The Veterinarian (1v1) (H) - 68

Chapter 68 - Why are you crying?

On Christmas Day, Shen An took Bai Li back to Hutong Street.

 

In the past few months, he has been living in Bai Li’s place and has rarely come back. When he comes back to pick up things, it’s always in a hurry and he has never come back to sleep there.

 

The room had not been cleaned for a long time, and there was a strong smell of dust as soon as they entered the door. Shen An opened the window to let some air in, and turned on the air conditioner before entering the room to prepare for cleaning.

 

Bai Li was looking at the photo album in her grandfather's room. The few photos of Shen An's childhood were well preserved by his grandfather, including photos of him studying, photos of exams, including college entrance photos.

 

At that time, Shen An was still a bit naive. Bai Li stared intently, the corners of her lips raised unconsciously.

 

These days, she works in the clinic's office during the day, and goes back with Shen An at night. Occasionally, Shen An takes her to the gym and lets her sit there and watch him play badminton.

 

Every time he pass her by during one of his game, she would be so nervous that she would tremble but after her eyes fell on Shen An, those tensions and fears would significantly dissipate. She tried to block out everything around her and focus on him.

 

The result was that after Shen An got home, he pressed her against the wall and penetrated her. While f*cking her ferociously, he deliberately asked her why she had been staring at him all night.

 

"That was taken during graduation." Shen An changed into old clothes, wearing gloves on his hands, rubber boots on his feet, and a mop in his hand.

 

He came in and took out another photo album from his grandfather's bed and handed it to Bai Li, "There are a lot of photos in this one."

 

They were taken with mobile phones, most of them were photos of grandpa, and there were also selfies of Shen An and grandpa.

 

There is no doubt that Shen An took all the photos himself.

 

The grandfather in the photo is wearing reading glasses, looking at the camera and smiling. The wrinkles on his face look very kind. He’s a little hunched, wearing a gray sweater, and holding a book in his hand.

 

Through these photos, Bai Li seemed to have seen the past twenty-nine years. He and his grandfather were dependent on each other and accompanied each other through the most difficult days. Then the photos turned to the last page and time stopped.

 

The last page is a black and white photo of grandpa.

 

His portrait.

 

Shen An smoked quietly on the balcony. He leaned against the railing and his eyes fell calmly on the pots of flowers in front of him. The old man liked to grow flowers when he was alive, but the ones left to Shen An froze to death in the winter. He tried buying the same kind, but every year several pots freeze to death.

 

It hasn't snowed yet this year, but these flowers have already felt the chill, their leaves are all shrunken, and they have no energy at all.

 

He put out his cigarette, and when he entered the house, he saw Bai Li wiping the photo frames and photo albums. The photo albums she had read had been sorted and put into boxes, and the clothes in grandpa's cabinet had also been folded by her.

 

Shen An leaned against the door frame and looked at her. Her eyes were a little red, and he could tell that she had just cried. He walked over, lifted her chin, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you crying?"

 

Bai Li bit her lip and glanced at the table. On it was a notebook handwritten by the old man, which recorded Shen An's illness records.

 

Shen An didn't get sick often. Most of the time he came back after being injured. He would secretly take medicine and go to sleep. The old man probably got up at night and went to his room to tuck him in. He saw that he also wrote in the notebook what he wanted to do for Shen An. Give him some food.

 

Turning to one of the pages, it was unfinished and only half a sentence was there: [I want to buy beef tonight…]

 

She doesn’t know what happened, but he didn’t finish writing the rest of the sentence, and when she flipped through it, there was nothing.

 

Bai Li knew that after that day, her grandfather might have died. The last handwritten note he left in this world was to buy beef for Shen An to eat.

 

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