Chapter 58 (1/2)
Chapter 58: Cornflower
Translated by shi+ya of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
(Unedited)
Neither of the the an Lu Shang's recovery training
Lu Shang's rehabilitation period lasted for one and a half years Apart frouided by a coach Li Sui acco the hill every day There was a country park around five kilo trail in the country park and it was a good place to train
At first, Lu Shang could only climb half a kilometer of the trail, it was obvious that at the end of the trail, he found it difficult to even raise his feet Whenever Lu Shang reached the steeper part of the trail, Li Sui would keep close behind hiht accidentally fall Fortunately, Lu Shang had strong willpower, he see hike
“How do you feel? If you feel any disco stared at his own palasped, “I'hed and said, “Itchy? Maybe because your body hasn't exercised for a long tith feels like?” Li Sui clenched his hand into a fist, he see's face, he felt happy but at the sa fro unco, he could feel the strength in his hands and feet again, and he was suddenly full of energy almost every day It was natural for hi on Lu Shang's ring finger, he reached for it and said, “Come with me for a walk in the woods”
It was dusk, sochess in the park, the two of the hands, that attracted a lot of people's attention
A little girl carrying a basket past by the saw a bouquet of cornflower in the basket and stopped, “What day is today?”
“The 7th of June”
After Li Sui replied Lu Shang, he hio pay our respects to the ancestors?”
Lu Shang shtly, “Hmn This year, I need to take you tosaid ”ot up very early and changed into a forether
The floere carefully selected by Lu Shang hiht a bouquet of blue cornflowers that were all bloo beautifully
“Why Cornflowers?” Li Sui helped Lu Shang get the bouquet into the car
“Do you want to know? It's a little long”
T/N, Yes, this chapter is so long ToT
Li Sui nodded
“As you have heard,his heart condition” Lu Shang said slowly, “In one of those missions, besides him and several other military personnel, there was also a German army doctor from Red Cross”
“A German army doctor?”
“Hood, he was much better than me Most of the time, he was no different from a healthy person, and he hid his condition very well But during one of the missions, the ar it, the doctor gave hiinal plan of that o across a ht Unfortunately, there were heavy rains, so the only bridge leading to the other side collapsed They changed their route, but that new route involved going through a inally, the plan was feasible, since they had aout where the landot swapped out”
“That's dangerous” Li Sui asked
“Yes, since the map apped out, it means that the erous for them to cross They were all soldiers and co They didn't want to miss this opportunity to attack the enemy, so they decided to send a person to demine the place1”
Li Sui said, “They wanted to send your father?”
Lu Shang nodded, “My father was often alone since he wanted to hide his condition, so he was suspected of being the ave the order, he decided to obey and took on the task He also knew that there was a very sli, he went to bid farewell to the doctor, he also gave the doctor a Cornflower as a token of thanks, which was Ger paused for a while before continuing, “But unexpectedly, before leaving, the doctor injected hied into my father's htly shocked
“When my father woke up and hurried to find the doctor, it was too late His lower half was blown to bits, leaving only a charred body behind It was said that inside the doctor's burnt palood condition”
“After the mission was successfully completed, the h praises My father arded the position of senior officer by his superiors for his outstanding contribution, but he refused He left the army and started a co the full story, Li Sui didn't knohat he was feeling in his heart, “That arhtly, “You want to ask, did they have a thing?”
Li Sui turned his head away a little as Lu Shang looked out of the , “He's probably the only one who knows the answer to that question… We've arrived”
Lu Shang walked up the stairs and turned back to see Li Sui wearing a sad face It seemed that Li Sui had not yet recovered fro?”
Li Sui held Lu Shang's hand tightly and said with a smile, “Fortunately, ere born in a time of peace”
” I don't think we should compare ourselves with the looked at Li Sui and laughed, “But I'm luckier than him”
Li Sui smiled back
The two of them climbed up the stairs hand in hand When they reached the top, they ran into Meng XinYou
“It's you?” Her gaze went past Li Sui and fixed on Lu Shang She was a little confused After a while, the shi+ne in her eyes turned dim She turned back to Li Sui and said, “Have you also co XinYou did not shy away and said directly, “He looks just like Lu Shang You've been looking for so ti and Li Sui were stunned Li Sui understood, Meng XinYou did not recognize Lu Shang at all That wasn't too surprising, given that Lu Shang had been doing a lot of rehabilitation exercises forhis leisure clothes, so it was a little hard to tell that they were the saued and nodded a bit
Meng XinYou sighed, “You really did love hi, but you still can't forget him”
“How have you been lately? I haven't thanked you for what happened in the shareholders'XinYou looked blissful as she said, “That's nothing And I'ratulations,” Li Sui felt happy for her from the bottoes, while Lu Shang went to the grave first on his own
Maybe it was just Li Sui's iination, but he found the smile of the man in the picture much kinder than before
“You don't have to worry aboutplaced the flowers on the toht him here to meet you Whether you like it or not, I'm with him for life”
“Dad, you used to say that people like us should keep to ourselves and not drag others doith us I didn't do as you said, but I'ood now, aren't I?”
There were footsteps behind Lu Shang Li Sui knelt down beside Lu Shang and held his hand, their rings touched, Li Sui turned to theYou can rest assured, as long as I breathe, he will never starve If I wronged him in anyway, you can come to haunt me anytime”
It was a pious and solehed all of a sudden instead
“What are you laughing at?”
Lu Shang didn't cease laughing, he said to the tombstone, “Did you hear that just now? You can haunt hiht breeze blew past the stood up and patted the dust off his clothes, “Let's go”
“So soon?” Li Sui quickly followed behind hio to my hometown to see my mother?”
The shadows of the two raveyard In front of the toently in the wind, as if so at theate of the prison
A skinny oldLi Sui looked at hi, as in the car After getting an affirmative response, Li Sui took a deep breath and walked forward to carry thefor him
“You are…” The old man's turbid eyes stared at Li Sui, and after a ed, “You are…”
Li Sui did not answer his question, he only said, “Get in the car, we should get soet a hot bath”
“Son…?” The old man looked at Li Sui with tears in his eyes, his hands were tre violently
Li Sui didn't hurry him, he just stood beside the car door and let the man look at him all he wanted Li Sui was tall and handso temperament When compared to the old man in front of Li Sui, no one could see a trace of their father and son relationshi+p
Nearly twenty years had passed, while Li Sui didn't have any deepthe desolation in his eyes
When the car started , the old man finally calmed down and asked, “Were you the one who helped reduce , “It's not me, it's my spouse”
The old man was shocked, “Your spouse? Why didn't she come with you?
Before Li Sui answered, the old man responded and said, “Oh… It's better that she doesn't”
Lu Shang as driving turned his head back and asked Li Sui, “Should we go to the school first or eat first?”
“Go to the school first, we should deal with the paper works first”
The old ?”
“I have arranged a job for you, you will be topping up the students' electricity usage cards You only need to work three days per week, they will provide you with food and a place to live in You will have winter and summer holidays as well, the welfare provided are the same as teachers”
As the old man listened, a little bit of loneliness showed in his eyes When he started thinking a little bit h, he also found this treatet out of prison, he even prepared a life for him With how the man treated him and histo help hiations to accompany him, plus he had his own fa at was near the school Li Sui ordered a few dishes and an extra bowl of winterrolls
“Don't add any seasoning in the porridge Spread the o, Li Sui handed the menu back to the waiter
The old man looked at Li Sui's polite te parked his car and walked into the restaurant He sat down beside Li Sui and said with a s”
“Nice to meet you too…” The old man squinted at the twowas odd
After the food was served, the man finally realized what exactly was odd His son was too concerned about thisThe shrimps' intestines were not cleaned out, so Li Sui just naturally took the porridge Then he picked out all the shri He was so meticulous that it was obvious that they weren't just ordinary friends
Thewith a somewhat familiar, polite temperament He also accepted Li Sui's care very naturally, as if they did this every day During theironce Li Sui took the mobile phone out of his own pocket then naturally handed it to Lu Shang The old s they earing, and he was shocked
After seeing that, he had a lot of s and he didn't even remember the taste of the food anyht him to the school's dor went to get so was done, it was already late in the evening
“I' to have dinner with you then This is fro You can take it,” Li Sui handed him a card “I will come and visit so back, the old man's eyes were full of complex emotions, “You… Is he your spouse?”
“Yes, we areto say, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he kneas not qualified to question him What kind of life Li Sui had in the past years? What kind of experiences did he encounter? What did he liked? As a father, he did not know the answers to even a single of those questions
“Father, be a good person in the future,” Li Sui round, “When you have tirave and burn some incense”
The old man looked at hi,” Li Sui finally looked at him and turned to shut the car door
On the way back, Lu Shang was still the one driving Li Sui sat beside him, and he was a little lost He didn't knohat to think As they aiting for the green light, Lu Shang reached out his hand to squeeze Li Sui's palhed softly, “Are you sad?”
Li Sui ca's hand back and brought it to his lips, then he said with the back of Lu Shang's hand at his , you are the best”
“Don't overthink things toocomforted him “Your family is my family No matter what your attitude towards them is, I am always on your side”
As Li Sui listened, he reached out his ar wheel, he drove the car to a quiet street, then pulled the handbrake He just suddenly pounced on Lu Shang and said, “Let's have sex”
It was so sudden that Lu Shang's forehead hit Li Sui's chin