Bite Your Fingertips (BL) (Complete)

Chapter 33.2 - Ended Up Empty-Handed

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Wang Zhenshu recalled, "I'm but an old woman and my memory isn't good. I remember Mrs. Lu was very educated, she liked reading books and often phoned others to discuss issues with them. I'm illiterate and didn't understand any of what I heard. Mr. Lu was busy and returned late at night. Mrs. Lu just waited for him while reading, never listening to any persuasion otherwise."

When people were old, they'd keep bits and pieces of trivial things in their memories.

Lu Shi asked, "Did they have a good relationship?"

"Yes, very good, very affectionate. Mrs. Lu was pregnant and her feet were swollen so it wasn't easy for her to wear shoes. Whenever Mr. Lu returned, he'd take her shoes off and massage her feet. The anti-slip mat in the bathroom was also bought specially by Mr. Lu. His care for her was truly meticulous."

Wang Zhenshu looked at Lu Shi again. "Mrs. Lu also said that she'd let me hug the child once he was born. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to that. My husband at home was seriously ill so I hurried back to my hometown. Before leaving, Mrs. Lu gave me a lot of money. She was very kind."

"When did you leave?"

"When? When... ah, I left when Mrs. Lu was eight months pregnant. At that time, she stood with her pregnant belly at the door to see me off. She was smiling while telling me to stay safe on the road."

Speaking up to here, Wang Zhenshu then spoke incoherently. After a while, she mentioned that the fire was still on in the kitchen and that it was almost dark, then asked why Manli hadn't returned.

Li Manli came over from the side. "Mom, I came back earlier, did you forget?"

She turned to Lu Shi apologetically. "Old people, the mind wouldn't be so clear when you're old, it's confusing."

Lu Shi sat for a while.

It wasn't until Li Manli helped Wang Zhenshu go back to her room to sleep that he earnestly said his thanks, then got up and left.

Leaving Xiali Town, Lu Shi took a bus to the neighboring town.

It was late and there were no buses back to Xiali County. But he was near the station and so found a hotel to stay in.

Early Monday morning, Chu Yu carried his empty school bag to the classroom.

The desk behind him was empty and as Chu Yu glanced at it, he inexplicably felt a little sense of loss in his heart.

Zhang Yueshan inquired once he saw him, "Lu-Shen asked for leave, what's the matter?"

Chu Yu appeared wan. After sitting down, he held his chin in his hands and replied slowly, "Rep, I also don't know."

"I thought you'd know."

Zhang Yueshan sized up Chu Yu. "School Flower, are you... sick again?"

"What sick?" Chu Yu's glare was strengthless.

Since last night until dawn, his whole body had had a low fever, rendering him unable to sleep comfortably.

When he got up in the morning, he could hear his heart's 'badump badump' jolting his eardrums. The veins on both sides of his temples felt like they were about to explode.

"That sounds like the same thing you had at the beginning of school!" Zhang Yueshan recalled with difficulty. "That thing... called, called, a nomorelogical disorder! Yes, that's the name!"

"Nn, something like that."

Chu Yu spoke weakly, about to lie down again.

Zhang Yueshan remembered. "By the way, Lu-Shen isn't here so who will you copy your homework from?"