16 There’s No Medicine For Regre (1/2)
”Ow.” Su Yan rubbed his nose and looked up accusingly. The person in front of him … was actually Nie Chang. ”What are you doing here?”
”I was afraid to let you go alone so I followed you. Is everything set?”
”Mn.”
”Then let's go. There's a nice food stall not far from the repair shop. I'll take you there. If you like it, we can eat there often in the future.”
”Mn. Sounds good.” Su Yan followed him to the subway and they went their way.
Some minutes after they left, a downcast Li Ming knocked on the door to their boss' office. He only got a murmur as his answer since the boss was still thinking about Su Yan's resignation.
Li Ming closed the door behind him and bowed. ”Boss, I'd like to resign.”
The boss lifted his head. ”Hah? Resign?” Why were so many people resigning today?
Li Ming brought the letter of resignation over. His boss looked at the text but it was just as meaningless as Su Yan's. Speaking of which …
”Does this have anything to do with Su Yan?”
Li Ming lowered his head and nodded slightly. He couldn't forget the look in Su Yan's eyes. He had really thought … No, he couldn't say it like that. It was rather that he had hoped. Hoped for too long and finally given in to that feeling, believing for a moment that he might not be the only one feeling that way.
Actually, he had fallen in love with Su Yan at first sight when he came to work at the railroad station two years back. That day the boss himself had shown him around and the counters were their last stop on the tour. Su Yan had been sitting there, smiling at one of the travelers who had gone up to ask him something. He had shown him where to go on a large map, patiently explaining even through that guy was a foreigner who didn't speak much Chinese.
Li Ming's heart had instantly pounded faster. He felt like Su Yan was the person he had waited all his life for. He wanted to go up to him, tell him his name, apologize for the suddenness of all that and then ask him for a date. In the end, he didn't even find out his name since Su Yan was working. He only got to know the female co-workers and had to wait two whole weeks before he finally managed to speak with Su Yan for the first time.
Since then, he had tried to spend time with him whenever possible. Taking an earlier subway so he could say hello to him and maybe accompany him for those precious five minutes. Following the others to eat in the lunch break even if he wasn't hungry just so he could see him at the other end of the table. Purposefully forgetting to do his shopping on his workday so he had a valid reason to go to the station on his day off. He just wanted to see him sitting there at his counter, talking with his co-workers or answering the travelers' questions. It was enough. It had always been.