My Beloved

Upon hearing her question, Tang Yujin also looked outside. He answered, "Yes, it is. At first, we had a hard time sleeping before ten, but now we got used to it. Especially your big brother. He couldn't sleep till it was one in the morning! But I got used to it very quickly, and so did your big brother Yuan. If you have good adaptation skills like us, you won't have a problem either."

Han Luo yawned. Although she slept on the plane, she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. Her eyes were turning red due to tiredness.

Tang Yujin suggested, "I think you need to sleep now. You must be tired after such a long journey. I am sorry that I didn't know this earlier."

Han Luo shook her head. "No, no, it's completely all right. It has been so long and I really, really wanted to talk to you all night long. But I guess I can't do it now. Also, you have to go to the library tomorrow so I think you also need to sleep."

Tang Yujin agreed. "Then I should get to Xiao Ming's bedroom and sleep."

"Why? We can sleep together with little Luo Luo." Han Sheng Ming wanted to stay with her and hug her closely while sleeping.

"No, we can't do that. She's not a little girl anymore – she has grown up." Tang Yujin grabbed his friend by his collar and dragged him out of her bedroom. Before leaving, he turned around to see Han Luo and called out with a smile, "Good night, little Luo. Sweet dreams."

"Good night big brother Ming. Good night big brother Yujin." Han Luo smiled back at them. After they left and closed the door, she went to her bed, covered herself with the blanket, and closed her eyes. She drifted to dreamland at the very moment.

Han Sheng Ming went to his bedroom as well. Now that he was alone, he started to think if he really met his little sister. Just yesterday, he talked to her by a video chat and she was smiling ear to ear. No matter how many times he asked what was making her laugh so much, she didn't say anything clearly. And now, he could tell what was making her so happy. He couldn't imagine that she would be right in front of him the very next day. Everything felt like a dream. 

Tang Yujin came out of the bathroom after changing his clothes. He then saw that his friend was laughing like an idiot. He chuckled and proclaimed, "From now on, our days will be good. We should make a list of where we should take little Luo." 

Han Sheng Ming hurriedly got up from the bed and exclaimed, "Let's make a list now!"

"Sounds good to me." Tang Yujin had no reason to disagree. The whole night, the two friends made a list of where they should take their cute sister.

The next day, they woke up after hearing the sound of Tang Yujin's cell phone. It was ringing nonstop. Tang Yujin opened his eyes groggily, but he could hardly see anything. He stretched his hands to look for his phone and found it above his pillow. When he looked at the screen, he saw Mo Yuan's name. He answered the call and hoarsely asked, "Hey, what's up?"

"Good afternoon. Where the hell are you two? It has been four hours since I came to the library," Mo Yuan calmly stated, with a tinge of annoyance. Han Sheng Ming missed studying before, so it wasn't anything unusual. But Tang Yujin had never missed a class or group study. It made Mo Yuan wonder.

Tang Yujin suspected after hearing "good afternoon" from his friend and looked at the time. Seeing that it was lunchtime, his eyes opened wide and he suddenly sat up. "I think I didn't hear the alarm. I will come as soon as possible." He was tired, yet didn't yawn.

"All right, I'll be waiting." Mo Yuan hung up.

Tang Yujin turned to the left and saw Han Sheng Ming sleeping with his mouth open. His hands and legs were loosely sprawled. Tang Yujin shook his body and declared, "Xiao Ming, get up. It's already lunchtime and we have to go to the library."

At first, Han Sheng Ming didn't even budge but then slowly he opened his eyes and gave his friend an irritated look. "What the hell? Let me sleep. I am not going to any library today." 

Tang Yujin reminded him, "Have you forgotten about the homework you have to submit today to Acting Vice President Tong? Only Mr. Robert can help you with that."

"Holy crap!" Han Sheng Ming jumped out of the bed. Completely forgot about the homework that Acting President Tong gave him, yet didn't want to face the man's anger.

The two of them quickly freshened up and went downstairs. Sophia already finished cooking their meal. She served the boys lunch and they hurriedly stuffed the food in their mouths.

"Mm… this is good. Sophia, you are really a good cook." Han Sheng Ming praised her without restraints.

Chef Sophia was happy to hear that. She already started to take a liking to the children in this house. "Really? Thank you. Whenever you want to eat something, just let me know and I'll make it for you in no time."

"Sure, I will do that," Han Sheng Ming agreed.

"Did little Luo have breakfast?" Tang Yujin asked.

"Little Luo… oh, you are talking about Miss Han. Yes, she did and went to the hospital to visit her father. I thought her name is Lou..er or something like that." Chef Sophia was still confused about Chinese names.

Han Sheng Ming explained, "Oh, that's how daddy calls her. In China, it is an affectionate way to express one's love. Little Luo's real name is Han Luo. I call her little Luo Luo. Yujin calls little Luo. Daddy calls her Luo'er. The name differs the way of calling. I can't call everyone who has different names in the same way. For example, I cannot call Yujin 'Yujin'er' but I can call him 'Xiao Yujin.'"

"Chinese names are quite difficult..." Chef Sophia laughed.

"Yes, but if you catch on, it's not too difficult."

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