Under the dim light on the balcony, his chin looked a lot thinner, perhaps because of drinking a little wine, his voice sounded a bit hoarse like gravel sharpened, “I originally thought what you said that day was just a lie to me, but it turned out to be true… You really want to marry another woman and have children…”
Chu Yan was silent for a while, and then nodded softly after a while, “… It should be.”
Although his voice was very light, it was exceptionally clear in this silence. Li Xi suddenly turned his head to look at him. He didn’t know if it was the light or the reason. There was even a little bit of wronged emotion in his eyes.
Chu Yan was shocked by his gaze, and subconsciously turned his gaze and said slowly, “Not only me, you should be like this in the future, and you will have your own family and children…”
Li Xi looked at him steadily, and shook his head slowly and firmly, “No, I won’t, and I won’t let you do this.”
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Liang Fangyuan bought a train ticket at 3:30 the next afternoon. After breakfast, Li Xi went out to work. Liang Fangyuan cleaned up the dining table, turned on the TV in the living room and turned the volume up again, and pulled Chu Yan, who was still sitting on the sofa and ready to watch TV with Maomao, into the guest room.
Chu Yan saw his sister enter the door and quickly closed the door again, her movements were still vaguely eager, and he couldn’t help asking, “Sister, what’s the matter?”
She seemed very absent-minded. When Chu Yan asked, she reluctantly smiled after a while, “It’s nothing, I’m going back this afternoon… I just want to talk to you…”
Chu Yan also smiled, “Well, I’m free today anyway, and I can help you pack your bags.”
Liang Fangyuan saw that her brother really opened the suitcase. In order to make it easy to carry and store, he removed the outer packaging of the snacks and specialties he bought yesterday.
But in the end, there were too many things. When she came, she only brought a small suitcase. Most of the things in it were children’s towels, milk powder, etc., and she couldn’t hold other things at all.
“Why don’t you send it back? It seems to be troublesome on the road…” Chu Yan raised his head, but his voice stagnated when he saw his sister’s face.
Liang Fangyuan’s expression was very complicated and embarrassing, and she struggled for a long time before hesitating to ask, “Xiao Ci, sister asks you the truth, what is the matter with you and that Li Xi?”
Chu Yan pursed his lips, and remained silent for a long time without speaking.
When Liang Fangyuan saw her brother’s performance, her heart sank. She got up in the middle of the night yesterday to change Maomao’s diapers, and she saw her brother and Li Xi hugging each other.
If her previous uneasy guesses were comforting, maybe she thought too much, then the scene last night made her unable to deceive herself anymore!
Liang Fangyuan looked at Chu Yan steadily and asked, “You have been dragging and refusing to find someone before, is it because of him?”
The voice fell, and the room instantly fell into a suffocating silence, as if the surrounding air had slowly solidified because of this silence. Chu Yan finally nodded slowly under his sister’s gaze.
Seeing that her brother didn’t deny it, Liang Fangyuan’s heart was cold, her eyes turned red almost instantly, and even her voice changed, “You are… Why… For a man, you really don’t plan to get married anymore?!”
Chu Yan’s eyes moved slightly, squatting on the side of the bed and looking up at his sister with some sadness, “But now same-sex marriage is legal, it’s not like that…”
“Do you still want to marry him?” Liang Fangyuan’s voice suddenly became sharp, and she stared straight at Chu Yan, as if she was about to lose her younger brother.
Her younger brother is the best. He has been well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, smart and hardworking. Not only are his parents proud of him, but even she holds him in her heart, but… How did he become like this now…?
Chu Yan’s eyes turned red when he saw his sister like this.
“This is for our dad and our mom to know… You are going to make them angry to death! How can they raise their heads in the future?! They’ll be looked down on by others!” Liang Fangyuan scolded sharply, while walking over and pulling his hand, “Go, go back with Sister, you can’t do this…”
Her emotions seemed to have completely collapsed. Chu Yan stretched out his hand to stop her, but Liang Fangyuan’s eyes were already red with anger, and she broke away from him and slammed her hand in a fierce slap in the face.
With a crisp sound, Chu Yan’s face was turned away. At that moment, Chu Yan was even in a daze, his eardrums buzzed, and his eyes turned black. After a while, he felt the needle-like tingling coming from his cheek…
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Li Xi still rushed to the hospital after receiving a call from Zhang Chengye. Liang Fangyuan was sitting on a bench in front of the hospital. When she saw Li Xi walking over, her body stiffened, her eyes were red and were filled with complications.
The resentment and embarrassment in that gaze made Li Xi startled for a moment, but he didn’t wait for anything. At this time, the door of the emergency room opened, and the doctor took off his mask and said, “There is no problem, but there is some physical deficiency and anemia. The patient is awake now.”
This was Zhang Chengye’s statement when he called him in advance. Sure enough, Liang Fangyuan on the side heard this, the solemn expression on her face dissipate a little, but she still asked anxiously, “But he has a lot of nosebleeds, and he can’t stop it…”
The doctor smiled, shook his head, and replied, “It’s okay, but if you are really worried, you can go to the hospital for observation again.”
Although Liang Fangyuan was a little uncertain in his heart, he still chose to believe the doctor’s words.
Li Xi, from the side, asked, “Can I go and see him now?”
“Of course you can.”
Chu Yan in the ward was already awake. The nurse glanced at him, and her gaze fell on his red and swollen right cheek. Against the background of his pale and bloodless face, it gave people a shocking feeling.
The young nurse looked at him in silence, then handed him the ointment, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.
Chu Yan silently looked at the orchids on the window sill for a while. Someone should have taken care of them. The flowers almost always bloomed well.
His eyelashes trembled slightly, he turned his gaze, took the ointment from the nurse, and whispered, “Thank you.”
Somehow, the young nurse’s nose suddenly became a little sour, and her red eyes said to Chu Yan seriously, “You will definitely get better.”
He was still so young, kind and gentle. The Buddha and Bodhisattva will definitely bless him.
Chu Yan looked up at her and smiled, “Thank you, I will.”
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Li Xi and Liang Fangyuan came in together, but their faces were very ugly, especially Li Xi, as if he had lost his souls.
The redness and swelling on his right cheek was obvious, and you didn’t need to look specifically to notice it. Li Xi strode over, his fingers trembling slightly.
“I’ll wipe the medicine for you first…” Li Xi closed his eyes and opened them again. After taking the medicine from his hand, the breathing between his mouth and nose seemed to be hot and sour.
Didn’t you say that you were lying to him before, then go on a blind date with others according to the expectations of your family’s…?
But why don’t you do this…
Li Xi had always firmly believed that in this relationship, his love for him was far less than his own, but gradually until now, he was not sure. Even for an enlightened family like himself, it was difficult when they were together, so what about him…?
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