His eyes, like a deep pool, could cover up all secrets, and he did not speak.
Sylvie heart trembled. She could not reveal when they met five years ago, but how to answer the question?
"Ma, Marley was my alumnus in Harvard. When he was a Ph.D. student, I heard their debate. He was very good at English and he spoke standard American English, which impressed everyone present, including me.”
As she said, she blushed, and Marley glanced at her with astonishment. He was even not sure if she was a freshmen during the doctoral period. But they didn’t connect at that time. Did she already know him at that time? But his impression of her was just the scene on the plane some time ago.
"You know Marley at that time?" Miriam said with a proud smile, "Marley is really excellent. We are proud of him. He does great job in many aspects. How did you know each other later?"
Marley immediately said, trying to help Sylvie out, "Mom, how can she remember so clearly after so long?"
"The first meet must be very impressive. I want to know your romantic encounter with her. Marley, you don't remember, but it doesn’t mean Sylvie doesn't! Girls are very careful." With that, Miriam blinked at Yang Sylvie.
Sylvie sighed that Miriam must love her son so much that she worried about his marriage. Sylvie smiled and said, "It was on the plane, and I happened to take a flight with him. He was next to me and I got the chance to know him! Then we exchanged the phone number, and I got familiar with him, and then I fell in love!"
Sylvie took what happened to them before as the example and spiced it up, trying to slip through.
Hearing her words, Marley put on a serious expression with sharp eyes.
Sylvie’s heart jolted, but she kept a smile while talking to his mother.
"Mom, Sylvie is right. We know each other on the plane!" said Marley, knowing that his mother tried to figure it out as she worried that he lost the happiness of his life because of family business.
"Well, that's romantic!" Fortunately, Miriam did not ask again. Inadvertently, she took a look at Marley, whose eyes quickly returned to calm.
Miriam turned to Sylvie again. "Does Marley propose to you?" she asked.
Sylvie was stunned, and her gaze fell on Marley’s eyes. The interlaced eyes seemed to be long. She knew that Miriam was exploring whether their marriage was a pure business marriage. Maybe, she was too worried about her son’s happiness!
They were qualified parents, unlike her parents, who upset her at the thought of them. Every time she saw the father was in entertainment news, or financial news. She knew clearly that it was her father, but he has his own family, never regarded her as a daughter. When she was young, her classmate’s parents were always present at the parents' meeting. But she was the only one with no parents. Sylvie could not help but envy Marley, who had parents loving him so much. She forced a smile at the thought of that.
It turned out that she would envy others, although she always thought she was strong. She didn’t expect that she would be jealous of others. She was still a normal human being who had feelings.
Marley's eyes were still as sharp as eagles’. But when he looked at her, seeing the sadness on her face, he was still slightly shocked. Such expression on her face had never been seen by him. He didn't like this woman because he was not free all his life. But at the moment, seeing a lonely side of her lips, he found that he could not be indifferent.
"Mom, I should do the proposal of course. Would you like to ask Sylvie to do it?" Unconsciously, he helped her out.
Miriam laughed, as if she was relieved, “Well, you have seen your father. I know you have been busy working these days. Go back to rest. Sylvie, thanks for taking care of Marley!"
"Mom, don’t worry!" Sylvie replied.
When leaving the ward, Sylvie, who was silent, walked around Marley with her head hanging.
"Thank you today!" he finally said in the elevator.
"Never mind!" she said, shaking her head without care.
"...” He asked," Have you seen my debate at Harvard?"
"Yes!" she said, hesitating for a while.
"It seems like a long time!"
"Three years!" She tried to answer in a peaceful tone.
"Oh..." Marley looked at Sylvie thoughtfully, and looked at the screen on elevator. He said with a faint smile, “Let’s eat together!"
"Thinks, but I have something else to do!" she refused indifferently.
The elevator came downstairs, and Sylvie slightly nodded, intending to leave.
Marley was slightly startled. She refused him, which made him unable to see through her. Wasn't she had feeling for him? Why did she refuse his invitation?Was she playing hard to get?
After a few steps, Marley suddenly went up and pulled Sylvie.
Sylvie was surprised and looked back at Marley, who was looking up and down at her. He didn’t let go of her until her face went red.
Seeing that Sylvie was as nervous as a rabbit that was fighting with the wolf, Marley laughed, “I'll see you off!"
The change of his attitude confused her, especially his laugh. She was shocked and instinctively refused, "Thanks, Mr Marley. I will go first!"
With that, she strode away.
Looking at the panicked figure, Marley was lost in thought.
Sylvie bought some food on her way back. After taking a bath, Sylvie thought about everything happened today. Rubbing her eyebrows, she thought that Marley's parents really loved him and she was so envious.
Facing the computer screen, Sylvie logged in QQ and clicked on a dark head profile, and the nickname had been changed from ‘Sunshine’ into “Getting Dark’. She hadn’t talk to him online for a long time. Sylvie sent a message to him. "Are you online?"
About 10 minutes later, the head image suddenly lit up. The penguin is flickering, which was very cute. "I’m in! Long time no see. Sylvie, how are you?”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...