Black Lotus

After Tang Shuo took Wen Niannan back to the room after the check-up, he sat in front of the bed and looked at the person he had been longing for for many years.

Raising his hand to Wen Niannan’s forehead, he gently smoothed the frowning eyebrows that were tense perhaps from a nightmare.

The person on the bed suddenly moved his eyebrows and slowly opened his eyes. Frightened with guilt, Tang Shuo stood up and took a few steps back.

As soon as Wen Niannan woke up, he saw that the person’s face flush and his eyes were avoiding eye contact. After a few tries of speaking, that person still didn’t let out any word.

“You want some water? I’ll get some for you. Be right back.” Using this as an excuse, Tang Shuo fled in a panic.

After a while, walking in with a glass of water, he stretched out his hand to help Wen Niannan get up. Wen Niannan got up and gulped down the water. 

“Want some more?” asked Tang Shuo, “I can get more for you.”

“No thanks. What happened to me?” asked Wen Niannan, rubbing his head. He was still having severe headaches as he spoke.

“You are drinking at the bar yesterday and fainted from your condition, so I called an ambulance.”

Hearing this, Wen Niannan simply replied “oh”.

Tang Shuo saw the person on the bed was not worried or frustrated at all, he continued, “The doctor said that your stomach is weak and you shouldn’t drink. You should know this by now.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Of course, Wen Niannan knew his body very well. For the past few years, he had been trying his very best to take care of himself, but the stomachaches still came back.

When he first found out about this, the doctor told him that he shouldn’t drink anymore, but yesterday, he disregarded all that and took one drink after another. He wanted the pain on his body to cover up the pain in his heart.

“Then why did you drink so much yesterday? You know that you are doing to die like this!”

Wen Niannan raised his head and looked out the window, saying to himself, “So what? No one is going to love me. Does it even matter if I die?”

He could picture how happy Gu Yansheng must have been after getting rid of him, an outsider, and spending an entire birthday with the beloved lover.

Seeing Wen Niannan’s pale face, Tang Shuo felt awful. He grabbed onto Wen Niannan’s shoulders and shouted, “You still got me! I love you with all my heart! You are so perfect. How would anyone not fall in love with you?”

Looking at the person’s bloodshot eyes, Wen Niannan reached out and wiped the tears off Tang Shuo’s and said slowly, “Okay…I will protect myself… and make sure I live well.”

Tang Shuo suddenly threw himself on Wen Niannan’s legs and started crying, “I want to see you who used to be gentle and confident. For a good person like you, who do you have to torment yourself like this?”

Although Wen Niannan’s body began to tremble as he came in contact with Tang Shuo, he still used his hands to comfort Tang Shuo by patting his head.

“Alright, don’t cry like a child.”

“Why do you love Gu Yansheng so much? In what way is he better than me? Gu Yansheng is not worthy of your love…”

Only after calling his friend did Tang Shuo found out what happened last night at Gu Yansheng’s banquet. Publicly, Gu Yansheng brought Shen Luoan there and accused Wen Niannan of plagiarism in front of everyone.

In addition to the shock, he felt more distressed. How desperate must Niannan felt when he left the banquet?

“Yeah, why do I like him so much?” Wen Niannan looked down at the wedding ring in his hand. His eyes soon became moist.

The door suddenly opened, and Wang Qi stepped holding the checkup report.

“Tang Shuo, I have something to tell you. Please come out with me.”

Translated by: Summit

Edited by: UnderTheMoon