Black Lotus

It was already getting late after they finished dinner. Lu Yun went to pick up a call upstairs for work, and Aunt Lan was cleaning up dishes on the table.

Uncle Xu glanced at Aunt Lan to let her go into the kitchen, and she immediately went into the kitchen with all the dishes.

Now, only two people were left in the living room. The TV was playing one of the most popular dramas loudly as Wen Niannan was sitting in front of it in a daze. 

Gu Yansheng sat at the other end of the sofa supporting his head with one hand and slightly glancing at the person in the corner. Remembering how Wen Niannan refused him during dinner and now sitting so far away from him, he was filled with anger. 

Is this type of trick ever going to end?

“Come here.”

No reply.

“I said come here! Are you deaf?”

The person staring at the TV finally turned his head and said calmly, “What do you want?”

“Why are you pretending to be wronged in front of my mom? How come I never seen you being so aggressive before? What new tricks are you going to play with me again?”

“Yeah, I’m playing tricks again, always pretending. Won’t it be better if you just pretend I never existed?”

Wen Niannan looked at the person in front of him and said with a mocking tone. He was done arguing. 

Gu Yansheng hated how Wen Niannan always sat there tamely watching TV, curing in the corner of the sofa, but now he felt less annoyed.

Reaching for the pack of cigarettes in his pocket, he felt irritated again. He glanced at the person in the corner again as he was about to light a cigarette. 

He obviously wasn’t very happy but still walked out to the balcony before smoking.

Thinking about the concert that he would have to attend tomorrow afternoon, his face stiffened. 

Finishing the cigarette in his hand, he returned to the living room and found that Wen Niannan was not there anymore.

With a slight pause, his face darkened as he walked upstairs with heavy footsteps.

However, he didn’t return to their room but to the piano room, a guest room that they used to store that piano.

Gu Yansheng went in and touched the piano and the keys. He then looked at the two letters representing their names that were carved onto the piano by Shen Luoan.

He remembered that he promised to send this piano over to Shen Luoan.

Noticing a thin layer of dust on the piano, Gu Yansheng wanted to pick up a towel on top of a box to dust the piano.

But, when he lifted the towel, the box also tipped over and fell onto the ground. Gu Yansheng turned as he heard the sound, yet when he saw what he had dropped, his eyes opened wider, and he rushed over to pick it up in a hurry.

Carefully picking the box up and holding it in his hand, he dusted the top of the box. 

Inside was a necklace with a silver ring hanging from it. On the inside of the ring carved a music note. It seemed to be just a normal necklace, but Gu Yansheng took it very seriously. 

It was the most important item in his mind.

That year when he narrowly escaped from the kidnappers and blacked out on the side of the road, the kidnappers were still searching for him everywhere. He was severely injured and ended up collapsing in an alley. 

Just as he knew that he was about to be taken away again, someone helped him up and talked to him.

How are you feeling… Can you still walk?

Don’t fall asleep… Don’t… You won’t be able to wake up again.

Don’t sleep… Open your eyes.

That voice was almost like a magic charm and miraculously opened his eyes. He looked at the person holding him up, feeling that he was out of strength.

His head was hurting, and Gu Yansheng saw the necklace swing around, and the music note carved on it.

Gu Yansheng reached out with his final bit of strength and clutched tight onto the necklace. 

He didn’t want to let go…

That person suddenly stood up, looking around alertly, and the necklace went up with him. 

Gu Yansheng looked at his shadow for a long long time until his head started hurting again, and finally, he blacked out.

Before he lost consciousness, he still held onto the necklace and glanced at the shadow one last time.

Translated by: Summit

Edited by: UnderTheMoon