My Youth Began With Him

“Why did you say that?” Xixi looked at Rick in puzzlement.

“I think Su Yu is not fitting to have a girlfriend,” said Rick.

“Pu… My dear, do you also think Su Yu is gay?” Xixi laughed.

“No, I don’t.”

“Then what do you mean?” Rick rarely gossiped; hearing him mention Su Yu, Xixi asked with great interest.

“I mean Su Yu is obsessed with Huo Mian and no other women can enter his heart. So it’s useless to talk to him.”

“Who told you that? Didn’t you see Su Yu brought a girl with him today?” Xixi was unconvinced.

“But he doesn’t love that woman,” Rick replied calmly.

“No matter if he loves her or not, she’s with him; as time goes on, how can you know Su Yu won’t fall in love with her? He indeed loves Sister Mian, but Mian has her own family and her beloved husband; she has children and is now pregnant with another baby. Even though Su Yu loves her, he can only do it secretly… So, he’ll eventually have his own family. My sister is single-mindedly in love with Su Yu for a long time; she expressed some of her feelings to him, but he didn’t show any response. Today she was distressed when she saw Su Yu’s girlfriend and looked as if she got seriously ill. I want her to make a quick end of it by telling Su Yu how she feels. It would be great if she succeeded; if not, she’d end her obsession with him. If Su Yu said some heartless words to her to break her fragile heart, I think she’d totally give up on him. It would be better than loving him secretly and being distressed about it.”

“You have a point. She can try, but I don’t have high hopes for her success,” said Rick.

“Let her try. Maybe Su Yu would accept my sister in a moment of madness.” Xixi remained optimistic.

“I wish her good luck.”

Rick then slowly drove away with Xixi.

– At South Hill Manor –

It was 11 PM, Huo Mian was still reading in bed.

“What are you reading?” Qin Chu walked out from a shower and kissed Huo Mian’s forehead.

“Tshangyang Gyatso,” Huo Mian replied with a smile.

“Whoa. Our Dr. Huo is so romantic now. Instead of reading medical books, you’re reading the romantic Zen and Buddhism theories?”

“Yeah. Everyone says his poems are beautiful.”

“What do you think?” Qin Chu held her lovingly and asked.

“They are indeed beautiful.”

“Which is your favorite line? Is it the famous one:

I was once worried that,

If I were in love with my girl,

I would be shut out from Buddha dharma.

If I went to be a buddhist in the mountain,

I would have to leave my girl,

who is amazingly beautiful.

How could I find out,

in this world,

a perfect way in which I would never betray Buddha and I would never betray you?”

“Wow! Honey, it’s my first time hearing you read a poem so solemnly.” Huo Mian raised her head and threw her arms around Qin Chu’s neck.

“Your husband can do many things… Do you want to try others?” Mr. Qin’s hands slid down her body and into her pajamas.

Huo Mian immediately covered her breasts with her hands…

“Don’t play dirty. Your son is watching you…” Huo Mian said with a giggle.

“It’s fine. I’m demonstrating to my son, so he’ll have good skills when he’s dating girls…” Mr. Qin said as he pinched a certain place in her body.

“Ha! How can you educate your son in this way?” Huo Mian was exasperated.

“It’ll be fine. My son will have total freedom, just like his two elder sisters.”

“Forget it. If we don’t restrain his two elder sisters now, they’d be out of control… We must set some boundaries.” At the mention of their two daughters, Huo Mian was frustrated.

“Honey, we got distracted. You haven’t told me which line is your favorite yet.” Qin Chu took the book from her hand and read the beautiful poems.

“Guess. If you get the right answer, I’ll give you 50,000 yuan; and vice versa.” Huo Mian got playful and smiled slyly with her head leaning on his shoulder.