Suddenly, he stood up and grabbed Su Yanyun’s hand.
“Come with me…”
He held her hand and led her out of the bedroom door. They went downstairs to the end of the second floor, and ended up at a door to the room that he usually avoided.
Rong Linyi’s finger touched the strange symbol on the door.
His gaze softened.
“Do you know what this is?” He asked Su Yanyun. “To be exact, what is this for?”
Su Yanyun shook her head.
The first time she saw this carved symbol, she felt it was a little strange and familiar, as if she had seen it before… but she couldn’t remember.
Rong Linyi’s lips curled into a smile that was neither happy nor sad.
His eyes flickered.
“This is carved for me… This symbol was born for me.”
He retracted his gaze and turned to look at Su Yanyun. “Actually, I was not born with an obsession with cleanliness. Before I was 10 years old, I was no different from other children.”
“When I was 10 years old, because of an accident, I… I lost my eyesight and suffered from a very serious psychological illness. At that time, I lived in that nursing home alone in darkness. Other than that chess game, she was the only one who accompanied me…”
Su Yanyun heard the word “her” and her brows twitched, but she didn’t ask anything.
Rong Linyi raised his hand and touched the symbol again.
“Every time I wanted to look for her, I would follow the logo on the wall all the way here. The first time was when she held my hand and led me to follow the logo… I’m such a serious cleanliness freak, but I didn’t despise anything related to her.”
He pushed open the door. Beside him, on the old and mottled wall, there was a pattern similar to the one on the door.
“What happened next?”
Su Yanyun finally couldn’t help but ask.
“After that, my eyes recovered and her surgery recovery period was over.” Rong Linyi lowered his eyes. “I finally saw her and heard her voice. After that… there’s no more after that.”
The bedroom was silent.
After a long time, Su Yanyun asked carefully, “That ‘her’, is she… Ms. Jiang?”
Rong Linyi finally frowned.
“Yes.” He actually didn’t hesitate to answer. “But after we recovered, the silent but intimate relationship we used to have ended. Perhaps it’s because I had recovered my eyesight, but I was unwilling to hold her hand like before. Or perhaps it was because she had recovered her ability to speak, but I couldn’t tolerate her making a sound in front of me. Everything good had stopped after the time when I couldn’t see or speak to her.”
Su Yanyun knew that Rong Linyi wanted to explain this to her.
Although Jiang Yilin was very important to him in the past, he no longer had any feelings for her now.
Seeing that Su Yanyun was silent, Rong Linyi frowned. “I said that I would tear down this room the last time, but I still haven’t done it yet. I went back on my word. Tomorrow morning, I will…”
“It’s okay.” Su Yanyun interrupted Rong Linyi. “This is such a memorable room. No matter who it belongs to, I won’t mind. After all, no matter how touching the story is, it belongs in the past.”
She looked at Rong Linyi intently. “While Hubby’s present and future belong to me instead…”
Rong Linyi hugged Su Yanyun gently.
“Yanyun, I’m very sorry…”
Suddenly, he stood up and grabbed Su Yanyun’s hand.
“Come with me…”
He held her hand and led her out of the bedroom door. They went downstairs to the end of the second floor, and ended up at a door to the room that he usually avoided.
Rong Linyi’s finger touched the strange symbol on the door.
His gaze softened.
“Do you know what this is?” He asked Su Yanyun. “To be exact, what is this for?”
Su Yanyun shook her head.
The first time she saw this carved symbol, she felt it was a little strange and familiar, as if she had seen it before… but she couldn’t remember.
Rong Linyi’s lips curled into a smile that was neither happy nor sad.
His eyes flickered.
“This is carved for me… This symbol was born for me.”
He retracted his gaze and turned to look at Su Yanyun. “Actually, I was not born with an obsession with cleanliness. Before I was 10 years old, I was no different from other children.”
“When I was 10 years old, because of an accident, I… I lost my eyesight and suffered from a very serious psychological illness. At that time, I lived in that nursing home alone in darkness. Other than that chess game, she was the only one who accompanied me…”
Su Yanyun heard the word “her” and her brows twitched, but she didn’t ask anything.
Rong Linyi raised his hand and touched the symbol again.
“Every time I wanted to look for her, I would follow the logo on the wall all the way here. The first time was when she held my hand and led me to follow the logo… I’m such a serious cleanliness freak, but I didn’t despise anything related to her.”
He pushed open the door. Beside him, on the old and mottled wall, there was a pattern similar to the one on the door.
“What happened next?”
Su Yanyun finally couldn’t help but ask.
“After that, my eyes recovered and her surgery recovery period was over.” Rong Linyi lowered his eyes. “I finally saw her and heard her voice. After that… there’s no more after that.”
The bedroom was silent.
After a long time, Su Yanyun asked carefully, “That ‘her’, is she… Ms. Jiang?”
Rong Linyi finally frowned.
“Yes.” He actually didn’t hesitate to answer. “But after we recovered, the silent but intimate relationship we used to have ended. Perhaps it’s because I had recovered my eyesight, but I was unwilling to hold her hand like before. Or perhaps it was because she had recovered her ability to speak, but I couldn’t tolerate her making a sound in front of me. Everything good had stopped after the time when I couldn’t see or speak to her.”
Su Yanyun knew that Rong Linyi wanted to explain this to her.
Although Jiang Yilin was very important to him in the past, he no longer had any feelings for her now.
Seeing that Su Yanyun was silent, Rong Linyi frowned. “I said that I would tear down this room the last time, but I still haven’t done it yet. I went back on my word. Tomorrow morning, I will…”
“It’s okay.” Su Yanyun interrupted Rong Linyi. “This is such a memorable room. No matter who it belongs to, I won’t mind. After all, no matter how touching the story is, it belongs in the past.”
She looked at Rong Linyi intently. “While Hubby’s present and future belong to me instead…”
Rong Linyi hugged Su Yanyun gently.
“Yanyun, I’m very sorry…”
