Chapter 34 (1/2)
CHAPTER 34
When I walked Li Chuan to the door, light rain was falling There were a few scratches on Li Chuan’s neck, traces I had left behind when I was angry Li Chuan was aneret and was conflicted inside This ht as well be fierce
Like in the past, I faced the mirror and helped him fix his tie and insincerely warned, “Reo to work Otherwise, people will laugh at you”
“…” He refused to reply
I pretended to exae the subject, “Is your aneet so nervous each time you bleed?”
“It’s not severe He’s afraid it will get infected”
“Do you get infected easily?”
“Not easily” His lips were sealed tightly, ending the conversation Li Chuan’s reply about his health and sickness was forever sily to be the truth but there was so out the door, he stood on the steps and said, “In the future, stop sending money to that lawyer each month You know that I don’t need that ain
“I don’t need thatand your salary isn’t considered high”
It’s not considered high, but I don’t see you givingthose in my profession I arasped my hands, looked into my eyes and said seriously, “If I could make you happy, I would try my best I wouldn’t let any opportunities pass by But I can’t, therefore…I withdrew I didn’t expect that I would waste so much of your time…I’m really sorry”
I was driven mad inside Li Chuan hadn’t been back for a month yet, but, unexpectedly, he had already cautiously broken up with ain Even the most emotional dramas only did this once or twice It was unbearable Really unbearable
“In ay can’t you? Weren’t you quite normal just now?” I looked at him ide eyes, “Plus, even if you can’t, I wouldn’t mind If worse comes to worse, I’ll turn over a new leaf and becohtened and his face looked dumbfounded
I seized this opportunity to ask, “Li Chuan, what really happened?”
His eyes fogged over It was misty and ht away fro, I need to leave now”
Every time I saw this expression froues of his all treated Li Chuan like an ordinary person Only I kno hard it was for hi for the triple effort he has to put in to walk, in order to increase the strength of his bones, Li Chuan had to eat a kind of white pill everyhis esophagus, he had to drink a large cup of water at the sa the medicine, he would have to stand for thirtyOtherwise, there would be serious side effects Besides staying up all night to draw designs, for the ot up earlier than me So I didn’t really see much of how he took the medication There was only one time that he had a headache and nausea after he took the , yet he refused to recline at all I could only support hiainst the ith hiized tothat he shouldn’t have troubled le told me that in the first three years Li Chuan had left ns received awards, he didn’t attend the award cerens for a few European projects, were all concentrated in Switzerland The volume of as incomparable to what he used to have Li Chuan had only resu in the past year And when I saw him, there was no noticeable difference in hi soreat illness
The weather was cold, I sniffedforth in my eyes
After so ether with Li Chuan Besides arguing, there was only arguing Li Chuan wouldn’t tell ether had really been used up
Li Chuan drove the car to K cafe In the car, I told him that I had really moved on I had three dates at this place
Li Chuan didn’t comment on it the entire way When ere almost there, he couldn’t help but say, “You would date bothit a try Maybe I have a problem with my inclination Emma suspects that I am a lesbian”
“How could you be?” He was finally distressed
“Perhaps bisexual?” I added
“Stop joking around You have no problem with you inclination”
“Then it’s your inclination that has a probleay Your brother is, and so are you”
For a long time, the only reason I could accept for Li Chuan’s departure was that Li Chuan was gay It was because Ji Huan was the only friend who Li Chuan had a little personal association with in Beijing Ji Huan was gay Ji Chuan was also gay Li Chuan had ay characteristics For exa meticulously attired For exa Huan” (Happy Wolf) Li Chuan never evaded talking about Lang Huan with me He said that the coffee there was top-notch, the drinks were good, and there werewith hiay coay René was even his good friend in college He even felt very close to them
“I have no probleain, “You know I don’t have a problem”
“Since neither of us have a probleain That’s right, I’ay It’s not that he was incapable He didn’t have another women When every possibility is removed one by one, what is left? Parents don’t approve? (It seemed like everyone in his family was afraid of him) He was a spy from the security bureau (With that level of Chinese of his…)? Kidnapped by aliens before (Couldn’t they pick a healthier breed)? Perhaps we couldn’t get s (But our blood types were coht until I couldn’t think anymore and still couldn’t understand
The corner of Li Chuan’s mouth twitched He was just about to flare up when the car stopped with a screech He nearly ran a red light Afterwards, for the re ride, no matter howand did not say a word
At the cafe, he got off and opened the car door for me with a cold expression
I put on iven me froreat I wanted to knohy René didn’t want me to wear the scarf in front of Li Chuan
Sure enough, Li Chuan’s eyes shi+fted and asked, “Where did you get this scarf?”
“Shuang An shopping center, third floor, specialty store”
He swiftly took the scarf offit”
“You won’t let me wear a scarf in such cold weather Do you want me to freeze to death?”
“You aren’t allowed to wear this one!”
“Why not? What is it to you?”
“This is…” He was just about to say it when he promptly stopped and looked at me with an odd expression
I suddenly came to a realization, “This…couldn’t be what is used at pride (parade)?” I took the scarf and looked it over, searching for the rainbow syh at my flustered expression “It’s not If you want to wear it, then wear it I’ll go settle this with René”
After saying, he drove away, disappearing in an instant
There was a fa barista stood at the door holding a tray of coffee samples for passer-bys to try
I pushed open the door and entered I got a medium cup of coffee and found a seat next to theThe radio was playing a Tian Zhen song: “Many questions flashed in front of my eyes There is happiness and disappointments The state of my mood always depended on you I’ve never considered otten to the chorus when so at Zhu shi+ Mao That person was like a bright star with eyebrows like swords, tall statue, and with a grave expression that was the same as Zhu shi+ Mao on CCTV’s Chinese New Year’s Gala I thought that his grave expression was a little hilarious