Lu Nan shaved his beard and cut his hair in a crew cut. At the moment, he was sitting beside me, meticulously peeling an apple, inadvertently taking away half of its flesh while doing so. He turned to look at me, smiling helplessly.
I was in a coma for four years in the hospital, relying on bottle after bottle of nutritional fluids to sustain my life. My parents spent two and three days in the intensive care unit before their lives came to an end. Lu Nan took care of their funeral arrangements, burying them together. During these four years, he searched for programming jobs online while taking care of me. I lost half of my leg.
That's how it is. That's been my life so far.
I know you probably don't want to see such a boring ending. You might think the protagonist should have a halo, that his parents might not have died, and that after waking up, the couple would confess their deep feelings. Unfortunately, at that moment, my throat was so painful that Lu Nan only tightly held my hands without saying a word. As for whether I will live a happy and fulfilling life, my legs don't seem to like this statement very much. And since waking up from the dream, I'll need to make a living, work, and support myself in the future.
But in the best part of the worst outcome is that, we are still together.
I watched him munch on the apple he had peeled, then hastily explained that he wanted to give me the best part. I don't want the best part; I want you.
Lu Nan took me to the forest we used to frequent. After getting the prosthetic, I usually didn't let him assist me. As we approached the tree, I saw a pile of white bones.
Reality and illusion, which one would you choose?
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END
I know this ending is quite disappointing and short. You must be holding back blood in your throat, unable to spit it out, and unable to swallow it.
I can only kneel here and apologize deeply...
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The Lost Corpse
Short StoryI died. My body turned into white bones and he still found me. Plot summary: I decayed into white bones under a tree, but one day I was unexpectedly brought home by a man. His name is Lu Nan. He believes that I'm his lover who disappeared after a ca...
