Despite possessing an imposing height, he lacked the presence to match it.
One of the shop assistants took a step back as if Luo Kai were a virus, "I don't know what the manager is thinking, why they hire anyone? It's really bad luck."
The other shop assistants didn't look pleased either.
"Don't say it like that. At least this person cleans the toilet quite well. He could develop a career in this line of work in the future," one of them said, a mocking expression on her face.
Ever since these shop assistants entered, Luo Kai stopped his cleaning. He was accustomed to others' ridicule. At times like these, silence was the best response. Once they got tired of mocking him, they would leave, and he could continue his work.
As expected, the shop assistants didn't want to waste more time on him and soon went into the cubicles.
Only after seeing them enter did Luo Kai pick up the mop he had knocked over earlier and continue mopping the floor.
After coming out, they sneered at Luo Kai a few more times before leaving.
Luo Kai remained silent, diligently mopping the floor, cleaning every corner spotlessly.
After a while, when the bathroom was cleaned, Luo Kai packed away the cleaning tools and walked out of the restroom.
Luo Kai was about to put the cleaning tools in the storage room when he happened to encounter Shen Yue drinking water.
Shen Yue glanced at the cleaning tools in his hand, looking a bit confused. She thought she had seen Luo Kai with them the day before yesterday, but wasn't the toilet cleaning rotated? According to the schedule, it should only be once a week.
Recalling Luo Kai's honest and simple nature, Shen Yue couldn't help but purse her lips, forming a dimple on her cheek.
"Have you been bullied again?" Although a question, her tone was affirmative.
Looking at Shen Yue, who was worried about him, Luo Kai felt countless small flowers blooming in his heart, filling his entire chest with an exceptionally satisfying sense of happiness.
Shen Yue... was actually worried about him! He was so happy!
Luo Kai was as excited as a young girl experiencing first love, and after a long moment, he managed to utter two words.
"No, no."
Shen Yue naturally didn't believe him. Luo Kai's only flaw was being too good and too honest. She knew that someone with his temperament must have suffered many losses, but seeing that he had no complaints now, Shen Yue didn't know what to say.
However, Shen Yue couldn't help but worry. If Luo Kai continued like this, it wouldn't be a good thing.
"Luo Kai..." Shen Yue didn't know how to start.
Luo Kai looked at Shen Yue in confusion, his fingers hanging by his legs twitching. He wanted to smooth out the frown on Shen Yue's brow.
Shen Yue's pensive expression, with her dimples hidden, made him feel distressed. He was willing to pay any price to make Shen Yue happy and carefree forever, rather than see her troubled like this.
After much deliberation, Shen Yue finally offered a piece of advice, "Luo Kai, don't be too nice to others; you'll get bullied."
So, Shen Yue was worried about him, which was why she was distressed. Luo Kai felt both disdain and joy – disdain that he caused Shen Yue trouble, and joy that Shen Yue was troubled because of him.
The tall, clumsy man blushed and quickly waved his hands shyly, saying, "I won't be bullied. No one bullies me."
He genuinely felt he wasn't bullied. Since childhood, because he was much taller than others, no one dared to provoke him or approach him. A few light, harmless taunts were not something Luo Kai particularly cared about.
This left Shen Yue unable to say more. After all, they weren't very close. Seeing Luo Kai holding the cleaning tools, and having nothing else to do, she said, "Let me help you carry some."
"No! No!"
The man quickly stepped back, as if afraid Shen Yue would touch the dirty cleaning tools, and hid them behind his back.
Shen Yue was extremely helpless, so she said, "Then let's go home together tonight."
Faced with Shen Yue's invitation, Luo Kai nodded silently, his joy overflowing.
He followed Shen Yue for a stretch of road until they reached the staircase, where they parted ways.
As he watched Shen Yue ascend the stairs, the joy in Luo Kai's eyes lingered. Shen Yue's concern and closeness had made him start to have fantasies for the first time.
If, if Shen Yue also liked him, could they then be together forever?
Looking down at his hands, Luo Kai's eyes were hazy.
Shen Yue had initiated conversation with him, even offered to help him carry things. Did that mean Shen Yue felt differently about him too?
Luo Kai was lost in unprecedented fantasies, forgetting all his worries.
Dazzled by love, he didn't even consider that Shen Yue was friendly to everyone, not just him, and that his being special wasn't necessarily true.
The shallow dimples on her fair cheeks were incredibly beautiful. She was like someone from another world compared to him, but now the person he had always admired had stepped into his world, making his dark existence turn bright.
Lost in thoughts of a beautiful future with Shen Yue, even his ingrained inferiority complex vanished, and his gloomy demeanor transformed into a rare, vibrant energy.
Shen Yue and Luo Kai walked home together. The man was visibly nervous, his head hung low, his fingers tightly twisting the clothes in his hands.
Shen Yue originally wanted to say a few words to him, but Luo Kai's responses were stuttering and incoherent. After a couple of attempts, she gave up.
Luo Kai was too wooden and spoke hesitantly, not in a captivating way. His handsome face was diminished by thirty percent. Shen Yue wasn't very good at interacting with people like him either. She wasn't a very talkative person herself, so naturally, there wasn't much to chat about.
After a long day at work, Shen Yue sat on the bus and let out a soft yawn, her eyes half-closed, drowsy.
Shen Yue was groggy, her little head nodding intermittently, incredibly cute.
The man's gaze couldn't be pulled away; he kept glancing at Shen Yue.
Finally, at a turn, Shen Yue's head tilted, and she leaned against the man's firm, warm arm. Perhaps finally finding a comfortable position, she even nuzzled against it.
Luo Kai was somewhat flustered, staring blankly at the little beauty leaning on his arm, so soft and small.
From Luo Kai's angle, he could see Shen Yue's inadvertently exposed collarbone, shaped like a crescent moon, incredibly fair. The scent was like a seduction, constantly wafting into his nostrils.
Luo Kai was tempted. His usual dull demeanor vanished, his eyes filled with the sight of smooth, fair skin, soft and white, delicate.
Even in her drowsy state, it was the man beside her who gently woke her, otherwise, she might have missed her stop.