Chapter 13-Extra Story (3)

At the age of 31,he reared a golden-haired pooch, which was a stray dog picked up on the street . He also had several minor diseases. He brought it home to bathe and cure it, giving it the name Ah Wang.

He chortled, shook his head, knowing that if Su An heard it, he would tease him for giving a creature such a meaningless, rustic name.

Chu Shian went to the orphanage at the age of 35 to adopt a four-year-old boy, and his agility was truly like being formed from a mold with Su An.

He kissed the child's cheek and informed him that his name would be Su Nianan from now on, and that he would have two dads, one named Father Su and the other Father Chu.

The boy was excellent, addressing him as Father Chu in a nice colostrum voice.

The first time Chu couple met the kid, they understood why he adopted him.

"In the future, the boy will be my biological son," Chu Chi An remarked.

I wouldn't have any more children, and also no more lover.

Then he carried the kid to the Su family; when the Su couple saw the boy, they were amazed, and tears perked up in their eyes.

The boy was a little scared, pulled the corner of Chu Shian's shirt back,"They are your Su grandparents," he said, touching the boy's head.

"Su grandma, Su grandpa, glad to see you two," Su Nianan said, hesitantly looking at them. This fear of strangers and docile look is reminiscent of Su An when he was younger.

"Yes." Mrs. Su responded while crying.

"My parents would look after him in the future," Chu Shian assured them, adding, "He is also your grandchild; if you remember him, take him home for a few days."

Mrs. Su crouched down and hugged Su Nianan while Mr. Su wiped his eyes and nodded.

After adopting Su Nianan, Chu Shian added time to visit once a week, and the connection between the two families steadily improved as a result of Su Nianan, even hinting at a return to the relationship long ago.

Su Nianan has grown up day by day; the boy and Su An did not enjoy studying, but his academic achievements were somewhat better than Su An's. He was reticent at first, but after becoming acquainted with him, he would dance and laugh all time. He knew he had two dads, two grandfathers, and two grandmothers, except for Father Su, whom he had never seen, everyone adored him.

He often saw a photograph of Su An at Chu Shian's place, knowing that the Rosy-faced teenager who was always smiling cheerfully was Father Su. When he questioned Father Su where he was, Chu Shian always caressed his head and answered in a nice manner that he was going to a far place to wait for Father.

Chu Shian watched the kid grow up, much like Su An's appearance changed from childhood to adulthood.

Chu Shian told Su Nianan he'd return to eat with him the night before New Year's Eve that year, and then he heard the laughing of four grandparents and children through the crack in the door. He cracked a smile, decided not to come in any longer, and sent a message indicating that the company had to work overtime, he turned to leave.

On the deserted road, it was drizzling, and he stood by the bridge with an umbrella, staring at the surroundings and biting a cigarette in his mouth. He was increasingly interested in smoking a cigarette when nothing was wrong.

The white smoke evaporated gently in the showers, leaving no trace. He brushed the cigarette away and took a long breath, feeling the cold seeped into his body gradually.

He was 38 years old after eating on this New Year's Eve.

Time flew by, and the lush boyhood that year blossomed into a tall, robust man.

When Chu Shian arrived to the mansion, Ah Wang almost always ran to greet him,yet he didn't see him this time. Chu Shian with his little umbrella discovered Ah Wang's body in the flower garden.

He took up Ah Wang gently, disregarding the rain and muck on the dog's body. Yes, Ah Wang was old and has recently been in a grumpy mood.

"Tomorrow is the new year, you won't be able to eat the year-end supper anymore..." he said to the golden-haired dog in his breast. "Are you finding him?" he said as he hugged Ah Wang and stepped in, carefully placing him in the dog's nest.

Chu Shian awoke in the middle of the night, having experienced a dream in which Su An's face was curled and he told him, Ge, Ah Wang was really good, I absolutely loved Ah Wang.

He sat up and leaned against the headboard of the bed, not turning on the light.

Silently lit a cigarette, chewed on it, and fixated on the image on the opposite wall through the eerie glow until the cigarette had burnt to his thumb.

"An An..." Chu Shian's voice sounded squeakily, "I haven't dreamed about you for a long time..."

He closed his eyes and imagined An An sitting next to him or in his lap. Even though he couldn't feel the temperature, he said that Su An was constantly alongside him, listening to him talk.

"You're still so young, I'm no spring chicken, it's been twenty years... An An, sometimes I don't dare to calculate how many years I will live alone, I only feel scared, after this long, how did I successfully pass so many years..."

"Actually, I'm extremely worried, I'm afraid you'll wait too long, so you've already left, that's why you didn't come to my dream..." he whispered weakly.

"Big home, dog, and the plenty of money's bags I promised you at beginning... Children, I adopted a child like you, but you're not here, and *I'm raising a child that makes others dislike me, therefore you must be..."

Children, I adopted a child like you, but you're not here, and *I'm raising a child that makes others dislike me, therefore you must be..."

*Dysentery Evil : LOL,i also cannot understand this sentence's meaning at all.

"His personality is pretty similar to yours, but his achievements are better than yours, your parents like him, and they are doing well today... If you were still alive, my parents may have consented to let us live love each other for a long time..."

He lay down, leaning forward to embrace the blanket, envisioning Su An's temperature in his lap.

Many things he didn't recall well after such a long period, but just Su An's body temperature and emotions: "Every day, every minute, every second I miss you, exactly as remembering you engraved into my flesh and blood becomes a type of instinct."

"An An, please wait for me; don't go too soon; I have lived as you said..."

...

The villa burst in a large fire late at night on the first day of the year, and the fire continued raging until someone realized that this place had virtually become a ruin.

Chu Shian had promised to bring the huge home and the dog to find the boy he missed for twenty years.

This suddenly jolted the entire city.

According to the inquiry, the alarm in the villa has been switched off, and precautions have been made surrounding the villa to avoid the fire from hurting other households too negatively. He died sweetly, with no evidence of struggle, holding an iron box in his chest, within which was a ring and a crimson ribbon.

This was a deliberate suicide.

Chen Yang was smoking while leaning on the car door, listening to the new cop beside him, suspiciously muttering: "This case is quite weird, the dead guy is young and full of potential. He obtains what people desire and indeed has no suicidal motive. But if it's murder, there are far too many suspicious points..." The young policeman turned his head to look at Chen Yang, "Senior, What are your thoughts on all of this?"

Chen Yang stayed on mum, but took another blow of his cigarette when a youngster from that year came on the rooftop, desperate to leap off.

He appeared to have been necrotic on that roof a long time ago, all owing to that phrase,he overcame the life's ups and downs.

The young cop was taken aback when he noticed that, amidst the smoke, the senior's face who stayed calm and strong as a horse in front dangers now eyes appeared to be vermilion.

When the news arrived at the Chu family's household, Mrs. Chu was holding a pot to cook meals for Su Nianan while listening to the phone, and when the pot fell to the ground, a "cong" sound was heard.

She was shocked on the spot, almost lost her hearing for a second, couldn't hear what was being spoken on the other end of the phone, and tears began to fall before she could react.

Su Nianan, who was in the living room, heard the disturbance and raced over: "What's the matter, Chu Grandma? Is it Chu father who is calling? Will he return for evening meal tonight?"

Mrs.Chu Gaped at him with awe, squatted down, and sobbed over Su Nianan: "... he's not coming back... Your Father Chu has gone in search of Father Su..."

Seven-year-old Su Nianan, nodded, half-understanding, and gently rubbed his grandmother's back, "So Chu Father must be very happy."

"That's correct..." She tried to keep her emotions in check in front of the kid, but she couldn't stop sobbing, "He's going to be so happy..."

...

His personal lawyer revealed his suicide the next day at nine o'clock, announcing his will.

"All assets registered in Mr. Chu Shian's name are divided into four parts: one for Mr. Su's family, one for his parents, one for his adopted son Su Nianan, and one for the hospital."

Chen Yang was handed a signed property transfer letter as well as a personal will.

Inside the will, he was ordered to create a diamond ring out of Chu Shian's ashes, then bind the two rings together with a crimson rope and throw it into the Hua Gui River.

Legend had it that the Hua Gui River was a love tank that witnessed many beautiful love stories.

Chen Yang was concerned that the Chu couple would refuse to accept; after all, the ashes had already become a particular existence for relatives. However, when the two grandparents read the will, they handed him the ashes.

Chen Yang couldn't stop crying as the crimson rope that connected the two rings plummeted to the river's bottom, He remembered Su An,who leaped from the building, felt sorry for not being able to live to a ripe old age with his lover,and pray for the next life,also Chu Shian, who passed the last twenty years without bothering to find him.

"I wish you two happiness, forever and ever." He mumbled as he gazed out the landscape before his eyes.

Su An died in a desperate June, and Chu Shian came to find him on a joyful New Year's Day.

This is not a helpless man who was stuck below the trap of miss and regret; from beginning to end the two of them were persistently guarding their very innocent love.

This is their shared passion.

Forever, always, and ever.

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Author has the following words:

Well, this is the end; if there is a hereafter, they will be happy; if there is no afterlife, at least they never give up - this is their love.Actually, the outcome of the outing was originally supposed to be something else, I was working part-time during summer vacation, the last time I came up with an outline in my head was on the night shift. It has nothing to do with the lyrics, it pops up with an image in my head, my heart softens, deciding to give them a better ending. The initial ending was, Chu Shian lived to the end of his life, many long decades of his life, he only lived for eighteen years, the rest of the time he was a corpse without a soul, being dragged away by that sentence. He repeatedly sent off four grandparents, witnessed all the separation, even Chen Yang walked in front of him. He also raised some dogs, but we all know that dogs have a very short lifespan, so he doesn't raise any dog then. In the end, he died of illness in the hospital, with no closed relatives by his side, a lonely life, all his assets donated.

End.

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