Entrust My Life To You - Chapter 23

Gu Wei and I gradually figured out the rhythm and lifestyle that suit each other. From Monday to Friday, he would go to my school. When he was on the night shift, I would deliver meals for him to the hospital. On the weekend, we went to the supermarket together, cooked, chatted, and sometimes went outside for a walk.

We weren’t those kinds of lively people. We could spend the whole afternoon, staying in the same place, and busy with our own’s activities but still felt a sense of togetherness.

People say; a friend was a person that won’t make you feel awkward even when you didn’t talk to each other. Partners were people who can spend their lives together even without speaking.

If falling in love resembled a seed, then the condition between Gu Wei and I didn’t resemble the vine-like-enchanting love; sort of an image where we were in love and inseparable. Yet, we just resembled a camphor tree that grew their buds and became taller every day.

In the third week of May, the weather was still not completely hot, Sansan and I went shopping. When I walked through a men’s clothing area, I saw a shirt, the color was lilac green, and it was gorgeous. So, I went in.

After I finished describing Gu Wei’s height to the salesperson, I turned around and saw Sansan was crossing her hands on her chest. She looked at me with a face that was full of mystery.

“Em– Gu Wei doesn’t have a shirt in this color.”

When I finished paying the bill and took the paper bag out from the store, Sansan took my arm, “Are you two serious?”

“Ah.” She used all of her positive ways to speak.

“How serious?”

I thought for a while, “I think we will keep on going with this relationship.”

Sansan frowned, “Your Mom doesn’t like Doctors, right?”

I shrugged, “Therefore she didn’t marry a Doctor.”

“Please talk seriously.” Sansan flicked her smooth hair, “Women are generally fond of doctors, they give a favorable impression. You have to learn from your cousin-in-law, the tragedy that happened to her is still freshly-baked.”

My cousin and cousin-in-law were schoolmates at the same University. One chose to study psychology, and the other preferred the faculty of medicine. Both of them were being pursued by many people, but their relationship was like a big rock. They passed through their studies and internship until they found their job. Everything went smoothly. When their work had stabilized, they started to talk about marriage. But one day, cousin-in-law was suddenly stopped by someone in the hall of her office building.

The person who stopped her was a nurse from the same institution as my cousin. She said that the friendship between the two of them had been serious and they planned to spend the rest of their life together. Cousin-in-law; being trained so well by her parents, didn’t trouble that woman. But the other party suddenly slapped her and threw some man’s personal clothing on her.

When I knew about this matter, my cousin was about to prepare the documentation and submit his resignation letter. My aunt went along from X-City because she couldn’t stand his temper; she tried hard to persuade him.

That time, I didn’t imagine that this exaggerated thing would happen in my family. Even if my cousin was a person who only cares about himself, but I believe that he won’t do anything to betray cousin-in-law.

I went directly to the hospital to ask him where my cousin-in-law was.

My cousin looked depressed and said that she was on a business trip to T-City.

I said: ‘Then you go to T-City, don’t come back until you find her.’

After that, cousin went to cousin-in-law and solved this critical matter. It was no long after they returned from T-City; they registered their marriage.

As for that nurse, it was said that she had a quite powerful family background. The hospital transferred her to another branch, and she disappeared.

I looked at the bustling crowd outside, “This kind of matter, the probability of occurrence maybe not be high enough to happen in our family twice.”

“What would you do if you had walked with him until the end, but your parents disagree with it?”

“Gu Wei is Gu Wei. Besides his profession as a Doctor, he has so many other abilities. Moreover, my mother has a relative who was also a doctor, and she didn’t hate this profession. This path is walked by us. Gu Wei won’t let me bump into any things like that.” He was a person who understands how to act appropriately.

Sansan suddenly smiled, “Ai, my little girl finally grew up. What do you like about him? You are so devoted to him.”

“Ah, he looks handsome when he cooks.”

This Gu Wei was like an exceptional product. Slowly but surely, you would find out a lot of benefits about him.

For example, his patience was unmatched. He respected all of my hobbies. His hands would feel warm even in winter. Even though he didn’t look at me, but I could feel his gentleness…

Also, we didn’t need to pretend as a petit-bourgeois, stubbornly spend our time on afternoon tea in a place like Starbucks or such a similar place. 

Gu Wei said: “Starbucks? I prefer to go to Yonghe to drink soy milk.”

It really fitted in with what I wanted.

I used to be despised by Sansan for a long time for drinking mineral water at Starbucks. She couldn’t blame me for this. In my third year of high school, I drank coffee like it was water to prevent me from getting sleepy. From that moment, I kept away from all kinds of coffee.

(Editor: ouch… I felt that jab. *sip my instant coffee from my fake Starbucks tumbler like water*; by the way, don’t forget you can donate to our coffee fund here; it keeps us going! 🙂 )

As for Gu Wei, he started to drink tea with his father since elementary…

I wasn’t a person who had a big appetite. I never thought about what to eat for dinner after I finished my lunch. When I had meals with my schoolmates, I didn’t usually order food. It was because I didn’t know what to order and afraid it would be disliked by others.

Sansan even complained, “Miejue, I always feel that eating with you is like fasting.”

*(T/N note: Miejue was a character on The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Wuxia Drama)

I stuffed her mouth, “My mother had fed you so much black-bone chicken soup, but it didn’t seem to adjust your taste. Use your energy to finish this chicken wings!”

Xiao Cao’s eyes started to become greenish because she only ate vegetables in these past two days. I didn’t understand how I could still live after only eating ‘pure green plants’ for a week. I was dumbfounded, only to eat something, why am I that excited as if I were on a mission?

So when Gu Wei and I established a romantic relationship, he took me into a western restaurant and saw me eat all the broccoli on the steak. Only 1/3 of the steak was touched. When he stared at the dessert knife, he added a plate of fruit salad for me. Since then, we never went to a western restaurant anymore.

What a smart and considerate guy.

Gu Wei knew a lot of delicious private-owned restaurants. I once thought he was a foodie. If not, how could he find those fantastic places? He only answered me ‘a good quality person does to need to advertise.’

When we went to the cinema, everyone would be surrounded by popcorn, cola and milk tea. When Gu Wei held corn juice and cake, I wanted to kiss him every time.

Gu Wei had better craftsmanship than me. So between the both of us, he was the chef, and I was the helper. He talked to me seriously, “You can’t eat fat every day.”

I was so helpless, “I’m not vegetarian, and you cook very well, why can’t I eat it?”

I didn’t know how many black-fish and pig trotters he had fed me the whole time…

Sansan always said this to me when she met me recently, “Looks like my little girl’s skin is getting better over time.”

I laughed, “I was infected by Gu Wei.”

Special Dialog:

Doctor: It turns out there is still such a thing.

(All of you are attracting to the opposite sex)