Chapter Index

    Chapter 106

    Seeing Chi Huang’s eyes widened, his lips slightly opened, he paused in a daze.Chen Shilu waited for a while, then impatiently patted his face: “Are you scared? That’s not true.”

    Chi Huang, who was forcibly “turned on”, seemed to have his CPU burned out. He stuttered when he spoke: “You, you, you… what do you mean?”

    “You don’t know what ‘like’ means?” Chen Shilu came closer to him again, calmed down, and said to him in a low but clear voice, “I love you Chi Huang, and I want to be with you.”

    After finishing speaking, Chen Shilu breathed a sigh of relief quietly. It turned out that taking this step was not as difficult as he thought.

    But for Chi Huang, whenever Chen Shilu said “like” and “love”, he felt like he was being forced to step back a little by a dagger.Until his back was pressed against the back of the chair and there was no room for retreat, he was finally killed by Chen Shilu’s “I love you”, and even his heart seemed to have stopped beating.

    After a short period of stillness, there is a crazy throbbing. When the ecstasy reaches the extreme, it will turn into anxiety, and anxiety will breed doubt. Chi Huang swallowed his throat repeatedly: “Why, why?”

    Chen Shilu had already sat back on the bed.Based on his understanding of Chi Huang, Chen Shilu didn’t mind being dodged and rejected by him. He was just worried that Chi Huang would still regard him as a seductress and continue to play tricks on him.He hoped that at least this time, Chi Huang knew he was serious.

    Obviously Chi Huang did not respond in a frivolous manner, but his surprise and panic were completely beyond Chen Shilu’s expectation.Listening to these stupid questions he asked, Chen Shilu suddenly started to feel a little joking: “Are you asking me why I fell in love with you? Of course it’s because you are beautiful and cute.”

    Time seemed to slow down. Chi Huang stared closely at the opening and closing of Chen Shilu’s lips, and every word he spat out hit his ears hard.Chen Shilu said “I like you”, “I love you”, “You are beautiful and cute”…are these all said to himself?Chi Huang suspected for a moment that he was dreaming.

    But will my heart feel so uncomfortable in a dream?He pressed his chest with his palms and couldn’t breathe.

    Seeing him like this, Chen Shilu felt that something was not right, so he quickly came over to help him calm down: “What’s wrong with you?”

    As soon as Chen Shilu’s palm touched his chest, Chi Huang shivered several times and his muscles tightened, and his breathing suddenly became more difficult: “Don’t touch me yet…”

    Chen Shilu quickly retracted his hand. Chi Huang hadn’t recovered yet, so he was a little panicked: “I’ll call the doctor.”

    Chi Huang grabbed his hand and took two deep breaths: “It’s okay, I’m okay, please let me slow down.”

    There was silence in the room, only the sound of Chi Huang’s breathing to calm his heartbeat and emotions.The morning sunlight filled half of the room. Chen Shilu sat quietly on the edge of the bed, looking at him gently.

    He was so calm and composed, without any frivolous air about him, that Chi Huang couldn’t help but want to take those words into his heart.

    But he knew that if he really listened to it this time, he would never have the slightest chance of escaping or letting go.If Chen Shilu abandoned him again, he would really have no choice but to die with him.

    He took another deep breath: “Chen Shilu, you said you love me and want to be with me, is that true?” Chi Huang didn’t notice that his tone was trembling. He was excited, and he was also scared.

    “It’s true.” Chen Shilu didn’t know how to prove his seriousness, because all his sincerity was exhausted when he said that he wanted to be with Chi Huang.He may have said “like” and “love” to others, but he has never said even half a word of “we are together” to anyone.

    Even though he was exhausted, he still wanted to prove a little more to Chi Huang, and said: “I won’t go to Europe anymore. I have already resigned from the company and renewed the house contract with the landlord.”

    All Chi Huang’s doubts and uneasiness were completely dispelled the moment he heard that Chen Shilu resigned because he wanted to stay.Only he knew what such a major change meant to Chen Shilu.

    He was so excited and joyful that he was a little incoherent: “Actually, I, I, I have always…”

    Then his phone rang.

    After his confession was interrupted, Chi Huang took out his phone almost angrily.When he saw the name “Zuo Yifan” on the caller ID, his mind went blank and he suddenly didn’t know what to do.

    While he was in a daze, the phone rang several more times, the anxious ringtone seeming to urge him to answer the call.

    But in front of Chen Shilu, he didn’t want to have anything to do with any man anymore.Otherwise, hang up to prevent Zuo Yifan from calling again and just block him?

    Chen Shilu said at this time: “Take it, your family will be worried if you haven’t been back for so many days.”

    Chi Huang’s nerves suddenly became tense. Chen Shilu called Zuo Yifan his “family member”. Did he already know that?Yes, Zuo Yifan received the clothes that Chen Shilu sent there. How could he not know that there was another man in his family?

    Knowing Zuo Yifan’s existence, would Chen Shilu still love him and want to be with him?It doesn’t matter, nothing substantial happened between him and Zuo Yifan, and his feelings for him are not love, which can be explained clearly.

    But what about the non-substantive ones, the kind of entanglement with group support and despair? In Chen Shilu’s eyes, what would he regard them as?Chi Huang suddenly realized that there was no way he could deceive and fool Chen Shilu.

    He answered the phone in the midst of a battle between heaven and man.

    Zuo Yifan’s voice was urgent and full of worry: “I heard Mr. Zhu say that you were in a car accident. Is it true? Is it serious? You haven’t contacted me before. I thought you were still angry with me, so I didn’t dare to disturb you. I’m really sorry. Don’t be angry. Which hospital are you in? I’ll take care of you?”

    Chi Huang replied mechanically: “I’m fine and I don’t need you to take care of me. The hospital has nurses who specialize in taking care of people.”

    “Is it really okay?”

    “It’s really fine. I’ll be discharged from the hospital in a few days.”

    “Then…are you still angry with me?”

    This kind of conversation and tone made Chi Huang feel on pins and needles. He replied stiffly: “I’m not angry. Are you okay?”

    Perhaps his tone was still wrong, but Zuo Yifan was more worried about offending him while he was injured. After asking him to take good care of his health, he hung up the phone.

    Holding the phone tightly, Chi Huang didn’t know what to say to Chen Shilu.He couldn’t explain Zuo Yifan’s existence, just like he couldn’t explain to Chen Shilu his sadness and despair during that time.

    But he still had to say something.He raised hope and lost it countless times, and his heart was tempered like a piece of iron until it became a heavy and hard piece.Now that Chen Shilu was showing kindness to him, his dead heart slowly returned to warmth and lightness. Even if he was dying, he still had to say something.

    “Chen Shilu, I…”

    “You don’t need to say anything.” Chen Shilu interrupted him, “I know you have a cohabitant, but I still choose to tell you. It’s more of a self-satisfaction and I don’t have to ask you to do anything.”

    Before confessing his love, Chen Shilu thought about the fact that Chi Huang was not single.But confession is his business, and Chi Huang’s choice is Chi Huang’s business.

    Hearing his no-desire and no-return tone, Chi Huang became even more panicked: “Listen to me, he…”

    “Really don’t explain, let alone rashly define the other person and your relationship.” Chen Shilu really didn’t want to hear it.

    He neither wants to hear Chi Huang say that they have feelings, nor does he want to hear Chi Huang say that they have no feelings, nor does he want to hear Chi Huang trying to discredit their relationship for some purpose.Only by not guessing or evaluating can we respect Chi Huang and himself.

    Seeing that Chen Shilu didn’t listen to his explanation, Chi Huang was so anxious that his nose started to feel sore: “Then what you just said about wanting to be with me, does that mean you don’t have to count anymore?”

    Seeing that Chi Huang’s eyes were red, Chen Shilu felt soft: “I will wait for you.”

    “How long can you wait?”

    “Wait until you and the other person are reunited and separated.”

    “What if I can’t get together with him?”

    “I’ll just keep waiting.”

    The sourness in his nose went straight to his eyebrows, and Chi Huang’s eyes quickly filled with tears.Not sure if he was moved by these words or because of some kind of long-suppressed grievance, he grabbed Chen Shilu’s clothes with all his strength and yelled at him in a state of collapse: “You are lying, I don’t believe you will keep waiting for me.”

    Chen Shilu sighed helplessly and handed the key card that Chi Huang gave him back to Chi Huang’s hand: “I will be responsible for every word I said today. Chi Huang, please think clearly about what you are going to say to me next.”

    The tears only reached the eyes and stopped before they could fall down.Chi Huang took the key and wiped his eyes with his sleeves, feeling very dazed.He didn’t understand a lot of things, and his mind was fast and slow. Today’s Chen Shilu was very different. It was like he was a different person. He didn’t know what to do.

    But with these words he said, Chi Huang inexplicably felt the weight of a promise, weighing heavily on his heart, making him feel at ease and emotionally stable.

    He knew that Chen Shilu was serious, and it was for this reason that he was not allowed to say a word.Don’t let him say that he likes and loves her right now, don’t let him explain his relationship with other men.

    He knew what Chen Shilu meant and what he wanted from him, so he let go.

    “I won’t make you wait too long, but you must wait for me.”

    Note