Black Lotus - Chap 72
After dinner, Lu Yun picked up a phone call, she went upstairs to talk about her work, Aunt Lan was picking the dishes on the table.
Uncle Xu gave Aunt Lan a wink, asking her to go to the kitchen. Aunt Lan quickly picked up the tableware and went to the kitchen.
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Now there were only two people left in the living room. The TV was playing the latest hot TV drama. The sound was loud. Wen Niannan was sitting in the corner of the couch looking at the TV.
Gu Yansheng sat on the other side of the sofa holding his head with his arms, he kept glancing at the man in the corner, thinking of the cold rejection of Wen Niannan on the table, and now he was deliberately sitting in a corner so far away from him, his eyes became angrier and angrier.
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Is there no end to this trick?
“Come here.”
No one responded.
“I told you to come here, are you deaf?”
The man who was watching the TV slowly turned his head, with an indifferent tone, he said: “Where did go?”
“What complaint have you put on in front of my mother? Why have I never seen that stubborn temper of yours before? What tricks do you want to play now when you look like this?”
“Yes, I’m playing tricks and acting in pain again. So I’ll just pretend you can’t see me.”
Wen Niannan looked at the man in front of him, with some self-deprecation in his voice, he didn’t want to refute anything anymore.
Gu Yansheng was usually tired of the hypocrisy of Wen Niannian, but he felt less annoyed when saw the man who was watching the TV while curling up in the corner of the sofa.
Feeling the confused and irritable emotions in his head, Gu Yansheng stretched out his hand to take the cigarette from his pocket, he took out the lighter with one hand but he looked at the person next to him.
There was some displeasure in the eyes, he eventually stood up going to the balcony, after closing the balcony he lit the cigarette with the lighter.
The thought of the concert for the following day in the afternoon, made his face very unhappy.
After Gu Yansheng finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, he opened the balcony door walking to the living room, only to find that Wen Niannan was no longer in the living room.
A little surprised for a moment, with his face turned dark, he climbed upstairs with heavy steps.
Instead of going back to their room, he went to the piano room, saying that it was actually just a guest room that was cleaned up to put the piano.
Gu Yansheng opened the door, entering the room. He walked to the piano, gently stroking the keys, his sight finally fell on the two letters that Shen Luoan had engraved by himself.
Remembering that Shen Luoan told him to use that piano last time, he also promised to send it there.
Seeing some dust on the piano, Gu Yansheng raised his hand taking the cloth on one side of the box to wipe the piano.
Who knew that the box on the shelf would suddenly fall, but after seeing what was falling on the ground, his eyes widened, he quickly ran to pick it up.
He carefully picked up the box holding it tightly in his hand, he gently wiped off the dust on it and slowly opened it.
Inside the box was a necklace, the pendant was a silver ring with a few words engraved in the ring. It looked like an ordinary necklace, even a bit old-fashioned, but in Gu Yansheng’s eyes, it wasn’t like that.
That was the most important thing in his heart.
Back then, he desperately escaped from the kidnappers, falling unconscious on the one side of the road. The kidnappers were still looking for him everywhere, but Gu Yansheng couldn’t hold anymore, he was so dizzy because of serious injuries that he eventually fell into the alley.
Just as he thought he was about to be taken, someone in his confusion helped him speaking to him.
How are you… can you hold it?
Wake up, don’t sleep…don’t sleep…you won’t be able to wake up after sleeping…
Don’t sleep… open your eyes…
Their voice seemed to have a spell, his eyes, which were close to closing, opened slightly to look at the person in front of him, but he had no strength at all.
His head was dizzy feeling pain all over it, Gu Yansheng could only vaguely see the waving necklace in the man’s neck and the constantly shaking words.
Without knowing where he was, he suddenly stretched out his hand touching the necklace trying his best to grasp the necklace.
Holding tightly…unwilling to let go…
The man stood up suddenly, and the necklace was pulled off by him. The man didn’t seem to notice, as if he had heard something, he walked to the alley to look warily.
Gu Yansheng stared at that silhouette for a long time, unwilling to turn away his sight, until the severe headache struck again, the injured area seemed to become more painful, and he finally fainted.
Before falling unconscious, he looked at the back of that person, clenching the necklace in his hand.
He was already in hospital when he woke up again, with plasters on his arms and legs, and bandages on his forehead.
Gu Yansheng turned his head with difficulty, he looked at his hand at the side of the bed. He held a necklace in his tightly held hand, raised his hand to his chest, a light smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The door was opened when the doctor walked in. Seeing that the person finally woke up, he walked to the bed to check him, he asked: “How are you feeling? Did your legs start to hurt?”
Gu Yansheng laid on the bed, turning his head without speaking, looking at the necklace in his hand.”Your arm is slightly broken and your leg is strained. You children really don’t worry about adults. The bruise on your body was caused by a fall from the bike?”
“No.”
When the doctor saw that he was unwilling to speak, he didn’t waste more time so he turned, leaving him.
“Wait.” The person on the bed suddenly stopped him.
“Who brought me to the hospital?”
“It was a boy about the same age as you. He called and said that you were seriously injured, that we needed to save you. When we arrived, we saw that you and he were both injured and fainted in the alley.”
Gu Yansheng heard that the man also fainted, his expression changed, he asked nervously: “He fainted, too? What about him now? Is he okay?”
He even fainted, was he seriously injured?
He was very afraid that the man would also be seriously injured by the kidnappers. Those people were very professional, they were very accurate and cruel when it came to beat people, in case he was also severely beaten…
“He woke up in the morning, his arm was also injured, but it wasn’t as bad as yours.”
When he heard him, he said in a panic: “Where is he now?”
“It looks like he went shopping.”
The door was suddenly opened, a person walked in, with a bandage on his arm and a cake in the other one.
He stared straight at the stranger in front of him, as if confirming that he was the one who saved him.
The doctor saw that the man had finally returned, he said with a smile: “Here, your classmate is awake, go and have a look.”
The man turned his head to look at the person on the bed, their eyes suddenly met.
He walked over with the cake, stating aside obediently, he raised his head, smiling: “Hello, classmate Gu, we’re from the same school. I recently transferred to the school. My name is Shen Luoan.”
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The doctor closed the curtains before leaving, but there was some doubt in his mind.
Oddly, the child’s voice wasn’t quite the same as the one that called them the day before to save him, it was like they…
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Gu Yansheng took the necklace out of the box and stroked it gently. His eyes were full of tenderness.
At that time, he was afraid that Shen Luoan would take the necklace back, so he hid it without telling him, Shen Luoan never mentioned a lost necklace, so Gu Yansheng kept the necklace, reluctant to wear it. he bought a jewelry box, keeping it there for fear of losing it.
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When Wen Niannan first moved in, he often went in and out of the study to clean up when he wasn’t home. He was afraid that Wen Niannan would damage something, so he put all the gifts from Shen Luoan in the piano room, including the necklace.
During the three years when Shen Luoan was missing, he could only get a touch of comfort in that room, he couldn’t help but stare at the necklace every time he remembered the kidnapping and his caretakers at the hospital.
The fact that he had never opened the box again since Luoan’s return didn’t mean that he had forgotten the necklace.
That necklace was always the most important thing in his heart, that silhouette, that voice that kept crying out keeping himself from sleeping, the engraved words that shone in the sun…
Gu Yansheng raised his hand to lift the necklace, shining brightly under the light, he gently stroked the engraved.
Wen Niannan lay on the bed to read a book for a while, then turned to look at the couch in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, a complicated emotion flashed in his eyes.
Maybe it was because he drank a lot of soup, that he felt a little thirsty. I took the glass from the closet in front of the bed, but found that it was empty, the took the glass, getting up, he went to pour some water downstairs.
The lights in the hallway were all on, Wen Niannan walked out of the room softly, afraid of waking her mother.
The piano room door beside the study was open, there was a bright light coming from inside. Wen Niannan’s hand holding the water cup tightened stopping his footsteps.
Is Gu Yansheng inside? Are you thinking about Shen Luoan again…
He was really thirsty, but when he was going downstairs, it was inevitable to pass the piano room. Wen Niannan tried to pass slowly, but when he approached the door, he subconsciously looked at something he shouldn’t have seen.
When he saw the familiar necklace in Gu Yansheng’s hand, his eyes were staring at it wide.
The cup in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, Wen Niannan’s face was full of unreadable expressions.
Why…the necklace is in Gu Yansheng’s hands…
It was the prize that Wen Niannan’s mother won at the age of 18 in a piano competition. She always loved that necklace. After his mother died, Wen Niannan began wearing always that necklace.
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Gu Yansheng heard the sound, he raised his eyes, but after seeing who it was, his expression changed, he stood up approaching.
“Huh, eavesdropping? Passing by? Or making up a more appropriate reason why you can’t play anymore, you can’t help exposing your archetype again, right?”
Wen Niannan, who was standing at the door, didn’t speak for a long time. He lowered his head looking at the necklace in Gu Yansheng’s hand, he blankly said: “That necklace…where did you get it?”
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Gu Yansheng was surprised, he glanced at the necklace in his hand one more time, putting it back in the box again, he sarcastically said: “What does it have to do with you?”
After that, he went to the shelf and put the box back, turned and walked towards Wen Niannan.
He stretched his hand to the knoobdoor, closing the door of the piano room, he stood at the door impatiently looking at the person in front of him, and sternly: “Get out of the way!”
