Black Lotus - Chap 71 - Danmei Novels

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In the room, Wen Niannan leaned against the door stroking his chest. When he heard that there was no sound outside, he sighed in relief, walked tirelessly towards the bed.

His head began to ache again, he almost fell, so he sat on the side of the bed, slamming his hands on the wooden board making a crisp sound.

Wen Niannan looked down at the ring on the floor that once was on his right ring finger, slowly raised his hand to his eyes, staring at the ring in a daze.

That ring was put on him by Gu Yansheng at the wedding ceremony when they got married, his mother said that he himself ran abroad to custom it, it was made a year before the wedding, reserved for the future husbands.

Wen Niannan gently stroked the pattern of the ring, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes.

At least that was the only proof that he and Gu Yansheng are husband and spouse, he and Gu Yansheng are the only ones who have it in the whole world. Only was the only thing that belonged to him in that marriage.

Maybe…I can take it off after I get divorced, it was the only idea for this marriage.

Wen Niannan took off the windbreaker, then he took out the medicine bag. He opened the cabinet beside the bed putting it in, he wanted to put the medicine on the lowest box where it wouldn’t be easy to be seen.

He took a photo from the bottom of the cabinet, in it, there were many students in the photo, a group of youthful teenagers was smiling in school uniforms.

That was a group photo taken after the basketball game held by the school in their sophomore year, it was also the only group photo of him and Gu Yansheng.

Their school won that game. In the photo, Gu Yansheng had a small smile on his young face. Wen Niannan was standing less than two meters away from him with a happy smile on his face.

Looking at the youthful look, Wen Niannan remembered himself as a fool.

After Gu Yansheng helped himself at the banquet, he, who originally didn’t like to attend parties, began to follow his father to all kinds of parties every day, just to see him more.

Because of Gu Yansheng’s extraordinary status, every time he attended a party, he was always surrounded by many people, and Wen Niannan would always be sitting in the corner looking at him foolishly.

When he attended Zhou’s dinner party, Wen’s father was too busy socializing, he didn’t have time to take care of Wen Niannan, he told him to go to eat something and wait for him.

Wen Niannan took a piece of the cake and was about to serve the juice next to him when suddenly someone bumped into him, making the juice be spilled all over his clothes.

“Ah, I’m sorry, I’m sorry I didn’t see you, are you okay?”

Wen Niannan looked down at the stains on his clothes and the cream of the cake, he raised his head, smiling, he said: “It’s all right, I’ll go to the bathroom and clean it up.”

“I’m really sorry.”

In the bathroom, with the sound of running water from the faucet, Wen Niannan took some water with his hands to wipe the juice and cream on his clothes, but the more he wiped it, the whiteness of the cream became bigger.

“Well…I knew I wouldn’t be able to clean it, it only got bigger.”

Footsteps came from the door, Wen Niannan, who turned on the faucet, couldn’t hear the footsteps, he was still fighting against his clothes.

The door was pushed open, and a man in white formal suit walked in with an impatient expression on his face. He was surprised to see someone in the bathroom.

“I knew I would be impossible, the more I wipe it…” The person by the pool sighed slightly, his voice full of frustration.

He suddenly stretched out a hand in front of him, holding a light blue handkerchief.

After hearing the sound, Wen Niannan looked at him. When he saw that face, his eyes were full of astonishment, he froze in place without responding at all.

“Is that ok? To use your handkerchief to wipe it.”

“Huh? Oh,it’s alright.”

Wen Niannan dumbfounded taking the handkerchief from the other hand, raised his eyes looking at the person in front of him, his face was feeling hot,so he lowered his face avoiding his eyes, he said: “Thank you for your handkerchief.”

The man nodded slightly, then he walked out. Wen Niannan was still standing there, daydreaming, lost in the moment. Looking at the handkerchief in his hand, he raised the corners of his mouths unconsciously.

When the man left, he was still staring at the handkerchief with a silly smile, until the sound of the faucet beside him woke him up.

From outside the door came an impatient voice: “Gu Yansheng, what are you doing? There are so many people waiting for you, don’t make your mother unhappy.”

Hearing the sound at the door, Gu Yansheng showed an uninterested expression on his face, taking a tissue from the side, he wiped his hands, then he turned and left.

Wen Niannan looked at his silhouette from behind, then looked at the handkerchief, he suddenly buried his face in the handkerchief, a little silly laughter from the teenager could be heard in the bathroom.

Seeing Gu Yansheng finally coming out, Zhou Yuanfeng glared at him saying: “Will you be going to smoke again?”

“No, there’s someone in there.”

“Come on, Auntie is waiting for you over there.”

Since that time, Wen Niannan was been looking forward to seeing him even more. He occasionally went to the small shop near Gu Yansheng’s school to buy some things after school, but his eyes were always at the school gate.

Until he saw a familiar silhouette in the crowd, the corners of his mouth would always be raised involuntarily, Gu’s family had a driver to pick him up, so every time Gu Yansheng got out from school, he hopped on the car, leaving.

Although a few distant glances were enough for Wen Niannan.

From the invisible darkness suddenly shone a light, the ignorant young man couldn’t wait to catch the ray of light, until he slowly realized it.

Yes, it was like that, because of his own inferiority, he retreated to the darkness, looking at him silently, even if he just look from a distance.

But as the light gradually turned black, a tentacle pushed him into darkness, could the love buried in his heart be answered…

“Okay, Mrs. Lu, you’ve worked hard, I’ll check it again tomorrow.”

After Wen’s father turned off the computer, there was a sigh in the room.

Looking at the crayon painting on the wall of the study, it was painted by Wen Niannan when he was four years old, in it, there were three little people holding hands while smiling, Father Wen’s eyes suddenly moistened.

He lifted his foot, getting closer, he stretched out his hand to touch gently the little man standing in the middle of the painting, he said in a whisper: “You were always so stubborn, just like your mother, why to protect the people around you when there are bruises all over your body?”

He had never cared much about Wen Niannan since his wife’s death. At that time, his wife’s sudden death hit him hard. They grew up together, then they decided to walk into the marriage hall together, but after a few years of marriage, she died of a heart attack.

The sudden blow made him begin to use his job to calm his pain, going out early and returning late made him indifferent to his family matters.

But it never occurred to think that Wen Niannan was no less devastated than he was, his intentional estrangement was regarded by his father’s disgust, he had become particularly sensitive and introverted.

By the time he found out, it was too late, every time he came home, he would run over and open his arms to hold the child, but he was more quiet and sensible, as if he had grown up abruptly, both of them seemed to have changed.

Father Wen raised his hand to cover his face, his expression became heavier, the child was thinner again, his vitality became worse and worse, and that white bandage under the hat…

Knocking…there was a knock outside the door.

That pulled him back from his memories, he raised his hand wiping the corner of his eyes, stood up replying: “Come in, please.”

Wen Niannan put the photo away, putting it back in its place, he sat on the bed, after a while, when he heard any noise outside the door, he stood up to open the door seeing Gu Yansheng standing at the door.

“Mom asked me to tell you to go downstairs for dinner.”

“Um…Okay.”

Turning to close the door, Wen Niannan walked slowly to the stairs.

Out of the blue, Gu Yansheng suddenly approached him taking Wen Niannan’s hand, holding it tightly making him feel some pain.

“You? What are you?”

“Put away your twisted thoughts, I’m doing this to show my mother that we’re normal husbands, isn’t that what you want?”

Upon hearing the sarcastic words, a flash of sadness flashed in his eyes, he jerked his hands to break free.

“Dare you! Let’s be honest.” He said while increasing the strength of the grip, leaving a few red marks on the held wrist.

Suddenly not knowing where Wen Niannan’s strength came from, he slammed Gu Yansheng’s hand with great force.

Gu Yansheng looked at his hand being thrown away, raised his head in astonishment to look at the person in front of him, his face suddenly sank, then he raised his hand one more time.

“Master, the old lady asked you to come down to dinner.” Said Aunt Lan, her voice coming from downstairs.

Gu Yansheng glanced at the person whose body was trembling, saying impatiently: “Follow me down, don’t cause trouble.”

Wen Niannan bypassed him walking straight, Gu Yansheng followed with a cold face.

Lu Yun saw that both of them had come down, but she didn’t say anything. They all sat down, and Aunt Lan brought the soup for Wen Niannan.

“Where is Yuanfeng? Why hasn’t he returned yet?”

Lu Yun raised her eyes, turning to look at Gu Yansheng’s eyes, she slowly said: “I called him, Yuanfeng went to Zhou’s house, he’ll come back later.”

Wen Niannan couldn’t eat anymore after a few bites, but he couldn’t refute her mother’s kindness so he did his best eating a few more.

Gu Yansheng saw that the expression on Wen Niannan’s face was a little weird, he glanced at the soup in the bowl and then at the porridge on the other side, something flashes in his eyes.

“ASheng.”

“Uhm?”

“Tomorrow, you’re going to go to a concert with Nian Nian. The musician Nian Nian likes will be doing a performance in the other city tomorrow. Yuanfeng gave me two tickets. You two will be going together.”

“I don’t want to go.”

Two voices sounded in unison, words of refusal.

When Gu Yansheng heard that Wen Niannan was refusing to go too, his face twisted, but he began to say in an unhappy tone: “You don’t want to go?”

Imagine that this guy would say no. What the hell is in his gourd…

Wen Niannan didn’t speak, he calmly drank the soup in the bowl.

Lu Yun didn’t expect both of them would refuse at the same time. She knew Gu Yansheng would refuse, but she didn’t expect Wen Niannan would also refuse.

“Nian Nian, it’s Phil, the most famous pianist of that country. Didn’t you tell your mother how much you liked him?”

“Mom, I don’t want to go. I want to rest at home.”

“That’s right, it’s because mother didn’t think about it, Nian Nian hasn’t recovered yet, so it isn’t convenient for you to go around. It’s better to have a good rest at home.”

With his head down, staying in silence, complicated emotions could be seen in Gu Yansheng’s eyes.