Please Confess to Me

33

Chapter 33

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The next morning, Su Hang, who hadn't slept a wink the entire night, got out of bed. He washed up, changed his clothes, then left his room. As he did so, the drooping Su Hang looked up towards the second floor. Usually, Shen Xi would've come down by now to do their morning run.

"Good Morning, Sir." Mrs. Zhang came out of the kitchen with Chu Wu's food bowl in her hands.

"Un, morning." Su Hang immediately straightened, then solemnly replied.
　　
When Mrs. Zhang left, Su Hang turned back towards the second floor, eyes fixed on the stairs. There was nobody there, but his eyes were unwilling to turn away.

Mrs. Zhang waited outside while Chu Wu happily ate his breakfast. After about 15 minutes, she picked up the bowl and went back inside. When she did so, she saw Su Hang still standing in the same spot as before. It seems that he didn't even move a single muscle. So Mrs. Zhang asked: "Is Sir not running today?"

"Go, I'll go." Su Hang sighed and walked to the door. When he reached the front door, he couldn't help but look back one more time. Unfortunately, the staircase was still empty. The lonely Su Hang had no choice but to do his morning run alone.

Their usual jogging route was out the door, then turn left towards the ginkgo trail up the mountain. But today, Su Hang changed directions and turned right and ran down the hill. Su Hang vaguely remembered that there was a flower shop in this direction.
　
Su Hang went down the mountain with Chu Wu by his side, and the man and dog ran non-stop for 20 minutes. When they found the flower shop, however, Su Hang realized that it was too early in the morning, and the flower shop was still closed. But after seeing the owner's number posted on the store window, Su Hang dialed the number without hesitation.

The person who answered his call was a woman. The voice didn't sound young, and her tone was sleepy and full of impatience.

"Who's calling so early in the morning, ah? Not letting people sleep..."

"....." After a moment, Su Hang said: "I need a bouquet of roses."

In the end, Su Hang bought a bouquet of day-old roses for triple the price. Su Hang looked down at his watch and noticed that it was already 8:00 a.m., the time they usually had breakfast. Su Hang was worried that Shen Xi might wait for him, so he decided to take a taxi home.

The cab driver didn't mind the dog, but wondered, wasn't the address his passenger gave him just up this slope?

"Sir, could you please hurry up? My wife is waiting for me to have breakfast." Su Hang urged. (Shen Xi: Why did you think you needed to add that last sentence, ah.)

"Bark!" Chu Wu added.

The driver who was being urged to hurry depressedly made a U-turn and drove for less than five minutes to the given address. When his passengers left, he couldn't help but shake his head, "These rich people nowadays! They can't even walk anymore!"

Su Hang looked at the beautifully packaged roses in his hands and thought about how to apologize to Shen Xi. Although he tossed and turned all night, he still couldn't understand where he did wrong. But that didn't matter.

"Sir, you're back." Mrs. Zhang, who was putting some chopsticks on the dining table, looked up and saw Su Hang holding a bunch of roses. She smiled and said: "Ah, Sir brought flowers to surprise Madam this morning!"

"Cough...is she up yet?" Su Hang awkwardly asked.

"Madam is out." Mrs. Zhang replied.

"Out? Out of the house?" Su Hang asked in disbelief.