Before My Withering [枯萎之前]

Chapter 10

[You know too well how to harm a person forever]

It was a rare occasion that I slept soundly and had a long dream.

I dreamt that when I was fifteen years old, I quietly wrote Qi Shu's name in my diary for the first time.

At that time, I was young and fearless, and even felt happy keeping a secret love.

During my third year of senior high school, I didn't have many opportunities to see Qi Shu, so I formed the habit of reading financial weekly magazines and TV news. It was like buying lottery tickets. If I saw him one day in a magazine or on TV, I'd be happy all day.

It may be more of an admiration than liking at first.

I wanted to be close to him.

I wanted to caress his light.

I wanted to be such a shining person.

Only later did I realize that some people could only be watched from afar.

Looking up at him, he's the noble and cold moon. All would be well with the solitary light.

Only when the moon was really within reach did I realize that the nature of the moon was a hard stone. Only because it was far away could we not see the fragmented and mottled moon.

However, it's too late to see.

Love was the water that couldn't be returned.

When I woke up in the morning, Qi Shu was still sleeping. The sleeping man didn't seem so sharp and dangerous, and even gave the illusion of gentleness.

I unscrupulously buried myself in his arms and rubbed it.

"I miss you so much."

But I don't want to love you anymore.

Yesterday's wounds were hastily treated, and then they were ripped open again by Qi Shu after an intense bed session. He's passionate about hurting me and leaving scars on my body.

Under his well-dressed skin, he was always a cruel and cold-blooded beast.

Probably tickled by my rubbing, Qi Shu said a dissatisfied "don't move".

He had long arms and legs and easily confined me.

So I fell asleep again.

When I woke up once more, Qi Shu wasn't around.

When I came downstairs and saw him on the phone, I remembered that he didn't have to go to the company this weekend.

"Xiao Yu." He called out to me, "Go change your clothes and come back to the old mansion with me."

There were a lot of problems in a wealthy family, and Qi Shu didn't like to deal with the relatives who had ulterior motives. He wouldn't be in a good mood every time he came back.

"I... I'm going too?"

I was a little nervous. Qi Shu's parents took off their burden early and left the world. He was brought up by his grandfather.

I've heard that Grandfather Qi has an iron grip, and even Qi Shu wouldn't dare to misbehave in front of him. I was such a worthless beta, he could strangle me as easily as an ant.

Qi Shu disdained to say it the second time. He blocked my words back with a gaze.

It wasn't until I got into the car that he told me that today was a family dinner to wash the dust for his cousin who had recently returned to China.