Vol 2 Chapter 19 (1/2)

Chapter Nineteen

DuringIt wasn’t a big deal My days were still quite carefreeAll day long I just ate and drank, watched some TV, held out my arms to be dressed, and opened ive h Xie Yan was driven mad by the fact that Shu Nian had to face my nudity, I felt that it was e of

I got headaches when I thought about the train wreck of events that had happened I was afraid that Ifroht about it tooabout it, I could live nore and forget

I forgot about the sweet and bitter nored the discoery and the tediousness and pain of dressing my woundsAt the moment, like the return of the , and I walked even more slowly than Shu Nian

As for , I had no choice but to put it aside for nowEven though I’d never be young again and was extre of tiive way to realityEven if I wanted to be firm in spirit while broken in body, I couldn’t buildof a mummy and Iron-Crutch Li

It wasn’t that bad to live a life of eating and drinking and staring into space until I doze off

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One day as watched Xiao Jia playing with Xiao Xi in the living room, I calculated out of boredoShu Nian wasa phone call on the balconyThe call unexpectedly ended quickly this timeHe came back inside and ti”

With a “pfff,” I spit out the date pit in lared at him

“It wasn’t me who told him”Shu Nian flailed his arms in panic“He saw the news replay…He asked ood liar…”

shi+t!My heart iI rushed back to my room without a word and put on a stand up collar coatI wore a pair of sunglasses, a rabbed my hat, tooThen I told Shu Nian, “Just say I went out to pay a friend a visit”After that, I hobbled out the door

Dressing like this wasn’t so strange on a cold winter dayI waved down a taxi, got in and began my trip around the city

Aiood hours, I sat in the backseat eerily without a word in the attire of a strange pervertEven the driver was scared, so when the sky was getting dark, the honest, ed man finally couldn’t take it anyht to drop you off up ahead?I have to change shi+ft…”

I had no choice but to get out and find a café to sit inHowever, I realized that by being fully dressed like this, forget about walking on the road, just sitting indoors would be like silently shouting out, “Hey, everyone, come see this pervert!”

So I walked out the door and wandered aroundThe park was already closed, and the free-of-charge benches were the drifters’ territory, tooI found it really hard being a street bum in winterI walked a while to the left and wandered a bit to the right After finding a nice discreet spot, I pulled down my face mask and drank a warm cup of milk teaIt wasn’t until it became very late that I started to stroll back

I looked up to find the apart that Ke Luo had left, I could finally drop o home

Just when I had entered the building, I saw that there was abeside the elevator

My internal alarm went offI spun around to stealthily hobble away

The man yelled out from behind me, “Lee!”

fuck!He can recognize me even when I’m like this?!

It was too late to runI’d already buhed through my face mask and said, “What a coincidence!You’re here too!”

He seemed to be a little tallerHe wore all blackOnly the shi+rt collar peeking out was snohiteFor sorown-up look Young people are the ones who keep ressively betterAnd we, on the other hand, are already sliding down the slope

“Yeah, Shu Nian and the others went out to look for you”

“What for?I was only visiting a friendDidn’t I tell Shu Nian?”

Ke Luo stared at o back”

I felt slightly aard and gave out a sound of acknowledgment under my breathI reached out to press the elevator buttonIt clearly showed that the elevator was on the first floorWho would have thought that after pressing the button for quite a while, the doors wouldn’t open?The elevator was actually down

Could my luck be any worse?

Despite tryingit in for one whole day, I couldn’t bear it by now and fiercely kicked the elevator doors a couple of times

After I finished kicking, my face was totally scrunched upA cripple was no match for even an elevator

Ke Luo reached out to support h the face mask“That’s okayWe’ll take the stairs”

When we entered the stairwell, I suddenly sensed that the world becao up the steps and actuallyaard, I heard Ke Luo say, “How can you see clearly when you’re wearing sunglasses at night?”

I gave out a forced laugh“There are still UV rays at nightThey’re bad for the eyes”And then I tried my best to walk in a cool, casual manner

Ke Luo said, “I’ll carry you up on my back”

Hey, I’m not lame yet

“Well, the wounds on your feet aren’t better yet”Ke Luo chuckled as he walked in front of me and actually crouched down“Come on up”

When I saw the profile of his back, I realized that he wasn’t a kid anymore

If I had to bite the bullet, I could probably walk interht and still get homeIt’s just that I had wandered outside for an entire day, so ht of being lazy

In the end, I crawled onto his backI felt like a frog in that positionKe Luo propped up s and helped steady me, then stood upIt seeth of the young is just that good

I didn’t kno Shu Nian felt when he was carried up the stairs on Xie Yan’s backIn fact, I didn’t kno I felt eitherIt’s very likely I didn’t have an ounce of feeling about itI had long felt indifferent towards hi some compassion for the disabled

It’s just that his back was very hot, and when I laid my cheek on it, my eyes warmed a bit, just a little bit, tooPerhaps his tendency to pity the weak and s upKe Luo was really quite active when looking after the injuredEvery day he’d visit Shu Nian’s house

Yet I was unfortunately denied such pleasureHaving hi face after I had re to be proud of

He hasn’t le one of my rock bottoms, damn it!

When I beca auze, I’ll become Shrek the monster”

Ke Luo only laughed

“And let o back to the way I looked beforeI’uarantee that you won’t be able to recognize me”

Ke Luo gave out a surprised, “Eh?!Why?Given your condition now, it’s not definite that you’ll have scarsThe doctor said that the probability of a full recovery is high”

“But I’ force, carrying a bit of joy in e ht?”

Ke Luo stared atas you like your own faceIt’s just that there are risks with plastic surgeryYou should think it over”

What’s there to think about?I’ve wanted to break away fro

I finally had another thing to do with my timeAs soon as I became bored, I’d spread photos of various famous Western ery project with everyone

Shu Nian gave a dry reo for an Asian look?”

As a result, whenever I saw a good-looking man on TV, I would point and ask, “How ‘bout this one?”

After I was overruled by everyone an to broadcast the news of the investigation of the explosion incidentAs the victim, my headshot was displayed in the corner

Ke Luo sly said, “I think this one is the best”Shu Nian repeatedly nodded and went along“Yeah, Brother, you’re so handsoot a nose and two eyes, which is pretty goodJust admit it”

On the one hand, I was both modest and proud“No, no, that photo wasn’t taken wellIt doesn’t adequately reflect !”On the other hand, I warned thee my mind”

Ke Luo turned around and looked at me“Of course we hope you won’t make any risky decisions, but if you want…,” he smiled and pointed at the switched channel on the TV screen, “…I think this suits you very much”

I looked at the screen only to see the Anie close-up on a snohite fox’s face I couldn’t help blowing a fuse“My eyes are way bigger than that!” And then I ruthlessly covered his head with a pillow and pressed hi punches all over him

Ke Luo laughed as he struggledXie Yan loved it when others fought, and Shu Nian watched happily as well

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The thought would also occur to iven to someone with a face completely different from Shu Nian’s, then wouldn’t that indicate, after all is said and done, that there was a bit of hope for me?As for the situation with Shao Yan, how can I say this: I’d been in the social circle for so ame

So it wasn’t that much of a blow

I thought nothing could wound my heart, whether it was Shao Yan or Ke LuoAtAfter recuperating at horadually able to move freely, and the mummy outfit was more or less reauze, and the cast on my left hand was not taken off yet

Staying at ho an eggI had gradually beco seen by othersI proudly strutted out the door for a trip and soauze as well as the cast with hearts drawn by Xiao Jia

Ke Luo carried his volunteer duties to the endHe accoa pile of stuff, eating a lot of different snacks and desserts, even watching ato a restaurant I was very fond of for dinner

Shu Nian was afraid that there would be scars left on my bodyHe firmly believed without a doubt all that was said about scars: no singer, garlic, vinegar, and some more disappeared from the houseNo beef or laerines were prohibited Although his cooking skills were exceptional, with each dish like this, it still made me want to cry

And so today I finally tasted a heavily-flavored dish againAlthough it was a selection made after Ke Luo ruled outwith soas he watchedinHe just busied hi me cut the meat

Ke Luo’s phone rangListening to him discuss work in a quiet, cold tone destroyed ot up and walked off to talkI was busy eating with the posture of a one-arht when I suddenly felt a shadow shroud my head

When I looked up, theat htly twisted smile

Yet I could still greet him calmly, “Mister Shao”

“You see well”The tone of his voice was full of sarcasm

I nodded“All thanks to you”

“I never would have thought you’d still be alive to eat here”

I sht you’d still have thehounded for your debt these days?”

His face contorted as he clenched his teeth“Lee Mo Yan, you little bitchDon’t think I really fell for you”

I nearly spurted out the pieces of food that I had yet to s from my mouth onto his face

Holy cow, there can be such a big difference before and after a person shed all pretense of cordialityDespite the fact that I’d seen more two-faced people than two-sided paper, I was still truly surprised

However, I still couldn’t be provoked easilyHe was now spurned but that did not mean the sweet and happy moments between us in the past were fakeI wasn’t an idiot It’s just that everything on earth probably cos

“Can’t you see what you look like now?You have the guts to even go out with that awful face?An old geezer like you wants to be the toad that eats swan ht?”

What?You have the nerve to fucking humiliate me?

If I could really y, I could easily curse hi the same word twice, let alone break his nose with one punch

I was quickly considering whether to have a verbal or a physical fight, or perhaps both, when I heard aover the tables and chairs

I had no idea when Ke Luo had co his fist at him

After that I just stood on the side gaping at the two getting into a braithout a wordThey’d clearly onlyface-to-faceIt wasn’t until the restaurant uards that they reluctantly ceased fire

The reason why I stared tongue-tied was because I was totally unprepared for this sceneI should have been the one caught up in a fight with Shao Yan, but Ke Luo actuallyme?

After getting in the car, I still couldn’t digest itToday Ke Luo was really dutiful He was the perfect knight protecting the princess, even though he had protected the wrong partyI was a knight too and could occasionally be a great lewd dragon

“Ke Luo, thank you for earlierYou’re a true friend, but I can stand up for myself”

“Yeah, I know”

“What Iwho’d only cry with a broken heart over being called old and uglyEven with only one hand, I can still beat him until he’s out cold”

“I know”Ke Luo laughed“I know you’re strong and that you don’t need to rely on someone else to help you out”

Fairly satisfied, I gave out a “Mm-hm”

Ke Luo started the car“I just wanted to do it”It wasn’t until a while passed that I gave another, “Mm-hm” with a smileAlthough I didn’t need anyone at all to do anything for me