Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 85 Turn To Terence For Help With A Difficult Math Problem

"Look. This is her. Isn't she beautiful?

She's free today. Can you go to pick her up if you have time? You don't have to prepare any clothes for

her. She can prepare that by herself."

While speaking, Carla browsed through Sherry's profile pictures and showed them all to Noah.

Noah felt bitter looking at the pictures of which he had no interest in, but he looked up at Carla and

smiled gently.

"Okay... But, Miss Carla, most women would jump at the chance of going to such an event. It could

broaden your chances of meeting someone influential and possibly help you in the future. After all, it's

at events like these that people meet each other and who knows, what may happen between them in

the future.

Are you sure that you want to pass up such an opportunity and give it to another person?"

Carla just glanced at him and gave him a small smile.

If it was truly her desire to be rich and famous, she would have agreed to be Terence's girlfriend.

Terence also happened to be the heir of the An family that was the wealthiest and most powerful family

in JA City.

And if she insisted on marrying Terence, she was certain that he would agree to it. Then he would most

certainly provide for her and she wouldn't have to worry about money ever again.

"Thanks for your kindness and generous offer, Mr. Noah. But there is no one to look after my brother

and he would be home alone. I'm worried about leaving him by himself.

I can give you Sherry's phone number so you can ask her to go instead,"

she said, as she searched through her contact list in her cellphone and then showed the number to

Noah.

Noah could tell that she had already made her mind up. So there was no point in pursuing the matter

further. Instead, he wrote Sherry's phone number down.

After she got back home. Carla immediately called Sherry to remind her to be careful.

She felt a little responsible for Sherry's safety, because she was the one who suggested that Sherry go

to the party, in her place.

However, what Carla didn't know was that she was just worrying too much unnecessarily.

Since Noah's target wasn't Sherry, Sherry would not be in danger.

"Carla, how do I work out this mathematical problem? I've been trying to solve it for a long time now,

but I just don't know how to..."

Sean asked Carla with a baffled expression as he leaned his head hopelessly onto his hand.

Carla was sitting on the sofa watching some program on the television when Sean called out to her.

She immediately got up and switched the TV off and went to help him with his homework. However,

after looking at the math problem for a while, Carla had difficulty working it out as well. She frowned.

"Why is math for primary school students so difficult now?

Let me think it over again."

With his chin resting in one of his hands, Sean pouted and said, "If only Terence was here. He would

definitely be able to work this problem out in a jiffy and find the right answer..."

Sean had become used to turning to Terence for help with any difficult problems.

However, Terence wasn't with them now to help him.

Carla gaped at him in surprise and then gave him a cold stare. When Sean saw her angry expression,

he immediately stopped talking.

"All right. I know how to solve this problem. It's very easy. Come on. Let me explain it to you."

Carla took Sean's pen and began to write the equation out on paper to show him how to solve it.

Once she had finished, Sean's brows furrowed and he crossed his arms defiantly. "Your answer is

wrong. It's totally wrong!"

Sean knew the right answer to the question. He just didn't know the solving process to get to it. When

he saw what answer Carla ended up with, he knew it was wrong and became very frustrated.

"I want to make a video call to Terence and ask him to show me the right way!" Sean grumbled and

gave Carla a sidelong glance.

"Terence will be my friend, forever. I don't want to lose such a good friend. So, can I call him?"

Carla was furious by what Sean had said. But she didn't say anything to scold him.

"Wait a minute. I'll search for the solution on the Internet. I believe that I can work it out this time."

The math problem was for grade three students in primary school, but Carla felt exasperated that she

couldn't work it out. It never seemed to be that difficult when she was his age at school. But she was

confident that she would find the solution in a few moments time once she had a look online.

Carla got up and went into her bedroom.

After a while, she came out and held her laptop in her hands. "Sean, I know how to solve it. In fact, the

solution isn't so...

Sean?"

When Carla went back to the living room, Sean wasn't there. So she went to his bedroom to check if he

was there. Once she opened the door, she saw that Sean was on a video call with Terence, using the

PC tablet that he had given him.

Sean was laughing and chatting happily with him. Obviously, Terence had already shown Sean how to

solve the problem.

When Carla saw who he was talking to, it

made her blood boil. The little vein on the side of her head began to throb and her face became flushed

with anger. She strode into Sean's bedroom and quickly pressed the button to end the video call.

"Sean, why are you being so disobedient? "

Sean's eyes filled with tears and he hung his head down. He was saddened by what Carla had done

and for yelling at him.

"Sean, you have really disappointed me!"

She dropped her laptop onto the desk in frustration and then stormed off into the living room.

What made her so angry was that Sean had become so reliant on Terence and didn't even try to deal

with his problems on his own. She felt really let down by him this time.

Terence had made it loud and clear that he wanted them to temporarily stop seeing each other. To

Carla, that obviously meant that he was going to get engaged soon and it was inappropriate for them to

be together anymore. She thought it was best for Sean not to bother Terence because of such a trivial

thing as a math problem.

If they always asked him for help over such petty things, she would only think that she was

incompetent.

Sean covered his face with both his hands and burst into tears in his room.

Carla swallowed a lump in her throat and bit her lips when she heard how upset Sean had become.

She couldn't hold her tears back either. Carla quickly wiped away the tears from her cheeks and

breathed in deeply, trying not to be so weak. She went back into Sean's room.

"Sean, can you promise me that you won't contact Terence anymore?"

she asked, gently shaking Sean's shoulders.

In a flood of tears, Sean spoke through sobs, "Why? I like Terence and we're good friends. I don't want

to part from him!" He cried even more.

He didn't understand what had happened between Carla and Terence. He just knew that he missed

Terence very much.

Perhaps he was just using the math problem as an excuse to contact Terence.

He was indeed very eager to see Terence again.

"Sean! Did it ever occur to you that Terence has his own life? Do you think that you can still call him

with your problems when he gets married and has a wife and children in the future? What will his wife

and children say about that?"

Carla tried her best to hold her anger in and explain the matter to Sean so that he could accept it all

and move on. But her voice still had a tone of irritation in it.

"Things have changed, Sean. Everything is different now and it's not like it used to be. We can't keep

bothering Terence all the time. Do you understand? I can't marry him and he will not be your brother-in-

law!

If you keep on having contact with him, you will only be putting me in an awkward position.

The sooner you accept that the better it will be for the both of us."

Carla tried to speak to Sean with patience and break things to him gently so that he understood how

things were. But, all that Sean understood was how he wasn't going to be able to see Terence ever

again and that broke his little heart.

Sean's sobs just grew louder. He wasn't paying attention to what Carla had said at all. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Just then, Carla's phone rang in the living room where she had left it.

Carla sniffed as she wiped the tears away from her cheeks with the back of her hands and went to

answer the phone.

"Don't scold Sean. He's just a kid,"

Terence said on the other end of the line. He caught sight of Carla on the video chat just before they

were disconnected and she seemed furious. He was sure that she would blame Sean and be angry

with him.

"Don't be angry. Sean just asked me to help him solve a math problem. That's all."

Carla was shocked for a moment when she found out that it was Terence on the phone. Then her

shock turned to annoyance. She sat down on the sofa with the phone in her hand and took a deep

breath in and let it out slowly.

Once she had managed to calm herself down, she responded, "Terence, this is my family matter. It's

none of your business. And it's my responsibility to teach my brother to be an independent person. So

don't meddle in my affairs." Her voice sounded hard and cold.

Carla didn't like to drag the relationship on with Terence. She preferred a clean break with no more ties.

Besides, he was going to be engaged soon, so it was very inappropriate for them to keep contacting

each other.

"I'm not engaged yet. The matter isn't how you think it is. So stop over thinking everything and coming

up with your own assumptions,"

Terence remarked in a familiar and attractive voice.

When Sean made the video call to Terence, he was in the middle of having dinner at the An family's

house. As soon as he saw that it was Sean, he left the dining table and answered the call.

Carla didn't respond. She just kept quiet.

After they both stayed silent for a while, Terence cleared his throat and swallowed. He wanted to say

something but hesitated.

The word seemed to flash through his mind many times, and finally, he couldn't help but utter, "Babe..."