Chapter 8 (1/2)
Even with one leg broken, Yan Liang could not help but thing that this will definitely make her the butt of jokes. So when her mother asked her how she was, she bit the bullet and said everything was fine.
“The situation at home is bad”, her mother could not help but air out her grievances.
As the nurse was bandaging her feet, the resultant pain distracted her so she asked the nurse to stop. “What happened?”
Her mother said anxiously: “Your father always wanted Xu Ziqing and Zhou Cheng together. Today the child has clearly said she will not marry him. Earlier she was prevaricating, saying it’s too early but now it seems her mind is set.”
This was not how Xu Ziqing usually acted, if she clearly refused, wouldn’t this disappoint both father and Zhou Cheng?
Yan Liang thought this was a good outcome, she was secretly pleased, but unfortunately that could not be displayed in front of her mother so she put on a worried tone to ask “Then?”
“Then what, then, your father was very upset.”
“Oh.”
Dissatisfied with her daughter’s attitude, Yan Mu said “ Why are you not worried?”
Yan Liang wondered aloud: “Why should I be worried? I am not the one being forced to marry.”
Yan Mu sighed helplessly “Although he is capable, Zhou Cheng will always be a driver’s son. Your dad would like to promote him, even to the position of a general manager. It is not a threat if Zi Qing is stuck with him. Now…”
Yan Liang silently smiled. Her mother was so calculating..how will that help?
Xu Jin fu’s love for Xu Ziqing will always allow Ziqing to have the upper hand.
Her mother went on and Yan Liang was in no mood to listen anymore. She said “Let me come back” to end the conversation
She stayed in the hospital for one night. No one had come to visit and Yanliang was also happy with the quiet.
But she did not realise that she would find it most difficult in the middle of the night when the pain was keeping her awake. There was no one to talk to and she sat like an old patient in the bed, listening to the nurse’s footsteps in the corridor outside
Perhaps the nurse’s monotonous footsteps aroused a desire in her heart, or the night outside made people think of strange things. Whatever it was, Yanliang finally got her mobile phone to call a number she hadn’t called in weeks.
Half of her was thinking, Xu Ziqing’s refusal will certainly make the trip quite frustrating for her, would it not have been a good opportunity for her?
The other half, however, proudly scorned the idea. When an idea finally prevailed, Yanliang quickly set aside the opposing thought, she did not want to give herself room for regret.
It was a long night.
It was a long distance international call.
“Hello?”
Yan Liang thought for a long time, and finally she just said: “Are you okay?”
Since she was so hesitant, Zhou Cheng was also smart enough to guess: “You know everything?”
“……” “…”
“……” “…”
“Repeatedly trampled by the same woman twice, is it worth it?”
“Not worth it, but ….. I cant help it.” Zhou paused, Yan Liang understood him so well she could make out from his sigh how depressed he was.
Yan Liang finally did not utter any words of comfort; after all, in her bones she felt that the man deserved to be sad: “Aren’t you feeling cheapened ?”
“Can love make you feel cheap?”
Yan Liang could not help but look up and close her eyes, her mouth gulping for air like a fish out of water gulping for oxygen. Only then, could she control her emotions
“Once I am back, we will get drunk. Buck up, you are invincible!”
Yan Liang hung up the phone.
If he deserved to be depressed, wasn’t she even more pathetic? Yan Liang laughed. In the empty ward, only her laughter could be heard. The more she laughed the more her heart sank, sank to the bottom, into the dust..
“Sometimes laughter is worse than crying.”
Suddenly a cold voice broke the silence.
Yan Liang was surprised.
Looking towards where the sound came from, she saw the door was half open, a figure gracefully standing there. In the mixture of light and darkness, the emotions on his face were difficult to understand, but the eyes were still gleaming..
“Jiang Yu Nan?”
The man approached her.
“What are you doing?”
Jiang Yu Nan was much more casual than her: “I came to see if the little lion was asleep.”
“I hate this nickname.”
“I like it.” Saying this, he moved the table in front of Yan Liang,a take-away carton placed on top, “It’s still hot. Eat.”
Seeing her motionless, Jiang Yu Nan laughed: “Do you want me to take apart the chopsticks, open the cover and deliver this to your hands before you eat?”
Yan Liang only watched him quietly.
He actually opened the lid, prised the chopsticks apart, and put the bowl in Yan Liang’s hands.
She still did not move, Jiang Yu Nan frowned at her: “Of course, I do not mind feeding you.”
Yan Liang frowned as well.
Jiang Yu Nan picked up the
plastic spoon, actually scooped the porridge with the spoon and put in his mouth , waited for a while , then suddenly came towards her.
His lips were on hers, she ducked.
She should have kicked him out earlier, now she could only complain: “Are you sick?”
“If you want me to feed you, of course I get to choose how I feed you.”