Chapter 43

Edited by Erin and genesis

Everyone said that after the heat in July drifted away, the temperature should cool down gradually, but Y City was still as stifling hot as before.

Father Chu received a phone call from his relatives, saying that some distant relative had passed, and they wanted him to return to their hometown to attend the funeral. He had to go, otherwise he would be forgetting favors and violating justice.

But he was really worried about Chu Xun. A family of three, one was leaving but three sent each other off.

Father Chu: “Who will accompany you to the hospital when I am away?”

Chu Xun said, “I’ve already told you, I just have a baby in my stomach. Don’t treat me like a useless person.”

Father Chu then asked, “Who will cook then? You can’t cook, can your mother cook? Will you be able to eat your mother’s cooking? ”

Mother Chu raised her eyebrows and got angry: “What did you say, Teacher Chu?!”

Chu Xun said, “It doesn’t matter. We can eat take out for a few days.”

Father Chu asked again, “If there is a thief or robber, you two don’t have the ability to defend yourselves.”

Chu Xun calmly replied, “There is Chu Xiao Pang here.”

Chu Xiao Pang the husky, who was lying on the sofa, wagged his tail: “Woof woof! Woof woof woof! ”

Father Chu ignored him and said, “Aiya, that dog can’t do anything but eat. It’s a foolish one.”

Chu Xun: “Ha ha ha ha! He’s making fun of you, Xiao Pang. Did you hear that?”

Chu Xiao Pang was rather happy: “Woof woof woof woof!”

Father Chu still left. At most he would be back in three days.

Cooking in the summer was a bitter task, like a purgatory in the human realm. Chu Xun didn’t do it, and instead took his mother happily to eat out at a restaurant. This restaurant was a famous local shop. It was not cheap, but actually rather worth it. The simmered crucian carp and tofu soup was especially fragrant and sweet. The soup was milky white. Chu Xun was hungry. He drank two bowls of soup, and ate some fish and vegetables to his fullest.

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Mother Chu said, “Okay, I’ll go out for half an hour. Be careful with yourself.”

Chu Xun didn’t even raise his head: “I’m in my thirties now. What can happen? I didn’t even see you be so careful with me when I was ten.”

Mother Chu said, “I’m worried about the one in your stomach.”

Chu Xun: “…”

Mother Chu went out to walk the dog.

After ten minutes, Chu Xun heard a knock at the door. He thought it was his mother who had come back. He wondered why she returned so soon. Chu Xiao Pang loved to go on walks. He had to go out at least three times a day to play. He would even lay on the ground not wanting to go home, yet today he was actually willing to go home in such a short time?

He was like an old man, completely without a good sense of safety, and casually opened the door. When he saw the person outside, he was immediately stunned.

Ji Tianze’s eyes were red, and he stared at him closely: “Chu Xun, it’s really you.”

Chu Xun… Chu Xun snapped out of his daze and closed the door. It was too embarrassing.

Ji Tianze was set on barging his way through the door. Chu Xun didn’t dare to shove him so subconsciously stepped aside, and Ji Tianze burst into the house: “How could you be like this? Chu Xun, when you left, you didn’t even let me know. If I didn’t happen to see you in the restaurant today, I wouldn’t even know if you were still alive… Are you treating your disease now?”

He saw Chu Xun’s present appearance, wearing loose homey clothes. Although it seemed that his figure had grown round, but he was not fat; rather he looked bloated, his complexion was also very pale. In fact, he had become uglier, but Ji Tianze did not feel that he was ugly at all – instead, he felt rather sad.

Chu Xun was still alive. Ji Tianze was moved and rambled: “At the beginning, you left without notice. I was so anxious I looked for you everywhere. Only then did I find out that you were ill. Why didn’t you tell me? If you’d told me, I wouldn’t have angered you. Why are you so crabby?”

Normally these words would be ones to curry another’s favor, but they truly did not help.

Chu Xun suddenly regretted that he had ever liked such a person before. Look, Ji Tianze was still acting in that way. Even if he wanted to make up with him, he still shifted the blame.

He was completely speechless.

Chu Xun didn’t even bother to get angry, he just said, “Yes, yes, I’m to blame for everything. It’s my fault that I didn’t tell you. I am terrible for doing that, but what are you doing here? My house is too small to hold such a respectable person like you.”

Ji Tianze wanted to speak but hesitated. Speaking gently he said: “I…I won’t quarrel with you. You are ill. Is your body better now? Which hospital are you getting treated at? I’ll visit you later. I was scared to death at that time. I even thought that you would off yourself. I went to many places we used to go to often, but I didn’t find you. At that time, I saw that there was an incident where a nameless person had commited suicide and got scared. I ran to confirm whether it was you. I thought of you every night, all alone and waiting for death, and felt very sad…”

Who the fuck was he cursing with that? Chu Xun almost rolled his eyes. Not only did he not go to those places, he was going around having a good time, OK?

Chu Xun asked, “What does it have to do with you? I remember clearly that we are not even friends.”

Ji Tianze said anxiously, “Aren’t I here to take the initiative to make up with you? Can’t you forgive me?”

How righteous and self-confident his tone was, tsk tsk. Chu Xun replied, “I don’t forgive you. And I don’t want to get involved with you again at all.”

Ji Tianze never thought that even when he had made so many concessions, Chu Xun would still be indifferent to him. He was at his wit’s end: “Why?”

As a man, Chu Xun could actually understand quite well that many men had this way of thinking. They were self-centered, and felt that people who once liked themselves, even if they were treated indifferently or were abandoned, would still wait in the same place for them infatuatedly. Even if they were clearly rejected, they would still think that they were just refusing on the surface and actually welcomed the interest, truly full of delusions and self-confidence.

Chu Xun thought about it, looked at him squarely, sighed, there was no reluctance for him to leave in his eyes. Just a dislike for the trouble. He said, “Mr. Ji, I like someone else now.”

Ji Tianze was stunned and was at a loss. After a long time, he asked: “…Who is it? ”

Chu Xun: “It has nothing to do with you.”

Ji Tianze: “You’re lying to me.”

Chu Xun: “I’m not. Stop messing around. If you don’t leave I’ll call the police and ask the police to escort you out.”

The colder Chu Xun was, the more stirred up Ji Tianze became. He grabbed Chu Xun’s arm and said, “Tell me clearly, Chu Xun, who do you like now? Isn’t that impossible? You have liked me for more than ten years. When did you get to know that other person? Have you known him longer than me? How could you just fall in love with someone else?”

Outside the door came a loud shout: “Who?”

Then came the barking of a dog.

Mother Chu came back. She was a short, skinny little old woman. Seeing the man who was clutching Chu Xun, she suddenly became very imposing and powerful. Even her eyebrows seemed to stand up: “Who are you?! What are you doing with Jun Jun? I’m calling the police!”

Chu Xiao Pang usually looked rather silly. Suddenly, he became very brave and fierce. He pounced towards Ji Tianze and bit his arm. As a result, his feet became unstable. He subconsciously wanted to use his other hand to hold onto something to steady himself. What he grabbed with his other hand was Chu Xun.

Chu Xun was pulled forcefully by him, and fell to the ground. He fell quite heavily, and was also pressed by Ji Tianze’s weight.

It all happened too suddenly.

Mother Chu’s face went white completely. “Jun Jun, are you okay?”

Chu Xun felt so much pain it made his forehead sweat: “My stomach hurts, Mom…take me to the hospital.”

Ji Tianze still wanted to help him: “It’s my fault. I didn’t mean to. It’s all because of that dog. Xiao Xun, are you okay? Where does it hurt? I’ll take you to the hospital right now.”

He wanted to get closer, but Chu Xiao Pang barked fiercely.

People came from outside. It was the police.

Mother Chu had called the police; there was a police station outside the gate of the community.

The police went into the house for a look and roughly understood the situation. Mother Chu immediately pointed to Ji Tianze and said that the man had suddenly rushed into her house and hurt her son. Luckily the police helped to quickly send Chu Xun to the hospital. Ji Tianze was taken to the police station for questioning.

Chu Xun’s stomach hurt incessantly. It was a pain that came in strokes.

Director Chen hurried over from home and personally did an examination for him. She said to Mother Chu, “The baby is going to be born. I’ll arrange an operation for him now; sign this quickly. Do you want to sign it or do you want him to sign it ”

Mother Chu signed the liability statement with shaking hands: “Save my son. I’m begging you.”

Director Chen said, “I will do my best.”