Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

When My Lover Gets Old, I Will Still Be as Beautiful as a Flower

Note: This is not part of the novel Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day but from the author's other work <>. I have decided to translate the parts that's related only to <When You're Older>, the movie adapted from this story that Shen Jintai acts in, because I really like the story. You know the synopsis and you know how it ends so prepare for dog abuse if you continue reading.

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Chapter 1

Luo Wensheng disappeared. When he went out in the morning, everything was fine, except it was rare for the two to hug, but as soon as he left, he never came back. He was getting older. His legs and feet were already inconvenient, and he was also suffering from illnesses. With his old age, Yu Nuo was afraid that Luo Wensheng would encounter an accident, so he asked everyone to help search for him. Still, despite searching every possible location, no traces could be found.

Ultimately, Yu Nuo called the police who told him that based on their experience, Luo Wensheng probably ran away from home.

"Who is he to you?" The policeman asked.

Yu Nuo said: "My lover."

The policeman was stunned, obviously surprise by their age difference.

Yu Nuo said: "I have immortality disease."

Realization then dawned on the policeman. Immortality disease was an odd disease. There have been more than a dozen cases in the country. People who suffer form this disease will suddenly stop growing old, freezing at the age when they first contract it. Doctors could not find a reasonable explanation and could not treat it. Many, who hope to be young, and immortal have spent insurmountable amount of money to contract it, but to no avail.

When Yu Nuo was diagnosed with this disease, he had been with Luo Wensheng for three years. At that time, their affection was strong, so naturally they were reluctant to separate. More than forty years have passed, and they were both now sixty-seven years old. Though their age were nearly the same, one was a man that looked like he was in his sixties, while the other maintained their youthful appearance of someone in their twenties. He had jet black hair, rosy lips, and a perfect row of white teeth. No matter how he dressed, he couldn't deceive the eyes of others as his eyes were clear and his skin was firm and fair.

Truthfully, in the past few years, the relationship between the two has not been as close as before. Occasionally, when they look at each other, Luo Wensheng would unconsciously turn his head, showing hints of embarrassment on his face.

When they were out, outsiders would always think they were grandfather and grandson.

Luo Wensheng was a teacher. His hair had gray early and he suffered from an illness the year before as he began to forget things. Despite his strong physique that he maintained since he was young, the illness was pervasive that it made his straight back bent. However, he was stubborn and had picked up all the household chores, refusing to let Yu Nuo do a single thing house related. After retirement, he would get up every morning to do morning exercises. He even set alarms on his phone to remind him to take his medication so he would not miss a single pill. He said he would stay with Yu Nuo for at least another 20 years, and he planned to do so.

On the morning of his disappearance, he had swept away the fallen leaves on their porch early in the morning, then went out and bought him pickle cabbage steamed stuff buns and sweet soybean milk. Such a person left, without saying a word.

Yu Nuo had search all over the country and after looking for over half a month, he finally found Luo Wensheng's hometown. Luo Wensheng owned a house here, which was about to be demolished. In such a depilated state, the home was not fit for an old person to live in. Yu Nuo had peered in through the window, thinking if he should try to open the door when he saw Luo Wensheng falling to the ground, crashing through a broken glass window.