Chapter 135
“I want to go back to work at Yarn, you talk to the Dean for me?”
“No problem.” Shen Ron scowled at her, “But is … not doing well at the one you’re at now?”
“After all those years of doing it at Yarn, I’m used to that side.” Cheng Lydia put on the hot water and stepped forward to unbutton his shirt, the tiny buttons coming off one by one in her hands, the orthopedic skin showing a little.
The slight coolness of his fingertips teased his heartstrings.
He drew a backward breath and said dully, “Okay, I’ll talk to Dean tomorrow.”
“Thank you, then.” She smiled faintly.
Shen Ron grabbed her hands as he gazed at her with an imploring gaze, “What’s the point of saying thank you when it’s already come to this?” Then, he took her by the waist and quickly pressed her body to his, and his red lips were printed in that instant.
Cheng Lydia was stunned, but quickly released.
What was there to resist between her and him?
Her hands circled his body, and she felt his skin sizzle, as did his kisses at the moment. Her heart had never been more moved, never more happy, and the man she had loved for years was in her arms at this moment.
Cheng Lydia decided to return to work in Yahn not because she was uncomfortable there, or because the State for Yahn pays better than there, but …
Standing in front of Yang June’s hospital bed, she gazed steadily at the face that looked so much like her own, her heart as heavy as if something had overwhelmed it.
Since Yang June moved into Yarn, she has rarely visited her, and now I feel quite sad and sorry for her when I think about it.
Cheng Lydia leaned over, took her small, thin hand in her palm, and said softly, “June, let me take care of you from now on.”
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“By the way, I forgot to tell you that I’m your sister, your only sister.” Cheng Lydia smiled, “I know all about the past, I don’t blame you for marrying Ron instead of me, I’m still the sister who loves you the most. It would be nice if you could get better because you are the only family I have left and I always wanted a sister.”
“For my sake, you’re willing to bury your love for Ron, a silly act, but my sister is really touched. Don’t worry, I’ll never tell Ron the truth, you’ll always be the one Ron remembers the most.” Cheng Lydia lifted her small hand and gently caressed her face, her voice getting softer and softer, “June, you must be able to hear sister, right? You could hear them all last time, and you were in tears …”
This time, it was Cheng Lydia who shed her own tears.
She looked down and wiped a tear from her face and choked out a hmmm, “Mom’s gone, June can’t leave the same way again …”
The door to the room opened with a ‘ta’ and Cheng Lydia was busy lowering her head and quickly wiping the tear stains from her face with a tissue. Turning around only to find that it was Mrs. Yang standing by the door, she sighed with a ghostly sigh of relief.
She stood up from her chair and looked at Mrs. Young who walked in and said, “I’ve been transferred back to work at Yarn, so I’ll take care of June from now on.”
“You?” Mrs. Young scowled at her, expressing doubt.
“Don’t worry Mrs. Young, I’m not as vicious as you think, or you wouldn’t have asked me to keep the truth from Ron would you?”
Mrs. Yang surveyed Yang June on the bed and sighed quietly, “June has already made it to the end of her life, even if you did something to her, it would only move the death date a tiny bit forward, maybe it would still be a relief for her.”
“Don’t say that to June’s face; one can’t tell about life.”
“I’m trying to get June to accept the truth as early as possible.”
“Maybe the truth isn’t as bad as you guys think?”
“Stop deceiving yourself.” Mrs. Yang suddenly shed tears and walked to Yang June to hold her hand and smiled bitterly, “Do you think I can give up? I only have this one daughter …”
Mrs. Yang suddenly dropped Yang June’s little hand again and turned to Cheng Lydia with a pleading face, “Ron hasn’t visited June for a long time, please let him come and see June, otherwise he won’t even be able to see her when she leaves.”
Has it been a long time since Shen Ron visited Yang June? Cheng Lydia doesn’t know for sure, but she knows that it’s not that Shen Ron doesn’t actually want to come, but that he can’t because he’s decided to let go of the past and face reality.
She turned and walked out of the ward, not granting Mrs. Young’s request.
She also didn’t know if Shen Ron would listen to her and come.
Cheng Lydia had an unscheduled encounter with Gu William downstairs at Chung Grace.
Standing a few meters away from each other, they gazed at each other, speechless for a moment.
Gu William surveyed Cheng Lydia, noticing that her face did not show an extra hint of joy at knowing the truth, did she not believe his words?
“Are you okay?” Gu William asked after a good long while.
Cheng Lydia nodded and smiled lightly, “And you? Are you here to see Chung Grace?”
“Yeah.” Gu William replied, a little embarrassed that he had come to see Chung Grace to check up on her and to find out how she was doing these days.
He couldn’t contact her, so he had to ask her best friend about it, but he felt a little bad about doing so, which was why he’d been lingering downstairs.
“And you? Are you here to see Chung Grace?”
“Well, I couldn’t get through to her on the phone, as it were, so I came over to check.”
“Can I help you?”
“Nothing in particular.” Cheng Lydia shook her head, then scowled at him, “Ron’s not coming home for dinner tonight, we’ll go eat together?”
She knew Gu William had a belly full of questions and knew he was hesitant to ask them, which is why she spoke up to have dinner together.
“Fine.” Gu William nodded and walked over to the car and pulled open the passenger door, “Come on, I’ll buy you Thai food.”
Cheng Lydia got into the car, and it didn’t matter to her what she had for dinner.
This is an upscale and elegantly decorated Thai restaurant, and Gu William seems to be a familiar customer here, nodding to the lobby manager and greeting him without even looking at the menu.
“Is there anything you’d like to eat?” Gu William asked Cheng Lydia.
Cheng Lydia shook her head, “I’m not familiar with Thai food, so just have something random.”
Gu William nodded, then scowled at her and asked, “Aren’t you worried about Shen Ron being upset that you’re having dinner with me?”
“It’s been this long, I don’t think he’d count on that.”