I Found Someone Iridescent

Chapter 10 You really want to have a romance?

It had snowed for a few days, and the whole city looked like crystal. The two of us stood face to face in the long and narrow alley. The light of streetlights on him, making his shadow oblique and long, like a character from a comic book. He was a bit surprised to hear me calling his name. Then he looked at me curiously, made the sound of "hmm" after a long time, and gently asked: "where do you live, little girl?"

"The villa of Shi family."

It suddenly occurred to me that Gu Tingchen had never been to the villa of my family, so I hurriedly told him the address. He smiled lightly and reached for me to tie his scarf around my neck. There was still warmth of his body on it.

I greedily took a deep breath, and heard him saying, "let’s go, I’ll send you home."

Gu Tingchen really looked good with a smile.

His eyebrows looked picturesque, and he felt charming and elegant.

I walked up to be by his side, holding his palm gently in a docile manner. He paused but did not refuse, then held my hand tightly and walked with me towards my home.

Along the way, we didn't say anything. He didn't say anything, and I didn't ask him anything, until I stood by the gate of the villa. I looked at him and asked scrupulously, "Gu Tingchen, would you like to come in for a cup of tea?"

He smiled and refused, "thanks, little girl, but it's getting late."

It was late indeed. There were a lot of snowflakes on his clothes. I tiptoed and reached out to wipe the snow, and then said with a bright smile, "see you next time?"

He did not say "yes" or "no". I suddenly came to understand that only I was being affectionate this night, and that he would be Wen Ruyan's groom after our separation.

He had said that he owed her a wedding.

And I was going to disappear from the world.

So, what was I expecting?

My eyesight turned dim and I walked back into the villa.

I quickly ran back to my room, turned on the lights and went to the French window to look at the man downstairs. He was still standing there with that posture, with his hands casually put in his pockets.

I gently leaned my cheek against the window and whispered goodbye

Goodbye, Gu Tingchen.

Or, I should say, farewell.

I wished that he could get whatever he wanted in the whole life.

I closed my eyes and tears slowly flew down my cheeks.

Why have I cried so much recently?

I grinned and went into the bathroom for a bath after Gu Tingchen left. Then, I had some pain killers as usual.

When I woke up in the morning, my head was dizzy and my abdomen hurt badly.

Lifting the quilt, I saw blood all over the white sheet.

Ignoring the blood, I got up and changed into a black sheet. Then, I went to the bathroom for a bath, and received a call from Ji Nuan as I left the bathroom.

She sounded excited, "Sheng er, I find him."

I asked doubtfully, "who?"

Ji Nuan was sobbing: "I have found Chen Chusheng. I didn't see his remains that year, so I didn't believe he had died even though everyone told me for sure that he had died."

She kept sobbing, "I've been looking for him for about eight years, and I almost lost hope. But now, Sheng er, do you know how happy I am?"

I knew Chen Chusheng. He was the boy who saved Ji Nuan from that car accident.

I asked softly, "where is he?"

"He is in his grandmother’s place in the countryside, but I dare not go to see him now. He had lost his legs, I am worried that he would not want to see me. But he's not married yet."

No wonder Ji Nuan had left in a such a hurry last night. Judging from her words, she would never mind anything as long as that person was him.

Even though he had been disabled, she would still accept him.

"Calm down and go to see him when you are ready."

"I will. I'll give myself a period of time to calm down, and then I will go to see him."

After hanging up, I couldn’t help thinking of Gu Tingchen. He had been so warm and charming last night.

I picked up the scarf of apricot color and hugged it tightly in my arms.

It was not until I felt hungry that I got up and went to the kitchen to cook, but just as I had finished one dish, I got a call from chairman Gu. He asked softly, "can we meet up?"

I stayed silent, and he sighed: "Shi Sheng, let's talk about it."

I didn't think there was anything to talk about, but I agreed anyway.

"Fine, where shall we meet?"

"The house of Gu family."

Hanging up, I am not in a hurry at all. Instead, I slowly cooked, and drove to the house of Gu family only after enjoying a meal.

This is an old house of Gu family, a place to which Gu Tingchen and I had barely come back to. Besides, Gu Tingchen had never taken me back here in the three years of our marriage.

I had come back here on my own every time. The only time I could show up in public with him was the New year.

No matter how much he hated me, he still had to meet the elders of his family with me.

I parked my car in the garage and went into the house.

When chairman Gu saw me, he called, "Shi Sheng, come here."

At the door, I saw that Gu Tingchen was also in the house. He looked indifferent and gloomy.

Utterly different from himself in the night before.

I went in, sat opposite to Gu Tingchen, and called chairman Gu: "dad."

Even though I had divorced his son, he was a senior elder to me.

Hearing me calling him, chairman Gu smiled and said, "I don't know what you young couple are fighting over, but I have to be outspoken. Whatever a scene you make, I only have one single bottom line. That is, Wen Ruyan will never become my daughter-in-law. You two, think about it."

Hearing this, Gu Tingchen looked contemptuously at his father.

I knew in my heart that no one could prevent Gu Tingchen.

While chairman Gu, who was once my father-in-law, seemed to want us to go back together.

I smiled lightly and said, "there is nothing to talk about."

"How can there be nothing to talk about? You are the president of your family’s company, but suffered grievance after marrying my son. Now, you have given up being Mrs. Gu and even plan to give us the assets of your family. I know what you want by doing all these things. All you want is just him, then how is he qualified to marry another woman now?"

Everyone knew what I wanted, and Gu Tingchen had heard a lot about it from others. I used to respond with a smile when they asked what I wanted, but at this moment, I only felt painful. I stood up to explain, "dad, people change, and so do I. I divorced your son only because I didn’t have feelings for him anymore. I didn’t give you the assets of my family because I was generous, but because the assets were the fruits of my parent's efforts. I am really not very good at doing business, so I gave the assets to him¡­¡­ "

"Nonsense. Do you think I don't understand anything?"

I didn’t want to let him keep persuading, so I stood up and left.

I drove out of the garage, and saw Gu Tingchen smoking a cigarette lazily by the gate of the garage. I tried to pass by him, but he stopped me, so I had to park my car.

I felt dizzy, and asked, "what do you want?"

He flicked the ash from the cigarette with his finger and said, "Shi Sheng, let's talk about it."

Everything from last night was like a fantasy. He would never gently call me "little girl" again.

And I would never have any expectations on him.

Because he would finally become someone else's husband.

I asked coldly, "what do you want to talk about?"

His finger paused, and he looked at me in bewilderment.

Finally, he asked, "you really want to have a romance?"