Chapter 36 (1/2)
CHAPTER 36
As a broken hearted person, I had a problem that all broken hearted people had It was to stand alone in a place with a lot of people Wallow in sorrow in all that noise No wonder, in African tribes, when someone is about to die, they will be surrounded by others and dance in a circle of fire It must be better to die in the rief alone
That’s why, every Valentine’s Day night, I would go out alone to watch a h I didn’t have Li Chuan acco me, I still liked to watch movies Because of this, I specially subscribed to the movie theater’s newsletter Whenever there was a filo watch It didn’t matter whether it was new or old There was a row of couple seats in the theater I sat alone in the back, holding a huge tub of popcorn It was a Jackie Chan cohter broken out constantly in the theater
I hid alone a tears in the sounds of laughter I didn’t knohat acute pneumonia was and I didn’t knoould beco But the Li Chuan I knew had always been strongme to see the weak side of hi If he couldn’t he would flee and disappear without a trace But his voice was that weak and his tone was feigning gentle I suspected that his real condition was ten times worse than what I heard
When I returned home, I saw that René was actually on MSN I was exultant and quickly tapped on hi me the phone number I already called Li Chuan’s phone”
René typed in English, “Hoas it? Was it a good chat?”
I said, “Quite good René, is Li Chuan’s acute pneuth to speak”
René, “Uh-huh It’s already good that he could speak on the phone He couldn’t even speak a while before”
It was like that? How could it be like that? I quickly asked, “Was it caused just from a cold? Why couldn’t he speak? Was his throat swollen?”
The other person halted for awhat to say
And then René seemed to speak the truth, “…the most severe time hen Alex required a ventilator His immune system is quite bad, so he needs to be really careful about his health He can’t stay in cold, can’t catch a cold, he can’t have a fever and, even e question mark, “What is a ventilator?”
“…It’s a machine used to help him breathe when it’s difficult for hih ency roo The doctors on the side had swift eyes and hands, using a s a transparent tube in My whole body suddenly started cold sweating just thinking about this I promptly repented, “Next tiet rained on!”
The other side stopped for a bit and then continued with an angry red face, “What? You let Alex get rained on? In winter?”
“I’et rained on” Really That day, I was coot home I was depressed I didn’t even want to drink a cup of Ban Lan Gen (Chinese cold medicine) Yet I didn’t catch a cold or have a fever I was perfectly fine Why was I so healthy? Why was ? I was a bit ashamed!
René did not spare et rained on?”
“We were…in the rain…fighting…”
Thevibrated René was angered again, “What? What? How old are you guys, yet you still fight? — That’s right, did you create the wounds on Li Chuan’s neck? Before I sent Mia over, I had just cut her fingernails”
I cautiously and soleized, “Oh…that…has already been a month It’s still not healed?”
Thestopped flickering There was no words for a long tiht that Chinese women were more tender than French women…”
I quickly type, “I really didn’t do it on purpose Li Chuan kept on wanting to be over with ry! It’s an individual case Don’t be prejudice against all Chinese women as a result”
Theflashed, René said, “I won’t Alex always said that you were the most tender and most cordial woman Also…the emails you wrote to Alex were very tender They were quite !”
What? Li Chuan…actually…I was du in the ave you the letters I wrote for you too see? I’ to settle this with him!!!
My impression of Li Chuan wasn’t that bad! It’s not like in the movies where a male student would receive a love letter of a female student and then read it out loud in his dorhter
The screen flashed with English René said, “No, no, don’t let yourthat time, Alex was quite sick I read all of your ery, “Quite sick? How sick was he? Could he not even move?”