The new home was very nice, not only was it spacious, but the decoration and design were all very pretty, so it was very comfortable to live in.
In a flash, it has been half a year since Shen Shuyun moved to this villa, and it was already the end of the year.
A lot of things happened in these last six months, for example, just last month, Qi Zhihan had given birth to a daughter, and it was said that the fetus was not in the right position and he suffered a lot.
Ning Wan and Shen Shuyun rushed to the hospital to be with Luo Xiao.
The tall man of about two meters was crying uncontrollably on the hospital corridor.
He had later changed into a sterile suit and went in to be with his lover. Through the door of the operating room, they could hear Qi Zhihan’s voice cursing him in pain, which was really ludicrous.
In the end, both the baby and his father were safe and sound, and Luo Xiao named his daughter Miao Miao.
The sky was grey and drizzly with snow; Shen Shuyun was napping on a lounger in front of the large floor-to-ceiling balcony.
A thin brown blanket covered his lap and a book of essays was upside down on the blanket, rising and falling slightly with his breathing.
It was Saturday, so he didn’t have to go to work; he stewed a pot of pork chop soup at home, waiting for Ning Wan to return.
The aroma of the soup escaped from under the lid, bringing out a sliver of hot steam that gurgled softly, baking the room with warmth. Shen Shuyun closed his eyes and had a rare good dream.
The dream did not last long, though, as he was awakened by the sound of a smashing lock.
Shen Shuyun rubbed his eyes and was just about to get up when a dull pain came from his abdomen.
He grunted softly and rubbed the side of his abdomen, thinking that he might have caught a cold sleeping in the hall.
He moved towards the door somewhat warily, secretly wondering if it could be a thief, but he quickly dismissed the thought – what kind of thief would be so stupid as to make so much noise, was he afraid that people wouldn’t notice?
“Brother Yun, open the door,” Ning Wan’s somewhat muffled voice came from outside the door, accompanied by a thumping sound, “It’s me ……”
Shen Shuyun recognized it was Ning Wan’s voice and hurriedly opened the door. When he saw Ning Wan’s appearance clearly through the dim sky, he was frozen again.
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Ning Wan was not a sloppy person, whether at home or outside, he always tidied up well.
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The original color of the fabric of his right trouser leg was somewhat…… shattered beyond recognition, looking as if it had been torn almost as if it had been hooked and tugged hard by some plant, and both his legs were covered in dust at his knees from where he must have fallen.
His face was pale, looking even paler against his black coat, with two piles of red floating on his face and his hair tangled on his forehead.
The moment Ning Wan opened his mouth, the strong smell of alcohol was directed at Shen Shuyun’s face, causing a wave of vomiting to rush up in Shen Shuyun’s chest: “Brother Yun ……”
Shen Shuyun hurriedly stepped forward and followed his wobbly body to prevent Ning Wan from falling again.
As he held Ning Wan, the smell of alcohol got a little heavier, and he couldn’t help but frown and ask, “Ah Wan, where have you been? …… Was someone bullying you?”
Ning Wan struggled to raise his head in Shen Shuyun’s embrace; a pair of moist red eyes stared at Shen Shuyun; Ning Wan’s eyes were indescribably sad and aggrieved.
Shen Shuyun thought that he should first give Ning Wan a hot bath so that he could go to bed and rest for a while. He then put Ning Wan’s arm on his shoulder, held Ning Wan’s waist, and took him to the bathroom.
However, Ning Wan was so drunk that he subconsciously resisted the bath and said he didn’t want to go. Shen Shuyun had no choice but to coax him to strip naked and take him into the bathroom to help him wash himself.
Ning Wan was not very cooperative, causing Shen Shuyun to sweat all over his body; his clothes were also wet from the water he rinsed out. Shen Shuyun caught his breath, rested against the sink for a while and went to change into dry clothes.
He changed into a set of pajamas in the bathroom and returned to the bedroom. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Ning Wan sitting naked on the bed, seeming lost.
Shen Shuyun wondered what he could be thinking about.
He took out the hairdryer from the cupboard, plugged it in at the head of the bed and sat on the edge of the bed waving his hand towards Ning Wan, “Come here, I’ll dry your hair, otherwise you’ll get another headache tonight.”
After taking a shower, Ning Wan had mostly sobered up so when he heard Shen Shuyun’s words, he obediently sat over and let Shen Shuyun fiddle with his damp hair. Shen Shuyun’s slender fingers ran through his hair, blowing it horizontally with the hot air while gently ruffling it.
Ning Wan’s hair was still very stiff even though it was wet, and there were a few strands lying stubbornly on top of his head, refusing to move.
“There’s a saying in our old family that says people with hard hair are stubborn and hard-hearted.”
Shen Shuyun gently flipped Ning Wan’s hair, the warm wind blowing into the hair as he moved, drying the moisture at the roots:
“I think that’s true, you’re really stubborn. Tell me, what have you been doing today, why do you look like this?”
“Today is the anniversary of my mother’s death ……”
Ning Wan closed his eyes, his voice hoarse: “I went to see her.”
Shen Shuyun’s movements slowly stopped.
Ning Wan continued, “After my mother died, she was taken back by her mother’s family, and my father was unable to stop them. The custom on my mother’s side of the family was to bury her in the ground, on a hill full of graves, so they found a place to bury the coffin and put up a monument.
The place was a barren hill full of burial mounds, it wasn’t easy to find her tomb, and I slipped on a small hill when I stepped out of the way.”
Shen Shuyun turned the hairdryer off and the room fell silent for a moment.
“You miss her, don’t you?”
Ning Wan reversed his body and hugged Shen Shuyun, pressing him tightly into his arms, smelling the sweet pheromones radiating from the nape of Shen Shuyun’s neck, the familiar jasmine fragrance slowly soothed Ning Wan’s irritable and depressed mood, he lowered his head slightly, kissed the glands on the back of Shen Shuyun’s neck and slowly said:
“My mother used to be a film actress; you should have heard of her, her name was Su Yi.”
Shen Shuyun was shocked, Ning Wan rarely mentioned his mother, so much so that he only now realized that Ning Wan’s mother was actually Su Yi, an actress who had become very popular more than ten years ago! Before Shen Shuyun could get over the shock, Ning Wan continued:
“She didn’t come from a very good background, and came to the big city alone to work after college.”
“My father met my mother at a charity dinner and grew attached, so he kept pursuing her …… She eventually said yes, and even ended up marrying him. Before she got married, my mother announced that she was taking a break from acting, the world was shocked and thought it was because she was tired and wanted to stay at home to raise her children, but none of them knew that it was actually forced on her because the condition of my father’s to marry her was that she could no longer get involved in the acting industry.”
“My mother didn’t agree at first and even broke up with my father. But it wasn’t long before she found out about me, so she had no choice but to agree to my father’s condition and have a wedding with him, even more so since she couldn’t be ruthless enough to have an abortion.”
Ning Wan closed his eyes in pain:
“So, I caused her to suffer, it was all because of me.”
Shen Shuyun gently patted Ning Wan’s back and said in a warm voice: “No, Ning Wan, you were just an excuse, and besides, the child should never be guilty.”
“After they got married, my mother gave birth to me and never went out to work again. My father was so in control that he made her depressed all day, like a bird kept in a golden cage.
Without a job and not going out to socialize much, her mental state deteriorated – as far as I can remember, although my mother was good to me, she was always unhappy.
When I was seven years old my mother was diagnosed with cancer and those drugs and treatments didn’t keep her alive much longer in the end and she died the following year.
Her life was so short and she wasn’t happy at all throughout the second half of it, I often feel sad for her when I think back about her ……”
Only then did Shen Shuyun realize the reason why Ning Wan always looked pensive at the mention of his mother, and his heart felt like it was being scratched by a small beast, flooded with tiny but continuous pain.
He pulled away slightly from Ning Wan’s embrace, held Ning Wan’s jaw and kissed him on his lips.
“It’s not your fault, Ah Wan, don’t take all the blame on yourself,” Shen Shuyun tucked a strand of broken hair that had fallen down the side of Ning Wan’s cheek behind his ear:
“Even if she was unhappy, I’m sure she loved you very much, otherwise she wouldn’t have given up her acting career for you. She wouldn’t feel comfortable with you suffering like this either, eh?”
Ning Wan let out a low sigh: “Luckily I have you, Brother Yun …… luckily I have you. You were always there for me in such a timely manner, reaching out to me. Just like that year at the Wei Ming River, you were the same way ……”
Shen Shuyun looked at Ning Wan in some confusion, “The Wei Ming River, what Wei Ming River?”
“…… You don’t remember?”
Shen Shuyun was confused by him: “What do you mean by that?!”
Ning Wan let out a low laugh, “Alright, even if you don’t remember it …… I’ll just remember it alone.”
Even if you had forgotten about the young boy you saved, I would never forget the hand that pulled me away from death in the cold river water.
Shen Shuyun only thought that Ning Wan was drunk and confused so he assumed he was just talking nonsense.
Where is that river?
He had never even heard of it.
Oh no! D: What will happen now?! （＊〇□〇）
Thank You for the new chapter ʚ♡⃛ɞ(ू•ᴗ•ू❁)
Don’t tell me it’s a misunderstanding…. I hope 🤞 I’m wrong 😐
dogblood starts now?😟
At first, I thought that its their status that’s going to break them apart… now this? Lawrd, I hope it’s all just a misunderstanding or maybe SS have an amnesia??? Now, I’m just overthinking it, hah well it’s starting. Imma gram my tissues now.
OooooHhhh Crap here it comes !!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe what he smelled that day is just a real Jasmine flower near there?
Or the smell is just so similar to distinguish it’s a different flower smell…?
ORrrrrrrr it’s just a darn perfume ! LOL