AMTBYIGA Chapter 114

Chapter 114: Red String Amber

Everyone was stunned, not understanding what Gu Nian was about to do.

On the other side, the eight judges were straining their voices, trying to attract attention, “Young man, we’re over here, you’ve gone the wrong way.”

Gu Nian didn’t even blink, staring fixedly into Lin Sui’s eyes.

“What is he going to do?” Silver Fox looked at Gu Nian’s expressionless face, somewhat worried about Lin Sui.

After all, that face didn’t look happy no matter how you looked at it.

Bai Yunmiao was equally worried, but after looking at Gu Nian’s slightly trembling fingertips, she comforted, “It should be fine, Gu Zong likes Sui Sui so much, maybe he just wants to give Sui Sui the gift first?”

It has to be said, Bai Yunmiao’s intuition is really accurate?

Lin Sui blinked, not at all frightened as Silver Fox feared, but smiling, because he could tell at a glance that Gu Nian was nervous.

He always looks like that when he is nervous, expressionless, his jawline tight, and his fingers unconsciously clasped. He looks fierce, but he’s probably panicking inside.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Sui kindly opened the topic for Gu Nian, “Do you have something to say to me?”

Gu Nian pursed his lips, his eyes lowered because of nervousness, making him look even more fierce.

His fingertips trembled even more violently.

After several minutes of silence, not only Lin Sui, but everyone else present, including the viewers in the live broadcast room, became anxious.

[What exactly does Gu Ba Zong want to do? I feel like something big is about to happen]

[Heh, I think he’s going to dump Lin Sui in public. Lin Sui isn’t worthy of him anyway; he only got married because of luck]

[The acidity of the person upstairs is overflowing, and have you forgotten to change Xiao Yao’s avatar?]

[Can Xiao Yao’s fans get out of here? Your mouths are so dirty. Maybe our Gu Ba Zong has prepared an exclusive gift for Sui Sui]

[Sui fans, stop being stubborn. If it were really a gift, would his expression be so bitter?]

[Hehehe, these CP dogs are all like this, they’ve gone blind from shipping a CP]

Swords clashed online, and Gu Nian finally prepared himself and opened his mouth.

“I’m sorry, I only got one gift, so I only want to give it to you.”

Gu Nian solemnly took out a wooden box from his pocket, about the size of a jewelry box.

Lin Sui was close and faintly smelled a scent of incense, wondering when Gu Nian had started liking this kind of perfume.

No, why would he suddenly wear perfume? He doesn’t have it in his luggage.

Lin Sui tilted his head in confusion and hesitated, “But the punishment…”

“I will accept it.” Gu Nian lowered his eyes, his fingers stroking the edge of the box, “So, are you willing to accept it?”

Lin Sui was speechless for a moment, unable to imagine what kind of gift would trouble Gu Nian to the point of voluntarily admitting defeat, when this person was stronger than anyone else.

Gu Nian’s body tensed up even more, his voice somewhat strained, “It’s not anything important. If you don’t want it… never mind.”

Although he said that, the expression on his face was not like that at all. Disappointment and despondency were almost overflowing, and Lin Sui felt that if he refused, Gu Nian would cry in the next second.

Lin Sui glanced at the camera next to him and reached out to take the wooden box.

In the setting sun, his smile was bright and radiant, “Of course I want the gift you gave me!”

Gu Nian was like a big dog whose head had been touched by its owner, his eyes lighting up little by little, and he urged, suppressing his joy, “Then hurry up and open it.”

Lin Sui turned his attention to the wooden box, also curious about what Gu Nian would give him.

He opened the lid, and a simple red string lay quietly on the dark brown lining, with a golden, translucent amber bead hanging at the end.

Lin Sui didn’t deliberately hide it, so others saw the gift.

“Ah, this…”

Several hosts who had already completed the evaluation exclaimed in surprise, then quickly covered their mouths and exchanged meaningful glances with their companions.

When they saw Gu Nian saying so seriously that he only had this one, they thought it was a remarkable gift, but they didn’t expect it to be just a broken red string.

Even if it was to avoid the task, this was a bit too much, but there was nothing to say since he was the sponsor. But he actually gave this piece of junk to his lover, which was a bit…

Almost everyone looked at Lin Sui with sympathetic eyes, assuming that this was Gu Nian’s contempt for him.

This kind of thing was actually not uncommon in their circle. After climbing up the high branch, they lost interest after a long time and just casually threw a check and left. However, they had always thought that Lin Sui and Gu Nian would be an exception. After all, the sweet affection between the two when Gu Nian was disabled was known all over the internet. They originally thought that mutual support in times of trouble would be different, but unexpectedly…

Silver Fox rushed to argue with Gu Nian, but Bai Yunmiao grabbed his arm.

“Bai-jie, you.” Silver Fox frowned, interrupted by Bai Yunmiao’s gesture.

Bai Yunmiao pointed to Lin Sui’s stunned but not sad expression, and then pointed to Gu Nian’s expectant eyes, whispering, “The situation may be different from what we guessed. It’s better if we don’t interfere.”

Silver Fox was skeptical, and after watching for a long time, he couldn’t see anything from Gu Nian’s iceberg face. However, considering his trust in Bai Yunmiao, he reluctantly grunted and watched Gu Nian with his arms folded.

It looked like he would go up and beat him if he dared to say something he shouldn’t.

[What, what, what is this situation!]

[I thought it would be a ring]

[Even if it’s not a ring, it should be something more precious, right? This thing… I won’t lie to you, I can buy three of them for ten yuan on PDD]

[Hehe, are Sui fans still arrogant? Does it feel good to be slapped in the face?]

[I knew this day would come. Where can using your looks to serve others last? Congratulations to a certain resource-grabber for losing his hehe]

[Did you not brush your teeth when you got up this morning, person upstairs? Your mouth is so stinky]

[Yo yo yo, you’re already losing it. You’ll lose it even more when they announce their divorce. Can’t stand it already?]

In another city far away, Xiao Yao showed his first smile in days as he watched this scene.

He knew that Gu Nian wouldn’t be too serious about Lin Sui. This was a signal. Starting with this foreshadowing, the other party should gradually dump Lin Sui.

Without Gu Nian, this big mountain, standing behind him, he’d like to see how Lin Sui would fight him!

Xiao Yao grinned, unable to help laughing out loud.

——

Lin Sui looked at the familiar yet different red string in front of him, and it took a long time for him to find his voice. But instead of the embarrassment and anger that others expected, there was a sense of nostalgia, “You still remember this?”

One sentence instantly confused everyone.

[Still remember? So is this a token of love?]

[Using a red string as a token of love, Gu Ba Zong, you’re something else]

[I heard that Gu Ba Zong’s financial situation was actually very bad when Sui Sui and Gu Ba Zong were together. Maybe he was forced to do it]

[Speaking of which… is that yellow bead really glass? The more I look at it, the more expensive it seems]

[I’m saying, do Sui fans have to put so much gold on their faces? The person involved hasn’t said anything yet!]

Lin Sui’s exclamation ignited hope for the CP fans, but Xiao Yao’s fans were not to be outdone, desperately suppressing them. Coupled with the heavy blow from before, they were actually outdone by Xiao Yao for a while.

However, Gu Nian’s next sentence completely gave the CP fans a peace of mind, while shattering the dreams of Xiao Yao’s fans.

“Of course, this is the first gift you gave me.” Gu Nian gently took the red string out of the box, his dark and deep eyes filled with unprecedented emotion, almost asking with a bit of humility, “Can I help you put it on?”

Lin Sui took a deep breath, feeling like he had eaten a hundred unripe mangoes in one breath, sweet but also sour and astringent.

He had once given Gu Nian a similar red string.

At that time, Gu Nian hated him very much. He asked for a red string for him and put it on him personally, telling him that he would definitely get better.

Time passed, and later that red string was damaged in an accident. Lin Sui thought that Gu Nian didn’t care at all.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly.

The world has changed, and this karma has finally drawn a complete symbol.

“Of course.” Lin Sui suppressed the surging tears, trying to show his most beautiful smile, “I am very happy.”

Gu Nian was like a child who had received candy, his eyes sparkling as he put the string on Lin Sui. The color of the red string was a calm dark red, which made the wrist even more white and jade-like when worn on the snow-white wrist. The amber bead was just attached to the position of Lin Sui’s pulse, quietly bathed in the setting sun.

“Sui Sui.” Gu Nian stroked that piece of skin, the satisfaction in his eyes almost turning into substance. He bent down and reverently placed a kiss on it, then raised his eyes.

“Sui Sui Ping An, I wish Sui Sui, Ping An.” (May Sui Sui be safe.)

Gu Nian’s voice was low and deep, only Lin Sui could hear it, and only he understood the other meaning of this sentence.

At the beginning, he said to Gu Nian that you will definitely get better in the future.

Now, he returned the same blessing to him.

So what then?

He wanted to say, will he take over protecting himself in the future?

Lin Sui looked at Gu Nian in a daze, his gaze passing through him as if he saw another space-time.

Should he be happy?

He should be, after all, isn’t this a love confession that would move anyone?

But, why, did he feel scared?

Lin Sui was afraid of this kind of himself, but his brain uncontrollably retreated to the twenty-odd years of days and nights in the previous world.

In fact, in the beginning, he was also a child with loving parents.

They said that they would protect him and love him for the rest of their lives, and he would always be their treasure.

Such sweet vows were shattered by those who had made the vows on the day he was diagnosed with an incurable disease.

After that, there were twenty years of loneliness.

Twenty years later, Lin Sui saw the two people who had once said they would protect him for the rest of his life again.

They rarely showed him the smile that they only had when he was a child, and kindly peeled an apple for him to eat. His mother stroked his head, just like every parent who loved their child.

Lin Sui looked blankly at the couple who had become blurred in his memory, but instead of the gratitude that they had imagined, he clearly realized a fact.

The reason why they were doing this now was because – they needed his kidney.

At that moment, Lin Sui realized.

Any vows in this world will be broken one day.

They were just things that humans said casually at the time, as light as a breeze, and no one could keep a wisp of wind.

Only by being needed will one not be abandoned.

So now, does Gu Nian no longer need him either?