Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 136: Chapter 136 I Will Try

Time streamed by, second by second, and as Kang Li noticed the atmosphere around them gradually growing ambiguous, the smile on her face involuntarily stalled. She then deliberately averted her eyes and coughed lightly, saying, ”It’s getting late, huh.”

Yanqing: ”Hmm.”

Kang Li: ”Tired?”

Yanqing: ”I’m okay.” Since she wanted him to accompany her in conversation, he would stay with her until she felt sleepy and closed her eyes, then he could sleep without delay.

”Yanqing.”

Kang Li called the man’s name.

”Hmm?”

Yanqing looked puzzled.

Kang Li: ”Can’t you just smile? Even a casual smile now and then would be nice.” He must look really attractive when he smiles.

”I’ll try.” Since learning of his father’s sacrifice on the battlefield, he had never smiled again because, after that... his life had been clouded with one misfortune after another.

First, his mother remarried without hesitation, took all the family savings to marry another man, and left him in the care of his grandparents. But that good time didn’t last long; his grandparents fell ill one after the other and passed away. Then, his aunt and uncle felt he was bad luck, a jinx, a burden, and they abandoned him to be raised by the state.

One misfortune after another robbed him of the innocence and smiles a child should have.

He had vowed more than once to become strong, so strong that he wouldn’t need to rely on anyone, so that he wouldn’t be abandoned over and over again, and wouldn’t yearn for any family affection.

Then again, he didn’t smile much as a child, to be more precise, he didn’t tend to show much emotional fluctuation. But he still remembered that he had smiled, when his mother told him... his dad would soon be coming home to see them, and he saw his mother’s happy smile, his mood during that time was so good that he often grinned.

Even if the smile was not wide, the smile not obvious, but he wasn’t mistaken, he was indeed smiling...

”That’s how it should be.”

The smile on Kang Li’s face didn’t hide how happy she was at the moment.

”Did they give you any trouble?”

This was one of the rare occasions Luo Yanqing initiated a question about something specific while on leave at home.

Well, to be exact, twice.

Once was on the day he returned home, when he asked her if she had touched any books on his shelf, and now, asking if the three little ones had been bothering her.

”The kids are both well-behaved and smart; I really like them.” Speaking of the three youngsters at home, Kang Li couldn’t help but ask him, ”Are you truly so busy with work that you can’t even come home once in a whole year?”

She could see that the youngsters were eager for their father’s affection, and while this father didn’t show much emotion toward his children, even if he was naturally aloof, they were still his own kids. Shouldn’t he at least show some concern?

Even if work was very busy, she couldn’t believe that the research institute couldn’t give a single day off in a month.

After all, whatever the job, a balance of work and rest is needed, especially for researchers who stay in the lab all day. There’s a risk of getting stuck on a particular research assertion.

In such cases, it’s necessary to unwind and relax the mind, perhaps to find a new breakthrough.

Yanqing watched her eyes, a pair of pure, clear eyes that one could see through, with a faint smile swirling within them, looking like the spring breeze that turns into rain or the warm sun of winter, making it hard for one to shift their gaze.

”Once a research project starts, I get so busy that I forget about time.” It wasn’t an excuse; it was just the nature of his work, and since he loved his scientific research, he naturally wouldn’t waste time on trivial matters.

Kang Li: ”But no matter how busy, you still need to rest.”

Yanqing: ”Hmm.” He agreed.

Kang Li: ”A balance of work and leisure is not just talk. Sometimes inspiration strikes or a new breakthrough is found precisely during moments of entertainment and relaxation, when the mind is at ease.”