When they came out of the canteen, neither of them mentioned what had just happened. The atmosphere was a little strange. Yang Lei didn’t say anything, and Fang Yu didn’t say anything.
The two walked silently for a while. Yang Lei was about to speak when the phone rang. Yang Lei picked it up. It was Fang Mei.
“Yang Lei! …”
Fang Mie’s voice was unusually panicked, with a trembling cry.
“What’s wrong, Fang Mei?”
Yang Lei was stunned. Fang Mei had never been like this before.
“…Hurry to the hospital… I’m afraid…”
Fang Mei cried.
“Don’t worry! I’ll be there right away!”
Yang Lei hung up the phone and got a car, taking Fang Yu with him to downtown Jianghai. Fang Yu told Yang Lei not to waste time and got out halfway. Yang Lei didn’t have time to say anything more and went straight to the hospital.
Fang Mei’s father had originally returned home to recuperate. He suddenly fell ill and was sent to the hospital for resuscitation. The doctor gave a notice of critical illness. Although she was mentally prepared, when the time really came, Fang Mei was still out of her wits. Once Fang Mei, who was waiting outside of the emergency room, saw Yang Lei, she couldn’t help but jump into Yang Lei’s arms and cry. Yang Lei hugged and comforted her. He had never seen such a vulnerable side to Fang Mei. He kept waiting with Fang Mei and her family outside the emergency room. Surprisingly, he saw that the person who kept pursuing Fang Mei was also there. That person was called Peng Ming, and he also knew Yang Lei. They had been in the same middle school in the past. Peng Ming kept accompanying her silently, running around, and helping a lot.
“I am helping as a friend. Yang Lei, you don’t mind, do you?”
Peng Ming said to Yang Lei. Seeing Fang Mei in Yang Lei’s arms, Peng Ming’s expression was complicated.
Yang Lei thanked him. Yang Lei felt that it really was not easy for his sincere feelings for Fang Mei to persist to this extent.
Fortunately, after the resuscitation, Fang Mei’s father was saved. He was momentarily out of danger, but he still needed observation. Shortly afterwards, they had to handle hospitalization procedures and do an examination. Yang Lei was busy running around. At night, Fang Mei refused to leave. Yang Lei was worried about her and stayed with Fang Mei in the hospital all night.
The next day, Fang Mei’s father finally passed the critical period. When Yang Lei and Fang Mei also came out of the hospital exhausted, Fang Mei pulled Yang Lei back.
Both of their expressions were somewhat reticent. Yang Lei had already guessed what she was about to say.
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“…Yang Lei, we probably… can’t keep putting it off.”
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Fang Mei spoke slowly…
Yang Lei was silent for a moment and nodded.
Fang Mei looked at Yang Lei’s expression. She wanted to say something, but she didn’t speak.
She looked at Yang Lei’s silent expression. She knew that even if she said that they should go get a marriage certificate now, Yang Lei would also go. But she also saw the disappointment that flashed in Yang Lei’s eyes at that moment…
Yang Lei didn’t go back that night. He called several people out to drink.
Later, Yang Lei couldn’t even remember which friends he had called. He just wanted to find a place and an excuse to drink. Yang Lei didn’t stop at all that night. Those friends all knew that he was going to get married, and they all urged him to drink, saying that this was the last time. When his wife was present, he would not be so happy. In the future, his wife would monitor him strictly. Since this was the last time, he had to get smashed. This was the last craziness.
Later, Yang Lei did not know how much he drank. He drank red wine and baijiu, and later even mixed in foreign wine. Yang Lei’s alcohol tolerance had been good since the past. After he joined the army, he trained even more so that he was undefeatable. But that night, Yang Lei seemed to have never been so bad at drinking. After he only had a few drinks, he vomited. Yang Lei vomited everything in the bathroom. Feeling a little refreshed, he continued drinking.
A friend at the table asked him, “Have you gotten your certificate? Don’t live together illegally!” Yang Lei raised his voice and shouted, “Bullshit!” Another friend jokingly said, “It doesn’t look like you’re drinking happily, but rather drinking unhappily? Why, are you still thinking about a past lover?”
Some people rebuked, “He’s about to get married. Don’t talk nonsense.” But hearing this, Yang Lei looked at his wine glass and sneered, saying, “Past lover? The past lover has already fucking gotten married. Is thinking useful??” Then he drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp.
All the friends here looked at him and were stunned for a moment. Then they reacted and hurriedly smoothed things over, saying with a smile, Lei-zi is drunk, really drunk…
Yang Lei had been drunk before. When he was drunk, he was not as noisy as usual. Usually, he would be quiet and sleep soundly. Yang Lei got drunk that night, but he was very noisy. He went to KTV and got a private room, hogged the microphone, and kept shouting. These friends hadn’t seen Yang Lei so uninhibited in a long time. Yang Lei ordered wine again in the private room, and these friends couldn’t really stop him.
As Yang Lei drank, he ordered songs.
The music sounded. It was an old song, “Love Song 1990.” Yang Lei smiled as he said that he was good at this song. He looked at the screen with hazy drunk eyes. He already could not see the lyrics on the screen clearly, but he didn’t need to look. He remembered. He opened his throat and shouted hoarsely…
That night, Yang Lei drank until he was completely drunk. Later, he fell over on the sofa, like mud. These friends were not stupid. They could all tell that his mood was abnormal.
“Call his wife to pick him up!”
Friends pulled at Yang Lei but couldn’t move him. They had no choice.
“Are you stupid? Can’t you tell that something’s wrong? Hurry up and take him back.”
The friends carried a confused Yang Lei out the door, but when Yang Lei got to the car, he did not go in. He took out his cell phone and pressed it randomly.
“I got the certificate! …I got married!! …”
No one knew who Yang Lei had called. He held up his cell phone and randomly shouted loudly.
“Won’t you congratulate me?! …”
Yang Lei was really drunk. He straightened his neck and shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Enough, enough, you’re drunk! Let’s go and take you back to your new house…”
Yang Lei’s cell phone was taken over and hung up, and Yang Lei was pushed into the car. A friend drove him all the way to his new house. When Yang Lei was renovating, this friend had helped him and knew the place. When they got to the place, Yang Lei was already confused. His friend helped him out of the car. At the door, he was about to take the door key from Yang Lei. At the entrance of Yang Lei’s villa, someone stood up.
This friend didn’t know this person and looked at him suspiciously.
Yang Lei opened his eyes and saw the person before him. He pushed his friend away and staggered directly towards that person. He stumbled over his feet, and the person who came forward held him in his arms.
“…” Yang Lei raised his head. Without saying a word, he tightly grasped his clothes and didn’t let go.
Yang Lei’s friend saw Yang Lei like this and knew that it must be a friend he knew, so he paid no mind.
“Lei-zi is drunk. He probably got his certificate today, so he’s happy! Then I’ll trouble you, brother, to look after him!”
The friend was also in a hurry to return home, and he left.
Yang Lei didn’t know how he got into the room. This new house was already newly renovated, and the furniture, electrical appliances, decorations, and whatnot were all arranged beautifully. The living room was piled with large red “happiness” characters waiting to be put up, and a huge wedding photo hung on the wall. Yang Dahai and his wife had personally decorated this place. Ever since the renovation work ended, Yang Lei had never been here.
There was a blur before Yang Lei’s eyes, and his mind was already extremely not sober, but he instinctively refused to enter the room. He turned around to go outside. His legs went weak and he slid towards the ground. He was held up with force.
Yang Lei smelled a familiar smell. This smell surrounded him, stimulating his muddled brain. He stared at the person supporting him. The figure swayed in front of him, but Yang Lei seemed to know who he was. He grabbed him and stared at his face.
“…I got married too… Aren’t you happy?”
Yang Lei thought, He must be happy. He must be happy for me.
“…Now we are… both normal!”
In the past, he always said, “Are we normal like this??” Now, they were finally both normal. Normal!
“…Isn’t this what you want?!”
Yes, this was what he wanted. He wanted it for his sake, so Yang Lei did it. He was grateful, and he did accordingly. Couldn’t he act accordingly??
“I’m on the right path! …Are you happy?!”
Yang Lei grabbed the collar of the man in front of him, his eyes red.
“…Fang Yu!”
The name rolled out from the depths of his throat. There was nothing in his brain, which was overflowing with alcohol. Just calling this name brought him pain. The alcohol made Yang Lei lose control. He felt that there was something desperately gushing out of his chest, which he couldn’t control. He wanted to erupt and vent. But something also seemed to be stuck in his throat, so that this thing had nowhere to go. Trapped in his chest, it burned him like fire, making him feel anguished, depressed, and tormented all over, so that all of his nerves were clamoring and uncomfortable!
Drunkenness made his brain stop working. He felt a pounding headache, and he couldn’t think about anything. There was just pain, pain that drilled into his heart. The figure before him was motionless, just like the mirage he had seen countless times after he got drunk. Yang Lei knew that it was still just a mirage, and that it did not belong to him. He could only shout the words suppressed in his heart in his imagination. Those were words that he had tightly pressed to the bottom of his heart and sealed up, which he had pressed to the deepest part of his heart and avoided for seven years without daring to face them. But it was like gouging out a knife scar, so that even breathing was painful!
“…Why do you have to torment me like this…”
Alcohol causes people to lose control of their emotions. Yang Lei shed tears.
“…I can’t forget you at all!!”
Yang Lei’s throat bobbed, and he shouted painfully…
Yang Lei shouted that sentence, and in the next second, his lips were covered.
It was a kiss that Yang Lei had dreamed of countless times in the last seven years, but it was even more realistic and hot than all of his dreams. He opened his mouth, greedily and crazily greeted it, clinging to it. It was a kiss with strength and constraint, pain and urgency, fierce yet gentle. He moved his lips and tongue, tightly intertwining with the tongue that probed in and licked over his tongue, entangling, turning, and exhausting all of his strength. It was a hot breath that he was familiar with and a scent that he longed for, surrounding him overwhelmingly. Yang Lei was dizzy… It was like he was sucked in, and like he was going to suck the other person into his own body. He was tightly held in an embrace. The intimate yet anguished strength that hugged him penetrated his body, as if to crush him… Between their lips that were closely joined, liquid that couldn’t be swallowed in time flowed down the corner of Yang Lei’s mouth and into his neck. He had trouble breathing. His whole body seemed to be roasting over a fire. It was one of his countless dreams. His consciousness faded away into sleep. He heard a low voice by his ear coming from a distant place, hazily passing into his eardrums…
Oh god its so painful… This was a HE right?? ╥﹏╥
Thank you for the chapter ❤
Thank you!
This is so heartbreaking. They really love each other so much.
The author is really good at playing on our heart strings!
My experience in reading this novel so far: “I have all these flutterings and tremblings about me.” And also: “Have pity on my poor nerves!” (paraphrasing lines spoken by Mrs. Bennet from Jane Austen’s excellent novel, Pride and Prejudice).
I Just want them to be happy together; no more wanting, no more waiting, no more drama. Just them together, alone! It just doesn’t seem right that they couldn’t love each other on their own levels. Capitulation can kill, so if this is a HE, I’m happy.
God this chapter was heartbreakingggggg 🥲
Thanks for the chapter!!
Still waiting for that happy ending that we readers all deserved after months of torment and heartaches 😭😂
Yang Lei, there was no proof Fang Yu got married and had kids…🤧💔