Black Lotus

In the room, Wen Niannan leaned against the door and rubbed his hand on his chest. He felt relieved and walked to his bed feeling tired after hearing that Gu Yansheng had walked away.

His head started hurting again, and his body fell onto the bed. One of his hands made a crisp bang as it collided with the wooden bed.

Wen Niannan raised his hand and stared at the ring on his ring finger.

Gu Yansheng put the ring on him during the wedding. Mom said that Gu Yansheng went to Nation F and bought it for him a year before the wedding.

Wen Niannan touched the carvings on the ring and suddenly felt lost in his thoughts.

At least this was the last evidence that he was married to Gu Yansheng. It was the only item that belonged to him after this marriage.

Maybe… After the divorce, he could bring it with him as a piece of memory of their time together.

Wen Niannan took off the coat and grabbed the medicine from the pocket. He reached over to put the medication in a place that was not so obvious but stopped.

He took out a picture from the last drawer. It was a picture of a group of young, energetic students.

It was taken during the second year of high school after a basketball tournament. It was also the only picture that had him and Gu Yansheng in it together.

Their school won, and Gu Yansheng in the picture had a faint smile on his face. Wen Niannan was also smiling not far away from him.

Looking at his young face, Wen Niannan couldn’t help but remembering how stupid he seemed at that time.

After that time Gu Yansheng helped him on a banquet, he started following his father to all kinds of banquets just so that he could see Gu Yansheng more.

Because of Gu Yansheng’s special status, he was always surrounded by a crowd of people every time during a banquet, and Wen Niannan would always be sitting in a corner looking at him in a daze.

Once, when he attended the Zhou Family banquet and his dad was busy with other guests, he was alone getting food.

Wen Niannan had a plate of cake in one hand while trying to get some juice with the other. Suddenly, someone bumped into him, making the juice spill on his clothes.

“Oh, I’m so sorry. I didn’t see you there. Are you OK?”

Wen Niannan looked at the cream and juice on his shirt and said, “No worries. I can just clean it up in the restroom.  ”

“I’m very sorry.”

In the bathroom, with the sound of running water from the faucet, Wen Niannan took some water with his hands to wipe the juice and cream. But the more he wiped them, the more obvious they got, and the whiteness from the cream also spread out.

“Sigh… if I knew it’d be like this I wouldn’t have wiped it, it’s getting worse.”

The sound of footsteps came from the door. Wen Niannan, who was beside the running faucet, didn’t hear the footsteps and was still fighting against the stain on his clothes.

The door was pushed open, and a man in a white suit walked over. There was an impatient expression on his face and when he saw that there was someone else in the bathroom, he was stunned.

“If I knew it’ll be like this I wouldn’t have wiped it, it’s getting worse.” The person beside the sink sighed, his voice full of frustration.

Suddenly, a slender hand holding a blue handkerchief appeared in front of him.

Wen Niannan turned to look at him dumbfoundedly. When he saw his face, his eyes were full of astonishment and froze in place.

“Are you alright? Here, use this handkerchief, it might help.”

“Huh? Oh, okay.”

Wen Niannan took the handkerchief from the other hand dumbfoundedly and raised his eyes to look at the person again. He could feel his face getting hotter, so he lowered his face to avoid his eyes, “Thank you for your handkerchief.”

The man nodded slightly, then walked out. Wen Niannan was still standing there lost in his thoughts. Looking at the handkerchief in his hand, he raised the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

After the man left, he was still staring at the handkerchief smiling, until the sound of the faucet brought him back to reality.

An impatient voice came from outside, “Gu Yansheng, what are you doing? There are so many people waiting for you out there, don’t make your mom unhappy.”

Hearing the sound at the door, Gu Yansheng showed an uninterested expression on his face. He took a tissue from the side, wiped his hands, then turned and left.

Wen Niannan looked at him from behind, then looked at the handkerchief. He suddenly buried his face in the handkerchief as he made a silly laugh.

Seeing Gu Yansheng finally coming out, Zhou Yuanfeng glared at him, saying, “Did you secretly go smoke again?”

“No, there’s someone inside.”

“Then hurry up, your mom is waiting for you over there.”

Since that time, Wen Niannan has been looking forward to seeing him more. He occasionally went to the small shop near Gu Yansheng’s school to buy things after school, but his eyes were always at the school gate.

Whenever he saw the familiar figure in the crowd, he would always unconsciously smile. It was only that the Gu Family had a driver to pick him up every day, so he would disappear into the car right after coming out.

Although it was only a few distant glances, they were enough for Wen Niannan.

A sudden ray of light shone in the invisible darkness, and the ignorant young man reached for the ray of light until he slowly realized.

He liked him, but because of his sense of self-inferiority, he hid in the dark and only looked at him silently.

But as the light gradually dimmed out, a tentacle pushed him into the darkness, could the love buried in his heart still be answered…?

Translated by: Summit

Edited by: UnderTheMoon