AMTBYIGA Chapter 69
by VolareThe doctor took a deep look at Gu Nian, a profound meaning seemingly hidden beneath his cold exterior.
“I hope you can continue to adhere to your own ideas in the future.” The doctor left these words behind and headed straight for the door, preparing to leave.
“It’s been so long, won’t you stay for a meal?” Gu Nian rarely offered a courteous invitation.
“No.” The doctor, wearing a white sweater, waved his hand without turning his head, a faint voice echoing, “I’ll be waiting for the day you come crying to me.”
The sound of the door closing followed immediately, and Gu Nian didn’t have time to say anything else.
“Has the doctor already left?” Lin Sui, who had been secretly observing for a long time, poked his little head out from the kitchen, saying with some regret, “I even prepared his afternoon tea.”
A sweet aroma wafted from the space behind him, and indeed, three exquisitely arranged afternoon tea sets were placed on the table. According to Lin Sui’s habit, he had also placed a bouquet of flowers next to each small cake.
Everything was the same as usual.
But for some reason, Gu Nian felt that Lin Sui was a little different from usual, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on where exactly.
Could the doctor be right? Gu Nian recalled Lin Sui’s behavior these past few days, and it did seem a bit different.
Simply put, Lin Sui had become much clingier recently, spending almost all his time with him except for studying and working.
Although Lin Sui usually looked soft and loved to act spoiled, he wasn’t actually someone who liked to rely on others. This could be seen from how he would rather try every means to earn money himself than explain his difficulties to Gu Nian from the beginning.
However, this little change didn’t seem to mean much. Weren’t people in love all like this? Even someone like Gu Nian, who used to be like an ascetic monk, wished he could tie himself and Lin Sui together twenty-four hours a day when he fell in love.
“Gu Nian? Gu Nian, what are you thinking about?”
The call awakened Gu Nian from his thoughts. The young man in front of him had somehow squatted down in front of him, leaning his upper body forward, reaching out to touch his forehead.
“You don’t have a fever, either. Why are you suddenly spacing out?” Lin Sui said worriedly.
Gu Nian smiled and glossed over the topic lightly, “It’s nothing, I was just thinking about something. What’s up?”
Lin Sui looked at Gu Nian’s eyes, which showed no emotion, and suddenly felt a wave of loneliness in his heart. He forced a smile and said, “It’s nothing. I just wanted to say, if you’re not going to eat the extra dessert, then I’ll eat it.”
After saying that, without waiting for Gu Nian to answer, Lin Sui turned and walked into the kitchen.
That back view seemed to have a sense of loneliness for some reason.
Gu Nian was stunned, and suddenly, the doctor’s words, “You’ll regret it one day,” echoed in his ears again.
He didn’t know if he regretted it now, but he only vaguely knew that he seemed to have messed things up again.
Gu Nian felt a burst of panic, and after being at a loss for a long time, he remembered to turn on the electric function of the wheelchair and entered the kitchen. The moment he saw the scene inside, his heart was about to break.
The young man who had been smiling just now was now wearing a bitter face, poking at his favorite little cake with a fork in a desultory manner, muttering something to himself, like a bok choy hiding in a corner waiting to rot. Its usually energetic leaves drooped down, looking miserable.
Lin Sui hadn’t noticed Gu Nian coming in yet, and after poking for a while, he stopped listlessly, staring blankly at the tattered cake.
Why was Gu Nian unwilling to let him accompany him?
Lin Sui couldn’t figure it out. When he was undergoing treatment in his previous life, he had hoped the most that someone could always be with him, so that he wouldn’t have to stay in the white room alone forever, accompanied by rigid machines.
Putting himself in Gu Nian’s shoes, Gu Nian should feel the same way.
So, did Gu Nian just not want him to be with him?
Lin Sui sadly put a piece of the unrecognizable cake into his mouth, but it tasted bitter. The sweet taste couldn’t make him feel better now.
Lin Sui sniffed, trying hard to suppress his tears.
At this moment, Gu Nian was staring blankly, completely shocked by the scene before him.
He hadn’t expected Lin Sui to care so much about this matter. He had originally thought that even if Lin Sui was disappointed, he would forget about it in a few days or even a few hours at most.
After all, the young man usually had a lot of curiosity. There were too many things in this world that could attract his attention. In comparison, the boring and arduous rehabilitation seemed to be the least worth mentioning.
Gu Nian couldn’t help but move forward, wanting to touch Lin Sui’s head.
The faint sound of the electric engine started, and Lin Sui suddenly woke up, startled. He looked at Gu Nian and stammered, “Gu, Gu Nian, wh-why are you here?”
After saying that, he thought for a moment, feeling that this sounded a bit too guilty, so he quickly added, “I thought you had already gone upstairs.”
Gu Nian didn’t say anything, but instead directly approached him and forcefully grabbed Lin Sui’s wrist.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Sui asked strangely.
Gu Nian carefully considered his words and said with a smile, “Before the rehabilitation starts, would you like to go out and have some fun?”
Lin Sui was stunned, “Play? Where to go, what to play?”
Gu Nian said, “We’ll both be working very hard after the rehabilitation starts, so I want to take you to a place to relax. You’ll definitely like it there.”
Lin Sui blinked, a little dazed.
Why did Gu Nian suddenly think of going on a trip?
In the original book, Gu Nian clearly hated going out.
But this time, Gu Nian seemed to have made up his mind to go on a trip, and directly said, “You don’t have to worry about anything this time. Leave everything to me. You just need to be happy.”
Lin Sui blankly said “Oh,” and after thinking about it, felt that this was also a good thing.
Whether it was because there were differences between reality and the plot in the original book, or because Gu Nian’s mentality seemed to be much better than expected.
Lin Sui’s mood improved again, and he asked curiously, “Where are we going, anyway?”
Gu Nian smiled mysteriously, “You’ll know when we get there.”
Lin Sui looked at Gu Nian in disbelief. How could even Gu Nian have learned to whet people’s appetites? It was really uncomfortable to only say half of what he wanted to say!
But no matter how much Lin Sui coaxed and begged, Gu Nian didn’t reveal a single word.
Even when they went to bed at night, Lin Sui was still full of thoughts about where they were going. As he thought, he fell asleep, and before long, he automatically rolled into Gu Nian’s arms, clinging tightly to Gu Nian like an octopus, smacking his lips, and sleeping even more soundly.
Gu Nian, however, had a bit of insomnia. After Lin Sui fell asleep, he opened his eyes, took out his phone, and began searching for cases of paralysis rehabilitation in recent years.
The phone’s faint light illuminated Gu Nian’s somewhat pale face, his dark eyes filled with obscure emotions, and he unconsciously tightened his embrace around the soft, warm body in his arms.
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Under Lin Sui’s eager anticipation, the day of departure finally arrived.
Unlike previous outings, this time Gu Nian said that he would take care of everything, and he really arranged everything. Lin Sui only carried a small bag containing his ID card, passport, and phone, and set off lightly.
However, before departure, a small accident occurred.
“Brother Nian! I beg you, please save me! If you don’t save me, I’m really going to be eaten by that guy!” At eight o’clock in the morning, Zhou Shan came uninvited, lying on the sofa and wailing.
Gu Nian, who had accidentally had his wheelchair hugged by him, wore a dark expression. He coldly looked at Zhou Shan, who was hindering his date, and said coolly, “Then let him eat you.”
Zhou Shan’s fake crying stopped, and this time he really wanted to cry. He wailed even louder, “Brother Nian, please don’t! Just take me out to avoid the limelight. I’ll pay for my own plane ticket and hotel, and I’ll stay in the hotel and won’t go anywhere, I promise not to affect your date with Sister-in-law!”
As he spoke, Zhou Shan raised three fingers to the sky and swore, “Really, really! If I’m lying, Zhou Shan will, will, have that person explode my chrysanthemum tomorrow!” Zhou Shan’s face was full of tragic solemnity.
Gu Nian: …
Gu Nian glanced at the young man on the stairs who was pricking up his ears to listen, and gnashed his teeth, “If you can’t speak properly, then shut up.”
Zhou Shan shrank his neck, and his voice became smaller, “Brother Nian, please help me this time! This time it’s not a joke. That guy, that guy even chased me to my house. You don’t know, my dad is about to be won over by him now. Now, whenever I go home, I see him and my dad playing chess there, and then he smiles at me… Damn it, it’s exactly the same smile as that night. As soon as I see it, I know he’s coveting my ass!”
Gu Nian coughed heavily a few times, giving Zhou Shan a warning look, telling him not to say any more nonsense.
Zhou Shan obediently shut up, looking at Gu Nian hopefully.
Gu Nian rubbed his forehead with a headache, feeling conflicted inside.
Frankly speaking, he really wanted to have a romantic getaway with Lin Sui this time, because he might not have time to go out and play with Lin Sui after this.
But in a sense, Zhou Shan’s matter also had a bit of nepotism involved, and besides, Zhou Shan was his brother, so he couldn’t really ignore him.
Maybe he should just throw Zhou Shan to the African branch. There shouldn’t be anyone there coveting his body.
Lin Sui looked at Zhou Shan, who was wiping away non-existent tears, and combined it with what he had heard, he suddenly realized, “Zhou Shan, are you now like that kind of thing, what’s it called, a runaway little bride!”
As soon as the last five words came out, the entire room fell silent.
Zhou Shan silently withdrew his pretense of selling misery.
Gu Nian also sat up straight.
Zhou Shan: …
Gu Nian: …
They looked at each other, and the same question arose in their hearts.
Who corrupted the innocent and simple Lin Sui?
Zhou Shan was exasperated, even forgetting to fake cry, “What runaway little bride? That’s just a perverted stalker!”
Gu Nian was helpless and quickly pulled Lin Sui to his side, preventing Zhou Shan from losing control.
“But, isn’t that how your relationship is now?” Lin Sui analyzed seriously, “If you don’t want him to find you, just call the police or tell your father that he’s harassing you. Even if you avoid him for now, you’ll definitely have to meet him again in the future.”
Zhou Shan was stunned after hearing this.
Gu Nian gave Lin Sui a surprised look, thinking that those online novels didn’t seem to have been read in vain.
Lin Sui could now even see through Zhou Shan’s ostrich-like solution.