Chapter 11 (1/2)
Once Aunty left, I start packing up my belongings, it could be said as clear out, however, it was only a small bag, my ident.i.ty cards, cash, mobile phone and left.
Chi Fei Fan obviously have betrayed me. The two men harbour evil intentions, if I want to continue to live here, I’ll be fish meat on the chopping block [1], if I need to disrupt the enemy’s deployment, first I need to get out of the encirclement of the enemy, catch them off guard and strike the enemy when their unprepared.
[1] 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉 Rén Wéi Dāo Zǔ, Wǒ Wéi Yú Ròu: The metaphor refers to a person’s life and death at the hands/powers of others.
It doesn’t matter whether I have this child or not. Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best [2]
[2] 三十六计，走为上策 Sān Shí Liù Jì, Zǒu Wéi Shàng Cè: Refers to if a person is unable to resist the enemy, to escape is the best policy. When you’re in a helpless situation, there is no other good way, you can only run away.
I slipped sayazi [3].
[3] 撒丫子 Sa Ya Zi: I’m leaving now.
Using romance novels it’s called running with the ball, using Hong Kong film it’s called running away, using drama that this is called running away from home, without saying good-bye.
Chen Mo certainly can not go, I know those two men are not idiots, so they will certainly think of a way to find me. Especially that junior of a high-ranking official Chi Fei Fan, who knows how much ability a junior of high-ranking official may have, according to how romance novels are written they can be all-powerful, there’s was nothing he can’t do, not to mention in terms of finding a person was not a difficult/technical task, so I must fly far and high.
I don’t have much cash, while n.o.body found that I have run away yet, I called Chen Mo and asked him for a loan.
I sitting in the small park waiting for Chen Mo. The weather gradually cool, there weren’t many people in the park, the red leaves in the lake began to turn yellow, I remember that summer evening, when I sat here, and met Lu Yu Jiang.
That day I sat on the bench under a tree, watching him wandering around the lake. Because he is very handsome, I always like observing handsome guys, so I paid attention to him. There was a water-lily in the lake, the fat lotus flower, he walked along the lake with his head lowered, then a little while later, he’ll come back again. I sat on the bench, within an hour, he has made five or six trips around the lake.
In this hour I listen to 10 songs in the MP3, after eating all the gum in my pocket, I also went outside the park and brought an ice cream cone at the convenient store. I haven’t eaten two mouth full of the ice cream cone, when I suddenly saw him stride over the lake’s white marble railings.
Although it was an artificial lake, but the water was very deep here, last year there was cancer patients who jumped into the lake and tried to commit suicide, they were finally saved by a policeman that pa.s.sed by. I did not expect such a handsome young man would be so pessimistic, with great presence of mind in the moment of danger I loudly shouted while hitting him with the ice cream cone.
The result… The result was of course Lu Yu Jiang ablaze with anger and stare at me, covered in ice cream he asked, “What are you doing?”
I very carefully advised him, “Don’t be so pessimistic, you’re still so young, whatever the thing is you can figure out tomorrow! Have a look the water, if you jump in it’ll be more uncomfortable ah, besides a drowned man looks terrible, you’re so handsome, to have an ugly death is not worthwhile.”
He laugh, “Who wants to die? My mobile phone is in there, I want to fetch it, at least reduce the battery pollution.”
This result of this incident was Lu Yu Jiang originally wanted to get his mobile phone, was in a complete mess as I smashed my ice cream cone at him. Most of all he was a rich man who still wanted to live, the clothes on his body even if you sold me it was unable to paid for it.
I forgot how I met him in the panic of chaos, finally I use a clever and an ingratiating manner to convince him in letting me off to pay for his cleaning fee, also finally made him admitted that my intentions are good. The only thing I remember was his black bright eyes, he said, “Oh, I wouldn’t jump in the lake and commit suicide, I can swim.”
Causing me to think he wants to jump in the lake. I made a face at him, “I can’t swim, I was afraid once you jump in I wouldn’t be able to save you, so I just hit you.”
He said, “You think hitting me would stop me from jumping into the lake?”
I was speechless, “Once I hit you, your clothes would be dirty, an ordinary person would definitely follow me to dispute ah, when you’re arguing with me I can pull you up, you also wouldn’t be able to jump into the lake.”
He said, “If a person really wants to die, who will want to dispute with you over dirty clothes?”
Well that is true, but I was in an emergency situation.
I said, “Forget it, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
I don’t expect such a handsome boy would strike up a conversation with someone as low-level as me, but I don’t know why he agree to have dinner with me. Afterwards I found out that day he was in bad mood, so I was just hit with dumb luck.
That day eating braised pork in brown sauce, in my most loved restaurant outside the west side of the school, I eaten a lot, ate until I was bursting full, he also ate a lot. Then he sent me back to the dormitory, I can be overwhelmed by an unexpected favour.
Later I had my intern-s.h.i.+p, I shamelessly to call him, and asked him if he could help me, I didn’t expect him to remember who I was, the results he also really made arrangements for me. So I hit a snake and it crawls up the stick [4], often ask him to eat braised pork in brown sauce, to tell you the truth that I was sick of eating braised pork in brown sauce, but being able to eat with him, no matter what we eat, I was really happy.
[4] 打蛇隨棍上 Dá Sèh Chèuih Gwan Séuhng: To exploit a situation to one’s advantage, to ask for something or something extra by seizing a particular opportunity.
And then, I requested him to teach me how to swim. I didn’t think he will agree, when I was waiting for him to agree, I felt very embarra.s.sed so I took elder sister along with me.
Then, he met my elder sister.
And then, he likes my elder sister.
In the pool, I was swimming laps around the pool, dangling to play in the water, he taught my elder sister. He taught with patience, my elder sister learn seriously, learn to breath, learn to paddle…… My elder sister is very clever, not even half a day she learnt them. He was in front of my elder sister holding her hand, my elder sister would dare to move forward.
My elder sister has white skin, has a good figure, in the swimming pool, she was like a mermaid, and he was the prince holding her hand, two people to swim a circle again and again while those on the side watched with envy.
Subsequently I never learned to swim.
In his words, I was lazy, stupid and not willing to.
When we already got married, at the club’s swimming pool, I comfortably had my arms around his neck, using him to support me floating in the water, “Besides, I have you, even if I don’t learn how to swim I really won’t drown.”
The results he pulled my hand, like a weight, “plop” a sound I started to sink. I clawed and scratched, watching my own head submerging into the blue water light, in any case I was not floating to the top. Drowning made me feel fear and despair, I couldn’t see Lu Yu Jiang, though I knew he was not far from me, but no one came to help me, surrounded by empty water I couldn’t grab onto anything. Sinking deeper and deeper, I constantly choked on water, luckily the lifeguard saved me and pulled me out, I almost choked to death. When I floated to the top Lu Yu Jiang also said, “If you don’t swallow water, how will you learn to swim?”
At the time I felt Lu Yu Jiang didn’t love me at all, he was right beside me, yet he also refused help me up. Then he said he would teach me how to swim, life or death I refused to learn. No matter how he called me stupid, said I was lazy, I just don’t want to have that feeling of drowning. Unable to reach, unable to touch, obviously I knew he was around, but I could never catch him.