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Chapter Seventeen: Sorrow and Joy, Parting and Reunion

  It turned out that Guan Yu's head was lightly resting on my left shoulder, asleep. I originally wanted to wake her up, but looking at her sleeping face, I suddenly felt a little reluctant, and my heart was filled with sighs. Is it that the most handsome part of my body is my shoulders? Two women have rested their heads on them, Du Fei Yu cried on them, and Guan Yu slept on them. Only Guan Yu didn't leave a nose full of snot and tears on them.

  But I have to admit, this is quite a seductive posture. I can feel her gentle breathing, and when I glance sideways, the scenery under her collar is also in full view. This is my first time seeing a woman's underwear, I swear. My eyes feel like they've fallen into her clothes and can't pull out. What am I thinking?! I already have Ah Yu! I quickly turned my head away and closed my eyes, not daring to look again, I must be responsible to Ah Yu.

  But then another voice appeared in my mind, telling me to take one more look, just one more look. I couldn't resist the temptation and decided to really just take one more look, then woke up Guan Yu and told her not to sleep like that or she would catch a cold. Yeah, that's what I'll do.

  I opened my eyes again to greedily appreciate the mysterious new world in Guan Yu's collar, and I was mesmerized for over ten minutes. The worthless me was actually enchanted. It wasn't until the train announced its arrival at Longjiang that I came back to reality and quickly withdrew my gaze. Letting out a sigh, I thought to myself, Guan Yu is probably 34C. This time I really hit the jackpot.

  I wanted to turn around and see if Ah Yu was awake, but as soon as I turned my head, I saw Ah Yu's cold eyes. She had already packed up and was standing in the aisle with her backpack on, looking at me. Her cold eyes seemed to be hiding some sadness. When she saw me looking at her, she turned her head away and walked off.

  It's all over! Good things never come in pairs, and bad things never come alone! I hastily woke up after Guan Yu, quickly picked up my painting bag, and chased after Du Fei Yu. The train stopped, and the crowd began to squeeze out of the car. By the time I squeezed out of the car, Du Fei Yu had already taken a taxi and left. Leaving me standing alone at the entrance of the train station in a daze.

  After the college entrance exam, everyone was on vacation. A week later, I went to school to estimate my score and filled out my university application form. I repeatedly called Du Feiyu, wanting to tell her that it was just a misunderstanding that day. But she never answered. When I called again, her phone was turned off.

  After I got home, my family had already prepared a table of dishes that I love to eat. Braised pork belly, tomato scrambled eggs, and eggplant stir-fry. My father also took out beer from the fridge and said that since I've finished my exams, we should drink two bottles together. As I looked at the food on the table, for some reason, I didn't have any appetite at all. Suddenly, I realized that my mother wasn't there, so I asked my father, "Where's mom?"

  My father didn't answer, he took a sip of white wine, then pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to me. I took it over. The five big bold characters on the printed draft caught my eye.

  Divorce agreement? What? Divorce? No way! Although my parents would argue every three days and have a big fight every two days, it's not to the point of divorce, is it?! And this happened during the two days I was away taking the college entrance exam! This can't be real! No way!

  I hastily stood up and loudly asked my father what was going on. Father told me to sit down first, and then he told me that he and mother had cracks in their feelings a long time ago, but because of me, they both tried to maintain this unhappy family. As early as a month ago, they had already made the decision, but fearing it would affect my exams, they waited until after I finished my college entrance exams to get a divorce by mutual agreement.

  I shouted at him after hearing this: "Why did you let her go so easily?! Why didn't you keep her?!" My heart was already a mess, but with one unfortunate news after another, who could bear it? Looking at my father whose eyes were welling up with tears, he suddenly downed the whole cup of white wine and said to me:

  "She already has someone outside."

  I'm speechless, I don't have any temper left, lying in bed at night. It's already past 4 am, a sleepless night. After hearing my father's words, I didn't blame him anymore, he was not wrong, he was also a victim. My mother was not wrong either, whoever has the right to pursue their own happiness. Was it me who was wrong? Where did I go wrong?

  Lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, didn't exhale, and swallowed the smoke into my stomach. The pungent feeling in my lungs made me feel a little more comfortable. My mind kept thinking about what had happened over the past few days. Each thing was enough to make me collapse. I used to think that life should be full of sunshine, but when I opened my eyes now, it was pitch black. Where is my sunshine?

  I once swore that I would never let anything precious to me leave my side again. But can I really do it? That was the first time in my life, I had doubts about myself.

  I don't know how this week passed, I didn't call my mother because I knew it was futile. All I could do was try to comfort my father. It wasn't until Sunday night that I remembered I had to go to school the next day to fill out my application. I suddenly realized that I might disappoint my father again. I suddenly remembered that Du Feiyu is still angry with me.

  I was the last one to arrive at school, and by the time I got there, most people had already filled out their applications and left. Including Du Feiyu, which is exactly what I wanted, because right now I don't have the mood or energy to explain things to her. As long as I just flip through the application she filled out and fill it out the same way, that's fine. We can talk about it again when we get to Harbin. Whether or not I can get in is another matter altogether.

  Let's not talk about it anymore! What I need now is quietness! Half a month later, the results came out. Although I had made all the preparations, when I heard that my total score was 379, I still suffered a great blow. Du Fei Yu got into her ideal university as she wished, while I fell short of admission without any surprise.

  At night, I called Du Feiyu and she actually picked up. I told her, "Congratulations on getting into college." She only said one sentence: "I'm leaving on the 10th of next month in the morning." Then, without waiting for me to respond, she hung up the phone. What does this mean? I kept thinking about it repeatedly. I think there's still hope for me. She probably forgave me.

  Yes, I still have hope and another chance to reapply for university. The next day, I rushed to school and inquired about the universities that were recruiting reapplicants this time. My score can go to several schools, but there is only one in Harbin, which is not the school where Du Feiyu took the exam, but a branch of a certain art academy. It doesn't matter, as long as it's in Harbin, I can see her every day. Needless to say, I made up my mind and filled out the reapplication form. My heart feels much more at ease now.

  As for my father, there's nothing to say. My personality is very similar to his, basically a good person. My father told me that where I go doesn't matter, what matters is being a good person. When I got home, I told him about Du Fei Yu and me. After listening, my father didn't say anything else, just said: "You're already grown up, you have the right to make your own choices for everything, as long as you don't regret it."

  At 10 o'clock in the morning, I arrived at the train station early. The train to Harbin was after six in the morning, and there were many people at the station. In the crowded crowd, I found Du Feiyu with luggage on her back, and many of her relatives came to see her off. I didn't go forward. The train arrived, and ticket checking began. After watching her walk out from the ticket gate, I rushed to the window of the waiting room and looked outside.

  She walked to the right after passing through the ticket gate, and when she passed by this window where I was standing, she saw me. With tears in my eyes, I looked at her and wrote a "wait" character on the glass with my finger. She looked at me and smiled slightly before boarding the train.

  In my memory, that was the last time I saw her smile. On the way home, the sun had just risen. I felt my hope coming back again.

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