strike first

078: Gloomy

"Hello. Hello." Huangfu Jue picked up the phone. The voice on the other end made his eyebrows frowned. He got up from the sofa and walked towards the back garden.

Jiang Ziling watched Huangfu Jue's back disappear from sight. Curiosity arose in his heart. Who's calling?

"What's the matter. It's okay, I'll hang up." Huangfu Jue walked out of the back garden and said to the man on the other end of the phone with a cold face.

The man who spoke to him on the phone was none other than the punk guy Huangfu Jue met when he was discharged from the hospital. His name was Sam.

"JUE. Are you still angry with me for betraying you back then." On the other end of the phone, Sam asked in a sad tone. "I'm sorry. I was really just fascinated by ghosts at that time."

Huangfu Jue didn't want to hear these things anymore, so he hung up the phone directly, clenched his fists tightly, wanting to vent.

At this time, the same number was dialed again. Huangfu Jue hung up decisively. But on the other end of the phone, Sam did not give up because of this and continued to hang up.

Rejected. Rejected. Rejected again. The phone vibrates in the palm of the hand, making Huangfu Jue want to let it shatter.

However, there is a reason in his heart that is restraining him.

Sam was Huangfu Jue's ex-boyfriend. The two had been in love for two years. At that time, Huangfu Jue was really fascinated by his charm. He even resolutely stayed with him regardless of his mother's objection.

But, it's not that if you give everything, you will be rewarded. Just the night before he was going to discuss with that man to start a wedding ring company, he actually saw the man he thought he would spend his whole life with another man The man is lingering on the bed. On his bed.

Huangfujue was caught/raped on the bed at the time. With a gloomy face, he laughed at himself for being blind. Angrily, he returned the villa that he rented because of that man that night, and returned home. The company's schedule is all torn up.

He who was broken in love. At first, he thought that the man would come back to apologize to himself, and begged himself to forgive him. However, the result was that he was disappointed.

His call. It was at this moment five years later.

"Say what you want to say at once." Huangfu Jue finally picked up the phone again and said in a cold tone.

"JUE. Thank you." On the other end of the phone, Sam was proud of knowing that you would answer, but his tone pretended to be sad. "I'm sorry. I should tell you the truth. I love you. But I have cancer. It is the terminal stage of brain cancer. At that time, the doctor told me that I would not live long. I don’t want to make you sad because of my death. That’s why I arranged such a lie for you to see.”

Huangfu Jue made a slight move. The thin trace of affection that remained five years ago was aroused again. But soon, he resolutely suppressed it.

He sneered and asked, "Really. Then why are you still alive?"

Sam suddenly realized that what he said was not in line with the actual situation. He quickly explained. "Because I took medicine. I didn't expect that to really prolong my life. Two years ago. I found that I was not dead. Like See you again. Back to you. I already missed it once. This time I don't want to miss it again."

"..." Huangfu Jue closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It seemed that the air he sucked into his lungs was thorny, which made him uncomfortable.

Sam seems to have sensed the emotional changes of the man on the other end of the phone. He buoyed up and acted to the end. He began to choke his voice and said: "JUE. The doctor told me that the medicine can only maintain my life for half a year. Very short, very short Not even two hundred days... in the last days of my life. I hope. All that remains are memories of being with you... okay."

Huangfu Jue slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the haze that was slowly creeping over the sky, he dimmed his eyes and finally asked, "Which hospital are you in now?"

On the other end of the phone, Sam saw that the other party had really been fooled. He nodded happily to his partner very excitedly. Then he said in a sad tone: "I am at home. I am not hospitalized. The air in the hospital is me. It's annoying. I'll tell you where I live now. Can you come over here later. I really want to see you."

Huangfu Jue's heart was blocked by something. He turned his head and took a look into the room. Finally, he asked him for the address.

Jiang Ziling, who had been waiting in the living room for more than an hour, saw Huangfu Jue come in after finally speaking on the phone. Seeing the other party's uneasy expression, he opened his mouth. In the end, he still didn't know who was calling. What did you say? so long.

Huangfu Jue came to the sofa and asked Jiang Ziling to sit next to him. Then he lay down on it with his long and slender legs. He rested his head on Jiang Ziling's lap and faced Jiang Ziling. He breathed in the air that smelled like this man. To clear your mind.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Ziling asked, stroking his short light amber hair.

Huang Fujue was silent for a while, opened his beautiful lips, and said: "The person who called me was my ex-boyfriend Sam, the man I met in the hospital last time."

Jiang Ziling listened. His face turned slightly pale. His ex-boyfriend... talked on the phone for more than an hour...

"He has brain cancer. There is only half a year left..." Huangfu Jue continued. "He wants me to accompany him to spend the last time of his life. What do you think?"

"..." Jiang Ziling's slender fingertips landed on the other's heroic and handsome face, and traced lightly along the knife-like profile.

This question. How should he answer it.

Who would be willing to push their beloved to others.

Only fools.

"Why did you break up with him?" Jiang Ziling asked after a long silence.

Even a fool would not be so stupid.

"I thought he was messing around with other men. In fact, it was his lie..." Huangfu Jue explained. "It was because he had brain cancer that he made up such a lie to deceive me. Let me break up with him. Don't have to bear the pain of losing him forever..."

Jiang Ziling took a deep breath. He felt his heart flustered. What does this mean.

Do you want to break up?

Still want me to share you with another man.

"Do you still love him?" Jiang Ziling asked this question with all his strength. It was as if these five words were sharp swords. When he spit them out, his throat was stabbed with pain. Endure. Finish the heart-piercing words. "If you still love him, go to him..."

Not ever. Everything will change...

Whether to go or not, the question of whether to go or not was finally thrown back to Huangfu Jue. The two remained silent in this lying-sitting posture.

Until the ancient clock strikes six o'clock in the evening. Only the sitting person is left on the sofa. The man lying down has long since left. On the sofa. The temperature left by him after lying down has already cooled down.

"Mr. Jiang. It's time for dinner. The young master said he won't come back for dinner tonight. Don't wait for him." Chen Nan came over and said.

Jiang Ziling's eyes dimmed, and he responded with a nasal voice. "Hmm..." But he still sat on the sofa for a long time before getting up and going to the dining room.

Large dining table. Rich dishes. But only one person tastes silently.

"Uncle Chen, sit down and eat together." Jiang Ziling said to Chen Nan who was standing aside.

"Thank you. According to the regulations of the Huangfu family, servants are not allowed to sit at the same table with the host and guests." Chen Nan explained.

It’s the 21st century. It’s still the same as in ancient times. Many nannies now eat at the same table as their employers.

Jiang Ziling muttered something in his heart. He picked up the chopsticks. He was not in the mood. Naturally, he had no appetite. He didn't eat much, so he put down the chopsticks and said he was full.

Chen Nan sensed Jiang Ziling's mood, but he didn't say anything. After Jiang Ziling left the restaurant, he started to clear the table.

Jiang Ziling didn't know what time Huangfu Jue came back. He only knew that he came to the guest room where he was sleeping, got into bed, and hugged himself tightly from behind.

Such a gentle move would have made him feel at ease. But at this moment, it made him feel like a knife was piercing his heart. The pain was so painful that he was about to suffocate.

The next day, Jiang Ziling didn't sleep well and got up on time to go to work. Huangfu Jue, who was still asleep in bed, didn't pull him away as usual and continued to sleep.

After Jiang Ziling washed and changed his clothes, before he left, he still couldn't help but went back to the guest room to take a look. It was replaced by Huangfu Jue who was sleeping with the quilt in his arms. His eyes were as dull as a pool of stagnant water.

"Go to my car. The keys are on the coffee table..." When Jiang Ziling turned to leave, the man who was sleeping with the quilt in his arms made a lazy and sleepy voice.

Jiang Ziling closed the door gently. He went down to the first floor. He looked at the car keys on the coffee table. In the end, he didn't take them. He walked to the subway station to take the subway.

Entering the company door, the lady at the front desk immediately greeted Jiang Ziling. "Morning. I haven't seen you come to work for a long time. Jue, his injury is much better."

Jiang Ziling nodded with a smile. "Morning. Much better."

Entering the design department. Greetings from Xu Qianqian. All the girls in the office raised their heads suddenly. Then they greeted each other curiously.

"Jiang Ziling. Long time no see. How are you doing recently? How is JUE?"

"JUE has been discharged from the hospital."

"Will JUE come back to the company?"

"JUE..."

Almost all the questions had the name JUE, which made Jiang Ziling feel a little depressed. Why did everyone ask him about Huangfu Jue's situation.

Could it be that everyone in the company knows about his relationship with Huangfu Jue?

"Ziling, you are here. I just have something to discuss with you." At this time, Jean who came in from behind said.

"OK." Jiang Ziling nodded, and followed Jean into the director's office. On the way, a few girls whispered to him. "Ziling, take care. Jean is a very strict, ruthless devil. .”

The corners of Jiang Ziling's mouth twitched. Is it that scary? Isn't Jean always very talkative?