Entrust My Life To You - Chapter 36
Translated by: RandomAlex
Grandpa and Grandma are sitting in the middle of the group.
The photographer: “Everyone smile.”
Gu Wei beside me took my hand. When the shutter was pressed, the corners of his mouth slightly tilted were frozen.
One sentence turned into a prophecy; The last family photo.
After the family photo was taken, the party moved to a hotel. After taking a seat, his Aunt and Uncle are diagonally opposite us. My mind is wandering in the moment. Dear San San, you will have a very dignified aunt—
And a very difficult brother-in-law.
I keenly feel that this brother-in-law is not very cold towards me.
During the dinner, Grandma held Grandpa’s hand and looked at the children and grandchildren, smiling with relief. Then the conversation turned: “Xiao Nan, when will you bring a girlfriend back for us to see?”
Before that, I got three messages from Gu Wei: First, Gu Xiao changed girlfriends a little too frequently. Second, the parents strongly expressed their hope that he would return home, but he refused. Third, he recently broke up with his girlfriend.
Gu Xiao: “Grandma, are you forcing me to marry?”
Gu Xiao dad’s face dimmed.
Cousin hurriedly smoothes things over: “Gu Xiao is still young, Grandparents should worry about Gu Wei’s wife.”
Aunt Xiao: “Xiao Bei, please help Gu Xiao look around. He will move back soon.”
Gu Xiao put aside his chopsticks and shouted with a frown: “Mom—“
The cousin interrupted in time: “I don’t know, what kind of girl does Gu Xiao like?”
Gu Xiao leaned on the back of his chair and raised his chin to me: “It doesn’t matter anyway.”
Everyone went silent.
Why is someone always tearing me down at the dinner table these days?
Gu Wei frowned slightly and replied: “That would be great.”
I looked up and gave Gu Xiao a smile of ‘adults ignore childish people’.
Gu Wei had to go to work the next day. He packed me up after dinner and said goodbye to his Grandparents. The Doctor’s mother was telling us to be careful on the way. Gu Xiao said: “I’ll stay with my brother” to his parents and came over with his bag. Like a doorman, he stood beside Gu Wei.
Aunt Xiao took a deep breath: “Your room is well cleaned up.”
Gu Xiao: “Brother and I haven’t seen each other for a long time. Let us get together and talk.”
Aunt Xiao gave us an awkward look. I responded with an appeasing smile: “I’ll go back to my dormito—“
“We don’t have time to receive you.” Gu Wei cut me off.
Gu Xiao exclaimed: “You are not married yet!”
The child is deliberately making trouble!
The cousin came and took Gu Xiao’s arm and said: “You rarely come back, so spend more time with your Grandparents. Oh Yeah, there’s Liu Yue. Liu Yue hasn’t seen you for so long.”
Liu Yue, who was held by Andre in his arms, looked at Gu Xiao for three seconds. Then, very simply, she turned her head and hugged her father’s neck.
Now, this is how you raise a child!!
Gu Xiao returned to the United States three days later, but the cousin’s family stayed in X City for a week. Since then, Gu Wei and I have added new entertainment to our lives: Liu Yue videos.
One weekend in September, I went to the city library to help Xiao Cao find two books that were said to be running out. The Doctor only had a half-day shift, so I went out slowly, wondering if I should take him to a wild mountain fungus noodle restaurant that had just been discovered at noon. As soon as I looked up, I saw Shao Jiang.
He walked slowly up the steps, raising his feet as before. I first met him six years ago, also on the front step of the school library.
“Lin Zhixiao!” He was obviously surprised, “I can’t believe I ran into you here.”
“Hi.” Shao Jiang was a senior and was also a graduate student in X City. We haven’t seen each other for more than 3 years.
“Have you come to borrow a book?”
“Just checking something.”
“A graduation thesis?”
“Hmm. I guess ” how did he know I was in graduate school?
“Are you going for another degree or working?”
“It hasn’t been decided yet.”
Shao Jiang smiled: “Long time no see.”
“Yes. Long time no see.” I think it’s normal to use this as an opening statement.
Silence fell.
I found this silence a little awkward, so I took the initiative to say, “are you studying for a Ph.D.?”
“No, I’m working at the TV station now.”
“A good job. Congratulations.”
“In fact, it is not as good as you think. ” Next, he talked about the hard work and boredom of doing documentary news programs. In fact, I want to say that it is good to do news programs, other programs may be even more chaotic. For example, entertainment programs, with a little uncertainty, the recording process is full of conditions, from content to form. For example, life programs are complicated. It’s good to meet people you’re interested in, but it’s torture to meet people you’re not interested in.
“Are you going back to school alone?”
“No, I’m waiting.”
We chatted until the Doctor appeared. The two nodded and said hello to each other. Shao Jiang and I said goodbye.
At noon, the Doctor asked: “Who was that just now?”
It was rare for him to gossip, and I laughed: “My secret admirer during my undergraduate years.”
San San, who came to get free food, looked: “Have you met the senior you like?”
The Doctor’s face was pale: “No wonder you are absent-minded after a meal.”
When was I absent-minded? I was just thinking back to my undergraduate years … “When he was a freshman and I a sophomore, I met him at the anniversary party. Our college had a friendship with their college, and then there was no contact.”
“Ah, by the way,” the San San looked at the Doctor, “I always think you two look like each other.”
The Doctor smiled and bowed his head to concentrate on eating. I think the atmosphere is a bit strange, but I can’t put my finger on it.
San San was called to work overtime halfway through the meal. After dinner, the Doctor sat quietly on the sofa reading a book. I cooked some eight treasures porridge, stirring the spoon and staring blankly at the side of the Doctor on the sofa. I could never get enough of it. I felt that I was psychologically abnormal … Until now, I can hardly understand why no one thought the Doctor was particularly handsome. This skin, this eyebrow, this nose, this eye, this voice, with this temperament, can go do movies. I don’t know whether beauty is in the eyes of the beholder or whether my taste is quite different. The men I like are all gentle and calm. I think they are good to look at, but others all think that ‘they are good, but they are not so handsome’. Such as the Doctor, such as Shao Jiang.
Ah—I suddenly had an epiphany, did the Doctor think I took min as Shao Jiang’s shadow or replacement?
I shouted: “Doctor, doctor—“
The Doctor propped up his chin, his posture unchanged, and said, “Yes?”
“Haven’t you noticed that you look like Teacher Lin?”
He continued to remain motionless.
“You both have white skin, good eyes, and gentle, but your smile is much better than that of Teacher Lin.”
Still motionless.
I continued to stir my porridge: “Do you know that every girl’s aesthetic view of the opposite sex is influenced by her father? My aesthetic view has long been shaped by Teacher Lin. If Teacher Lin had the style of Hu Jun, I would have liked Doctor Kao.” Alas, need I say more? You have nothing to do with Shao Jiang, the root is Teacher Lin.
(Hu Jun = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jun)
I glanced at the Doctor, who still held his chin up, but I saw him smile.
At the time, I thought he was jealous.
When I woke up from my nap, I stared at the ceiling to regain my consciousness.
“Your senior had some ideas about you.”
“Yeah… Huh?”
“Hmm.”
“Oh.”
“… You don’t want to renew your relationship with him?”
“This, this is not possible.”
“Why?”
“You’re so good-looking, I can’t bear it.”
“You like me in my face?”
“No, don’t you think you have a reflection in your eyes when you laugh? It’s like a broken polyhedral crystal. I will faint if I see too much… “
Special Dialog
(Don’t extort a confession when I’m not fully awake in the future!)
Doctor: “You were easy to ask questions at that time.”
(If you ask me someday– what’s the password?)
Doctor: “I know it’s Teacher Lin’s birthday.”
(>_<)