Love, please don't bloom

Chapter 21

So he continued to wipe Hua Meizi's eyes with dew.

The atmosphere that day was surprisingly somber.

Hua Meizi was undergoing one last pointless treatment, seemingly just continuing a habit.

After wiping her eyes, Hua Meizi sat calmly among the flowers and plants, basking in the sun.

She felt as if there was no sun today.

"If your eyesight were restored, what would be the first thing you would want to do?"

"Go online."

The blind man fell silent.

Silence.

The silence was suddenly shattered by Hua Meizi's scream!

She suddenly covered her eyes tightly with both hands—the sunlight pierced through her frail and cold life!

The blind man seemed startled as well.

He hugged Hua Meizi tightly and whispered, "Don't be afraid, it's the sun!"

Hua Meizi wouldn't let go; her body was trembling violently!

After a long while, Hua Meizi gradually calmed down. She slowly widened the gaps between her fingers and slowly opened her eyes...

She saw the blue sky!

She saw the sun shining brightly!

The sky was a very, very blue. Bright yellow forsythia bloomed all around, and several snow-white butterflies fluttered silently up and down among the flowers.

In the distance, a river shimmered brightly in the early morning sun.

Hua Meizi covered her face with her hands again and burst into tears!

The blind man held her tightly, trembling as he said, "Don't be afraid, it's the sun..."

Hua Meizi finally stopped crying and slowly raised her head.

Now, she saw the man in the darkness!

At that moment, she suddenly felt a sense of fear, like a mother seeing her newborn child for the first time...

I am Adong

He's a pretty handsome man, around 25 years old.

His eyes appeared somewhat cloudy and dull, but his lips held a cold arrogance.

He stared blankly at Hua Meizi, as if he were looking at her, yet also as if he wasn't.

"Hua Meizi, I've been lying to you all along."

Hua Meizi was stunned.

"I am A-Dong."

She had repeated this name countless times in Hua Meizi's mind, but now, upon hearing it suddenly, her brain seemed to stop working, feeling utterly unfamiliar. She squinted and thought for a long time before finally opening her mouth wide.

"Ah Dong?" she asked blankly.

From meeting online to falling in love online and then breaking up online, this was the first time she had seen what he looked like, and also the first time she had met him face to face.

He said softly, "It's me."

Hua Meizi felt as if she were witnessing a play.

"I don't believe it!"

"I won't lie to you," he said calmly.

Hua Meizi stared at him blankly for a long time before murmuring:

"Did you see the email I sent you?"

No. At that time, I was already blind.

Hua Meizi was stunned.

Ah Dong continued, "During those days, I had my sister go online every day to see if you came. After that last argument, you never came again..."

"What's the story with the chairman's daughter?"

"Who told you about this?"

"An online friend."

Which netizen?

"Pearl of the West".

She's lying to you.

"Why?"

"Her family is very rich; she promised to buy me a private island."

"You haven't agreed to her yet?..."

"No."

Hua Meizi's tears immediately flowed.

How long have you been looking for me?

“After my surgery failed, I came here. I went to your workplace, and they said you had resigned. Then I found your home phone number, claimed to be your classmate, and asked about your whereabouts. Your family told me that you had come to the countryside…”

Why don't you just go to my aunt's house to find me?

“I don’t want your relatives to see that I’m blind. I wait for you outside the village every day, and I believe I will meet you.”

Hua Meizi hated herself for being so careless. A Dong was a graduate of a university of traditional Chinese medicine, but she had never connected Li Ao and A Dong.

"Now that your eyes are better, it feels like I can see the light again," A-Dong said with a smile.

"How come your eyes are...blind too?" Hua Meizi asked sadly.

“Retinal detachment.” Adong seemed very calm. After a pause, he added, “It’s like a camera losing its light sensor.”

Why?

"The doctor said my illness wasn't secondary, but primary, and the cause couldn't be determined, so the lesion couldn't be removed. At first, I often saw flashes and sparks in front of my eyes. Later, I saw a dark cloud-like shadow, and then everything became blurry and distorted..."

Did you have surgery?

"Did it, failed."

Hua Meizi's heart suddenly felt heavy.

"Ah Dong, you have hope too! Aren't I better now?"

Ah Dong gave a wry smile.

"Next, I'll use this herb to treat your eyes! Okay?"

The sun is fake (7)

"This herb has no medicinal properties."

Hua Meizi was stunned.

“I’ve been lying to you all along. Hua Meizi, I just wanted to be with you, so I wove this beautiful lie to keep you by my side.”

"But I'm all better now!"

Ah Dong shuddered and said in a low voice, "...I don't know what happened either."

"Today is the forty-ninth day, this is definitely not a coincidence!" Hua Meizi said loudly.

"Then there's only one explanation—psychological effect."

Hua Meizi was stunned.

After a while, she said firmly, "Adong, even if you never see again, it doesn't matter, I am your eyes! Today, let's go back to Gushi, and from now on, we'll be together and never quarrel again... Okay?"

As she spoke, she took Ah Dong's hand.

Ah Dong pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted.

He lowered his head and said, "Hua Meizi, now I am a disabled person, I will not be a burden to you..."

"I don't want you to say that!" Hua Meizi almost shouted.

He thought for a moment and said, "You should go back first."

"And you?"

“I went back to the South, settled everything there, and then came back.”

Hua Meizi looked at him quietly and said, "Do you want me to wait for you in the rain for the rest of my life?"

"I'm not lying to you. I'll call you when I get to the South."

"Once you leave, you'll never come back..."

"I've searched for you for so long through so many hardships, and I've finally found you. Why don't you come back soon?"

This statement made Hua Meizi trust him.

When are you leaving?

"Now."

Tears welled up in her eyes once again.

She scrutinized the familiar yet unfamiliar man, biting her lip as she said, "Then you should leave. I'll keep an eye on you."

He stood up and said goodbye in the direction of Hua Meizi.

"goodbye……"

Then, he slowly and tentatively walked forward.

Bright forsythia flowers lined both sides of the road, swaying gently.