Chapter 9 - Their Stances (1/2)

Chapter 9: Their Stances

Translated by Shiya of Exiled Rebels Translation

When they finished dealing with everything and Lu Shang finally reached home, it was in the middle of the night. The second Lu Shang walked in; he saw Li Sui lying face down on the sofa, one of his arms was hanging out. He hadn’t changed his clothes yet, under the bloodied shirt was Li Sui’s strong back. Li Sui had grown a lot; he was basically a grown man when looking at his body size. As Li Sui exercised a lot, one could see the muscles on his arms.

Lu Shang examined Li Sui’s arm, it was bandaged and cleaned already. On the table were a few capsules of anti-inflammatory medicine and a cup of water, the water had turned cold already.

Lu Shang lightly hit Li Sui’s shoulder a few times, he didn’t wake up. When he checked Li Sui’s temperature, he found Li Sui’s forehead was hotter than usual; he had a fever. Lu Shang immediately called Leung ZiRui, asking him to come over.

The person on the other side of the phone was probably asleep, he sounded tired, “Are you sick?”

“Not me, the little guy’s wound might be infected. He has a fever.”

Leung ZiRui gave a light “Hm”, he said like a ghost, “I understand… coming…”

Lu Shang hung up the phone, he looked down to find Li Sui awake. Li Sui was looking at him, his eyes clear and shiny, perhaps due to the fever, his face was a little red.

“The doctor is coming, be patient.” Lu Shang seldom used such a soft tone when speaking.

Li Sui only smiled, and he fell asleep after closing his eyes again.

Lu Shang was taken aback by the weird smile, he felt like Li Sui was teasing him somehow. But very quickly he realized, there was no way Li Sui had the guts to tease him, he probably wasn’t conscious either, the fever must had fried his brain.

He didn’t want to bother Aunt Lu at this hour, so Lu Shang acted as a caretaker for once. He got Li Sui up to his shoulder, bringing him to the bedroom. Lu Shang cleaned Li Sui’s body gently, then helped him change and put him onto the bed. Li Sui had lost quite an amount of blood, so he might be a bit sensitive to the cold. The moment Li Sui touched the blanket, he subconsciously snugged in, almost like a turtle.

Lu Shang just suddenly found Li Sui funny like this, he himself found this thought odd as well.

However, this happiness didn’t reach his mouth, the forming smile quickly receded. The problem with Li Yan wasn’t over yet, Xe WeiLan and the others were waiting for his answer. When the sun rose again, he would have to hide all his hesitation, and make the best decision in everyone’s eyes.

The fucking most annoying thing in life was when the right choice went against the choice you wanted.

Sounds came from downstairs, after a while Leung ZiRui climbed up the stairs with steps as heavy as a corpse.

“I left for how long? And so many things happened.” Leung ZiRui had two huge eyebags under his eyes.

Lu Shang moved away from the side of the bed, letting Leung ZiRui examine Li Sui, his face wore no expression.

“He’s fine, his wounds weren’t big either. I’ll give him an injection. After some sweating and a good night’s sleep, he will be alright tomorrow.” After Leung ZiRui finished examining Li Sui, he took out a syringe and administered it to Li Sui. Feeling the pain, Li Sui muttered something in his sleep, but he didn’t wake up.

“Will the wound leave a scar?” Lu Shang asked out of the blue.

Leung ZiRui had a face that said he didn’t care. He then said, “What’s so bad about a scar, he’s a guy… Oh, you feel guilty, don’t you? Do you want me to get some medicine for removing scars later?”

Lu Shang nodded, he glanced at Li Sui, then he sat down on a chair and leaned backwards. After a long while, he said tiredly, “I think I might have done something wrong.”

Leung ZiRui said, “Your heart is too soft, if you can’t bring yourself to do it in the end, then you should never have gotten involved with him.”

“My heart is soft?” Lu Shang turned back to look at Leung ZiRui, he stopped for a while and said, “… no one has ever described me like that.”

“Don’t you think you are really hesitant now? You weren’t like this before.”

Lu Shang fell into silence.

“Never mind, go to bed. Do you know what time it is now?” Leung ZiRui was too tired, he glanced at his wristwatch and said, “Your health deteriorates every time you don’t sleep, you know?”

Lu Shang ignored him, he rubbed his forehead, as if he had a lot on his mind.

Leung ZiRui put the tools away, he sighed. His friend was great at every aspect, but his moral principles were too high. In uglier words, he was too rigid. As someone working in business, that wasn’t an advantage. When he first knew Lu Shang was going to take over Tong Yan, he worried if Lu Shang could handle it.

“Tonight, when Zuo brought people to me for treatment, I heard him say something about today’s incident. He said you didn’t want Li Sui to take the mess with Chan Zhuang, even he saw through you.”

“This mess had nothing to do with Li Sui.”

“Lu Shang, you think too highly of yourself. You aren’t a saint.”