Amorous Short Stories

Yan Wu returned to Chiang Mai one early morning. He put down his bag, took out his mobile phone in the cabinet and called Ding Qing. No one answered the phone. Yan Wu only realized that it was 03:30 in the morning after hearing a few beeps. [-], so I immediately hung up the phone.

Yan Wu let out a sigh of relief sitting on the sofa, smiled softly, and went directly to bed to sleep.

Before he came back, he received treatment locally for more than a week, and then went to South Africa with Nadd to report on his work. Yan Wu didn't go to the headquarters, but just basked in the sun in Maputo. deal with. After Nadd dealt with the debriefing, he went to Madagascar with Yan Wuhang for a few days. Nadd got his wish and went to the paradise on earth where there are cigarettes, wine and women, and waved to Yan Wu who was still picking out postcards by the roadside. Yan Wu shook his head with him and continued to pick out postcards for Ding Qing. Nadd expressed admiration for Yan Wu's work intensity. For so many years, he was so close to Maseru, and Yan Wu had reported on his work so many times, but he had never been to Madagascar.

"What kind of life do you live, monk?" Nadd asked him, smoking a cigarette.

Yan Wu raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Nadd dusted off the cigarette: "Why are you a mercenary? You have no money, no women."

Yan Wu sighed, not knowing where to answer.

"Oh, I see." Nadd leaned over and raised his eyebrows knowingly, "The Yan family."

Forget it, Yan Wu didn't answer. Nadd took it as he acquiesced.

Yan Wu had been away from Chiang Mai for almost a month, and his injury was still not healed. During this period, the Yan family called him several times, but there was no news after that. Nian Yao hinted that it was time for Yan Wu to leave. Yan Wu felt relieved and cleaned up. Things came back with wounds.

Yan Wu woke up a little later the next day, but Ding Qing still had no phone call.His stomach kept growling with hunger, Yan Wu looked through the refrigerator, a plate of fried rice had already smelled bad, and he was too lazy to cook. Looking at the injuries on his body, he probably needed to change his dressing, so he took the key and went out.

Yan Wu prescribes medicine in a clinic run by Chinese people. The doctor is over 70 years old. He has a strong body, silver hair and white beard. He wears a white waistcoat and a pair of gray long johns. He looks like this all year round. He dresses so weirdly, and the business is not good. It is also understandable.Physicians gave him the nickname "needle", because when you go to him to see a doctor, no matter whether you have a serious or minor illness, you need to have an injection.As for medical skills, Yan Wu did not dare to judge. He knew that once someone went to see a doctor with a headache and fever, he was forced to stay for an injection all afternoon, and was prescribed some aspirin when he left. I don’t know if it was acupuncture or aspirin that cured him... The needle cylinder is addicted to cockfighting, buys bets every day, and buys "combat analysis" to study carefully. Sometimes, in order to wait for the result, customers who are covered in needles are left behind. Go to the front hall and move a small bench to turn on the radio to wait for the news. When you lose a lot, you sigh, tear up the ticket, and go back to unload the needle with your head down. If you are asked where you have been, the needle will push the glasses and say go. Pray for blessings, and send a cheap Buddha golden body sticker, it will be coaxed, no one will take this kind of thing, and the syringe will just pass by.But it's bad, the syringe saved Yan Wu's life again.Yan Wu just came to Chiang Mai and was seriously injured. He ran to the groom, and the groom brought a syringe to treat him. Yan Wu didn't know what kind of method the syringe used. All the dead people asked him to accompany them, Yan Wu himself was about to give up, and in the end he saved his life.

Yan Wu went out to buy some food, went to the syringe to change his medicine, and then went to the groom's side. He missed his dog very much.

Yan Wu pushed open the door of the bar and walked towards the bar. After walking a few steps, the ladybug who was lying in the background suddenly raised her head and turned her head, although she didn't see anyone.The groom looked at the door after seeing the ladybug's reaction, and when he saw Yan Wu, he smiled and wanted to say hello, but the ladybug reacted faster, bumped into it with its tongue out, scratched and scratched excitedly, and wagged its tail frantically .Yan Wu knelt down and touched his head. The ladybug was more enthusiastic and kept pawing at Yan Wu. Yan Wu couldn't stand it, so he sat down on the ground, and the groom laughed and watched the show beside him, showing no intention of coming to help.

Yan Wu finally controlled the ladybug and sat across the bar, panting.

"You're back." The groom held his chin and looked at him with a slight smile.

Yan Wu nodded, and the groom poured him a glass of water when he saw that he was seriously injured.

Yan Wu looked up at him in surprise, and asked him, "Where's my wine?"

The groom shrugged, Yan Wu sighed, bowed his head and drank water resignedly.

"So, how is it?" the groom spoke to him while wiping the glass.

"That's it." Yan Wu replied casually. He was not impatient, but tired. He was very relaxed with the groom and didn't need to talk.

The groom looked at his face and smiled, then turned around and poured wine to the side, leaving Yan Wu some space for himself.

The ladybug was not so considerate, and was still jubilant at Yan Wu's feet. Yan Wu sighed, lowered his head and said to the ladybug, "You are too noisy, I want to change the cat."

The ladybug immediately lay down on Yan Wu's feet, with its tail swaying low and aggrieved, trying to put on a cute and petite image. Yan Wu looked at him and smiled, bent over and patted his head.

As the sky darkened a little bit, people's voices in the bar gradually became mixed. Yan Wu sat at the innermost position of the bar, watching the door open and close, the bell on the door rang, the crowd in the bar shuttled around, speaking various languages, Speaking the local dialects, the crowds were clustered together, their respective parties were bustling, and they were bustling far away, like an image from another dimension, separated from Yan Wu by a world.

Yan Wu leaned against the bar and slowly drank water, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, the ladybug was lying on his feet.

Yan Wu's cell phone vibrated in his pocket, dragging Yan Wu back to reality. Yan Wu didn't need to look at the caller ID to guess who it was. He always had an almost metaphysical perception of Ding Qing's approach.

From the moment he heard Ding Qing's voice, Yan Wu couldn't help but relax, a warm feeling rose from his heart, he relaxed and blended into the hustle and bustle around him contentedly.

"Student Yan Wu?" Ding Qing's voice came over.

"Mr. Ding." Yan Wu answered him.

"How are you? Are you injured?" Ding Qing's voice was a bit muffled, feeling that it was not convenient to talk around.

Yan Wu put away the cigarette: "It's nothing."

Ding Qing didn't speak, Yan Wu was also silent with him.

"I'm in Wanning now, you..." Ding Qing paused, "I want you to come."

Yan Wu was stunned for a moment when he heard Ding Qing's tone. This voice reminded Yan Wu of his state when he first met Ding Qing in Hong Kong. Yan Wu didn't know what it meant, but he still agreed. :"good."

"I have something that I want you to see." Ding Qing added over there.

Yan Wu instinctively heard the ruthlessness in Ding Qing's words, thought about Ding Qing's injury, Qi Meng's appearance, inexplicably felt that Ding Qing was about to make a move, although he didn't know the role of his appearance, Yan Wu was willing to go Where Ding Qing needs it.

"When?"

"Wait, it will be soon."

Yan Wu heard Ding Qing exhale on the phone, and his tone returned to the relaxed feeling when he was talking to himself: "I came back from outside in the morning, but I didn't see any news..."

"Ah."

Ding Qing laughed over there, and the laughter reached Yan Wu's ears. Yan Wu felt his ears itch, and then turned red again.Yan Wu avoided his gaze and turned his head.

"If you get hurt, don't drink." Ding Qing told him.

"Understood." Yan Wu lowered his voice, "Ding Qing..."

"Ah."

"Take care of yourself." Yan Wu was a little worried.

Ding Qing laughed flamboyantly: "Don't worry."

Yan Wu hung up the phone and felt much better, so he woke up the ladybug to tease him, and the groom came over to greet him at a leisurely time.

Yan Wu asked the groom while drinking lemon juice: "Where's the poker, I haven't seen him for a long time."

The groom's face froze, he leaned over to Yan Wu, and organized his words: "Well...do you remember Kang Ruyi?"

"Remember," Yan Wu raised his eyes and put down his cup, "Speaking of which, did she give birth? I'll find time to see her in two days..."

"Uh..." The groom hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong?" Yan Wu became alert.

"Her..." The groom lowered his voice, "It's stillborn."

Yan Wuzheng was shocked when Poker walked in from the outside.The corners of Poker's eyes were bruised, and he looked listless. Seeing Yan Wu raise his head, it was regarded as a greeting.

"What's the matter with you?" Yan Wu pointed to Poker's face.

Poker shook his head and took a sip of wine: "Fight with the people in the boxing ring."

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Kang Ruyi was admitted to the hospital the day after Yan Wu left. Before being sent to the hospital, she fainted suddenly. She lay on the floor alone for more than an hour. Take the phone, then somehow lose consciousness and pass out again, just like that, until Poker bursts open the door and rushes in.

Poker hurriedly sent Kang Ruyi to the hospital, and was pushed away by the first aid as soon as he entered the door. Poker wanted to follow but was stopped. He froze for two seconds, not knowing what to do. Someone asked him to register. , age and address, other information is unknown.To be honest, Poker wasn't even sure if Kang Ruyi had a citizen ID number. He was very anxious, so he called the groom, and the groom came over to help after the shop closed.

The groom dealt with the formalities and sat down to wait with the poker.

They waited for a long time, but they didn't wait for the cry of the newborn.

Until he heard a sharp mournful cry, Poker immediately stood up and went in, and the groom followed.

Kang Ruyi stretched out her hands, tears streamed down her face, she opened her mouth and cried, she wanted to hug the livid stillborn baby, the nurses hugged the fetus, looked at each other, not wanting to give it to the emotional mother, the infusion tube was wrapped around her, the poker ran He used to hug her, but she struggled like a trapped animal struggling with its shackles, struggling with the last of her strength.Kang Ruyi exerted too much force, and the needles on the back of her hand fell off one by one, and blood gushed out, staining the bed sheets red and white.

Poker hugged Kang Ruyi tightly, he, a muscular man, couldn't hold down Kang Ruyi for a moment, he raised his head and called the groom: "Let them go out."

The bridegroom was stunned at the door, but now he came to his senses and helped call the nurses out. The little nurses were soft-hearted. They felt uncomfortable seeing the mother and kept wondering whether to show her. The old nurse rushed over and took the little nurses Drive out with the stillborn baby, let poker beat Kang Ruyi, and give her a sedative.

The old nurse stood outside the ward, talking to the groom and Poker. Poker's eyes kept looking at Kang Ruyi in the glass window. The woman's face was bloodless, her eyes were swollen, she was lying on the bed with a sedative, frowning, and fell into a passive state. sleep.

The old nurse turned over the case and asked, "Who is the father?"

Neither the groom nor the poker responded.

The old nurse stopped asking, and added a note on the medical record in a stylized way: "The pregnant woman is in poor health. The fetus has been dead for more than a month. Next, take good care of the pregnant woman. She is malnourished." The old nurse glanced inside , looked up at the groom and poker, and left.

Poker and the groom began to take care of Kang Ruyi. When Kang Ruyi woke up first, she would continue to cry for a child, but then she stopped crying and just cried. Poker didn't respond to her words, and the groom completely ignored her.There is no good way to play poker, he obsessively followed the doctor's instructions to cook for Kang Ruyi, and then fed it mouth by mouth. Kang Ruyi ate very slowly, and poker would accompany her to grind bit by bit.Yan Wu was not around at that time, Poker was managing the boxing business with Tide, while taking care of Kang Ruyi in the hospital. When he was busy, he asked the groom to come and see him for a while.

Poker was feeding Kang Ruyi with stewed chicken porridge, when the old nurse came in to change the drip, Poker took another look at her, usually the little nurse changed it.Kang Ruyi became agitated when she saw the old nurse, got up and pulled her sleeves, and asked her with staring eyes: "Where is my child? Where is my child?"

The old nurse shook off her hand, and Kang Ruyi fell back into Poker's arms.

The old nurse was an English speaker: "Dead."

Kang Ruyi's eyes were red, she looked at her with tears, her lips were trembling, and she couldn't say a word.

The old nurse sighed: "Don't you ever have a physical examination? How are you a mother?"

Poker couldn't stand watching: "She has a reason, she..."

The old nurse gave him a cold look, and Poker closed her mouth.The old nurse sat next to Kang Ruyi, and tried her best to comfort her gently: "Mother is not that easy to do, this time you... just don't have a fate. Look away, you all have to continue living, and you will be luckier next time. "The old nurse patted Kang Ruyi on the shoulder. She has seen many parents who lost their newborns. When they lose their babies in October, most people have to spend a little effort in pain. It's just that pregnant women with poor conditions like Kang Ruyi are really uncommon. Yes, Kang Ruyi saw that she was alone, and the two men who came didn't look like close relatives.The way to get out of the pain is to try to ignore "the fetus is a life". This kind of thinking, the more you care about losing a life, the more difficult it will be to continue. Life is not easy. It is best to let go of this kind of powerless thing as soon as possible.

Kang Ruyi ignored the old nurse's kindness. The old nurse would not understand her feelings, just as she could not understand the old nurse's painstaking efforts.

Kang Ruyi almost pinned all her hopes on this child. This child represented that Kang Ruyi was no longer alone in the world, and Kang Ruyi could use this comfort to climb out of the quagmire of life.To be needed, to be relied on, to be trusted by others, to be an ordinary person in this ordinary world, without wandering around corners, without waking up and going to sleep in darkness day after day, she I am so looking forward to this life that I don't even care where the other side of this life comes from.Kang Ruyi is willing to be a mother, chooses to be a mother, except for Yan Wu and Poker's visits three times a week, Kang Ruyi has been alone.She bought books to read and music to listen to. Every time she cursed Kang Ruyi downstairs, she had to explain to her stomach for a long time. After buying the milk powder and baby bottles, he wrote down the money owed to Yan Wu and Poker one by one.Kang Ruyi refused Poker to come to see her again, and ignored his invitation, focusing on living a serious life wholeheartedly.

But now, like her previous life, she's screwed up again.

Keep yearning, keep making mistakes, keep being disappointed.

You can't do anything well, even let down an innocent life.

Kang Ruyi cried more and more heartbroken, bent down, Poker supported her, helpless.The old nurse was about to go out and changed the infusion bottle: "It's a good thing if you can't keep it. You didn't even do the prenatal physical examination, and you didn't even prepare your body at all. With such an irresponsible behavior, even if you give birth to a child, how can you go down? , is life something that can be passed by gritting your teeth?"

After changing the infusion bottle, the old nurse wrote it down in the notebook, closed the notebook, clipped the pen, and walked towards the door.After thinking about it before going out, he held on to the door frame and said, "Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered your child, nor can it be considered a life."

This sentence was so emphatic that Poker stared at him, but the old nurse left without saying a word, shaking her head.

Kang Ruyi cried for a while, then got up and pushed the poker away, sobbed under the quilt, turned her back to the poker, and didn't say a word to him.

Kang Ruyi was discharged from the hospital, and Po Ke often visited her house since then, but Kang Ruyi ignored him, Po Ke was very worried.He bought vegetables and meat, and knocked on the door for a long time. Nine times out of ten, Kang Ruyi would not open the door. If he opened the door, he would go out to take out the garbage.Poker is still coming day by day, don't give up.

One day, Poker was still knocking on the door. After knocking for two or three minutes, there was no answer. Poker watched the light in the room turn off, and knew that Kang Ruyi probably would not open the door today.He leaned his head against the door and said softly, "Then I put the things here." Today he went to the Chinese medicine store to buy some donkey-hide gelatin.

Poker walked out slowly, the door behind her was suddenly pushed open, Kang Ruyi stood there, there was no light, only the faint moonlight shining on her pale face, she asked, "What do you want?"

Poker didn't answer, and he didn't quite know.

Kang Ruyi dragged him in, closed the door, and began to take off her clothes. She stood stiffly, naked, trembling in the moonlight, biting her lower lip tightly. Kang Ruyi's eyes are more swollen than big eyes. She restrained herself from trembling: "You want this, right? Here it is, you can do whatever you want. Then don't show up again!"

Poker didn't move, his eyes were facing Kang Ruyi's, almost crying, and he couldn't move.

Kang Ruyi walked in his direction, pushed him as she walked, and then hit him again, her voice became louder and louder: "What do you want? What do you want! I don't have anything, what on earth do you want!"

Poker followed her force and retreated to the wall, Kang Ruyi stared, tears rolled down from inside, Poker felt sore, he said, "I know, I won't come here anymore."

Then he walked slowly towards the door, glanced at her back at the door, opened the door, carefully placed the donkey-hide gelatin at the door, closed the door and left.

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"Are you still going?" Yan Wu asked Poker, dragging him out of his memories.

Poker didn't answer, he lit a cigarette and took several puffs: "Occasionally..."

Yan Wu came out of the bar at night, it was almost ten o'clock, he thought about it, and drove towards Kang Ruyi's house.

Yan Wu parked the car at the corner, and he saw Kang Ruyi sitting in the backlight of the entrance of the building, holding a music box in his hand, playing it for himself.

The music box was given by Yan Wu. He saw it in the sorceress's shop. It was made of yellow wood and the workmanship was average, but when the box was opened, it was written "Ruyi". The music was Krutoy's "Sadness" "Angel", Yan Wu was shocked by this mash-up, but he still gave it to Kang Ruyi, after all, he promised her to give her a gift, besides, such a coincidence is inexplicably suitable, and it matches her very well.As expected, Kang Ruyi liked it very much. She didn't know what the song was called, but she put it beside her belly and played it to the fetus with full of joy, then raised her head expectantly and asked, "I will let him learn to play the piano in the future." Yan Wu didn't think so. Realistic, but looking at Kang Ruyi's beaming face, he didn't say anything.

Now Yan Wu was sitting in the driver's seat, watching Kang Ruyi holding the music box from a distance, his eyes fell on it blankly, listening to the music with his knees on his hands.Yan Wu touched the head of the sleeping ladybug next to him, looked at Kang Ruyi flickering in the flickering light, reversed the car and left.

Yan Wu went home and lay on the bed. Ladybug woke up and became a good dog again. He ran all over the house and didn’t come back for a month. I was relaxing, but suddenly remembered, I raised my head and shouted at the ladybug: "Don't pee in disorder!"

The ladybug turned around twice and ran into the bathroom.

Ding Qing called again, his voice was low and hoarse, Yan Wu guessed that he was drunk.

"Student Yan Wu..."

Yan Wu continued his words with a good temper: "What's wrong?"

"Let me tell you... I really miss you so much..."

"Well... I'm about the same..."

"Almost? How much worse? Tell me clearly!" Ding Qing's tone became urgent, as if he had suddenly caught something good.

"I think, come back to see you." Yan Wu turned over and lay on the bed, "That's probably what it means."

Ding Qing laughed softly: "I've seen it all, what 'come on, Ding Qing', you just keep this?"

"...You only see this? You can also see it when I throw it in the trash can?" Yan Wu was a little annoyed.

"Don't get excited, I've seen your heart, and I found it under the pillow," Ding Qing said in a teasing voice again, "That's a good word."

Yan Wu didn't speak, Ding Qing's routines were too complicated, and he was very good at teasing others, Yan Wu thought that Ding Qing's love affairs were not in vain.

"Come over next week?" Ding Qing asked him.

"it is good."

"I'll send you the address, and we'll go out on the boat." Ding Qing put the microphone close to his mouth, "Have the wildest party."

Yan Wu rolled his eyes: "I'm not interested in group parties."

"Hey, definitely not," Ding Qing returned to his relaxed voice, "Then at least we have to drive to the high seas, we won't go that far..."

"..."

Ding Qing froze for a moment, and spit out a series of phrases, with the emphasis on the word "I" in each sentence: "I don't know, I also heard it from others, and I haven't participated in it..."

Yan Wu gritted his teeth on the phone: "Ding Qing, we'll talk after we meet."

Ding Qing pitifully: "Really..."

Yan Wu is secretly happy here, Feng Shui turns around, flirting must also follow the basic law, the most proud of courtesy and reciprocity.