Chapter 37 (1/2)

CHAPTER 37

“There’s nothing to be done about that Ever since Alex got sick, his whole family been very cautious Actually, in contrast, Alex is quite independent But once he gets horand him, afraid that some mishap will occur Naturally, Alex would escape to China whenever he could…Was he independent in Beijing?”

He was not only independent It was practically the other way around When he was in Beijing, Li Chuan always took care of et up toall the housework since I was young because ood at daily chores He could leave dirty dishes there for several days and would never house My (hai had a housekeeper Besides studying and teaching, he didn’t kno to do anything else Even to borrow a ha on others’ doors Thus, I had depressingly believed that once I wasthe housewife I never thought that I could experience days of being taken care of by another I was quite confused at the sudden feeling of happiness When I told Li Chuan about it, Li Chuan felt sorry forthat I had suffered too much as a child that even God felt sorry for me, so he intentionally sent hiood care of me for my whole life I didn’t take these words to heart at that time Ever since my mom passed away, I secretly believe this one truth, that even the people closest to you will ultih, Li Chuan had just said those words for two months before he also disappeared from me

The first half of that year,sharply I was torrief

In this world, only Li Chuan could make me the happiest, and only Li Chuan could make me suffer the most pain There was no one else would could acco about this, I suddenly asked René, “Do you think Li Chuan and I should be together?”

René immediately replied, “Of course, you should! But Annie, I have to tell you, Alex is a particularlystubborn Once he makes a decision, he doesn’t turn back Even a stubborn old o check on the soup I’ I’ll co at the e about what René said before My heart was obviously e down on it with nowhere to fall to It only felt like, as I sat there, everything behind me was a bottomless black hole And my task was to obstruct this tunnel and not let Li Chuan slip through the middle of it and disappear in front of me

Could I block it?

Li Chuan must have been very sick in those five years Hetime He couldn’t even use the computer himself and needed someone else to read to hie to guess anyates of hell…so he didn’t want to tell me because he didn’t want to be a burden tome ice-cold from head to toe I had run to the kitchen to pour a cup of hot water to warot back, the screen was flashi+ng again René was back, “Where e just now?”

“At Li Chuan being stubborn and Ji Chuan being (English) bossy”

“It’s not really (English) bossy Ji Chuan just has quite a lot of ideas that are often better than others, so he alants to have others listen to his he had been saying about Ji Chuan that René quickly tried to reood I quite like him”

“Then, Annie, why don’t you come to Switzerland?” René asked

“Coets out of the hospital okay? I’ll transfer you to the Swiss headquarters and give you the same ah A few years ago, when I ith Li Chuan, Li Chuan repeatedly asked o on vacation with hi or short vacation I didn’t agree to it a single time I was a bit embarrassed to meet Li Chuan’s family Actually, Li Chuan had his own home But from when he spoke normally, it see Chinese New Years he would go visit his paternal grandparents, his randparents, his father’s older brother, his father’s younger brother, his ( to bars, traveling and skiing with a whole bunch of his cousins They were very important in his life…I was a bit scared off by it

“I…aner…I’m not used to it Plus, I don’t kno to speak French or German”

“Everyone in his faeneration can all speak Chinese”

“Ueneration” I was suddenly reminded of a line from “Pair of Peacocks Fly Southeast” [Chinese poem about a ho vowed not to remarry and drowned herself after thehimself]

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid There are very few girls in the wang fa towards the children, especially the girls Especially the girl that Li Chuan likes They can’t wait to love you”

René said this like I was already the daughter-in-law of Li Chuan’s faain, “Don’t say anylish) over His health is not good right now I don’t want s difficult for him He wants me to be over him I will be over hi elish) over with Li Chuan Our whole fa you!!!”

I suddenly felt that the other person’s tone was a little fishy, “Hey, are you René?”

After a short pause, a line of text popped up in the chatbox, “I a the dishes He won’t use the dishwasher Such a (English) Helpless DIY How can you not rule by ht towards this kind of person?”

Older brother Ji Chuan!!! Mywidely open I was shocked, “You…when did you co René had me come and take a look, to see if there was any nes I just caed to an oith a personalized signature of: “I’m not bossy I just have better ideas”

I quickly typed, getting straight to the subject, “Ji Chuan Ge Ge, can I go to Switzerland now to see Li Chuan?”

The other end paused for a long ti for you to coree He doesn’t want to see you during this ti time, Ji Chuan sent another line of text, “If Li Chuan illing to see you, he wouldn’t have left you six years ago”

Ji Chuan proved himself to be Li Chuan’s brother

I chatted with René for an hour and learned a lot about Li Chuan’s past I chatted with Ji Chuan for half an hour Ji Chuan didn’t reveal a bit of anything that Li Chuan didn’t want me to know We chatted about Switzerland’s cliested that I call Li Chuan once a week He said that Li Chuan definitely wanted to hear my voice, but his health is still not very stable He was very weak and couldn’t speak for a long time When it was severe, he still needed to depend on a ventilator

Honestly, after experiencing the death of two close family members, I was already quite immune to fear Li Chuan’s situation reminded me of the month before my father passed away At the time I received three critically ill notifications a day Every tiuard outside the operation roo time and life pass away by the second After a month, our spirits had already been tormented to exhaustion We were already numb to fear We only knew to follow the doctor’s advice and take care of the patient, trying our best to conform with the treatment procedures So on the sickbed, neither living or dying, I would even secretly think to ht as well die Perhaps it would be a relief

The week after I chatted with René, I had nightain I started taking sleeping pills every day And then I used fierce exercise to divert ym and found that, because a course for this semester was ended early What took over it was Latin dance Therefore, fora class all entered into the Latin dance class to learn Cha Cha from a handsome male instructor from the Physical Education departe didn’t make anyone unhappy Instead, everyone’s enthusias soainst it?

When I was a senior in university, I took Latin dancing for a bit At that ti a Latin dance competition Because I was the head of sports in the student union, I was assigned to represent the English departuy In order to rank, we found a senior Latin dancing teacher to choreograph for us We practiced day and night, continuously In the end, we got second place The champions were masters in the Physical Education department We conceded defeat

After so otten some dance steps But because I often went to the dance hall, I would occasionally get up and show a ym in our district There were triple the nua class There were many more university students And there were many more male students

That Saturday, I entered the classroo intoin the corner with both of his hands in his pants pockets, with his head down, as if he was a little uncomfortable

Eason

At first, I suspected that I had stepped into the wrong classroo in a corner in the classroo one And then I suspected that Eason had walked into the wrong classroo Latin dance was a bit funny

“Hi, Eason!” I went up to greet him

When he saw me, he was a bit embarrassed, “hello, Xie Xiao Qiu”

“How come you have time to come here?”

“I followed my instructor here”

“Your instructor? Who is your instructor?”

“It’s that person…”

My eyes followed the direction he was pointing to “That person” was our Latin dance instructor Eason explained that he was originally under Teacher Ding at Haidian (district) gy to come and teach Since he had only just taken the class for a e teachers, so he followed him here

I blinkedLatin dance?”

“Is it very strange?” He knehat I was thinking, yet his expression was unperturbed

“A little”

He licked his lips and explained, “Us in the Physics depart said to have very developed brains with simple limbs by other people I want to balance that…”

“There should be ht? Such as fu class, tennis class, fitness class, swi class…”

There were so o to them and cao to those classes But I also like Latin dancing”

I didn’t have anything else to say After awhile, I looked for so to say, “Latin dance is quite nice”