when you guys are having fun, I'm here reading and writing. My life sucks!"
Han Luo laughed and said, "We are here for the competition, not for having fun. It's not as easy as you think. I think the better one is taking exams."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it. So, how's your practice going?" Han Sheng Ming showed interest.
"I just passed the first round. It's nothing biggy. The second round will be hard." Han Luo answered.
Han Sheng Ming suddenly lowered his voice as if he was going to talk about someone's secret. "By the way, did Xiao Yuan do anything inappropriate to you?"
Han Luo blinked. She didn't know what went around her cousin's head. "Huh? Not at all. Why will that happen? Big brother Ming, we are too busy with competition to think about weird things like you. I guess you aren't tired enough with your exam."
"I'm super busy with my exam." Han Sheng Ming said with excitement, "Don't worry. I wish you all the best! And, with your performance in the first round, the audience already started to like you. I can guarantee that you will win!"
Han Luo was puzzled. "Huh? How do you know?"
"Did you not know? Your competition is being broadcast. We all watched you and voted you online," her cousin replied.
"So, everyone around the world is watching me dancing?!" Han Luo was surprised. She didn't know about it. Her face became pale and her body started to shake. She became nervous.
Mo Yuan, Ma Rui, and Noah didn't tell her about it because they thought that she would be nervous.
However, Han Sheng Ming didn't think of that. He kept going on how twenty percent of the vote would be collected from the audiences. The more he talked, the more nervous she became.
Mo Yuan noticed her expression and moved a little closer to hear what his blabbermouth friend was talking about. When he heard what Han Sheng Ming was saying, he snatched the cell phone from Han Luo and simply hung up.
"So I was saying… hello? Hello?! Hello?!" Han Sheng Ming didn't hear anything and thought it was weird. When he looked at the screen he realized that the call was hung up long ago. "What the hell? I'm going to call her again!" But, no matter how many times he called, he got the line busy because Mo Yuan blocked his number.
In the meantime, Mo Yuan took Han Luo's hands and asked, "What did he tell you? Why do you look so pale?"
Han Luo desperately looked at him and asked, "Big brother Yuan, is our competition being broadcasted?" She wished she could hear a negative answer.
Even if he lies now, she will find out eventually. All he can do is preparing her mentally for it.. He answered, "Yes, it's true."