Chapter 259 - THE VERY ADMIRABLE LUO YAN
SU YUQI glanced at the just closed door before picking up a cup of tea and drinking it. "Luo Yan has a pretty good mental fortitude."
She also heard from Bai Ze about the accident that happened more than seven years ago to the Luo family. The mother died and Luo Yan fell into a coma. He only managed to wake up this year. Logically speaking, a person who had undergone such an ordeal would take a while, maybe even years, before they could go on living their lives normally.
But Luo Yan was able to do that. Going to school like a normal 17-year-old, playing on his free time, he was even able to arrange such an elaborate event like this. Not to mention, even in the face of suddenly being harassed, he still managed to keep his cool.
Physical therapy aside, being able to do all those in such a short time just after waking up from a coma after a few months, it almost seemed like a miracle. Frankly speaking, if she was working on the medical field, she would really be tempted to examine him.
"Yan is very strong," Luo Jin said.
Of course, he was not talking about being strong physically but mentally and emotionally instead. It showed by how fast he was able to adapt to his environment after waking up from his sleep of seven years. In truth, this should have aroused some kind of suspicion. But he, his older brother, and their father probably never thought of it that way. Or if it ever crossed their mind, they just chose to ignore it. They were just that thankful and glad that Luo Yan was able to wake up and have his own life. That they could all be a family again.
"That's why Xiao Yan is very admirable," Bai Ze said, not forgetting to also praise his cousin.
Shen Ji Yun didn't speak. But he also agreed to what the other three said. Having experienced such a life-threatening situation, surviving that only to fall into coma for years – not many would be able to get their life back on track. But Luo Yan managed to do just that. It showed just how strong he was. Which, as Bai Ze said, was truly admirable.
"By the way, Xiao Jin, do you know the person Xiao Yan wanted us to meet?" Bai Ze asked, changing the subject.
Luo Jin thought about it and could only think of one possible person. "It's probably his classmate who's also playing Arcadia."
Shen Ji Yun's brows furrowed a little bit when he heard the word 'classmate'. He suddenly remembered that girl that Luo Yan mentioned a few days back. That talented classmate who might be a Blacksmith here in the game. Once again, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart.
"Oh, is it a boy or a girl?" Bai Ze asked.
"A girl."
"A girl? And Xiao Yan invited her here and even want to introduce her to us?" Bai Ze said suspiciously. "Could it be Xiao Yan is engaging in early love?"
Before anyone could reply to his speculation, someone suddenly kick his shin under the table. He almost shouted in pain. Since Luo Jin and Su Yuqi's game avatar both had short legs, there could only be one culprit.
He glared at Shen Ji Yun. "Why did you kick me for?"
"Because you keep talking nonsense," Shen Ji Yun said coldly.
"What's wrong with what I said?"
"Ji Yun is right to kick you," Su Yuqi said to Bai Ze. "Out of all the things you could think of, why did you arrive to such a conclusion?"
"A boy and a girl being close friends, isn't it only natural to think that way?"
Su Yuqi gave him a look as if he was stupid. "We're also both pretty close, do you ever think of us in that way?"
Bai Ze was dumbfounded by the question. But because of that, he suddenly imagined the both of them in such a situation. His whole body had goosebumps all over just thinking of that possibility.
"Please, don't say something so scary. I might have a nightmare tonight because of that," he said, hugging himself as if scared.
"Anyway, what Brother Ze said about Yan and his classmate couldn't possibly be the case," Luo Jin interjected.
When Su Yuqi mentioned about the possibility of her and his cousin being together, he suddenly felt uncomfortable. For some reason, he really didn't like that idea. So, he had to interfere and bring the topic back to what they were originally talking about.
"Fine. I'm the one on the wrong," Bai Ze said, putting both his hands up as in surrender. "How would you describe this classmate?" he thought of asking.
"Hmm…" Luo Jin fell into deep thought, thinking of how best to describe Yu Jiao. "A timid giraffe, perhaps?"
"Ha? What kind of description is that?" Bai Ze said looking at Luo Jin incredulously.
"I think it's a good description," Su Yuqi said on the side.
Luo Jin was happy that Su Yuqi agreed with him. "You'll know it's an apt description once you met her personally."
Bai Ze hadn't had the time to reply back because they saw the lights on the stage below suddenly disappeared. They all glanced down. It seemed that this was the final performance.
Soon, floating crystal lights in the shape of blooming lotus appeared one after another. Then the stage was faintly illuminated. Because the lights were not that strong, it gave off a much more magical effect. It's like a couple of star lights were shining down the stage.
Standing at the very center was a figure clad in red. 'Her' long black hair was freely falling down behind 'her' back. Its only decoration was a piece of jade hairpin. Her skin looked even more luminous under the lights. There were four NPCs sitting behind 'her', all holding a guqin on their lap.
The four NPCs started to play the guqin and and an ethereal sound echoed throughout the surrounding. The black-haired elf standing at the center finally opened 'her' eyes. Those blue eyes dusted with gold seemed to want to draw everything in. A moment later, amongst the sound of the guqin, a sweet voice sounded.
And the black-haired elf sang.